On The Juche Idea - Kim Jong IL (part 1)

1. THE ORIGIN OF THE JUCHE IDEA

1. When the popular masses are guided by a progressive idea, they can be a powerful creator of history. There were ideas which reflected the aspirations of progressive classes even before the emergence of the working class. But due to their historical and class limitations the trends of thought in the past age could not but be hampered in the role they played in social development. The revolutionary ideas of the working class alone correctly reflects the demands of the time and the aspirations of the popular masses and give a powerful stimulus to socio-historical development by inspiring the people to wage the revolutionary struggle. The revolutionary idea of the working class emerges as the reflection of the mature demand of history and the revolution in their development. In order to advance the revolution under the new historical conditions we face in modern times, the working class and the people of every country, in the conscious of being the masters, have to solve all problems in accordance with their actual situation
2. The revolution is a struggle to meet the masses desire for independence by enlisting their strength. It is a struggle of the masses to free themselves. When they are armed with the revolutionary idea and united into an organized political force, the masses can emerge victorious in the revolution. The duty of revolutionaries is to go among the popular masses, masters of the revolution, to educate, organize, and inspire them to a struggle. The revolutionary forces, too, should be trained from among the masses, and all problems arising in the revolutionary struggle should likewise be resolved in reliance on their wisdom and strength.

1. The Juche idea is based on the philosophical principle that man[kind] is the master of everything and decides everything. The Juche idea raised the fundamental question of philosophy by regarding man[kind] as the main factor, and elucidated the philosophical principle that man[kind] is the master of everything and decides everything. That "man[kind] is the master of everything" means that he is the master of the world and of his own destiny; that man decides everything means that he plays the decisive role in transforming the world and in shaping his destiny. 
2. Man[kind] is a social being with independence, creativity and consciousness. Man[kind], though material existence, is not a simple material being. He is the most developed material being, a special product of the evolution of the material world. Man was already outstanding as he emerged from the world of nature. He exists and develops by cognizing and changing the world to make it serve him, whereas all other material lives maintain their existence through their subordination and adaptation to the objective world. Man holds a special position and plays a special role as master of the world because he is a social being with independence, creativity and consciousness. 
   

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(source: On the Juche Idea.PDF )