It is humanity that accomplishes

①Sangjenim organized the government of spirits; planned the programs, the schedule, the timetable for the tides of the world; and compelled the world to turn in accordance with this timetable. This, Sangjenim named the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth(Cheonjigongsa). In sum, Sangjenim’s Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth is the blueprint for the tides of this world.

Sangjenim’s work is further defined by His proclamation: ②“It is heaven that devises and humanity that accomplishes” (Dojeon 4:4:4). “It is heaven that devises” connotes that Sangjenim had already established the framework for the tides of the coming world. “[It is] humanity that accomplishes” signifies that Sangjenim entrusted the specific implementation of this framework to humans.

Sangjenim’s culture is not simply another culture, but rather the ‘gaebyeok culture,’ or the ‘culture of renewal.’ It is the culture that shall completely transform everything. It is the culture that will deliver humanity from annihilation and create a new world—the new heaven and earth. Sangjenim ‘devised’ this culture, which shall bring this new world to pass. Will most certainly bring it to pass! ③To ‘accomplish’ this through human undertakings, Sangjenim entrusted the work to His workers.

Forming the Government of Spirits to Establish the Framework of the Coming World

①In order to fundamentally correct this world so as to build a magnificent new world, the spirits must first be resolved of their bitterness and grief. Since ②spirits are the principals in the devising of the foundation of the new world, those spirits who harbor bitterness and grief must first have their bitterness and grief resolved.

Sangjenim assembled all the spirits and reorganized the spirit realm. This was the formation of the government of spirits. He established within this government the framework of the tides of the world.

The tides of the present world are manifestations of Sangjenim’s works of renewal for the resolution of bitterness and grief, created as these works unfold as historical events. These works entailed both the spirits’ undertakings and the achievement of their resolution of their bitterness and grief. ③The world in which we live could not have been saved by any means if Sangjenim, the Supreme Governor of the Universe, had not come to the world Himself to alter its course with a new framework.

Spirits Harboring Bitterness and Grief Fill Heaven and Earth

Since division and development occur ceaselessly in the Early Heaven during the birth-growth era of cosmic spring and summer, mutual conflict and domination naturally dominates. Because mutual conflict and domination dominates the human world, nobody has ever actually lived a mortal lifetime as they truly wished. By nature, each and every person is born into this world to live a lifetime of freedom. ①Yet, living within a physical body, no one has ever lived entirely in accordance with their own free will.

Humanity’s history has been stained with blood and gilded with unrighteousness. It is not too much to say that, ②among all who have dwelled in this world in human form, not a single person ever departed this world without incurring a burden of bitterness and grief. All people who died bearing bitterness and grief became ‘spirits filled with unresolved bitterness and grief.’

Throughout humanity’s history of struggle, people have died while afflicted by bitterness and grief so intense that it reverberated throughout the heavens; these people, having become spirits, now fill heaven and earth. ③Spirits harboring bitterness and grief now fill all of heaven and earth.

A Spirit Is a Human Without a Body

“The mind is the master of the body.” My mind is the master of my flesh. My flesh is the outer casing, and the master of my flesh is my mind. The mind, expressed in different terms, is the ‘mind-soul.’ ①The body is merely the servant of the mind.

During their lifetime, a person functions as a person through the union of the mind-soul and the flesh. In death, a person no longer possesses the flesh, yet their spirit still functions as a person.

What, then, is the difference between a person and a spirit?

②A person is ‘a human with flesh’; a spirit is ‘a human without flesh.’ Save for the lack of a physical body, a spirit is exactly like a person.

Countless people have died throughout history, and most of their bodies have long disappeared, but the spirits of the deceased live onward as people without their physical bodies. When the body expires through the process of birth, old age, sickness, and death, it eventually disappears forever. The spirit, however, does not pass away in this manner. ③Depending upon the degree of a person’s self-cultivation, their spirit may live onward for one thousand years or even ten thousand years.

In the time of cosmic autumn, new culture of fruition arise

It may be misleading to speak of what one gains or loses by practicing a particular religion, but generally religious cultures were far too remote from the culture of everyday human life. ①Whatever form it takes, the culture of belief and faith should suit the reality of people’s lives, regardless of the era, society, or ethnicity. A religious culture that fails to do so is only a burden to people.

