God is the Subject in whom the dual characteristics of original internal nature and original externa
- Dr. Sun Myung Moon
- 14 февр. 2019 г.
- 2 мин. чтения
Thus, there is some Hyungsang element in the sungsang , and likewise there is some sungsang element in the Hyungsang . In the Original Image, Sungsang and Hyungsang are united into one. They are at the root one and the same absolute attribute, from which are engendered the different sungsang and Hyungsang . When this absolute attribute is manifested in the created world through creation, it becomes two different elements. This is analogous to the drawing of two straight lines from a single point. One of the lines, in this case, corresponds to sungsang (or spirit), and the other corresponds to Hyungsang (or matter) (see fig. 1.1).
It is written in the Bible that one can understand the nature of God by observing created beings (Rom. 1:20). If we observe created beings, we will notice that they have the dual aspects of mind and body, of instinct and body, of life and body (which is made of cells and tissues), and so on. From this we can infer that God, who is the absolute causal being, is, likewise, of dual aspects. These are the dual characteristics of God. In God, however, the dual characteristics are essentially one. In reference to this point, the Divine Principle states that “God is the Subject in whom the dual characteristics of original internal nature [Original Sungsang ] and original external form [Original Hyungsang ] are in harmony” ( DP , 19). We call this viewpoint “Unification Theory.” 8 This is also called “Theory of Oneness,” 9 referring to God’s absolute attribute.
8. Unification Thought ontology is “Unification Theory” or “Theory of Oneness,” which is a kind of monism, a monism with dual characteri-stics. The Theory of Oneness is different in its character from the monisms of materialism and spiritualism (idealism). Materialism is a monism in the sense that it considers matter to be prior to spirit, and spiritualism is a monism in the sense that it considers spirit to be prior to matter. Hence, both materialism and spiritualism are relative monisms. In contrast, the Theory of Oneness claims that the origin of spirit and matter is one; therefore, it is an absolute monism.
9. A famous British theoretical physicist, David Bohm, explored the realm of consciousness and formulated his unique cosmology. He said, “If the immanence is pursued more and more deeply in matter, I believe we may eventually reach the stream which we also experience as mind, so that mind and matter fuse.” The Holographic Paradigm and Other Paradoxes , ed. Ken Wilber (Shambhala/Boston & London: New Science Library, 1985), 193. We can see that Bohm, while exploring the realm of consciousness from the perspective of a natural scientist, has reached the same conclusion as that of the Theory of Oneness advocated by Unification Thought.
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