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Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, child's drawing

A series of articles written by John Eagles.

Divine Principle means principles coming from God. The articles listed here are organized according to topics.

The term 'Divine Principle,' as far as i know, was introduced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon. You can find several versions of Divine Principle books on Unification Church websites, here ^[1] and here ^[2].

Introduction to the Divine Principle


Title & link	First lines of article	Date written
What is truth?	Because God is alive, God's Truth also is alive. Because God is absolute, God's Truth also is absolute. Because God is eternal, God's Truth also is eternal. Because God is unique, God's Truth also is unique. Because God is growing, God's Truth also is growing. Because God’s wish is to make us pure, God’s Truth also is purifying.	1999
The ideal world is being built	An ideal world is possible and is coming into being because God planned an ideal world and God is Absolute. The reason that people often lost faith in the Ideal is because they were defeated by the force that also destroyed God's original world. That force is strong, but not unbeatable.	1999
The truth is one	The more that we go from internal to external, the more all is split and diversified. The world on the level of things, human beings and animals and plants and all that is made from minerals, is very heterogeneous.	Jan. 28, 2011
Doing research to find truth	1. The truth is often convoluted by misrepresentation of facts. Only by diving more deeply into the information that is available, we can discover the truth that is behind. This is a process of separating truth from lies and it takes time and effort.	2011

The Triune Ideal


Title & link	Photo	First lines of article	Date written	Media
Spirituality and the vertical dimension		As i promised you, i shall elaborate on another dimension of the cosmos to put spirituality into context. This will help us to get a better understanding of the concept of spirituality. In a former entry I described spirituality as one direction in a dimension in that it is placed together with the physical world. The spiritual world and the physical world constitute one dimension of the cosmos.	May 31, 2006
The Circle of Care		One major goal of religious life is to reach some kind of perfection of our individuality. People strive for perfection of all kind of aspects of their being. When you are a sportsman or -woman your goal for perfection may be to become a champion in your sport. When you are a scientist you may strive for perfection of your knowledge in a certain field.	Nov. 2, 2006

Principles of creation


Title & link	First lines of article	Date written	Media
Mediators between higher and lower entities	There is a principle valid in the universe which says that each created entity can only fulfill its purpose of creation by keeping a good mediating relation with higher and lower entities. To make you more clear about this principle, and what it means for each of us, let's look at the example of a cow.	Oct. 19, 1998
The forces in the universe	Mibil is a pseudonym, not the real name of the angel who gave this revelation. To understand about forces of nature, such as gravity and electricity and forces working on the smallest level of atoms it is not enough to only look at the physical level.	July 29, 2006
The magnificent human body	The human body is the most valuable and most beautiful creation in the physical world. There is nothing comparable in the universe. From an external viewpoint, it is a magnificent instrument, capable of highest intellectual, emotional, sensitive, motorial, energetic and artistic achievement.	Feb. 28, 2008
Becoming a body of truth	The universe is built according to logical laws and principles. This is the reason why scientists can discover and describe such laws and why many physical events are predictable. Also all our technology is based on understanding cosmic principles.	March 8, 2008
Adam and 3 archangels and the tetrahedron	The Divine Principle teaches that Adam (or Eve) needs three archangels for spiritual protection. Here i want to study this understanding from viewing what is a regular tetrahedron.	July 21, 2009
The spiritual aspects of God's creations are eternal gifts of love, truth and energy	God created the universe and all beings and things. God created this from love. We also say that all beings and things originally are bodies of God's truth, expressing the fact that there is design and principle in all that God created. We know that all that exists is basically energy, therefore it is also correct to state that all beings and things are expressions of God's energy.	Jan. 15, 2010
The Four-Position Foundation - for children (video) & - Text	All that exists was made by God and is connected to God. God works through the unity between one of God's creations and another one in order to make something new. For example, through a father and a mother a new child is created. God, father, mother and child form four positions who ideally are united in God.	April 2, 2010	Video

The spiritual world

Main article: Divine Principle - The spiritual world

The fall


Title & link	First lines of article	Date written
GOD’S LOVE AND FALSE LOVE (for children)	EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT LOVE. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT LOVE IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME. THERE IS GOOD LOVE. AND THERE IS BAD LOVE. LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN YOU THE DIFFERENCE.	July 1, 2002
The spiritual nature of sin	Many tend to think of sin as doing something wrong. Doing something wrong can be sinful, but the primary nature of sin is spiritual. Sins are actions, feelings, thoughts, plans and desires that are done without God. But they aren't done simply without God, they are instigated or controlled by a force that attempts to live without God or that tries to tower above God. This force comes from the spirit world primarily.	Dec. 12, 2010
The concept of sin reconsidered	In the modern world many of us reject the notion of sin. The concept is seen as connected to putting upon us heavy loads of feelings of guilt. Those using the word sin usually want to tell us that we all are sinners and therefore we should repent and join a religious group and fulfill our duties there. That's not the understanding of sin that i have. But is it necessary to reject the idea altogether?	Aug. 18, 2006

