Who is the vertical subject? There is none other than God who is the vertical subject. The original homeland of your conscience is God. Only after forming a family on the basis of God, centering on the conscience of individuals, and then forming a tribe, people, nation, world and cosmos centering on God can you be one with the vertical standard which will allow God to freely come down and go up. This vertical standard must also have give and take, right? It must revolve up and down. After making circles, a sphere will be formed.

When you go to a school, who is the vertical representative of the school? The vertical representative is the teacher who comes into the classroom. During that time, students must absolutely obey the words of the teacher. Those who gossip or complain on the side are destructive.

Now that you understand what is said on this signboard, go ahead and analyze it. What kind of qualifications am I able to meet? Can I sway and move back and forth as the family head who has brought the vertical and horizontal principles into one, or as the head of the clan or people, or as a representative of the world? God as the center of the universe will not freely move back and forth. Even a thousand years ago or ten thousand years ago, He did not sway. He is unchanging. (148-25)

You have to have control over your own individual conscience. What is the meaning of the character "tong" in "tong-il" (unification)? [it means to command and lead]. How is unification brought about? [By leading and commanding] By leading and commanding... The meaning of such leading is commanding from the absolute vertical position. Without the vertical standard, how can you bring unification? You are all members of the Unification Church, right? Those who are members raise your hand. I am saying this because among you here there are those who are not members, at least in my eyes. Only the senseless and ignorant old people casually raise their hands without even being able to distinguish their left hand from the right.

You have to lead. What does it mean to lead? Although the four seasons change, you must uphold the unchanging vertical standard so that what you lead in spring, winter, fall, summer will not change. You cannot say, "Since spring has come, I am bored with the vertical position; how wonderful is the horizontal position. I do not like the vertical position. I will move to the horizontal position." A leader cannot behave in this way. (148-22)