Ep 432 - Suffering at Danbury and Heung-jin nim's Seonghwa Part
Suffering at Danbury and Heung-jin Nim's Seonghwa #67 - December 31, 2021 New Year’s Eve
Today is the last day of this year. We ended the year with a family meeting and made new plans for 2022. Every year around this time of year, whenever we look back and reflect on the year, we are always thankful to God, thinking that all the goals of our family that we had hoped for in the past year have been achieved. We have all gathered together to create new plans for this coming year. I hope that 2022 will be a very hopeful and very promising year for you as well. Please create your own goals with your family members.
Today I’d like to talk about, like yesterday, “Holy Wedding and a new resolution” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Please don’t be disturbed by the fireworks that you may hear during this talk.
It is important for Unification Church members to live principled lives and it is also important to work hard to accomplish the missions that you have. The most important mission of the Unification Church is to protect Father's life, so that Father's physical presence on earth will continue for a long, long time. A message sent from a spiritualist from outside the church said that in December 1983 a very dangerous time would come for Father. Spiritual revelations unanimously confirmed that Heung-jin became a sacrifice on behalf of Father. In order to save Father's life, Heung-jin went on his behalf. Even the number of terrorists who were aiming at Father was 36. Spiritualists are saying that 36 satanic spiritual agents took the life of Heung-jin. So when I reflect, I feel this is an absolute, final, incredible, extraordinary attack of all satanic forces.
When Heung-jin was born as the second son, he went through incredible trauma for three days. Some people thought Heung-jin would not make it at birth. He was going through the path of the cross even at his birth. But at his death I knew he was chosen to do a more sacred mission than anyone under the sun could think of—dying for the sake of Father. Heung-jin knew that through his Seonghwa, the spirit world and the physical world can be more directly united with True Parents, and Heaven's blessing would come, which would speed up the completion of the providence, and that he could send his last comfort to Father and his older brother. He is not gone. He is working together with all of you. Think of Heung-jin's messages from the past and the present, and do your best to offer your filial hearts to Heaven. (1984.01.03, Belvedere Training Center)
Even when True Father collapsed under the indescribable weight of the cross on his shoulders, he emerged triumphant and proclaimed Pal Jeong Shik and Heavenly Fatherism in Alaska, and there were circumstances behind it all which are only known to Heaven. As we say good-bye to grandmother Hong (Daemonim), I wish to ask something of you. She dedicated her entire life for God's Will, and gave up everything as a woman to meet the Lord during her lifetime and to attend and work for him. In fact, she even gave up the position of wife and mother to walk the path of the providence unwaveringly, and up to the last moment of her passing, she offered such serious devotions that only Heaven and she knew her sacrifice. When you think about her and remember the life she led, you should try to adopt her life of service as an example and a goal for your own lives and live accordingly.
Hong Daemonim is a great example of how to attend heaven, how to protect True Parents, how to raise her daughter, True Mother, in the nanny position. Daemonim is an exemplary member. We need to inherit Daemonim’s spirit. She left her husband a long time ago to walk the path of the providence. True Mother is her daughter, but Daemonim never thought she was True Mother’s mother. Her position was that of the nanny. Her entire life she supported and protected True Mother. After True Mother’s holy wedding ceremony with True Father, for her remaining life she took care of True Parents and True Children. After passing away she came down to the earth again and worked centering on Cheongpyeong to liberate all our ancestors and our evil spirits. She did an incredible job and mission for us and for Heavenly Parent. At the same time, I appreciate Heungjin Nim’s sacrifice. If he had not had that kind of sacrificial life, how could we have expected something in the spiritual world. Heung-jin nim went to the spiritual world and prepared everything, rearranged the spiritual world and worked together with Daemonim side by side protecting True Parents and helping us to liberate our ancestors. We really need to appreciate Daemonim and Heung-jin nim. Since they passed away, they have worked harder than they did during their earthly life.
