Ep 485 - South and Central America Part 5
South & Central America 120-5-13-40 - February 22, 2022
(Response to sharing) I was really inspired by the American delegation which joined the world Summit. Each one of them was talking about religious freedom. They talked about God and supported True Mother’s ideal of the Heavenly Parent. It was really incredible, so beautiful!♦
I am excited every morning because our dear brothers and sisters are waiting for morning devotion. It is a beautiful online holy community model. We are offering our jeongseong, our utmost sincerity, towards God and our True Parents from early in the morning. I think God should bless North America and those who are listening and participating in this beautiful morning devotion. Our life begins from early morning devotion.
Today I’d like to talk about “South and Central America” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Fifty years ago, Korea was in a more difficult situation than Africa or other third-world countries are today because it was right after the Korean War. It was also the beginning time of our church, and most of the members were middle and high school students. Through them, True Father carried out the enlightenment movement in the rural areas and the New Community Movement. Moreover, knowing that the machinery industry would play an important role in Korea's joining the ranks of the advanced nations, he also focused on training many talented individuals in preparation for that day.
Today's Korea is not inferior to any other advanced country. What I mean is that, depending on the resolutions you make, Jamaica can also change. One person can move and change the world. True Father alone created the basis upon which the world can be changed; there are a great many people in the world who have been transformed into true olive trees through him, aren't there? There are many blessed families in this country as well. You are not alone.
True Mother said that one person can move and change the world. She also said that True Father alone created the basis upon which the world can be changed.
The power of one person is truly amazing. Due to the fault of one man, Adam, human history has flowed into misery, and the ancestors who have come so far and the entire human race living on the earth are suffering so much.
On the other hand, through the sacrifice of one man on the cross, all mankind received spiritual salvation.
Because of one person, True Father, God's 6,000-year history of work was restored through indemnity, and the way of salvation was opened to all humankind through the principles and blessings revealed by True Father.
Also, through True Mother, Cheon Il Guk was proclaimed and God's 6,000-year work came to an end. In this way, the power of one person can move and change the whole world.
How about you? Our subregional leader 1, or 2, 3, 4, 5, (through) your leadership (you) can change an entire subregion, an entire nation. One person can influence your tribe and nation and even the whole world.
Through history, we saw that the influence of one person on the entire nation determined the rise or fall of that nation.
Thanks to the leadership of Korean President Park, Korea has become a powerful nation today, and under the leadership of President Lincoln of the United States, slaves were freed, and the United States was protected as a nation.
We have been called by God to represent all mankind and the world on behalf of True Parents. We must know for certain that the power of one person in our blessed family can have a great impact on our people, our country, and the world.
The change of one person should be the beginning of the change of the family, the nation, and the world.
The reason God called me and called you and chose me and chose you was to save the world and mankind.
The time it takes to restore your country and your tribes to God's side is determined by your resolve. I looked upon this country and wondered why it could not be like Switzerland, when its natural environment is just as beautiful. When I went to Switzerland, I discovered that their ancestors had worked hard to make what they have today. While they were alive, the ancestors did not live in comfort; instead, they went through many difficulties for the sake of their descendants, and thus they created such a wonderful environment.
