Ep 620 - Expand The Environment For Witnessing Part 5
Expand the Environment for Witnessing - July 7, 2022
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(Response to sharing) You always need to remember that your first front line is your body – between mind and body. The second front line is your spouse. The third front line is your children, your siblings, brothers and sisters. Don’t forget this point. You really have to be careful. At the same time you need to have really close relationships.♦
Today I’d like to talk again about “Expand the Environment for Witnessing” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
You all must liberate your ancestors. After you liberate your ancestors, you must create an environment for them to be free from all indemnity and then invest yourself in outreach work. You need to make a life-or-death determination to do so. In order for you to do this, I made the Cheon Seong Gyeong and Pyeong Hwa Gyeong, containing the extract or essence of True Father's words. Now you must become people who make the utmost effort to save even one more life by telling them about True Parents, even giving up sleep to do so. You need to put this into practice. You need to take action. This is the only way for you to repay the debt that you have to True Parents. It is up to you to set the traditions that will last for thousands of years into the future. (2013.06.23, Hawaii)
If the Christian foundation had quickly accepted True Parents and formed a heavenly environment, the religious conflicts, conflicts between races and territorial problems taking place today would have not existed. The beautiful Earth that God created, investing all his heart and soul, is being devastated. It is an undeniable fact that the Earth is suffering indescribably great damage as it suffers from earthquakes, tsunamis, and the rising sea levels. However, if we don't do anything about it, the future of humanity and of the Earth will not be guaranteed. You probably know this very well. Being the True Parent, I could not stand still as I thought of the 7.3 billion people, life in the future, and the environmental problems. Hence, I began work that could help resolve these problems.
We are very inadequate in comparison to the standard desired by Heaven. We must become blessed families who can save the face of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents within 2020.
You are happy people. As blessed families living in the same era as True Parents, what are you afraid of? Do not hesitate to let the world know that the True Parents have come and that True Parents are actively carrying out providence of restoration. You must become blessed families that give hope to all of the world’s 7.3 billion people. (2016.10.22, CheongPyeong Training Center)
True Mother said a very important point here, “You all must liberate your ancestors. After you liberate your ancestors, you must create an environment for them to be free from all indemnity.”
We who were chosen by God and True Parents not only have the responsibility of saving those on earth; we also have the responsibility of saving our ancestors who went to the spirit world first.
True Father said that among the ancestors who came and left this earth, there has not even been one couple who lives together in the same position in the spirit world. He said that all couples who bonded centered on the Fall live scattered when they go to the afterlife.
This is because even though they were couples in the physical world, because their spiritual levels are all different, they cannot stay in the same place (in the spiritual world). Even if you are a couple, if your spiritual levels are different, you end up being in different realms in the spirit world.
The only way a couple can live together is with the bond of the Blessing through True Parents. Otherwise, there is no way for them to live together. As long as anyone can receive the Blessing from True Parents' unconditional grace, they will be at the top of the growth stage or higher.
This is an incredible meaning of the Blessing. It means that through the ancestor Blessing, certain spirits will one day suddenly be liberated from the Hell of Hells and go to the spirit world at the top of the growth stage and higher.
That is why when Blessed families in the physical world Bless their ancestors, couples are united for the first time since they went to the spirit world and they will embrace each other and wail and cry.
Through the Blessing, some couples meet after three hundred years, some couples meet after one thousand years, and some couples meet after three thousand years.
And they embrace and wail. Then after they receive the Blessing, all of them enter the minimum level, the top of the growth stage, or higher. Then when the (growth of) their spiritual bodies is complete, they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. However, most ancestors stay in the waiting room before they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. What kind of blessing they have received! It is amazing!
Looking at this, you have no idea how important it is for descendants on earth to liberate their ancestors in the spirit world. Ancestors cannot do this on their own because in order for them to grow spiritually and receive the Blessing, they have to borrow the bodies of people in the physical world.