You should take this moment as an opportunity to look back upon your own lives and consider whether you ever strayed from the path of the providence, whether you ever thought of yourselves first before you thought of the providence, and whether you ever took care of yourselves and paid attention to your own sorrows before you gave a thought to True Father's sorrowful course of suffering, and you should repent if you have done so. As the rain that falls down on the world cleans away all filth and makes everything clean, during this period you too should cleanse your body and mind of your own accord and clean yourselves of everything that should be cleaned and rid yourselves of everything that should be gotten rid of, thus renewing your own selves. You should send her off with such thoughts in your mind. (1989.11.05, Shinmun-ro Residence, Seoul)
Focusing on True Mother’s word, let’s take a look at the meaning of the Seonghwa of Heung-jin Nim in the Champumo Gyeong.
The Ascension of Heung-jin Moon
<Chambumo Gyeong P. 782> From December 14 to December 23, 1983, True Parents led Victory Over Communism rallies in eight major cities in Korea. These rallies were held to thwart North Korea ’s growing ambition to unify the Korean Peninsula under communism. At the final rally in Gwangju, True Father delivered his speech amid rising tensions due to reports that a group had been sent there to assassinate him. On that same day Heung-jin Moon, True Parents’ second son, was badly injured in a traffic accident in the United States. His injuries proved fatal, and he passed away on January 2, 1984. At a time of opposition from that Christian nation and the increasing danger of communism, his death became a sacrificial offering.
The Victory of Love
<Chambumo Gyeong P. 785> At 4:00 a.m. on January 3, 1984, at the Belvedere Training Center, True Parents proclaimed January 2, the day when Heung-jin Moon ascended to the spirit world, as the Day of the Victory of Love.
They were able to make this proclamation because when he went the course of a sacrificial offering and triumphed over the realm of death, Heung-jin Moon embodied the standard for a new beginning in which God could take dominion over love.
True Father proclaimed the Day of the Victory of Love. I can’t imagine when True Parents offered Heung-jin Nim. Can you imagine if one of your sons died young and became a sacrificial lamb. Heung-jin Nim is the second son of the True Parents’ blood lineage. He passed away on behalf of the father. True Father was supposed to die, but because of Heung-jin Nim’s sacrificial offering, finally True Parents gained an incredible victory. Wow! Then True Father, in order to send Heung-jin Nim to the spiritual world as an offering, resolved not to cry, and he asked his family including True Mother not to cry because this was an offering, a joyful offering. True Father could not shed tears until after the end of the Seonghwa Ceremony. That is why he overcame and proclaimed the Day of the Victory of Love. Also, I heard that after the Seonghwa Ceremony -- you know that they brought Heung-jin Nim’s body to Korea, and I participated in the ceremony -- when True Father and True Mother heard that the ceremony was completely over -- one of the older brothers shared with us -- True Father went to his room and locked his door. He said now as his personal father, I cried for him.” He was weeping and weeping and weeping. How much he cried! Father is a human being. During the offering(?) ceremony, he could not share tears but as a personal father he cried and cried and cried. Wow! They did not just offer their body, mind and heart, but each of the True Children. That was our True Parents sacrificial life.
Marriage Blessing of Heung-jin Moon and the Commander of the Spirit World
<Chambumo Gyeong P. 789> On February 20, 1984, 50 days after Heung-jin Moon ’s ascension, True Parents conducted the marriage Blessing of Heung-jin Moon and Julia Moon (Hoon-sook Pak) at the Belvedere Training Center. This marriage ceremony brought unity between heaven and earth. True Parents had promised their son as he lay dying in the hospital that he would be blessed and have children by adoption.
On the foundation of the Unification Ceremony and the Day of the Victory of Love, they gave him the Blessing; moreover, they bestowed on him the titles of Ambassador of Love and Commander of the Spirit World, and charged him with the mission of liberating the spirit world.
True Parents gave a very special mission to him, the title of Ambassador of Love and Commander of the spiritual world. Thank you, our beloved Heung-jin Nim. You are really doing an incredible job for us.
Today we will read the Divine Principle, Life of Give-and-Take Action.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: Principle of Creation 9 - Life of Give and Take Action 1
• Through the agency of universal prime energy, the subject and object elements of every entity form a common base and enter into interaction. This interaction, in turn, generates all the forces the entity needs for existence, multiplication, and action.
• The interaction generating these forces through this process is called give and take action.
We have been continuously talking about the meaning of give-and-take action and applying it to our daily lives.
