Ep 521 - International Conference on the Unity of The Sciences (ICUS) Part 2
International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS) 156-1-14-40-521 - March 30, 2022 (Beginning of the 14th 40-Day Condition)
I have come back to New York. I am happy to see each of you again this morning.
(Shows photos) Yesterday was the last day of the Sub-Region 3 tour. I attended and met the Indianapolis family church members through a zoom call because I could not meet them in person due to concerns of spreading the coronavirus.
I heard testimonies from 3 people who have experienced campus witnessing. They were very touching and hopeful stories of pioneering campus witnessing in Indianapolis.
I gave guidance on the importance of witnessing and encouraged them to break through in having 3 spiritual children.
I really appreciate Takami, our Sub-Region 3 and all the staff leaders and brothers and sisters. Thank you so much for your cooperation and helping me travel here and there. Even though I could not meet the Jack(?) couple. I was happy to talk with you through zoom.
The USA team brought an incredible holy spirit everywhere. Thank you very much. Three guys gave beautiful testimonies.
Today I’d like to talk again about “International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Though we are enjoying the conveniences of twenty-first century civilization, to say that civilization until now spurred development based on a destructive perspective instead of understanding God’s circumstances and heart, and bringing all people to live together, would not be wrong. When we look at the history of civilization and the history of warfare -- far from making the world that God originally created, a world of abundance and health -- our highly developed civilization has utilized its scientific knowledge for producing destructive weapons of war and pushing for nuclear development. Do you know how many nuclear reactors there are in South Korea? Though these reactors provide us with energy, what will happen if something goes wrong with them?
You have probably heard of and are familiar with the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. A nuclear reactor in Ukraine also went wrong and caused extensive damage. Korea is a nation that possesses many such dangerous nuclear reactors. Recently, an earthquake hit Gyeongju. There is a nuclear reactor in the vicinity, and I have heard there are still plans to construct more in the future.
Originally, human beings were supposed to research and develop the energy created by God in a beneficial direction. Today's nuclear weapons are the result of researching and developing energy in a destructive direction. If we cannot resolve this, there is no future for the world, no future for the human race. True Father brought together and educated many intellectuals through the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences.
In the midst of this, he proclaimed the end of Communism and was able to actualize that result. When the United States, a world power, could not imagine such a thing while facing the threat of Communism, True Father was able to do it without anyone's help. Yet, this nation – the United States, which was raised as the central nation of the providence -- lives in the midst of chaos today. Once again, for you and me, our task is to give the world not despair, but hope! That is why from next year, I will stimulate research to take a direction that can heal the damage inflicted on the Earth and on its inhabitants by the misguided developments of scientific civilization. (2016.09.25, Training Center)
True Mother said that science and civilization have been used to make wars and weapons.
But now, in the age of original creation, that is, in the era of Cheon Il Guk, True Mother emphasized that all civilizations and science must first be used for the restoration of nature, the happiness of mankind, and the ideal world.
Today, in this time, we will learn about the environmental protection movement in True Father's words.
<Chambumo Gyeong, P. 1176> Today the world is confronted with the serious human crises of sexual immorality, family breakdown and the surge of individualism. In addition, environmental pollution threatens life’s very existence on this one and only earth. In our human relationships we need, now more than ever, a movement practicing love and mutual cooperation. With regards to nature, it is urgent that we begin a movement to love all creation and to protect and conserve our environment.
Religious people in particular must lead this movement. From the early days, True Parents taught that unless one loves nature, which was created for human beings, one cannot claim to love people; and unless one loves people, who are created to be the true children of God, one cannot say that one loves God. It is natural that whoever loves God will love people, who were created to be God’s children. Hence, one cannot claim to love people and God unless one loves nature, which was created for people.
In the era of Cheon Il Guk, we must love the realm of the environment centered on all things that God created for humans. Second, you have to love people. In order to love people, we need to have education to cultivate our hearts.
True Father emphasizes that religious people who love God more than anyone else should take the lead in the movement to love creation and nature and to love people.
True Parents have taught us from an early age that unless one loves nature, which was created for human beings, one cannot claim to love people; and unless one loves people, who are created to be the true children of God, one cannot say that one loves God.
The love of all things, the love of mankind, and the love of God actually lie in the same linear line. In other words, love for all things must lead to human love, and human love must be connected to God's love.
