Ep 833 - True Family and True Universe Centered on True Love Part 2
True Family and True Universe Centered on True Love - February 5, 2023
Key Points
The misuse of the sexual organs planted in the human fall is being harvested in these Last Days as rampant sexual immorality, global chaos and family disintegration that can only be reversed through “absolute sex.”
Only the concept and practice of absolute sex can prevent the destruction of our families and reverse the corruption of our youth.
Family Federation should educate all humankind about Absolute Sex. It is the key point of the Original Divine Principle.
Spouses should hold each other's sexual organ and make an oath: “My sexual organ is yours, and yours is mine. It is absolute, unique, eternal and unchanging, so I will keep it for you forever.”
Families that practice this go to God’s kingdom.
To be cleansed of original sin, we must establish the foundations of faith and substance, meet the sinless True Parents who are completely one with God, receive the Blessing, and clear it up together as a couple.
We are Blessed at the top of the growth stage, a position beyond Satan’s dominion.
Our Blessing is conditional and becomes complete only when we establish the conditions for completely removing the fallen nature.
Blessing means entering the realm of perfection.
The heart of a resurrected person contains the three hearts of the poor in Matthew 5:3-5, that is, a heart yearning for the truth, a mourning heart, and a gentle heart.
“Poor in spirit” refers to a heart that thirsts spiritually and pursues the truth like an innocent child without self.
A mourning heart cherishes sorrow.
The filial heart of humility and obedience to parents, Abel and the word can inherit everything.
Matt. 5:6 says those who yearn for righteousness are blessed.
Righteousness means valuing relationships, familial and others. It is consistency, reliability and persistence. It means consistently doing what we decide to do such as attending Sunday service or morning devotion, tithing, writing a gratitude journal, reading the word, and witnessing.
A mother’s Jeongseong changes her entire family, and a leader's righteous Jeongseong changes a country, a continent and the world.
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 is a beautiful Sunday, isn’t it?
Yesterday, we had an ACLC one-day retreat at the New Jersey Family Church.
A total of 70 people attended the ACLC retreat including 23 clergy. Some of clergy would like to study Divine Principle with us. I think most of them already completed the 12-hour Exposition of the Divine Principle content. According to Takino and Dr. Agulan, the spirit of those who completed the 12-hour EDP is very different.
We will make a schedule for them and establish 12 disciples as soon as possible. I think around ten couples have completed it. If we reach 12 couples, I would like to have an inaugural ceremony (for this) leadership like (for) Jesus 12 disciples. Then we will expand to 72 and 124. Gradually we can increase more and more. It was very beautiful yesterday.
Dr. Edwards and Rev. Sykes shared testimonies about True Parents, and Dr. Rouse shared about the vision and goal of ACLC.
He is doing a great job. He is totally aligned with True Mother and with me. I have great hope for ACLC. We can break through with many things this year.
I shared about True Father’s life course and vision for ACLC.
I especially talked about the course of TF’s torture. They already know the Divine Principle, so I need to share more deeply about Father’s life.
We took a group photo.
I really appreciate all the staff and leaders and members. Those involved with ACLC, I really appreciate all your effort and dedication.
Today I’d like to talk about “True Family and True Universe Centered on True Love” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Reverend Sun Myung Moon at the Federation to Save the New Nation Leaders’ Banquet on May 19, 1997 in Montevideo, Uruguay, and then by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between July 22 and August 8, 1997 at leadership conferences and women leaders conferences for the Practice of True Family Life to Advance World Peace held throughout Korea.>
The title of the first speech is, View of the Principle of the Providential History of Salvation. Allow me to summarize it. Because Adam and Eve fell, they did not establish an ideal family. Consequently, Jesus came at the national level, as the second Adam, to restore the mistake of the first family. The first Adam became fallen Adam, and Jesus, the Messiah, came as the second Adam. However, because Jesus was unable to establish a family from the position of True Parents, the Messiah needs to return as the third Adam and restore the mission of True Parents on the world level. This is the mission at the time of the Second Advent, when the Messiah is to come as the third Adam. This speech also introduces the fact that the fundamental issue of salvation is the restoration of the original lineage. The second speech is titled, In Search of the Origin of the Universe.
