Ep 464 - Japan - A Mother's Mission Part 5
Japan -- A Mother's Mission 99-24-12-40 - February 1, 2022
Happy New Year! Today is Korean New Year's Day. It is also the biggest holiday in Korean tradition. On holidays like today, people visit their parents to say hello and do kyungbae, and also visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. In particular, today is God’s Day and the first day of the 10th year of Cheon Il Guk. It is also the start of the second year of Cheon Il Guk's 2nd 7-year course.
Today I’d like to talk again about “Japan -- A Mother's Mission” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
True Parents chose Japan as the mother nation. What a great blessing that is! The reason it could be chosen as the mother nation without paying indemnity is that True Parents did it on Japan's behalf. Then what attitude should you and Japan assume toward the providence? When Korea, which is geographically close by, is the father nation, then Japan becomes the mother nation. A family lives in harmony only when the mother and father are united. This father and mother I have mentioned just now should embrace all children in the fallen world and bring them to the presence of True Parents. Since fallen human beings have inherited Satan's lineage, they need to go through a conversion of lineage through True Parents. Korea and Japan are the nations that should help humanity to attend Heaven under the grace of True Parents.
How to make America, the elder son’s nation, completely Cheon Il Guk? Just as children follow their parents when parents become one, if Korea, the father nation, and Japan, the mother nation, become one centering on True Parents, then America, the elder son’s nation, is supposed to automatically follow the parents.
In that sense, it is very important providentially that Korea, Japan, and America become one centering on True Parents.
So, True Father said that the first mission of Japan is to become one with Korea and the second mission is to go out to the world as a mother, embrace all mankind, and bring them to True Parents.
We must find the hometown that our Heavenly Parent wishes to see. Where is our Heavenly Parent's hometown? It is True Parents' hometown. Japan and Korea must become one to support the path toward the unification of the fatherland, that is, the unification of North and South Korea. When this happens, True Parents will stand in the central position before humankind, and all things will arrange themselves naturally. Human dilemmas over the problems of religion, politics, ideology and borders will be resolved. You have to stand at the forefront on this path. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
The last bastion of God and Satan is South and North Korea. True Parents say that if South and North Korea become one and united, all problems in the world can be easily solved.
In the end, unification of the Korean Peninsula is the most important thing. Even Satan will try to endure to the end so as not to give up Korea to God easily. However, True Parents said that the best way to break this satanic barrier is for Korea, Japan, and America to become one and help the providence of a Heavenly unified Korea.
This is the age when all historical truths are revealed. In providential history, if Israel had known of God's providence and accepted His Will, the world would have been united at that time through the foundation of the Roman Empire. How hard has Heaven worked? God waited for 4,000 years, educating people in the meantime. How, then, did it come to be recorded as such a sorrowful history? Heaven's work for the providence has continued unceasingly. Thus, True Parents came to complete, conclude and perfect every part of the providence of restoration through indemnity, and they opened a new age for us. In other words, they opened the way to the era of Cheon Il Guk. Now you need to educate not only your neighbors who do not know about the providence, but also everyone else in the entire world, and guide them to become one with the Will of the Heavenly Parent and True Parents. That is the only way for Japan to pay back the debt it owes to Heaven, and to fulfill its mission as the Eve nation, the mother nation respected by the world. (2013.10.22, World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan)
Based on True Mother’s words, let’s study Father’s words.
<Chambumo Gyeong, P. 683> Jesus created a foundation for spiritual victory, but True Parents ’ victory encompassed both the spiritual world and the physical world as they advanced in the providence for worldwide unity. For the three years beginning with 1972, if we can build solidarity and win over Japan, Japan will become a nation that the world recognizes.
As the Eve nation, Japan will develop. The Principle foresees that things develop after a three-year period. In order to prepare for this, I will organize a task force. We have to quickly nurture talented people.
True Father said that if Japan builds solidarity and becomes one, she can move the world.
