Ep 580 - A Place Where True Parents' Love Is Experienced Part 1
A Place Where True Parents' Love is Experienced - May 28, 2022 - IPEC Opened 2015
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Happy Saturday!
How seriously are you reading 1-hour EDP? I would like to ask each of you to meet God and communicate with God through EDP reading. If all the church members have that kind of beautiful tradition and always study God’s word (until it becomes) a habit and finally become the incarnation of God’s word, wow! How powerful our movement (will become).
That is why very seriously not just conditionally, let’s become the incarnation of God’s word like Jesus, like our True Parents. This is the way we can convey God’s message to everybody. I think that is one of our important portions of responsibility.
Today I’d like to talk about “A Place Where True Parents' Love is Experienced” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
CheongPyeong is the original homeland. I plan to make this CheongPyeong holy ground into one that people around the world would long for and want to live in. I will erect the CheonJi SunHak Won as a first step toward this endeavor. I want to develop this holy ground into an amazing place within ten years. Hence, you must invest everything to raise citizens of Cheon Il Guk. I am making double, triple preparations of things that you wouldn't even think of. It will become a premium tourist area that is unique in the world. In addition to CheonJi SunHak Won, the environment will also be beautifully designed. It will become a place where visitors will find joy and happiness in their hearts, along with spiritual and physical well-being. (2015.11.23, CheongPyeong Training Center)
In Korea, there is a saying—one picture is worth 1,000 words. Hence I plan to make HyoJeong CheonWon into a model of the kingdom of heaven on earth, the hope of our Heavenly Parent, True Parents and the blessed families. Think about it. Don't you have the desire to live with True Parents while they are still on earth? Don't you want to sleep with True Parents, wake up, offer a bow to them, and then report how Heavenly Parent's environment is expanding through various activities? Thinking of you, who have worked so hard, I want to create a rest area in CheongPyeong that can heal your bodies and minds. We are happy blessed families who have hope. Adam and Eve did not fulfill their responsibilities in the past, but I sincerely hope you will all become blessed families who fulfill your responsibilities in complete unity with True Parents. (2016.10.22, CheongPyeong Training Center)
In the Bible, Amos 3:7 says, “Surely the sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.”
Just as the Bible says that God never does anything without showing the secret or model of His plans to somebody first, True Mother also plans to show the whole world the model of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth through the Cheong Pyeong holy ground in Korea.
That is why Mother is investing her heart so much double, triple, ten times. She is very serious to make a model of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. I really appreciate Mother‘s initiative to build the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.
That is why I got some inspiration from Mother. I really want to build a beautiful American headquarters through our own effort and power.
God has always carried out His providence by establishing a model in one place and spreading it throughout.
We are trying to create a model church that can be shown to the world by making True Mother's Great Commission. Let's make such a model church in America that we can show, that the whole world can follow.
America is the center of the world. If America really breaks through with the tradition of Morning Devotion, with prayer and jeongseong, and one-hour EDP reading and if everybody keeps the hoondok tradition thoroughly and their life of faith becomes independent and if they show an increase in membership, wow! That is why I really appreciate all American blessed families, second generation and third generation, who are involved in these activities. I strongly encourage each sub-regional leader to invest our effort like True Mother. How much effort True Mother invests in Cheong Pyeong to show a model place for all humankind! Let’s do that in our area.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 50 - The Indirect Dominion and the Human Portion of Responsibility
The Reason for Human Responsibility
• 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 Two Conditions to Fulfill One’s Portion of Responsibility
<87-122> The reason that Adam and Eve fell is that they did not fulfill their portions of responsibility. Then, can Adam fulfill his portion of responsibility by himself? First, he must put God at his center and become one with God. You must understand that you cannot fulfill your portion of responsibility before you become one with God.
Next, you must become one with the Principle. These two conditions must be established.
Therefore, the first article of faith is, “People of faith must absolutely believe in God! Absolutely return to God! Stand perfectly with God at your center!” Know that no matter what the religion, this is the first article for people of faith. Then, what comes second? Become one with the Principle, with the laws set up by God, become completely one with the law.
What are two conditions human beings need (in order) to fulfill our portion of responsibility?
Father said, first, we must put God as our center and completely become one in heart with God. If there is a heartistic distance from God, Satan will definitely seize that opportunity. As God’s children, human beings must first absolutely believe in God. When there is absolute faith that absolutely believes in God and absolute love that loves Him more than anyone else, human beings can fulfill their portion of responsibility.
What I learned from here is how we can become one in heart with God. How can we do that?
On June 1 I am going to have my 47th spiritual birthday. Wow! Almost half a century.
I realized how to become completely one in heart with God. Everyone wants to become one in heart with God. What is the key point?
Since I joined our church more than 47 years ago, I realized the key point in becoming one in heart with God is to experience God’s heart. Without experiencing God’s heart, it is impossible to become one with God. (This is) not only (about) words, not only (about) studying the Divine Principle. How can I have an experience of God’s sorrowful heart, his reality, his situation, his circumstances, his difficulties? If we truly experience God’s situation, circumstances, his suffering and sorrowful heart, this is the way all human beings can go back to God’s bosom.
