Ep 863 - The Path of Life for All Humankind Part 4
The Path of Life for All Humankind - March 7, 2023
Key Points
Suicide is a worse sin than fornication.
Our body is God’s body; our mind is God’s mind.
Loving and protecting ourself as God’s mind and body are “acts of great goodness.”
Through jeongseong with utmost sincerity, the stimulation of God’s word, and good conditions, we can gain the strength from heaven to cope with stark reality, Satan’s accusations and physical desires.
While God is free in the principled realm, He has absolute faith in, love, and obedience to His principle of creation. So because he is not beyond the law, he is shackled in the unprincipled realm.
Because true love and freedom only exist in the realm of the Principle, we are not free to indulge in any love relationship that we like.
True freedom is different from self-indulgence.
Fundraising exposes the quality of our blood lineage – whether we are a person of gratitude or dissatisfaction.
The goal of fundraising is to cultivate our heart, not raise money.
We should pursue the essence (cultivation of heart) rather than external results (funds raised).
If we pursue that goal despite any hardship, then the results may be surprisingly good.
We should not seek to gain the sympathy of others humanistically like a beggar.
We should fundraise with the confident and proud heart that as God’s sons and daughters we are giving blessings to all of humankind on his behalf.
Therefore, we should not feel indebted to those who buy our products.
Our products are offerings that people are able to offer to heaven by buying them.
If we fundraise with the heart to offer a sacrifice and to bless them, people will be moved, and offerings (money) will automatically come from them.
Fundraising is the restoration of love and heart.
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 11 and May 29, 1999 at events promoting the Global Expansion of True Families in Japan, the United States and around the world.>
We are created in a position reciprocal to God's love. Therefore, any act of self-destruction is the greatest of sins. Conversely, loving and protecting oneself are acts of great goodness. That is why suicide, the act of self-destruction, is such a momentous violation of heart. Suicide contributes to the b reakdown of the universe. A person might be imprisoned and tortured to the point of vomiting blood. In that moment, if he or she feels God's love, that suffering becomes a key that opens the door to God's embrace with a love that penetrates to the marrow of his or her bones. A person who perceives his or her suffering in such a way is even able to face death with happiness.
By this example, we see that anyone who lives within the power of true love is a person of great strength. Even if someone were to offer this person a country or the world, he or she would not be swayed. Even Satan would be forced to surrender before such a person. Such an individual, called by God to represent all humankind centering on this cosmic love, would be the Messiah. Jesus came as that representative. We can never find this universal love without going through the Messiah. It is reasonable to say that all people on earth will have to follow the Messiah. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) The meaning of this would be clearer if the word love were added: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life, and the love; no one comes to the Father, but by me.”
When God created me, He created me as His child, a greater entity than God Himself. Therefore, I must treat myself as belonging to God. My body is God’s body, my mind is God’s mind.
Therefore, any act of self-destruction is the greatest of sins. Conversely, loving and protecting oneself are acts of great goodness. That is why suicide, the act of self-destruction, is such a momentous violation of heart. Suicide contributes to breakdown of the universe.
That is why if we go to the spirit world, suicide is treated as a greater sin than the sin of fornication. Committing suicide is an act equivalent to killing one’s own parents.
We should know that parents whose children commit suicide will forever be deeply hurt and live as sinners in front of their children forever. Therefore, the sin of suicide is the greatest of unfilial piety.
If we know that God is truly the God of love and (know) how much God loves each and every human being as His child, there would be no one who commits sins.
Even though we face many issues and problems, we need to overcome (them). We should not commit suicide.
A life of faith is (a life of) overcoming and challenging (ourself). We cannot overcome by ourself. We need to believe in God. We need to borrow strength and power from heaven through jeongseong. Without the utmost sincerity and jeongseong, we cannot borrow from heaven and the spiritual world and overcome our current reality. We cannot deal with Satan by ourself alone. That is why we need to get power through jeongseong. We need to get strength from the spiritual world and Heavenly Father through the channel of jeongseong.
Through the stimulation of God’s word we gain more power to control our body.
Those who commit suicide do not believe in God. They completely ignore God and their own parents. This is really terrible. They do not only destroy themselves, they destroy their parents’ and God’s heart. They really hurt their parents forever.
That is why we really need to believe in God. As long as God is a living God (for us), he will show us the way to solve the problem. When we create good conditions, God will help us. If we create evil conditions, Satan invades immediately. It is our portion of responsibility to choose (between) good or bad conditions. “Good conditions” means that we always need to have absolute alignment with God.
