Ep 541 - Top Gun Training For Young Leaders Part 2

Top Gun Training for Young Leaders 176-21-14-40-541 - April 19, 2022

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It is really challenging for me to record (Morning Devotion) every day because we have such a busy schedule here. But I am really putting my heart (into it) and my sincerity to really serve the world and all humankind for our dear brothers and sisters.

Today I’d like to talk about “Top Gun training for young leaders” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.

I hope that everyone, all of you who have lived with me in this time, will become historic figures. Let us look at Joshua and Caleb. Were they the only ones that went out exploring? Twelve people had been assigned that task. What happened to the other ten? They were not remembered in history. Only Joshua and Caleb remained. I have called you all, proud members of the second generation, who have inherited 100 percent of True Parents' tradition, with the heart and hope that you will become central figures of this age. All of you are living public lives. Is that right? For this reason, I cannot keep you here for too long, but you need to complete a 21-day workshop. Some of you might even have to stay for 40 days. The reason CheongPyeong is an ideal site is because it is the only place where you can empty yourselves and achieve unity with Heaven. ​

I wanted to give you the opportunity to rearm yourselves with the Principle and listen to new lectures on True Parents' course. I am giving you the chance to become spiritually brighter. As Father embraced God's Will, youthful passion was an aspect about which he was careful. That is why he set up the goal to perfect his dominion over himself before wishing for dominion over the universe. You have probably heard from Father himself regarding how he would pray for hours, disciplining his body after setting up this goal. This is something you, too, should experience. You need to realize this for yourselves. After accepting God's Will at the young age of 16, Father's course as he pioneered the way was an indescribable one, filled with blood, sweat and tears, a course in which his life was always at risk. ​

He could not comfortably rest for even a day or a moment and could not eat properly until he turned 40. He turned away from everything else and followed the one path to realize God's Will, no matter what the challenges. The 1960 Holy Wedding marked the start of True Parents' providential course. It is impossible for you to imagine the indescribable course that True Parents had to follow before proclaiming Foundation day in 2013. Do you realize what it was like for True Father when he had no other choice but to trust us with everything and depart for the spiritual world? If you are alone, you might invest moderate efforts. However, you have children; you have descendants. I hope you can all experience what True Parents felt. You need to understand what a precious time this is. (2013.09.23, Cheon Jeong Gung)​

True Mother said that she wanted all those who attended the Top Gun workshop at Cheong Pyeong to become historical figures and told them to become like Joshua and Caleb. 

True Mother said that just as Joshua and Caleb respected the first-generation Moses, inherited everything, and marched toward Canaan to capture Jericho in Canaan, the second generation (members) who attended the Top Gun workshop also need to become the proud central figures in the age of the 2nd Generation who have inherited 100 percent of True Parents' tradition 

In particular, True Mother said that all the 2nd generations should attend this Top Gun training and make sure they go through the Cheongpyeong workshop in order to rearm themselves with the Principle and provide an opportunity for a new start. 

True Mother said that as True Father embraced God's Will, youthful passion was an aspect about which he was careful. So True Mother encouraged them by mentioning that Top Gun participants should overcome and go forward with True Father’s slogan “Perfect his dominion over himself before wishing for dominion over the universe.” 

True Mother said, “Do you realize what it was like for True Father when he had no other choice but to trust us with everything and depart for the spiritual world? I hope you can all experience what True Parents felt.” 

True Mother asked us to know how much True Father in the spirit world wants us to do well, to understand True Father’s heart, and to march forward for God’s will. 

Yesterday True Mother gave an incredible announcement. She asked us to completely deny ourselves. She canceled the Cheon il guk leaders’ meeting and asked us to attend a 2-day workshop. I think we are going to have a very special workshop. We need to do a lot of jeongseong and prayer, and we need to really understand True Father’s wish to unite with True Mother.

​LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE

Again we are talking about the third blessing. Let’s study Father’s word

Become the Economic Base in Which Heaven ​and the Spirit World can Cooperate​

 <109-205> If you ask the Japanese members who makes it possible to make money, the answer will be the spirit world. Do you understand? 「Yes」In order to save the world, they are taking all of the economic responsibility and taking the lead while praying night and day, thus the spirit world co-operates. God and the spirit world co-operate, right? You have to become the economic base where the spirit world, God, and angels cooperate so that you can find the person who can be restored. ​

This is my personal experience. I went to Japan to experience economic restoration. Father mobilized all the South American National Messiahs to go to Korea (to Japan?) and help Japan. At the time I had a beautiful and incredible experience in Japan. 

