Ep 838 - The Providential History Of Salvation From The Viewpoint of The Principle Part 2
True Family and True Universe Centered on True Love - February 10, 2023
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Key Points
• Rather than becoming rich or powerful, God wants His children to grow to become children of filial piety, loyal citizens, saints, and holy sons and daughters.
• Anyone with a filial heart can fulfill the remaining paths of loyal citizen, saint, and holy son and daughter.
• To rear our children to fulfill these roles, we need to practice the three great subject partners principle of true parents, true teachers, and true owners.
• True Parents allow us to save our ancestors through Ancestor Liberation and Blessing ceremonies.
• We should become true ancestors of all our ancestors by liberating and blessing them all.
• Ascended people can only be saved by people on earth.
• Relationships should be as precious as life for us because true love can only be realized in relationships.
• The value of our existence is revealed when we live for the sake of others.
• Knowing this should inspire humility and service for others.
• Through relationships in the family we can experience the Four Great Realms of Heart where we can develop filial piety and realize true love.
• When we attend our parents as God, our spouse as God’s representative and our children as God’s sons and daughters, those four relationships will endure.
• The conscience is our best teacher, parent and owner, and we cannot deceive it.
• In this age of love, our spouse should be our conscience. Our standards of conscience cannot be different.
• If we sow filial piety, we will reap filial piety. We should focus on filial piety and love rather than knowledge in our children’s education.
• Knowledge must become a supplement in perfecting love.
• If our child gets into trouble or doesn't listen properly, we should rebuke ourself first, repent and shed tears without our children knowing.
• To the extent that we parents change, we can influence and change our children.
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.♦
I have a favor (to ask) of you. Let’s pray for all those affected by the earthquake (in Turkey and Syria). It is really quite a serious situation. In the news more than 20,000 people have died. Some people are saying that maybe more than 100,000 people (may have) died. Let’s pray about that.
Today I’d like to talk about “The Providential History of Salvation from the Viewpoint of the Principle” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon between July 20 and October 29 on a speaking tour for Koreans residing in the United States.>
Then what does God want for His children? Does He want them to become billionaires? Does He want them to become presidents of nations, with all the trappings of power? God wanted His children, Adam and Eve, to grow to become children of filial piety, loyal citizens, saints, and a holy son and daughter. Did you ever consider that, in accordance with God's desire, we have to become children of filial piety in the family, loyal citizens of the nation, saints in the world, and holy sons and daughters before heaven and earth? Just as many saints and sages have taught us throughout history, we are to become children of filial piety, loyal citizens, saints, and holy sons and daughters. This evening I would like to ask, do you think you have mastered the way to become an ideal person and to perfect your character? This entails going the way of filial piety, the way of loyalty, the way of sainthood, and the way of a holy son or daughter.
Otherwise you cannot perform the function of true parents in the family. True parents need to teach their children to complete the progression from filial child, to loyal citizen, saint, holy son or daughter, and eventually even to reach God. If there were someone who truly taught and exemplified these things, God would consider that person the ultimate true parent, true teacher and true leader. When you are qualified as a true parent and true teacher, you will be qualified as a true leader as well. Furthermore, you will be qualified to become a true king or queen. Fallen people lack these ideals and do not demonstrate filial piety, loyal citizenship and sainthood, and thus have been unable to become holy sons and daughters. That is why this world is perishing. Who wants holy sons and daughters? God does. Who wants saints? The world does. Who wants loyal citizens? The nation does. Who wants children of filial piety? The family does. This is the way of truth.
The thing many parents of the world want for their children is not all external, such as becoming trillionaires or being the most powerful person. Then what does God want for His children? God wanted His children, Adam and Eve, to grow to become children of filial piety, loyal citizens, saints, and a holy son and daughter. Nothing else.
The three great subject partners principle that True Parents talk about, that is, the principle of true parents, true teachers, and true owners, is the principle to raise our children to be filial children, loyal citizens, saints, and holy sons and daughters. We have to play the role of true parents and true teachers, and at the same time, we need to play the role of true owners.
A true teacher must also play the role of a true parent and true owner at the same time. A true owner should also have the heart of a true parent and play the role of a true teacher at the same time. This three great subject partners principle is just like the trinity principle. We cannot remove even one of the three great subject partners.
