Exposition of the Divine Principle

Part I · Chapter 1

The Principle of Creation

Throughout history, people have anguished over the fundamental questions of human life and the universe without arriving at satisfying answers. This is because no one has understood the root principle by which humanity and the universe were originally created.

To approach this topic properly, it is not enough to examine resultant reality. The fundamental question is that of the causal reality. Problems concerning human life and the universe cannot be solved without first understanding the nature of God.

This chapter deals extensively with these questions.

Inside this chapter

Section 1

The Dual Characteristics of God and the Created Universe

1.1 The Dual Characteristics of God 1.2 The Relationship between God and the Universe

Section 2

Universal Prime Energy, Give and Take Action, and the Four Position Foundation

2.1 Universal Prime Energy 2.2 Give and Take Action 2.3 The Four Position Foundation Which Realizes the Three Object Purpose through Origin-Division-Union Action

2.3.1 Origin-Division-Union Action 2.3.2 The Three Object Purpose 2.3.3 The Four Position Foundation 2.3.4 The Mode of Existence of the Four Position Foundation

2.4 The Omnipresence of God 2.5 The Multiplication of Life 2.6 The Reason All Beings Are Composed of Dual Characteristics

Section 3

The Purpose of Creation

3.1 The Purpose of the Creation of the Universe 3.2 Good Object Partners for the Joy of God

Section 4

Original Value

4.1 The Process and Standard for the Determination of Original Value 4.2 Original Emotion, Intellect and Will; and Original Beauty, Truth and Goodness 4.3 Love and Beauty, Good and Evil, Righteousness and Unrighteousness

4.3.1 Love and Beauty 4.3.2 Good and Evil 4.3.3 Righteousness and Unrighteousness

Section 5

The Process of the Creation of the Universe and Its Growing Period

5.1 The Process of the Creation of the Universe 5.2 The Growing Period for the Creation

5.2.1 The Three Ordered Stages of the Growing Period 5.2.2 The Realm of Indirect Dominion 5.2.3 The Realm of Direct Dominion

Section 6

The Incorporeal World and the Corporeal World Whose Center is Human Beings

6.1 The Incorporeal World and the Corporeal World as Substantial Realities 6.2 The Position of Human Beings in the Cosmos 6.3 The Reciprocal Relationship between the Physical Self and the Spirit Self

6.3.1 The Structure and Functions of the Physical Self 6.3.2 The Structure and Functions of the Spirit Self 6.3.3 The Spirit Mind, the Physical Mind and Their Relationship in the Human Mind

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Elsewhere in the book

Part I — General Principles

— Preface — Introduction 1 The Principle of Creation 2 The Human Fall 3 Eschatology and Human History 4 The Messiah: His Advent and the Purpose of His Second Coming 5 Resurrection 6 Predestination 7 Christology

Part II — Providence of Restoration

— Introduction to Restoration 1 The Providence to Lay the Foundation for Restoration 2 Moses and Jesus in the Providence of Restoration 3 The Periods in Providential History and the Determination of Their Lengths 4 The Parallels between the Two Ages in the Providence of Restoration 5 The Period of Preparation for the Second Advent of the Messiah 6 The Second Advent