Also, True Father said that Japan needs to help the world and become a mother’s nation that the world recognizes.
That is why True Parents sent many Japanese people into the world as missionaries. Thus, the foundation of their mission today became the foundation of the world in the Unification Church.
True Father said that in order to do that, Japan needs to cultivate people of ability, especially young people, who can work for the providence of the world.
In order to fulfill the mission of the central nation as the elder son’s nation, we, North America, need to train and send out a lot of young people who are growing up as world missionaries.
The future of our North America and the world lies in raising the future leaders.
In that sense, we must not forget that the stage(?mission?) of our youth in North America is to go out into the world and save mankind.
<Chambumo Gyeong, P. 684> The concepts of the father nation, mother nation and elder son nation do not exist in the secular world. True Parents designated Korea, Japan and America as the father nation, mother nation and elder son nation respectively.
Therefore, Eve must yearn for [Adam] as her father, her mother, and her older brother. Eve needs her older brother, and likewise needs her mother and father. Then Japan must raise and nurture the elder son nation. As the mother nation she must create an environment to unite with the father nation.
Everything that was destroyed after Eve fell must be rebuilt and returned to its original state.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 15 - Three Object Purpose and Life
Let’s study EDP. This is the last of the series on Three Object Purpose and Life.
As a result of origin-division-union action, four positions are formed: the origin at the center, the subject partner and the object partner (distinct substantial object partners to the origin in the pattern of its dual characteristics), and their union.
Any one of the four positions may assume the position of subject partner and engage the other three as its object partners, forming a communion of three object partners. When each of the four then acts as the subject partner and enters into give and take with the other three revolving around it, they fulfill the three object purpose.
Father’s word:
When Failing to Fulfill the 3 Object Purpose
<422-257>Centered on God, the object must become one with the subject. That is the rule and it must remain like that forever. Out of the spirit and physical world, as the spirit world is the subject, you must first become one with the spirit world. Works in the spirit world must be emphasized, and the value of the spirit world must become the center. The higher you go up in true love, the harder it gets, but the happier you become.
The most important thing in fulfilling the three object purpose is to first become one centered on God.
The object must become one with the subject. This is an important point.
Even when each position of the four position foundation takes the position of the subject, it must first become one centered on God.
When each position takes ownership as the subject partner, we cannot forget the main thing is that we need to focus on God.
<422-257>Eve has to find the position where mother, father, elder brother and son can be happy together. For Eve, Adam is father, the older brother and husband. The three object purpose has not yet been fulfilled, thus when doing wrong there will be no way back. If I want to become higher, I have to push up the 3 objects of God, father, mother, and son. Only then can the vertical become bigger than the horizontal.
There is no multiplication in the master-servant relationship between God and his object partner. God cannot multiply alone. In order to multiply, the three object purpose must be fulfilled through origin-division-union action horizontally.
Therefore, God is trying to complete the three object purpose for multiplication of true love. Neither the multiplication of true love nor God's purpose of creation can be accomplished unless the perfect and sufficient conditions for the three objects to become one are fulfilled. Therefore, it is very important that the three object purpose in the home help each other and become one with each other from the perspective of the subject by having ownership.
This is the final day studying the 3 objects purpose.
Settlement of Three Object Purpose
<422-257>Whatever happens, the children have to be able to go to the father first. Mother comes next. The mother has to pull up the father first. The mother has to set up the father’s position. The settlement of the three object purpose is the nucleus, but without establishing the trinity it is impossible to stand in the central position.
The three object purpose is formed when God, father, mother, and children become one. The three object purpose is important. The family must establish 3 generations. The mother and father, the couple, and the grandchildren must be there. There must be an axis for North, South, East, and West. Without attaining the 3 object purpose you cannot enter heaven.
What is the ultimate goal of mother-child cooperation? We should know clearly that the mother should become one with the children and should connect the children heartistically to the father.
This is the main purpose. Mother has to become one with children to connect children to the father.
