The parent-child relationship represents the vertical side. So that is why love between a parent and child never changes. Isn't it so in the history of human beings? Love between husband and wife has a nature to expand from of the horizontal to all four directions. That is why parents can never abandon their children and children never abandon parents. (145-275)

Where is God's full love found? Does it exist between brothers who love each other? No. Also, God's love is not magnified created centered on love between a man and a woman. God's full love is found in the love between a parent and a child. The flesh and blood must be connected. In order to create a tradition that lasts for eternity, flesh and blood must be connected. That is, a vertical relationship must be formed.

It is the vertical relationship that receives God's love, so it cannot be any other than the love between a parent and child. This love has no distance. In this vertical relationship there must be one center. There can be only one center. The center is in the best position. If there were two centers, in this world there would be a fight. (28-169)

For the child, the joy of being with the parents must be a joy that represents the world; and for the parents, the joy of being together with their child must fulfill a desire that represents the world. When we think about the parent-child relationship, it must be the foundation of the universe. We can see that the root of joy sprouts from here, and if there is sorrow here, there cannot be a more sorrowful position.

Even if they lose everything in the external world, there is still one position where parents can be happy-with their children. Isn't that the most important thing? The parents' desire is to show off their relationship with their children to the whole world.

So, if this is the case in the relationships of humankind, as we can imagine it even through the relationships of fallen people, isn't it the same with the relationship of heaven and earth, God and man? We know that, as there are moral principles among men, there exists also a moral principle of heaven. If there is a deep heart among humans, there must be a deep heart of heaven. As heaven is above and earth is below, and as parents are above and children below, they are in above and below relationships.

So, people on earth are in the children's position and heaven is in the position of parents. The direction of love between the heart of parents and the heart of children is from subject to object. Parents try to love their children and children try to receive love. If not, parents' would stand in a position where they can primarily receive love and children must then stand in a position where they can first give love to their parents. If there is a limit to a heart that wants to give and that wants to receive, love cannot exist.

We have experiences in our families and in the life of the heart where, even when there is a giving heart, if something blocks it we cannot receive love even if we want to. That is why heaven is above and earth is below. The Parents exist above and children below, and it is the same with God and man. God is in the parents' position, so he exists above human beings. That is why God loves man. (62-18)

Centering on the relationship of God and man where God is the parent and a man is the son of God, when someone says of the man. "He looks more handsome than God," is God happy or not? (laughter) If God feels bad, He is no better than man, no better than fallen man. (laughter) Don't you think God would surely be happy? So that is why we need love.

Do you want to be better than God, or not? Please answer. [We want to be better than God]. (laughter) We are sorry, but to be honest, we want to be better than God. In ancient times, in the Far East, the son greeted his father every morning and evening. But what happens if the son starts to think, "I wish I could be in my father's position and my father in my position"? It is possible that he thinks, "Why should my father always be above me and why should I be in the lower position?" Why not? The above and below relationship is good, but if it is fixed you might not like it. The son would feel better if he knows that he can be in the position of the father one day. But he feels bad if the father always sits in the upper position and himself in the lower position. Don't you think so? That is possible.

The parent-child relationship is an above and below relationship. That is why, when the son says to his father, "Father, give me your position for once. I want to be in your position," the father cannot say, "No son, I can't do that." Because God is absolute, you must consider this as well.

So, it cannot be a problem for God when He considers in what position to place man. God put man in a position where the rank is above and below; however, in real life, before and after and inner and outer relationships also exist. You must consider these elements when you think about the answer to the question, "Where should God exist?" So, in order to be in an in and out relationship, where should God exist? God is a formless God, but in what position should He be with man? He cannot always be in the above position. He cannot always be in the upper position. That is why we need the parent-child relationship.

In the parent-child relationship, the parent is in the upper position and the child is in the lower position, in other words, it is an above and below relationship. When a son says, "Father, I want to be in your position," God cannot say, "No, you can't," otherwise it would be a problem. God knows this, so He put us in not only an above and below relationship, but also in an inner and outer relationship, which is one of equals, as in the mind and body.

First, God creates his child; second, He becomes one with him or her and third, He even wants to give man his ability of creation. That is what God wants us to own? Everyone here, young or old, should have the experience where, if your parents own something nice, you want to have it. You want to make it yours. So, when you look at it this way, what your father owns is yours too. (53-225)