Ep 862 - The Path of Life for All Humankind Part 3
The Path of Life for All Humankind - March 6, 2023
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Kyungmi Chan Ganbatte
Key Points
When we experience true love we become a radiant being born into a universe of love, welcomed by all with the capability of relating equally with any being, large or small, and perceiving the creation in depth, a person for whom all doors are open.
There is no freedom that deviates from the Principle.
Freedom requires order, purpose, and direction centered on the will.
We can enjoy freedom if we live a principled life of prayer and gratitude with absolute faith, love and obedience according to our original nature.
We should fulfill the three blessings and liberate God.
Fundraising is an exercise to restore all things and our hearts through all things which, because they did not fall, are on a higher spiritual level than fallen man.
Those who buy these products of love bring heaven’s blessings to themselves and their families.
The task of the fundraiser is to touch the hearts of potential donors and to confer those blessings.
We should start by greeting people with a very warm and joyful smile with the heart to give them blessings and to “open the doors to their heart.”
The persecution we receive fund-raising provides an opportunity for us to experience the persecution our True Parents received and the challenge our parents had to make money.
Rather than trying to make money, we should try to restore love through hardships.
Fund-raising is for the restoration of all things. It is training ourself to restore our heart through all things.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files.♦
Today I’d like to talk about “The Path of Life for All Humankind” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between February 23 and April 16 at True Family Values Movement hoondok rallies for the study of True Parents' words in Japan and the United States.>
Love is the only power that can bring all beings into a state of mutual attraction. Here, love refers to true love, which every being in the entire universe welcomes. True love is the type of love that is publicly endorsed by God, the angelic world, things of creation and all people. If we were to cover the entire universe with a blanket of love, no being would want to crawl out from under that blanket. From this perspective, it is clear that the creation of the universe and life itself originated from true love.
When human beings reach the state of consciousness in which they are able to love the universe, all the doors of the universe open to them. For example, I am just a tiny being occupying this space right here. However, centered on love, I can have a reciprocal relationship with a being of any size or magnitude. Let us say that God is an extremely lar ge being. Then by the power of love, I can rise to a position reciprocal to that of the Absolute God. This is possible because love is an attribute of God.
Thus, a person who recognizes and keeps God's covenant of love can enjoy freedom anywhere in the universe. A person who is intoxicated with God's love can examine a single grain of sand for a thousand years without ever being bored. Such a person will see light radiating from his or her own hand. When lying alone at night, a person feels as if he or she is lying on a golden bed and radiating golden light. This may sound unbelievable, yet it is true. If you reach this state, you can stand on a hilltop and feel that all creation is cheering to welcome you. Have you ever experienced this?
The thought that we are born into a universe of love not only gives us a feeling of infinite happiness, it also makes us want to proclaim to the world, “Hey, look at me!” God was working in the laboratory, and made the most ideal, most sensational discovery: that discovery is each one of us.
Phenomena That Happen When we Reach the State of Experiencing True Love
1. I will experience all the doors of the universe open to me.
2. Centering on love, I will feel that I have a joint, common, and equal reciprocal relationship with a being of any size or magnitude.
2. I can examine a single grain of sand for a thousand years without ever being bored.
3. I will see light radiating from my own hand.
4. When lying alone in the dark night, I feel as if I am lying on a golden bed and radiating golden light.
5. I can stand on a hilltop and feel that all creation is cheering to welcome me.
6. The thought that we are born into a universe of love not only gives us a feeling of infinite happiness, it also makes us want to proclaim to the world, “Hey, look at me!”
When can we reach this kind of level? Father had this kind of experience all the time.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 26: The Meaning of Freedom from the Viewpoint of the Principle #1
Freedom and the Human Fall
• What is the meaning of true freedom? In light of the Principle, three characteristics of freedom stand out. First, there is no freedom outside the Principle.
• Freedom requires both free will and the free actions pursuant to that will.
• Free will and free actions have the relationship of internal nature and external form, and perfect freedom is achieved when they are in harmony.
• Therefore, there cannot be any free action without free will, nor can free will be complete without free actions to accompany it.
Free actions are generated by free will, and free will is an expression of the mind.
The mind of an original, sinless person cannot operate outside of God’s words, that is, the Principle.
It will never express free will or generate free action apart from the Principle.
Undoubtedly, freedom of a true person never deviates from the Principle.
There is no freedom without responsibility.
Human beings, created according to the Principle, can reach perfection only by fulfilling their responsibility based on their free will.
Accordingly, a person pursuing the purpose of creation as prompted by his free will ceaselessly strives to carry out his portion of responsibility.
There is no freedom without responsibility.
There is no freedom without accomplishment.
When human beings exercise freedom and carry out their responsibility, they strive to accomplish results which complete the purpose of creation and bring joy to God.
Free will ceaselessly pursues concrete results through free actions.
Let’s study Father’s word.
