family as a school of love and peace
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Healthy families contribute to a healthy society. Yet modern trends show a decline in stable marriages and in family values and virtues. This presentation focuses on the family as an effective instrument for creating social harmony and building a foundation for lasting peace.TRANSCRIPT
Family as the School of
Love and Peace
Family as the School of
Love and Peace
The family is the mostimportant humaninstitution.
Without itwe would not exist.
Through it we transmitlanguage, culture,ethics, core values -even religion.
The family is the mostimportant humaninstitution.
Without itwe would not exist.
Through it we transmitlanguage, culture,ethics, core values -even religion.
The First Human InstitutionThe First Human Institution
The family---marriage and parenthood---
is regarded as sacred by the world’s religions.
The family---marriage and parenthood---
is regarded as sacred by the world’s religions.
The Family Is Sacred.The Family Is Sacred.
There are five relations of utmost importance under Heaven…between prince and minister; between father and son; between husband and wife; between elder and younger brothers; and between friends.
Confucianism, Doctrine of the Mean
There are five relations of utmost importance under Heaven…between prince and minister; between father and son; between husband and wife; between elder and younger brothers; and between friends.
Confucianism, Doctrine of the Mean
Family Relations Are Essential.
Family Relations Are Essential.
It is by the proper regulation of each family that the whole world is stabilized.
I Ching 37
It is by the proper regulation of each family that the whole world is stabilized.
I Ching 37
The Family Influences the Whole.
The Family Influences the Whole.
When the family declines, ancient traditions are destroyed. With them are lost the spiritual foundation for life, and the family loses its sense of unity. Hinduism, Bhagavad-Gita
1.40
When the family declines, ancient traditions are destroyed. With them are lost the spiritual foundation for life, and the family loses its sense of unity. Hinduism, Bhagavad-Gita
1.40
Family As a Spiritual Foundation
Family As a Spiritual Foundation
When a man honors his father and mother, God says, “I regard it as though I had dwelt among them and they had honored me.”
Judaism, Talmud
When a man honors his father and mother, God says, “I regard it as though I had dwelt among them and they had honored me.”
Judaism, Talmud
The Family Honors God.The Family Honors God.
Representing heaven and earth I have created husband and wife. This is the beginning of the world.
Tenrikyo, Mikagura-uta
Representing heaven and earth I have created husband and wife. This is the beginning of the world.
Tenrikyo, Mikagura-uta
Family Symbolizes Heaven and Earth.
Family Symbolizes Heaven and Earth.
The sacred partnership of true marriage is constituted both by the will of God and the will of man.
ChristianityPope Pius XI, Casti Connubi
The sacred partnership of true marriage is constituted both by the will of God and the will of man.
ChristianityPope Pius XI, Casti Connubi
Partnership between God and Man
Partnership between God and Man
Types of Love in the Types of Love in the FamilyFamily
Types of Love in the Types of Love in the FamilyFamilyThe family has the potential to
manifest, most fully, God’s ideal of true love.
The family has the potential to manifest, most fully, God’s ideal
of true love.
WifeWifeHusbandHusband
GodGod
ChildChild ChildChild
Children’s loveBrotherly and
sisterly loveMarital loveParental love
The Significance of Marriage
The Significance of Marriage A partnership of man and woman A sacred, exclusive and eternal commitment Forms the most fulfilling, secure and constructive base for:
• sexual/conjugal love
• creation of new life
• establishment of lineage
A partnership of man and woman A sacred, exclusive and eternal commitment Forms the most fulfilling, secure and constructive base for:
• sexual/conjugal love
• creation of new life
• establishment of lineage
Love, Life and Lineage
Marriage joins the life of one Marriage joins the life of one woman and the life of one man. In woman and the life of one man. In time, through children, it joins the time, through children, it joins the lineage of the man and the lineage lineage of the man and the lineage of the woman. It thus begins a of the woman. It thus begins a history, a nation, the world and the history, a nation, the world and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.
Sun Myung Moon
The Significance of Sexual The Significance of Sexual LoveLove
Sexual organs of husband and wife Sexual organs of husband and wife are complementary and fulfill dual are complementary and fulfill dual purposes:purposes:
Create joy, closeness, onenessCreate joy, closeness, oneness
Give rise to new life: childrenGive rise to new life: children
Marital Love Is ExclusiveMarital Love Is Exclusive No adulteryNo adultery
Adultery/infidelity undermines trust and Adultery/infidelity undermines trust and violates the heart of one’s spouse.violates the heart of one’s spouse.
