Ep 523 - International Conference on the Unity of The Sciences (ICUS) Part 4
International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS) 158-3-14-40-523 - April 1, 2022
Today is already April 1. I hope the amazing and incredible love and blessing of God and True Parents will be with you and with your family this month!
Today I’d like to talk again about “International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
It is true that scientists have contributed much to human civilization. Nevertheless, their research has also created weapons with fearful destructive power, such as nuclear weapons. Ultimately, these developments have caused pollution on our Earth. I would like to restore the Earth that God created, this beautiful Earth, to its original state. Science must develop in a good direction. There are many nuclear power plants in Korea. Nuclear plants are contributing to civilization but the nuclear waste disposal problem remains a serious one.
Simply building many such plants may not be a good thing. If these nuclear power plants were destroyed in the wake of an earthquake, living things would be wiped out. If that happened, we, human beings, could not live there either. As True Parents, can we just say it's dangerous and not do anything about it?
That is why there are many things I must do, and I need your help. I receive strength because of you. While I am still here, I hope we can achieve many things and hear Heavenly Parent say, “Thank you for becoming one with True Mother and realizing my dream.” We can no longer delay further in dealing with this urgent reality. You must feel the urgency of what we are facing. In God's providence, postponing dealing with these matters until tomorrow is not an option. We must succeed today. I pray that you can all become proud filial sons or daughters and loyal citizens, Cheon Il Guk soldiers that will liberate Heavenly Parent's and True Parents' desperate hearts. (2016.10.04, Cheon Jeong Gung)
Last time, I said we would revive the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences. Look at the natural disasters happening around the world. Why do these things occur so often? Originally, God created the Earth to function naturally and reasonably. The conclusion is, however, that human beings are ignorant. Unilateral human greed is destroying nature. The environment is gradually being pushed into a more extreme state, to the point where human life is endangered. Many people have been worrying about this, but they have not been able to find any solution. In order to research and creative alternatives, cases will arise where we may have to request those who enjoy great wealth to give it up for the greater good. For this reason, economically advanced countries have not been able to act on these problems even though they are fully aware of the necessity to do so. As the True Parents, we cannot just stand back and watch. We must accomplish God's dream, True Parents' dream, the hope of all humankind. (2016.10.06, YongPyong Resort)
True Mother is very concerned about the destruction of the natural environment by humans. Therefore, she is trying to revive the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences and take measures to protect nature. Above all, going beyond selfishness and nationalism that only think about one’s own country, fundamental education is about how to instill a philosophy of living for the sake of others.
Even though we invited all the scientists and asked them to search how to protect our nature, we need to really guide them and all humankind that the most important part is True Parents’ philosophy of living for the sake of others. We need to live for others more than for ourself, for my own country, for the sake of the world. Without the concept of this kind of philosophy of living for the sake of others, it(?) does not work. I really love the philosophy of True Parents of living for the sake of others.
<Chambumo Gyeong, P. 982> The first ICUS was held in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. At that time, 32 scholars attended, and I was sitting in the corner like an errand boy without anyone noticing whether I was there or not. However, even though I could not speak English back then, I gave an address as the founder.
We continued to hold such conferences over the ensuing years and the outcome was good. People started saying that it was Reverend Moon, not the chairman, who did a good job. Having come to this point, the world ’s scholars began to respect and welcome me as their elder. If I were to visit any country in the world, invite the scholars who attended our science conferences and host a big banquet, I would be able to bring together hundreds of other people too. We already have a global foundation of this magnitude.
<Chambumo Gyeong, P. 983> I established ICUS, which gathers world-renowned scientists. At first, they said on various public occasions that they suspected we were trying to use their names. Even if we were to use them, there is nothing in what we did that would ruin them or affect them adversely. I would like to ask them, who broke down the walls in the academic world? Natural scientists usually do not talk with economists, political scientists or philosophers, even if they meet each other at their universities. By developing a movement that enables top scholars to experience each other as brothers and sisters beyond race and ethnicity, I have established a foundation that will develop a transnational realm of heart and history, and that is one of history’s greatest achievements. It was I who decided the themes of the conferences. Therefore, the scholars were impressed with me. History will honor me for this great accomplishment.
In order to embrace the world True Father united intellectuals, scientists and professors and gave them the responsibility and calling to achieve a world of peace. One of those responsibilities is ICUS; the other is PWPA. In order to move the country, professors and scientists, who are the intellectuals of the country, must come together and (along with) the university students who are their targets(?) must take the lead in achieving God’s will.
That is why I have recently visited campuses often. After I set up the foundation centering on each college or university, my strong desire is to launch the PWPA in major universities.