Life of True Love
1. Principle of True Love: Always give first and then receive later.
2. Unprincipled Love: Take first and then give or even forget to give back.
Based on this EDP content, let’s study True Father’s word directly.
To Become the Give and Take Action the Universe Protects
<165-175> The biggest problem communism is giving the world now is economics theory. Centered on the economy standing on top of the distribution system, it tries to think of everything as centered on itself. it tries to prevent suffering loss no matter what. The US is also trying to prevent its own loss instead of helping other countries. This is the problem. That’s why the universe doesn’t cooperate with it. If it is for the greater good, the public as a whole, then the under this standard, the bigger the counteraction. universe will protect it but the more the public material itself is dropped
If we don’t eat well, we get an upset stomach. The give and take between subject and object must be done well or else it will hurt just as we hurt when our body is upset. When there is a good give and take in everything, the physical body works smoothly and we continue to survive.
No matter what happens to any country, including communism, the country tries not to become a minus for his country. The United States, too, wants to avoid becoming a minus for its own country rather than helping other countries. However, if it is given and shared for the sake of the greater and the whole, the universe protects it, but if the shared object itself is lowered to its own property or the standard to which it belongs, the universe strikes as a reaction.
If we eat the wrong food, our stomach is upset. Just as if there is an abnormality in the body, it will inevitably cause side effects if the subject and object do not communicate well. Therefore, you need to be good at give and receive actions.
There is a phenomenon that occurs when you give and receive well. First, it must always be one, beautiful unity. Second, you must grow. Thirdly, reproduction must occur, always multiply. The reason that one cannot become one, does not grow, and cannot reproduce is because something violates the law of giving and receiving desired by the universe.
<165-175> God assists all good give and take actions because this universe is His ideal form of existence. Within the elements receiving assistance in this world, if there is an opposing or lacking factor, it becomes disqualified from His realm of assistance and is unable to function. This is for the protection of the universe itself. In this world, there are actions and counteractions. The counteractions are not bad. They are usually seen as bad but they are actions to protect the bigger things. Therefore the view to see the world has to change.
God assists all good give and take actions because this universe is His ideal form of existence.
Conversely, if you do not give and receive well, the universe will push you away.This is for the protection of the universe itself.
In this world, there are actions and counteractions. The counteractions are not bad. They are usually seen as bad, but they are actions to protect the bigger things. Therefore the view to see the world has to change.
If it does not conform to the principle, side effects must occur. If it does not conform to the principle and there are no side effects, it is impossible to determine which is the principle or the non-principal. Therefore, it is important to know for sure that the side effects of certain things are because they are protecting the universe and trying to protect themselves. Therefore, whenever a side effect occurs, I have to reflect and be grateful, thinking that the universe is trying to protect me.
Our conscience reacts immediately when a principle is violated. So how grateful is our conscience? That conscience always tries to guide us right. For our conscience always seeks to conform to the principles of the universe.
<165-175> Our world of conscience or the world of men are suffering, but why do we suffer? It is because we have elements to disqualify us from the universe, the universe expels these elements which makes us feel conscience stricken. Even though this is the normal direction, when we stand in a position opposing this it becomes unable to perform this function, and the counteraction will definitely present itself as pain. The counteraction is directed to hell. Therefore, the highest ideal which humans seek is love, so you have to be able to give and take love well.
The Meaning of Give and Take Action in Chinese Characters
<175-249> Because of the fall we cannot have give and take action with God. The Chinese character of give and take action is give first receive later. Due to the fall, we stand in the position where the give and take action’s letter su(授) is not to give but to take (受). Isn’t that why everyone wants to receive? The fall has made everyone become people who want to receive. This is why you who are walking the path of restoration should not have a mind of taking. Do not think of receiving. You must constantly think of giving. If you constantly say you will give for this world like God, He will follow you.
The Chinese character of give and take action is give first, receive later.
Due to the fall of man, (humanity) became a group (in which) everyone wanted to receive. So you don't have the heart to receive. Just think about giving it away. Wake up in the morning and think about what I will give to whom today. I mean to think about what I will give in front of heaven today.
Think of it as not having dinner if you don't give anything to anyone at the end of the day.
