Ep 491 - Establish Heaven's Tradition Part 2
Establish Heaven’s Tradition 126-11-13-40 - February 28, 2022
Yesterday I attended a Sunday church service in Manhattan. I was very happy to see my family members after a long time. I was moved by Miilhan's passionate sermon and the warm atmosphere of the family.
Our Japanese choir team gave a beautiful presentation of holy songs. I delivered some gifts from True Mother to the Joseph’s(?) couple and to Miilhan’s couple.
Today I’d like to talk about “Establish Heaven’s Tradition” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Before True Father passed away, as soon as he got out of the car he would say, “Omma, I want this to be done here. It would be nice to have a path like this. It would be good if you could do that.” He was preparing to pass away and was making all these requests to me. I never go down this road here without a care. Within the next 20 years, I must accomplish all the things that True Father could not realize and do all the things that True Father wanted to do. I have a lot of weight to carry. The path to establishing the tradition and order internally and externally is urgent. We have to quickly show the world that the Unification Church is alive and well and growing continuously. We must have people seek us out on their own. It is also important that you witness and make an effort. People should see the results of the providence and their hearts should guide them so that they think, “This is the place where I will pour out my heart until the very end.” In this era, it is necessary to ensure that groups can come seeking for us on their own and then be connected. We cannot postpone this further. I will keep moving forward. (2012.10.01, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Mother’s Determination After True Father’s Seonghwa
1. Within the twenty years True Mother is on this earth, she must fulfill the things True Father could not accomplish or wanted to accomplish.
After True Father’s Seunghwa True Mother planned the first, second and third seven year courses. We must become one with True Mother so that all the things that True Mother is planning within the next 12 years can be accomplished.
2. We must hurry to establish both the internal and external eternal order and tradition of the Unification Movement.
Mother is working on all the systems one by one in order for the Unification Movement to last forever. She is settling everything one by one. Then all humankind and our descendants will absolutely follow the tradition of heaven.
3. We must show that the Unification Church is still alive and continues to grow and develop before the people of the world as soon as possible.
From now on we are in an era that shows the life and growth of the church and of blessed families based on the victorious expectations of True Parents. The world is now well aware of the greatness of True Parents and of our goals.
4. We need to see the substantial results of the Unification Church and make the people of the world come to us on their own.
Through the Unification movement and the lives of our blessed families we need to show that God is truly alive and working.
5. Seeing the substantial results of the providence accomplished by True Mother, the mind should guide them to come and say, “This is the last place I have to put my body!”
The last achievement is the unification of the Korean Peninsula and the building of Cheon Il Guk at a substantially national level. That should be our final and substantial result. That is why True Mother is seriously focused on the reunification of North and South Korea.
Centering on the Korean peninsula, there are powerful nations (involved) and many things are going on. We need to look at (this situation) based on God’s providential point of view.
Establish Heaven's Tradition
As people who are responsible in each field, you have received a lot of love from True Father compared to the Unification Church members worldwide. I think all this time you have heard many words of love. You cannot measure the value and gravity of that. Think about yourself. Do you think that you were able to fully carry out even one command fully? I think it's good to hold meetings, listen to the Word and redetermine yourself but from now on, you must bring and show your results to True Father. (1984.07.22, East Garden)
Up until now, we have received a lot of love from True Parents and have heard many words.
Can you imagine 2,000 years ago Jesus' disciples heard many words from Jesus? We cannot compare (this) to our True Parents. True Parents have directly guided us and have shown us an exemplary life. Now True Parents are delivering their word every morning.
Heavenly Parent and True Parents guide us every morning through Morning Devotion. Who in human history have received this much guidance, this much love? Now the only thing remaining is what? How can we really practice (what we have learned)? How can we produce results? We cannot accuse (anyone) any more: “We did not receive True Parents’ guidance or love. We were not recognized by True Parents.” We cannot say such things any more. How much our True Parents poured out their word!
Therefore, now is the time when we need substantial results of putting True Parents' love into practice so that all humankind can follow God.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 22 - A Lifestyle Based on Dual Purposes
Let’s study EDP content first. This content today very much relates to our current situation.
Dual Purposes
• All entities have dual purposes.
• Every entity has dual centers of movement, one of internal nature and another of external form. These centers pursue corresponding purposes-for the sake of the whole and for the sake of the individual-whose relationship is the same as that between internal nature and external form.
• These dual purposes relate to each other as cause and result, internal and external, and subject partner and object partner.
