Ep 527 - The Need For Environmental Protection Part 3
The Need for Environmental Protection 162-7-14-40-527 - April 5, 2022
Today I’d like to talk about “The Need for Environmental Protection” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
We must create the environment in which we can save the Earth and protect the health of humankind. I am organizing the science conference in order to pursue this goal. Through education, we can show people what kind of good results they can achieve if they do things scientifically. An example is the Kona coffee farm in Hawaii. At one time, bugs were causing a lot of damage in the coffee fields. To make coffee, the whole bean is roasted, so using pesticides on the plants is bad for the health of the people who drink it. I asked the staff at the farm to find a way to get rid of the insects without using pesticides. I have heard that there is a way to send them a signal that will make them want to run away.
We must work hard to restore the world of God's creation to its original state. I am going to show that we can find a way to solve these things by scientific methods. I will show that there is a hopeful future in which all human beings can live healthy lives. I want to show that through science we can achieve one human family under our Heavenly Parent, which is what both God and humankind desire. (2016.07.20, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Father was concerned with a plan for the world of the future, so he began to develop South America. There is a river that flows through four nations—Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. It flows out to the Atlantic. Actually the regions along this river haven't been developed. They are untouched forests. Father thought about the future and about how to make your lives happy, and asked you to visit there and take part in many kinds of providential work. People who do not look ahead into the future are destroying much of the environment. When that was happening, Father bought a lot of land in the region and thought about how to generate oxygen, which is one element people need most in order to live. He thought about the global environment, and he worked to protect hundreds of endangered species. Farm Leda was established with the help of Japanese missionaries. While developing the farm, Father emphasized conservation along with the protection of endangered species.
The research team began raising pacu and releasing them into the river. The president of Paraguay was very happy to hear about this, and he came to take part. Father worked hard and invested himself in solving the problem of how to feed all of humankind in the future, amid circumstances where dozens of endangered species of fish are disappearing from the face of the earth. Through this example you can feel True Parents' heart. True Parents are the ones who can take care of things like this. (2013.05.12, Changwon Family Church)
Today we will study True Father’s words about solving how to feed all of humankind.
<Cheon Seong Gyeong, P. 667> The only way to resolve humanity’s food shortage is to farm fish. In the future, there will be buildings by the sea with hundreds of floors. With the press of a button, everyone will be able to farm fish. If you own just one hundred pyeong (0.8 acre), your household will be able to generate enough income for all your children to go to college, and you can live comfortably. Science is advancing swiftly during our lifetime. It will allow us to draw in seawater that is tens, hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
We can build fish-farming structures in the mountains, as many as we need. Without doing so, humanity’s food shortage cannot be resolved. That is why I am so serious about this.
<Cheon Seong Gyeong, P. 668> Every year 20 million people die of hunger around the world. I am the one who should solve this problem, and as a representative of all humanity, I should also solve the problem of the destruction of the ozone layer caused by environmental pollution. I have to pay attention to all fields of human life. If I can’t do so, you should, even though you have to shed your tears and sweat. You should be determined to leave your footprints on top of mine. The way of the Principle lies in following the footsteps along that path. You cannot skip past those footsteps.
Even our descendants in the generations to come must follow the exact same way of the Principle. This is the path of indemnity.
True Father said that the only way to resolve humanity’s food shortage is to farm fish.
As True Father said, “When the time comes for us to draw in seawater miles away, we can build as many fish-farming structures as we need. Without doing so, humanity’s food shortage cannot be resolved. That is why I am so serious about this.
That is why TF built fish farms. As a representative of all humanity, only True Father can solve the problem of the destruction of the ozone layer caused by environmental pollution.
We must inherit the standards and achievements of victory in the ocean providence established by True Father.
True Father said, “If Father cannot do so, you should, even if you have to shed tears and sweat.”
That is why I have great concern about this ocean providence and extending our Japanese restaurants into each state, each town, each area. That was Father’s wishes. In the future (there will) definitely (be) food shortages. How can we solve this problem?
We need to know that Father loved all humankind more than anyone. He really worried about the future of all humankind. We need to take seriously how we can inherit (his heart?), how can we educate our young people so that they are more involved in the ocean providence and how to raise up (create?) … fish farms. We need to learn all kinds of skills. (This is) not to make money. We need to think for the sake of the future. I think this kind of situation that Father predicted will come very soon.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 29 - Family Completion is the Completion of the Realm of the Royal Family
Let’s study Father’s word.