I also visited the Blue Mountains in this country, which are famous for their coffee, and they were so beautiful. Switzerland had to grow and prosper while observing neutrality because it is surrounded by powerful countries. Your country, on the other hand, does not have such restrictions. You can make your country beautiful and prosperous through your own decisions, and yet you did not know that until now. I pray that you will cherish the hope that your country can become the number one nation in the world.(2006.08.04, Kingston, Jamaica)
The Bahamas, an island nation situated in the Caribbean Sea, in Central America, was the place where Columbus landed first when he discovered the new world in 1492. It was under the rule of Spain and then became a British colony, and gained independence in July 1973. The fact that we are holding the Universal Peace Federation Rally to Return to the Original Fatherland and Hometown in the Bahamas, which is made up of more than 700 islands, is truly a great blessing from God. Though it has been a long tour for me, I rejoiced in meeting people prepared for a long time by God in new places, and I finally arrived here in Nassau, Bahamas, on August 4, 2006. This was a tour for delivering this message and performing the marriage Blessing ceremony and the only way for the Bahamas to stand in front of God again is to receive these teachings and True Parents with a passionate heart. I hope that you will all work hard, so that the blessings of God can be with the Bahamas. (2006.08.05, Nassau, Bahamas)
True Mother’s speaking tour was for the whole world. True Mother was supposed to come to America last year. However, because of the Covid situation, she could not come to America. We are now expecting that she will come to America very soon.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 19 - Living For The Sake Of Others (Final)
Center of the Universe
● Considering the purpose of existence of the individual embodiments of truth that make up the material universe at different levels, we can surmise: energy exists in order to form particles, particles exist to form atoms, atoms to form molecules, molecules to form matter, and matter exists for the creation of all the individual entities in the universe.
● The activity of matter is for the purpose of constructing the universe.
● What is the purpose of the universe? What is its center?
> It is none other than human beings.
> This is why God, after creating human beings, commanded them to have dominion over the universe.
Human beings have dominion over the universe.
I repeat again and again, Father’s main philosophy is what? Living for the sake of others. It looks very simple, but it is a very powerful philosophy. If we really understand the meaning of living for the sake of others and practice it, this is the way to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth and in heaven.
Let’s study more in detail from our Father’s word.
The Kingdom of Heaven is the Place of Living for the Sake of Others
<121-127> Jesus said that your family members are your enemy and that anybody who loves their mother-in-law, father-in-law, wife and children more than Jesus are not worthy of him, and that they cannot become Jesus’ disciple. He gave that ultimatum. Only when you can go beyond that, can a path be opened where you can become the citizens of the kingdom of heaven. Thus, the path and life of Unification Church members who embarked towards this ideal and world, is one of going in the opposite direction.
Matthew 10:36 says, “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” The reason God called me and you and chose me and you was to save the world and mankind.” Therefore, I must love the world and humanity more than my parents, more than my sons and daughters, more than our family and tribe.
When we love our own family, our own relatives, our own father and mother, our own children, we need to think that they are representatives of the world. When we relate to our own family members, (we should not) treat them just as our own family members. They are representatives of all humankind and the world.
Both the Bible and True Father said that we must go to a higher place in heaven. They said that the path to heaven is the path of living for the tribe over the family, living for the nation over the tribe, living for the world over the nation and living for God over the world.
But the world is the complete opposite. It thinks about the nation rather than the world, thinks about one’s own tribe rather than the nation, and thinks about one’s own family rather than the tribe.
The conclusion is that we have to step out to a position for the sake of the world, mankind, and God. Do I really love the world more than my nation? Or do I love my nation more than my family?
Day and night we need to think that God’s concept and True Parents’ concept of salvation is not just focused on the individual or family or the tribe and nation, God’s concept of salvation is total salvation, nobody missing. As long as we have the concept of total salvation, we can embrace any individual, family, tribe, nation and the whole world. We need to always think, “How can we treat all of humankind and the whole world as my own individual, as my own family, as my own tribe.” This is the kind of training we are doing.
If you intend to go on this path, there will be a time where you will face opposition on the individual, familial, tribal, people, national and global level. Furthermore, you must overcome the time when even the spirit world opposes you. Only when you go against and penetrate this path and rise to the top can a bridge be laid to this earth. That is why, Rev. Moon has continued this battle during the forty-years of his life to this day.
I am really thinking day and night how we can educate our future generations, second generation, third generation, our young generation. How can we educate and raise them for them to really serve all humankind and the whole world. They -- and we -- should not just think of America. How can we let them know their identity, their purpose and their vision? How to live for the sake of the world and all humankind?