Since the Fall originated from the misuse of love, humankind lost true love. Thus the question arises, how can we recover true love? True love was lost through adultery. In other words, true love became degraded through misuse of the reproductive organs. Therefore, to restore it, we need to use these organs in the right way. Our first ancestors planted the seed of fallen love in the Garden of Eden during their youth. Consequently, during these Last Days, we are harvesting the fruit of the Fall among our young people. That is why today we observe so much chaos and confusion, particularly on the issue of sex. This problem can be resolved only through what my husband refers to as “absolute sex.” Only the concept and practice of absolute sex can prevent the destruction of our families and reverse the corruption of our youth.
Human ancestors lost true love through adultery. In other words, since human beings went wrong centering on the misuse of the reproductive organs, we need to use these organs in the right way in order to restore them.
During these Last Days, we are harvesting the fruit of the Fall among our young people. That is why today we observe so much chaos and confusion, particularly on the issue of sex. This problem can be resolved only through what True Father refers to as “absolute sex.”
Only the concept and practice of absolute sex can prevent the destruction of our families and reverse the corruption of our youth. The core of the principle is absolute sex. The way to prevent free sex due to corruption is only possible through absoluteness centered on God.
Today let’s learn more about absolute sex.
Let’s study Father’s word.
God is the Owner of the Sexual Organs
Today we are witnessing a world that is in a culture of hell. How can we change this world? It is only possible centering on God's love. What kind of love is it? It is absolute, unique, unchanging, eternal love. This begins from the sexual organs. Up until now, the sexual organs have been used as a weapon by Satan. Therefore, up until now God has hated the sexual organs.
So, how can we liberate the sexual organs? God will come looking for the liberated sexual organs. God is the owner of the sexual organs. Isn't that right? So how can you deny it? Now you understand this clearly. Let's all participate in this great achievement. (August 1, 1996, In Search of the Origin of the Universe)
Then who owns our sexual organ? What we need to know clearly is that the owner of my sexual organ is not I, but the one who created me.
In that sense, the first owner of our sexual organ is God. The second is that our sexual organ belongs to our parents because we came from our parents. Third, our sexual organ belongs to our spouse. Fourth, our sexual organ belongs to our children and descendants.
Faith is treating ourself as God’s belonging. Our eyes, our nose, our mouth, our sexual organ, our hands and our feet are all God’s belonging. The fall is thinking of everything as our own. Our children, our husband, our parents, our property, etc. If the concept of “I” is included, it is Satan.
So how do we eradicate free sex?
The free-sex concept is for our own sake. Everything is for the sake of our own joy and happiness, centered on our own center.
(We need) education about absolute sex.
The Road that the Family Federation for World Peace Must Follow
How can we make absolute, unique, unchanging, eternal love? We do this with our sexual organs. How can we protect those sexual organs? That is the road that the Family Federation for World Peace must go. Without this kind of concept, it will be impossible to create a free world that is eternally free from Satan. Everybody who supports this idea, raise your hands (everybody raises their hands). You have all made a promise! When you go home, say to each other,
"This Absolute sexual organ, this unique sexual organ, this eternal sexual organ, this unchanging sexual organ is not mine, but yours, and I will protect it for you very well," and as you say it, be thankful toward each other. And you must say to each other, "If you give such precious love to me, I will serve you in love eternally.” Starting from families who can do that, a world organized with families where our absolute, eternal, unique and unchanging God can directly enter will be established. (August 1, 1996, In Search of the Origin of the Universe)
From now on, the road that the Family Federation for World Peace should take is clearly defined. It is to educate all humankind about absolute sex.
There are some problems with the translation of the text here today. If we translate the words of True Parents directly, he said that the wife and husband should hold onto each other's sexual organ and make an oath, a pledge. “First, my sexual organ is yours, and your sexual organ is mine. Secondly, our sexual organ is the absolute sexual organ, the only sexual organ, the eternal sexual organ, the unchanging sexual organ. So I will keep it for you forever.”