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 free dom is achieved when they are in harmony.
• Therefore, there cannot be any free action with out 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 Princi ple, can reach perfection only by fulfilling their res pon si bility 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 re sults 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.
God is a God of Freedom
<112-73> Is God free, or shackled and restrained? “God is free” If God disregards the principle by which God created all creatures in the world, God cannot be the one who can control it. Once God establishes the rule and principle, He cannot be the one who can control it unless He observes it. By doing so, He can be the one who can make it His own. If God opposes the rule, He cannot make it His own. When God observes the rule, the rule will belong to Him. Do you understand?
God is free in the principled realm and shackled and restrained in the unprincipled realm.
We must know that since God is the God of Principle, even He has absolute faith, absolute love, and absolute obedience in His principle of creation. Do not mistakenly think that just because He is God, He is beyond the law and can do anything. Because of this, God is a great Being.
Without the Principle, There is no Love or Freedom
<112-91> Love cannot exist without the Principle. The Principle has to follow God and parents. It is inevitable because love works through the Principle. Therefore, without the Principle, there is no love. Because there is no freedom without love, the freedom cannot exist without the Principle. Today, American young people have forgotten that. Even young people who joined the Unification Church are saying, “I’m the representative of the free world. I have enjoyed the free world. Then, do I have to obey Rev. Moon absolutely and believe in God absolutely? What is it?” They are saying like that. Why do they have to obey Rev. Moon? It is to seek the true freedom. It is because the true freedom starts from the true love. Because you have to go along the path of the absolute Principle to experience true love, you don’t need your will and you have to adapt yourself to it while you try to live by the Principle. That is the only conclusion that we have.
Love cannot exist without the Principle. The Principle must exist in true love. Just because we are given freedom, it does not mean that just anyone can form a reciprocal relationship and love. Therefore, with out the Principle, there is no love. Because there is no freedom without love, freedom cannot exist without the Principle. Today, many young people have forgotten that.
If everything is free, why do we have to obey God? There will be some people who ask, “Why do we have to obey Rev. Moon? Following God and following True Parents is to seek true freedom. It is because true freedom starts from true love.
We need to know that just as freedom cannot exist outside the Principle, true love also cannot exist outside the Principle. True freedom is different from self-indulgence. Self-indulgence does not have the Principle.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Do Not do Fundraising While Begging
I am continuing to share about fundraising: attitude and meaning of fundraising.
The Quality of My Blood Lineage Will Be Revealed When I Try Fundraising
1. When fundraising, the goal is not to sell a lot but to meet many people and visit many houses. Then, when others reject you, try to check whether you are disappointed or not. When I try fundraising, I will immediately know if I have false blood lineage or true blood lineage. The quality of my blood lineage will immediately be revealed. Whether I am really someone grateful or someone full of dissatisfactions is revealed instantly. So, it means to try to restore my heart, even if I must intentionally pay the price of hardships. Fundraising where making money becomes the goal cannot cultivate the heart. However, if I work hard with sincerity and think that I will fundraise to become a person, the results are surprisingly good. If my motivation is good, the spirit world will support me, and many people will try to support me as well. However, when fundraising, if you try to gain other’s sympathy, that is an indecent method. You are no different than beggars of the world. On the contrary, if you fundraise, trying to restore your heart through paying the price of hardships, the spirit world will help you.
When we try fundraising, we will immediately know if we have a false blood lineage or true blood lineage. Whether we are really someone grateful or someone full of dissatisfactions is revealed instantly. The quality of our blood lineage will immediately be revealed.
When we fundraise, we should not make it our goal to sell a lot but make it our goal to meet many people and visit many houses to train ourself.
When we do something, the method becomes the goal. That is why we become people who lose their essence. All fallen man become controlled by external results or the environment rather than seeking the essence.
That is why we should make it our goal to restore our heart, even if we have to intentionally pay the price of hardships. Fundraising where making money becomes the goal cannot cultivate the heart.
If we set our goals in external things, if results are good, we’ll be in a good mood, and if results are bad, our spirit will sink so much. However, if we set our goals in restoring the heart, we will not be dominated by the environment or the results.
If we are really determined to fundraise to truly become a person and do our best with all our sincerity, no matter what hardships we go through, then the results are surprisingly good. If our motivation is good, the spirit world will support us, and many people will try to support us as well.
However, when fundraising, if we try to gain others’ sympathy, that is an indecent method. We are no different than beggars of the world. On the contrary, if we fundraise, trying to restore our heart through paying the price of suffering, the spirit world will help us.
