Raising Children In God's Will (008) Chapter 1. True Family Section 2. Formation of the True Family and Lineage
2) The Father is the Unchanging Pillar of the Family - 1
What is an unchangeable thing? These days man and woman love each other and get married; nevertheless, the marriage is still changeable. Is the love of father and mother also changeable?
Even parental love toward children may be changeable, but it may be less changeable than the other is. If we seek one thing in common which is not changeable among every changeable thing around our human world, that is mother's love. A mother loves a child more than the father does, doesn't she? Of course we should be aware that the father is the center of love.
Where does the origin of love and life come from? The origin of life doesn't come from the mother. The mother can be compared to flesh and father can be like bone. After taking something from the father, then the mother can have a child. This is why we have to think of father and mother. No shape can be formed without bone.
So if there is an unchanged person in a family, that one must be the father. You may be afraid of your father, aren't you? Father is somewhat hard of access.
Also he usually is inclined not to act rashly and go in an orderly way to keep his position and dignity. But the mother is not like that. Although the father makes so many turns in one place, he will keep his position like a pole held its place. Don't you think so?
Some time ago I went to ChungPyung and saw a turbine and generator turning. And I found that the shaft which connects both side-parts is very thick. It can make 450 turns in one minute.
When I saw it turning, it looked as if it didn't move. In the same manner, the mother makes turns, centering on the father. Because of her turning, she can be changeable. If she goes to the East, she forms the shape of the East, if she makes turns to the West, she makes the shape of the West. In the same way, she does so, toward the South and the North.
For this reason, when we look for a person who is not changeable, that one is the grandfather. Then who do you think will be the next one? the grandmother or the father? [It's father] Well, you knew that. Who is the next, then? It's the grandson, the son of a father.
All of them are male. You had better not talk about all these secret things to women, because a woman is changeable. In talking about something secret, when the mother is around them, the husband and the son may say, "Mother, could you stay out for a moment." (laughing). It indicates what oriental philosophy is.
For some important matter, it is not the father and mother but the father and son who are supposed to talk about that. Who knows if she would be false to her husband and get married again? (laughing) It might be somewhat O.K if she married a king, but what if she got married to an enemy? You don't think so?
It means that you have to consult with the grandfather and father about an important matter. Why do we have to do so? That's because they are unchangeable beings.
Something important requires something unchangeable. The subject which is never changeable is something eternally valuable. That's the way it is. (141-280)
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