1. THE REALMS OF INDIRECT DOMINION AND DIRECT DOMINION

1) The Realm of Indirect Dominion

Isn't there the term, "portion of responsibility", in the Principle? Why is there such a thing as the portion of responsibility? Man must grow. He must grow and rise. Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen-he must develop until adolescence in the growth stage. If he is then to rise to the center, he must grow. As he attempts to develop, he must continue until that point. In the Unification Church, this is called the realm of God's dominion over accomplishments through the Principle. It means that there is a realm of direct dominion and also a realm of dominion over accomplishments through the Principle.

Unless you develop and arrive at maturity, you don't understand what love is. This is true no matter how hard you may try to do so. That is why you must wait until you have developed. When two people become one from a two-dimensional point, if God comes exactly at that moment and marries them that is all it takes. (137-100)

You must know the content of the Principle. \You can logically explain that when man was created according to rules and principles, it was inevitable for God--who wished for man to reach maturity--to set up the realm of indirect dominion until around the age of twenty. Do you understand?

Why did He create the realm of the dominion of the Principle? \It is because if this were not set up, it would be difficult to determine where the limits of maturation were. The question is when adolescence would be. Thus, we wait until the time of the realm of the dominion of the Principle, until adolescence. Therefore, God must not intervene with anything in the area of love. What man requires is absolute love. (148-150)

Looking at the Principle of the Unification Church, there are the realms of indirect and direct dominion. However, as a result of man's Fall, he can now only be in the realm of indirect dominion. He has not been connected to the realm of direct dominion even until this day. Adam and Eve were unable to fulfill their responsibility and thus were not able to link the realms of the indirect and direct dominion. This is where the human portion of responsibility comes in. The providence of restoration has been prolonged many times because of failures in the portion of responsibility. Humankind did not know this.

In order to go to the realm of God's direct dominion, the realm of God's complete love, what must we do in the realm of indirect dominion? In order to be perfected, we must fulfill the portion of responsibility. (139-231)