I am so grateful. I had such good fundraising experiences. I really learned(?) a lot. When we do fundraising, we learn what quality person we are. Do we have a really good blood lineage inherited from our ancestors? What kind of temple do we have? A heart(?) temple? What kind of character and blood lineage do we have? We can know immediately.
But when we focus on how to bring results, how to make more money, this has nothing to do with our spiritual growth.
What is the purpose of fundraising? To restore our heart, cultivate our heart. That is the main purpose. That is why in the USA, Asia, everywhere, the leaders of young people need to teach them very clearly. We should not simply emphasize the goal: “Oh, today you reached $1,000 or $2,000! You are the best fundraiser!” That is not God’s wish. We need to know about that. Our final goal is to restore our heart. When we focus on that, our results are very good. It is very strange in a good way. Amazing!
Do Fundraising Confidently and Proudly
2. When fundraising, I must do so confidently and proudly. Even more, I should make the person buying products be envious of me. That is why it becomes training through fundraising. However, fundraising while trying to gain others’ sympathy is a lowly thing. If you do so while trying to gain sympathy, you will not gain any strength spiritually. You must do so with the mindset of “Internally, I fundraise to really restore my heart.” “I fundraise to truly become a person.” “I am doing this to convey the products of Heaven’s blessings.” Fundraising while gaining sympathy is just like beggars begging. Although I am selling this thing now, this is not my job. To me, the purpose of undergoing hardships is clear.
Do Not do Fundraising While Begging
3. If my heart of fundraising is confident and proud, both secular people and conscientious people will recognize me. However, if I become indebted to others, my fortune will become bad. The reason I go around carrying fundraising products is not to be indebted to others. Since I cannot go around empty-handed, I go around with these materials which I can communicate with. When I present items of all things in front of them, it is like offering a sacrifice and sincere devotion to God. Fundraising items are one sacrifice. If you do it with the heart to offer a sacrifice and to bless them, people will be moved and offering (money) will automatically come from them. That is a true offering.
Rewarding and Proud Fundraising
4. When you do fundraising, do so proudly. So it means not to have a heart of being indebted to people. It means to confess what your purpose of fundraising is and how you intend to live. Then people will think that it will be promising if they help you. They will think, “that person is someone who is never indebted to anyone, no matter where they go.” In this way, we boast of our spirit and creed so that the world can have expectations from us. Then, I will feel a sense of worth. Also, I do not beg for something through people of the world but since I try to train myself to become a person of love and person of heart, it is rewarding and proud. That is why we should make life rewarding in all aspects. When you boast of the Word, your mind will feel worth. In conclusion, fundraising is the restoration of love, the restoration of heart. Restoration of love means that it becomes worthwhile to me, and I gain a proud heart. When I have good thoughts and a good mind, the results will be good, too.
The attitude of fundraising is to have a confident and proud heart that as God’s son or daughter and on behalf of God, I will give blessings to all of humankind through selling fundraising products to worldly people. Even more, I should make the person buying products be envious of me.
Fundraising while trying to gain others’ sympathy is a lowly thing. If we do so while trying to gain sympathy, we will not gain any strength spiritually. Doing so while trying to gain sympathy is doing it humanistically.
We must have the mindset of, “Internally, I fundraise to really restore my heart.” “I fundraise to truly become a person.” “I am doing this to convey the products of Heaven’s blessings.”
If our heart of fundraising is confident and proud, both secular people and conscientious people will recognize us. However, if we become indebted to others, our fortune will become bad. When we present items of all things in front of them, it is like offering a sacrifice and sincere devotion to God.
Fundraising items are one sacrifice. We must make secular people offer God’s sacrifice. If we do it with the heart to offer a sacrifice and to bless them, people will be moved, and offerings (money) will automatically come from them.
When we do fundraising, do so proudly, confidently. So it means not to have a heart of being indebted to people.
It means for us to boast of our spirit and creed so that the world can have expectations from us. Also, internally, it means not being indebted to them but since we try to train ourself to become a person of love and person of heart, it is rewarding and proud.
In conclusion, fundraising is the restoration of love, the restoration of heart. Restoration of love means that it becomes worthwhile to us, and we gain a proud heart. When we have good thoughts and a good mind, the results will be good, too.
Today I talked about “Do Not Do Fundraising While Begging.”
(Testimony Anya Schneider, First Year GPA, 21 Days Witnessing in Peru)♦
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