Freedom Cannot Deviate From the Principle, the Direction and the Purpose
<111-247> How did you view the providence? You viewed it as you like. You didn’t care the world and the center. You were lunatics, living lunatics. You were insane in the past. Is it freedom that a man and a woman live together? “No” Freedom means to be united and turn centering on the axis. That is freedom. You have to know it. Where is freedom? Freedom that you do as you like is the destruction. There is no freedom that deviates from the Principle without the direction and the concept of the purpose. You have to know the fact that you cannot deviate from the Principle, the direction and the purpose. In such a place, freedom can exist.
Order is Needed for Freedom
<112-72> Everybody says about freedom. You may say, “Why is order needed for freedom?” Order is needed for freedom. First order has to be established. Then freedom should be under order. You have to know it. Without the Principle and order, there is no freedom. Therefore, if the partner is your parent, there has to be order to your parent. There should be order to your partner.
We have to remain faithful by laws, and freedom can exist in the ideal through the law, not in the position without regulations by the law. All of you may say, “I will do whatever I want. I don’t care my parents. I don’t care my teachers. I don’t care my country. I don’t care my school. I don’t care anything. I have no concerns” However, you cannot do that. Do you understand what I’m saying?
Deviating from the Principle and doing as we like is not freedom but destruction.
There is no freedom that deviates from the Principle without the direction centered on the Will and the concept of purpose.
Order is absolutely needed for freedom. First order has to be established. Then freedom should be under order.
Even in the family, there is order to our parents, and if we’re a couple, there is order to our partner. Like so, everything must be regulated by the heavenly laws. Deviating from the heavenly law and doing as we like is not freedom.
Freedom and Responsibility
1. Live a life according to the original mind. Then we will enjoy freedom.
Whenever we follow our original mind, our conscience, we can feel incredible joy and freedom.
2. If we live a life according to the evil mind, we will lose freedom. Therefore, we should not commit a sin. If we commit a sin we will lose freedom and will be enslaved by Satan.
When there is sin, there is no freedom. (We are) completely controlled by Satan. (We should) not commit sin.
3. We can feel true freedom only when we pray and are grateful.
Where there is gratitude, our heart is really free. We can relate to anyone; we can relate to God. That is why we always need to have a prayerful, grateful and joyful heart. We know when we (maintain) that kind of heart, we can feel freedom.
4. God cannot enjoy freedom in the realm of evil dominion. Only in the realm of Principle can He enjoy freedom. This is why He couldn’t intervene in the Fall of human beings.
God cannot deal with evil things at all. He cannot intervene. He can only intervene in good things and good conditions. In th e realm of evil conditions, the realm of evil dominion, God cannot do anything because evil does not belong to God. That is why God could not intervene in the fall of human beings.
5. Only when I am in the realm of Principle, can God freely help me.
That is why we need to create that kind of environment, that kind of realm of the principle. Then God can fully intervene and can help us.
For God, being in the realm of the Fall as if He is in the middle of hell.
Under Satan’s realm he cannot do anything. He can only show his power in the realm of the Principle.
6. The reason why God endowed humankind with freedom is in order for them to fulfill the three blessings, that is, the purpose of creation.
7. There is freedom only in absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute obedience centered on God.
8. The responsibility of humankind is “Let God be free!!!”
When we fulfill our portion of responsibility, when we realize true love, God can freely intervene. He can come down to us any time and we can be together.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Fundraising is Training to Restore the Heart
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Convey Heaven’s Blessings Through Fundraising Products
1. Fundraising is exercise to love all things, and at the same time, it is exercise to restore my heart. The fundraising products we sell to people of the world are products of blessings that Heaven gives to them. With these fundraising products as a medium, heavenly fortune will come to those people, which can connect them to God and True Parents. Fundraising will do the work of Heaven to connect blessings to them through these fundraising products. Even though it is a very small condition, whoever buys these fundraising products of love will find blessings coming to their individual and family. That is why in fundraising, you should not just try to sell things. Before selling things, if you think about how to connect others to Heaven’s blessings, their ancestors will welcome you. Also, one who conveys blessings also needs to first think about how to touch those people’s hearts. If the other person is simply touched, they will buy things.
Fundraising is exercise to love all things, and at the same time, it is exercise to restore our heart. Since human beings fell to an inferior position to all things due to the fall, we must restore our hearts through all things.
We need to think that the fundraising products we sell to people of the world are products of blessings that Heaven gives to them. With these fundraising products as a medium, heavenly fortune will come to those people, which can connect them to God and True Parents. Therefore, people who buy fundraising products from our members create a condition to receive heavenly fortune.
We need to set up the condition “Anyone who buys my fund-raising products, which are blessing products, surely they will receive heavenly fortune.” We need to have absolute conviction and faith when we sell heavenly products that anyone who buys them has a condition to receive heavenly fortune because we are representatives of God and True Parents. That is why all the spiritual world ancestors really welcome us.
Even though it is a very small condition, whoever buys these fundraising products of love will find blessings coming to their individual and family. That is why we should not just think of fundraising as selling things and making money.
Before selling things, if we think about how to connect others to Heaven’s blessings, their ancestors will welcome us. That is why one who delivers items of all things need to do so with clear belief and absolute conviction that they are giving heaven’s blessings.