• Hence, there cannot be any individual purpose which does not support the whole purpose, nor can there be any whole purpose that does not guarantee the interests of the individual.
Based on this content of EDP, let’s study True Father’s words directly.
<19-299> There is a purpose of the body and purpose of the mind within a human being. Then which is the greater purpose? Which should be fulfilled before the other? The purpose of the mind should be fulfilled first. When an individual has a smaller purpose and larger purpose, if he pursues the larger purpose by abandoning the smaller purpose, plus elements shall be created which also benefits the smaller purpose while fulfilling the greater purpose.
We must realize for sure that if our life is centered on the whole purpose, it will surely bring a plus to the individual purpose.
Therefore, you need to always put the whole purpose first, so that you can live a life (through which) God works.
<19-299> There is a purpose that we must fulfill from the time of our birth. Human beings exist with dual purposes—one for the whole and one for his own individual. If a nation attempts to conquer, economically plunder and enslave another nation for its own interest, in other words, if it behaves in an imperialistic way, that nation will surely perish within the global realm of fortune. If the power nations like the United States and England violate this principle, their wealth and power which they built up after hundreds of years of hardships will disappear like bubbles overnight. If the Republic of Korea wishes to remain in the course of history, it, too, should not deviate from this principle.
This is a powerful warning to us.
If a nation attempts to conquer, economically plunder and enslave another nation for its own interest, that nation will surely perish within the global realm of fortune.
If the powerful nations of the world violate this principle, their wealth and power which they built up after hundreds of years of hardships will disappear like bubbles overnight.
Any individual or country must always live centered on dual purposes. If a country always lives for a greater whole first, then that country will automatically become rich and protected by heaven.
If we, the United States, are truly centered on the whole purpose, protect the world, and help the weaker countries, we will become the center of the world and receive the protection of heaven.
However, if the United States or powerful nations live only for itself, and rather tries to invade and loot other countries, it will surely go down the road of defeat.
We need to understand all the circumstances that are currently taking place in the world through True Father's words.
This is an absolute principle. Anyone who violates this universal principle has no future. Really True Father’s guidance is timely.
The Individual Should Go the Path of Sacrificing Itself for the Purpose of the Whole
<19-300> The fortunes of the individual should be sacrificed for the fortunes of the family and the fortunes of the family for the fortunes of the tribe. In other words, the individual should be absorbed into the family, the family into the tribe, the tribe into the people, and the people into the nation. If that nation can stand independent before the world, it will not be able to exist forever. However, if it can become a nation and people who live for the sake of the world, it can exist for eternity.
When a nation becomes a nation and people who live for the sake of the world, it can exist for eternity.
To live for the whole means that the whole is not a family, nor a tribe, nor a country. The limit of the word whole is the world, the universe, and God.
We need to understand what Father is talking about (when he says) whole, whole purpose, entire purpose. What does it mean? It is not centering on the individual, on the nation, not centering on other things. Whole means what? Whole means for the sake of the world, of the universe, of God.
Based on this principle, the ultimate purpose of an individual is to live for the world, the ultimate purpose of the family is for the world, and the ultimate purpose of the country is to live for the world.
Therefore, we must know for sure what the purpose for the whole is. In other words, to live for the whole means to live for the world.
That is why Father says if you just live for your family and die, you will need to come back and resurrect because your course still remains. You need to live for the sake of the nation and the world. If you just live for the sake of your nation and then die, you need to come back. Your remaining job is what? You need to live for the sake of the world.
Our final and automatic goal is what? You need to understand very clearly. You need to live for the sake of the world. One nation, one world, one family under God. There is no difference among colors or national boundaries -- all humankind together. This is beautiful.
Whole means what? Not just the individual, nation and tribe. It is the entire world.
We are the ones who are creating one family under God beyond the nation, beyond the continent, beyond race, beyond national boundaries.
We need to raise our children (to know) what world means. “Your stage is the world, not (just) your own nation.” We need to embrace all of humankind as our own brothers and sisters. They are our family members. This is beautiful guidance from True Parents.
When I encountered this concept of living for the sake of the world, it took a long time (for me) to understand why I needed to live for the sake of the world. Since I (came to understand) that concept and attitude, I have thought of the world day and night. America needs to exist for the sake of the world.
Our GPA needs to go out and serve for the sake of the world. We need to wake up our second generation for the sake of the world -- not only for America, Korea and Japan, but for the sake of the world. That is the purpose of the whole.
How can we raise our second generation, third generation, future generations based on this content? Then we will have the same concept as God and our True Parents. This is very important content.
