Major and Minor Calamities Are the Retribution of Vengeful Spirits

By nature, humans wish, hope, and desire. 
However, few fulfill all of their wishes, hopes, and desires. 
And everyone who has lived in this world died harboring bitterness and grief, major and minor. 
Beneath all suffering and tragedy lies untold bitterness and grief accumulated over for a long time.
When one carries out malevolent deeds throughout their lifetime, they open a path of ill fortune for their descendants.
To exact revenge for their bitterness and grief, vengeful spirits torment the descendants of those who wronged them.

The Offering Ritual of Delivering the Soul of the Deceased

Dialogue 1
A: Sometimes, souls bearing immense grudges cannot settle in the spirit realm and wander between the spirit realm and the human world.
B: How can we help them to find peace and comfort?

A: By holding an ‘offering ritual of delivering the soul of the deceased.’ Through this ritual, the deceased are guided to a new path of life in the spirit realm, under Sangjenim’s supreme dao.

Dialogue 2
A: The offering ritual of delivering the soul of the deceased is conducted to help the deceased resolve their bitterness and grief.
B: Are you only allowed to offer the rituals for your ancestors?

A: No. Those who have died tragically or who have no surviving descendants may be included. Also, a special ritual is hold for the spirits of the aborted babies who were killed in their mothers’ wombs.

Revere Your Ancestors like Heaven and Earth

The heavenly bond between ancestors and descendants do not end with death. 
This bond endures even after death. 
Ancestral spirits in the spirit realm constantly watch over their descendants on earth, like a mother looking after her child.
Ancestors are  the root of their descendants, and descendants are the fruit of their ancestors. 
And so, if descendants die  during the Autumn Gaebyeok, their ancestors in heaven will die as well.
If descendants survive, their ancestors in heaven will survive.

Do Spirits Exist?

Dialogue 1
A: What happens after we die?
B: After people die, they are born as spirits.

A: Born as spirits? I don’t understand.
B: Taesang Jongdosanim said humans are humans with physical bodies, and spirits are humans without physical bodies. Spirits interact with each other just as we interact in the human world and, further, their actions affect the human world.

Dialogue 2
A: Countless groups and communities exist in the spirit realm as spirits generally associate with those who have similar traits and interests.
B: Then spirits who were Buddhists on earth must be living among other Buddhist spirits, and spirits of Christians live among other Christian spirits!

A: How did you know that? Yes. After people shed their physical bodies upon death, they are born as spirits and begin their lives in different heavens, depending upon their spiritual development and their virtue they have accumulated during their lifetimes on earth.

Sangjenim: The Supreme Governor of All Spirits

‘Spirits are fundamentally the same, but they exist in different ways.
Their rank, position, and authority are different.
To better understand this, consider human relationships.
Within a country, both the president and citizens are the same as human beings.
Human rights are the same for all, and everyone is important.
However, roles and positions clearly differ.
This is similarly true in the spirit realm.
In the spirit realm, Sangjenim is the supreme ruler of all the spirits.

Three Fundamentals of Truth: Li, Sin, Sa

Dialogue 1
A: Jeung San Do’s truth is based upon the principle of li-sin-sa, principle, spirit, and history.
B: Principle, spirit, and history?

A: Exactly. His Holiness the Jongdosanim of Jeung San Do has revealed this secret of the universe to the world for the first time in history. He taught us that only by understanding how the cosmic principle, li, and the ways of the spiritual realm, sin, materialize in history, sa, can one truly be awaken to the truth.
B: I would love to learn his teachings myself.

Dialogue 2
A: What is the principle?
B: It’s a series of law that governs changes and transformation of all things within heaven and earth from birth to maturity.

A: Then how is the principle connected to the spirit realm and our real life?
B: Spirits initiate all affairs in the world in the spirit realm according to the principle. There has not been a single moment in history when spirit realm was not involved. Spirits act as the mediums and the enforcers of the principle in our everyday life.

What Is the Divine Nature of People?

Humans and spirits are bound in a yin-yang relationship.
For every person, their true inner being is their spirit.
The recovery of their divinity or their spiritual being can be achieved through meditation.
A spirit is a being of light. Since it exists within the brilliant light of the universe, it is called in Korean sinmyeong.
Sin means “spirit” and myeong means “brightness.”
When a person’s spiritual eye opens, they can behold spirits, which appear as radiant beings.

All the world is afflicted by a monstrous disease

Dialogue 1
A: The heaven, earth and humanity are all suffering from illness.
B: Would you elaborate on that?

A: According to the Dojeon, the heaven is filled with spirits of bitterness and grief. The axis of Earth is tilted, which creates imbalance. And humanity go through suffering and death not knowing the true path of dao.
B: This is why Sangjenim had to come to Earth as a human being!

Dialogue 2
A: What is the source of all the pain and suffering in this world?
B: It's the imbalance created by the law of mutual conflict during the Early Heaven's 50,000 years. This creates bitterness and grief in human history.

A: Bitterness and grief? Like a grudge?
B: Yes. This is why the resolving of bitterness and grief is the most important factor in entering the Cosmic Autumn.

Seeking Out the Beginning and Returning to the Origin

‘Seeking out the beginning and returning to the origin’ is a universal principle of the cosmic autumn.
It signifies the return of life to its origin in accordance with the principle of autumn’s maturation and unification.
This process is typified by the cycle in which seeds sown in spring grow into flora in summer and beget new seeds in autumn, thereby recovering their original state.
In the human context, returning to the origin encompasses a conscious awareness of, and effort to recover, one’s self, ancestry, history, and spirituality as a process of maturation.
This principle also includes the cultures and civilizations of the Early Heaven becoming one and reaching fruition in the Later Heaven.