Resurrection


Title & link	Photo	First lines of article	Date written	Media
Resurrection		Here i shall explain a little about resurrection. Resurrection should always be understood in a spiritual way. Physical bodies don't get resurrected. Once they have gone to dust, dust they remain.	Jan. 19, 2011
Your own contribution to your own resurrection		How can you or how can i contribute to your or my own resurrection? Resurrection is resurrection of the spirit. That we speak about 're'-surrection is to stress the fact that the spirit is not in the state it should be in. When there would not be obstructive forces in the universe, everyone's spirit would just grow normally like a tree that is treated well and has access to all necessary nutrients.	Jan. 20, 2011

Principles of restoration

See also: Home Church and Internal Guidance, section Restoration


Title & link	Photo	First lines of article	Date written
The field of tension between faith and fall		People yearn for all kind of things. Some people want to become rich, others want to get famous. There are people who want to gain much knowledge, but those people who have chosen to get much faith have really made the best choice of all. When you have decided that to gain faith is the highest you could reach in life, then you did not only choose for faith, but once you have built a good relation with God, God will give you all the other blessings of life just for free.	April 12, 2001
Substantiating your faith		What i am writing about here is really about ordinary life, that is: life as it should be. Religion is not firstly to be a member of an organization or to attend religious services. Religion is practicing love and understanding how to do that. It's getting to know about all aspects of life and learning how to live it well.	August 12, 2006
Some principles concerning restoration of blood lines		The following is a revelation from an angel Mibil. 'Mibil' is a pseudonym, not the angel's real name. The principle of restoration that must be applied to restore God's ideal is based on attempts to unify two brothers in a family.	August 27, 2006
The younger inspires and the elder protects		A new child is born in a house and something really wonderful happens. A natural miracle of love and harmony occurs that teaches us a principle that we so often tend to forget. A child is born and everyone is inspired. Elder brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends, they all want one thing: to be inspired by the newborn.	Jan. 27, 2007
Egypt, the wilderness and Canaan in our own lives		We all go through stages in our lives that are comparable to the course of the Israelites who after they left slavery in Egypt went through the wilderness to eventually enter the promised land of Canaan. Personally I find the account of this part of the history of the Jewish people one of the most meaningful of the Bible. The deeper we understand this story, the more we can recognize the stages of this course in our own lives.	Oct. 16, 2009
Some thoughts about lineage		Mankind began as an original lineage with the birth of Adam and Eve. Although their lineage was unstained from the start, their fall led to a problematic succession. In the lineage of Adam and Eve, all their descendants were born with the task to restore the problems left in the line of Adam and Eve. I am sure that God must have worked hard to restore mankind through the generations.	Aug. 29, 2009
Israel and the task to make victory over angels		Adam and Eve could not reach perfection because instead of taking dominion over the world of angels, they were influenced by angels and began to look up to them as if they were God. It is the task of Adam and Eve to restore themselves to the positions of restored Adam and restored Eve. This can only be accomplished in a process of restoration in which Adam and Eve must win a battle over angels.	Dec. 28, 2009
Family lines of heavenly restoration		When man was created, already the angels existed. We know the fall of man to be one of an invasion by angels. Man came under the influence of fallen angels and man's situation, man's heart, mind and body were affected by their fall. A main result of the fall of man is what we call original sin. 'Original sin' is a concept that describes the first sin of man and it also refers to the first invasion by angels into man's existence.	Jan. 7, 2010
The meaning of a temple from the spiritual viewpoint		Each religion has always built temples. We can understand temples on different levels, for example as centers of religious worship, as places of offering, as a representation in symbol or image of microcosm man or of the macrocosm, and as a foundation in the spiritual world. Here i shall focus on the meaning of a temple from the spiritual viewpoint.	Feb. 13, 2010
Complexities of restoration processes over the generations	File:Ancestors of Richard James Winstock.JPG	Restoration is a very complex thing as we attempt to overcome the problems of our ancestors and find ourselves in misty parallels to situations we didn't even know about.Let's try to understand how restoration works.	Nov. 14, 2010
The correct order needed for the Foundation of Faith		The fall meant that the universal order as created by God was turned upside down. Lucifer the angel, who should have been object to Adam the child of God, became subject to Adam. Always fall means that the original subject-object order is turned upside down, and restoration of faith means that the original subject-object order is restored.	March 11, 2011

History of restoration

Main article: Divine Principle - History of restoration

The Last Days


Title & link	Photo	First lines of article	Date written	Media
Lonely seekers in a frenzied world		While i prepare this blog i watch the news on BBC and CNN and i see the turmoil of a world gone mad. The wars that go on or threaten to come demonstrate the defeat of the moral institutions that have been set up during the past 2,000 years or more. Most people seem to walk in line with the mainstream, simply believe what is told to them on the news, take up their arms when they are sent to war.	Aug. 22, 2006

Guest contributions


Title & link	Photo	Author
Divine Principle Poems		Kefa N. Mkombola

References

External links

From the darkness into the light Blog by John Eagles, with several articles about the Divine Principle.

[1] Divine Principle

[2] Exposition of the Divine Principle, 1996 Translation

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