The reason why God has no choice but to help the Japanese members restore economically despite various … conditions was to thoroughly help the providence of God and True Parents. That is the goal and motivation. I was so amazed by our dedicated Japanese brothers and sisters. Whenever Father ordered something, especially certain orders of financial restoration, how much they invested their heart! Sometimes I felt that they are living at the risk of their lives. They invested everything and followed True Parents’ direction. That is the reason the spiritual world had no other choice but to help them. 

Next was the heart of taking responsibility for the economy to save the world. Day and night (they worked). Spiritual world had no choice but to help them because they were working very hard. The Japanese family set a condition for sympathy in which God, the spiritual world and their ancestors had no choice but to work. 

… It was very clear. No. 1 was True Parents’ order. “This is God’s order. We need to fulfill this responsibility.” Secondly, this responsibility is economy (is) for the sake of the world. Their concept was very clear. That is why God had no choice but to help them. 

I came to know the problem was that it is difficult to connect people who work related to economic restoration to the will. Their focus is not on the restoration of the people but of the economy. It is also undeniable that the spirit is drying(?trying? drawing?) new members and is not interested in numbers. That was one of the Japanese members’ problems: they were so focused on the economy that they had no time to do witnessing. This was a serious issue. Japan also experienced that a remarkable revival would occur if they knew the law that if people focused on the restoration of people, the fortune of the restoration of all things would automatically follow. 

Yesterday and the day before yesterday I said that when we put the restoration of people first rather than the restoration of all things, that is the way you can automatically get heavenly material blessings. Many people do not know about this. If we restore people, they will also help God’s will and they will donate. If you increase the membership, economically everything will settle down. That is why the restoration of human beings is the answer. That can solve all the problems. 

In your family if you focus on what to eat, what to drink, what to wear, your physical necessities, more than on faith and on the restoration of each human being, then problems will occur. We need to know this point.

I was Born Through 3 Great Parents​

<298-304> I was born through 3 great parents. The first parents are the material world. God took out all the characteristics of the material world and created me as the center of substance. From this perspective, the material’s element itself is the ancestor which gave birth to me, and the material world is my extension. The universe is created in a way that this material can settle safely only through a position higher than love. All cells were made to exist freely only in the position higher than love. If there is anger, everything goes wrong. ​

<298-304> The second parents are the parents who gave birth to my body. However, no matter what, these parents cannot become the owner of love. They can become the owner of my life but they can’t become the owner of love. God is the owner of love. God exists in order to universalize and eternalize love. Because God is the subject of love, we must become parents centered on love. Therefore, God is our third parent. In this way, we have 3 great parents.​

True Father said that the first parents are all things, The second parents are the parents who gave birth to my body, and the third parent is God, who is the subject of eternal love.

However, when we realize that there are spiritual parents and True Parents who gave birth to us spiritually, we know that all human beings must live with their 5 great parents.

Then, do I serve all things like my parents? Rather than controlling all things, we should live with the mindset of serving all things like our parents.

Next, am I doing my best in front of my parents who gave birth to me physically? Am I really living with my parents as representatives of God and True Parents?

Third, are you really living a parent-child relationship with the eternal and invisible God? How much are you living experiencing God's sorrowful heart? 

Fourth, how is my relationship with my spiritual parent? Are your spiritual Parents really being heartistic Abels to you? 

Lastly, are you serving and loving True Parents more than anyone else? Are True Parents really eternal parents, eternal teachers, eternal owners, and king and queen to you?

We need to attend 5 parents. Normally when we think about all things, (we think), “Oh, I need to control (them).” Of course, control by true love. Control means what? Serving, loving and attending. That is the meaning of controlling.

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: A Life of Being Harmonious with Cain​

1. God's providence, which has been repeated over the long history of mankind, has failed a lot because of the discord between Cain and Abel in human relationships. At first, people join the church after hearing the word and being resurrected. However, for a certain period of time, people value their relationship with God as life and maintain their faith by believing in True Parents as their savior. From a personal point of view, the person may appear to be of good character and may have very good faith. With the motive and grace of being resurrected for the first time, the person lives with a thorough center of living by the will of God thoroughly. However, in the relationship between Cain and Abel, if people fail to impress Cain and insist on their own beliefs and claims, we can see many cases of failure in the relationship between Cain and Abel.​

Today I am talking about the life of being harmonious with Cain.

God's providence, which has been repeated over the long history of mankind, has failed a lot because of the discord between Cain and Abel in human relationships.

Looking at the central figures in God's providence, most of the foundations of faith, which are vertical relationships established in one-to-one relationships with God, were mostly successful. 

