Ep 654 - The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World Part 2
The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World - August 10, 2022
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Key Points
Today, just as communism, which asserted economic equality, was brought to its end by the collapse of its own economy, society in the free, democratic world, which is crying out for the ideal of freedom, is also on the verge of a breakdown due to extreme confusion regarding values.
Corruption, sexual immorality, violence and addiction are multiplying under the shadow of so-called freedom.
A new salvation for both the communist world and the free democratic world is Godism and Head-Wing Thought.
The solution to the problems of communism and democracy is the hyojeong culture of the east based on spiritual values. Hyojeong puts God at the center of the family and views parents as God’s representatives. The most important of all traditional values are the values centered on the family.
The key is how to cultivate our heart and create the culture of hyojeong.
Because the talents given to us are quite different for each person, the amount of responsibility for each of us is also very different. If we each complete our own given responsibility and bring a “profit,” God will treat everyone fairly and praise them.
When you go to the spirit world, you cannot go empty-handed. How great a gift will you have prepared for God? How many people you haved saved while living on Earth becomes the greatest present to God.
Since the spirit world is a world of love, it is a world where we breathe with love, eat with love, and give and receive with love. A being perfected in love can freely go back and forth between the spirit world and physical world, and travel anywhere in the cosmos. He has a free pass wherever he goes. That’s why you need to bring substantial results of true love.
The way to bind together the Eastern world and Western world, different denominations, different races, different nationalities, different languages and cultures, different ideologies and values is the mass weddings based on Godism advocated by the Unification Church. This is the best way to make peace.
The reasons God gives me this time called “today” is, first of all, He gives me the blessing of being in the moment and tells me to grow without missing the moment. Secondly, in this time of today, He (God) gives me the blessing to bear fruits of true love and multiply. Third, He gives me the blessing of becoming the second God by becoming the owner of true love. Therefore, know that this time of today is not just a day that flows away but exists to give me eternal value.
With what kind of attitude can I complete my responsibilities? joyfully and gratefully and coming from the heart.
If I clearly realize that I come from God, I can rejoice over my bond with Him each day. When I have clear faith and conviction that God really exists and He is my Father and Mother, there will be unimaginable joy and hope and love. I can do anything and overcome anything, including exhaustion, in His name.
No matter what the situation, if I rejoice over the bond of heart between God and me -- not because of positive events -- it becomes a driving force to overcome any pain and suffering, bring substantial results and be victorious in everything.
The reason we become exhausted in our life of faith is because we do not regard the bond of parent-and-child between God and me as life. The heartistic bond between God and me is a lifeline.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files.♦
I am going to Korea tomorrow morning Australia time. Because of my busy schedule every day in Korea, I think I will record my morning devotion every day. Thank you very much for your understanding.
I spent more than ten days with my family. I am so grateful to Heavenly Parent and True Parents and to my family. They only have time Saturday and Sunday. I bring each family outside and have a meal together and share about this and that and their problems and their appreciation. It has been an incredible and beautiful time!
Our problem is that our house is too small because we are four generations living together with three grandchildren and maybe two more grandchildren will come at the end of this year and next year. How we can adjust? This is our struggling point, but it is also a happy point. I think God will guide us. Thank you so much for your prayer and support for my family.
Today I’d like to continue to talk about “The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
(This speech was given at the founding assembly of the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia, held on September, 17, 1991 at the Tokyo Bay Hotel, in Tokyo Japan) Just as communism, which asserted economic equality, was brought to its end by the collapse of its own economy, society in the free, democratic world, which is crying out for the ideal of freedom, is also on the verge of a breakdown due to extreme confusion regarding values. Corruption, sexual immorality, violence and addiction are multiplying under the shadow of so-called freedom. They are causing the dissolution of that free society. The Cold War era that lasted for more than forty years after the Second World War is coming to an end. It was a game with losers on both sides and no victor. This makes us realize that now is the time for a new salvation to reach both the communist world and the free democratic world. Capitalism and communism originated from the West and were based on material values. They have revealed their limited ability to satisfy the true desires of human beings, who have both a spirit and a physical body.
We are living in an age when it has become absolutely necessary for eastern society, with its emphasis on spiritual values, to play a central role. Historically, the Asian continent has served as the cradle of spiritual civilization, and the time has finally arrived for the East to fulfill its global mission as the prime mover of spirituality. That is why this age has come to be called the Asia-Pacific era and why it is another great historic transition period. Most respected women leaders! I believe that this society was able to do an excellent job of protecting its historical values during the past half century. While Japanese industry developed and the nation became economically affluent, women voluntarily declined the opportunity for special treatment. Instead, they protected their families with devotion and sacrifice. In truth, the most important of all traditional values are the values centered on the family.