Father said he could not describe the principle of Absolute Sex when he wrote the Divine Principle. He waited until he had created a strong foundation. Then he declared the era of the Family Federation for World Peace. Father said, “Now the time has come to proclaim and declare the Era of Absolute Sex. We are talking about Original Divine Principle. The most important thing (in ODP) is Absolute Sex. The rest is all the same content as before. The difference is to add the importance of Absolute sex. This is the key point of the Divine Principle. When we talk about the dual characteristics, we need to add this content about Absolute Sex.
True Parents say that families who know and practice the value of this absolute sexual organ go directly to the kingdom of Heaven.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 21: Original Sin
• The original sin may be thought of as the root of all sins, hereditary sin as the trunk, collective sin as the branches, and individual sin as the leaves.
• All sins sprout from the original sin, which is their root; hence, without extirpating the original sin, there is no way to completely eradicate other sins.
• However, no man is able to unearth this root of sin. Only Christ, who comes as the root and True Parent of humanity can grasp it and uproot it.
Let’s study Father’s word.
In Order to Rise to a Position Unrelated to the Original Sin
<22-269> To say that you are to be reborn does not mean rebirth through the flesh and blood of parents who are descendants of the fallen Adam and Eve; rather, you are to be reborn through the flesh and blood of the parents who have nothing to do with the Fall. Otherwise, you cannot return to God. Since the fundamental root of sin started with Adam and Eve, you cannot return to God’s side until you have stepped over it and acquired the qualification that you are born in a place that has no connection with the original sin. What kind of Savior are fallen people searching for? His position must not be that of a fallen parent. The Savior must be someone like Adam and Eve who have not fallen; he must unite with God’s will, receive God’s love and Blessing and give birth to humanity in the position of the True Parent. Otherwise, humankind cannot rise to a position unrelated to the original sin.
In order for fallen human beings to ascend to a position unrelated to original sin, they must be reborn through True Parents who are unrelated to the fall.
In order for fallen human beings to eradicate original sin, first, fallen human beings must establish the foundation of faith and foundation of substance that can cleanse original sin. Second, they must meet the True Parents and receive the Blessing to establish the conditions to clear away our original sin.
Because the original sin was committed by Adam and Eve as a couple, the couple who receive the blessing through True Parents must clear it up together. The cleansing of original sin can never be done alone. Therefore, without a Blessed Marriage, original sin cannot be cleansed forever.
Without our spouse, we cannot clean it up. We can only cleanse original sin as a couple.
What kind of Savior are fallen people searching for? His position must not be that of a fallen parent. The Savior of fallen human beings must be True Parents who are completely united with God, who have nothing to do with the original sin. The reason why True Parents are so precious is that they came without original sin.
The Purpose to Save Humankind
<22-269> For what purpose does God want to save humankind? No matter how much He tries to save people, if they are in the fallen realm, they can never be saved. That is why God has to send True Parents to this world. They represent Adam and Eve who have not fallen, through whom humanity can be reborn. In this way, the connection between Satan and humanity is severed forever and Satan can no longer accuse humankind. God alone will have complete dominion over humanity and He alone can intervene in their affairs. Unless humankind is reborn into such a position, people with original sin embedded within them cannot be restored to a position free from original sin.
If God wants to save us humankind, we cannot be saved under the standards below the perfection level of the growth stage under Satan's dominion. Therefore, the position to save fallen human beings is possible only at the position of completion level or higher in the growth stage – at the top of the growth stage.
Therefore, know that the position where we receive the Blessing is the position beyond the domain of Satan's dominion and above the completion level of the growth stage. The position where fallen people receive the Blessing is a position that has no relationship with Satan forever because they go through the course of severance again through True Parents.
The position of receiving the Blessing is the position only God will have complete dominion over and (in which) only Gad can intervene. However, we must know that the Blessing that True Parents gives us is a conditional blessing.
To put it simply, it is a blessing received superficially. Therefore, only when the condition for receiving the blessing and completely removing the fallen nature is established does it become a complete blessing.
To say that we are blessed means that we are saved, and to say that we are saved is to say that True Parents have returned us to the position of perfection in the growth stage. Blessing means entering the realm of perfection.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Heart of a Resurrected Person
Sermon on the Mount - Matt. 5:3-12
3. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10. ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
12. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Based on this Bible passage, let’s study about the heart of the resurrected person.