Pre-marital sex and multiple sexual Pre-marital sex and multiple sexual partners, including pornographic sex, partners, including pornographic sex, create self-centered habits and weaken create self-centered habits and weaken the bonds of love in marriage.the bonds of love in marriage.
Our sexual organ is not to be used Our sexual organ is not to be used freely, but only in exclusive partnership freely, but only in exclusive partnership with our spouse.with our spouse.
Sun Myung Moon,“In Search of the Origin of the
Universe”
Sun Myung Moon,“In Search of the Origin of the
Universe”
If all men and women admit that their sexual organ belongs to their spouse, we all will bow our heads and become humble when we receive our spouse's love. Love comes to you only from your partner.
If all men and women admit that their sexual organ belongs to their spouse, we all will bow our heads and become humble when we receive our spouse's love. Love comes to you only from your partner.
Our Spouse and Sexual LoveOur Spouse and Sexual Love
Should focus on developing character, talents, capacities, and virtues, to become a good man, husband and father; or a good woman, wife and mother.
Premarital sex is detrimental to our character development and to our capacity to establish a good marriage and family.
Should focus on developing character, talents, capacities, and virtues, to become a good man, husband and father; or a good woman, wife and mother.
Premarital sex is detrimental to our character development and to our capacity to establish a good marriage and family.
Importance of Sexual Abstinence Before Marriage
Importance of Sexual Abstinence Before Marriage
AND YET …AND YET …
Spouse Spouse andandchild child abuseabuse
InfidelityInfidelity
DivorceDivorce
Spouse Spouse andandchild child abuseabuse
InfidelityInfidelity
DivorceDivorce
A Worldwide Family Crisis?A Worldwide Family Crisis?A Worldwide Family Crisis?A Worldwide Family Crisis?
Annual Ratio: Divorces to Marriages
Annual Ratio: Divorces to Marriages
Source: US Census Bureau, Source: US Census Bureau, 20032003Source: US Census Bureau, Source: US Census Bureau, 20032003
Sweden 55%Belarus 53%Finland 51%Luxembourg 47%Estonia 47%Australia 46%United States 46%Denmark 45%Belgium 44%Austria 43%
Albania 11%Azerbaijan 10%Italy 10%Georgia 7%Armenia 6%Turkey 6%Bosnia 5%Macedonia 5%Sri Lanka 2%India 1%
Family Breakdown: Youth in Family Breakdown: Youth in CrisisCrisis
Family Breakdown: Youth in Family Breakdown: Youth in CrisisCrisis
Sexual Sexual promiscuitypromiscuity
Drug abuseDrug abuse Sexually-Sexually-
transmitted transmitted diseases (STDs)diseases (STDs)
Crime and Crime and violenceviolence
Sexual Sexual promiscuitypromiscuity
Drug abuseDrug abuse Sexually-Sexually-
transmitted transmitted diseases (STDs)diseases (STDs)
Crime and Crime and violenceviolence
The Blessing Movement: Building One Family Under God, One
Family at a Time
The Blessing Movement: Building One Family Under God, One
Family at a Time Affirms the sacred and social value of marriage and family
A public commitment to one universal human family, beyond the barriers of race, religion, nationality and culture
Each of us has a “family-building” responsibility ---- as a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a child---that contributes to the broader task of peacebuilding.
Affirms the sacred and social value of marriage and family
A public commitment to one universal human family, beyond the barriers of race, religion, nationality and culture
Each of us has a “family-building” responsibility ---- as a parent, a spouse, a sibling, a child---that contributes to the broader task of peacebuilding.
36 36 Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony 36 36 Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony Couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony
Marriage Blessing of Religious LeadersMarriage Blessing of Religious LeadersMarriage Blessing of Religious LeadersMarriage Blessing of Religious Leaders
The Blessing PledgeThe Blessing Pledge
To be faithful in marriage: no adultery To raise children and grandchildren to
be pure in preparation for marriage To live for the sake of others as a
married couple and as a family To encourage people of all races,
religions, nationalities and cultures to live as one family under God.
To be faithful in marriage: no adultery To raise children and grandchildren to
be pure in preparation for marriage To live for the sake of others as a
married couple and as a family To encourage people of all races,
religions, nationalities and cultures to live as one family under God.
World Peace Blessing Ceremony at the United World Peace Blessing Ceremony at the United NationsNations
World Peace Blessing Ceremony at the United World Peace Blessing Ceremony at the United NationsNations