As a Korean proverb says, “One must say what is right even with a crooked mouth.” One must criticize correctly, know correctly, and live righteously. Throughout human history, countless people lived and died suffering in those cultures. What else could they do when that was all they had in their world? ②The cultures of the Early Heaven could not be otherwise. Isn’t it true that fruit ripens only in autumn? Throughout human history in the time of cosmic spring and summer, it was impossible to create a culture of fruition.

Because they had nowhere else to look in such circumstances, multitudes of living spirits still hold on to such cultures. However, they cannot be blamed. They in fact want to have faith in something, but they don’t know what to believe in. That’s why they cannot be condemned. ③Existing cultures are products of history. It was process of history that made them what they are.

Sangjenim, God who rules all three realms

①No one except the genuine God could perform this work. Encompassing not just the earth but also the whole universe, Sangjenim carried out the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth. For example, Sangjenim said, “I now send all the spirits of failed revolutionaries to the constellations, which know no discrimination over right and wrong.” (Dojeon 4:28:6). By this He meant that He would send them to heaven, finding no other appropriate way to appease their severe bitterness and grief.

If the agent of the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth were not Sangjenim but merely the ruler of a nation, various troubles could arise, including rebellion. Accordingly, ②the agent of the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth could be no one but the lord of creation-transformation in the universe, the true and genuine God, the ruler with authority over the three realms.

The Korean word for “govern” or “rule” is &ju-jae&. The first syllable, ju, means “king,” “master” or “to assert,” and the second, &jae&, means “prime minister.” Jae can also mean “to tailor.” ③Just as a tailor uses a specific method to cut cloth, Sangjenim worked out a perfect plan for the Later Heaven’s world of immortality and creation-transformation.

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.

World affairs develop according to Sangjenim's Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth

For the past one hundred years, followers of Jeung-san Sangjenim have called the framework He made for a new culture Cheonjigongsa, “the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth.” But, I think few understand its content and the ideology behind it. ①The Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth is similar to a blueprint in architecture. A perfect blueprint illustrates the minutest detail, such as where to drive in a nail. ②In the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth, Sangjenim drafted a perfect blueprint for the new culture that will last throughout the 50,000 years of the Later Heaven. In other words, He made a plan for the present and the forthcoming world. He even attached a timetable and set milestones. Upon completing the work, Sangjenim proclaimed: “By redirecting the destiny of heaven and earth, I have firmly and seamlessly woven together &dosu&, and new turning points shall unfold as these &dosu& become fulfilled one after another.” (Dojeon 5:2380:3).

Sangjenim said that ③world affairs develop exactly according to what He arranged in the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth. Who in the world would deny what God decided upon?

The conclusion of Sangjenim’s work of renewal, the Taeeulju Mantra

Tae-eul-cheon Sang-won-gun is the root ancestor of the entire human race.

①Chanting the Taeeulju Mantra is like calling out to the parents of heaven and earth. The root of your life is first your parents, then your ancestors, and originally Tae-eul-cheon Sang-won-gun.

②No one can get through to the next world without chanting the Taeeulju Mantra. Because this is the time of gaebyeok and returning to the origin, ③if you deny your roots, your parents, and your ancestors, there is no way to survive.

④This mantra is the mother’s milk that nurtures the world of immortals. It is a lifeline for humanity. The conclusion of Sangjenim’s nine-year work of renewal is uitong(salvation and unification through healing) and uitong set is the manifestation of the Taeeulju Mantra’s qi.

The Taeeulju Mantra is a lifeline for humanity

①I myself chanted the Taeeulju Mantra from an early age. When I was twelve, I chanted intensively for one week. At that time, I gained chotong (first enlightenment), and experienced the miracle of the Taeeulju Mantra.

②When you chant it many times with a virtuous mind, your bright spirit opens. You come to know every affair in the whole world, and your mind and body become healthy.

③In this world, there is no mantra better than the Taeeulju Mantra.

④By chanting the Taeeulju Mantra and having a lot of its qi in your body, you can escape accidents and disaster. For example, though you get in a car accident in which death seems certain, incredibly you survive. In Jeung San Do, not just one or two people have experienced this, many have.

At this time, humanity’s lifeline-the cord of life that allows safe passage into the coming world-is the Taeeulju Mantra.

⑤The Taeeulju Mantra shall serve as the foundation for the creation of the Later Heaven’s new civilization.