The mere concept of true filial child, loyal citizen, saint, and holy son and daughter does not exist for fallen people.
We cannot find any more filial sons in the family. Nor can we find loyal citizens for the sake of the nation. How many people really love the world? It is difficult to find saints any more. Who loves even the spiritual world? It is difficult to find holy sons and daughters.
That is why the important thing here is among the paths of filial child, loyal citizen, saint, and holy son and daughter, the most basic thing is filial piety. If we fundamentally have a filial heart, then anyone can fulfill the remaining paths of loyal citizens, saint, and holy sons and daughters.
No one has taught us this. We need to be a filial child in our family. We need to be a loyal citizen for the sake of our nation. We need to love the world as saints and love the cosmos as holy sons and daughters. Only the messiah, the True Parents, can (offer) this kind of guidance. No one teaches this. It is incredible. (When we receive) even this simple kind of guidance, how can we deny that True Parents are the messiah. Our way to go is very clear. It is not to become a millionaire or billionaire. The most important thing is how to become such people as filial children, loyal citizens, saints and holy sons and daughters? It is beautiful guidance. Finally, (we must) love God.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 21: Original Sin
• First is the original sin. This sin originated with the spiritual and physical fall of our first human ancestors. It is ingrained in our lineage and is the root of all sins.
• Second is hereditary sin. This is sin which one inherits from one’s ancestors on account of their connection through lineage.
• Third is collective sin. This is sin for which a person is responsible as a member of a group. For example, as a consequence of sending Jesus to the cross, the Jewish people were cast into the position to undergo grievous suffering.
• Fourth is individual sin, which an individual himself commits.
• 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 more about hereditary sin.
Categories of Sins and How to Uproot Them
2. Hereditary sin (Sin of ancestors): It is the sin that is inherited from one’s ancestors through their connection from their lineage. It can be removed through the Ancestor Liberation and Blessing.
Your Ancestors Need to get Blessed Through the Pair System
<301-205> Did you accomplish the ancestor liberation ceremony? (Yes.) First of all, you need to liberate seven generations of your ancestors. After that, you need to liberate 120 generations of your ancestors. If you liberate seven generations first, then it enables 120 generations to be blessed at once. So, all your ancestors need to get blessed through this. Then, do you think the doorway of Hell will collapse or not? Even Paradise, which is the middle spirit world where Jesus lives, came about due to the Fall. The spirit world consists of a pair system. So your ancestors need to get blessed through the pair system. If you don’t do this, you will be in trouble when you go to the spirit world. You should not be accused in the spirit world. After putting the spirit world in order, people on earth should always resolve problems through the spirit world.
Until now, fallen human beings have not known how to save their ancestors who left this world. Nobody knew that no spirits could be saved without going through the ancestor liberation ceremony and blessing ceremony through their descendants in the physical world. Until blessed families appeared, the salvation of our ancestors and spirits was completely put aside.
How much of a tremendous thing is it for True Parents to liberate ancestors through blessed families and liberate the spirit world through the Blessing? The thing we need to know is that the salvation of ancestors cannot be resolved if it is not through the descendants on earth.
They cannot be liberated by themselves but only through their descendants on earth. Our position as blessed families is very important. We are the ones who save them as a savior. Before blessed families appeared (there was) no one to help them get out of hell or paradise to go to the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why True Parents give us the authority to give the Blessing, not only on earth but also including our ancestors.
Therefore, all blessed families in the physical world must liberate and bless all their ancestors and become their true ancestors.
Without our liberating our ancestors, no one can bless them. We are saviors. So far no one has helped them to save them, liberate and bless them. Everybody needs to go through (liberation and Blessing) centered on the earthly world. Any spirit who could not complete their spiritual body has no (choice but) to come back to the earth. Their spiritual life can only grow through the physical body. That is why they need to come down and find their relatives or family members, their descendants, find somebody and make conditions to help them. This is incredible guidance given by our True Parents.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Parent's Responsibilities for their Children
What is the Most Precious Portion of Responsibility?
1. Among human beings' portion of responsibility, which of it is the most precious? It is a portion of responsibility that values “relationships” as if they were life. This is because the realization of true love can only be achieved through “relationships.” Love is a world you can never experience alone. And since the realization of love must be made through the relationship with the other person, you must value everything related to you more than your own life.