The mother needs to become one with the children and make complete unity for what? In order to connect the children heartistically to the father. This is the point.
The failure of Noah's family was the failure of mother-child cooperation between Noah's wife and children. Noah's wife should have educated her children well and served as a mediator to connect them heartistically to their father, Noah.
Noah's wife should always have educated her children about how much their father was working hard after he received God’s call.
She should have educated her children how much their father, Noah, dedicated for God’s will and how much absolute faith and obedience he had before God's will. And she should have had her children involved in what Noah was doing.
They should have participated with him in building the arc at the top of Ararat mountain. She should have asked all her children to help Noah. She should have told her children what their father was doing.
True Father educated us that those in the mother’s position should not try to solve any problems of their children only from the mother’s point of view but to act as a mediator so that they can discuss them with the father. Whenever the children had issues or problems, she should not make a decision. “You have this problem, that problem. Let’s bring these problems to your father. We need to report to your father and learn what he thinks about it.” Because the mother always has give and take with the children and knows all her children’s issues and problems, good cases and bad cases. In any issue the mother should not make any decision. Father said, don’t make a decision. “Why don’t you bring this issue to your father and (we can) discuss it together.” A conclusion needs to come from the father. He needs to listen to all the children’s issues. The mothers role is to be the mediator. This way can create beautiful harmony and unity.
One of the important roles of the mother is to establish the father’s authority and set up the father's position and dignity and establish the father’s position. “Noah is your father. He is a central point in our family.” The mother needs to educate her children all the time.
However, if the mother always ignores the father and then really gives and receives horizontally with the children and criticizes the father, eventually all of the children will be lost.
Even though the father is not great, as a mother how can she keep her respect for her husband? If as a mother she does not respect her husband and relate properly with him and maintain his authority, then the children will 100% ignore the father. Why do most children ignore their father? According to Father, it is because the mother did not fulfill the proper role of the mediator. In order to accomplish the 3 objects purpose, the mother and son cooperation is important. No matter what, we should respect the position of the father.
The order in the family comes from setting up the father’s position. In this regard the mother should educate her children very well.
The mother should not do anything that undermines the authority of her husband, the father, in front of her children. If the mother respects the father, then all the children will respect the father. Conversely, a person in the father’s position should love his wife more than anyone else. A mother who is loved by her husband should transmit that love to her children.
Even though Noah was so dedicated to God’s will and obeyed God’s will absolutely, why did Noah’s providence fail? It was because of the failure of the mother-son cooperation. The mother did not become the mediator. That was the problem. How could she have let her children connect to their father as the mother. The mother’s position is the mediator position. The father’s position is: how much you should love your wife. The wife will get confirmation how much her husband loves her. Then she can influence her children very well.
For the 3 object purpose to be established and completed, the unity between the husband and wife, mother-child cooperation and the filial piety of the children to the parents is of utmost importance. If this is not accomplished, then the 3 objects purpose cannot be complete.
Father said, “Whatever happens, the children have to be able to go to the father first. Mother comes next. (This means the mother should be in the mediator position.) The mother has to pull up the father first. The mother has to set up the father’s position.”
She should keep the father’s dignity. Even though it looks as if your husband is an unworthy guy, you need to respect him because the father’s position is important. Even though you do not like your husband, even though it is difficult to make a relationship with your husband, at least you cannot complain in front of children. “Your father is like that.” “Your mother is like that.” If the mother is like that, you will lose all your children and finally your faith as well.
In order to settle down, in order to complete the 3 object purpose, first, you need mother son cooperation. Secondly, husband and wife unity, and (third) filial piety toward the parents. When these all connect together, finally we can fulfill the 3 object purpose.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Original Nature and Growth(2)
1. God created human beings to resemble God and live according to the original nature of creation. Therefore, if I take responsibility with joy, gratitude, and gladness according to God’s law of original nature, my spirit body is bound to grow and develop and bring about the results of love. Therefore, we must know what original nature requires and try to live according to its laws. If you have a right relationship with your original nature, you will grow according to the laws God has given. But in order to live a life of that original nature, I need capabilities. If so, what capabilities would that be? It means that you have to fulfill the responsibilities given within the place you belong to. You must joyfully bear the fruits of the responsibilities you are given. For example, by coming to school because I am joyful, it is my responsibility to actively study and develop skills to bring joy to the subjects to which I belong.
