Ep 743 - The Twenty-first Century and the Mission of Women Part 4
The Twenty-First Century and the Mission of Women - November 7, 2022
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Key Points
Women have a precious original nature and affection and have the central sacrificial role of bearing and nurturing children to become righteous, cultivating their character as good people and future leaders of humanity. In this way they shape history.
The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents Eve’s purity, and the fruit of the tree of life represents Adam’s purity.
The origin of true love, true blood lineage and true life is the love organ.
Restoration of the false blood lineage created in the blood relationship of the fall is only possible through the messiah.
God both warned and blessed Adam and Eve.
The reason Adam and Eve fell was because there was some heartistic distance between God and Adam and Eve.
If Adam and Eve had had a heartistic relationship with God and had known and internalized God’s wishes, there would have been no fall.
The reason problems occur between God and human beings and among people is ultimately because of problems of the heart.
God’s words are love and heart.
Heartistic distance and lack of communication with a child or a spouse can lead to the fall.
If we live centered on hyojeong and love of God’s words and wishes, then we can distinguish God’s word from that of the archangel, discern good and evil, and overcome temptation.
Always ask God about what to do.
In our life of faith, if we do not maintain a heartistic relationship with the other person, he can betray and leave us any time. Faith is maintaining a heartistic relationship.
TF: The main problem before the fall between Adam and Eve was heartistic distance. That is why they did not hear God’s word.
When you really love God’s word and meditate on God’s word, then you can hear God’s voice.
A generation gap means there is no heartistic affection and communication between the generations.
Fundraising is training for our sake. If we think that it is something for us to obey enthusiastically and dive into, then we will be considered righteous by Heaven, we will not tire, and we will meet God.
Fundraising shows us our character and fallen nature.
The purpose of fundraising is training, meeting God, and experiencing the heart of God. It is also learning to love people and all things.
If one can keep the same heart despite selling nothing, that person will not lose his first motivation and can overcome everything for the rest of his life.
One who keeps his first motivation until the end does not have a hint of shame in front of the conscience because he does not have any motivation of the self and is unaffected by his own personal circumstances.
We want to offer God’s product to every house or shop whether it is in a “good area” or not.
The fundraising product becomes the mediator to connect the donor to God and True Parents and to their ancestors.
If we live a life of self-denial offering our utmost sincerity and whole energy for God and his will without a private mind, whatever we do, we will be strong and bold, we will have the strength to overcome and accomplish anything, and God and the spiritual world will help us.
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(It’s a) beautiful Monday, right?
Yesterday, something happened to me. I decided to go to Bishop Dr Cecil Riley’s Church, one of the founding members of ACLC, to have a service, but it was postponed to the next opportunity because yesterday's marathon was held in New York City. Due to traffic congestion (from the Marathon), I had to spend 3 hours on the road on my way to visit that church. This is the first time I experienced that! That church prepared everything and waited for me, but I could not make it. I felt very sorry. I talked with him about having another opportunity (in the future). The bishop of that church has been asked to come (to one of our events?) in the near future.
This can be a turning point for me with Christian churches as we begin to deliver God’s word to (congregations). I think maybe this will make Satan jealous, so I need to put in more heart and jeongseong; then we can do great things.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Twenty-First Century and the Mission of Women” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at a seminar for women leaders held on October 12, 1994 at the Little Angels Performing Arts Center (now the Universal Arts Center) in Seoul.> My fellow women leaders! Women have a precious original nature and affection that God has made unique to us. We also have the central role of bearing and nurturing children and leading our families. Through the self-sacrifice of bearing and nurturing the fruit of love, women continue the clans and generations of the human race. While the external work of mothers is important, the role and responsibility of mothers in nurturing their children to become righteous, cultivating their character even while the children are in the womb, are just as noble. From now, humankind has no choice except to live in an increasingly globalized and pluralized society. In the future world, women will have a noble role in the family unit and in the entire society as well.
We could even say that the role of the mother shapes history by bearing, giving birth to and nurturing the future of humanity. Without this maternal nature, where can the hopes and bright future of humanity be conceived? Where can good men and women, our future leaders, be born, and from whom can they receive their basic education? Respected women representatives, traditionally history has continued under the leadership of men. Most men have misled humanity using brute force, and they have created conflict and division in irrational societies. Consequently, there is a mountainous pile of historical legacies that need to be dispensed with, as well as many pressing problems. For humanity to usher in the twenty-first century with hope, the contribution of women is absolutely necessary.