I was so inspired to hear someone’s report. He said, “When I think about my day, I did not really make anyone happy. I did not support or live for others. I did not have much appreciation. So, I am not qualified to have dinner.” Then he skipped dinner. He was that serious: “How can I help others? How can I do something for the sake of God’s will? For the sake of the public purpose? He was seriously thinking, “If I don’t do anything for others, for heaven or for True Parents, then I don’t have to have a meal.” That is why he skipped dinner. When I hear that kind of serious determination, I am so inspired.
God is always with those who struggle to live for that purpose.
Just like God, say that you will continue to give for the world. If you give for ten people, ten will follow. If you give for the country, the country will follow. If you give for the sake of the world, the world will follow. If you give for the sake of the universe, the universe will follow. If you give for God's sake, God will follow.
Our responsibility and mission is just giving and giving and giving. Think of giving as long as I am alive. As long as I am alive and can breathe, my mission is what? I need to give for the sake of God, for the world, for my neighbor. Then the opportunity to give will come again and again. And that becomes a habit and finally becomes a culture. At first, it is given with a sense of duty.
In the beginning it is not easy to give, but when you know the Divine Principle -- “I need to give. I need to give.” -- and you really push yourself -- sometimes you give out of a sense of duty and responsibility -- but when you continuously try to invest your utmost sincerity and continue to give, then unimaginable joy is accompanied by it. In the end you can feel, “Wow!” You can find the real meaning of your life of faith.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Jesus’ Course - Jesus’ Family and the Providence
When I heard about Jesus’ course, I collected Father’s words and many testimonies from here and there. I summarized them and added my own experience as well. So, let’s study Jesus’ family and the providence.
1. First, we will learn about the providence of Jesus’ family. In Jesus’ family, who had to be the most heartistic partner to Jesus? Without a doubt, it was Jesus’ mother Mary. When Mary conceived Jesus, there was evidence of the spirit world and she also directly received a revelation from God. When Mary conceived Jesus, she was a virgin and had a faith of longing for God more than anyone else. When Mary conceived Jesus, how old did she seem? If you think about the age Eve fell and True Mother’s age during the time of the Holy Wedding, we can guess that Mary’s age at that time would have been 16 or 17.
This is Father’s sharing about Mary’s age.
2. Mary, who conceived Jesus the Messiah, should have known that she had to become the central figure that protected Jesus. Joseph, Mary's fiancée, found out that Mary was pregnant and was about to seperate. But through a dream, Joseph received a revelation from Heaven that Mary did not sin and conceive the child, rather, she was made pregnant by the Holy Spirit, so he obeyed. In this situation, Mary should have absolutely accepted Jesus and served him. Next, Joseph, who received the revelation from Heaven, should have been the second central figure and absolutely attended Jesus.
3. This is not something that should be centered solely on the family of Jesus. It can also be applied in our life of faith. Suppose a person comes into church, listens to the Word, and decides to join the church. What is the first thing he should do? It is restoring the physical mother. If their own mother does not join the church and they do not receive support from their mother, that person will face many difficulties.
This is important. We have recently spoken about mother-child cooperation. When Jesus was born, the most important thing was Mary’s mission, Jesus’ mother. No matter what, she needed to protect Jesus. If she did not protect Jesus, then he had nowhere to go. The mother and son’s relationship is very crucial.
We can apply this in our daily life. When we joined the church, what was the most important thing for us to do? We needed some foundation from our family. Because our ancestors helped us to join the Unification Church, what is the first step? You need to witness to your mother and get support from her. Then you need to build mother-son cooperation. Based on that foundation, you can expand your foundation very quickly. Someone may say, “My mother is already very old.” or “My mother already died.” There are some cases like that. Then what can we do? If we don’t have such a foundation because she has passed away or because of other situations, then from the time you join the church, you need to find some mother figure. Spiritually you need to have good mother-son cooperation. If you build that kind of foundation between your spiritual mother and yourself, then your life of faith becomes very strong.
When I visited Sub-Region 4, I heard John Jackson’s beautiful testimony. His mother is Joanie Ann sungmonim(?). She met John Jackson. He was wandering and in a serious situation. However, he responded to Joannie Ann wonsungnim(?). He appreciated his spiritual mother. Their cooperation became very strong, an inseparable relationship. Then his life of faith became very stable.
