Love Is Boundless Giving and Giving More (a)

What kind of being is God who created the universe and set up the Principle? He is the being who embodies the ideal of living “for the sake of others” more than anyone in the universe. God is such a being. Therefore, in order to meet Him, you must live “for the sake of others.” God is the great king of all knowledge. But, He does not require all knowledge to meet Him. He is the great king of all abilities. But, He does not require all abilities to meet Him. God is the great master of all powers, money and materials, but He requires none of these. As long as you live for “for the sake of others”, you can come and meet Him.(Note 1)

Giving and giving again for the sake of others puts you in the same position as God giving of Himself at the time of the creation. By putting everything you have into something, you are creating a second self, and it is the same as God investing everything He had at the time of the creation. The history of re-creation is the course of restoration through indemnity. Indemnity is offered through the history of re-creation, and so only when one invests everything one has, can re-creation take place. (82-239, 1976.1.31)

Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han, March 16, 1960 Love requires one hundred percent devotion. When God was creating the universe, He invested Himself one hundred percent through His love. That is why true love begins with living for the sake of others. (189-202, 1989.4.6)

The logic of eternal life operates solely through investing oneself again and again. You will never come to ruin if you live for the sake of others. From giving small things, you will move on to giving bigger things. Then where does this lead? It comes back to you. (204-106, 1990.7.1)

Love does not satisfy us even after we have given it; instead, when you give you want to give more and you feel ashamed when you are unable to. Those who feel ashamed even after giving are truly the owners of love. In love, the more we give, the more we receive in return. The more we carry that out, the more the power of what is given is exceeded by the power that comes back. In that way, you will never perish; rather, you will prosper. There is no way to be prosperous without love. (38-326, 1971.1.8)

Love can never be exhausted. The more it is set in motion, the greater it gets. According to the laws of

mechanics, something in constant motion becomes exhausted in time. In the case of true love, however, the more it is in motion, rather than being used up, the greater it becomes. (219-18, 1991.8.25)

The essence of love is such that when you live for the sake of others, your love becomes greater, but when you want people to live for you, your love diminishes little by little. (129-264, 1983.11.13)

What is true love? It is giving, and then forgetting about it; it is giving and giving and then giving some more. (240-298, 1992.12.13)

Even though you may give and give and give, the world of love lasts forever. (121-173, 1982.10.24)

The word “love” is truly mighty. There is a Korean saying that “One well-spoken word can clear away a large debt.” What that means is that with just one word you can indemnify something. Even if you have a debt of billions of dollars, one word of love can more than indemnify the debt. (227-253, 1992.2.14)

(Note 1) This paragraph was translated from the Japanese text comparable to the Book 3 (True Love) of Cheon Seong Gyeong, since it was not in English CSG. This translation (paragraph 1) is not official.