Heartistic distance means I do not understand parental heart, do not understand Jesus’(?) situation. It means I am very self-centered. If there is heartistic distance, Satan will definitely seize that opportunity to attack.
That is why whenever you read the one hour EDP, 3-hour EDP, 12-hour EDP, True Mother’s memoir, True Father’s autobiography, that is fine. (But) what is the purpose of the reading? How can I understand God’s dream, his situation, his mind, his heart, his sorrowful situation. If we truly understand this, I think surely we can fulfill our portion of responsibility.
Father said, second, we must become one with the Principle. We must absolutely obey the Words God has given me, given you. God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the forbidden fruit. They had to absolutely obey God's Word.
So, unite with God and secondly you should always become (one) with the Divine Principle and God’s word. If we neglect to study the Divine Principle, EDP, then our relationship becomes far from God. That is why studying EDP is very important. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is.
Why does our relationship become far from God, from True Parents and brothers and sisters? Because we only understand the EDP intellectually but do not practice it. At the same time, we seldom read the EDP. You read the Divine Principle one or two times and then finish. (You think) you already know Divine Principle. (But) it is not like that. Whenever I think that God’s word is God’s love, then I think that God’s word can become my life. This is incredible and beautiful! God’s word is life. Any time God’s word can go into my spirit body, it becomes life. Any time someone listens to God’s word, it becomes (his) life.
At the same time, God’s word is God’s love. It is very powerful. The more you read EDP content, the more you understand God’s mind, the more you understand what God has asked me to do. It is very clear. Even though it is the same content over and over, right?
You have the same food for breakfast, lunch and dinner again and again. Nobody is bored to have a meal. Our spiritual body will be healthy even though you repeat the same words again and again. (It is) always delicious. You are always hungry for and looking for God’s word.
If your original mind is alive, your spirit is really alive, then it is always searching for God’s word. You never feel bored. When you read God’s word and feel bored, it means you are not so sincere, you are very external. You only understand God intellectually. God is only a concept.
Through reading EDP again and again, let’s discover the inner God, God’s inner situation. The purpose of reading EDP is for everybody to become the incarnation of God’s word; then you can automatically witness to so many brothers and sisters.
The Way to Receive Greater Blessing
<87-128> In order to more quickly go beyond Satan’s world, we have to bear the cross as a family rather than as individuals, we have to bear it for the sake of our tribe rather than for our family, we have to bear it for our people rather than for our tribe, we have to bear it for our nation rather than for our people, for the world rather than for our nation, for heaven and earth rather than for the world. We have to be able to say that we are bearing the cross for God. The greater the cross that we can bear, the greater a blessing it is for us.
How do I overcome the cross given to me? True Father is saying that if I bear a greater cross, I can overcome it.
In order to overcome the cross of the individual, I have to bear the cross of the family that is greater than the individual’s, and work harder.
The way to overcome the cross of the family is to bear the cross of the tribe that is greater than my family’s, and work harder.
In order to overcome the cross of the tribe, I have to bear the cross of the nation which is greater than my tribe’s, and work harder.
In order to overcome the cross of the nation, bear the cross for the world and work harder. Then we can overcome the cross of the nation.
In the end, we can overcome the cross of the world if we try to overcome even the cross of God. Furthermore, we will receive unimaginable blessings.
Ultimately, we must go to the level of bearing even God’s cross and liberating and comforting our beloved heavenly parent.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: What Must I Do to be Filial to my Parents? (2)
1. Agape-style love of sacrifice and service for the other person means that the object is valued more than the self. This means that parents value their children more than themselves. This kind of heart is called filial piety. What is filial piety? As a child, I deny myself 100% and only think of my parents. Therefore, in order for parents to love their children, the parents themselves must deny themselves 100% and only think of their children. It is a conventional way of thinking that subordinates respect superiors, and superiors take good care of subordinates. In the existing mindset of love, authority and position are put first. Even formally, since they are a superior, they must be served and attended. However, filial piety values others more than the self and has a heart to serve others from their shimjeong.
Agape-style love of sacrifice and service for the other person means that the object is valued more than the self.
What is filial piety? As a child, I deny myself 100% and only think of my parents.
Therefore, in order for parents to love their children, the parents themselves must deny themselves 100% and only think of their children.
True filial piety is the heart that regards the other person as more precious than myself and attends the other person from the heart regardless of their rank.
The existing tradition of filial piety only refers to the child’s heart of serving their parents, but true filial piety applies to anyone in relationships. (It is) about the extremely devoted parental heart.
Today I am speaking about filial piety, not the existing mindset of love and authority and position. It is not about the old concept of hyojeong but the new concept of filial piety...
2. Based on the principle of filial piety, how should Mary view Jesus? Should Mary assert her authority as his mother and control Jesus? Or should she be filial to Jesus as a child is filial to their parents? Needless to say, Mary had to be filial to Jesus. What kind of world was the original world of creation? Do you think that in the original world of creation, parents always stay in the position of parents and children always stay in the position of children? Shouldn't children be better than their parents? What kind of heart would True Parents have when they look at their children? They must have had a longing heart for their true children to become greater people than True Parents and people of glory before humankind and God. Then how should the parents show their earnestness? They should value their children more than themselves. It is just like when God invested 100% of His energy when He created humans.