Oh my goodness! Can you imagine? Anyone who has received the Blessing – it doesn’t matter if you are in the hell of hell or the growth stage or paradise – anyone who has received the Blessing through their descendants on earth enter at a minimum the top of the growth stage or higher. Wow! This is really incredible!
(But) even though they conditionally enter there, our ancestors’ job is what? They need to complete their spiritual body. They need to grow up.
However, the Blessing is unconditional. Anyone who receives it enters the top of the growth stage. How incredible! I think you do not know that reality.
Our ancestor liberation and Blessing is coming very soon. I would like to encourage you (to go to it). Those of you who do not liberate your ancestors, can you imagine how much they are suffering and how much they are waiting for our Blessing? That is our job. We are the Heavenly Tribal Messiahs. We are the savior of our ancestors, not True Parents. We are the ones to connect them to True Parents and God. The Heavenly Tribal Messiah mission is what? On behalf of God and True Parents we are the savior of all our ancestors.
Heavenly Parent and True Parents need to rely on us. Can you imagine? Because of you, because of your help and cooperation, some of your ancestors can come from the hell of hells to the top of the growth stage and enter the Kingdom of Heaven, just within one day. This is the meaning of the Blessing. Father said if you don’t know that, you can die and know what I am talking about. This is really incredible!
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 57 - The Position of Humans in the World of Creation; The Central Medium and Harmony
Mediator and Center of Harmony of the Cosmos
• Second, God created human beings to be the mediator and the center of harmony of the cosmos.
• When a person's flesh and spirit unite through give and take action and become God's substantial object partner, the corporeal and incorporeal worlds can also begin give and take action with that person as their center. They thus achieve harmonious integration to construct a cosmos that is responsive to God.
• A true person acts as the mediator and center of harmony between the two worlds.
• Third, God created human beings to encapsulate in a substantial form the essences of everything in the cosmos.
• God created the universe by projecting and developing the pre-existent prototype of the human internal nature and external form into countless substantial forms.
• The human spirit encapsulates all of the elements found in the incorporeal world, since God created the spirit world as the unfolding of the spirit's internal nature and external form.
• The human body encapsulates all the elements of the corporeal world, since God created the material realm as the unfolding of the body's internal nature and external form.
• Accordingly, since human beings within themselves are the essences of all things in the cosmos, each person is a microcosm.
Father’s words:
Human Beings as the Interface Between the Spiritual and Physical Worlds
<67-143> God made humankind and all of creation. Everything began with God as the center. Through creating people, He wanted to see Himself in oneness with humankind and all things in a position of equilibrium; such was His will in the creation. Humankind stood in between God and the world of creation. As such, human beings function as the interface between the spiritual and physical worlds
The Responsibility to Unite the Spiritual and Physical Worlds
<67-143>Who has the responsibility to unite the spiritual and physical worlds? That responsibility lies neither with the Creation, nor with God. Humans are the only beings capable of connecting the two. Ever since the Fall of humankind, that connection was broken. Hence, what must be found in order to reconnect it? The affliction lies with human beings
God’s ideal of creation (was that he) desired to have dominion over creation through human beings. However, due to the Fall, human beings were unable to relieve the lamentation of God and all things.
Therefore, as long as human beings are not restored and (do not) become God’s true children, God and all thing’s han can never be liberated. From that respect, the savior of all things is not the omniscient, omnipotent God, but it is human beings.
For that reason, all (of the) creation continues to lament while eagerly looking forward for the true owners to appear. Looking from this perspective, human beings are the mediators between God and all creation.
No matter how great God is and how omniscient and omnipotent He is, the responsibility of uniting the spiritual and physical worlds does not lie with God but with humans. No great saint or anyone living on this earth has ever come to realize this truth.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: A Transition to a Higher Level is Necessary (2)
This content is continued from yesterday.