Let’s summarize Mother’s word.
Women’s Roles in the 21st Century
1. Women have a precious original nature and affection that God has made unique to us. Women also have the central role of bearing and nurturing children and leading our families.
2. Women not only make external sacrifice and work, but the role and responsibility of mothers in nurturing their children to become righteous, cultivating their character even while the children are in the womb, are just as noble.
3. The role of the mother shapes history by bearing, giving birth to and nurturing the future of humanity.
4. Without this maternal nature, there would be no hopes and bright future of humanity. Our future leaders, good men and women are ultimately born from mothers.
When True Mother speaks about the woman’s role, I always think about my mother. I am always extremely grateful to my mother. She is now 93 years old. She is very healthy and always smiling – sometimes shouting and singing. My brother takes care of my mother. I really appreciate him.
When I think about my mother, I realize the importance of the mother’s role, the woman’s role. In any family women settle (disputes) peacefully. Then she creates peace in the family. As a husband, as a man, let her fulfill her role very well. That is man’s portion of responsibility. If the man can create a beautiful environment and love a woman, I think we can make incredible family peace in our families.
I really appreciate Mother speaking about the woman’s role and portion of responsibility. Now is the era of love. As men, let’s support women for them to fulfill their role very well.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 7 - The Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil(1)
• The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies the love of Eve.
• As a tree multiplies by its fruit, Eve should have borne good children through her godly love. Instead, she bore evil children through her satanic love.
• Eve was to reach full maturity only after going through a period of growth, in which it was possible for her to bear either good fruit or evil fruit through her love.
• This is why Eve's love is symbolized by the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and why Eve is symbolized by the tree.
• Eve was to have eaten the fruit of goodness by consummating her God-centered love. Then she would have received the essence of God's divinity and multiplied a good lineage.
• However, she ate of the fruit of evil by consummating her evil love centered on Satan. Hence, she received the essence of his evil nature and multiplied an evil lineage from which our sinful society descended.
• Accordingly, Eve's eating the fruit denotes that she consummated a satanic love relationship with the angel which bound her in blood ties to him.
As the human fall is a relationship of blood, there is no restoration without changing the blood lineage.
The main thing in the course of restoration is how to change the blood lineage. In order to change the blood lineage we need to set up the Foundation of Faith and the Foundation of Substance and finally we meet the messiah. What is the purpose of meeting the messiah? In order to change the blood lineage. This is the most important thing: how to change the blood lineage. The fall means a change of blood lineage from God’s to Satan’s blood lineage. That’s why we need to restore it back (to God’s blood lineage). We need the change our blood lineage. No religion talks about the change of the blood lineage. The Bible does talk about engrafting, right. This is incredible content. The Bible content is really incredible!
This is only possible through the Messiah who brings God’s blood lineage.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Adam and Eve who Should Have Entered Into God’s Heart
<5-261>According to Genesis 2:17 “But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." said God.
God also said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” If the heart of Adam and Eve were fully united with God after hearing such words of God, no Human Fall would have happened. There was some heartistic distance between God giving these remarks and Adam and Eve receiving them. And they were standing in the position where they could have penetrated into God’s heart after going through a period of growth and fulfilling the purpose of God’s words. If Adam and Eve had been able to remind themselves of God’s words, what they were and the heart of God about how His creation would become, whenever they saw any creatures or angels, there would have been no Human Fall.
God gave Adam and Eve words of warning, “You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17). And then God gave them words of blessings as well.
God told Adam and Eve that they become perfected without eating the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” and (he) blessed (them).
The reason Adam and Eve fell was because there was some heartistic distance between God giving these remarks and Adam and Eve receiving them. If Adam and Eve had known God’s heart and God’s wishes had become their wishes, there would have been no Human Fall.
Therefore, the reason problems occur between God and human beings and among people is ultimately because of problems of the heart. God’s words are love and heart. Know that God’s words that He conveys to people surely contain God’s love and heart.
The purpose for our studying God’s words is to experience and embody God’s heart and love. By doing hoondokhae, we read God’s heart, circumstances and wishes.
