Does man like a thing to be tangible or intangible? People like something mysterious. Don't you want it? The mysterious things are concealed. The treasure placed innermost in the essential palace which is locked tight is more mystic than anything else. People want more mystic things. People want bigger things outwardly while they want more mystic things inwardly.

Let us say there are a high place and a low place. Then, which of those is the center? People like the high place. Was the high place created after the low place or the low place created after the high place? Do people like the low place or the high place? Which one do people like? Of course the high place.

Why don't they like the deep place? As you climb up higher you can have relations with various worlds. Since on the hilltop all things come into your sight, you can connect to everything. But if you go down into the deep valley every thing fades gradually from your sight. Do you understand this? Every relation you have had fades away one by one. Why does every one like the high place? That is because in the high place one is in the subjective position where one has relations with various worlds, can observe everything. But in the deep valley the situation reverses.

In this respect, the one in the high-spirit position is precious. Even though they are physically the same, one who is in a low-spirit level is less valuable.

The one who lives in the spiritual level is greater than the one who lives in the carnal level. Have you ever given thought to a tree, "We are happy to see green, but how tiresome you are keeping that green day in day out!" Have you ever thought this way? You may wish it to be yellow or red. It means that one does not live for oneself but for nature.

Now, why does the tree have to have green? Just think if it radiated red color in this hot summer... and what if it radiated a mottled color. It would be cumbersome, and it would irritate you a lot.

What if all were in blue: blue sky, blue sea, blue plant. We would be suffocated. What if they were in yellow, which I like, or some other color. Soon we would get bored. But green is the comforting color. It is the comforting color! By the way, why do people like green, then? I am asking why people like green! This existing world is well harmonized with green.

Therefore, there are many green colors on earth. This is the way I look at the situation. Earth is mostly green colored. Hence, it is very natural that I myself, molded from earth, should like green. This is logical. It is quite plausible. God knew everything a priori, so He created a blue heaven, blue sea...centering around humans to be harmonized with the color green. How splendid it is!