1. Theory of the Original Image


Table of contents






I. Content of the Original Image






II. Structure of the Original Image






3. Kinds of Four Position Foundations


3.1. Inner Identity-Maintaining Four Position Foundation
3.2. Outer Identity-Maintaining Four Position Foundation
3.3. Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
a) Purpose as the Center
b) Inner Sungsang as Subject
What Is Inner Sungsang?
Inner Sungsang Is the Union of Spirit Mind and Physical Mind
c) Inner Hyungsang as Object
What Is Inner Hyungsang?
Inner Hyungsang Is a Kind of Mold
d) Inner Give and Receive Action
What Is Inner Give and Receive Action?
Operation of Ideas
Operation of Ideas is Give and Receive Action
Types of Give and Receive Action
Thinking Is a Contrast Type of Give and Receive Action
Purpose Is the Center
e) A Plan as the Result
What Is the Result?
Logos as Pre-plan
Logos as Plan
f) A Summary of the Explanation of the Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
Center of the Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
Subject of the Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
Object in the Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
Inner Give and Receive Action
Result of the Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
3.4. Outer Developmental Four Position Foundation
a) What Is the Outer Developmental Four Position Foundation?
The developmental four position foundation is formed inside and outside the Original
b) Outer Developmental Four Position Foundation Is formed on the Basis of Inner Developmental Four Position Foundation
c) All Creative Activities are Made Through the Two-Stage Developmental Four Position Foundations
d) Constituent Elements of the Outer Four Position Foundation

As was stated in the Preface, Unification Thought is the thought which has appeared to lead humankind eternally by fundamentally solving all the difficult problems of humanity. Yet, the fundamental solution of all these difficult problems is possible only through a correct and full understanding of the attributes of God.

The theory concerning the attributes of God, in Unification Thought, is called the Theory of the Original Image. “Original Image” means the attributes of God, the causal being. The attributes of God consist of “form” and also of “function” including nature, character, ability, etc. We call the former aspect the “Divine Image” and the latter aspect the “Divine Character.”

In such historical religions as Christianity and Islam, the attributes of God have been expressed in various ways: omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, supreme good, supreme beauty, supreme truth, righteousness, love, creativity, and so on.

Unification Thought certainly affirms such characteristics as these as included among the attributes of God. Yet, we can not solve actual problems fundamentally by limiting ourselves to this traditional way of understanding God’s attributes.

Unification Thought considers such attributes as those mentioned as belonging to the Divine Character of God. A more important aspect of the attributes of God, however, is the Divine Image. The Divine Image consists of dual characteristics, as is explained in the Divine Principle. Only through a correct and full understanding of the Divine Image, as well as the Divine Character, will we be able to fundamentally solve the problems of human life, society, history, and the world.

The Divine Image of God in Unification Thought refers to the dual characteristics of Sungsang and Hyungsang, and Yang and Yin, and to the Individual Images. The Divine Character in Unification Thought refers to Heart (Shimjung), Logos and Creativity. In this Theory of the Original Image, the content of the Divine Image and the Divine Character will be explained in the section “Content of the Original Image,” and the relationship between Sungsang and Hyungsang will be dealt with in the section “Structure of the Original Image.”