부산대학교 도서관

In the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, The ‘Heart’ is the core of spirituality, and this paper examines the existing Unification Thought‘s definition as “an irrepressible static impulse to fulfill the purpose of creation by feeling like a family and loving without limits.” It also summarizes the characteristics of Heart as ‘purposefulness toward the ideal of creation,’ ‘relationality with others,’ and ‘community of forming the realm of the Heart.’ In brain science, ‘mirror neurons’ are the scientific basis for understanding the Heart. Mirror neurons affect human imitation ability, sympathy ability, and community-forming ability. Mirror neurons give three meanings to the components of the Heart. First, the imitation ability of ‘mirror neurons’ means the ‘the purpose for the ideal of creation’ of the Heart. Second, the empathy ability of ‘mirror neurons’ is the ability to feel the ‘emotions of the other person’, which means the ‘relationship with the other person’ of the Heart. Third, the community formation ability of ‘mirror neurons’ means the ‘community of forming the realm of the Heart’. Accordingly, ‘mirror neurons’ are closely related to the Heart and its components, and serve as a scientific basis for humankind to move toward ‘One Family under God’ in the Heart community.