If you do not value God’s words like life or if you do not study them, a heartistic distance from God is bound to form. If a heartistic distance is formed, it gives Satan a chance to invade and many problems will begin to arise.
Therefore a heartistic Abel is important. Parents should be heartistic parents. One’s spouse should be a heartistic spouse. Brothers and sisters have to be heartistic brothers and sisters. Abel should be a heartistic Abel. Cain should be a heartistic Cain.
Heartstic distance always creates problems. Parent-and-child problems, especially in children falling, the heartistic distance with parents is the problem. That is why you need to have conversations often. There needs to be communication. You need to understand each other.
Just a few days ago my daughter and son-in-law wanted to talk to me. We spent nearly two hours (together) sharing this and that.
I think no matter how busy you are, we need to have conversations, heartistic communication. Heartistic distance causes so many problems. When we are heartistically close, any problem can be resolved.
Father said the main problem before the fall between Adam and Eve was heartistic distance. That is why they did not hear God’s word. They had a more heartistic relationship with the archangel. Day and night they were close, talked to each other and communicated. Then the archangel misused that. If Adam and Eve had had a heartistic closeness with God, more than with the angel, they would never have fallen. What was the main reason they fell? Because of heartistic distance.
Heartistic distance is also the problem of falling between husband and wife. Faith is having affection. If there had been affection between God, Adam, and Eve, there would have been no Human Fall. Rather than having affection for God, Adam and Eve had more affection with Satan. Unfilial piety is having more affection with the secular world than with parents.
That is why the Kingdom of Heaven is the world of the heart. In the Kingdom of Heaven there is no heartistic distance, no generation gap. Parents and children, even though they become teenagers or (are) in their 20s or 30s or 40s, there is no heartistic distance. That is the world of the Kingdom of Heaven because there is enough communication.
When we talk about a generation gap, it means there is no heartistic affection and communication.
We are talking about the Four Great Realms of Heart between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, brothers and sisters, husband and wife. If they heartistically communicate very well and create a community of heart, there is no fall, no problem.
Do not just say, “Don’t eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.” Of course, we need to emphasize this, but the most important thing is how to create heartistic relationships between parents and children. Some parents say, “Oh, my children have a very good heartistic relationship with me, but they go their own way.” This is nonsense. What are you talking about? Heartistic close relationships are the key. The Kingdom of Heaven is creating heartistic affection. That’s it. That is the most important thing. How (can we) make intimate relationships between parents and children, husband and wife, between Cain and Abel. Wow! I really learn again why Adam and Eve fell. What is the main reason? It is because of heartistic distance.
If Adam and Eve had been Awake in their
Hearts all the Time
<5-261> Knowing their position and thinking about Heaven and the Heart of it with an awakened heart, Adam and Eve could have discerned the difference between the words of God and the words of the archangel infiltrating from the side. When Adam and Eve, who should have always been united with God’s words and God’s heart, were not able to stand in such a position, there appeared the temptation of the archangel. Whenever I was dozing or asleep, Heaven was awake watching over me. And even when I didn’t realize my value, Heaven recognized it and watched over me. In other words, Heaven saw the whole picture of my portion of responsibility and mission.
We must always be spiritually and heartistically awake. What is God’s wish for me? What are God’s words for me? What kind of circumstances does God wish for me? What is my responsibility? What is my mission? Always remind yourself; always ask. What is his plan for me? What should I do today? Always ask and open your heart. Be heartistically awake.
If you live centered on hyojeong (filial heart) and centered on God’s wish, you will be able to discern the archangel’s words. Therefore, we always need to be awake with God’s words along with hyojeong.
Then how can we always be awake? It is only by the Word. If you always face the Word and try to love it, there will always be His voice for me.
When you really love God’s word and meditate on God’s word, then you can hear God’s voice. He always works through the word. He created all things through the word. He communicates with us through the word. That is why you need to study God’s word – not just study, but meditate again and again. Then you can hear God’s voice and read his mind.
If we become one with God’s words, we can discern Satan’s words. In order to distinguish God and the archangel’s words, we human beings first need to have affection and love for God. Only then can we discern the archangel's words.
If you really love God’s word, if you really love God, then automatically you can discern what is God’s word and what is the archangel’s word.