Our entire North American membership and leadership, including Canada, need to think about how to serve the world and all humankind. We need to exist for the sake of the world. If everyone has this concept and raises our young people and sends them (out) to the world, I am telling you, we will truly realize the true meaning of our own identity as second generation, our third generation, our younger generation. We need to have a great vision, a dream. This kind of attitude and education is important for our young generation.
For whom is Rev. Moon doing this? It is for the sake of loving God and humankind. I abandoned my own parents, my wife and child. Those who loved the Unification Church were apt to be driven towards a path of suffering. I abandoned my nation and was determined to save the world even if it meant sacrificing the Republic of Korea. Otherwise, a bridge could not be laid on this traditional path. Why is this necessary? Without doing this, you will not be in tune with the other world when you go there. You would not be able to breathe. You would suffocate. Since I know about that world of eternal life…Life on earth is merely the life of a transient traveler. The world of the original hometown is an eternal world.
Recently I received a good report of GPA activity all over the world. They are so inspired! I am sure if we create the conditions for them to go (out) to the world and serve for the sake of the world, I think without exception they will be very inspired. So, (we should) let our second generation, third generation, our younger generation be inspired by serving the world and all humankind.
The object partner of God's love is not limited to any one individual, but love for the whole. Therefore, I must love all things that God created. Parents must have the heart of loving all things on behalf of God and loving all human beings without exception.
However, what is important here is the fact that sacrifice is always required for greater things. You cannot love your family without individual sacrifice, you cannot love your tribe without your family’s sacrifice, and you cannot love your nation without your tribe’s sacrifice. You cannot love the world without the sacrifice of your nation.
Where there is true love, there is true sacrifice. True love always requires sacrifice. Many people do not like the concept of sacrifice. However, without sacrifice how can parents raise their children from (the time of) giving birth. In giving birth to a baby, the mother has to go through incredible suffering and pain. Then (while) raising (children) from 0 years to 10 years to 20 years (and for their) entire life, parents need to pay a lot of attention to their children with incredible sacrifice. That is holy sacrifice. That is why you and I still survive. God is a loving God through a sacrificial way. Sacrifice has a great and profound meaning. True love always requires sacrifice. Without paying the price, you cannot obtain anything. That is why willingly, happily we need to pay the price, which is sacrifice.
Distinguishing Between Good and Evil People
<178-245> How do you distinguish between good and evil people? A person who lives more for the sake of others is the more good person. That is how you distinguish. Why? God is the original being that lives for the sake of others. Standing in a position closer to God is living more for the sake of others. Thus, when you view this from a position centering on God, you would evaluate it by saying that what is higher and lofty would have greater value, that a person who lives more for the sake of others would have value because he resembles God, because this person has value he becomes the central being, and because he has value he becomes the standard model for the whole.
Who is good and who is evil? From the Principled perspective, a person who lives more for the sake of others is good and a person who lives for their own sake is evil.
The person who lives for (others?) becomes the center, the master, and the Abel. Who in America cares, loves, and prays for America the most? If any American family loves, cares for, and prays for America more than Dr Yong, more than Dr. Jenkins, more than anyone else, he is the owner of America.
I really appreciate our True Father who gives such amazing guidance day and night, teaching us and raising us up. We have great True Parents. We have great teachers. We have great owners. They are our Father Moon and our Mother Moon. Let’s really appreciate our True Parents’ guidance and teaching.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Completion Stage of Faith
This is the final part of the three stages of growth.
1. Our final goal is to establish the foundation of faith and substance, for two virgins to receive the Blessing, enter the completion stage that even Adam and Eve could not reach, become a true couple, true parents, and create an ideal family. However, if you do not properly follow in principle the official course of the foundations of faith and substance, in other words, the servant level and adopted son level, you will face many difficulties after starting a family. Before starting a family, you have to live by examining whether or not you are restored to the adopted son level beyond the servant level. How can we know that? It can be seen from the fact that you go beyond your own worries and worry about the Will and about the overall situation of the church. You can also see by how much Cain respects you when witnessing to them.
