Raising Children In God's Will (095) Chapter 2. Children's Love and Parents' Love Section 3. The Foundation of the Universe -The Father-Son Relationship
3) The Substance of the Father-Son Relationship - 3
We know that, as there are moral principles among men, there exists also a moral principle of heaven. If there is a deep heart among men, there must be a deep heart of heaven.
As heaven is above and earth is below, and as parents are above and children below, they are in "above and below" relationships.
So, people on earth are in the children's position and heaven is in the position of parents. The direction of love between the heart of parents and the heart of children is from subject to object.
Parents try to love their children and children try to receive love. If not, parents' would stand in a position where they can receive love and children must then stand in a position where they can love their parents.
If there is a limit to a heart that wants to give and that wants to receive, love cannot exist.
We have experiences in our families and in the life of the heart where, even when there is a giving heart, if something blocks it we cannot receive love even if we want to.
That is why heaven is above and earth is below. The parents exist above and the children below and it is the same with God and man.
God is in the parents' position, so he exists above human beings. That is why God loves man. (62-18)
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