That is why you need to connect with your spiritual mother’s position heartistically. Then your life of faith becomes very stable. When you join the church -- of course, you love God and True Parents and you accept the Divine Principle -- if emotionally and heartistically you don’t have that kind of process or that kind of relationship with your spiritual parents, your life of faith will not be easy. You need to overcome by yourself. It takes more than in other people’s life.
4, Looking at the principle of mother-child cooperation in the providence of restoration, when you join the church, you must first serve your spiritual mother well while trying to bring your physical mother to the church. Then you must make conditions for mother-child cooperation. This is principled. If you cannot do that, you must start from a position one level below in your spiritual level. This is because if you cannot receive mother-child cooperation, the foundation cannot be established.
5. Jesus’ mother Mary and Joseph should have accepted him, the Messiah. If his mother and Joseph had formed a trinity and united solidly, what kind of results would it have brought? The sisters (his aunts) of his mother Mary were to cooperate. Also, the environment for Joseph’s close brothers to cooperate was supposed to be created. If Joseph and Mary had united, God would surely have given them many revelations according to the progress of Heaven’s providence at that time. In fact, if Mary and Joseph had become one, there would have been no need for Jesus to leave home and perform signs and miracles. Rather, the amazing work of God must have come from Mary and Joseph.
When Mary received the revelation and she was pregnant with Jesus, she had an strong and absolute faith in God. Otherwise how could she have had a baby as a virgin? (She did it) at the risk of her life. At that time given Jewish tradition, if she become pregnant before marriage, how could she survive? At the time, she had strong determination, “No matter what, I want to follow God’s commandment, God’s direction.” Finally, she did. She left Zachariah’s family and did not know where to go. But Joseph received an inspiration from heaven, “You need to accept Mary.” Joseph and Mary both received inspirations. They were already engaged. When they received God’s inspiration and revelation, their motivation was very good in the beginning. However, they did not always have (the presence of) the hoy spirit. When they came to the reality and Joseph started to doubt, according to Father’s sharing, “Hey, Mary. whose baby is this? Where does this baby come from? Who is this baby’s father?” He kept asking again and again. Can you imagine living together with Joseph? It was not easy to protect Jesus at that time. According to Father’s guidance, Joseph should not have had a relationship with Mary. He needed to protect Jesus and Mary. However, can you imagine a boy and girl living together in one bedroom, how could they control their love desire -- not just for one day, one month, one year. Can you imagine? It was not easy for him to control his desire. When he received the inspiration from God, at first he absolutely obeyed. However, when he realized the reality, without the holy spirit, he horizontally asked, “Mary, whose baby is this? Where does it come from?” He struggled like this. In the beginning when Joseph approached her about having a relationship maybe she refused, but that did not only happen on one day or during one month or even during one year. A man and a woman living together, how could they manage this well? Both of them could not keep God’s commandment and struggled with each other. They related to reality, finally had a relationship, struggled with each other and lost the Holy Spirit. Once the Holy Spirit left, they became very humanistic because God was no longer present. I really came to understand Mary and Joseph’s situation. Mary and Joseph needed to live as a nun and priest without a relationship. That would have been the way to protect the messiah. However, they were unable to do that. Problems started there. If Mary and Joseph had completely united together and kept their bodies holy, it will become the holy of holies. If there is oneness among Joseph, Mary and Jesus, God always can intervene and offer inspiration, “What the next step is. What you are going to do.” This is the power of unity and oneness. With unity between mind and body, God will surely intervene and you will receive inspiration. Then you will no longer struggle, and you will receive how to overcome and deal with reality. When there is a condition of unity between husband and wife, there is no worry about the future. God will definitely directly intervene. But once they break the relationship between God and themselves, God can no longer intervene and they become humanistic.
6. If Mary and Joseph had created such a foundation for Jesus from the family, the priests, deacons and elders who were praying in the synagogue in Capernaum, where Jesus often went at that time, would have begun to receive revelations about who Jesus was. In this way, if Jesus' family had believed in Jesus and his relatives had believed in him, it would have created an atmosphere in which the entire church could believe in Jesus.