1. Now is the age of bearing fruit, the age of love. In this era of love, we must become people of the heart, not people of the physical body. A true heart, a mourning heart, and a gentle heart—these three are the heart of a resurrected person. These three hearts are contained within children as they are. If you look at little babies, they have a true heart, a mourning heart, and a humble heart. Young babies have no concept or ownership of themselves.
In the Bible we just read, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Here, poor in spirit refers to a heart without self. “Blessed are those who mourn; for they will be comforted.” What kind of mourning heart are you living with? Do you mourn centering on your body? Or do you mourn centering on your heart? Most people just worry and mourn, centering on the circumstances of their bodies when in fact, we should be mourning centering on our hearts. Can you differentiate between body-centered mourning and heart-centered mourning? We must cherish the sorrow centered on our heart, the sincere devotion centered on our heart, and the heart of gentleness centered on our heart.
Now is the age of bearing fruit, the age of love. In this era of love, we must become people of the heart, not people of the physical body. The three hearts of the poor in the text of the Bible (a heart yearning for the truth), a mourning heart, and a gentle heart—these hearts refer to the heart of a resurrected person.
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Here, being poor in spirit means emptying our heart and living with a simple spirit like a child before God.
In other words, it refers to a childlike heart without self. 'Poor in spirit' refers to a heart that thirsts spiritually and pursues the truth. It refers to a heart that is completely dependent on God with a thirsty heart because it cannot solve problems on its own.
Those who are rich in spirit do not pursue the truth and are intoxicated with self-satisfaction. But the poor in spirit are like children, not proud or two-faced.
Next, Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are those who mourn; for they will be comforted.” What kind of mourning heart are we living with?
Then do we all mourn centering on our body? Or do we all mourn centering on our heart? Most people just worry about what to eat, what to drink, what to wear...(complain? when) they lack something and cry and mourn centering on the circumstances of their bodies.
In fact, we should be mourning centering on our hearts in order to seek the truth. Can we differentiate between body-centered mourning and heart-centered mourning? We must cherish the sorrow centered on our heart, the sincere devotion, which is jeongseong, centered on our heart, and the heart of gentleness centered on our heart.
The First Stage to Resurrecting the Heart
2. Our life of heart begins with a true heart, a mourning heart, and a gentle heart. We have no way to preserve our hearts unless our hearts are humble. The heart that says “I hate it, I like it, I am happy, I am sad” according to our environment and mood is not our spiritual heart, but a heart centered on physical things. Our original mind does not want to compromise with the circumstances of the physical body. Our original mind itself is always meek and without conflict. The problem is that conflict rise because we live centered on the physical body.
Our original mind has an absolute relationship with God. Originally, everyone was naturally born as a being with an original nature. A person of original nature is like a person I have already met even though I see them for the first time, and I feel like that person is the same in any environment. A humble heart, a gentle heart, a heart without conflict, and a heart without self-assertiveness—this is the heart of a resurrected being. This kind of mind is the first step in resurrecting the heart.
A heart that yearns to find the truth – “I am so thirsty looking for the truth” – a heart that mourns, and a heart that is meek is the beginning of our life of heart and the beginning of our resurrection.
Bible Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” We have no way to preserve our hearts unless our hearts are humble.
If we are arrogant or assertive, we will eventually lose everything. The original nature of love wants to surrender everything to the obedient. So, in the end, the obedient will inherit everything from the owner.
In this way, those who are absolutely obedient and humble before their parents, Abel, and the Word are filial children. Filial children inherit everything from their parents.
Abraham absolutely obeyed and got everything. Isaac absolutely obeyed God; finally he got everything. Jacob and other central figures were really humble and obedient and in the end inherited everything from God.
It means that those who are meek before the Lord and obey Him absolutely will inherit all of the Lord. However, people who focus on themselves according to their circumstances and moods, say “I don’t like it, I like it, I am happy, I feel sad” and obey the physical environment lose everything because they become people who are not recognized by their masters.
Our original mind itself is always meek and without conflict. The problem is that conflict (occurs) because we live centered on the physical body.