Today, just as communism, which asserted economic equality, was brought to its end by the collapse of its own economy, society in the free, democratic world, which is crying out for the ideal of freedom, is also on the verge of a breakdown due to extreme confusion regarding values. Corruption, sexual immorality, violence and addiction are multiplying under the shadow of so-called freedom.
Therefore, this makes us realize that now is the time for a new salvation to reach both the communist world and the free democratic world. Then what is the way to save communism and democracy which are facing a breakdown? True Parents said that this would be Godism and Head-Wing Thought.
True Mother said that in order to solve the two problems of communism and democracy, we are living in an age when it has become absolutely necessary for eastern society, with its emphasis on spiritual values, to play a central role. Then she emphasized that this age should bring about a great historic transition period centering on the Asia-Pacific era based on the spiritual values of Eastern society.
Then, in a word, what do you think is the center of spiritual values in Eastern society? That's Hyojeong. It is a filial piety whose children want to serve their parents as God. In the world of faith, it is a value that puts God at the center, and in the family, filial piety, hyojeong, considers parents as God's representatives. If there is a Hyojeong who loves her parents as God's representative in the family, God will come to that family. And people with filial piety are always full of peace and happiness because they love their brothers and sisters as substitutes for their parents.
True Mother said that the reason society was able to do an excellent job of protecting its historical values until now was because women have protected their families with devotion and sacrifice, and she emphasizes that the most important of all traditional values are the values centered on the family.
The key point is hyojeong. If we really cultivate the culture of hyojeong, we can solve all the problems. Eastern society very much focuses on this, especially the nation of Korea. Of course, these days it is a different story.
When I came to the Western World and worked with American brothers and sisters, I also learned good things. We can communicate very horizontally and as brothers and sisters under God, we could open our heart and share. I felt we need to have a combination of vertical alignment and culture and beautiful heavenly horizontal culture. If they really combine together, I think we can create a beautiful culture.
Of course, we need to put the vertical culture first, God first. We need that kind of beautiful vertical alignment and treat others as God’s representatives and as our own brothers and sisters in the name of God and True Parents, that is the ideal world. I came to America where people have a more open heart, so we can share heartistically.
Of course, in Korea and in Asian society, sometimes they keep (their feelings) inside. Even though they want to say something, if they do share something, it may seem like complaint or dissatisfaction. Something like that.
But we need to really bring out (what they want to share). We are cultivating the world of the heart. The key is how to cultivate our heart and create the culture of hyojeong. I really appreciate this value in Eastern society, and also we can learn beautiful things in Western society as well.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 60 - The Development, Perfection, and Features of the Spirit Self
• It is not God who decides whether a person's spirit enters heavenor hell upon his death; it is decided by the spirit himself.
• Humans are created so that once they reach perfection they will fully breathe the love of God. Those who committed sinful deeds while on earth become crippled spirits who are incapable of fully breathing in the love of God. They find it agonizing to stand before God, the center of true love, and choose to dwell in hell of their own will.
• Since the human spirit can grow only in the soil of the physical self, the multiplication of human spirits takes place at the same time that the multiplication of physical selves occurs: during earthly life.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Prepare a Present that you can Bring with you to the Spirit World
<32-71> Ladies and gentlemen, consider this. Do you think you could present such pathetic results to the spirit world? How did all of you suffer? Even though you said you would work for the sake of your country and the world, how do you think you can save them if you don’t suffer enough for them? Clearly, you should be saying, “Even though I suffered, I don’t think of this as suffering.” You still have a long way to go. When you go to spirit world and unpack your belongings, you have to be able to say, “This is the present that I prepared during my lifetime. Please accept it.” When women get married, they present a dowry, but when you go to heaven, do you think you can just bring your body alone?
When we go to the spirit world, we cannot go empty-handed. While living on this earth for 100 years, are you preparing some present that you can show to God and our ancestors? Father said the amount of responsibilities all people must accomplish on earth is very different for each person. Just as the Bible says, the talents given to us are different for each person.
For example, I am continental director, others are national leaders or sub-regional leaders, or just one of the members. Everyone has different amounts of responsibility. I came to realize that this is important guidance from Father.
Even though we are the same human beings, but everyone has different talents and portions of responsibility. This is really interesting.
Some people have responsibilities for 1 talent or 5 talents or 10 talents. Even though we are all brothers and sisters going the way of God’s Will, we cannot say that our talents, that is, our responsibilities, are all the same. Each person has a different amount of responsibility depending on the given position and area.