7. Centering on Jesus, if Mary and Joseph had first united with Jesus and then the relatives united, the praying wives of the synagogue of Capernaum, where Jesus often went, would have received a revelation from God and accepted Jesus, and in the end, even the chief priest who played a central role in the church would have believed in Jesus. When such an internal atmosphere was created, God would have let the closest people know that Jesus had come as the Messiah. From there, God’s history would have officially begun.
8. If Jesus’ family and relatives of Jesus united and the church united, the Holy Marriage of Jesus would automatically take place. Before Jesus went out into society and became known throughout the country, Jesus would have been able to establish his family. In this way, if Joseph believed, Mary believed, relatives believed, church wives believed and then high priests believed more than the 12 disciples, and then externally, the Temple leaders accepted the Lord, then based on the number 12, centering on Jesus, the Messiah’s family was about to begin. True Father said that Jesus’ 12 disciples should have been the prepared relatives and high priests.
How important family is. Unity between husband and wife is the best way to protect children. Without that unity, there is no way to protect children.
Jesus’ vision of life begins with the family, begins with the relationship between Joseph and his mother, Mary. All the problems are in the family. In Adam’s family Cain killed Abel. In Noah’s family there was a problem in the relationship between the father and the children and between Noah and his wife. Jacob, Abraham, everything is in the family. That is why the family is the frontline. Especially the relationship between the husband and wife is really crucial. There is no need to talk about the relationship between Cain and Abel, relationship with your neighbor or outside or in your workplace. Your frontline is in your family. If you do well in your family and you go out to society, to your workplace or anywhere, you can win over it.
9. If that had happened, Jesus' national providential course would have begun. If the national course of the providence began centered on Jesus, who would be the central figure for Jesus? It had to be the high priest of Jerusalem. If that had happened, even the Roman rulers would be brought to submission, and it would have developed into the worldwide providence. If Jesus’ family had believed in him, Jesus could have started a family at that time and could have entered Rome with his children.
10. If Jesus had gone to Rome and established the Foundation for the Messiah on the world-wide level, he would have been able to dispatch many young followers from Rome to countries around the world. To do so, God would bless Rome, developing Rome into a world capital at that time, and allowing all nations to travel to and from Rome. Having to accomplish God’s will on this earth, Jesus had to enter the kingdom of Rome. At that time, the Roman power was very strong. God’s providence cannot establish the Abel nation without bringing the Cain nation to submission. However, because the family centered on Jesus could not become one, Jesus had to go on the pioneering path alone without any foundation.
11. The lesson we learn centering on Jesus’ family is the importance of the family. And the most important thing in the family is mother-child cooperation. The foundation of mother-child cooperation is ultimately the foundation which the central figure prepared by Heaven can make a new start. Just look at Isaac and his mother Sarah, Jacob and his mother Rebekah, Joseph and his mother Rachel, Moses and his mother, True Father and Chungmonim, and True Mother and Dae Mo Nim. Ultimately, the mother-child foundation becomes crucial in whether Heaven’s providence fails or succeeds.
We cannot deny this fact. That is why mother-son cooperation is so important.
12. We must strengthen the foundation of mother and child in our own life of faith. First, the believer must restore the relationship with their mother and create a mother-child foundation centered on Heaven and then restore my own brothers and sisters who have not yet been restored.
In my case, my mother received an inspiration when I joined the church. One week later she became a church member. …my ancestors helped me. Because of mother-son cooperation, my mother trusted me and supported me, I witnessed to my younger brother and sister and my entire family. This principle can apply everywhere. Mother and son cooperation is really crucial.
Next, in the church, the relationship with the spiritual mother should be strengthened and the mother-child cooperation centered on faith should be created within the church. Then, receive the Blessing and while raising your own children, you must establish an inseparable mother-child cooperation relationship. Then, all children will remain within the God’s will and become children who can receive blessings.
That’s why the archangel position -- all my brothers, including me -- your job and my job in the archangel position -- how can we protect our wife and mother? We need to invest in loving the mother. Let them fulfill their mission and work together in mother-son cooperation. This is the key point. I learned from the Divine Principle. Let’s raise our children well based on mother-son cooperation.♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words are tagged with a “(?)” and phrases with an ellipsis “ ...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated. This text and the powerpoint slides from this speech are available as pdf files at the top of this text and at text.morndev.com & yong.hoondok.com. Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com.♦