The foundation of faith in Adam’s and Noah’s family -- most central figures fulfilled the foundation of faith. However, most failed in the growth stage in the relationship between Cain and Abel. 

In the relationship between Cain and Abel, Abel failed to touch Cain’s heart, and Cain was arrogant towards Abel, so (in Cain-Abel relationships) there were more cases of failure. 

In this way, when faith strongly insists on its own claim, there are many cases of failure in the relationship between Cain and Abel.

The reason why the providence of history has been prolonged so far started with the discord in human relationships. Therefore, the person who is victorious in human relationships can be victorious in every way.

Why? We learn thoroughly through our central figures. In Adam’s family, why did they fail? Cain killed Abel. They failed in the growth stage. They needed to establish the foundation of substance but failed. In Noah’s family at the growth stage they failed. (There was) no unity among the brothers and between father and sons. In Abraham’s course, first of all he failed in the formation stage, but later on he overcame. Most Cain’s failed in the foundation of substance.

That is why we really need to know that human relationships between Cain and Abel are really incredibly important. Unity is really key to making progress in God’s providence. Unity between Cain and Able, between mind and body, between husband and wife. These are the keys to going forward in God’s providence. 

2. Even among those who say that I do not need money and worldly honor, and I live only by the word, there are cases in which they fail in their lives of faith because they don’t have a good relationship between Cain and Abel and cannot be respected in front of Cain. Moreover, if we want to do HTM, we need to know how to embrace and be harmonious with any Cain we meet. In order to influence unbelievers, we need to be a person who can be compassionate to them even when they are against us while doing HTM activities. A person who is anxious and offended by getting abusive language has no right to visit other people's houses. Those who do not have confidence in witnessing or are afraid of being persecuted need to first do fundraising and build up their foundation of faith.​

In our individual life of faith, we struggle to overcome self-denial in front of God, True Parents, and the will, but in the end, in the relationship between Cain and Abel, there are many cases of failure in our life of faith because Abel is not respected by Cain.

In any case, for Abel to love Cain, he must embrace Cain with his love and be at peace with him.

Even if he sees a weak point he can't possibly love, he should try to be compassionate, responsible and protective of the (person).

If there is no tolerant heart to embrace the other person's shortcomings and no compassionate heart, all relationships will fail.

That is why (we should) not just (look at) someone’s weak point. When we see someone’s weak point we need to think, “I will be responsible. I need to someday really help him. I want to color(?collar?control?) him so that he can be a better person.” 

Why do we lose our relationship with people? Because we are easily disappointed. When we see someone’s weak point and are very disappointed and do not want to relate with him any more, this is a problem. 

Look at Jesus. Jesus embraced his enemy, forgave his enemies, forgave the Israeli people. Can you imagine that?

Father forgave Kim Il Sung. That is why that kind of a tolerant and embracing heart is very important. If you do not have such a tolerant heart and embracing heart, that means your level of heart is very narrow. Those who cannot forgive someone, their heart is very narrow. They are easily disappointed. Their heart is very small. They cannot tolerate anyone. Their container of love is too small, too little. 

When you see someone’s shortcomings, you need to have a compassionate heart. With this kind of training, your heart is more and more cultivated and developing all the time. 

3. I have to try to see what kind of person I am through my neighbor. Am I really able to relate to other people? I really need to check whether I have the heart to subdue Cain. A person who has a heart that can subdue Cain is not easily offended or resisted. When we face persecution and opposition, we have a lot of heart to think about and feel sorry for God. Because God has lost His beloved children for 6,000 years, He has been unfairly (treated) and sorrow,ful but He never got angry. He has been beaten until this day. God solves God's resentment through the saints in the spirit world. The spirits that have been persecuted and unjustly beaten to death and died will come out and take revenge on God.​

I have to test to see what kind of person I am by loving my neighbor. Am I really able to relate to other people? I really need to check whether I have the heart to bring Cain to submission. 

In order to have a heart that can subjugate Cain, you have to keep trying to get close with people you do not like. If there is someone you want to keep away from or someone you are distant from, you have to deliberately go to them and try to get closer to them. However, most people try to avoid it when the relationship with the other person is not good.

Sometimes for me it is not easy. I don’t like someone; I don’t like to talk with that person; and I try to avoid (that person.) But Father’s solution is not to do that. If someone does not like you, purposely, willingly you need to go to that person and try to get close to that person. Otherwise how can you overcome your fallen nature? 

Everything is relationship. If you cannot overcome (in) some relationship, that is your limitation. That is why you (need to) put your heart (into) overcoming that. You need to love that person and take care of him. You need to listen to him and become closer, and then your level of heart is really upgraded.

