Ep 656 - The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World Part 4
The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World - August 12, 2022
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Key Points
The purpose of marriage is for a husband and wife to occupy each other's world horizontally and to occupy God's love vertically centered on true love. To possess God’s love and enter the kingdom of heaven they must pass through each other’s gate.
The unification of body and mind is very difficult, but the unification of a married couple is the most difficult gateway in the world.
The structure of the Kingdom of Heaven is based on the family, on the couple.
The family is a great training place to relate to all humankind and to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
When the family collapses, society, the country, and the world collapse, and when the family is established, society, the country, and the world can be established.
Individual Heaven begins through the mind that has overcome one's own body. Family heaven begins when a couple becomes one. Furthermore, parents and children must become one, and siblings must become one as well.
Even though we quarrel and don’t have complete unity between husband and wife, we have direction. We know where to go. We need to appreciate that.
We should always think how we can work heartistically and creatively while doing the same things repeatedly. If we try to live our life heartistically, we can overcome habits.
Shimjeong goes beyond habits. If you do things with heart, even if you do the same thing over and over again, everything is new. You will not be bored at all, and you will always discover new things.
ShimJeong is public. It transcends organizations, transcends limits, and transcends borders. It does not just belong to one person’s heart, not just to the family.
Those who live centered on ShimJeong always work with a sense of ownership and attachment.
if you treat people and work with ShimJeong, your heart will be like a fire and burn the surroundings.
We should think of human relationships as a relationship made by heaven and serve each other as sons and daughters of God.
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. ♦
Today I’d like to talk about “The True Love Movement Bringing Salvation to Asia and the World” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
Based on this viewpoint, only man and woman together can encounter God’s love. Man and woman have equal value in that they possess God's love only as a married couple that is united as one body. They stand in the position of the object partner of God's true love. Human beings and the Creator thus come to have equal value centering on true love. If the first created man and woman had fulfilled love in this way, they would have become true parents and the starting point for the realization of God's love. Unfortunately, however, humanity's first parents never became True Parents, who were supposed to stand in the place of God as the substantial embodiments of true love. Still, the ideal of True Parents has to be realized, and the origin prepared through which true families, societies, nations and the world centered on true love can be accomplished.
Therefore, beyond simply the age of a global village where we are geographically close, the future world must usher in the age of the global family, where we are bound together centered on true love. Reverend Sun Myung Moon has lived not for his own sake; he has lived for the sake of God and humanity because he knows the absolute way of true love. In spite of all the persecution and hardships he endured, he ultimately laid the worldwide foundation of today's Unification Church. As the wife of the man carrying out such a global task, because I am connected to this victorious foundation centered on true love, I shared the pain of the head of the family together with all of my family members, engraving it even within my bone marrow. Furthermore, no matter what hardships I faced, I did my best not to give in to them and to keep a smile on my face, thinking of my husband who would feel alone without me.
What is the purpose of marriage for men and women? According to True Parents, when a man and woman get married, they want to occupy each other's world horizontally, and they want to occupy God's love vertically centered on true love.
Therefore, without a man, a woman cannot meet God's love, and without a woman, a man cannot have God's love. True Parents say that's why men and women have equal value from the standpoint of possessing God's love. Therefore, it is necessary to know that men and women have equal value centering on true love.
For a man to possess God's love, he must pass through the gate of the woman, and for a woman to possess God's love, she must also pass through the gate of the man. If every couple in the world knew this principled formula, they would not split or conflict.
So what we need to know is that under certain circumstances, in order for a husband to enter heaven, he must pass through his wife's gate, and a wife must pass through her husband's gate. The unification of body and mind is very difficult, but the unification of a married couple is the most difficult gateway in the world.
This is really an issue. God has a headache because he could not establish such an ideal couple centered on Adam’s family. Adam and Eve quarreled with each other. They had different opinions. Even Noah’s family could not do that. Throughout the (history of the) central figures’ families we can see that.
The greatest conflict is not just between mind and body but between man and woman. If we solve the man-woman problem, we can solve all problems.
However, to establish God’s ideal world the key is (that) man needs woman; woman needs man. They really need each other and need to cooperate with each other. We need to understand that point. Man must pass through the gate of the woman, and woman must pass through the gate of the man. This is our absolute destiny. No one can avoid this.