The Bible says that we were born with different talents, but if we each complete our own given responsibility and bring a profit, God will treat everyone fairly and praise them. How much profit are you bringing in proportion to the talents you received? How great of a present are you preparing for God?
When we build a building, each material part has a different role, each block or pillar has a different role. But without all the different materials, we cannot build any house or big building. Each part, even though small, has the same value (as the others).
Even though you each may have different talents, when you accomplish (your responsibilities), God treats each of you fairly.
Among the presents you offer in front of God and ancestors, substantial results of love is the greatest gift of all. How many people you saved while living on Earth becomes the greatest present to God.
God’s greatest wish is what? To restore his children. When we focus on that and restore more of God’s sons and daughters, this is one of the greatest presents for God. Nothing else.
God’s Love and Heaven
<91-173> In the spirit world, if you do not have God’s love, you cannot eat. I am saying that you will not even have the authority to eat. You need to know that Hell is a place where you cannot eat even if you see food; and cannot leave even if you know where to go. Do you understand? That is why the spiritual and physical worlds need to unite centering on God’s love. Only people who have united their mind and body centered on God’s love during their earthly life, and who have led a heavenly life, can own the eternal ideal world. All of you need to know that people who cannot do this cannot own the Heavenly Kingdom
Since the spirit world is a world of love, it is a world where we breathe with love, eat with love, and give and receive with love. Therefore, if you (do more major in?)(offer less?) love in your earthly life, you will be a defective product when you go to the other world. That is why you (will have to) go to a repair factory. But a being perfected in love can freely go back and forth in the spirit world and physical world, the cosmos, and anywhere. He has a free pass wherever he goes.
That’s why you need to bring substantial results of true love. We have to be a man or woman of true love. We have to be a true couple and true parents of true love because love is everything.
Therefore, there is true freedom especially in places with true love.
How to Bind Together the Western and Eastern Spirit Worlds
<91-162> Until now, the West and the East have had different spirit worlds. How can they be bound into one? They can be bound together through one love. I am saying that this is possible. We have bound together all races and tribes of the East and the West, through the mass weddings of the Unification Church, centered on God’s love. Therefore, the individual, family, tribal, racial, national and world standards have all been cleansed. Heaven and the spirit world are completely depending on us.
What is the way to bind together the Eastern world and Western world, bind together different denominations, different races, different nationalities, different languages and cultures, different ideologies and values? It is the mass weddings based on Godism advocated by the Unification Church.
Among the many Four Great Saints and sages who have come and gone so far, no one has solved all the problems mentioned now. But it is so amazing that True Parents came into this world and solved these problems through the joint wedding ceremony. Even looking at this, one can(not?) deny that True Parents are the Messiah and Savior.
No one else took this initiative. Even though they are different denominations, races, nationalities and languages, how can (one) bin d(?) them (together?)? Let them marry centered on Godism and True Parentism. This is really amazing! How can we deny that Rev. Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Ha Moon are the messiah? (This) initiative is really great! No one so far has initiated this. Of course, there are still a lot of problems, but when True Parents initiated such activities, they are true peacemakers. We do not know the value of True Parents so far, but after generation to generation to generation, they will realize that (value).
Wow! Even just (because of) one mass wedding, they have the qualification to be the Messiah, True Parents, the Savior and Second Coming.
Because of Father and Mother I met a Japanese wife, my enemy. I calculated in my own family and in my younger brother’s family – all their children and my children have married different nationalities – can you imagine? Within our second generation and third generation, there are nine nationalities. It is incredible.
This is the best way to make peace. We can overcome nationalities, racism and different languages and culture. This is the best way. Weddings. If you really accept Father Moon’s Godism and forget your own nationality and barriers and race, what is the best way to create world peace? This is the best way. Of course we are still struggling to adjust, but it is started. After generations it will become a beautiful tradition. Wow! Father, I love you! You are truly the savior of all humankind! You are truly the representative of God. If you were not the messiah, how could you do that?
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Reason we Become Exhausted in our Life of Faith
The Time of Today Exists to Give me Eternal Value
1. Know that since I have to bear fruits with value in the future owing to today, this time of today is not a day that simply flows away. Today exists to give me eternal value. Therefore, become someone that welcomes the moment and does not miss the moment, and fulfill your responsibilities wholeheartedly. People with healthy physical bodies always have powerful will. Beings with bodies all do their best in their own way to welcome their own moment and grow towards it. However, human beings not only have a physical body, we are also beings that have a heart bonded with Heaven. Since we were young, we grow with a heartistic bond with our parents in a relationship with them, so we must be people remembered by our parents. In school life, we must fulfill all our responsibilities and be remembered through relationships with teachers. Through the relationship with teachers and by fulfilling responsibilities wholeheartedly, I must become someone remembered by my teachers.
