Ep 573 - True Parent's Museum Part 3

True Parents' Museum - May 21, 2022 - 44ths Anniversary of the 188-Couple Blessing 

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I am really happy to see Dr. Shelley join from Israel. So beautiful!

Today I’d like to talk about “True Parents' Museum” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.

The True Parents' museum will be ultramodern and unique in the world. While ultramodern, the second floor hall should be a place where you naturally bow your head and your mind becomes calm. There, your heart should well up with the desire to offer gratitude to True Parents, and to offer a deep bow and prayer. It must be built so that people feel gratitude and peace. Father's life history has so many interesting aspects. They are recorded at the Sunhak Institute of History. We can restore all of the historic videos. Now we need to keep producing them in a series. I will have them made into educational materials for workshops. Then it can become a living and breathing museum. It will be a museum that also operates as a cultural center 365 days a year. (2014.11.11, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

The CheonJi SunHak Won should convey and display, using modern technology, True Parents' lifelong achievements and teachings so that they can be understood at one glance and so that people's hearts can be moved. We need to create and environment in which whoever visits can decide for themselves as they exit, “Ah, I should take part in this.” Therefore, we should create it as a place of the greatest beauty, awe, and reverence. The museum will help people understand the course of devotion True Parents took, starting from the lowest position shedding blood, sweat and tears for the sake of the people of the world. Visitors should be able to see in a glance how much indemnity and sacrifice True Parents have paid to save humankind. I want to make the museum a place where people sing praise to True Parents' authority, a place that they want to go to and want to live near. Thus, it will need the best cutting-edge technology. I want to make a cultural center there. If we are to convey the course of life True Parents walked, we need more than paintings. We need to make movies and have performances. (2014.11.20, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

True Mother's greatest wish is to build Cheon Il Guk centered on the Republic of Korea at the national level. In that sense, we must give a lot of prayer and devotion to a Heavenly unified Korea and do our best as an elder-son nation. 

The second (wish) is for True Parents to build a museum centered on Cheonil Temple in Cheoncheongung, which is called Cheonji Sunhakwon. These two are the greatest tasks that True Mother wants to accomplish. 

That is why Mother is continually talking about the museum, Cheonji Sunhakwon, Cheoncheongung.... We really need to pray for these wishes of Mother that they go smoothly and that Mother’s dream can be accomplished.

LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 50 - The Indirect Dominion and the Human Portion of Responsibility

• During the growing period, all created beings grow by virtue of the autonomy and governance given by God’s Principle.

• God, the Author of the Principle, has regard only for the fruits of their growth which are based on the Principle. In this way, He governs all things indirectly. We call this growing period the realm of God’s indirect dominion or the realm of dominion based on accomplishments through the Principle.

• All things reach perfection after passing through the growing period by virtue of the autonomy and governance given by God’s Principle.

• Human Beings, however, pass through the growing period and reach perfection by fulfilling their own portion of responsibility, in addition to the guidance provided by the Principle.

• We can deduce from God’s commandment to Adam and Eve in Gen. 2:17 that the first human ancestors were responsible to believe in the Word of God and not eat of the fruit. Whether or not they disobeyed God and fell depended not on God, but on themselves.

 • God endowed human beings with a portion of responsibility for the following reason:

• By fulfilling their given portion of responsibility, with which even God does not interfere, human beings are meant to inherit the creative nature of God and participate in God’s great work of creation.

• God intends human beings to earn ownership and become worthy to rule over the creation as creators in their own right, just as God governs over them as their Creator.

• This is the principal difference between human beings and the rest of creation.

The Importance of the Portion of Responsibility

 <March 1, 1983, United States> How many times a day do you think about your portion of responsibility? You must think about it all the time, when you pick up your spoon, when you eat, when you do the dishes, when you go to the bathroom and when you walk. Adam and Eve failed because they did not think about their portion of responsibility. You will fail too if you do not complete your portion of responsibility. You must not be a person who is fallen like Adam and Eve who did not complete their responsibility. You must hold your portion of responsibility as very important twenty-four hours a day in order to be victorious in restoration. The human portion of responsibility is God's borderline. That is why we have to go beyond this portion of responsibility. 

