3. Types of Man

1) Categories of Man

The carnal man is as an animal while the spiritual man is mindful. If we divide men into two types, one is an animal type and the other is a spiritual type. The animal-type man is worthless while the mindful man is precious. What are the differences between the two from the view point of quality? The animal-type man leads his life centering around himself, while the mindful-type man leads his life for the whole.

One should know that there live three different types of human beings in the world. \The first type is led by carnal desire, the second type is led by mind, and the third type is the one who places himself to be united with the point at which God's internal characteristic, or mind, and God's external characteristic, its embodiment, are united.

\There comes historical man who is the center for man of three distinguishable characteristics, namely, man of belief, man of reasoning, and static man. Twelve different types are formed and go through three different stages to form 36. Split according to dual characteristics, they become 72.