The reasons God gives me this time called today is, first of all, He looks at me and gives me the blessing of being in the moment and tells me to grow without missing the moment. Secondly, in this time of today, He (God) gives me the blessing to bear fruits of true love and multiply. Third, He (God) gives me the blessing of becoming the second God by becoming the owners of true love.
Therefore, know that this time of today is not just a day that flows away but it exists to give me eternal value. Therefore, since we are young, we should bear fruits of true love through the parent-child relationship in the family, relationship with teachers at school, relationships with higher ups at work in society, and our relationship with God in our faith.
In order to bear fruits of true love, the time definitely asks me to fulfill my responsibility. God’s responsibility is to prepare the time so that I can bear fruits of love. He allows us to sow seeds like the spring season, grow and cultivate like the summer season, bear fruit through the autumn season, and gives us a period to prepare for the next season like winter.
God provides everything: air, sunshine, good weather. What is our portion of responsibility? You need to know the right time and sow the seeds and take care of them.
Human being’s responsibility is to sow seeds on their own when they welcome spring. Sowing seeds is human being’s responsibility. But if you just sow the seeds, God will prepare the whole environment so that that seed can grow.
It provides air, sunshine, mud, water and everything.
If human beings do not sow seeds during the spring season, God cannot do anything for them. In the summer season, you have to cultivate them well. Weeds must be removed, pests must be controlled, and fertilizer must be provided. And you have to harvest them in the autumn season. Other than that, God prepares all the environment 95% of the time, focusing on the four seasons along with the time.
The Heartistic Bond with God Should Become the Motivation for Joy
2. In school, I have to fulfill my responsibilities as a student at the right moment to touch my teacher’s heart and become a person who will be remembered by them. And because believers have a bond with God, by fulfilling our responsibilities at the right moment, we have to become people who will be remembered by God. God remembers me, so I must also clearly know and experience that relationship and that God is working with me. If I clearly realize the belief that I am me who comes from God, I can rejoice about the bond with Him each day. The heartistic bond between God and me should become one seed and cause and become the motivation to always live with joy. It is not that I am rejoicing conditionally or seeing a certain result, but the bond of my heart with God should be the motivation for joy in doing everything.
Welcoming the time that God has given to me, with what kind of attitude can I complete my responsibilities? Whether it’s in the family or school or the workplace or in the relationship with God, it is to fulfill my responsibilities joyfully and gratefully and coming from the heart.
In the family, fulfill filial duties and touch your parent’s hearts. In school, touch your teachers’ hearts and bring them joy through your responsibilities called studies. And in the workplace, bring profit with your capabilities and actual achievements and touch your superiors’ hearts.
Whatever you do, if you do it out of your heart and with joy and gratitude, it will definitely bring good results. But if you do not have that kind of mindset and attitude, your responsibility becomes your cross and turns into stress. Love always requires spontaneity. If you are not doing it from your heart and with joy, it can never bring about good results.
Even in the relationship between God and me, if I clearly realize that I am me that comes from God, I can rejoice over my bond with Him each day. When I have clear faith and conviction that God really exists and He is my Father and Mother, there will be unimaginable joy and hope. I feel confident that if God, my living parent, really exists, I can do anything and overcome anything in His name.
The Bible speaks of faith, hope and love. If you have faith, if you really believe in almighty God as “my parent and I as his child, he loves me more than himself.” If you really believe that, if you have absolute faith, then what phenomenon appears? You can feel incredible hope. Hope comes from faith.
“I believe in God. God created human beings, all things, the ocean and sun and moon and stars. That almighty God is my parent who loves me more than himself.” If you believe in that without doubt, why are you so tired? Why are you so exhausted and up and down? You believe in that? The Bible says if you truly believe in God, you can have hope. Where there is hope, you want to invest everything with vision. That finally leads to love. Amazing!
Why are you exhausted? You do not believe in God. No faith.
Therefore, if I really believe in God, there will be unimaginable hope and joy. No matter how difficult the world is, I can love everything and win through everything.
In this way, the heartistic bond between God and me should become one seed and cause and become the motivation to always live with joy. It is not that I am rejoicing conditionally or seeing a certain result, but the bond of my heart with God should be the motivation for joy in doing everything.