However, Adam and Eve had more affection for the archangel than for God. Therefore, even in our life of faith, if we do not maintain a heartistic relationship with the other person, they can betray and leave us any time.
That is why faith is maintaining a heartistic relationship. There must be affection between parents and children, too. Therefore, you can discern good and evil as much as you experience God’s heart. If you have affection with God and become one with the Word, you can overcome any temptation.
As much as you experience God’s heart, you automatically distinguish good from evil. ... As much as you love your children, you can teach them what is good and evil very easily.
In both your life of faith and in the family, you must really have affection for your parents, communicate well, and in church, have affection for the pastor. Cain and Abel also need to have affection for each other.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Become a Person Who Has a Temperament of Accomplishing Anything
A Life of Being Considered Righteous in Fundraising
1) If you’ve done fundraising, you know that it is always a challenge. Although fundraising is a challenge and we hate doing it, we need to do it to fix my mindset, welling up from the heart. I should think that fundraising was something I wished for but my Abel ordered me to do to train me. When I think that this work, education, and training are for my sake and then think that it is something for me to obey enthusiastically and dive into, then I will be considered righteous by Heaven. Whether the fundraising product is sold or not is a secondary matter. You must first have a righteous mindset. While fundraising, even if you are persecuted and hear things you do not want to hear, gaining the courage to go in and out of places like it is your own house is important. For example, let’s say that while fundraising, even though you went around 300 houses the whole day, you only sold about $10 worth of products. But if you learned some unforgettable lesson while going around 300 houses, that is an amazing thing. We can see that as being more righteous and grand than external results or a very good person during fundraising.
Our second generation and GPA, you need to listen well. When we fundraise, how many people actually voluntarily try to fundraise? Who really likes fundraising? If you’ve done fundraising, you know that it is always a challenge.
Although fundraising is a challenge and we hate doing it, we need to do it to fix our mindsets, welling up from the heart.
I should think that fundraising was something I wished for, but my Abel ordered me to do (it) to train me. When I think that this work, education, and training are for my sake and then think that it is something for me to obey enthusiastically and dive into, then I will be considered righteous by Heaven.
Whether the fundraising product is sold or not is a secondary matter. You must first have a righteous mindset. If your mindset is right, God and the spirit world are bound to help you.
If you try fundraising, you will immediately know what kind of character you are and what kind of fallen nature you have. I need to check whether I easily become disappointed or not if results are not so good or whether I get angry or not if I am persecuted and hear things I do not want to hear.
While fundraising, even if many people do not buy your fundraising products, check whether or not you can maintain the courage to go in and out of places as if they were your own house is important.
This is very important. The purpose of doing fundraising should be clear. If the purpose of fundraising is merely to bring about results, you lose the center of your heart.
However, if the purpose of (my) fundraising as my own training and experiencing the heart of God, I will not get tired regardless of the result. If the goal is to experience God's heart like this, the result will surely improve in the end.
The purpose of fundraising should be to meet God and experience the heart of God. Through fundraising, the goal should be to love all things, to love people and to experience the heart of God in any situation no matter what the difficulties. The result does not matter. (What matters is) how I can meet God. Even though you persecute me, how can I love you? How can I love my brother(?product?)?
Through fundraising you can learn to love all things, secondly, to love people no matter what – even though you insult me and persecute me, how can I love you? – and finally to have an experience of God’s heart. This is the purpose of fundraising. If you focus on how to bring back a result, then you surely will be tired.
If you do fundraising with this attitude, you will never get tired. And you must experience meeting God. fundraising results will also follow automatically. If you only bring external goals and results through fundraising, you are bound to get tired.
Become a Person Who Has a Temperament of Accomplishing Anything
2) People who sell many fundraising products gain strength from a different order because many people buy them, but even if you couldn’t sell anything, visiting 300 or more houses is an amazing feat. People with such a temperament are people who have a foundation of accomplishing anything. Those people can be praised within relationships. Even if you return after running the whole day, only selling $10 worth of products and report without any shame during reporting time, that is a really amazing thing. Even though this person does not have substantial results, their conscience does not have a hint of shame. This is because they do not have any motivation of the self in their mind, and they have not been intervened by their own personal circumstances. It is a proud thing to not be intervened by personal circumstances. It looks like failing without any substantial results, but it is not failure.