The Discovery of the Portion of Responsibility 

The center of the portion of responsibility is true love. In order to possess true love, we should fulfill the portion of responsibility. Since we are fallen and the portion of responsibility has been lost, we must go through an indemnity course to rebuild it. You need to realize the fact that the portion of responsibility found by the Unification Church is a universal discovery. The invention of the atomic bomb or Einstein's theory of relativity are nothing in comparison. Everything in history becomes uncertain without it. What has been reported so far is very superficial. The fact that you realize the essence of this portion of responsibility is a very remarkable surprise, and means you have something truly great.

Because of the principle of the portion of responsibility, if somebody helps you, indemnity is not accomplished. If it were possible to help, God could have interfered at the time of the fall and kept humankind from being corrupted. However, since the portion of responsibility was meant to be completed by human beings. God could not interfere. No matter how great Rev. Moon is, no matter how much God loves him, in going through the indemnity course and his portion of responsibility, God cannot help him. You must each overcome Satan and move forward. (March 1, 1983, United States)

Let's briefly summarize True Father's remarks on the sharing of responsibilities. 

The Importance of Human Beings’ Portion of Responsibility

1. Everything in history cannot be explained without the human portion of responsibility. 

That is why no one can answer how to solve all the problems of human history.

2. Indemnity is a problem that only humans must deal with by doing their portion of responsibility. 

The human portion of responsibility is their homework. Nobody can intervene. Nobody can help. It is our task. When we fulfill our portion of responsibility, then we can become the owner of all things.

3. If God could help man, he could have intervened at the time of the Fall and prevented their fall. 

4. God cannot interfere with human’s portion of responsibility. 

No one has discovered this principle so far. That is why our Divine Principle is so great. I am really proud of our True Father and how he discovered all the Principle, especially the human portion of responsibility.

5. Therefore, each human being must overcome Satan and move forward with their own responsibility. 

6. All the contradictions and historical tragedies of the entire universe stem from man's failure to fulfill their portion of responsibility. 

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: True Self-Denial and Righteousness 

When we really deny ourself very well, we can become a person of righteousness.

1. Today's world lives completely ignorant of the responsibilities and laws of the heart. However, we who are on the path of faith for restoration must know what kind of people we are. It is about how much you live feeling that you are indispensable in human relationships. When we are resurrected or revived, or when we receive joy and hope—all of them are not obtained because of our own individual motivation. Our heart and love are expressed when we give and receive while relating with the other person. You are never alone. Today, when we say that we have some joy, hope, and motivation on our path of faith, it does not come from you alone. Therefore, when you have joy, hope, and motivation, it is a sin to treat them only as yours. 

In today's world, we are completely unaware of the responsibilities and laws of the heart. Therefore, we who are on the faith course of restoration must live a life of judging good and evil according to the laws of the heart centered on the Word, without depending on the moral ideology or traditions of the secular world. 

In the rule of heaven, everything operates according to the law of the heart. Therefore, in the world of heaven, hurting another’s heart is the greatest sin. Of course, it was a big mistake for Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, but above all, the greatest sin they committed was that they hurt God's heart. 

For your relationship to be smooth, you must not hurt the other person's feelings. You must give an unforgettable impression to the other person’s heart and become unforgettable to the other person. Therefore, in order to form a deep emotional bond with the other person, you must leave an unforgettable impression and memory in the other person's heart. 

That is why we need to understand the world of the kingdom(?) ... based on the laws of the heart. Many people do not know about this. We need to focus centering on heart.

 2. Joy, hope, and will come from relative relationships. When we have confidence today, we should ask where it came from. Joy and love come from the other person when you live for them. Thinking that the joy I feel is mine alone is like indulgence. Whenever I feel joy and happiness, I must think about who I got it from. If you mistake it as something you obtained yourself, your fallen nature will come out. Today, when we feel bad or neglected, we fallen human beings ask, “Is there no way for me to go without you? I don’t need you.” Don't you have the trait of betraying others like this? There are many cases in which we say we don’t need a person who is indispensable to us. This is not denying yourself but asserting yourself. 

3. “I don’t need you” “I can do it alone without you” These words mean that the person is indispensable to me. If you really didn't have a relationship with that person, why would they think that? Why is there such a backlash if there is really no relationship? This kind of hostility and opposition mean that person is already indispensable to me, but because that person ignores me, they rebel. That is why remembering other people's faults or having hatred and displeasure today is self-destruction. If you do not want to kill yourself in any adversity, do not assert yourself. This is indeed a big problem. Therefore, repent when you are considered unnecessary in a relationship. If I am ignored, excluded, or have conflict with others, I must repent. Why? Because proof of the fact that I am not needed in that environment was exposed. Would you be so ignored if you were considered necessary? 