If I don’t like someone, or someone does not like me, both sides, (then) you (need to) really invest your effort to embrace him and have a closer relationship. 

 If I hate someone or someone hates me, I have to realize that I still have a lot of fallen nature that I have to overcome, and I have to keep meeting (him) and live for his sake.

So, I have to live with the slogan of “Total love,” that I love and go to every single person, including my enemies, while living in this world. 

I really love the concept of “Total Love.” God loves each thing, each human being. It does not matter if you are good or bad. God’s heart is the heart of a parent. He loves everything without exception. That is why we call it total love. No one and no item is missing. Wow! That is why God is the champion of true love.

How can I do that. How can I really love someone like you? How can I love each item (among all) things? (It is) a beautiful slogan: “Total love!” Nobody is missing. I can even love my enemy. It is challenging, but we need to do it.

4. God cannot directly judge mankind. That is why it is done through angels and saints in the spirit world. Injustice is cleared through injustice. Now is the time to go to the stage of being harmonious in any situation in the field of life. This means that we need to fight well and win based on the motive of the faith that we were resurrected and moved by. Those who have won in life are those who have kept the motive of faith well. The fire of faith must not be extinguished. I need to be careful that the fire I am holding will be extinguished when I encounter many trials and storms. A candle lit today or a candle that has been lit for several years will be extinguished together when the wind blows. Therefore, we need to do our best to keep the motives of our faith.​

Most people fail when they are disappointed or hurt in a relationship.

Know that if you can’t be harmonious in a relationship, you can put out the fire of your first love that you (had when you) decided to come to the will. In relationships, we need to know that we will lose all of our relationship with God, our relationship with True Parents, and the grace we received through the Word.

Therefore, I have to always give and receive strength from heartistic Abel. When you are hurt and so disappointed, you need to have give and take with your heartistic Abel, who is living in a more successful human relationship than (I am).

If you don’t have an Abel figure, you are in danger. You can fail any time. You need to have your heartistic Abel with whom you can always have give and take. He is the one who gives you guidance and raises you. You need to have that kind of heartistic Abel.

5. When it comes to harmony, we need to have true values ​​at the center of our hearts through harmony, such as the problems of Cain and Abel, the problems between Blessed families, the relationship between church members, and the relationship with neighbors. However, the more you have this kind of center, the more people who try to shake it will always follow you. That is why it cannot be reassured. After the restoration through indemnity, we thought that there would be no such as Judas Iscariot, but there are still many Judas Iscariots around us. This does not mean that there are Judas Iscariots who are only malicious. Since I will be drawn in the direction of evil if I am not responsible due to my existence on the Archangel’s side, I should be always careful and focus on the life of being harmonious.​

Today I am talking about harmony in the relationship between Cain and Abel.

What we should focus on in our life of faith is the relationship between God and me, the Word and me, and the relationship between Abel and me in the formation stage.

The next step should focus on being in harmony in the relationship with Cain at the growth stage. In the end, the key is how to make harmony in a relationship without conflict.

That is why the Bible says that the peacemakers are blessed, and that he will soon be called the Son of God.

If I embrace Cain, know how to love, and bring him to submission, I will surely ascend to the position of Abel. If I do not embrace Cain, I need to know that he (will) act as Satan.

The best shortcut to get rid of fallen nature is to love someone you cannot love. That is why the Bible tells us to love even our enemies.​

​When I study this content, wow! Everybody can do the foundation of faith: love God, love True Parents, love God’s word. You can be inspired. But the important thing is, when you deal with reality, the relationship between mind and body is not so simple, right? Your body always subjugates you. Second, the relationship between Cain and Abel. It is not easy to win, to overcome. If we really overcome the Cain-Abel relationship, the Bible says, “You will be a peacemaker. You will be called God’s sons and daughters.” Wow! 

Also it is not easy to overcome the relationship between husband and wife. Everything is relationship: that between Cain and Abel, between husband and wife, between parents and children. Especially (what matters is) these four areas: the relationship between mind and body, between Cain and Abel, between husband and wife, and between parents and children. If we overcome (in) these four types of relationships, we can really become a peacemaker. You can become a champion of harmony.

Living Testimony​: I’m a Living Testimony that Anything is Possible

Today, Let's take the time to hear a living testimony of Ryota Naito’s CARP witnessing in Las Vegas. Let’s welcome him. Thank you very much. 

(Testimony by Ryota Naito, a second generation member from New Jersey about his experience witnessing in Las Vegas in CARP.)♦

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