5. The patients who were healed by Jesus should not have been satisfied with the fact that they had solved their problems. They needed a more step-by-step transition. You must know that God has a more internal purpose that He desires for us. We should focus on a new internal standard that God wishes for, yet most people are satisfied where they are. For example, if a church envisions reaching 120 new members and achieves it, they should not think that they achieved that goal. That is why we have to learn True Father's model course. True Father had a step-by-step goal to restore humankind through the Blessing. Starting with the 3-couples, then the 36-couples, 72-couples, 124-couples, 430-couples and so on. If we do not have a clear goal and vision like True Father, people will stop on the way. Therefore, you need detailed plans and blueprints for your life course. It is the same with our internal, spiritual growth.
God first created all things of the environmental realm, then created man’s physical bodies, and then lastly, he created man’s spirits. In this way, God’s order of creation went from external to internal and (from) internal to more internal.
Even in the course restoring fallen human beings, God cannot deviate from this principle. God and Jesus’ wishes were for the patients who were healed by Jesus to meet Jesus and for their spirits to transition to a more internal level.
They did not wish for them to simply have their illness be cured and then go back to their homes. From this standpoint, we should not be satisfied just because a certain goal has been achieved or a certain problem has been solved.
Some people receive the Blessing from True Parents and are no longer active. We can say that many members thought that receiving the Blessing was their ultimate goal.
That is why what we should always think about is the fact that our spirit body must grow through three stages. So every step of growth requires a great transition.
If we do not have a clear goal and vision like True Father, people will stop on the way. Therefore, you need detailed plans and blueprints for your life course. It is the same with our internal, spiritual growth.
Total Salvation and Total Liberation
6. True Parents are advancing with the goals “total salvation and total liberation” for the sake of saving all humankind. True Parents are advancing with such clear vision and center. However, those who follow become people who have nothing to do with True Parent’s goals once their goals in their own areas are achieved. Some members say, “I already received the Blessing, created a family, have children, and realized the four position foundation,” “I have a stable job, so all housing problems have been resolved,” and “So, aren’t you grateful?” We do not know what purpose has been achieved with self-centeredness, but if it does not go one step further with God and True Parents, it will settle with self-centeredness. That is why we must always think about True Parents' position and ask questions.
True Parents are advancing with the goals “total salvation and total liberation” for the sake of saving all humankind. True Parents are advancing with such a clear vision and center.
That’s why when True Parents achieve something, they are never satisfied because some level is (still) waiting for them. That’s why at each step we need to have a transitional experience and not be satisfied. We need to go further.
That’s why we need to always think (about) what True Parents’ wishes and vision are.
If we think of God as our eternal parent and True Parents as our eternal savior, we need to know that God and True Parents' goal for total salvation does not end as their slogans alone, but is directly related to me. This is filial piety to parents as children.
As long as God is not yet liberated, I need to really work harder. Even if you die, your job still remains because you need to liberate God. If even one person remains in hell, your job still remains. That’s why when we think of God’s vision as filial sons and daughters, we always (need to) think more internally. How can we grow our spiritual body step by step from formation, growth and completion stages, and from the family to tribal level, tribal level to national level, national level to worldwide level, worldwide level to the cosmic level, and finally we need to liberate God. You need to think more internally. You need to think on a higher dimension. You cannot stop on the way. You cannot just be satisfied centering on yourself.
God’s Han and Driving Force
7. In order for our Blessed families to go one level deeper and transition, we must always think about the wishes of True Parents for our families. We must become filial sons and daughters who always ask, “What would True Parents think about our family? What is their wish for our family?” and try to understand God and True Parents’ wishes. However, since they do not mention these issues at all and do not follow True Parents' words, many people get tired and quit. To become tired means that my han should meet God’s han and be recharged, but all that han gets wasted. The driving force of my han that longs to meet God should become a source that can lead me to infinity. If you get to know God’s han and meet God’s han in this way, as your self-worth keeps increasing, a higher dimension of han can be created.
Beautiful guidance actually.