The formation stage, the servant level, is the period of establishing the foundation of faith. The growth stage, the adopted son level, is the period of establishing the foundation of substance. The completion stage, the level of realizing the husband and wife and completing the family, is the period of establishing the foundation of the heart.
When the couple is realized and enters the completion stage, there is no longer any more practice and training. Therefore, if you start family life without properly establishing the foundation of faith and foundation of substance, conflicts will arise between the couple and you will experience unimaginable difficulties. Therefore, in the formation stage, you must go through the steps of liquidating the servant’s nature, and in the growth stage, you can get closer to the position of your parents with a sense of ownership.
When we learn from Part Two of the Divine Principle, we are talking about the formation stage and growth stage, the foundation of faith and foundation of substance. This course is not only for our central figures. This is our official course to break through without exception. That is why before you start family, you need very thorough training when you are in the formation and growth stages. Once you receive the blessing and enter the completion stage, there is no more practice, no more training course.
That’s why … struggling after receiving the Blessing means your training before the Blessing was not so great. You did not overcome the nature of the servant. You did not have a beautiful relationship with your Abel and Cain. You did not overcome your fallen nature. You did not have the proper training and then just started family.
(As a result) there are all kinds of conflict and difficulties between husband and wife. You struggle and struggle with each other. What is the point? That means you did not properly go through the foundation of faith and foundation of substance. If you practice properly, then when you enter the completion stage, it is much better. Why are you struggling so much? It is because you did not go properly through the official course which is the foundation of faith and the foundation of substance.
Therefore, establishing the foundation of faith and the foundation of substance is the public course that everyone needs to follow; so all preparations are necessary before starting family.
2. If you see that someone from Cain's side thinks of you as Abel and testifies that you are a resurrected person, you can see that you are already in the adopted son level. Also, you can tell when you check how you express your emotions as you go the course of faith. You can tell by looking at whether you get angry easily, or if you tolerate well and think from the other person's viewpoint. You can tell through your dreams. You can tell if you are still dreaming of adultery or are unable to get out of a bad environment. And when you encounter certain trials and tribulations, your true identity is revealed by looking at the expression of your fallen nature. It's easy to tell if you’re a servant or an adopted son.
At the formation stage, you must receive recognition from Abel as the level of servant. You must have proof of their trust and praise with them saying, “You are a very loyal servant. I'm really impressed with your loyalty.”
You need to be recognized by your Abel. At the growth stage, you need evidence from Cain, who follows me, follows you, saying, “You are a really good Abel;” “You look like my God. I love you more than my own parents, more than my family members. I have never seen such a person. You are truly my Abel.” You need to be recognized by your Cain; then you are already in the stage of growth.
At the completion stage, you must receive recognition from your spouse, recognition from your parents who say that you are a great filial son or daughter, and recognition from your children who say, “My parents are truly like God.”
This is the completion stage.
3. In this way, on our path of faith we go through a lot of training and enter the stage where we need to realize a true family. But that’s really difficult. After a couple forms a family, they should respect each other, centering on the absolute value of God. A husband must regard his wife as Heaven, and a wife must regard her husband as Heaven. The family is the foundation for realizing God's four great loves (parental love, conjugal love, sibling’s love, and children's love). However, being blessed does not mean that God's love will be realized. A couple's true love cannot be established by focusing on past fallen natures and habits. Just as rubber does not conduct electricity, there is no way for love to work in an unprincipled position. Love works only when we treat each other as precious as God.
The completion stage that a couple enters after receiving the Blessing is the course of the original creation, which Adam and Eve were not able to go through. There is no course of restoration greater than this.
The completion stage is the course of the cross where I take responsibility for my parents, my spouse, my siblings, and my children.
