People ask, "What is the meaning of life?" It's a problem to find a philosophy of life, a view of the nation, world and cosmos and, going one step further, a view of God. How can you find these? It is the most serious problem to put all these things in the proper sequence and order and to understand their relationships in a multi-dimensional way.

From the viewpoint of the Principle of living for others, the most precious view of life is that I exist for all humankind, for the world, for the nation, for society, for my family, and for my wife and children. If you find happiness in this position, you will know that this is the best view of life.

It's the same for a nation. What is the ideal nation? A nation that seeks only its own self-interest will be accused as a bad nation. We know this very well through history.

Today there is no nation that carries out its policies for the sake of the world. As you know well, today's Communist world is divided. The reason for the division of the Communists in 1957 was that the Soviet Union dreamed of conquering the whole world centered on the Slavic people.

This division occurred because Communism became nationalistic. The United States today is declining from its position as leader of the democratic world. Why? Although it should be the democratic country that leads the whole world, it is forsaking the world and pursuing its own interests. Now the United States cannot stop its own decline.

Today in Korea we are discussing our national philosophy. But if that philosophy centers only on Korea, it will pass away with history. That's what happened with Soviet Communism, and what is happening now with the United States. If Korea, even though its a small country with a small population, establishes a national philosophy for the world, then eventually Korea will lead the world. From this point of view I can draw this official conclusion:

The true nation is the nation that serves the world. At the same time, the true world exists not only for itself. Because the world itself is a result, it needs a philosophy in alignment with its origin, the Absolute God.

I tell you that there is no way to lead this world and solve its problems with a self-serving ideology.