Completion of True Sons and Daughters
Only after realizing the Four Great Realms of Heart and the Three Great Kingships, can we enter the realm of the royal family. The position of true love centered on this is the position of the realm of the royal family. The road to the Kingdom of Heaven will be completely open. And this was God’s ideal for Adam’s family. That is where the true son and daughter are perfected, and where the brothers and sisters are perfected. That is where the husband and wife are perfected and where the parents are perfected. (244－310, 1993.3.1)
To enter the kingdom of Heaven, you must enter the realm of the royal family. To enter the realm of the royal family, is our final destination. To do it, you must complete the HTM mission. To complete the HTM mission, you must save Cain centering on 430 couples in your tribe.
When you enter heaven, you should absolutely save Cain. Without saving Cain we cannot deal with entering the kingdom of heaven, especially centering on the 430 couples.
When all blessed families restore 430 couples and multiply the blessing, Heaven is automatically realized.
Anyone who has come to know God’s will and to understand True Parents and seriously focuses on multiplying our Blessing (to) 430 couples centered on our tribe, if everybody initiates this, automatically the kingdom of heaven can be realized.
The Realm of the Royal Family can be Established Through the Restoration of 3 Generations
The restoration of the right of the eldest son is the restoration of the right of the parent, and the restoration of the right of the parent is the restoration of the right of kingship. By restoring the right of kingship, the realm of the royal family comes into being. This term “royal family” refers to the living environment. We have now entered that kind of era. So we gain the victory and come over to the opposite side. After we have come across, what will we do? Because we lost the family, we have to find the family. (235－42, 1992.8.28)
In order to give all Blessed Families the blessing to realize the realm of the royal family, True Parents were victorious in establishing the restoration of the right of the parent, and the restoration of the right of the parent is the restoration of the right of kingship.
Therefore, as long as our Blessed families complete the HTM mission, we will inherit the three realms which are the restoration of the right of the parents, the restoration of the right of the elder son, and the restoration of the right of kingship that True Parents have restored, and go further and achieve the realm of the royal family through the HTM mission.
The Purpose of Having Walked the Indemnity Course
Up to this day, the Unification Church has been walking the path of the history of indemnity. And the purpose for us having walked this path of the history of indemnity has been to restore the right of the eldest son, the new right of the parent, the new right of kingship, and the new realm of the royal family. Centering on what? Not centering on today’s human world, but rather centering on God. It is not centering on any kingship, or on any family. No, we are talking about the right of the eldest son centering on God, the realm of the True Parents centering on God, the right of kingship centering on God, and the realm of the royal family centering on God. This has been the hope that humankind has longed for up until the present day. (230－171, 1992.5.3)
True Parents coming and finishing all indemnity was accomplished through the process of restoration of the right of the eldest son, the new right of the parent, the new right of kingship.
Therefore, our responsibility is to inherit True Parents’ authority of victory. That is our 5% portion of responsibility. The 5% portion of responsibility (enables us to) enter the royal family through the HTM mission.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Duty of One Person
Let’s study. This can relate to our daily life very practically.
1. In the words “one person,” the word “one” refers to the whole. This means one person is the whole. It is like saying that one person is the universe. On a deeper level, all of humankind is one person. If you find yourself, you find the whole. Therefore, True Father said that dominating oneself is the same as dominating the cosmos. This is also the same as saying do not try to lead others, but lead yourself well. How do we lead others? How can we not make other people human? All of these are arrogant and ignorant thoughts. Is there anyone who wants to be guided by you? One just needs to know how to live well on one’s own. If you do the duty of one person for your relationships, you are doing the duty of an indispensable person in front of the whole.
In the words “one person,” the word “one” refers to the whole. This means one person is the whole. It is like saying that one person is the universe.
Everything begins from one person. One person is the representative of the universe, the whole.
In fact, finding yourself directly results in the same result as finding the entire universe.
Therefore, True Father said that dominating oneself is the same as dominating the cosmos.
If you conquer yourself, finally you can conquer the cosmos. Everything (in the) cosmos (is) in yourself. … Do not try to lead others, but lead yourself very well.