Therefore, we must not forget that the purpose (for which) God created me was to obtain joy. Therefore, it is a fact that if I do not take responsibility with joy, I will never be able to please God.
Therefore, in order to achieve God's purpose of creation and achieve the purpose of my life, there is no meaning if joy is not a motive, joy is not a process, and joy is not a result. So my portion of responsibility is to create joy in whatever I do.
In the end, I want to do the responsibility entrusted to me with joy and gratitude. It is absolutely not to do it out of a sense of duty.
How can we do our portion of responsibility joyfully and happily and voluntarily? We always need to remember that God’s purpose of creation is creating joy. In order to create joy for me, I have to be grateful and thankful; I have to be happy and joyful. Otherwise how can we bring the result of joy? In order to create joy and happiness, my motivation, the process and the result must be centered on a happy heart.
2. If you have an attitude you want to be happy with, but it is too heavy for you to bear the responsibility, you should find a place where you can develop your skills while enjoying yourself. If you do not have the heart to treat your responsibilities with joy and you do not have the heart to actively take on your responsibilities, the more you are in that position, the more you lose. If you are not happy, why are you there? Only those who are happy with their work and take responsibility can be physically and spiritually healthy and their original nature grows normally. Just like eating joyfully means to eat deliciously, if you study with a joyful heart, anyone will gain capabilities to study.
So, if you want to be successful, you need to find your aptitude. What do you like the most? I need to find something that makes me happy. I need to find something I can do and enjoy without getting tired of doing it over and over again. Everyone has different aptitudes.
That is why you need to find what is your favorite part, what your aptitude is, which part do you like the most. Each person is different. You need to find it and focus on it. That area should be your major. Everyone has different aptitudes. No one can beat a man who works for joy.
However, in the training process, no matter how difficult the content in any position, I need to be able to take responsibility with joy and gratitude.
3. If you are happy to explore the Truth, your spontaneity is so strong that you will overcome any external force. Spontaneous power causes spiritual energy to come out unknowingly. Then, it is easy to check whether or not I am a person who lives by original nature. Healthy people always long for food. If you do not long for food, you have a disease. Similarly, check whether I am a person who longs for the Word or not. Those who live because they always long for the Word are proof that their spiritual body is healthy. If you long for the Word, you will know that you are living centered on original nature. Human being’s original nature has both physical and psychological parts. There is the body’s health and the spirit’s peace.
Nature is always accompanied by a feeling of longing, gladness, joy and gratitude. And there is always a willingness in nature. And always there is peace in my soul. That is why we need to always check. Am I going the right way centering on my original nature or not?
If you are going to go the right way centering on your original nature or not, you need to check: Are you a happy heart or not? Do you have a longing heart or not? Check whether you are a person who longs for the word or not. Those who live longing for God’s word are proof that their spiritual body is healthy. When listening to God’s word and practice it and it is always so tasty and you always have a longing heart, then you have the right track centered on your original nature.
4. We should always be able to test whether or not we live by original nature. In the place I currently belong to, centering on the wishes of that group, do I feel joy or not? I should always check whether I am properly cultivating my capabilities, centering on the wishes of the subject at the place I belong to. In this way, when the joy and wishes of the subject and me become aligned, we become a person who enjoys peace. According to the Word, a person who enjoys peace is a person who can please God who made me exist. Enjoying peace within my heart and living means that my spirit is alive. It means that my original nature is giving and receiving well. So, you have to live if you always check whether there is peace between the subject and me.
