Ep 475 - Europe Part 3
Europe 110-35-12-40 - February 12, 2022
Did you enjoy the world summit yesterday? It was really incredible! I was happy because it seemed to show how much the United States is doing its best as the elder son nation. Special thanks to Dr. Michael Jenkins, the UPF team and Washington Times, Tom McDevitt and all our brothers and sisters. Yesterday I met Franco (Famularo) from Canada and John Jackson who is helping. Thank you everybody, those who are working with such commitment for the World Summit.
Today I’d like to talk about “Europe ” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
When you look at the Christian providence, at one point in history, Britain, the Eve nation, had expanded her territory overseas to the point that people said the sun never set on the British Empire. Britain spread Christianity all around the world. On the cross, Jesus died saying that he would return. Christians believe that they can receive salvation through Jesus' death on the cross. God is omnipotent. He is an absolute being. Would he have suffered for 4,000 years in order to send his only begotten son to the cross as a means of salvation? Mary did not understand God's Will in giving life to Jesus. She did not understand why Jesus had to come to earth. After the Bible was translated into English, the general population of Britain was able to read it. The Bible contains many metaphors and symbols. One important message in the Bible is that Jesus said that he would return and hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. In the providential history through the new True Parents, we must complete the past duties that Britain left unfulfilled. (2016.07.20, Cheon Jeong Gung)
I heard that Malta was under British rule for 180 years. It has not been very long since you were liberated from Britain. Do you think things are better now that you are free? Most of the people in this country are Catholics. Do you believe that you will go to heaven as long as you believe in Catholicism? There are many religions, but what can we do to cross over the walls of religion, race and culture? God's Word contains the answers to all these questions. A new holy seed was sown in this country through the marriage Blessing. It is now your mission to multiply it and reap the fruits of it. You are truly happy people. You attend God, you attend True Parents, and you have received the marriage Blessing. You should not stop there, however. From now on, you need to multiply. All of humanity are wild olive trees, and we, who have been blessed are the true olive trees. We need to show the world the value of the true olive tree. In so doing, we need to bring all people of the world to desire to become true olive trees as well. You need to be proud of True Parents and let others know about them. (2006.07.02, Valletta, Malta)
True mother said, “What can we do to cross over the walls of religion, race and culture? God's Word contains the answers to all these questions.”
Only through the Divine principle and Blessing, you can cross over the walls of religion, the walls of race, and the walls of culture. The Unification principle is not the doctrine of any one religious group.
The Unification principle is a Cosmic ideology to form one family under God, (one that is) interreligious, interracial, and trans-national. And through the marriage Blessing, all humankind can become one beyond the walls of all races, religions, cultures, and enemies and thoughts.
True Mother said, “You are truly happy people. You attend God, you attend True Parents, and you have received the marriage Blessing. You should not stop there, however. From now on, you need to multiply.”
We have eternal heavenly parents, eternal true parents who are the savior of humankind, eternal truth, and eternal salvation which is the Blessing. Now, our portion of responsibilities remains only the way to multiply the blessings we have received.
As shown in the Bible's Parable of the Bags of Gold about a Story of Three Servants, it is said that the servant who did not make a profit, what he had was taken away from him and given to those who made more profit.
This bible verse scares me. It relates to our Blessing as well.
Matt 25: 26-30: “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
So scary! What is the conclusion of this Bible parable?
If blessings do not multiply, they will surely return with a curse. The Blessing becomes a curse without (our) multiplying it.
That is why Mother says repeatedly, “You need to multiply the Blessing” because the Blessing is not for me individually. It is a public thing. That is why the more you give the Blessing, the more you can multiply and increase and grow up. That is the nature of the Blessing.
Ture Mother said, “All of humanity are wild olive trees, and we, who have been blessed, are the true olive trees. We need to show the world the value of the true olive tree.”
Now, the era in which we are proud of and testify to God and True Parents has passed, and it is the age in which God and the spirit world testify to the blessed family.
We should be able to say, “There is a proud blessed family here and imitate this family here.” Now is the age of the owner of cheon il guk, the age of showing and telling others to follow.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 18 - The Life of Circular and Spherical Movement
Let’s study the EDP content.
• All beings which have completed the four position foundation by fulfilling the three object purpose through origin-division-union action move in circular (elliptical) or spherical paths; as a result, they exist in three dimensions.
• As the subject and object partners begin a give and take action, the object partner revolves around the subject partner in a circular motion, and thus they become harmonious and unified.
• In the same manner, the subject partner becomes an object partner to God, revolving around God and thus attaining oneness with Him. When the object partner becomes completely one with its subject partner, their union can stand before God as a new object partner resembling His dual characteristics.
• Moreover, the way for any object partner to stand as an object partner before God is by making oneness with its subject partner.
Based on this content, let’s study Father’s word.