“I don’t need a woman.” “I don’t need a man.”
But the structure of the Kingdom of Heaven is based on the couple, right? Without the couple you cannot approach the gate to the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why Father said, “When you die, you will know that.” The structure of the Kingdom of Heaven is based on the family, on the couple. That is why one of the most important relationship is based on husband and wife, man and woman.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 62 - Heaven and Hell (1)
• 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.
The Family is the Training Center for Heaven
<143-72> Ladies and gentlemen, your families are the training centers for Heaven. The family is the ultimate training center for entering Heaven. People like grandfathers and grandmothers live there. It is the same if you expand it. Your parents’ age, your husband’s or wife’s age and your sons’ and daughters’ ages are all expanded. People who can expand the training that they received in their families in all four directions, and live with the authority of love, are the people who can go to Heaven. The family is the training center that goes directly to Heaven. It is just like the Cape Kennedy satellite and its base. The atomic bomb of love, the foundation of the satellite of love, lies within your families
The family is the basic unit of the kingdom of heaven. However, there have been many prophets, saints and sages so far, but no one has revealed that the basic unit of the Kingdom of Heaven is the family. No matter how perfect an individual is, he can never enter the kingdom of heaven. This is because the structure of the kingdom of heaven created by God is that the family is the basic unit of heaven.
Even though Jesus came to this earth as a perfected person, he could not establish a family, so he must stay in paradise until he establishes a family. That is why the family is a training center for Heaven. A family has grandparents, parents, husband and wife, siblings, and children. Societies, nations, and the world are an expansion of the family.
In the world, there are people of the same age as my grandparents, people of the same age as my parents, people of the same age as my spouse, people of the same age as my brothers and sisters, and people of my children's age. Therefore, if you train in the love of grandparents, parents, couples, brothers and sisters, and children in the family, and go out into the world and practice the love you have learned, you will love society, the country, and the world, even God.
That is why the family is really very important. It is a great training place to relate to all humankind. Also, it is an important place to train to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
All problems come from where? The family.
While the family is alive, our society, nation, world and cosmos can be alive. The family is the most important. Until now all the sages and saints and central figures were very focused on the individual. But we have come to understand that the most important is the family because the structure of the Kingdom of Heaven centers on the family.
From this point of view, it is society, the country, and the world that is the expansion of the family. Therefore, people who can expand the training that they received in their families in all four directions, and love the country and the world, are the people who can directly go to Kingdom of Heaven.
So, the family is truly important. In that sense, when the family collapses, society, the country, and the world collapse, and when the family is established, society, the country, and the world can be established.
That is why when we talk about heaven and hell, the important thing to enter heaven is the family. The family is really important. Where do we find the Kingdom of Heaven? In society? In the temple? In the church? Somewhere else? Just (from) making unity between our mind and body? Not at all. It is based on the family. How important this is!
Where does Heaven Come from?
<46-23> Where does Heaven come from? It starts in your heart. Where does your heart come from? It starts when one’s heart conquers the world. This is how it works. Even if you come to Heaven, if your heart is evil, if you cannot long for Heaven in your heart, and your heart cannot be moved by Heaven, then Heaven is useless to you. That is why the base to welcome Heaven is not a physical place, but rather one’s own self. The problem lies within one’s own self. The pillar that supports Heaven, the point of support that holds up Heaven, is my own heart, rather than any physical place.
Where does Heaven come from? True Father said that the kingdom of Heaven begins with the unification of mind and body. The individual Heaven begins through the mind that has overcome one's own body. However, you should know that your individual paradise is not your final destination.
The next step is to unify the couple. Family heaven begins when a couple becomes one. Furthermore, parents and children must become one, and siblings must become one as well.
Even if Heaven existed in my environmental realm, if my body and mind are not united and husband and wife are not united, the kingdom of Heaven has nothing to do with me. Therefore, we should know that it is our destiny to unite the body and mind and to unite the couple.
The critical issue is first unity between mind and body. The second issue is unity between husband and wife. Wow! Even though I say this and have heard a lot of such guidance from Father and Mother, this is not a simple job as a fallen man. It is not easy to create unity between mind and body. We are always subjugated by the body. And (in) the relationship between husband and wife sometimes (there is) conflict and quarreling with each other. On and on continuously.