 In order to keep your faith and not get your spirit body hurt in any adversity, you must never assert yourself. If you assert yourself and insist on yourself in adversity, you will inevitably resent the other person and the environment you are in. Therefore, no matter what hardships and trials we face, we must deny ourselves in order to maintain our faith. 

If you are not considered necessary in a relationship, you should repent instead of resenting the other person. If you are ignored, alienated, or in conflict with the other, you must repent, rather than just blaming that guy.

Faith is to deny yourself even if the other person is unfair to you. Otherwise, judging the opponent will dry out your heart. You should think that everything is a problem because you are wrong and you are lacking, (that you have a) lack of jeongseong.

Even if the other person makes a mistake, you need to know that the other person can change according to your attitude, love, and heart. Therefore, even if the other person did something wrong, you must deny yourself that you lacked wisdom and love to treat that person. By never affirming yourself, your soul suffers(?). 

Self denial is not easy. If(?) we deny ourself in front of God, God’s world (word?) may be easier. If you are doing something good but someone misunderstands you and denies you, it is not easy to overcome it. 

However, what is a life of faith? In any situation you must deny yourself. Otherwise, if you do not deny yourself, you will try to blame someone and complain. Then (you offer) no satisfaction to the other person. That is why you have to be careful. A life of faith is always self-denial. Even if someone is wrong, you really need to repent: “I did not take care of him properly. I don’t have a proper reason to really embrace him.”

We always need to reflect centering on our own faith, our own heart. Then there is a way you can really develop and grow. If you see something is wrong and start to blame (someone), I am telling you, anyone can judge others. Finally you will lose your heart. 

This is about our heart. What shall we do? 

4. Even though I have achievements that deserve to be considered necessary, there is a problem when the other person says that they do not need me. There are cases where the other person ignores me and treats me as unnecessary, even though they need me. There are times when Abel is not happy with me even though I have done my best to serve Abel and made good achievements. So, what can we do in this case? God often denied himself to His Abel and tried to deny the fact that He served sacrificing everything and brought results. Therefore, Heaven gives that person such a test to test whether the person is real or not. 

This is not a simple matter. I feel (it is) unfair when the other ignores me even though I have achievements that deserve to be considered necessary. It is acceptable for me to be ignored by others when I make a mistake, but when anyone can see that I have achievements I can boast of, and when I am ignored by others despite fulfilling my responsibilities, I feel it is unfair and (am) resentful. 

There are times when I do my best to serve Abel, but despite my achievements, there are times when Abel persecutes me. Then a lot of people collapse here. 

God often denies the person through that person's Abel. Even though he served sacrificing everything and brought achievements before Abel, Abel denies him, persecutes him, ignores him. Heaven gives that person such a test to test whether the person is real or not. When I am victimized, do I have a grateful heart, or do I have a heart of resentment and a desire to curse the other person? 

What kind of person are you? How about you?

When you are denied by your Abel when you are supposed to be recognized, then your real person comes out, your fallen nature can come out. In such a situation, am I grateful for it or do I try to curse the other person? 

That is why. in our life of faith, we always need to be careful. When we are denied by our Abel, what is our attitude? In the past, many senior brothers and sisters struggled with Abel, with Father and with central figures. They could not bear it and finally left the church. They did not know the meaning of self-denial.

 5. Even though one denied himself for Abel's sake, Abel pretends not to know him and denies him again, causing many people to be disappointed or lose their faith. I do my best to deny myself, and I try to serve Abel for the purpose of the whole, but when Abel says that he doubts me, it becomes unfair. It is easy to feel sad when Abel makes me feel victimized even though I do my best and have attachment for the whole purpose. However, if I feel sad in such a situation, then I am not a true believer. Fallen natures and self-assertion remain in my heart. A person who goes on silently despite being ignored and unfairly treated like that is a righteous person. 

When people are ignored by Abel despite their achievements on the path of faith, many people feel very sad, lack of love and retreat and leave the church. 

A good way that God tests a person is by deliberately putting them in an unfair position. 

How did Jesus respond when he came to this earth and went to the cross even though he did only what was right? Jesus did not complain and accepted the path as God’s Will. And he prayed for blessings on the enemy who tried to kill him even in such an unfair position. 

Can you imagine this?

If you are an ordinary person, when you go to the cross like Jesus, you would be in a position where you resent God for abandoning you even though you sacrificed everything for His Will. 