The Spherical Movement Is The Most Ideal Movement
<113-225> This universe moves in a circle. What is the most spherical movement among all movements? Isn't a ball round? What is the most roundest thing? Brothers and sisters, what do you think is the most roundest thing in the universe? Have you ever thought about that? What do you think is the most roundest thing? You must know this. The most roundest thing, the spherical movement that can completely become round based on a center is none other than a movement centered on love. Do you understand what I am saying? "Yes." Isn't it the first time you are hearing this? "Yes“
Most of all creations created by God have a round, circular shape. The earth, moon, sun, and all celestial bodies have a spherical shape. The human body has a spherical shape, such as eyes, nostrils, mouth, ears and so on. Most of the sports enjoyed by humans are also enjoyed with round balls. This includes soccer balls, basketball balls, golf balls, table tennis balls, volleyball balls, and rugby balls.
God creates everything as a round shape. (Because) external shapes are like that; that means internal shapes are the same. The shape of True Love is also very round.
Linear movement consumes a lot (of energy). However, circular and spherical movement do not consume much energy as the subject and the object rotate, so the more they give and receive, the larger they become by using centrifugal force.
From that point of view, true love gradually becomes rounder and larger because the subject and object exchange well and perform circular and spherical movements.
False love has a corner, so it brings trouble wherever it goes. It always brings conflict, discord, envy, jealousy, and strife. Therefore, in order to become a true person, one must possess a rounded personality through circular and spherical movements.
Spherical Movement Centered On The Four Great Types Of Love
<235-225> Children should never forget about God. You should be aware of how much God loves you. On top of the parent’s love and children’s love, the love between siblings must be added here. Why is this needed? When this becomes a sphere rather than a single plane, it reaches the entire world. This means that the training attained at this place must be consistent in front of the entire world. Parent’s love is perpendicular while conjugal love is horizontal. Love between siblings is love that is front and back. That is why, this constitutes a sphere.
True Father said, “when the love between siblings goes beyond a circular movement and becomes a spherical movement, it becomes a global thing.” This is because, when a spherical movement occurs, God is always present there.
When God is present, it must be accompanied by a spherical movement and becomes a three-dimensional movement.
Since the spherical movement is a three-dimensional movement centered on God, it becomes a global movement and connects to the four-dimensional world.
Parent’s love is perpendicular while conjugal love is horizontal. Love between siblings is love that is front and back. Therefore, when these three great loves give and receive three-dimensionally, they become spherical.
Therefore, in order to perform the spherical movement within the family, it is necessary to do well in the up-and-down movement centered on parents and children, the left-right movement centering on the couple, and the front-and-back movement centering on brotherly and sisterly love.
The spherical movement cannot be performed unless the up-down, front-back, and left-right structures are prepared. In that sense, the structure of the family is the smallest unit that can practice true love through circular and spherical movements.
This is why the four position foundation is important. Without creating the four position foundation, you cannot create spherical movement.
In order to create spherical movement you need to have a certain structure which is the four position foundation: Parents and children, husband and wife, brothers and sisters. If you have that complete structure based on the four position foundation, then you can create spherical movement beyond circular movement.
That's why without your wife, without your husband, without your parents, without your children, without your older brother or younger sister, without your siblings, you cannot create spherical movement. That is why the structure of the family is so important. Although we have the structure of the four position foundation, the center should be God. God is very much a three dimensional, (even) a four dimensional God, so if God is involved, then everything is connected to the cosmos, to the spiritual world.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: How To Improve Three-Dimensional Life (The Life Of Spherical Movement)?
The answer is very simple: You need to pray and invest Jeongseong all the time.
For spherical movement to occur, God who exists in three dimensions must be the center.
To move God's heart, I need to upgrade my faith dimension to a stereoscopic, three-dimensional life.
To upgrade my life with a three-dimensional life, True Father said in one word, that is jeongseong, “Utmost sincerity moves Heaven.”
The stage of initiation into the three-dimensional world is prayer and devotion. So, today, we are going to look at what prayer and devotion are.
1. Prayer Means Hearing God’s Voice
I love this sentence.
a. Prayer is not only a time to report to God.
b. Prayer is not only a time to ask for God’s help.
c. When our prayer focuses on reporting and requesting, we come to feel limitations.
d. The reason we stop praying is because we think of prayer as just reporting.
Prayer is not just reporting.
2. When We Realize That Prayer Is The Time To Hear God’s Voice
a. We receive ideas;
b. We receive inspiration from God;
c. We obtain insight;
We can see into the far future, what will happen.
d. We receive revelation;
e. We receive God’s guidance very clearly;
f. We experience God’s heart.
3. If You Become A Person Or Church That Hears God’s Voice In Your Prayers…
a. The core axis and direction of your church changes.