One who truly loves God can love human beings. One who truly loves human beings can love nature. One who truly loves nature can love human beings and God as well. It is the same alignment.
In an ideal society or nation, people will transcend national and racial boundaries, establish mutual cooperation and harmony and live together happily.
They will be fully conscious of being God’s sons and daughters and of existing as one great extended family that can live as brothers and sisters centered on True Parents. This is the place where all the blessed families who have restored their lineage, realm of ownership and heart, living with True Parents’ culture and language, will accomplish a world of freedom, peace and unity.
All people will share God’s culture of heart and co-exist enjoying interdependence, mutual prosperity, and universally shared values. This world will have no corruption, injustice, war or crime. People will eliminate the causes of environmental pollution and will protect and love all things of creation as true owners.
True Father said that in order for fallen human beings to return to God, they have to undergo the three great transformations without exception. This is very important.
The first is the change of blood lineage. The second is change of the realm of ownership. That is why Father encourages us: all of our belongings do not belong to us. They should belong to God. That is why in order to make that condition to change ownership, you need to (make) the Total Living Offering.
The third is a change of heart.
Fallen human beings must change their lineage through the Blessing and become children of God. The second is a change of ownership. Of course, my ownership must also be transformed into God's, but all things must be transformed before God.
That is why not just my own property and possessions, but all of nature must be returned to God’s bosom.
To do this, the environment must be returned to its original environment. Therefore, we must love nature as God.
The last thing you need to change is your heart.
For this reason, True Father said the following: (We must create) “a large family society in which all people will be fully conscious of being God’s sons and daughters and of existing as one great extended family that can live as brothers and sisters centered on True Parents. This is the place where all the blessed families who have restored their lineage, realm of ownership and heart, living with True Parents’ culture and language, will accomplish a world of freedom, peace and unity.”
When a world of peace and unity is achieved in this way, people will lead a life of Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity and Universally Shared Values in the culture of the heart of God.
Therefore, this world has nothing to do with corruption, injustice, war, or sin, and humankind is supposed to remove polluting factors from the global environment and to love and protect all things as true owners.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 28 - Family Perfection is the Completion of the 3 Great Kingships (Centered on Dr.Lee, Sang Heon’s Unification Thought)
(2) Characteristics of the 3 Great Kingships
1. Grandparents are in the position representing even God. Thus, grandparents in the family represent the spirit world and God.
2. Therefore, the four position foundation centered on God stated in the principle is a four position foundation centered on grandparents in the original world.
3. Originally the center of the family 4 position foundation is God and the True Parents of humankind, but the grandparents stand in the center of the 4 position foundation as a substitute. As a result, in the future the grandparents stand in the position of God.
4. Therefore the grandparents become the highest in the family. God’s position is the highest right? Therefore parents and children have to serve grandparents as the highest.
This is very important. We need to know God’s original structure: the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships. Today we are talking about the three great kingships.
If each family lives serving their grandparents, the spirit of filial piety is automatically cultivated.
When we talk about filial piety and filial heart, without serving and attending their grandparents in the family, then filial piety and filial heart are just a concept.
Nowadays, most of the grandparents live alone away from their families, or there are many people living in nursing homes.
How can we create a heavenly society if we do not change the environment of this worldly society and family?
When our parents live in a nursing home, that means our God is not at home.
In Western society, how can we change this kind of culture? Not just the western society, but even Korea and Japan and the eastern countries (East Asia?) are following this same pattern. I really worry about that. How can we go back to a heavenly culture? How can we substantially attend our grandparents? Grandparents are in the position of God in the family. So when our parents live in a nursing home, our God is not at home. What shall we do?
5. Parents are the king representing the present world. Grandparents are the king of the spirit world and parents the king of the earth. Additionally, because they represent the family they are the king in the family.
6. Next, children are the patriarch of the family. Currently they are not a king, instead they are in the position of princes and princesses which is the same as the future king.
7. Thus, children are all kings of the future earth and kings of the family. They also represent all the descendants. After children, grandchildren and great grandchildren will be born, and they are all future kings. Therefore children represent the future
The Purpose of Human Beings
<228-282> What are grandfathers and grandmothers? They are the ambassadors with full authority, dispatched by the heavenly kingdom. That is why you should attend your grandfather and grandmother in the same way you attend God. Your mother and father are the kings of the present human family of five billion people and you are princes and princesses who will inherit the kingship of the future. This is the tradition of which you are a part.