I was born, live and die for the sake of the world. I do everything for the sake of the world. You may be focused on your current job. This is not only for America or Japan but for the sake of the world. That needs to be our concept all the time. We need to live for the sake of the world. Our sub-region needs to live for the sake of the world. (We as an) individual, our tribe, our family need to think for the sake of the world.
This is the same content as (that of) our True Parents. Since I realized this concept, my heart has become bigger. I would like to embrace the entire world. Wow!
How can we educate our younger generation based on this concept from our True Parents?
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Believer Who Must Choose One Path
1. If Rachel had gone to Leah’s house with Jacob and served her, how much strength would she have gained? If we were in the same position as Rachel, wouldn't most of us cover ourselves with a blanket and fall asleep? It is a habit of fallen descendants to become like this. When you joined the Unification Church, weren't there many people who had an adventure? Many people must have had an adventure after hearing the word of the Principle, and they would have realized something and gained a certain value. In the past in Japan, members heard the Principle through video and were deeply moved and gave their entire life and fortune. In this way, the path of faith is like an adventure. So, it is very difficult to take on an adventure, but after you do, you receive a lot of grace.
Faith is an adventure. Faith is a challenge. So why is faith an adventure and a challenge? It is believing that God is alive (and that) he definitely exists, believing that God works, and taking on challenges and adventures.
If God surely exists and is surely alive, then if your faith is that kind of absolute conviction, then everyone will try to challenge (themselves) because God is there, God is alive.
Therefore, it takes absolute faith in God to challenge and take risks. I need absolute faith that the universe protects me and God protects me if I live for the sake of others.
If we believe God’s Principle, God’s Divine Principle, there is God. Father said if you live for the sake of others, surely God will protect you. We need that kind of Principle and that kind of faith.
In order to be challenged and adventurous, you must completely shatter your old habits, your old self-centered thoughts and preconceived notions. When you completely deny yourself, unimaginable spiritual power comes from God.
Those who have had spiritual experiences, you know what I am talking about.
Had Rachel escaped the feeling of alienation and, on the contrary, dared to help Leah, she would surely have had the experience of meeting God. She would have received greater love from Jacob. And she would have shortened the period of her indemnity.
Has your life changed or not?
That depends on how much you believe in God. How much do you believe that God does exist? How much do you believe that God is alive? If you truly believe in God and truly accept that God is your parent and that He is alive, I am telling you, your entire life will be completely changed and you (will be able to) completely challenge your life of faith. Guaranteed if I live for the sake of others, God will protect me. I will never lose anything. That’s why a life of faith is a challenge, an adventure. If Rachel had really believed in God and had believed in the principle of living for the sake of others, she could have overcome many limitations. Wow!
That is why the power of faith is really amazing. If you really believe in God and really believe God is alive, your entire life will be a completely life-changing experience.
2. When you look at Rachel and Leah, From Rachel's point of view, she had only two options: to serve Leah or to complain and separate. Cain knew that God loved and blessed Abel. He knew that he should not be offended and that he should also love his own brother whom Heaven loved. But even though Cain knew it, he was jealous and offended. We also know this, yet we disbelieve and feel conflict. Not because I do not know, but because I know I do not want to obey.
The path of faith is an adventure in which one must choose one path. Gratitude or complaint? Which way will you choose?
In the end, no matter how difficult the situation, you have to choose between the two. It is a matter of gratitude or complaint.
We must know that the way of gratitude is the way of resurrection, life, and hope, but the way of complaining is regression, death, and despair.
Therefore, a wise person never complains or gets frustrated and takes the path of self-centeredness in any difficult situation.
Which way do you want to choose? There are only two ways: complaint or gratitude.
Are you a wise man? or a foolish man? If you are a wise man, you will choose a life of gratitude. If you are a foolish man, you will always complain and complain and be dissatisfied and easily (become) frustrated and easily angered. What comes after that? You lose everything.
Who is a wise man? You already know the outcome of complaints. Wise men never complain or become frustrated or take the path of self-centeredness in any situation.
Rachel complained and compared. In the end she really repented and met God and had a life-changing experience through meeting God and repentance. How much energy and time she wasted! Wow!
That’s why when we choose a path of gratitude, we save time. The course of our indemnity becomes shorter.
