The Absolute Value of Love

Nothing Was Created for its Own Sake

If nothing in nature exists for its own sake — not the eye, not the hand, not even the self — then what, exactly, is the self for? In this brief and searching address, Reverend Sun Myung Moon dismantles the idea of the isolated individual, arguing that every faculty of the body is shaped for the sake of another — and that absolute love, and God, come to dwell only where two become one. Nothing Was Created for its Own Sake [https://tplegacy.net/nothing-was-created-for-its-own-sake/] True Parents Legacy ⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/]— independent, non-commercial archive.

The Dual Characteristics of God

If an artist leaves his nature in everything he makes, what does the universe reveal about the One who made it? A reading of the Divine Principle's foundational meditation on how creation discloses the dual characteristics of God — yang and yin, internal nature and external form — and why the Principle calls the First Cause "Our Father." Source: Exposition of the Divine Principle, The Principle of Creation — "The Dual Characteristics of God [https://tplegacy.net/the-dual-characteristics-of-god/]" (1996). True Parents Legacy ⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/]— independent, non-commercial archive.

The Original Mind — An Introduction to the Exposition of the Divine Principle

A complete, expressive reading of the Introduction to the Exposition of the Divine Principle: the human search for happiness, the two minds at war within us, and the promise of a new truth that reconciles faith and reason. Source: Exposition of the Divine Principle [https://tplegacy.net/tag/exposition-of-the-divine-principle/], Introduction (1996) [https://tplegacy.net/introduction/]. True Parents Legacy [https://tplegacy.net/]— independent, non-commercial archive.

Love Is the Root of the Universe

What is the central axis of the whole universe and spirit world? It is love. Love is the origin of life and lineage. As they came into existence through love, their motion conforms to the axis of love. Motion cannot be carried out haphazardly. Love Is the Root of the Universe [Love Is the Root of the Universe] ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sun Myung Moon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/author/sun-myung-moon/] True Parents Legacy ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tplegacy.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Historical Timeline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/timeline/] ⁠⁠Sermons & Records [https://tplegacy.net/tag/sermon/]

God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World - III

The speech was delivered on behalf of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon in 14,400 cities throughout 120 nations from October 22 to December 20, 2006, during the “120 Ambassadors for Peace Speaking Tour for World Peace.” God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World - III [https://tplegacy.net/gods-ideal-family-and-the-kingdom-of-the-peaceful-ideal-world-iii/] ⁠⁠⁠Sun Myung Moon⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/author/sun-myung-moon/] True Parents Legacy ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tplegacy.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Historical Timeline⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tplegacy.net/timeline/] ⁠Sermons & Records [https://tplegacy.net/tag/sermon/]