What are grandfathers and grandmothers? They are the ambassadors with full authority. Sometimes Father says our grandparents are ambassadors of peace, of freedom, of unification, of happiness and of love. Our grandparents are ambassadors of love. Grandfather and grandmother are ambassadors of love that God directly sent to the family.
Do you live and serve your ambassadors of love in your home? Or are your ambassadors of love now living in a nursing home? Or do they live alone in different houses? From now on, we have to start a movement that serves the ambassador of love. How can we invite God into our home if we do not have the ambassador of love?
We need to keep in mind that the channel through which God's love comes to our homes comes through our grandparents, and we should start the movement to serve and attend our grandparents. Of course, there are some people who are very difficult in reality. But we should (make) such an effort. If you have such a dream and vision to live with your grandparents, God will grant you such a wish.
But you do not have that kind of vision, idea, and dream before you start family… If when you are young and you have that kind of dream and vision and wishes -- “How can I attend our grandparents in our family” -- if you have that kind of concept and idea based on the Divine Principle, the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships, when you are young, actually your vision always (will) make reality. But (if) you don’t have that kind of idea and concept and you just follow the secular world, that is a problem.
In the future, there should be a movement in which grandchildren will fight each other to serve their own families in order to serve their grandparents.
The first grandchild will say, “Oh, I want to attend my grandparents in my home.” The second will say, “No. No. No. You already have served our grandparents for one or two years. Now it is my turn to attend and serve them.” Each of them will have that kind of good fight (with) each other.
We are very far from Heavenly Parent’s blueprint. As long as we attend our grandparents in our family, there is no need to teach about filial piety and filial heart. If we do not attend our grandparents in our family, then filial heart and filial piety (will) only be a concept, I am telling you. As long as you attend and serve your grandparents together, as a father and mother really loving your own father, then grandchildren will follow and learn what filial heart and piety are. We need to show our children through a daily exemplary life. Divine Principle is not only a concept. We should practice it in our daily life.
So then for what purpose do human beings live? The purpose of human life is to inherit every kingship realm of the heavenly kingdom: the kingship of the past, present and future. Doesn’t everyone want to be a king or a queen? Based on this kind of mainstream way of thought, we become citizens who form reciprocal bonds of the realm of heart as siblings. Centering on the lineage of the eldest son, this is passed on for tens and thousands of years, as the lineage of the royal family.(228－282, 1992.7.5)
The movement to serve grandparents in one's home is training to serve God on earth. Filial piety to serve one's parents and grandparents means that the family will never be destroyed.
That is why we need to have a campaign. We need to begin with our blessed families. Of course, there are some situations that (make it) not easy to live with grandparents. Then we need to bring our children to (their) grandparents’ home very often. If only husband and wife live together with children, where is the central figure, the central point? Something is missing, isn’t it? In the family we need to have the structure of the four position foundation. With only husband and wife and children, where is the central point? There is no substantial four position foundation. Then how can we practice God’s ideal blueprint? The Divine Principle is not just a concept. We need to practice it, to show (it).
Father’s concept is that grandparents are in the position of God. They are the ambassadors for peace, freedom, unification, happiness and love. Where is our God? In a nursing home? They are living separately. Where is our God in Western society?
We need to think seriously about this matter. It is not just because of money -- no money, no house, no room. You have that kind of concept, so God cannot provide.
From a young age you need to think, “No matter what, I will attend my grandparents, living with them.” If you have that kind of beautiful concept, idea and vision, then God will surely provide. Your vision will come true. Vision always makes reality. Because there is no vision, nothing comes true. Many people say, “Oh, we have no money, no house, no room.” I am telling you, God is my sponsor. As long as you have that beautiful idea, concept, vision and dream, I am telling you, God will be our sponsor. I truly believe that.
I have my own experience. When I was young, I really wanted to have 3 or 4 generations living together. My dream came true. Four generations lived together in my house. Of course, we cannot continue because children grew up and grandchildren multiplied. We needed to arrange for that.
I really love True Parents’ concept and teaching, the Divine Principle, talking about the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: A Heart of Compassion and its Fruits
Maybe this is the final (part of this) series.
Revelation 2:1 – 17: To the Church in Ephesus
1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.
5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.
9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.