It is not just about setting up a goal and vision centering on church leaders who get together and agree, “Let’s make this kind of vision.” No. Vision needs to come from heaven. Everybody prays together. If you become a person or church to hear God’s voice in your prayer, the core axis and direction of your church changes. God gives you direction.
b. God teaches you where you have to go, what you have to do, what direction your church needs to go.
c. God guides in the direction He wants you to go.
d. God-centered determination and decision are only possible for those who pray.
4. What We Must Do To Hear God’s Voice In Our Prayers?
a. Pray for a long time.
> Today is the ‘instant’ age … people cannot wait very long.
> Time is required, because fallen humans have so much spiritual pollution inside.
b. Heartfelt prayer does not start from the beginning (prayer of head and reason).
Our prayer is always centered on head and reason. That’s why it does not work. To remove all my spiritual pollution takes time. That is why in the beginning maybe it will not be easy to have give and take with God. You cannot feel God’s heart. You need to put a lot of effort and jeongseong (into it). Five minutes, seven minutes… According to my experience whenever I pray in the beginning it is a little dry, but I continuously initiate and invest my heart. Then it becomes deeper and deeper. At the end of my prayer I can really feel the Holy Spirit. Sometimes tears come down often. That’s why it takes time. If you only have a short prayer, you cannot feel the taste of prayer. You cannot hear God’s voice. It takes time because you have a lot of spiritual pollution inside.
c. When heartfelt prayer begins, then the connection with God is established.
d. Through spending time in prayer, we achieve prayer in which our hearts unite with the heart of God (Jehovah).
e. Extend your time of prayer, until you feel the Holy Spirit descend.
Which content really inspires you? When you receive God’s guidance through morning devotion, through hoondokhae, you need to write down the content that most inspires you. The more you write down inspiring words, the more energy it will give you. Pray about which words really inspire you: no. 1, no. 2, no. 3, no. 4. You need to meditate and think a lot. You will get much inspiration again and again. That is how you can pray one or two or three hours, meditating upon God’s word, (on) which content most inspires you.
5. Without Jeongsung and Prayer…
a. I tend to drift in the direction of my weaknesses.
b. If I leave things as they are, my weaknesses start to work…
If I do not pray and do jeongseong, then my weaknesses become subject and control (my) good points. If you do not do jeongseong and prayer, then you will always feel more confident that “I cannot do it. I cannot break through. I cannot initiate. I don’t have confidence.” Then all kinds of weakness and negativity come out and start to work and conquer your original mind, conquer your original nature. Without jeongseong and prayer your weaknesses become the subject.
c. If I don’t have ‘purpose’, then I don’t get up early (at dawn), but just sleep.
That is why you need to have a very clear purpose and really pray. Prayer becomes your power and purpose. Then surely you can get up early and your commitment will become very strong. Your commitment right now is not so strong because you did not have much strong prayer and jeongseong conditions.
d. If I pray and set up ‘purpose,’ then my strengths begin to work.
e. I can change the axis of my life through prayer.
f. I always attract the devil to my weaknesses.
g. My weaknesses always make me waste the time given to me.
That is why, when you do not have much jeongseong and prayer, you struggle and struggle -- “What can I do?” -- and (have) no confidence -- “I really need to visit Christian churches; I was inspired, but I hesitate to talk to Christian ministers and visit churches” -- and struggle (some more). If you don’t have much jeongseong and prayer, your power of witnessing may have been so strong, but because you are struggling and struggling -- in Japanese “nai en dae, nai en dae” -- hou are just wasting your time.
Why do we need jeongseong and prayer? When you do a lot of jeongseong and prayer, there is not much time to struggle. We can go forward. You can make decisions very quickly because your direction is very clear. Your determination is very clear.
Those who do not have jeongseong and prayer are not so sure: go this way? Or that way? Left? Or right? Because of that kind of struggling, you do not have the confidence to make decisions. If you have a clear alignment with God, a 90 degree angle, then you are very clear and have no time. You don’t waste time at all. Those who waste a lot of time and cannot make decisions, you need to check them. They don’t have much jeongseong and prayer.
h. Those who have many regrets … set up your ‘purpose’ through prayer.
i. Without prayer, I am influenced and led by others my whole life.
Those who don’t have much jeongseong and prayer, when Abel says to go that way and you just obey, that’s fine, but you do not have a volunteer heart, you do not have a clear purpose, then you are always influenced by someone. Why should your life be influenced (by others)? You need to have your own purpose very clearly, centered on God. Why let someone subjugate my life? I need to take ownership. I cannot (simply) be influenced by somebody. I need to take ownership.
So, Listen to God’s voice, and become someone who sets up ‘purpose’ for the sake of your people and the nation.
Today is beautiful, right?
Today I have been so busy, so (it was not sure that) I (would have) been able to attend morning devotion with you. That is why I am recording the speech. God bless you.♦
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