In order for us to grow spiritually, we need a change of heart to a higher level. In order for blessed families to go deeper and transition, we must always think about the wishes of True Parents for our family.
We must become filial sons and daughters who always ask, “What would True Parents think about our family? What is their wish for our family?” and try to understand God and True Parents’ wishes.
Where should our church go? What is the next level? And the next level? What is the more internal level? We always need to think higher and more internally.
If there is no transition to a higher level, it is easy to get tired while walking on the path of faith. And it's easy to settle with reality. Therefore, to overcome all these things, my han must meet God’s han. I need to meet God's Han and recharge. Otherwise, it will all be a waste.
The driving force of my han that longs to meet God should become a source that can lead me to infinity.
That’s why when my han meets God’s han, it becomes a driving force to go forward. Without meeting God’s han, we have no power to go forward. His han has to be my han. As long as God’s han remains, I need to work harder to liberate his han. That’s why (True) Parents’ han has to be my han. My han has to be (True) Parents’ han. Then we can know God’s wishes. We need to liberate all humankind. We need to liberate the spiritual world. We need to liberate our ancestors. We need to liberate God. That is the wish of filial sons and daughters.
Overcoming the 3 Great Hans and the Model Course
8. I have said that humans have three great han. Han of no intellect, han of no emotion, and han of no will. If we are to overcome these three great hans of ignorance, we need a transformation by going one step more internal. If you can't solve it, you can’t develop any further. In addition, when we harmonize this human relationship within our life and solve it well through the circular movement, we can meet God’s han and discover a new standard of han. You should not just be happy that you have temporarily achieved your current goal but think that you have a problem that needs to be solved by taking it to the next level. There is a formula to solving a problem. Even more difficult problems can be solved if you keep pushing in the way you've been successful. If you can't solve the problem in the present reality, you can't solve the next step.
Humans have three great hans. The han of no intellect, the han of no emotion, and the han of no will. If we are to overcome these three great hans of ignorance, we need to go one step more internal and meet with God’s han.
If we know God’s han, God’s wish becomes my wish and His han becomes my han, and we will receive unlimited strength to go forward no matter what (the) difficult situation.
Since filial children always carry their parents’ han, they are not centered on themselves and satisfied with reality; they will think about their parents han that they have not been able to release yet. And they will ceaselessly challenge themselves to liberate their parents’ han.
Therefore, no matter (whether or not) we have temporarily achieved our current goal in the course we are walking on, do not just be happy, but think that you have a problem that needs to be solved by taking it one level higher. A more internal, heartistic transition is possible through such (a) challenge and life.
Do you understand what I am talking about? This is very important guidance. That is why Heavenly Father never rests. Even though we achieve a certain goal, even though we have completed some kind of very successful rally, Father is not yet satisfied. “I need to go further, more internally, higher because God is not yet completely liberated. Still so many people are suffering.”
Wow! Our Father know’s God’s han and wishes. We need to resemble our True Parents, and we need to inherit our True Parents’ han. Then finally we can liberate all humankind, liberate our True Parents’ heart and (in the end) liberate our Heavenly Father’s heart.
No church or religion teaches this. That is why our Unification Movement is the final religion. We are talking about filial piety and God’s liberation. No other religion speaks about this. That is why this religion is the last religion. Our responsibility is very important.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Mika Miyagi, Sub-Region 5)
God has a plan for each of us. That is why we need to unite with God. He has a plan and vision for (each of) us. When our original mind unite with God’s vision, God’s plan, we can follow the right direction. You each need to know that “God has a plan for me.”
That is why you should not think centering on your own thing. You need to always ask, “Heavenly God, what shall I do? What is you plan for me?” You need to unite with God. Then you will never waste your time.♦
(Response to sharing) God has a plan for me every day. When you wake up in the morning, you need to think, “What is God’s plan for me today? I want to go the right way(?) centering on God.” If you go your own way, God cannot do anything.♦
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