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)
Let’s study Father’s word.
(4) Kingship and its Concept
1. However the king is granted authority, or royal authority, thus we say the royal authority of grandparents, parents, and children are the 3 great kingships. It means the authority granted upon 3 great kings.
2. From this perspective, we must have a new understanding of our family and other families. Family is as precious as a king. Therefore the family is a royal palace.
If our family is where the three great kings live, then our family is a royal palace. Our family is a royal palace on the outside, but on the inside it is a place of practicing true love that trains and educates (us) (about) the four great realms of heart. As we study the three great kingships and the four great realms of heart, I think there will be many who think these words and principles do not really fit into modern society. However, God has been providing a providence centering on the principles and ideals of God that have not changed until now. Jesus taught us not to conform to the world. We must know clearly that we must imitate God’s dreams and ideals and principles.
Therefore, we must do our best. Even though families live apart and it takes time to get to and from each other, I often think about how we can create opportunities for our children and grandchildren to meet their grandparents. If there are no grandparents, we will have to visit elderly blessed families among our elderly neighbors and exchange hearts with each other.
Some may struggle because “my children are living here and there, and I don’t have much opportunity to live with my grandparents and parents. It is alright, but then we need to do our best. If you really cannot see your father and mother, your grandparents often, if it is difficult to see your grandchildren often, then you really need to serve your neighbors who are physically close to your family … Serve these elderly families as your own grandparents and parents. We should let our children invite their families. We need to have that kind of heartistic relationship. That is the best way to adjust.
Of course, modern society is not easy. … But we need to follow God’s principles. Jesus always said, “Do not conform to and follow the secular world. That way is very wide. Everybody can go that way. But the way to enter the kingdom of heaven is very narrow. It is not easy to follow.”
However our True Parents discovered the incredible Divine Principle. I really love the concept of the four great realms of heart and the three great kingships. Even though it is not eazy to practice (these), we need to do our best to apply these principles in our daily life.
3. In the royal palace, the king bequeaths the earthly authority to the children, become grandparents, and as a great king represent God and the spirit world while remaining in the central position of the family.
4. Thus a family is a noble abode just like a royal palace. Thus family rules become rules of the royal palace.
5. True Parent’s family is the model. In the future, when our world becomes an ideal world, all families will come to resemble True Parent’s family.
Last night and during the last few days when I studied about the kingships again, I realized each family, each home is God’s palace because three kingships are living there. Grandparents are representatives of the past; parents are the representatives of the present world, and then our children are future kings and queens. So, three kingships are living in the family. That means our home is a heavenly palace. How beautiful it is! Each human has such value! Because of the fall we do not know the value of grandparents, of our father and mother, of our children and grandchildren. That is why we should appreciate our True Parents’ guidance. How should I treat my grandparents and parents, my spouse, and my grandchildren? Everybody knows these kind of family values. Understanding the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, between husband and wife, between parents and children, how much we can change our family atmosphere and society and world. (There is) no other way. This is a fundamental principle. Even though we are struggling, we need to go back. In some cases it may take ten years or 20 years, in some cases 100 years, in some cases it will go from generation to generation. No matter what, that is God's original blueprint. We need to unite with and follow (it).
6. Authority is the power to make the object obey the subject by giving a type of fear to the object of sovereignty.
7. But secular authority is a materialistic binding force, where police force or military force is used to suppress the citizens and forcibly make them obey.
8. However, heavenly authority is the power where the object voluntarily follows the subject with a grateful heart, and this power is God’s true love.
Method To Inherit The Future
<162-140> Loving your grandparents and respecting them means to learn and to inherit all the past. You learn the present from your father and by loving children you learn about the future. What do you inherit through your grandparents, and parents? You inherit true love. Although your grandfather and grandmother are old, they are united in true love and so your mother and father are united. So you should be like them and inherit the future. We absolutely cannot inherit the future without becoming a true family.
When my father was 4 years old, my grandfather passed away. I never saw my grandfather's face and even my grandmother’s face. That was a long time ago. There were no photos. I could only visit my grandparents’ tomb. Whenever I visit my grandparents, I really miss them. I want to see their faces. I want to have a touching experience with them. I often pray that I can see my grandparents’ face. Even though they are from a fallen lineage, I came from there. I need to respect my grandparents.
As children grow up, they inherit everything from the past by loving their grandparents, and learn about reality and how to cope with it from their present parents.
What are growing children to inherit? The most important thing is to inherit the heart and love (of grandparents). In order to inherit that heart and love, they should serve and respect their grandparents and parents. In order to inherit (from them), one of the most important things is: you need to respect them. Respect is very important. Without respect you cannot inherit anything. You need to respect their position and their value and the relationship between grandparents and yourself, and the relationship between parents and yourself. You need to respect and love them.