How can we deny the human fall? Because of the human fall it is difficult to create unity between mind and body and difficult to create (a harmonious) relationship with our spouse.
We have already learned from True Parents. Even though it is not easy to create unity between our mind and body and between husband and wife, this is our absolute destiny. No matter what, we need to overcome. Even though we are a little far from the original standard, we need to keep on trying. We need to try to be humble, try to serve each other. Sometimes we fight and need to repent again. At least we know what our direction is.
But outside people do not know the direction. That is why they divorce. Once they fight, they divorce. And their relationship becomes distant. Even though we quarrel and don’t have complete unity between husband and wife, we have direction. We know where to go. We need to appreciate that.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Life of a Person With Shimjeong (Heart)
Problems of Today's Life of Faith
1. If there is one problem in today's life of faith, it is that it is difficult for a pastor to lead a life of faith. Moreover, it is rather difficult for a person devoted to the church to lead a life of faith. The word “difficult” means that you are in a place where you can live a life of faith, but you are far from faith. In other words, you do not live a heartistic life. It is usually easy to stay in a systematic life, a habitual life, or an involuntary life. Because there is an organization, it is easy to simply enter the organization and just move your body. Also, you repeat what you always do because the organization orders it. It is easy to always live with preconceived notions. It's easy to repeat what was done last year and last month according to your experience. As you move in such an organized way, you repeat the experiences and habits of the past.
The problem with our life of faith today is that if we lead a systematic life, we get stuck in the organization and repeat the same thing repeatedly. If you do that, it is easy to settle into a habitual life even if your heart is not into it. We should always be wary of living habitually. And if you go into an organization and do the same things repeatedly, it is difficult to apply a heartistic life of faith.
Of course, good habits are good. But a habitual life (is the problem). When you just repeat your daily life centered on a habitual life – wake up, have a meal, go out to a job, work at some organization – that kind of daily routine... again and again, sometimes we forget what our heart is, where my heart is. Our life becomes very external. That is the problem.
A habitual life is very dangerous. It is very difficult to apply our heartistic life of faith.
We should always think how we can work heartistically and creatively while doing the same things repeatedly. If you try to live your life heartistically, you can overcome habits. Shimjeong goes beyond habits. If you do things with heart, everything is new. Therefore, even if you do the same things repeatedly, you should value what you are doing. That is why a heartistic life is very important.
How can we have a heartistic life beyond our habitual life? We need to always relate to heaven, right? You always need to have a fresh heart and mind. Every morning when you bow to heaven with your respectful and loving heart toward heaven, (say), “Heavenly Father, I really respect you and love you.” You need to have that kind of respectful and loving heart. You need to keep that kind of first motivation from early morning.
When you go to work,... do not think “He is my Abel. He is my boss.” Don’t think that way. Treat them very respectfully because they are in the position of God. You need to think, “What I am doing in my workplace God gave to me. This given responsibility is from God. This is God’s will. God gave it to me.” You need to change your mindset. “This is not only work to make money. Through this job, how can I meet God? How can I relate more with my boss. How can I relate (better) horizontally with my brothers and sisters? How can I create a beautiful family heartistic atmosphere. How can I (turn) this place (into) the environment of the Kingdom of Heaven? You need to really change your mindset. Do not treat your universe as external brothers and sisters. Treat them as your own brothers and sisters. “You are my brothers and sisters. You are my uncle.” Treat them as God’s representatives and respect them and serve them. Then our heart really changes.
(But if we continue to act) habitually – “I am the boss. You need to follow me. You need to do that and this,” just (relating) externally, then (we have) problems.
Always we need to remind(?) our heart. You need to become more internal and even more internal and always try to apply your heart. Without that kind of effort, our heart becomes a habitual life.
If you do things with ShimJeong – Shimjeong is beyond organization, beyond habits – even if you do the same thing over and over again, it feels always new. Even if our body always eats the same rice, the same food, the rice tastes delicious. If we work heartistically, we will not be bored at all, and we will always discover new things.
