Divine Principle Outreach PowerPoint Update
Some have been asking when the PowerPoint version of the online DP videos will be ready. Realistically, it looks like sometime in December, I will have the first 3 chapters ready which cover videos 1-58. The PowerPoint version will have the content rearranged according to the sections found in the Divine Principle book. For example, videos 1-5 will become one file: section 1 in Chapter 1. The transition between videos will be seamless and to that end, some of the slides had to be redesigned to fit well next to each other.
Although I finished Part 1 (videos 1-86) almost a year ago, I re-worked the images for Adam, Eve, Lucifer, God, and Jesus and have gone back to replace some of those images. For example, in the image below, the earlier graphic image is on the left (from the Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer). The modified newer Eve is on the right.
As in any clean-up or remodeling project, one begins to find things that needed to be improved elsewhere and thus, another year-long investment which was a full-time effort (without being paid).
Some of the amenities of this 'job' were working at home and walking my dog to get some fresh air, stretch my legs and pray-meditate. I would talk to God about how much unexpected time and energy was being invested and how this was putting my family in a financial pinch. I felt God giving both me and my family the patience and determination to endure and see this project through as a part of God's 'providence' for our times.
Pierre Tardy took notice of my work. A fellow Unificationist originally from France but now living in the United States, Pierre has both an interest in and a talent for marketing and research. Viewing this new expression of truth through the prism of a 'product', he sought how to best 'market' its teachings through YouTube. His channel, CompletedTestamentTV has been able to reach many targeted groups in the comfort of their own homes. He has worked tirelessly to answer viewer's comments and now has a small group working together with him. The YouTube comments help us to adjust our message accordingly and remain true to the Divine Principle text.
The website I am designing for purchasing the DP Outreach PowerPoints will also have other features of interest to keep viewers coming back for more.
Does Saturn Revolve Around a Rooster?
One of the remade video (#13, Circuit of Heart) states, "Those of a lower level act as object partners revolving spherically around those of a higher level." This comes from text on page 28 of the Exposition of the Divine Principle (2005). From this, we can infer that the mineral kingdom (e.g. atoms, stars and water) revolve around a higher kingdom (e.g. animal).
Our universe has at least 100 million galaxies and each galaxy has 100 million stars. Surely, there is life on other planets (perhaps even dinosaur-like animals!). Science tells us the energy comprising our universe had to be huge so as not to collapse in on itself after the initial Big Bang.
In our vast universe, it is not easy to have a star system with all the necessary conditions to create intelligent and emotional life in the image of God. But this did occur on Earth. A multitude of star systems exists in part to statistically create this one amazing, special and 'chosen' star system that we now live in. The stars and galaxies exist and 'revolve' around the impulse to create life.
In our solar system, the four gaseous planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) act like a protective buffer for the smaller planets orbiting closer to the Sun. The giant planets take most of the 'hits' from comets or swing the comets out of the solar system. They protect and assist life on Earth. In this sense, Saturn can be said to 'revolve' around the higher levels of existence: plants, animals and human beings.
In our vast universe, it is not easy to have a star system with all the necessary conditions to create intelligent and emotional life in the image of God. But this did occur on Earth. A multitude of star systems exists in part to statistically create this one amazing, special and 'chosen' star system that we now live in. The stars and galaxies exist and 'revolve' around the impulse to create life.
In our solar system, the four gaseous planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) act like a protective buffer for the smaller planets orbiting closer to the Sun. The giant planets take most of the 'hits' from comets or swing the comets out of the solar system. They protect and assist life on Earth. In this sense, Saturn can be said to 'revolve' around the higher levels of existence: plants, animals and human beings.
Magenta & Green
Many of the graphic images have magenta and green coloring. Throughout the DP PowerPoint, there is a color code. Magenta represents subject partner position. Green represents object partner position.
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DP Video #30: What a Set-up!
As Chapter 1 comes to a close, it is definitely looking ahead into the symbolic images in the Garden of Eden story. In video 30, we are learning about the spirit self and the physical self (important for later grasping the spiritual fall with the Archangel). The physical self is compared to a tree! What a set-up for the two symbolic trees in the Genesis account. The fruit here is one's spirit self, that is, one's heart and character. Again, insight into the forbidden fruit that is still immature and not ready to be eaten.