Even if you only know your own ministry very well, you know how to control your body very well, you know how to make unity between your mind and body very well, this is the best method to handle yourself. Also, you can automatically minister to others. Even if you only know how to control your own body, then guiding others is no problem. Everybody is struggling because we cannot make unity between mind and body. If someone can guide his physical body very well, and your mind and original mind can control your physical body very well, this is the number one ministry. He can help others (with) how to handle their body.
Our final conclusion is how to make unity between mind and body. What is the best ministry: how to handle yourself very well. If you can handle yourself very well, you can handle others well.
If you handle your body (well), you don’t need to worry about how to handle others.
If everyone plays their role well in their own environment, they become indispensable in front of the whole.
2. The phrase “duty of one person" means to become a person who is needed within one's own sphere of belonging. Even if you can’t fulfill 100% of your given responsibility, it's not useless if you fulfill 70-80% of it. It's not difficult to be needed within your sphere of affiliation. In fact, God has prepared the entire environment so that you can fulfill your responsibility. Everything that exists is necessary; there are no unnecessary beings on this earth. Everything is a creation of love, so what is unnecessary? One being is a creation that exists because of love, so love is realized through that being. Therefore, there can be no existence that is unnecessary. Humans are the fruit of love. They exist because of love. So, you are a human individual who receives a lot of love and has to pay off the debt of love.
How do you become a person who is needed within your sphere of belonging?
If I fulfill the responsibilities given to me in the environment in which I am placed, I will become a person who is needed by everyone.
And the important thing is that every human being is a necessary being, and not a single person is born as an unnecessary being.
All creation is absolutely necessary because it is a creation of love between God and human beings.
Why am I absolutely necessary? Because I am the object partner of God’s love and the object partner of everyone’s love. Love requires an object partner. I am God’s object partner. I am an object partner of my spouse. How important I am! That is why all creation is absolutely necessary. Everybody is an indispensable being. We need to know that.
Human beings have received a lot of love from God, their parents, and the people around them, so at the same time, they have to pay the debt of love to those around them.
3. Therefore, I am to do the duty of one person as a being of love. Those who owe others are of concern, but those who know how to pay their debts do the duty of one person. The words that I am the substance of love is the same as saying that I am an indispensable substantial being wherever I go. Therefore, I am indispensable to God and my parents. In the structure of the human body, my hands are indispensable to me, my feet are indispensable, and my facial features are indispensable. In this way, human beings exist in a relationship between the individual and the whole, but they play an unnecessary role. They have a lot of unnecessary thoughts and do unnecessary actions. Such a person only thinks about their own individuality and has a sense of value that has nothing to do with the whole.
Because I was born for love, I am the object of love for everyone. Therefore, I am indispensable for the other person. Since love always comes through the other person, the other object partner, the existence of me is absolutely necessary for the other person.
Therefore, I am to do the responsibility of one person as a being of love. It is my responsibility to give love. Those who owe others are (of) concern, but those who know how to pay their debts do the duty of one person.
The words that I am the substance of love is the same as saying that I am an indispensable substantial being wherever I go. Therefore, I am indispensable to God, indispensable to my parents, and indispensable to others.
In the structure of the human body, all structures such as hands, feet, ears, arms and mouth are indispensable to me. And each body structure is doing its job well. From that perspective, a human figure is like an organ in the human body structure. Everything exists in a relationship between the individual and the whole.
However, fallen human beings have a lot of unnecessary thoughts and actions. Such a person only thinks about his own individual and has a sense of value that has nothing to do with the whole.
We need to know about this point.
4. In interpersonal relationships, a person who becomes an unnecessary being through a lot of unnecessary thoughts and actions only thinks about their own individual self and has a sense of value that has nothing to do with the whole. If this happens, these people are cancerous and need to be operated on as well as judged. They are an enemy before the whole. When my hand is not needed by me, and causes pain and rots, then it has nothing to do with my body, so it must be cut off. Likewise, when my hand commits a crime, it must be cut off. This is because if left alone, the entire body may rot. Today's world consists of those that are necessary and those that are less necessary. What kind of being am I? Should I not exist? Or am I someone who should exist? What responsibility do I have? In view of this relationship, as a person who is needed within the scope of my affiliation, I have to become an indispensable person in front of the whole by living a life with results.
The human body structure plays the role of one's own individual, and gives and receives (in relation to) the whole body. When my hand is not needed by me and causes pain and rots, then it has nothing to do with my body, if my hand becomes spoiled and affects the other parts of the body, it must be cut off.
