Unification Thought, Original Image Theory, and a Critical Review of the Explanation of Contrast-Type Give-and-Receive Action.

 

 (  Unification Thought, Original Image Theory,

a Critical Review of the Explanation of Contrast-Type Give-and-Take Action.   )

 

 

 

 

 

1. Citations from Unification Though.

 

 

 

A. Diagram 1-12: Operation of Ideas
This diagram illustrates how, within the internal image, various attributes or overlapping entities establish subject and object positions autonomously, engage in internal give-and-take action, and thereby form internal contrast.
(Unification Thought, p.115, top line 4 )

 

 

 

B. In the case of human beings
The unified entity of spiritual cognition (internal Sung Sang: emotion, intellect, and will) within the mind (Internal Nature) becomes the subject, and it first contrasts various ideas (images) contained in the internal image and acquired through experience.
This act of contrast is described as a narrow sense of contrast-type give-and-take action.
(Unification Thought, p.116, bottom line 8 to bottom line 4. )

 

 

 

C. When one of two elements of the object is set as the subject and the other as the object, and the two are contrasted—
Although the contrast is performed by spiritual cognition, since its attention moves between the two, the interaction between any two contrasted elements within the internal image is also a form of give-and-take action.
This is described as a narrow sense of contrast-type give-and-take action.
(Unification Thought, p.116, bottom line 4 to p.117, top line 1. )

 

 

 

 

D. Ultimately, both the give-and-take action between spiritual cognition and the internal image, and

the interaction between any two contrasted elements within the internal image,

are considered contrast-type give-and-take actions.
(Unification Thought, p.117, top line 1 to top Line 4.)

 

 

 

 

E. Although this give-and-receive action occurs between the subject (spiritual cognition) and the object (internal image),
its actual content consists merely of various manipulations of ideas within the object.
These manipulations are carried out through contrasts between ideas.
Therefore, this give-and-receive action is a contrast-type interaction between the subject (spiritual cognition) and the object (internal image),
and simultaneously involves parallel contrasts between ideas within the object—
making it a one-sided consciousness-type give-and-receive action with a contrastive character.
(Unification Thought, p.125, top line 9 to bottom Line 10.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Understanding the Above Citations

Through the Lens of the Principle of Creation.

 

 

 

 

A. Diagram 1-12: Operation of Ideas
According to the Principle of Creation,
within Internal Nature or Exernal Form, overlapping entities or complex attributes cannot autonomously form a “mutual standard” and thereby generate a “four-position foundation” through internal give-and-take action.

Rather, in the absence of a give-and-take relationship centered on heart or purpose,
these overlapping entities or attributes tend to repel or reject one another—
a dynamic that actually facilitates the proper give-and-take action between Internal Nature and External Form.
Thus, the notion that internal contrast is formed through autonomous subject-object positioning and internal give-and-take action within the internal image
is not consistent with the Principle of Creation.

 

 

 

B. In the case of human beings
The unified entity of spiritual cognition ( inside Internal Nature: emotion, intellect, and will) becomes the subject,
and it contrasts various ideas (images) within the internal image and acquired through experience.
This contrast is described as a narrow sense of contrast-type give-and-take action.
However, according to the Principle of Creation,
this is actually a normal contrast-type give-and-take action—
not a narrow or limited form.

 

 

 

 

C. The explanation in citations B and C conflates two distinct phenomena:
B describes a legitimate give-and-take action between Internal Nature and External Form,
while C describes an internal contrast between overlapping entities within the internal image—
a phenomenon that, according to the Principle of Creation, cannot occur.

Therefore, it is incorrect to classify both as “narrow sense contrast-type give-and-take action.”
In fact, the repulsion and rejection among overlapping entities in C
serve to promote the proper give-and-take action between Internal Nature and External Form.

 

 

 

 

D. As previously explained,
the direct give-and-take action between any two contrasted elements within the internal image
does not occur according to the Principle of Creation.

 

 

 

 

E. Although the give-and-take action occurs between spiritual cognition and the internal image,
its actual content consists of manipulations of ideas within the object,
carried out through contrasts between those ideas.
The notion that this involves parallel direct contrasts between ideas within the object
is not supported by the Principle of Creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Conclusion.

 

 

 

The esteemed author of Unification Thought,
in the process of writing under deep immersion and inspiration,
appears to have conflated the internal dynamics of overlapping entities or complex attributes
with direct give-and-take action—
a confusion that this writer respectfully identifies.

According to the Principle of Creation,

every give-and-take action must involve a Internal Nature-type entity in the subject position
and a External Form - type entity in the object position,
centered on either heart or purpose.

This results in one of four types of give-and-take action:
•  Static (self-identical) give-and-take action centered on heart, producing synthesis, harmony, unity, or balance
•  Dynamic (developmental) give-and-take action centered on purpose,

producing new life, independence, multiplication, or generation
These are the only forms of give-and-take action recognized by the Principle of Creation.