Hyungsang Every created being has the same attributes as those of the Original Image, namely, the dual aspects of Sungsang and Hyungsang. Sungsang refers to the invisible, immaterial aspects of created beings, such as faculties and nature. Hyungsang refers to the visible aspects of created beings, such as mass, structure, and shape. In minerals, the Sungsang is physico-chemical function, and the Hyungsang is mass, structure, shape, and so on, composed of atoms and molecules. Plants have their own peculiar Sungsang and Hyungsang.
Life is consciousness latent within the body, and it possesses purposefulness and directiveness.
The function of life is the ability of a being to grow while maintaining control over itself. Therefore, it can be said that life has autonomy. While plants possess the Sungsang and Hyungsang that are peculiar to them, they also contain the elements of Sungsang and Hyungsang of the level of minerals. In other worlds, plants contain mineral matter. In animals, there are aspects of Sungsang and Hyungsang that are peculiar to animals and exist on a level higher than that of plants.