1. The meaning of "Songhwa"

Do you know the meaning of the word, "songhwa"? Why did I give the name Songhwa to the young folks? If there is anyone here among you who likes uniting with elderly folks, raise your hand. Sorry to say it, but would it really be much of a help if all the old folks got united? Or what would happen if all the housewives became united? They'd all just start dancing the Taryong, right? That is not really going to help. So, the thing God needs is the youth, the young folks, who have fire, who have the purity and energy and the fire which can assimilate with God's own feelings. That's why I gave the name Songhwa to you young folks.

"Song" (accomplishment) means the completion of the Ideal of Creation. In other words, it means the completion of the entire cosmos. Originally, the time for establishing the standard for completion is the age of 16 or 17, which was the age when the human ancestors fell. That's why God desires that everything be accomplished centering upon the Songhwa, the twenty-year-olds. Those who can occupy the place of completion in the future are those in their youth.

\ What is the difference between the "Hwa" in "Hwahak" (chemistry) and the "Hwa" in Songhwa? The "Hwa" in Hwahak means changing one's essential character and even shape, and the "Hwa" in Songhwa means bringing about corresponding conditions from the position of an absolute subject with a clear view of subject nature. In this position, one is never restricted by formality. no matter where one goes.

So if you ask what "Songhwa" means, the answer is "accomplishing and uniting." Achieving one goal and then forming a harmonious unity. Then because you unite, there is only one, not two. Just like leaven or yeast. It's the same as how, although in one home there may be a nice elderly Grandma and a Grandpa, or the mother and father, it is only when the kids break out into laughter that the whole house really chuckles. In this sense, you really need to know that the responsibility of being Songhwa, of being young, is actually a big responsibility. (47-80, 21-83, 25-107)