Ep 550 - Cranes Club For Young Professionals Part 4
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(Response to sharing) All first generation (members) should not only be physical parents but spiritual parents (to your children). You need to really witness to your children and really become their spiritual parents (as well). You need to raise them not only as (your) physical children but as (your) spiritual children as well.♦
I am so sorry I cannot show my big smile to everyone, but I am really happy to see you after coming back from Korea.
Today I’d like to talk about the “Cranes Club for young professionals” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
The crane is the national bird of Cheon Il Guk. Everyone should model themselves after the crane. In the East, cranes are long-lived birds who are also much loved. Cranes are not greedy. Sparrows try to eat more, even when they are filled to the brim with food. Perhaps that is why sparrows are so small. Cranes, in contrast, fill only 70 percent of their stomach with food. That is why they can fly so high. Another thing is that they are long-lived. They, in fact, live to a great age. You should resemble them. Greed is like poison in all aspects. We also need to live for the sake of others. Many religions in the world also say that as a part of their ideal of love. However, there are not many religious leaders who tell you in detail what you need to practice and what kind of a life you need to lead.
For the first time in 6,000 years, True Parents perfected, completed and concluded the work for the providence of restoration through indemnity, and you, who were born of parents blessed by those True Parents, are the pure water. Wherever you go, muddy water should be transformed into pure water. Every place you visit should be turned into clear water. You come from different roots. If you lead a life of practicing True Parents’ words, the environment surrounding you will become cleaner and broader. Ultimately, your tribe will unite, your people will unite, and your country will unite. Then the world will unite as one. History will tell us how precious it is that you and your parents are living in the same age as True Parents. That is why you have much to learn. (2015.05.10, Hilton Hotel, Vienna, Austria)
White-necked cranes fly over the Himalayas for the winter. The Himalayan Mountains are over 8,000 meters high. It is difficult even to climb to the 4,000-meter mark. However, the white-necked cranes fly over mountains that are more than 8,000 meters high to spend the winter further south. You have been newly born after 6,000 years of fallen human history. Because you were born in a position completely unrelated to Satan, you need to be different. You should not be stained by the secular world; instead, you should become pure water that purifies the world. To do so, you need to know your roots. You need to become True Parents' filial sons and daughters and loyal subjects. To walk that path, you need to study hard, invest your effort and employ your expertise in helping to create our unique culture. (2015.05.10, Hilton Hotel, Vienna, Austria)
True Mother said, “The crane is the national bird of Cheon Il Guk. Cranes are not greedy. Cranes fill only 70 percent of their stomach with food. You should resemble them. Greed is like poison in all aspects. That is why they can fly so high.”
When we eat food, even if we fill only 70% of our stomach, we would hardly become sick. Many diseases come from overeating. Cranes are good at controlling eating, but what about us? We have a really hard time controlling our desires in every way.
White-necked cranes fly over the Himalayas for the winter. The Himalayan Mountains are over 8,000 meters high. It is a life-threatening adventure for a white-necked crane to cross a mountain that is more than 8,000 meters high.
Our faith should likewise overcome the peak of the greatest trials. We have to cross the eight-stage pass of our course of faith. We must go beyond individuals, beyond families, beyond tribes, beyond nations, beyond the world, and beyond the universe to the level of God.
I think True Mother explained very well about the Cranes overcoming their trials and difficulties. We can learn from these white-necked cranes.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 45 - Righteousness and Unrighteousness
Let’s study EDP content first.
Righteousness refers to the quality in a person which leads him to pursue goodness and further its purpose. Unrighteousness refers to that quality in a person which leads him to pursue evil and further its satanic purpose.
Righteousness
What does righteous mean? In conclusion, righteousness means continuing the standard of absolute faith, absolute love, absolute obedience for the will of God in any situation.
1. Keeping and practicing God’s order or revelation until death (Noah)
Noah received the command from God and kept … (it) for 120 years. So we call him a righteous man.
2. Keeping and practicing the first motivation and determination (Life of faith, HDH)
Our life of faith should be like that. If you decide to do Morning Devotion or something else, do it to the end in any situation and circumstance. It is important to keep (your) first decision till the end.
3. Keeping and practicing the life of goodness without compromising with unrighteousness
If you compromise with injustice and reality, you cannot continue living a good life. If you compromise with reality, you start to become polluted by the world.
4. To serve one owner no matter what…
Serving two masters is evil, adulterous. It is righteousness to serve only one God. Only God can be our master. That is righteousness. Those who are evil guys -- always their heart and mind are changeable. As long as we serve two masters, there is no righteousness. A righteous person only serves one owner, only one God, only one (set of) True Parents.
5. To win and overcome Satan’s temptation no matter what… (Jesus)
Righteousness is overcoming any trial without giving in. Just as gold does not change its color under any circumstance, righteousness does not change under any trials.
