Original Hyungsang and Created Beings

b) Hyungsang (Original Hyungsang ) Original Hyungsang and Created Beings

In terms of a human being, God’s Hyungsang corresponds to the human body. It is the fundamental cause of the corporeal, material aspect of all created beings: the human body, the animal body, plant cells and tissues, and the atoms and molecules of minerals. In other words, God’s Hyungsang was manifested in different forms in time and space. This, again, reflects the principle of “creation in likeness.”

Thus, the fundamental cause of the corporeal aspect of all created beings is God’s Hyungsang , and it has two characters. One is the material element, and the other is the potential for a limitless number of forms. (The origin of the actual forms of all things exists in the Inner Hyungsang)

Here, I can explain the potential for a limitless number of forms by taking the example of water. Water itself has no definite shape of its own. However, it takes various shapes according to its container. In a circular container, it appears as circular; in a rectangular container, it appears rectangular; and in a tall container, it appears columnar. It is because water itself is shapeless and has the potential for a limitless number of forms that an accomodation into any shape is possible. In other words, water exists in countless shapes. In an analogous manner, God’s Hyungsang has no specific form of its own, and yet it possesses the nature of adjusting itself to any image, or adapting itself to countless forms. Thus, the fundamental cause of the corporeal aspect of created beings has two characteristics: the material element and the potential for a limitless number of forms.

In human creative activities, visible materials (plaster or marble in the case of a sculpture, for example) are transformed in such a way as to conform to the design of the artist’s mind. In other words, it can be said that the creative activity is the transformation of materials according to the artist’s design. A similar thing can be said for God and His creation. God put the material elements of the Original Hyungsang , having the potential for a limitless number of forms, into the mold of the Inner Hyungsang in making all things with definite concrete forms. This was the manner of God’s creation.

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