In interpersonal relationships, a person who becomes an unnecessary being through a lot of unnecessary thoughts and actions only thinks about their own individual self and has a sense of value that has nothing to do with the whole.
Today's world consists of those that are necessary and those who are less necessary and those who are beings who may or may not be necessary..
What kind of being am I? Am I someone who should not exist? Or am I someone who should exist? Or does it not matter if I exist or not? Since the existence of “me” is the object of love, it must become an indispensable existence in front of the whole by bringing the results of love as a necessary being.
Therefore, wherever I go, I should be an indispensable person. Wherever I go, whatever I do, I need to be a necessary being. What do you feel? Does your husband feel you are an indispensable person? Do your children feel you are an indispensable person? How about your community or your church, do they feel you are an indispensable, necessary person? Or are you so-so? What about your identity. Are you someone who should exist? Or does it not matter if I exist or not?
Everybody should be an indispensable existence. Why? Because we are an object of love. The husband needs his wife; the wife needs her husband. Children need their parents; Parents need their children. Brothers and sisters need each other. The community needs me.
Each part of the individual, each organ in our human body performs its role very well and connects to the whole. We have to be like that. My eye is definitely needed. It is an indispensable existence. My ear is an indispensable existence. My mouth? Without a mouth, how can I survive? My mouth is also an indispensable existence. My 2 hands, 2 legs, my sexual organs, my stomach, each part is an indispensable existence.
That is why we need to be an indispensable existence. I am the object partner of God’s love. I am the object partner of my wife, of my children, of my parents. Each human’s value is everything.
If you lose your eyes, you cannot see. That is why your eyes represent your whole body. Without your ears you cannot hear. Your ears connect to the whole. If you cannot use your mouth because of some sickness you cannot eat. Can you imagine how painful (that would be)? You will die. Your mouth represents your whole body. Without 2 legs, how can you walk? Your 2 legs represent your whole body.
Each human being value should be like that. Each human should be an indispensable existence, a necessary being.
5. Jesus came to this earth with a direct relationship with God and took responsibility for all human beings who lived without a relationship with God. As he sought to take responsibility for all who had nothing to do with God, he rose to a position of responsibility that everyone must go through him to have a relationship with God. This principle of Jesus’ responsibility applies to us as individuals today. Even if you can't be responsible for the entire universe, you can become an indispensable person in front of your whole family and in the front of the whole school. So when one student sets a brand new standard for the school, it becomes the standard for all students. One has to surpass the person who set that standard. If they cannot, they get judged. It is the same for the values of the school.
Jesus came to this earth and took responsibility for the sins of all humankind and died on the cross. Because of the one person in Jesus, all of us could receive spiritual salvation if we just believed in him.
Even if you can't be responsible for the entire universe, you can become an indispensable person in front of your whole family and in front of the whole school.
As blessed families, the minimum responsibility is to take responsibility over 430 couples of one's own. The idea is to take responsibility for the 430 couples you are responsible for, thinking that they represent the country, mankind, and all ancestors.
These days, we are carrying out a campaign to raise the three spiritual children, but before taking responsibility for the tribe, nation, and world, we want to first take responsibility for the 3 spiritual children.
We need to be recognized at least by 3 spiritual children. (This morning) Ndassi(?) spoke about witnessing to one girl. (That girl) said, “I do not know the Divine Principle; I do not know True Parents, but wherever you go, I want to follow. Whatever you believe in, I want to believe in.” This is showing an example.
We need to be recognized by Cain’s realm. That is why we need to raise 3 spiritual children. Through raising them we (will come to) know how to serve people, how to relate with people, how to be patient, how to remove my fallen nature, how to grow myself, what parental heart is, what is the feeling of consistency. We can learn everything through restoring one person, two people, three people and gradually more spiritual children.
This is the way to release God’s han, God’s sorrowful heart. Without concentrating on witnessing, on total salvation, (we cannot) connect to God’s heart at all.
6. The person who bears fruit and brings results through school education determines the standards and values of the school. Even if all the students collapse, the values and standard of the school will not collapse as long as that one person does not collapse. Although Jesus died on the cross, the standards he set did not break because he had a thorough relationship with God. As a single man before God, Jesus set a new record of loving God and humans for the first time since Adam. We, too, should set a new record of true love in our field by living a life similar to that of True Parents. For example, if a person receives the Blessing, becomes a married couple in their family and realizes God's three great loves and the four great realms of heart, that person becomes the standard. The fact that most people fail does not become the standard of the whole. If even one person becomes the model, that becomes the standard.
