Our Ancestors Within Our Bodies

Our Ancestors Within Our Bodies

 

Within an earth year, life arises in spring, ①what sprouts in spring grows in summer, and in autumn, the essence of life is gathered to enable fruition. All life bears fruit and perishes in autumn.

 

After a grass seed has fallen to the ground, it sprouts in spring, grows in summer, recovers its original form in autumn, and dies by the chill of autumn. Then the next year, a new sprout emerges to pass on the genes to the next generation. In this way, a lineage spans ten, one hundred, one thousand, or tens of thousands of years. ②No life form transcends the bounds of this principle.

 

Likewise, there exists a cosmic year. Within a cosmic year, the universe cultivates humanity.

 

Our founding ancestors from seven, eight thousand years ago passed their genes down to their children, their children to their children, all the way to us today. You carry the genes of your first ancestors.

 

At the time of the Autumn Gaebyeok the seeds of various human lineages are culled. If our ancestors fail to harvest good descendants, ③all their efforts will have been in vain.