Thursday, February 6, 1997 
William Stoertz 
Subject: More on Ideals 
 
I had a chance to ask the National 
Messiah to Russia, about the question you asked to me. I 
have the good fortune to live with a National Messiah. God 
I feel really speaks through him. He really catches the point, 
and also it is very personal, even to the point of hitting me 
straight in the mind or heart, with the thing I need, or maybe 
I don't even want to hear! That is good; that is what we all 
need. 
	Now, one thing I want to say in preliminary, upon 
reading what I wrote to you yesterday. Basically, I feel that 
it is really God-inspired. However, I want to caution 
especially one thing: Perhaps my words came out as too 
arrogant, especially in the beginning. Fundamentally my 
attitude is to respect others in their opinions, philosophies, 
beliefs, personalities, wisdom. This is a humanistic attitude. 
Often the Bible and Father are very straight, sharp. Still, we 
need to balance our approach with a good wisdom about 
relating to people, winning their hearts, and really not 
outright alienating people in general, if possible. It is one 
type of Abel's mistake, which we have both studied and 
experienced. 
 
	Now, what did my National Messiah point out in 
regard to ideals? 
	The first thing Mr. Aoki commented was: "There 
must be a growth period." 
	Let me analyze this remark on the importance of the 
growing period. This of course comes right from the first 
chapter of Principle, on the three stages of growth. Now, 
what kind of concept is that, and why is it particularly 
important for us? 
	The key lies in its Adamic nature, and in the Adamic 
nature of Principle. Principle belongs to the Completed 
Testament Age, even if we are not Completed Testament 
people yet. We tend rather to be archangel-type. 
	What is Completed Testament truth? To answer this, 
again, you go to God's creation. Why did God create the 
world which was not under His direct control or dominion, 
foreign to the angelic concept of absolute hierarchy, 
obedience, and control? (After all, that was one of the 
criticisms or complaints of the Archangel Lucifer, for which 
he rebelled against God. Lucifer did not respect that which 
was not under clear dominion or control. It was, for him, 
foolishness. That is likewise our weakness as fallen people, 
to criticize that which is not under archangel-type authority, 
which appears inferior or foolish, but which actually is 
Adamic, which will inherit the future as the true princes and 
princesses of creation, in the Adamic tradition.) 
	Completed Testament truth requires growth. It is not 
given to you nor to us to simply receive it full-grown. God 
created the physical world in order for man to grow in and 
go through all the trials and struggles and challenges of 
growth in order to come to understand and take loving 
dominion of the physical world, including the archangel-
type beings found in connection with our lives, and 
especially, our own spirit: We must grow spiritually by 
growing in our relationship and maturity in reference to the 
physical world. Once we grow, then we can inherit the right 
to be dominators or Lords of Creation in both the spiritual 
and physical world. No being can just grow in the spiritual 
world alone, to become one with God. To be one with God 
means to be an autonomous creator, like God is. Therefore 
God gave us the world which is not under His control, and 
the body which is not easy for us to dominate, in order that 
we will become mature and perfect, and become like God, in 
order that He can share with us in the total love of 
companions. "God created them in His image and likeness." 
Jesus: "Do you not know that you are all gods?" 
	That is why the importance of the growth period in 
order to achieve the level of Ideal. 
 
	As you know, "Ideal" has two meanings. The first 
refers to the "Ideal" of Socrates and Plato -- an internal, 
invisible world which is nevertheless more real and more 
essential than the visible, transient world of everyday reality. 
That is basically what you are referring to in your question. 
The second meaning of "ideal" is a standard of perfection 
beyond which you cannot imagine or grow. Ideal is the 
sense of the true quality a thing or a person should have and 
can have. And yet we also have the concept that the perfect 
ideal is unattainable, that we always will fall short. This is 
the ideal standard. 
	Now, referring to the second meaning of "ideal", the 
ideal standard for a thing or a person, we find that we can 
actually connect it to the first meaning, of the Ideal Realm in 
which the original forms of things and ideas are preserved a 
priori. Because, where does the ideal standard of a thing 
come from? From its Creator. We know that all things and 
man were not designed and created by accident, as 
evolutionists believe, but by the prior plan and knowledge 
of God. Therefore, God had in mind already the Ideal, or 
ideal standard, for those things, in order that they may fulfill 
their original intended purpose in fullness, and bring joy to 
God and to man. That is the Ideal, and the ideal standard, 
residing in the Logos of God, also transmitted to the 
conscience of man, and in the very nature of the essence of 
reality. 
	Now, how is the ideal standard determined? The 
ideal standard is determined by the Four Position 
Foundation, centered on the original purpose of God. 
Namely, God has a purpose and proper position for the 
things He made, and the relationships to be observed. That 
can be multiple -- a thing (or person) can serve multiple 
purposes or functions, and that is an aspect of creativity too. 
Anyway, the elements of the Four Position Foundation are 
the elements with whom or with which the thing or person 
is intended to have give and take. In that case, the person or 
thing is serving its proper purpose, and the standard of the 
Four Position Foundation, ideal give and receive action, will 
yield the ideal standard for that being. So, the ideal standard 
is determined through the Four Position Foundation, 
centered on God's heart and purpose. 
	Thus, the essential ideals for humanity are 
determined primarily based on the Three Blessings which 
God gave to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden: "Be 
fruitful, multiply and fill the earth, and have dominion over 
all the things therein." That expresses man's true, ideal 
purpose; and how to bring joy to both man and God. That is 
the ideal. 
 
	In the order of creation which I outlined, I want to 
add that, once God had created Adam and Eve, on the "sixth 
day", then, in the "seventh day", then God intended for 
Adam and Eve and all their descendants to fulfill their own 
portion of responsibility and complete the Ideal of Creation. 
Namely, they were to (1) Grow up to perfection; (2) 
Become husband and wife (True Parents); (3) Become 
parents, raising a family; (4) Expand to a clan or tribe; (5) a 
society (whatever the difference that is!); then (6) a nation; 
(7) the world or all humanity on earth; even going beyond to 
(8) the solar system, (9) the local star cluster, (10) the Milky 
Way Galaxy in thousands of years, (11) the galactic cluster 
beyond that level; and finally (12) populate the entire 
Universe. This is all within the human portion of 
responsibility. 
 
	Fallen man is not ideal, but up until now, it is all we 
fallen people who have been talking about ideals, and 
making up the whole language too, which we use! So, ideals 
are also accessible to us. Why? Because the Principle is true 
-- it works; and therefore, if you construct the Quadruple 
Base or Four Position Foundation centered upon any 
recognizable purpose, then the Principle will work in that 
context. It doesn't depend completely on what else is going 
on. So you can find geniuses, great artist, philosophers, 
loving parents, all within the fallen world. 
	It is important to know and understand and respect, 
or have compassion for, the mind and heart of people 
(meaning all of us sinful people). Fallen man has a very 
complex mind and heart, and very wily nature, many 
pitfalls, and lots of power to wield. So we must understand 
how to live and deal in this world. Father does, very well. 
But never lose your ideal. 
	Father said, "These things are most precious: your 
love, your life, and your ideal." 
	More recently, Father has said, "True love, true life, 
true blood lineage, and true conscience." 
	It is all within the Ideal Realm of God, which we are 
striving towards. 
 
Yours truly, 
William Stoertz 
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