The Words of the Sedehi Family

Couples: Finding Love Beyond the Parents

Shahram Sedehi
June 24, 2012

There are two seemingly opposing views of what is true love between a man and a woman. In traditional Unificationist way, we refer to ideal horizontal love between a man and woman as a reflection of the ideal parents love. And yet, another view is emerging recently...that the ideal parents love is a reflection of the ideal horizontal love between a man and woman. It seems to be the same, not really.

As True Parents has said, that there is a point that even God needs to learn something new about love through the union of man and woman in true love.

There is a point when parents become object and the couple becomes the subject.

The Eastern tradition has emphasized the values of loyalty and purity between couple, which is the requirement to inherit the parents love. Yet, there is another process that is left out, which is more expressed through the Western views.

In the West, a true love couple is one which learns to break away from the parents love and create something new. Both views are actually complementary, instead of opposing.

In order for the new couple to challenge and break away from the parents love, they must actually have inherited the parents love in the first place.

What if your wife wanted to make love in front of a window, where your parents could easily see through? What if she colored her hair pink at your 53rd birthday, and had you wash her feet in front of your parents?! 

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