The Cosmic Year

"Those aware of the tides of the world possess the qi of life. Those ignorant of the tides of the world possess the qi of death."(Dojeon 5:190:12)

Our journey of understanding humanity’s past, our present, and our future begins with the principle of the cosmic year.

Just as there is one year on earth, there is a larger and grander scale of the cosmic year in the cosmos. The cosmic year is 129,600 earthly years long.

The Coming of the Later Heaven and Mutual Life-Giving and Life-Saving:

There exist two quite different eras that raise human civilizations with different principles. The period from cosmic spring to summer is called the Early Heaven (선천). The period of cosmic autumn is called the Later Heaven (후천), and the cosmic winter is the Great Ice Age.

The basic principle of the Early Heaven is sanggeuk. Since the purpose of the Early Heaven is to produce and grow humans and nature, the principle of competition and struggle is inevitable in the Early Heaven. As a result of the principle of mutual conflict and domination, all things on earth in the time of cosmic spring and summer develop in an imbalanced way. During the Early Heaven, the axis of the earth is tilted. It is owed to the principle of mutual conflict and domination that we have conflicts and competition, which result in imbalance and disparity. This disparity and imbalance in economics is the cause of wars and various kinds of suffering in human societies, including fierce competition, regional conflicts, natural disasters, and endless wars. These are all derived from the destiny of sanggeuk of the Early Heaven. Because nature itself operates within such a cosmic principle of conflict, humanity lives under the environment of disparity and imbalance. The Later Heaven is dominated by the principle of sangsaeng, mutual life-giving and life-bettering. This is a period that matures and unifies human civilization and nature.

When we have advanced from the time of cosmic summer to the cosmic autumn, all natural disasters and wars of the Early Heaven will end. We will enter a period of harmony and balance between nature and humanity. Uitong means ‘to unite humanity by healing.’ We cannot simply say, “Let’s get together and hold hands.” We have to rectify the wrongs of the past and heal the psychological wounds of the pains of the past as well. These are good starts, but afterward we need to heal the psychological wounds through meditation for the world to become truly one. As it is stated in the Dojeon, the Scripture of Jeung San Do, “Now is the age of heaven and earth’s achievement of their purpose.” (Dojeon 2:39) Now is the time of cosmic autumn, “All the world now enters the dawn of the autumn destiny.” (Dojeon 2:39) This is the most important message that Jeung San Do has been conveying. The time of healing, the cosmic autumn, is coming. Nevertheless, we must also be aware that to change this world from the principle of mutual conflict and domination to the principle of mutual life-giving and life-bettering will not be easy. The main massage of Eastern Learning is that the age of the Heavenly Father is opening through Mu-geuk-dae-do, the Boundless Dao of Megeuk. The point of great change is expressed in Korean as gaebyeok.

The Great change of Gaebyeok:

In Gaebyeok is the message of hope that humanity will encounter a new world. Gaebyeok is not the end, it is only a message of hopeful new beginning. Although gaebyeok is not the end, the transition to the time of autumn is the period of a mysterious disease.

How to overcome Gaebyeok:

In order to open up the cosmic autumn’s civilization, a new culture of spirituality must come forth to awaken all of humanity fundamentally. To accomplish this enlightenment, the spiritual culture of the Taeeulju Mantra was bestowed upon humanity by the Heavenly Father. At this time of crisis, the thing that will protect us from this mysterious disease of the cosmic autumn gaebyeok is the Taeeulju Mantra. The Taeeulju Mantra is the medicine of life that will help us awaken at this time of change from cosmic summer to cosmic autumn. The Taeeulju Mantra is the means of surviving all catastrophic changes of gaebyeok. At this time, our survival is dependent upon us returning to our roots. In autumn on Earth, the plants and trees all return their energy to their roots. Also, in this time all humans must learn to receive the energy of our roots in order to survive. The Taeeulju Mantra helps us discover our roots and resolve the bitterness and grief of our ancestors. A human being must possess the compassionate mind of mutual life-giving. At the same time, all human beings can be saved by the Taeeulju Mantra. In fact, since chanting the Taeeulju mantra is like sucking the milk of Heaven and Earth, the Parents, no one can survive without the Taeeulju Mantra. The Taeeulju Mantra is the wish-fulfilling mantra.

Let’s sing healing songs together as we read the Taeeulju Mantra and fulfill our wishes together to make this world better place to live🎵