To the Church in Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17)
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
Based on this Bible verse let’s study about the heart of compassion and its fruit.
1. What we need to pay special attention to is to have a compassionate heart. We must not lose our compassionate heart. Please remember that if you lose compassion in a fruitful period like these days, your inner person or your entire behavior is wrong. We must not lose our compassion. Don't lose love. When you see the faults of others, you need to know how to take care of them and take responsibility for them. Even if we see that the other person has made a mistake, we must have a heart of concern for him in prayer. Even if someone fails, we must not cut them off, divide, or criticize them, but share in their pain instead. If I think that he really could not do it and worry that he became that way because of me, I will gradually grow both internally and externally as well as in heart. Otherwise, we are prone to arrogance.
If we do not have a heart of compassion, then we will lose our first love. That is why today I have a kind of formula, a faith formula: How Can I Have a Heart Of Compassion?
The last few days we have studied this a lot, right? This is the conclusion.
How Can I Have a Heart Of Compassion?
1. When you see the faults or mistakes of others, think of them as your own faults or mistakes.
2. With the heart of a parent, pray for the other person while worrying about their shortcomings and mistakes.
When parents see children’s shortcomings and mistakes, they try to be responsible and embrace them. Even though parents see children's mistakes, they can still have good give and take with them because of the heart of a parent.
3. Have the mindset to take responsibility for the other person's shortcomings and mistakes and educate them.
When you see someone’s mistakes and shortcomings, you need to think that “with a parent’s heart, I need to be responsible for that. I need to raise them and educate them.” We need to have that kind of heart if we are Abel. Be responsible for (them), rather than only criticizing (them).
4. When you see that the other person has made a mistake, think that I have the potential to make a bigger mistake than the other person made.
This is a beautiful attitude. When you see someone’s weak point, mistake and shortcoming, you need to think, “I have more potential to make bigger mistakes than that person made.” We always need to reflect on ourself when we see someone else's mistake. This is the true attitude (of) a true man.
5. Think of Jesus who died on the cross for sinners. Think of the love of Jesus, who prayed for his enemies even as he died.
When someone had a mistake and a shortcoming and Jesus did not blame him and forgave him and prayed for him, what an attitude he had!
6. Think that I, too, will resemble God and resemble perfect love.
Matt. 5:42 says, “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
I love this Bible verse. Do you know why? God is perfect. He is the perfection of true love. How do we understand that perfection of true love? It is a whole love that loves everyone without exception. God’s love is to-o-o-otal love! When he sees your faults and shortcomings, he embraces you. He has total love without missing anyone.
Since I learned this Bible verse and also because of Jesus and True Father, I (resolved) I will not have enemies. Of course, sometimes I (need to) struggle to overcome. But I remind myself, in my life I do not have an enemy. I want to love everyone without exception. It does not matter whether they are black, white, yellow in color, Korean or Japanese or western or eastern. God said, “Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” God wants to love everybody. I want to resemble God’s perfect character.
In my life of faith, I need to love everybody -- even if I see someone’s mistake and shortcomings and problems, I want to raise him and protect him and be responsible for (him). That is why I decided to love everybody without exception. Wow!
(Whole love (is a love) that loves everyone without exception.)
If we have that kind of heart like God, like True Parents, like Jesus, that is the way to resemble our beloved Jesus and True Parents.
Compassion Lessons from the Bible
1. ‘This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ “laid down his life” for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:16).
This is beautiful, isn’t it? Jesus died for us. He laid an incredible foundation. We need to love our own brothers and sisters as Jesus and God do.
2. As such, there is an inseparable relationship between loving God and loving brothers (1 John 4:20-21).
There is no difference between loving God and loving brothers and sisters. One who truly loves God can love his brothers and sisters the same as God (does).
3. In the prayer the Lord taught us, He said, “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”(Matthew 6:12).
If you cannot forgive someone, it means God cannot forgive you.
I love the Bible!
4. The Lord said, ‘Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?’ (Matthew 7:3).
It is not easy for fallen man. (He perceives that) “someone’s sin is greater than my own sin.”
5. Just because we told our brothers not to criticize them and count them when they sinned and are walking the path of sin, we do not mean to simply ignore and neglect them.
6. We should be able to counsel our brethren. ‘If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.' (Matthew 18:15).
No need to criticize, and no need to say anything. It is not like that. We need to point out; we need to say something.