The Reason Pain and Sufferings Exist in our Lives
3. Joy that is resultant and brought by some environment cannot be the seed of joy within me. Receiving benefits and being joyful due to the environment or through some result cannot become the seed of my joy. Some actual achievements or results are supposed to appear automatically when the underlying cause is valued more. Today, there are pains and sufferings in our lives. However, you must think that the reason those pains and sufferings exist is not only for the sake of pain and suffering themselves but to bring to life the seed of heart that is connected with Heaven. When we suffer pain in our lives, we must not be dominated by the pain itself. If you cherish the seed of your heart connected to God and live with it as your subject, the pain that comes to you becomes your life force. However, many believers do not live that way. Rather, many people become exhausted.
Joy that is resultant and brought by some environment cannot be the seed of joy within me. No matter what situation, if I rejoice over the bond of heart between God and me, it becomes a driving force to be victorious in everything. However, depending on the result and environment, we are joyful or disappointed and become exhausted on the way.
When we rejoice over the bond of heart of parent and child between God and me, we can bring proud substantial results in everything. We can overcome any pain and sufferings. Rather, those pain and sufferings can become the driving force that brings to life the seed of heart bonded with God. However, many believers do not live that way. Rather, many people become exhausted. The reason I become exhausted is because I do not regard the bond between God and me as life.
That is why the relationship between God and me is our lifeline.
The Reason we Become Exhausted in our Life of Faith
4. The reason we become exhausted in our life of faith is because we forget the promise of heart between parent and child that is connected to Heaven. We become exhausted because we do not value the bond of heart with God as precious as life. If you do not cherish the bond of heart with God, you will be easily exhausted, saddened, distressed, and beaten. Originally, people who have the seed of heart related to God are not dominated no matter what pain and sufferings come. If you look around us, there are many exhausted people. And even within our organization, the responsible people are exhausted. People who are driven by the power of the organization have no influence whatsoever. They lose their original selves without knowing it. There are many people who believe that they are devoted to the will, providence, and the world, even though they have a vague relationship between God and the heart. If you value the relationship of your heart with God as life in any situation, you will gain strength.
The reason we become exhausted in our life of faith is because we do not regard the bond of parent-and-child between God and me as life. The heartistic bond between God and me is a lifeline.
That is why vertical alignment is important.
If this lifeline is cut off, it is like cutting off the kite line while flying a kite. Then the head of the kite loses its center and plummets to the ground.
The reason we easily become exhausted is because we do not value the bond of heart with God as precious as life, and we become saddened, distressed, and beaten. Originally, people who have the seed of heart related to God, are not dominated, no matter what pain and sufferings come.
If you look around us, there are many exhausted people. If you look at such people, their relationship with God is vague. No faith. People who are driven by humanistic power or the power of the organization have no influence. They lose their original selves without knowing it. If you value the relationship of your heart with God as life in any situation, you will gain strength.
Therefore, the most important thing is the relationship between God and my heart. Treat this as a lifeline and you will never tire.
Do you have faith? Do you really believe in God? Then why are you struggling? You cannot see hope? No future? You are struggling? You don’t know what happened? You struggle and struggle. That means what? You do not believe in God. No faith. You do not believe that the relationship between God and you is a parent-child relationship.
If you have faith, an attribute of faith is that you can always have hope. You see a vision of hope and the future. You are so joyful. No matter what, you can overcome any difficulty.
Do you really have faith? If you really have faith, you can overcome anything. If you really believe, “I am a child of God, he loves me more than himself,” if you really believe that: “Wow! God believes in me that much! God loves me that much!” then you can have strength and power and you can overcome any stress.
Today I have taught you very clearly why we are exhausted. It is because of no faith. Where there is no faith, there is no hope. Where there is no hope, there is no love.
Today you learned some beautiful things! Every day we speak about a different topic. It is not simple to prepare this much every day. I prepare this content (with an attitude of) life and death because so many people are listening. That is why I really have a negotiation prayer with God. “God, you need to be involved. You need to talk through my mouth. I cannot do anythng, Heavenly Father.” I always have had that kind of faith, and God always has come to me and helped me and spoken through my mouth. I believe in God. As long as I believe in God, I can do this Morning Devotion continuously.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Saeko Yonetani, CARP bay area)♦
(Response to sharing) Of course, we are sometimes tired. I think we need to go back to our original point, the relationship between God and me. I think that is our resource of power and strength.♦
NOTE: This text and the PowerPoint slides from this speech are available as a link at the top of this text. Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files. Books of the transcripts and notes are available as PDFs at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.
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