This is my story about struggling with my mind & body or Cain and Able.
About 10years ago, I had been challenging with my Korean leader in my church. At that time, I missed attending the Blessing ceremony few times.
To meet the dead line, He and his wife gave me the Blessing ceremony only for myself.
I had a true repentance and a so humble attitude because they prepared and spent time only for me.
I had totally objective, like a fish on the cutting board. I was succumbed to their sincere hearts to make me happy. I could see a only pure sky- blue in my heart or mind. I felt that I was in the top of the world. I could say that this is mind & body unity, or Cain Able unity.
But few days later, my Cain type heart appeared again and complained. It said to me that I want to be free, why I have to keep me on the pleasure.
And then my positive, humble attitude left away. and then I faced struggling again and again.
Fortunately now I have been a good relationship with him, but not perfect level.
Not because of him. It because of my fallen nature, and a limitation of love. I have been still working on it.
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The world is not the issue. Even if heaven and earth have achieved unity, If am not united within myself, I cannot appear before God.If I say even one wrong word, my conscience knows.Your conscience comes before your parents. Your parents did not give you your conscience. It comes from Heaven, and since its root is God, your conscience comes before your parents. The conscience comes before teachers in the fallen world and before your parents.
You have to be mindful always that you are an entity embodying both good and evil. I struggled with this issue in my youth, when I was your age. This is why I created the motto, "Before seeking to master the universe, attain mastery over yourself." This is Article 1 in our life of faith. Therefore, when you are able to complete and control yourself, which means to achieve the independence that comes with controlling your body, the conflict between mind and body will disappear.
You each need to unite your mind and body. Then you need to achieve unity as couples. When you live for the sake of each other out of love, unity will blossom. Until now your mind has lived its entire life for the sake of your body. However, the body has not lived for the sake of the mind. Just as the mind has lived for the sake of the body, however, the body needs to live for the sake of the mind, and they must achieve unity. Centered on what what should this unity take place? Unity is achieved with true love, altruistic love. We need to become people with united mind and body and united as husband and wife centered on true love.This is how we can form new branches and grow. Each of us knows this. This is the key to the mind's happiness. If we do so, the creation will delight us, work will not exhaust us and , even if we don't sleep, we will not feel fatigued.
The harmony and peace that arise in the natural environment through living for others centered on the Principle belong to heaven. On the other hand, whatever coerces or commands others to serve it is going opposite the way of harmony and peace. It belongs to the world of hell. If you examine your mind and body, you can see that your original mind encourages you to live for others. This is because it knows Heaven's principles. However, because the body stands opposed to God's direction, and since it tells the mind live for its sake by force, it cannot exist forever and must disappear.--
----Rev.Moon------
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