7. The counsel to correct the wrongdoing of the other person should always be done based on love.
(It is) like a parent. When a parent scolds children, it is based on love. That is why children come back again.
8. We must avoid criticism because it comes from hate and condemnation. But the counsel that comes out of love is to do the work of saving that person's soul.
When you point out someone’s fault and shortcomings, if it is not based on love, that is criticism. However, you need to correct them, you need to speak out about their sins and their problems based on our love, based on parental love. That is another thing. …
2. In the Unification Church, it is easy to become arrogant if you hear the Principle and think wrong. It is easy to ignore those who do not know the Principle just because you know it. It is easy to judge the other person who does not know the Principle well with the standard of the Principle you know. Even if you know the Principle, if you do not put it into practice, you do not know the Principle. Even if you know the Principle, if you do not grow, you do not know the Principle. Even if you know the Principle, if you do not multiply, you do not know the Principle. It is easy to affirm yourself if things go wrong. It is easy to criticize people if you do not deny yourself and affirm yourself. You have the risk of adopting a faith that worships idols.
This content (makes me) really reflect about myself. If you know the Divine Principle and do not multiply, if you do not have spiritual children, you do not know the Divine Principle. If you are teaching Divine Principle but you do not have Cain, followers who respect you, you do not (really) know the Divine Principle. Those who know the Divine Principle will surely bring results and multiply.
3. What is the reason that God's providence has been frustrated to this day? Why did Jesus die on the cross? We need to know why Jesus died on the cross, and furthermore find out the circumstances of God. Peter ran away because his faith affirmed himself. In the end he loved himself. In short, we see through history that he became an enemy before God because he separated from the Lord and affirmed himself. Peter became a truly changed man after realizing what he had done, but everyone should keep the first resolution and actions they made. We must not change and move forward. That way, we can become good.
Everyone should keep your first resolution and action and love. How? How can we keep our first love, first resolution and first action? One thing: No matter what, you need to grow and multiply. Any company that does not make a profit needs to close down. Our life of faith is the same. If we do not know how to multiply, if we do not produce spiritual children, something is wrong. The company (with no profit) should collapse, and your spiritual life (without multiplying) is not so great and becomes a minus. That is why we need to really focus on witnessing and salvation. That is the best way to grow, develop and multiply. Then your spiritual life (will be) very stable.
As long as a company makes a profit, (they are) guaranteed to develop. We really need to focus on salvation and making a profit. Making a profit means multiplying. Therefore, without witnessing and concern about salvation, you have nothing to do with God.
4. Who among the Unification Church members today joined to make ends meet? After hearing the Principle and knowing the Will, I surrendered before the Words. That is a good heart. I denied myself and affirmed the Principle. Isn’t that a good heart? It is the beginning of a good heart for a believer to hear the Words and say that he will believe them. Let's not throw away the first action. There are people who feel conflict in their life of faith and sleep without doing any activity, then affirm themselves, lose their subject, and leave. There are some people who quit the Unification Church because it is a path that cannot be continued without maintaining the first act. If you make a profit and multiply in your environment, your spirit will last forever. Therefore, faith must grow and multiply. Otherwise, you will unknowingly affirm yourself and start complaining.
If you make a profit and multiply in your environment, if you increase spiritual children day by day, then guaranteed your spirit will last forever. Any company that makes a profit can last. Witnessing and salvation is not only duty and responsibility, definitely you need to do it to grow up. The blessing means you need to multiply. If the blessing does not multiply, (then) the blessing becomes a curse. Why did God choose me? Why did he choose you? God wants to multiply through me. But if I don’t know how to multiply, then I cannot last. We need to know why God chose me and why God encouraged us to become a blessed family? There is a clear reason.
5. Everyone! The lessons to be kept through the praise and rebuke of these three churches today are to keep a compassionate heart. Compassion! Those who repent with tears can receive mercy and have mercy on others. Everyone! Let's go with compassion. Let's go with a heart of compassion. The compassionate heart is a heart that longs for people who are good like God, and has pity on people who are inferior to them. You have to keep that heart to bear fruit in the end. In order to do that, we need to cherish the first act that we determined after joining the Unification Church.
Wow! What beautiful guidance, right?
The compassionate heart is a heart that longs for people like God and has pity on people who are inferior. You have to keep that heart to bear fruit till the end.♦
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