6. To control Physical desires (4 great carnal desires (eating, sleeping, material possessions, sexual desires)
Righteousness is not governed by fleshly desires. The body (of a righteous person) is governed by the heart. Those who are governed by the four great desires are not righteous. To be righteous means to be able to control the body and the environment well in any difficulties. A person who can control one’s body well is called a righteous person. Because you control your body, you make unity between your mind and body and keep going. We call this person a righteous person. But an unrighteous person cannot control his physical body. He is always governed by physical desires.
7. The elements of righteousness are eternal, unchanging, absolute.
Righteousness does not change forever. Righteousness is always unchanging. It always maintains an absolute standard.
8. Righteousness is always alpha and omega. In other words, the beginning and the end are always the same and do not change.
A righteous person is unchanging in any circumstances. His beginning and end are always the same. However, injustice … depends on the circumstances. It is unbelievable (untrustworthy?) because it changes according to the circumstances just as Peter betrayed Jesus.
Now we understand what righteous means.
Let’s study (this in) more detail from Father’s word.
Heaven is a Place of Goodness and Righteousness
<87-254> We should standardize our concept of Heaven. Heaven is a place of Goodness and Righteousness. Where do you think Goodness and Righteousness arises? It shouldn’t be centered on oneself, but it should begin on living for the sake of others. When we encounter matters between public or private, goodness or wickedness; You would generally know that private matters are matters when you think of yourselves, and public matters are matters when you think for the whole. If you live more for the sake of others, eventually you will enter the center.
The Kingdom of Heaven is a world of completion, perfection, unchangingness, and eternity. It is a righteous world that never changes.
Righteousness comes from living for others unchangingly. Parents are righteous because they never change in living for the sake of their children. A true husband is righteous because he is always unchanging in living for the sake of his wife. When a filial son lives for the sake of his parents and a loyal servant lives for the sake of the nation, it is righteousness.
Righteousness is like Jjak sarang, one-sided love. Even if the other person changes, persecutes me and betrays me, even though he does not notice anything, I love that other person unchangingly. That is Jjak sarang. God does jjak sarang all the time.
One who keeps righteousness has the heart of Jjak sarang. No matter what, in any situation he (is) continuously doing jjak sarang. Even though you betray me, even though you persecute me, even though you do not notice me, even though you do not recognize me, it does not matter because you are God’s sons and daughters, God’s children. You are my object partner of true love. No matter what (I) keep going continuously doing jjak sarang. That is righteousness.
Who becomes the center? It is the person who lives more for the sake of others and is unchanging. A righteous person is not capricious.
(This is) beautiful guidance from our True Father.
When we raise our family or when we develop our society, where should it be centered? It should be centered on goodness and righteousness. In order to have that kind of lifestyle we should be the model of goodness and righteousness ourselves. Why do you think goodness and righteousness should be the fundamental basis of our lifestyle? Because it should be unchanging and eternal. Therefore people should seek to be good and righteous. And that is why the institutional values of our society should have the standard on creating an ideal world.
What kind of being does the central being become? He has to be good, unchanging, and righteous.
If you want to be righteous and good, you are a person who lives for the sake of others as an example and representative in your life as a whole.
Goodness and righteousness are always eternal, unchanging and absolute.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Hidden Treasure Behind Pain
1. Our church should be a place of the resurrection that people come and are revived. We must become a church that when new people enter, we all become attached to save them before sending them out. First, we must become living people. We have to do everything to build myself in a public position. I must treat myself so that I actually feel that I belong to God. I can enter the position of the adopted son only when it becomes this way. When you move from the servant position to the adopted son position, after bearing others’ crosses, there is sorrow. It is not a place where the mind is comfortable. There is sadness and tears. Why? It is because I came to the public position and I know my father's circumstances.
How can our church become a place of resurrection where many people from all over the world come to life?
Our blessed family members should become living people. So how do we become living people? To do that, you need to train yourself to bear many crosses of other people's sufferings.
If we go further and train to bear the cross of God's suffering, we as individuals become living individuals and our church becomes a church of rebirth.
If you enter the position of the adopted son from the position of the servant, you will bear the cross of others' sufferings. If you carry someone else's cross a lot, there is a pain and sorrow unknown to others. Also, from a public standpoint, we naturally come to know the circumstances of our Heavenly Parent.
If a person is truly resurrected, then one resurrected life can save ten people, 100 people and even 1,000 people. We do not know when we witness to a really righteous guy prepared by our Heavenly Parent. If we really witness to that kind of righteous guy, we can save even 100 people, even 1,000 people, even 10,000 people through that kind of prepared person. No one knows.
I am really thinking that in our American movement, the important thing is the central figures, who are the subregional leaders and district leaders and state leaders and tribal messiahs. The important thing is how much you have experienced resurrection. If you have truly experienced resurrection, you can change so many people’s lives. This is the issue. One person who truly repents, who is truly resurrected, who truly has experienced rebirth -- how many people can become alive (through him)!
Recently we have been talking about witnessing and national restoration, right? We are talking about raising up our young people. God continually tells me, “Hey, Yong! Hey little Yong! Of course (these things) are important. The most important thing is you. (To the extent that) you resurrect yourself, you can resurrect people, you can resurrect America, you can resurrect the whole world. Hey little Yong! Hey my son! Mostly you need to focus on your own growth and resurrection. If you are truly resurrected, so many people can be revived through you. Your … church, movement, your nation, the entire world can be revived.”