When you realize how precious a relationship is, you can never assert or affirm yourself. Anyone who come to know that the value of their existence is revealed when they exist for the sake of others, becomes humble and serves others. Looking at the goal of realizing love, I am not my own, but I should exist for the sake of others. Then my relationship with whom is the most precious? It is the relationship between husband and wife, parents and children, and siblings. Through these four relationships, you will experience the four realms of heart. These four relationships are the objects of filial piety that I must practice. So, how can we make this relationship work? It is easy if you deny yourself. All you have to do is think of yourself as a being who exists for the other person and serve the other person first.
Practice the Filial Piety Centered on the 4 Great Realms of Heart
2. We must live a life of denying ourselves in front of these four great object partners (parents, spouses, children, and siblings). Husbands before their wives, wives before their husbands, parents before their children, and children before their parents should all live denying themselves. I should not think of myself as a self-appointed parent. I must deny that I am their parent, thinking that my children are not my children, but the sons and daughters entrusted to me by Heaven. That is why I should make effort not to say that I am the father or mother in front of my children. Hasn’t everyone in the secular world made a mistake by claiming, "I am your parent" and "I am that person's wife and husband"?
This means that I did not think of my spouse as heavenly son or daughter before calling them my wife or husband. In that sense, I should not say that I am their parent in front of my children. Rather, I must serve them as sons and daughters of God and show filial piety. When you serve and attend your children as heavenly sons and daughters in this way, that relationship will last. We must practice filial piety centered on the four realms of heart like this in our families.
Among human beings' portion of responsibility, the most precious is the portion of responsibility that values “relationships” as if they were life. This is because the realization of true love can only be achieved through “relationships.”
The reason Adam and Eve fell was because they ignored their relationship with God. The reason Adam and Eve were in conflict was because they had a self-centered husband and wife relationship. The reason Cain and Abel had a problem was because they did not think of their own relationship with their brother like a parent. Know that both the realization and failure of love started from relationships.
Love is a world we can never experience alone. We can only realize it through relationships. And since the realization of love must be made through the relationship with the other person, we must value everything related to us more than our own life.
When we realize how precious a relationship is, we can never assert or affirm ourself. Anyone who comes to know that the value of their existence is revealed when they exist for the sake of others, becomes humble and serves others.
Then, in realizing love, what are the most precious relationships? It is the relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, and siblings.
Through these four relationships, anyone will experience the four great realms of heart and perfect love. These four relationships are the objects of filial piety that we need to realize.
When we serve my parents as God, serve our partner as a representative of God, and serve and attend our children as God’s sons and daughters, those relationships will last. We need to practice filial piety in our families, centered on these four great realms of heart.
(This is about) relationships: relationship with God, with our father and mother, with our spouse, with our siblings, with our children and with all things. How can we (become) a true man, an ideal man, an ideal family? Through relationships.
Relationships are absolute. “You are more precious than I am. Without you I cannot realize true love (and the) ideal family.
God cannot do anything alone. He can only accomplish his goals through relationships. He cannot abandon any human beings. If he abandons any human being, he cannot accomplish his goal, the purpose of creation. He can only accomplish his goal through relationships. If anyone comes to us like our neighbor or our family members or our Cain and Abel, we need to think they are absolutely necessary beings. Many don’t know this.
“I don’t like this guy.” “I don’t like her so much.” “I don’t like my children.”
Then we cannot fulfill God’s true love; we cannot accomplish the purpose of our life. We can only accomplish it through relationships.
What kind of relationships? The most important relationships are the four types of relationships in our family.
Beyond the Age of Faith, the Age of Love Has Arrived
3. Who is your heart? Your heart is your God. Who is the conscience? The conscience is the best gift God has given to us. This conscience must also be regarded as God. So, you must always make your conscience happy. This is why True Father told us to live without a shadow on our conscience. He also told us to live without lies in our conscience. Conscience transcends religion and serves as a compass for any person.
Now, beyond the age of faith, we have arrived at the age of love. After all, where is the destination of faith? The destination of faith is to become a married couple through the marriage Blessing. When you become a couple, you have already passed the age of faith. The couple has gone beyond the age of faith and arrived at the age of love. So, what remains after becoming a couple? Only the faith in which the husband and wife deny themselves and regard each other as absolute remains.
