Claim. Living for the sake of others is not a moral preference but a universal heavenly law — modelled by God in creation and by True Parents in their mission — and the twenty-first century must converge on this principle because the alternative “live-for-myself” model is logically unsustainable.
Elaboration. SMM defines God in altruistic terms: “What kind of being is the God who created this universe and its laws? He is the one who stands in the representative position of having lived for the sake of others more than anyone else. This is God. Therefore, in order to meet Him, you have to live for the sake of others” (3.1. Living for the sake of others, 133-16, 1984.7.1). Re-creation is investment: “to give and give again for the sake of others is the same as God expending Himself in the act of creation” (ibid, 82-240, 1976.1.31). The principle is universal: “the universe and all existing beings come under the heavenly law of living for the sake of others, then in order for human beings to maintain their existing position, they must live for the sake of others. Living for others goes beyond East and West or past and present” (ibid, 187-89, 1989.1.6). The historical wager is total — “Tens of thousands of years after the twenty-first century, the world will follow the ideal of living for the sake of others, rather than the live-for-myself philosophy” (ibid, 169-88, 1987.10.25). The implication: altruism is the operating principle of the cosmos, not a counsel of perfection.
See also. give-and-take-action