God's providence establishes one standard and spreads it to the whole.
That is God’s strategy.
Bible Amos 3:7 “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” He tells you to give and follow.
God raises up people who can play the role of John the Baptist in each field, makes John the Baptist a model, shows them in front of the whole, and commands them to follow him.
That is why God always shows John the Baptist in each field and (thus) sets up a model, and everybody needs to follow John the Baptist. Many people say no, it is impossible to do that, but God shows through certain model families that God can do it.
Many people are accusing the Blessed Family. Although True Parents blessed many people, there is no such model.
However, True Parents said that even among the blessed families, if even one family sets a model, it will never perish. The Unification movement will never perish.
Why does Jesus need to come again? Because he could not marry. However, our True Parents have multiplied so many blessings. “Don’t worry, my children. I blessed so many people.”
“Some people say (things) regarding my children. There is no need to mention (these things).” If just one blessed couple shows the model, then True Parents’ tradition, God’s tradition will remain forever. Since one guy sets up that kind of absolute model centering on God’s ideal and dream, it will never perish. The Unification Church will never perish.
Of course we are now living in a period of transition. Maybe there are some kinds of issues and problems. At least there is one great model everyone will follow.
Jesus set up the model. Everybody follows Jesus. True Parents have already set up the model, in the future everyone will follow True Parents.
There is no worry about the future. True Parents already paid the indemnity. God is very clear. God is the parent of human beings. The Divine Principle is the eternal truth. True Parents are the messiah and savior and second coming. This is really sure. They discovered the Divine Principle. Anyone who believes in the Divine Principle and multiplies centering on True Parents’ guidance (about) the Blessing, our movement may have all kinds of issues and trials and problems, but I am telling you, once our True Parents set up the model, anyone who follows the model, our Unification movement will never ever perish.
That is why we do not need to worry about our future. Just worry about yourself and about your family. How can I handle my family very well. How can I establish an ideal family, ideal person, ideal couple, ideal parent, ideal brothers and sisters. That is the issue.
Just as Jesus came to this earth and set a new record of loving God and humans for the first time to future generations, we should set a new record of true love in our field by following the lives of True Parents.
In what field would you like to set a new record? Is it witnessing to single men and women? Is it witnessing to Christian pastors? Is (it) evangelism in the field of HTM? Or is it the donation field?
In which area can you make a new result(?). You need to think about it.
I want to set a new record (that) has not (yet) been (set) in the history in Morning Devotion … Everybody (can) experience rebirth. Keep going! I want to set a new record in witnessing to young people working together with North American brothers and sisters.
Father initiated the witnessing ministry in America. Now in this era working together, all :North American brothers and sisters working together, (let’s) make a new record. We (will) bring so many young people! We will restore so many young people. This will become the standard and spread to the entire world. I want to make that kind of new record.
I want to set a new record in nurturing young people and sending missionaries to the world. If there are 200 nations, each nation needs 120 missionaries from America, (that is) around 24,000 (who) are needed.
If we have that kind of vision, surely it will come true.
Brothers and sisters, vision is actually a scary thing. Because if you set a vision, it will surely come true. When you set a vision, that vision works. It is scary because if you set a vision, it will surely become a reality.
7. If there is someone from our blessed families who has set a higher standard of value than Jesus did, would Jesus feel upset? Would he feel happy? True love wants its object to be better than itself. If we inherited Jesus' true love for God and loved God and humankind more than Jesus did, he would be very moved. This is the wish of parents. Parents are infinitely happy when their children are better than themselves.
God and True Parents are hoping that Blessed Families will set new records, (greater) than any other generation in the past.
God and True Parents want Blessed Families to become better beings than God and True Parents.
Therefore, we must realize how precious the value of one existence and the value of one family are.
Each person is so precious. The value of each person is the value of the universe. Therefore, we need to be an Indispensable, necessary being. Always giving and giving and serving and helping and living for the sake of others. Everyone will feel you are an indispensable person. “Without you I cannot survive. Because of you, I gained new life.” We need to be that kind of a necessary being.♦
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