Introduction to the

Divine Principle
Happiness The Fulfillment of Our Desire

Human Happiness
Being Desire
Our Contradictory Nature

Evil Original
Mind Mind
Evil Good
Desire Desire
Our Contradictory Nature

Evil Original True &

Mind Mind Lasting
Happiness
Evil Good
Desire Desire
 Our Contradictory Nature

False & Evil Original True &

Temporary Mind Mind Lasting
Happiness Happiness
Evil Good
Desire Desire
Our Contradictory Nature

What I do is not the good I

want to do; no, the evil I do
not want to do this I keep
on doing.
Romans 7:19
 Self-Contradiction Leads
To Self-Destruction

Evil Good

Hatred & Ignorance Immorality

Fear
 History of Conflict

Evil Good
Individual

Family

Society

Nation

World
 Our Search for Solutions

True
True Love Truth
Freedom

Hatred & Ignorance Immorality

Fear
 Two Aspects of Truth
Internal
Truth
Purpose of Life
Existence of God
Good and Evil
Love
Human
Being External
Truth
Natural Law
Nature of Matter
Technology
 Purpose of Religion & Science
Spiritual Religion Internal
Values Truth
Truth Purpose of Life
Beauty Existence of God
Goodness Good and Evil
Love Love
Material Science External
Values Truth
Food Natural Law
Nature of Matter
Clothes Technology
Shelter
 Two Aspects of Desire

Spiritual
Mind Values Spiritual
Truth Happiness
Beauty
Human Love
Being
Material
Body Values
Food Material
Clothes Happiness
Shelter
 Reality of Science Today
Overemphasizes reason and material reality
Tends toward greater fragmentation
Lacks moral purpose
Tends to cause ecological and social
destruction
Lacks power to realize its own ideals
 Reality of Religion Today

Lacks clear explanations

Overemphasizes doctrine and ritual
Tolerates injustice and racism
Tends toward interreligious
conflicts
Lacks power to realize its own ideals
Need for New Expression of Truth

1. Answer basic questions of life

Existence of God
Purpose
Origin of Evil
Goal of History
Existence after death
Need for New Expression of Truth

1. Answer basic questions of life

2. Harmonize religions and
philosophies
Explain Scriptures
Resolve conflicts between
spiritual and materialistic
ideologies
Need for New Expression of Truth

1. Answer basic questions of life

2. Harmonize religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonize religion and science
Need for New Expression of Truth

1. Answer basic questions of life

2. Harmonize religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonize religion and science
4. Unify the family
The Unificationists have come
upon a family program that works
[It] is a deeply-motivated system
for restoring marital fidelity and
family stability in modern society.

Joseph H. Fichter, S.J.

American Priest and
Sociologist
Need for New Expression of Truth

1. Answer basic questions of life

2. Harmonize religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonize religion and science
4. Unify the family
5. Harmonize races, nations and
cultures
 One thing is certain: human beings
cannot be improved by more and more
laws and regulations Knowing about
things is not the same as knowing about
meanings: laws are not morals
What is a world order without.. [an]
ethic for the whole of mankind?
Hans Kng
German Sociologist
Global Responsibility: In Search
of a New World Ethic, 1991
Expectation of a New Expression
of Truth
I have much more to say to you, more
than you can now bear. But the Spirit
of truth will guide you into all the truth.
John 16:12-13

Though I have been speaking

figuratively, a time is coming when I
will tell you plainly about my Father.
John 16:25

Now I know in part; then I shall know

fully, even as I am fully known.
John 16:12-13
Expectation of a New Expression of Truth

Completed Expression
Of Truth
Development
Spiritual

Gospel

Law

HISTORY OF RELIGION
 Divine Principle
Revealed to the
Reverend Sun Myung Moon

Intuitive discovery
New Insights
 Divine Principle
Fruit of Intensive Prayer & Study
Gods
Heart
Gods Spiritual
Word World

Divine
Principle

Natural Human
World History
Human
Heart
 Divine Principle

1. Answers basic questions of life

2. Harmonizes religions and
philosophies
The Unification Church does
more for the interfaith movement
at the international level than do
either the World Council of
church or the Vatican put
together

Kenneth Cracknell
British Council of Churches
The Unification Movement is a
pacesetter for the rest of the religious
community, because it is working on
the cutting edge of religious dialogue
as well as extending the circle of
spiritual cooperation in the world.
Sulayman S. Nyang
Gambian Muslim Professor
of African Studies,
Howard University
 Divine Principle

1. Answers basic questions of life

2. Harmonizes religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonizes religion and science
The common ground for intelligent discussion
of scientific and philosophical issues and their
religious implications is badly needed
Reverend Moon is perhaps the religious leader
most actively seeking the dialogue between
scientists and humanists in the pursuit of this
unifying objective.

Marcelo Alonso
Former Director of Science and Technology
Organization of American States
 Divine Principle

1. Answers basic questions of life

2. Harmonizes religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonizes religion and science
4. Unifies the family
The Unificationists have come
upon a family program that words
[It] is a deeply-motivated system
for restoring marital fidelity and
family stability in modern society.

Joseph H. Fichter, S.J.

American Priest and
Sociologist
The vision of the unity of humankind
is central to the teaching of
Reverend Moon. This vision of unity is
not uniformity, but incorporates into
itself diversity
Such a vision is what is most
desperately required to move us beyond
the impasses of the present.

M. Darrol Bryant
Canadian Professor
of Religion and Culture
 Divine Principle

1. Answers basic questions of life

2. Harmonizes religions and
philosophies
3. Harmonizes religion and science
4. Unifies the family
5. Harmonizes races, nations and
cultures
 Unification Movement

Culture

Economics

A Humanitarianism
God-cen
tered International Relations
Worldvie
w Academics

Religion

Media
 Divine Principle
Reveals the Living God

1. His Heart
Joy of Creation
Sorrow at the Fall
Suffering through the course
of our restoration
 Divine Principle
Reveals the Living God

1. His Heart
Joy of Creation
Sorrow at the Fall
Suffering through the course
of our restoration
2. His history
3. His presence in our world today
 The Divine Principle
1. The Principle of Creation
The original ideal for the individual and
society

2. The Human Fall

The origin of evil

3. The Principle of Restoration

The restoration of the original ideal
 Understanding of truth

Personal transformation

True relationships with others

Transformation of society