True Father said that a husband and wife can never conflict if they know the Principle and the law of true love. And a family centered on husband and wife is God's destination of creation. It is also the destination of the couple, the destination of each person's entire life. Therefore, if you come to your destination and conflict, you will fail. You should definitely realize this.
God is the root of our conscience. Our conscience knows us better than anyone else. We may be able to deceive others, but we cannot deceive our conscience. From this perspective, the conscience is the best gift God has given to us.
True Father told us to live without a shadow on our conscience. He also told us to live without lies in our conscience. The conscience transcends everything and becomes our true teacher and teaches us to go the right way like a compass.
In that sense, the conscience is the parent of all parents, teacher of all teachers, and owner of all owners. But there are many times when we are veiled by the fallen man’s conscience due to the human fall.
Now, beyond the age of faith, we have arrived at the age of love. Since we have passed the (age?) of faith and arrived at the age of love, the couple must become each other’s conscience.
By the standard of conscience of God’s ideal world, everyone would have absolute standards. God’s standard of conscience and True Parents’ standard of conscience cannot be different. The ideal husband and wife’s standard of conscience cannot be different from each other.
Therefore, the husband and wife should live, thinking of each other as their own conscience and always denying themselves and regarding their partner as absolute.
Parent's Responsibilities for their Children
4. Are you raising your children? We must know very well that our ultimate goal is to serve and love our children with all our heart and raise them to be filial sons and daughters. Now is not the time to live with knowledge. This is the era of living with true love. Don't tell your children to just "study, study," just love them with all your heart. When parents love their children with all their heart, they fulfill their responsibility as parents. When parents love their children dearly, the children know what responsibility they have to fulfill. Children who are loved by their parents know very well that they should not become objects of concern in front of their parents. In this way, through the parental love, children must realize for themselves what portion of responsibility they must fulfill.
5. But is it okay to force the portion of responsibility onto the children if the parents do not love them properly and just say, 'Do this, do that’? In the future, do not tell your children, “Study. Do this. Do that." If your child gets into trouble or doesn't listen properly, you should rebuke yourself first. If the children causes the parents to be worried, as parents who have such children, they must first repent and rebuke themselves first. Whenever they see the children's flaws, they must first reflect on themselves, saying, “That is because they resemble me,” and “I feel sorry for those who resemble my fallen nature.” They must always pray and think, “How I can make that child realize his heart?"
How can we raise our children well? And as parents, what is the final goal of raising children? In short, it is to raise children as filial sons and daughters while dearly serving and loving them. If parents raise their children as filial children, then the parent’s responsibility is already fulfilled.
Now is not the time to live by knowledge. This is the era of living with true love. So, the children’s education must be education centered on love rather than knowledge. We should not tell our children to just "study, study“ like in knowledge-based education, but just love them with all our sincere heart.
Children who are dearly loved by their parents will never cause them to worry, and realize what their responsibility is all on their own. So, children who were raised as filial sons and daughters through their parents’ love will naturally know what responsibility they have to fulfill.
The problem is that when parents raise their children, they focus on knowledge-based education rather than love, and that’s when problems arise. Knowledge must become a supplement in perfecting love. Knowledge itself cannot become the purpose.
If our child gets into trouble or doesn't listen properly, we should rebuke ourself first. If the children causes the parents to be worried, as parents who have such children, they must first repent and rebuke themselves first.
To make our children repent, we must know our children’s sins as our own and we must shed tears on our own without our children knowing. There is no way to make their children repent as much as the parents shedding tears for the children.
Do not blame them. Do not scold them. Do not just judge them. Whenever we see our children’s weak points or wrongdoing, we should just reflect on ourself: “This kind of fallen blood lineage, fallen nature, comes from where? It comes from me, from my own blood lineage. I did not remove that kind of fallen nature. That is why this kind of fallen nature appears again in my children.”
We need to repent. With this attitude (we shed) tears of love(?) whenever we see their problems and situation. That is a beautiful attitude. Children spiritually know very well: (to the extent that) parents change, we can influence and change our children. (There is) no other way.
I emphasize once again, the best way to educate our children is practicing filial piety towards our children with the same filial heart as we are filial to God. If we sow filial piety, we will reap filial piety.
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