Earthly Life and Spirit World (Part 2) - 036 Chapter 1. The Kingdom Of God Section 2. Preparation For Going To The Kingdom Of God
1) The Base Of The Kingdom Of God - 3
The disciples of Jesus thought that when Jesus became King of Israel, having dominion over the Roman Empire, they would also receive high positions. However, that is not the essential problem.
First of all, one has to make the heavenly nation within one's mind and make unity between one's physical body and God, centering on one's mind. This is the greatest problem. The Kingdom of God starts from oneself.
Therefore, the base of the heavenly nation is one's mind. Do you want the world to become good without you! You probably want the world to become good together with you. Do you want to join the place of death? You probably don't want that.
Even people at the age of 70 or 80 may not want to join the place of death. Here, you grandmother! Do you want to join the place of death or not? Although, because of old age, they don't have long to live, they still probably don't like the place of death. Why is this so?
When people are getting old, they may become miserable and therefore say that they want to die. However, most people tend to say that they, with their wrinkled face, would like to see such and such things before their death.
What does this mean? It means they don't want to die. This is a problem because they may be thinking everything is meaningless without themselves in the world. (47-273)
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