When we apply our heart to whatever we do, then everything is new and fresh. Everything is beautiful. We can relate to anyone. That is why as human beings we need to apply our heart all the time in the workplace, whenever we deal with other people. Centering on (any) relationship, how can we apply our shimjeong? That is the important point.
Shimjeong (Heart) Transcends all Things With a Spirit of Ownership
2. When leaders who work in church quit their position, some of them think their faith graduates as well. At the church, they worked as if they were in charge, but actually, they were not a leader of ShimJeong (heart). There are a lot of people around us who can’t help it because of their job. Professional leaders are habitual, just move through the organization, and move because it’s policy. But on the inside, there is nothing to be proud of. It also means that they only do their own work and have absolutely no interest in work they are not in charge of. That is a dead person. A person with ShimJeong treats the organization like an organization, but even considers things outside of it like the organization and transcends everything. ShimJeong transcends organizations, transcends limits, and transcends borders. They do not divide saying, “This is my church, and that is your church,” or “These people are my members, and those people are your members.” The world of the heart is a place where you go beyond that and work with a sense of ownership and attachment.
A person with ShimJeong treats the organization like an organization, but even considers things outside of it like the organization and transcends everything. ShimJeong transcends organizations, transcends limits, and transcends borders. They do not divide saying, “This is my church, and that is your church,” or “These people are my members, and those people are your members.”
Shimjeon is public. It does not just belong to one person’s heart, not just to the family. God’s shimjeong is public. It is shimjeong for everything. It is important to understand the meaning of shimjeong.
Those who live centered on ShimJeong always pay attention to the heart of heaven. And because they judge everything from God's heartistic point of view and act, they always work with a sense of ownership and attachment.
Can you feel heart from your husband, your wife, your children, your neighbors? I am sorry to say that human beings are a kind of animal of the heart. Normal animals have no heart. Human beings have heart – always embracing, always loving, always listening, always caring. How beautiful this is! You cannot find this in the (rest of the) animal world. Only human beings have this world of shimjeong.
With What Heart Are you Facing Today's Time?
3. ShimJeong has multiplying ability. It is like fire. Fire burns its surroundings. So does love. With what heart are you facing today's time? To have ShimJeong at the center and meet the right time, is to not lose your original self. If this goes wrong, it is easy to become a heartless person. It is also easy for leaders in the church to work without ShimJeong. It is easy to become a heartless person even if you are dedicated to church work. Many people are. That is why True Father said that we do not know how to live.
Because ShimJeong is evoked, it always has multiplying ability. Therefore, if you treat people and work with ShimJeong, your heart will be like a fire and burn the surroundings.
When you wake up early in the morning and really respect God with your heart, you have a relationship with God centering on heart. If you become very heartistic, then you can overcome everything. You can embrace everything. The world of heart is amazing!
With what heart are you facing today's time? To have ShimJeong at the center and meet the right time, is to not lose your original self.
Our original mind always pursues the world of heart. If this goes wrong, it is easy to become a heartless person.
It is not easy to find heartistic people in our workplace, in our church, anywhere. We become very habitual, “Good morning. Good afternoon. How are you? Anyonghaseyo. Just a brief smile. That’s it.
But if we apply heart and we can talk more deeply, we can communicate anything. That is why when we really discover the heart and cultivate our heart, it is really amazing. The world of heart is really amazing!
It is easy for leaders in the church to work without ShimJeong. It is easy to become a heartless person even if you are dedicated to church work.
Even though you are doing a public mission, your heart is very dry. It is easy for you to get angry even though you work at the church. What are you doing? Many people are (like this). That is why True Father said that we do not know how to live.
If you do things with heart, everything is always new and fresh. Therefore, even if you do the same thing repeatedly, you should value what you are doing.
In order to live emotionally and heartistically, you must always treat your heart as God's, and treat your work as God's work and God’s will and treat it as precious. You need to value your work as a precious job. And we should think of human relationships as a relationship made by heaven, and serve each other as sons and daughters of God.
Today I am talking about how we can become a heartistic person beyond our habitual life. We have to be a man of heart. Our couple should be a couple of heart. Our family should be a family of heart. That is the world of the Kingdom of Heaven
Now I am in Korea. I will see you every morning continuously.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Edward Carina Rosario, new member in the bay area)♦
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