I replied, “Yes, God. That is true.”
(Through) even one person who is alive so many people can experience revival. Because of one Jesus, all humankind can have the benefit of spiritual salvation. Because of one (set of) True Parents we can have the opportunity to receive the blessing (and) to remove our original sin, and (because of them) all humankind can be liberated. Even the sorrowful God can be liberated. That is why just one person … Everything begins from one person.
I don’t want to blame or scold you. The issue is “me.” How can I show that God is alive through me? How can I become an exemplary leader? How can I show my family, my churches …? Then (my) society, my tribe, my nation and the whole world can follow. Am I correct?
2. To experience the circumstances of our Father, God, you must go through a certain training course. Some youth see our church leaders struggling on the front line and have a reluctance to public work, so they try to pursue careers outside. Knowing the reality and difficulties of our church, there are also people who retreat. However, they retreat because they do not know how many precious things there are behind those difficulties. They did not know that the treasures of Heaven were hidden behind this pain. When Moses received the calling from God, he met God in flames of fire from within a bush; Joseph (Jacob?) used a stone for a pillow and met God, and Jesus was recognized as Christ on the cross. Similarly, we find that there is a precious blessing in the difficulties. Therefore, it is true that we meet God through pain. God is connected behind very small, trivial things. So where do you commit sins? It's easy to commit sins in humble, trivial places.
To experience God's circumstances, you must go through a certain training course in which you bear the sufferings and crosses of others.
Many try to avoid suffering and difficulties unaware of the precious treasures behind their sufferings and difficulties. If you try to avoid pain, you will retreat and become exhausted, and more trouble will come.
However, if you handle pain well, you will discover that behind it lies a precious treasure of heaven.
If you look at the course of Moses, Jacob, Joseph, and Jesus, it shows that there is a great blessing from heaven in the midst of difficulties.
After suffering there is always a blessing. Therefore, the greater the suffering, the greater the blessings to come.
Through my own suffering and carrying the cross of others' suffering, I can meet God who is suffering.
Even though the pain seems extremely small, despicable, and insignificant, it is connected with God behind the scenes.
Where do we sin? It is easy to commit a sin in a place where we easily ignore the most insignificant and very little sufferings that come to me.
3. I must never forget that God’s sorrow is behind the pain I suffer, and I must know how to handle that pain well. You cannot just cover the pain or say you hate it and ask for comfort. In order to break away from the servant level and enter the growth stage of the adopted son, you must handle pain well, work hard, and not complain while toiling. Now, we should become people who can properly handle God's sorrow. You must be willing to die for the will. Even while following Jesus, Peter tried to fulfill his own wishes. Peter should have taken the cross of Jesus and courageously prepared to die like Jesus. Only when Jesus and Peter became one could God's power emerge. But it is where Jesus healed the pitiable sick and felt compassion for the poor that he found the deep circumstances and heart of God.
I must never forget that God’s sorrow is behind the pain I suffer. If I don't meet God's pain through my pain, it just ends as one person’s pain.
Therefore, when pain comes to you, you should not try to avoid it unconditionally, but rather know the reason for the pain. I need to know that the pain has to do with me. There can be no pain that has nothing to do with my growth. And that suffering must have something to do with God. Therefore, we need to know the circumstances of God who caused such suffering.
All the pain that comes to me has meaning! Therefore, when suffering, do not complain and do not try to avoid it. We need to know why this suffering and pain come to me. There is a reason. You need to ask God (about it). This suffering experience is a great opportunity to meet God’s pain. Now, we need to think of God's pain and sorrow through the pain that comes to us and grow up to be able to take responsibility for it.
Peter should have taken the cross of Jesus and courageously prepared to die like Jesus. The power of God could be manifested if Peter wanted to carry the cross of Jesus' sufferings.
Jesus healed the pitiable sick and felt compassion for the poor, and in a way, he discovered God's deep heart and circumstances from trivial things and their pain and sorrow. When Jesus took care of those who were sick and poor and disabled, he discovered God’s pain and sorrow, (that) God is their parent. As a parent, when you look at your children in such a disabled or sick situation, (like that parent) how much pain God felt. That is Jesus’ great point. He discovered God’s great sorrow and heart and pain from trivial things, from their pain and sorrow. We need to learn from Jesus and True Parents about that.
I think you understand what I am talking about. Do not avoid any pain and sorrow. It has incredible meaning for you. When you overcome (it), you can meet God and grow up very well.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony that Anything is Possible
Today let's take the time to hear another living testimony. Let’s welcome Pedro Diaz. Thank you very much.
(Testimony of Pedro Diaz.)
Wow! What a beautiful testimony from Pedro! One of the great happinesses and joys (of our life) is to witness to people. If they (come to) know about True Parents and the Divine Principle, their lives can be completely changed.
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