A humble heart, a gentle heart, a heart without conflict, and a heart without self-assertiveness—this is the heart of a resurrected being. This kind of mind is the first step in resurrecting the heart.
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
3.Next, the second step is those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. The Bible says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Are you a person who hungers and thirsts for righteousness? Are you a person who is really hungry for a righteous life, in other words, 'just' and has a desperate heart like someone who is thirsty for water? To be hungry for righteousness means to be eager to do what is right. What is Righteousness? It means to value all my relationships. And it means not to be capricious and maintain that righteous relationship well.
In order for the relationship to be righteous, there must be no self-assertion. Therefore, righteousness does not have a self-assertion, but it has the property of valuing relationships and considering it as their life. So a righteous person is a person who considers relationships life and takes responsibility well. A righteous person is a person who has a good conjugal relationship, a good parent-child relationship, and a good sibling relationship within the family and remains unchanged. A righteous person also refers to a person who attends ceremonies and maintains their customs well in their realm of life. People who wake up and attend Sunday service can also be called righteous. Righteousness has no concept of self. A heart that values relationships like this, this is where faith begins.
Next, the Bible says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” A person of original nature is a person who is truly hungry for a righteous life, that is to say, 'just', and has an earnest heart, like a person who is thirsty for water.
What is Righteousness? It means to value all our relationships no matter the circumstances. It means to value our relationship with God – “Even though you betray me, I will never betray you” – our parents, and our spouse, treat it as our life, and never compromise with injustice.
In order for the relationship to be righteous, there must be no self-assertion. A righteous relationship can be maintained only when one gets rid of assertiveness and respects and serves the other person.
A righteous person is a person who has a good conjugal relationship. “No matter what, even though my wife misunderstands me, my husband misunderstands me, I will keep a righteous standard. I still love him with Jaksarang: even though he doesn’t like me, doesn’t love me, I will still keep a righteous condition of loving my spouse.”
(A righteous person also maintains) a good parent-child relationship, and a good sibling relationship within the family and remains unchanged. Even if the other person disappoints, betrays or persecutes him, a righteous person is not affected by it. Instead, he has mercy on the other person and struggles to preserve the relationship with that person.
A righteous person also refers to a person who attends ceremonies and maintains customs well in his realm of life. People who wake up and attend Sunday service well, people who go to bed and wake up well, and people who maintain the same schedule without being fickle can also be called righteous.
Are we righteous in attending the Morning Devotion? Are we present on time every day for morning devotion? Do we attend morning Devotion every single day? If we decide on one thing, our hearts must not change. We must keep it under any circumstances. This kind of life is a righteous life. When we see it, do we think (we will attend) our American Morning Devotion for more than 3 years? Do we believe in that? A mother’s Jeongseong sincerity in a family changes the entire family, and a leader's righteous Jeongseong devotion changes a country, a continent and the world. Fallen humans always change like the weather. The changes depending on the situation.
Evil is always changeable. It is not just committing sin. An evil guy cannot keep his first motivation and love. He is always changeable. One time he decides something; then three days later he changes it; then one month later, two months later... He cannot maintain (anything) continuously. We call such a person an unrighteous person.
Are we still reading EDP? Are we keeping a gratitude journal every day? Do we go out on a weekly basis to raise 3 spiritual chidren? Are we paying our tithe without missing out?
“Oh, Dr. Yong emphasized this month that I need to give a tithing. If no one emphasizes tithing, then I don’t need to give.”
Are we attending Sunday worship without missing? Do we always visit Christian churches? Even if the world changes, we must go out with the determination that we will not change. Father asks even if God changes, we are a righteous person when we go out with the mind that we will not change. God is moved by the unchanging devotion. Once a condition has been established, a righteous person must not change – like God, like True Parents.
Today I talked about “The Heart of a Resurrected Person.”
(Testimony Ken Owens, Photographer of True Parents, The Early Providence in Hawaii)♦
NOTE: This text and the PowerPoint slides from this speech are available as a link at the top of this text. 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. Books of the transcripts and notes are available as PDFs at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.
This lightly edited transcript may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable, inaudible 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 if understandable. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated.
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