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5. The Harmony of Love Man symbolizes heaven and woman symbolizes earth. When the two become one, they represent the natural harmony of heaven and earth. Men and women are different. Men’s muscles are rugged and women’s are smooth. Men have beards while women do not. Women’s voices are high and men’s are low. Yet we see their contrasting features fitting together well as harmony unfolds between them. We may liken them to the human body: the right side and the left side complement each other to form a whole structure. The two halves are bound tightly together. Ladies and gentlemen, do you like only things that are high or only things that are low? Or do you prefer a pleasing balance of high and low that creates harmony? Estimating from the line formed by the horizon, fish live below the line while mammals and birds live above it. Women menstruate once a month, like the ebb and flow of the tides pulled by the moon. In breathing we inhale and exhale. Likewise, a man and a woman need to establish a line of balance and create harmony. People like to go to amusement parks with their rides that go up and down, because their motion duplicates the motion of the universe. Which do you think is more pleasing, men socializing only with other men, or men and women socializing together? Men and women together is better, because it better reflects the harmony of the universe. We should live in step with the beat of the universe, the universe that promotes harmony through the harmony of yin and yang. (Blessed Families and the Ideal Kingdom, vol. I, 344, 1984.5.31) When a man and a woman create loving harmony, they initiate circular movement. When a man and a woman love each other and become one flesh, and then bear the fruits of love, God descends to them, they ascend towards Him, and they meet in the middle. They form a sphere with God at the center and begin spherical movement. Out of that divine center, family members can make relationships in all directions. At the center of the sphere, love’s harmony is realized, and life emerges and grows. The center of the sphere is the basis for equality between the sexes and for the philosophy that family members should hold all things in common. This is so because the power of love is there. Love is the force that embraces all the interactions in the universe. (Blessed Families and the Ideal Kingdom, vol. I, 345, 1982.4.26) For human beings, love is eternal. It is one, and can never be divided. Once a man and a woman are joined in love, they are to live together for a lifetime and then eternally even after death. They are two persons, but by revolving in oneness with each other they become as one body. When the two people become one, they revolve with God to form a four-position foundation of love. This is the ideal realm of love. Only true love dwells there; false love cannot invade. When a man and woman are blessed by God and achieve this perfect unity, God comes to them freely. In the four-position foundation of love, the husband and wife will grow to love each other with their hearts by loving each other with their bodies, and when they love each other with their hearts, their bodies will follow. (Blessed Families and the Ideal Kingdom, vol. I, 346, 1984.1.1) - 67 -