Based on the principle of filial piety, how should Mary view Jesus? Mary should have been filial to Jesus as children are filial to their parents, rather than asserting her authority as his mother, and controlling Jesus.
In the original world of creation, parents do not always stay in the position of parents, and children do not always stay in the position of children.
Just as parents value their children and children value their parents more than themselves, filial piety is the heart of serving and attending any object partner as your parents no matter what you meet.
For example, I have 3 kids and 3 grandchildren. Even though they are my children and grandchildren, I treat them as if they were my father and mother. It is a kind of vertical alignment. That is the real meaning of filial piety. It is not about just controlling my children because as children they are my object partners.
“My grandchildren are the children of my children.” Do not think that way. Position and power do not matter. Everyone needs a vertical concept, vertical mindset. Treat them as if they are my father and mother and serve them and attend them. That is the real meaning of filial piety. I treat my children as my parents and subject. Filial piety is the desire to be vertically aligned like ones own parents, no matter who you deal with.
3. What, then, should parents do if they want their children to be better than themselves? Parents should value their children more than themselves. Just like when God created humans, He invested 100% of His energy. God created humans with a higher purpose and value than Himself. Only then will the benefit of love come, and glory can be received. In loving people from God’s perspective, it concludes that God loved humans more than Himself. Until now, what we have known as filial piety is only children serving their parents, but true filial piety is to see others as higher than ourselves and serve them. Considering the existing concept of filial piety, it may be difficult to understand the word filial piety referred to here today.
God created humans with a higher purpose and value than Himself. When I value the object partner more than myself and serve the other person vertically, the benefits of love and glory are gained.
In loving people from God’s perspective, it concludes that God loved humans more than Himself.
Is it true? If God does not have that kind of nature, how come humans have it? When you look at your grandchildren and children, your heart is to love them more than yourself. This kind of heart comes from where? From our cause(?). Our cause(?) is our Creator, God. That is why God has that kind of nature. Therefore, God as a parent loves me and you and each of humankind. He thinks he loves each human being – you and me -- more than himself.
If God does not have that character, then he does not have the qualification to become human beings’ father and mother. Because God has that kind of parental heart, even though you are a terrible fallen guy and always hurt God’s heart, he forgets and forgives, forgets and forgives and gives and gives opportunities again and again. God is already thinking internally, “This guy is my child. I love him more than my own self.”
God is omnipotent and omniscient. He created so many things, the sun, the moon and the ocean. Does he really love me more than himself. Is it really true? Is this reality?
What is the world of true love?
If we really realize that and believe in it and practice it, it is really amazing! That kind of a world is ... the Kingdom of Heaven. Heavenly Father wanted to create that kind of Kingdom of Heaven on the earth and in heaven.
Until now, what we have known as filial piety is only children serving their parents, but true filial piety is to see others as higher than ourselves and serve them.
This is a beautiful concept.
4. Then, what is true filial piety? It means to think of the other as more precious than me, to develop a vertical mind more than children devoting themselves to their parents, and to serve and attend the other centering on the age of filial piety beyond the relationship between seniors and juniors, beyond the relationship between parents and children in the family, and beyond the relationship between Cain and Abel in the sibling relationship. Although Mary is the mother of Jesus, Mary had to have a heart of filial piety to serve and attend Jesus. DaeMoNim was True Mother’s physical mother, but she was filial to True Mother. What kind of world would it be if we had such a heart of true filial piety, and served and loved anyone no matter who it was? If you know this heart of filial piety, even parents cannot speak casually to their own children. You must attend your children thinking they are more precious and in a higher position than you.
I am mentioning once again that filial piety is going beyond the relationship between Cain and Abel that focuses on age, the relationship between seniors and juniors, between parents and children in the family, between superiors and subordinates in the workplace, between brothers and sisters, and it means seeing my object partner as more precious than I am and serving and attending the other person with the ideal, vertical heart a child has when devoting himself to his parents.
Until now, I have always had a heart to think of my children as children of God. However, I have not been able to serve and attend my children vertically aligned as I served my parents.
I really need to reflect about that. If from early times I had served my children in this way with a concept of filial piety, how different my children would have become! Oh my God! My education has really failed! I treated my children as my own children. I tried to subjugate them. Wow! True Parents teach us the real meaning of filial piety.
If you serve others vertically, the heart to respect and serve them is always accompanied.
For a few more days I will speak about filial piety and filial heart, how to raise your filial heart and mind. Vertical alignment is very important.
I hope everyone has a beautiful Saturday.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
Sukhont Congery from Thailand is going to give a testimony about how she broke through with ACLC ministers. Let’s invite her.
(Testimony of Sukhont Congery.)
Beautiful, powerful testimony! I am so moved by your testimony. If you can break through, then everybody can do that.
Those who have completed the 43 days, teach them the Divine Principle clearly and let them follow the tradition of Hoondokhae. I think that is a kind of internal follow up.♦
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