Sangjenim gathered all spirits and established a government of spirits

Sangjenim gathered all spirits and established a government of spirits

 

Sangjenim used historically significant human spirits as the basic material in the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth. Mostly He incorporated spirits with unresolved bitterness, spirits of failed revolutionaries, spirits that guard specific regions, and spirits that have contributed to the development of human civilization. ①Sangjenim gathered spirits that existed from the beginning of human history to the present and established a government of spirits. He ordered this spiritual government to judge impartially what was right and wrong, good and bad, crooked and straight, in the past world. On this basis He carried out the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth.

 

②Though He Himself had authority over the three realms of heaven, earth, and humanity, He never abused this power by being rash or tyrannical. Whenever He conducted a work of renewal, great or small, He would only adopt the unbiased decisions made by the spirits who had actually lived in the specific region and era. That is, He adopted what had been decided in the public hearing of the spirits, such as, “This should be settled this way, and cannot be made otherwise for this reason.” That is exactly what Sangjenim meant when He said, “It is not the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth if even the spirit of a dead fly bears a grudge against it.” (Dojeon 4:44:3).

 

In other words, the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth is the work in which Sangjenim decided all cases by the principle of history. ③He did this in a way most befitting the heavenly principle, earthly virtue, and human affairs, a way that was free from the grudge of even a dead fly, a way that was fair and impartial, hence perfect.