We call Hyojeong a heart of sincerity that respects, loves, and serves parents. I love the word “hyojeong.” How could True Mother discover this kind of word? True Mother said the most important teaching is hyojeong. Normal Korean people do not speak about hyojeong, just hyo or filial piety. Jeong is heart, hyo is filial piety. Filial piety feels like duty, but jeong is emotion. It involves emotion and heart. This is a beautiful word. I have shared many things with you about the meaning of hyojeong. … As a Unificationist, if we can capture the meaning of hyojeong, (it) not easy to understand from a western point of view. We need to understand the essence of heart. The essence of heart is hyojeong. Anyone who realizes the importance of hyojeong will surely upgrade his level to a different dimension.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Relating with Your Abel Figure
I spoke about this yesterday.
Today I'm going to talk with you all under the title “Relating with your Abel figure.”
Cain and Abel
Yesterday, I spoke to you about point 1 through 6 of 10 things about Cain and Abel. Today, I'm going to talk about numbers 7 through 9.
(1. The incident of Cain and Abel in the Bible
2. The Providence of Restoration of Cain and Abel seen from the process of the Fall
3. When God only accepted Abel’s offering first, what was the state of Cain's heart?
4. When God took Abel’s offering before Cain’s what kind of attitude should Abel have had?
5. Why did Cain murder Abel?
6. What is the position of Cain and Abel as seen in Principle?)
7. What must I do to become Abel?
8. How are Cain and Abel’s positions decided?
9. Who is Abel and who is Cain?
And tomorrow I would like to share about:
10. What is Abel's mission?
7. What Must I do to Become Abel?
Father said:
1. First of all, you must know clearly the view of the Principle and providence regarding Cain and Abel. In order for Abel to be established, it is necessary to know the view of the Principle that Abel cannot be established by being alone.
2. As Abel, the first requirement is to have Cain. Without Cain, you cannot become Abel.
There is Cain, and there is Abel as well.
In order to become Abel, you need a Cain figure who truly respects you and follows you and serves you and tries to unite with you. You may already have that kind of Cain figure, at least three or four. “Already I witnessed in the past and had so many spiritual children, but they have left and are no longer here.” Do not talk about the past. In the current situation, how many of them really heartistically, internally follow you? This is the point. You need to have that kind of Cain figure as Abel. Of course, Cain needs to remove their own fallen nature. Also, (in) the position of Abel, how can you remove fallen nature without serving Cain? There is no (other) way to remove fallen nature as Abel. You need to serve your Cain very well. Without serving Cain, how can you remove your fallen nature?
Father clearly said, if you don’t focus on witnessing and salvation, there is no way to remove your fallen nature. We can only remove our fallen nature by serving Cain. As long as you keep your own fallen nature, you cannot raise even one Cain.
Witnessing is about releasing God’s resentment and sorrowful heart. That is fine. But (for) the individual without witnessing, without serving Cain -- I learn the Divine Principle every morning. “I need to cultivate and change my heart.” “I need to love my wife or husband and parents more and love my children more” -- that is fine, but you need to always serve your Cain. Without Cain, without concern about witnessing, I am telling you, there is no way to remove your fallen nature. Just listening and trying to practice is limited. The best way to practice is to become Abel, to remove my fallen nature, to become a true man, I need to focus on salvation. That means how can I love people more? The more you focus on witnessing, the more your spiritual level will grow and grow. That is why witnessing is not only a job or a responsibility. The best way to remove my fallen nature is witnessing. That is salvation. At the same time, it is the best way to liberate God’s heart.
Without the experience of loving and raising Cain, after you start your family, you will not know how to take care of your children. Your Cain is your external child. After starting family, your children are Abel-type children. You need to have two kinds of children, external and internal children. External children are your Cains. According to the Divine Principle you need to love Cain first. Then later on you can love your Abel side.
When you restore many Cains, then that is a strong foundation to remove your fallen nature. Based on that foundation you can have beautiful children of your own. The quality of children is different. Without restoring Cain, after starting family, I am telling you, your children will inherit your own fallen nature. There won’t be much difference. But if before starting your family, you already have a lot of experience raising Cains, serving them, being patient, though sometimes angry with Cain learning to control your emotions, raising and caring for them no matter what, then you cultivate your heart so much through your Cain. Then after starting family, you know how to raise your children. Many people say they don’t know how to raise their children. That means they do not have much experience witnessing and raising Cain.
3. A period of preparation is required until Abel takes the position of being chosen as the true Abel. That is the foundation of faith.