Jesus never insisted on himself. He 100%, 120% denied himself and absolutely followed God’s will. How did he end up? He had to go the way of the cross. Can you imagine? He did everything for God, for Israel. He does not have any successor(?). It looks as if God has abandoned him. Normal people can complain (in this situation): “I did everything for my nation. I don’t have my own interests and motivation.” Many people would complain. 

However, Jesus (said), “Whatever is God’s will, I will follow Heavenly Father.” In that unfair situation Jesus forgave his own enemies. Jesus is a champion of self-denial. 

Whenever I think about his cross, I learn what self-denial is. “Why didn’t Heavenly Father intervene? I am really dying on the cross. I really did something for your will. I really worry if I die, who can fulfill your will?” He could have complained. He could have argued with God: “Why did you abandon me?” 

However, Jesus said, “This is your will? I will follow.” Wow! Jesus is amazing! How can he deny himself like this?

Was there not such a problem between God and True Father? Despite True Father's sacrifice and doing his best for America, he was unfairly sent to Danbury Prison. 

The average person would be resentful and dissatisfied asking why God had sent him to jail even though he had done what is right for God and for America. However, True father thought that the path to the prison was God’s Will, and he happily entered prison. 

True Father saw that a greater blessing would come to America through Danbury Prison. He thought that the walls of all religions, politics, and races would break down through his paying indemnity.

The same is true of our faith course. Can I deny myself and be grateful when I am ignored by Abel despite my best efforts? 

Those who may test me can be my Abel, True Children, True Father, True Mother, and God. We should know that God can ultimately test us through True Mother. There will be people who do not believe in True Mother, doubt True Mother's leadership, and become discouraged by trials and tribulations. 

That is why you have to be careful. The last task is what? Our relationship with Mother. This is the final trial, the final test. How do you overcome? Definitely this kind of time is coming, a test of your life of faith, even from Abel, even from True Mother. 

Then you need to know how to deny yourself. If you feel resentful or a decrease in love when you are treated unfairly or ignored by your loved one, it means that you still have a long way to go. In the end, we need to know that the course of faith is a course of denying ourselves in any circumstance. 

For example – this is my own testimony – when Mother came to Cambodia, we had prepared the Asian summit very well. All Asian brothers and sisters had mobilized for more than a month and had invested jeongseong and fasting and kyumbei-ing. We had done all kinds of jeongseong. They absolutely united with me. 

Then True Mother came. Prime Minister Hun Sen and all government leaders welcomed True Mother. It was an incredible victory. 

Then when we had a victory celebration, True Mother said, “From now on, Dr. Yong, you need to step down. Your job is no more.”

When True Mother made this announcement, I was thinking (about) what happened. How should I deal with this issue? I had done everything with members. I had done my best. We had brought an incredible victory. What happened to me?

Later God taught me that this was a test for me. This is God’s test through True Mother. Whenever we get a great victory, always indemnity is waiting. 

Satan’s test is waiting for you. You need to appreciate it. You (will) pay indemnity, pay the price after a victory. (When it comes from) True Mother, you should be grateful. 

Immediately I felt that this is Mother’s love. Mother denied me. That means Mother has asked me to pay the price on Abel’s side. Wow! 

“Mother, thank you. I am so grateful.”

(Sometime) before (the victory celebration, Mother announced we would have food(?) together with her. She asked many people for a reflection.

I said, “Mother, you are my God. You are my eternal Abel. You are my savior.” After that we went to the victory celebration at which Mother made her announcement (about my stepping down). 

God really tested me. I immediately settled that issue.

Later Mother asked me to do (that mission?) again. I know that Mother had great plans for me. 

Sometimes we misunderstand. That is why today we are learning very important things about that. When you are denied by your Abel even though you (may have done) fine, if you are denied by a higher Abel, that’s fine. But sometimes you (may have been) denied by True Father. Many senior brothers and sisters could not overcome being denied by True Mother, sometimes denied by God. How could you overcome? Today’s lesson is important. If you cannot overcome, it means you still have a long way to go. You still have a lot of fallen nature. 

We need to know that a life of faith is self-denial like Jesus, True Father. True Mother always shows a life of self-denial. This is an important and great lesson.

LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible

(Testimony of Susan Munsell.)

You are an expert in how to witness to Christian ministers. Everything happens on a foundation of our heart. Today we learned many things from you.♦

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