If you take a quiet look at children... When you look at things like toys, what are they? They are things that move. Everybody likes toys, but of all moving things the ones that have intuitive feelings are animals-whether they are puppies or some kind of bugs. All children are happy centering on moving things such as the birds of the air and the beasts of the field. Why is that? Because people were originally like that. What does that mean? It means that when humans saw the natural world or the movement of this world, they felt pleasure. Everything was man's hobby. Also, things like other objects... Although, of course, the reciprocal bases differ, in that place of appreciation people truly feel enjoyment and interest. \ If we look at living insects or animals we can see that they all exist in pairs. If we look at nature in this way and ask ourselves what it is, as humankind's object of love it is a museum of educational materials for development and education toward the ideal of reciprocity. That is why there are three kinds of bird-song. The first is a sign that the bird is hungry. The next is a song of love for the bird's mate, and the next is a song that the bird sings when there is danger. They are all different. Although we ordinary people do not know, in the world of birds they know all these songs. If you cry because you are hungry everyone knows about it. It is like that. What is everyday life centered on? If you are hungry, once you have eaten that is the end of it. There isn't danger every day either. If we ask ourselves what the songs are generally centered on, we have to say that the songs come and go centering on the relationship of giving and receiving between mates. (137-211) Humans were created as subjects and objects, that is, as reciprocal pairs. Also, all the things of the world, which exist for humankind, came into being according to the principle of love. Furthermore, because of the love of humankind, life and the ideal become a reality. The world of creation exists for humankind. Especially, it exists as the textbook of love for Adam and Eve as they are growing up. It is a museum inexhaustibly exhibiting the essence of love. (135-12) In the very beginning, Adam and Eve, who were favored by being born as the children of God, grew up under the protection of God from their childhood and gradually became bigger. Consequently, because their intellect developed, they came to understand why God had created the world. The world was created to be a means of education. Everything that moved in the created world was a textbook that taught our original human ancestors Adam and Eve everything that enabled them to live. You must know the fact that because Adam and Eve were not perfected, yet were living according to the ideal way of life, the created world was a model or a museum for them. (137-128)
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