However, since secular people are not prepared to receive blessings, we must first think about how to touch their hearts. If the other person is simply touched, the doors to their heart will open and they will surely buy things.
When I was very young on my way to the fundraising area, I really prayed, “Anyone who buys my fund-raising products, which are blessing products, please mobilize their ancestors to welcome me and buy. I am not just selling some small products to them. I have become a mediator between God and them.”
Once a lady told me, “Last night I saw you. You came to my home.” Such phenomena happen.
That is why before going fund-raising we need to pray a lot: “Heavenly Father, I am conveying heavenly blessing to the people.” We need to have such conviction. When can these outside people (ever) meet Godly people? We are the representatives of God. In their whole life sometimes they can meet us, sometimes they cannot. We are so precious. We are delivering and conveying God’s blessing to them.
The Purpose of Doing Fundraising
2. The purpose of fundraising is not to sell the products I have but to convey God’s blessings to people. To be good at fundraising, you must first be good at greeting. First greet the person with a very warm and joyful smile and say, “Hello, may the peace of God be upon your family.” If you greet them warmly like this, the person will rather comfort you, “Oh my, it’s so cold but you’re working hard. How may I help you?” Then, if you say, “All my life, I’ve lived immaturely, just receiving money from my parents, but now, I’m out here fundraising to experience my parents’ hardships and efforts on how difficult it is to make money,” there will be someone who will be moved. There will be cases when one of those people will say, “I also have a child at home. I hope they will grow up like you. My child couldn’t do that.”
To be good at fundraising, we must start by greeting people well so that we can open the doors to their heart. First greet the person with a very warm and joyful smile and say, “Hello, may the peace of God be upon your family.”
We need to always show always show... a smiling and joyful face. If we have a serious face, how can we sell heavenly blessing products? When we give a gift of the blessing products, we need to have joyful heart with a big smile – even though they persecute us, insult us and treat us all kinds of ways. We need to maintain our smile and our warm heart, not (conforming) to the situation. This is your righteous condition. “No matter what, I am going to keep on smiling with a joyful, warm heart.”
If I greet them warmly with the heart to give them blessings, there will be times when they will rather comfort me. We need to know that this is conveying Heaven’s blessings to them and at the same time, it is training to restore our heart. We must study how to convey our sincerity
Even though we have heavenly products, our personal responsibility, even though someone opposes us, is how we can convince them and move them. This is our portion of responsibility. And, when the other person is moved, how to open the doors to their heart.
In order to restore our heart, we have to be sincere also. If we say, “All my life, I’ve lived immaturely, just receiving money from my parents, but now, I’m out here fundraising to experience my parents’ hardships and efforts on how difficult it is to make money.”
This is true at our individual level.
In order to restore our heart, we need to experience hardship, our parents’ hardships, God’s hardships, True Parents’ hardships. There will be someone who will be moved if we show that kind of attitude.
Fundraising is Training to Restore the Heart
3. While doing fundraising, you might be rejected a lot and even be cursed at. On the contrary, some people will welcome you and buy from you. If you say that you came to experience how difficult it is to make money and how much your parents went through hardship to make money, there will be people who not only buy one product but several. In that case, how should you act? Then, if you say, “No, I’ll leave just one product with you. I’m not trying to sell a lot of these products. I cannot do that because if I sell a lot all at once, I’ll think that making money was easy,” how would that person take that? Do not do that conditionally but you must do so sincerely. All things are the substances of love. The purpose is to restore my heart through fundraising. Fundraising is training to restore my heart through hardships. Making money means restoring my heart. So, in order to make money, that is, love, you must invest your heart. Therefore, rather than trying to make money, restoring love through hardships is fundraising.
While doing fundraising, we might be rejected a lot and even be cursed at. But as we are rejected and cursed at by people, we will experience how many righteous people in history so far have suffered much injustice while doing the right thing.
We need to have a grateful heart as we think about how we can have good experiences of how True Parents came to this earth as righteous people and how much persecution, opposition, and suffering they have faced.
Fundraising is training to restore the heart. Therefore, we also need to experience how difficult it really is to make money and how hard our parents struggled to make money.
If we go around for the sake of training to restore our heart, we will experience many things. If we think that the purpose of fundraising is to make money, there might be external results, but there will be nothing that becomes a plus to our spirit.
Since fundraising is the course to train ourself, going through hardships is the purpose. Therefore, we must voluntarily take the path of penance. So, if someone tries to buy many of our products, we should not be happy but just leave them with one only.
This is because the purpose of our fundraising training is not to bring substantial results but to train ourself through hardships. If we just sell things easily, we might think of everything as easy. We should not do these things conditionally but try doing so sincerely. Then, we will train ourself to restore our heart through all things.
We should not think of making money as simply making money but think that it is something to restore our heart. To receive money, that is, love, we must invest our heart. Therefore, rather than trying to make money, trying to restore love through hardships is the restoration of all things.
This guidance may not relate to senior people, but many young people who are listening are doing fundraising. That is why I want to share (about our) attitude (while) fund-raising.
(Testimony Kyungmi Chan Ganbatte, First year on GPA, Leida, Paraguay)♦
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