What is the type(?) of the foundation of faith? The position of servant is Cain, right? While you are in the position of Cain, you really have to become a good Cain. You really need to listen to Abel’s word, unite with him and obey and follow God’s law and tradition, attend Sunday Service well and tithe well. You need to adjust to basic things with church guidance and heavenly word. This is important. You need to go through a certain time period in the position of Cain. Then you will be recognized by your Abel. “Wow! You are a good Cain.” Without being recognized by Abel, you cannot become a good Cain. You need to be recognized by your Abel. Then you become a good example, and try to serve other people and they can become your spiritual children. You are in the position of the servant in the formation stage.
4. In order for you to become Abel, you must first become one with God.
You need to receive love from God. To receive love from God, you need to have substantial results of true love. That is Cains, three spiritual children. How can you know that you are really loved by God? You need to bring the results of true love, that is, many Cains following, respecting and obeying you. That means God loves you. If God did not love you, how could you produce results? Cain cannot produce results. It is not easy. Producing results means you are already in the Abel position. Cain cannot produce results. Only adjusting centering on your own life of faith is already enough. He is already busy. But when you produce results and someone follows you, you are in a different dimension. You need to know that.
That is why in the formation stage I need to be a good Cain. Based on that foundation I need to enter the growth stage. Then I can become a good Abel. If no one follows me, then I am still in the position of Cain. No matter how good my personality is, if I don’t have spiritual children, I remain as Cain forever. That is why if someone is (of) a really good character and seems really humble, Wow! That person can survive anywhere without heavenly law. However, if there is no Cain, that means you are still in the position of Cain. There is no Abel without Cain. According to the Principle, according to God’s providential point of view, there is no Abel without Cain. Therefore, Abel must find Cain and establish him. Without Cain I cannot establish a foundation of substance. When you produce results and have spiritual children and many people respect you, you already have established the foundation of substance.
5. Abel must bring up Cain. Cain cannot grow on their own.
Cain is so busy for their job. Abel is different. His main concern is how to raise up his Cain, how to love people. Witnessing is training in what? In how to love people, how to love God, how to inherit God’s … love. That is through raising up Cain.
6. How, then, do you bring up Cain? You must bring them up with the heart of a parent on behalf of God.
Who is Abel? He always carries a parental heart on behalf of God. (He is) always thinking centered on God’s point of view, centering on True Parents’ point of view. Otherwise, how can you raise your Cain? Just on the same level as brothers and sisters? You cannot raise your Cain (that way). As an older brother, elder brother, in order to raise your Cain, you need to have the heart of the parent on behalf of God and of your parents. This is the way to raise Cain.
7. In order to become a true Abel, you must go through the positions of the servant of servants and then the position of the servant, the position of the adopted son, and ascend to the position of the son from the position on behalf of God.
That is why we need to grow up from Cain to Abel and from Abel to a higher level, from the servant level to the adopted son -- that is growth stage -- and finally, the completion stage, the level of filial sons and daughters. You need to grow up from servant to adopted son. Even though you are in growth stage centering on the foundation of substance, still your heart has not reached heaven complete(? Completion stage?). That is why Father called growth stage the adopted son’s level. But when you reach the completion stage, you completely unite with Heavenly Parent and True Parents. You understand their heart. We say you are truly filial sons and daughters.
8. You must establish the condition of Cain surrendering. After setting such a standard, with Cain's cooperation, you will go to the parent's position.
9. To become Abel, you must receive God's love.
In order to receive God’s love, there is no way other than to love your Cain no matter what. Without loving Cain, there is no way to receive God’s love.
If I am to become an Abel, I must have the evidence of Cain. There must be evidence that my Abel is truly a man whom God loves. I must have a testimony that my Abel is truly a man of God.
This kind of testimony you need to get from your neighbors centered on your life of faith.
8. How are Cain and Abel’s Positions Decided?
Father’s word:
1. Cain and Abel are not decided in a comfortable and good place. It is decided in a place where we are not accused by Satan. Then what kind of place are we not accused by Satan? It is a place where you are united with God, and it is not a happy place, but the saddest and most difficult place. In other words, you can become one with God in the most miserable place where you want to die. (34-51)
In order to save Cain, Abel needs to go through all kinds of sacrifice and difficulties and indemnity, not just your own indemnity. Can you imagine this. In order to become Abel you need to go through all kinds of processes and overcome trials and persecutions and problems. Then your heart becomes very strong with no shaking. You need to go through that kind of training course. Otherwise you cannot become Abel.
2. To become Abel, you must first obey. We must obey God and become one. To become one with God, you must do everything God tells you to do.