3. You must all know the people who are in the same position as Rachel in your life. If Rachel had been victorious in heart, she might have had children before Leah. Then, as Leah, the older sister, carried Rachel's children and supported Rachel, it might have become the providence of restoration through indemnity of Cain and Abel between sisters. However, when Rachel first received much love from her Jacob and then felt envy and jealousy from Leah, in reality, the course was reversed. Rachel, who did not return her love to Jacob, rather let Leah, who was of lower level of love, take control of her. When those of us who first came on the way of the Will become exhausted on the path of faith, when those who come later go out with enthusiasm, we do not encourage them, but rather ignore them, saying, ”I once did that, too.”
Jealousy is an insecurity. Jealousy comes from the fear that what one owns might be taken away by another.
Jealousy is a weakness. Jealousy comes from a lack of confidence. If the power of love is greater than anyone else and there is a heart for others, there is no jealousy. Feeling envy and jealousy of the other person proves that the other person has a better ability or ability to love than you.
If the other person is better than you, try to learn with genuine humility. And think that he is better than me, and treat him as my Abel.
Jealousy is an obsession. Jealousy comes from attachment to what one owns. One's own comes from an obsession that only one owns.(?) Therefore, it is necessary to go beyond the notion of possession as one's own.
If I envy and feel jealousy, my level of love will drop. The moment I envy and feel jealousy I am dominated by the other person.
That is why we really need to overcome this fallen nature.
4. Despite the fact that those of us who joined earlier should be grateful for receiving much love from God and return it, there are people who are left behind. There are always many trials for such a person. Although it is mentioned in the Old Testament, Jacob loved Rachel very much. He gave her much love and admired her. At that time, how pleased Jacob would have been if Rachel had not only received love from Jacob, but had given and received that love with Leah as well. If Jacob saw Rachel like that, he would be moved by her, and he must have valued her even more. Perhaps, he would have even thought of Rachel like his mother.
There is a saying in the Bible that the first is last, and the last is first. The reason that the first is last is that it is left behind. In other words, it's because you do not get the benefit of love.
For the first to be first, they must always serve and respect the last. Then the first will always be first. If the first moves the heart of the last, the first will always be ahead.
However, those who become first and have incredible expectations of those who come later, that kind of attitude really does not help at all.
5. There are always two paths in your life. It is our course to choose the right one between the two paths, be victorious, and return love. To be “victorious” means that doing all one can on the path they must go on and touching the subject’s heart and gaining their trust. The course we must take is that we must choose the inevitable path among the two paths. Therefore, we must become people who are trusted by anyone in our own portion of responsibility. In fact, if you give love to those around you, you will surely find someone who longs for you. Giving love like this will increase the number of people who long for you. That's the benefit of love.
There are two paths in our life course. Will I be a victor or a loser?
To become a victor, you must live a life that always moves Abel whom you serve. Therefore, it is necessary to gain trust from the subject partner.
In addition, he must always live with respect by moving those who follow him. In other words, I have to earn a lot of trust from those who follow me.
If you give love to those around you, someone who longs for you will surely appear.
If you give love to others like this, the number of people who yearn and long for you will surely increase. This can be seen as the benefit of love.
6. In our faith course, there will be a certain period of receiving love from Abel. At that time, as we feel grateful for the love that we receive first, we should go through the principled number three (3 years). On this foundation, I must also pass love to others. By giving that love to someone, I should make that person value that love more than the love I received. This is the responsibility of the person who receives love. After receiving the value of love bestowed from heaven, it must be practiced and multiplied to others. We need to know that this is the mission of the Messiah, the mediator of love.
I have to play the role of a mediator of love.
During the period of establishing the foundation of faith, I must receive a lot of love from my Abel.
Then I need to be recognized by Abel. The reason is that as much love as I received from Abel, I can return love to others.
Growing up, children should receive a lot of love from their parents. This is because a child who grows up with a lot of love from his parents can give to others as much as he has received.
The fundamental reason most people fail to give love is that they have never received love. They did not have that kind of example in their relationship with Abel.
Therefore, the period of building the foundation of faith is the period of receiving much love and trust from Abel.
In the foundation of substance, I have to return the love I received to Cain. Therefore, we must do well as a mediator, the Messiah, to return the love we received from Abel to others in the course of faith.
Today we learned such beautiful things from our True Parents’ guidance.♦
(Response to sharing about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine) That’s why we need to teach the Divine Principle, especially the main content: to live for the sake of others. If everyone understands living for the sake of others, then they cannot live centered on their own nation and their own self.♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words and guesses are tagged with a “(?)” and indecipherable phrases, with an ellipsis “ ...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken if the meaning is clear, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated. This text and the powerpoint slides from this speech are available as pdf files at the top of this text and at text.morndev.com & yong.hoondok.com. Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com.♦