At this stage of completion, even the central figures of the past cannot be our model, Because nobody has entered the completion stage. Therefore, only True Parents are our model.
4. If values are different even between married spouses, love will not work. Even spouses with different values become enemies. Fallen couples fight because their values are different. Therefore, fallen people must renew themselves through the process of resurrection of dying and being born again. Secular couples try to exchange love centered on physical love. However, the path to true love is possible only when we are resurrected as original human beings centered on God’s heart, not physical love. Married couples are the fruit of the Word. Until now, the reason why many couples have conflicts after marriage is that the Word is not in their hearts. Couples will not love each other if they do not become people of the Word. If values are different, the heart will not get through to each other. Therefore, those who live with the Word centered on the spirit mind cannot sin.
The reason couples fight is because their values are different. Even though they heard the Principle and received the Blessing, their degree of understanding the Word is completely different. Therefore, in order to become an ideal couple, a couple should give life to the Word, always try to live centered on the Word, and strive to become one, centering on the word.
A couple without the word has no way to overcome any conflicts that arise. When we become one through the Word, exchange of love is possible and our values become the same.
That’s why as a husband … you try to adjust how we can have the same mindset and same attitude centering on the word. Even though we listen to the Divine Principle, everyone has a different degree of understanding the Divine Principle. That is why we need to study in a deeper way. Then husband and wife become closer to each other and find a common base centered on God’s word. God’s heart has to be my heart. True Parents’ heart should be the same as my heart. Then automatically the husband and wife should have the same heart, same concept, same principle, same attitude.
Why is there a difference? Because of there is a different understanding. The degree of God’s word is very different. That is why they fight each other. Even though we believe in True Parents, even though we understand and study the Divine Principle, we have a different understanding.
How (can we) cultivate our heart? Through God’s word. If a husband and wife do not study God’s word, I am telling you, they will be unable to unite eternally. Through only external effort, there is a limitation. How (can we) unite? Not just centering on unity, unity, unity. But centering on the word, the truth. This is the only way to unite with somebody -- unite with your children, unite with your spouse, unite with God, unite with True Parents. (It is through) centering on the word.
If the husband studies God’s word very well, but the wife is not so concerned about God’s word, then it (will take) a long time.(?)
5. Unless our inner person is resurrected through the Word, atonement cannot be made. In that sense, the Unification Church has a very high standard of values for married couples. Just as a child who is filial to their parents cannot cause their parents to worry, a couple who has a heart of filial piety to God cannot sin. Sin is something that cannot be done under normal circumstances. Sin is committed when a certain force enters from the outside. Conversely, if you center on your spirit mind and receive the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God, you will do good things and become a good couple. No matter what external force invades you, if you are armed with the Word of God and live your life centered on your spirit mind, you can defeat it. Therefore, it is a matter of which side you establish a relative standard with.
6. In our course of faith, we need to lay a good foundation in the path of the servant and path of the adopted son, so that we can enter the world of the heart, God’s realm of completion, as a married couple. If there is no love in the family, it will collapse like building a house on a sandy beach. In establishing the foundation of faith and the foundation of substance, we must cultivate our spirit mind in the Cain-Abel relationship. Therefore, it is a course that must be taken while growing well with a higher standard than believers in the past.
The completion stage is the path of love and the path of the heart. Therefore, husband and wife should work tirelessly for each other to experience the heart of God and True Parents.
As mentioned in the Family Pledge, the course of becoming like God by experiencing the 4 Great Realms of Heart and the 3 Great Kingships is the course of completion.
Wow! I shared so many things. I don’t know what else to share! Already True Parents have taught us all the details thoroughly, right? Then let’s practice -- including me and you. That is the only way we will understand more about God’s will.♦
(Response to sharing) Normal marriages and our Blessed marriages are completely different. If at least we distinguish such differences between outside marriage and our church marriage, then that is already a great point.♦
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