[336] Wanting to receive love is the path to hell

[대태양/김현수]

Wanting to receive love is the path to hell and belongs to Satan’s side. Wanting to give love is the path to heaven and belongs to heaven’s side. This is clear. There is only one love of that kind in this world. There is only one kind of parent’s love. Parental love continues to give even when the child refuses to receive. Though all humankind is fallen, the path still remains through parental love. Since God is the parent, that kind of love still remains in human beings. (122‑234, 1982.11.14.)

Wanting to receive love is the path to hell and belongs to Satan’s side. Wanting to give love is the path to heaven and belongs to heaven’s side. Wanting to give love is only one kind of parent’s love in the fallen world. Since God is the parent, that kind of love still remains in human beings. So then, how can we can love want to give love rather than wanting to receive love? It is to understand the taste of giving love. However, the taste of giving love is possible only when we feel the pleasure of our opponent beyond our own pleasure. So when we feel like wanting to give something to someone, when we want to please our opponent, try giving something that we care about most. And then feel how pleasing our original mind is. There is no pleasure beyond the pleasure of original mind. Because the pleasure of original mind is from the pleasure of God who is our parents.