5) Goodness Is the Purpose of Education

People everywhere want to be good and hope to be good. Don't our teachers stand behind the podium and say to their pupils, "You must become good Koreans in the future"? In the same way, we teach students in middle school, high school, and in college to be good people as the purpose of education. There are absolutely no good persons who live for their individual self. What kind of education, what kind of moral standards do we have in Asia? For the attainment of goodness.

Many people don't understand that goodness brings its reward. Do we understand the importance of moral beliefs, however difficult, as the purpose of our education and the goal of the humanities? No. But, why not? We must prefer the higher plateau of perfection to our low, fallen position. Heaven cannot educate us one-to-one; therefore, through education it teaches us indirectly and symbolically. We must recognize that the teachings tell us to be good and do good.

What is goodness? It is the locomotive of progress. Therefore we must give. Give what? Not the rejects, not the hand-me-downs, not the leftover foods. We must give our lives. Not only our lives, but our only True Love. This is parental love. For this, we at the Unification Church try to give parental love, working like slaves, sweating for the earth, shedding tears for humankind, and bleeding for Heaven.