> If you do not do everything God tells you to do, you cannot become Abel. Even if you have done all ninety-nine things, if you do not do one thing, you cannot become Abel. (34-46)
This is the way of Abel. Abel's path is always the path to sacrifice before anyone else. Abel's way always requires sacrifice. Who is Abel? Who is Cain? Whoever sacrifices more (is Abel).
Look at the central figures throughout human history. They absolutely obeyed God’s will. Look at Noah. He absolutely obeyed God’s commandment for 120 years. Look at Abraham. He absolutely obeyed. How could he offer Isaac? Isaac, when he became the sacrificial lamb, absolutely obeyed his father, Abraham. Look at Jacob. God asked him to go to his uncle’s house. He absolutely followed his will. Jesus followed God’s will, even though he was crucified on the cross. All the central figures obeyed God's will. There was no such thing as "no!" before God's command.
In order to gain the Abel position, never say “no.” Absolutely follow with self-denial centered on God’s point of view. Do not have your own opinion. Absolutely follow, absolutely unite, absolutely love God’s will. That is why God raised and educated human beings through providential central figures.
Father’s first wife gave birth to Son Jin Nim. It was very cold, and they did not have food. That is why he (went out to) try to get some food. He left home and on the way he received an inspiration from heaven: “Now you need to go to North Korea.” Oh my God. Can you imagine? The baby is crying. No food. Already for a few days there was no food. The mother had only just delivered her baby. She definitely needed someone to help. But what did Father do? He followed God’s will first. That is why Son Jin Nim’s mother had strong resentment: “As a human being how can you be like that?”
No one knows God’s will. If Father had paid more attention to his own situation and made his own situation top priority and God’s will became secondary, he couldn't have made this kind of foundation. Wow! This is only known among God and Satan and True Father. Can you imagine that? The way of Abel (is to) always sacrifice and absolutely obey.
(Heaven?) taught us through the central figures.
3. If you yourself want to become Abel, you must have three Cain figures.
God’s providence always starts from 3. Jesus came as the messiah. How did he begin his mission? At first he needed to restore 3 Cain figures. This became 12 and 70 disciples. Then he sent out 120 disciples everywhere as missionaries.
Father followed the same pattern exactly. In Heung Nam Prison he restored 3 spiritual children and later on found 12 disciples. After he completed the Divine Principle he started to restore 3 spiritual children. His Blessing movement need to start with 3 spiritual children, then 36 and 72. This is the absolute principled course.
If I do not have 3 Cain’s figures, I have not yet started God’s mission. 3 spiritual children is the beginning of starting God’s will, of our providential journey. We need to have 3 Cain figures. This is absolute. No one can avoid this formula course. My mission begins through the restoration of 3 Cain figures. There is no other way. Do not avoid this reality. “I don’t care about 3 spiritual children.” “Maybe someone else can do this.” Everyone without exception (must do this). In heavenly tribal messiahship you need to start your own individual course with 3 spiritual children, three Cain figures. We cannot avoid this formula course. Jacob was like that. Jesus was like that. True Father was like that. We should also be like that.
> Centering on those Cain figures, we can indemnify the vertical history horizontally. You have to go through three ages, that is, three stages.
Why do we need to restore 3 spiritual children?
One spiritual child is the representative of the old testament era. Another spiritual child is the representative of the new testament era. The final one is the representative of the completed testament era. Through restoring 3 spiritual children, I am restoring the three eras of the Old and New and Completed Testament. This is all of history. How powerful this is! Finally I establish the foundation of my love. If you have no spiritual children, you are not stable. … (You) complain about this and that because you do not have a foundation of true love.
4. There must a victorious Abel-like foundation. In other words, there must be substantial results of subjugating Cain.
> All those who set themselves up and fail to set an example for God's will become Cain.
Without three spiritual children, I am still Cain. Without the three spiritual children, I have not yet graduated from the foundation of faith. That is why first I need to be a good Cain recognized by Abel and absolutely united with him. Then to upgrade to enter the foundation of substance, I need to restore 3 spiritual children. This is the condition to enter the completion stage.
Because of limited time I will share “Who is Abel and Who is Cain” tomorrow.
We are really learning very beautiful things, (and) substantially how to apply (these truths). Recently I have emphasized the importance of 3 spiritual children without exception. Your age -- older or younger -- does not matter. This is my own course to settle my situation of faith creating a foundation of true love. That is why we definitely need to go through this formula course.♦
(Response to sharing by 17-year-old twins) You need to think “I am Cain and my brother is Abel.” Then you have the heart to serve your brother. So treat yourself as always being Cain. “I need to serve everyone as my Abel.” That is good.♦
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