5. Who do you belong to? You belong to God. If you are a member of GPA, it means that you should have the joy of saying, “I am a member of GPA!”. That is the faith of belonging. If you are proud and happy about the place you belong to, you are bound to gain capabilities. However, if you think like this and daydream about it, it becomes vague and stressful, eventually leading to regression (regret?). This is a sin. What is sin? It is already a sin to forget one's existence within the sphere of belonging. To sin is to have a sinful mindset. Therefore, you should gladly fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to you within the place which you belong. Not because you have no choice, but because you joyfully complete your job and fatigue will go away when you joyfully go to sleep.
A person who lives by nature always has a clear sense of belonging. That is why you always need to be proud of yourself. “I belong to which group,” “I belong to which church,” “I belong to God,” “I belong to which organization,” You have to be proud of yourself. “I am a missionary. I am proud of myself.” I really respect anyone who becomes a missionary.
When I received the blessing, I prayed to God, “Heavenly Father, I know that the life of the missionary is very much suffering. He needs to go through all kinds of challenges. But Heavenly Father, one of my great wishes is, if I have children, let them all be matched to and receive the blessing with (someone) from a missionary family background because they are the ones who always go to the frontline. They are the ones who really understand God’s heart more. Their external authority, external position don’t matter. Whether they are rich or poor does not matter. Since I received the blessing, my dream came true. My daughter’s spouse, my son-in-law, has a missionary background. They are living in Cambodia. Since they became the National Messiah -- the husband is from Germany and the wife comes from Japan -- since they came there until now they have never moved anywhere else. I really admire their faith. They are one of the poorest missionary families, but I really respect their heart and their commitment. My son-in-law’s background came from there.
My second one, my boy’s background -- I am the National Messiah to dominica -- a Korean sister became a missionary to Dominica and her child is matched to my son. So she is also from a missionary family background.
My third son also comes from (? Is connected to?) a missionary background. My daughter-in-law has lived in Chile in South America for more than ten years and has almost not come back to her home. She is so dedicated; even now (she is) working hard as a missionary.
What I am talking about is that you need to be proud of yourself. You belong to which team, which organization? If you work in the UPF office or you are working in the WFWP office, if you are a regional leader or you are (a member? of) a church, you need to be really proud of your belonging to a group or organization. If you have that kind of happiness, you can create joy and happiness in your mission.
6. Those who sleep with joy fall asleep quickly, but those who only daydream about this and that cannot fall asleep. However, if you make an effort to fulfill your responsibilities, you will get sleepy often and if you try to sleep, your eyes will be clearer, so the opposite happens. This is an example of a person who eats food joyfully, (such as) rice, and a person who does not. It is like a person who does not enjoy eating rice. Even if the grain of rice enters the stomach, it is not digested well. However, with the person who joyfully eats, the rice is all digested and converted into energy. Therefore, the laws of the body and the laws of the mind are inevitably the same.
The last few days I have been continuously speaking about original nature, the laws of original nature. Please remember what original nature is. When we relate to our original nature, we are always grateful, thankful, joyful and very happy with a volunteer heart. Then automatically we grow spiritually very well.♦
(Response to sharing) If you are not joyful, something is wrong. According to our original nature, if you are not happy, not joyful, not thankful and you don’t have a longing heart, then something is wrong. You are not on the right track. If you are really joyful, thankful and grateful, then we know that our original nature is the most happy. God is also happy.
(Response to second sharing) What is the result of self denial? If you really completely deny (yourself) -- of course, it is not easy to deny (yourself) -- if you deny and deny, finally through your experience of self denial, you can feel incredible joy and happiness because God will intervene (with) you. What is the purpose of self-denial? In order to gain happiness. Because you are working with God and he intervenes with you, you can feel joy. As long as you keep going centered on your own thought and cannot deny (yourself), you (may be able to) gain some kind of happiness but it does not work. The purpose of self-denial is to create joy and happiness centered on God.♦
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