People who sell many fundraising products (are) empowered by others because many people buy them, but despite not selling anything, if you did not lose courage while visiting over 300 houses, it is an amazing thing. People with such a temperament are people who have a foundation of accomplishing anything.
Anyone feels empowered when results are good. However, the key is how to keep my heart as good as it is when there is no result. If someone overcomes this problem, that person will not lose their first motivation and can overcome everything for the rest of their life.
Even though this person does not have external substantial results, one who keeps their first motivation until the end does not have a hint of shame in front of the conscience. This is because they do not have any motivation of the self in their mind, and they have not been intervened by their own personal circumstances.
Actually I learned a lot through fundraising. Our GPA team and Heavenly USA team can do fundraising together, but when I studied at the Korean UTS, I had no choice, I had to fundraising alone. It was really challenging from morning till evening with (one’s) first motivation. I decided to do 40 days. When I overcame that, I was able to feel incredible joy.
When I sell fundraising products, I always think that I am selling God’s blessing product. Anyone who buys my product will receive God’s blessing. “Heavenly Father, I want to give this blessing product to every family. I don’t want to miss anyone, any family, any house, any shop because I want to deliver God’s blessing product. Anyone who buys my blessing products can someday connect to our church, connect to God and True Parents.” Then this fundraising product becomes the mediator to connect (them) to God and True Parents and to their ancestors. I am so inspired. Whether people welcomed me or not, or whether they are present or not, does not matter.
“Hey, ancestors, I am bringing heavenly blessing products! If you do not welcome me, you will miss the chance to get a heavenly blessing.” ... I want to give a blessing in each house everywhere.
If I only choose a good place, the shopping area that can get more results, that kind of motivation is not so good. What is the main purpose of doing fundraising? I want to sell God’s product. I want to cultivate my heart. I want to experience God’s heart. When you put more into your internal goal, even if the external result is not so good, I tell you, it is really joyful and definitely you will meet Heavenly Parent.
Jesus’ Proud Life
3) Jesus came to this earth and died on the cross, but in Heaven’s eyes, it was a proud act. Even though Jesus could not accomplish his purpose, since there was no personal circumstances but only lived a public life through blood, sweat, and tears 100%, 120% for God and the Will, it was a proud life. Since Jesus lived a life of offering his utmost sincerity and whole energy without a private mind, he was proud and had courage. However, if there were personal or self-centered circumstances mixed in, even if the results were good, that would have been cowardly. For example, let’s say that someone fundraising goes to a relative’s house and sells everything. Although they earned a profit by selling many things, it is not proud. Such results are not worthy of gaining a driving force to continue tomorrow. However, even if someone sold just one fundraising product, if they visited more than 300 houses without any thought of themselves, they will have power rising quickly so that they can run around rapidly for tomorrow.
Jesus came to this earth and died on the cross, since there was no personal circumstances but only lived a public life through blood, sweat, and tears 100%, 120% for God and the Will. It was a proud life.
Since Jesus lived a life of offering his utmost sincerity and whole energy without a private mind, without selfish thinking, whatever he did, he was strong and bold and he had absolute conviction of God.
The reason we are not empowered in our own lives is because there are personal or self-centered circumstances mixed in. If it were 100% motivation and goals for the will, God’s amazing work will take place. You will gain the strength to overcome any difficulties. “Heavenly Father, I am doing this and I do not have any self-centered (motivation). This is 100%, 120% for the sake of God’s will and for others.” If you have that kind of motivation and determination, it is very clear, I am telling you, God’s amazing work will take place.
If self-centered motivation, goals, and circumstances become the center, it is not proud. Even if you have results, it is not honorable. For example, let’s say that someone fundraising goes to a relative’s house and sells everything. Although they earned a profit by selling many things, it is not proud.
A person who does public activities with a pure heart without any concept of themselves will have power rising quickly so that they can run around rapidly for tomorrow. This is the power of self-denial.
If you really deny yourself and unite with God’s concept and idea and heart, surely you can have power. No power means something is wrong. If you completely deny yourself, God will come to you and the spirit world will help. Do you understand me?
Today I talked about “Become a Person Who Has a Temperament of Accomplishing Anything.”
(Testimony Kenyon Chen, GPA, Lessons)♦
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