Ep 581 - A Place Where True Parents' Love Is Experienced Part 2

A Place Where True Parents' Love is Experienced - May 29, 2022 - 60th Day of All True Things 

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I truly long for you. I want to see each of you in person someday.

Yesterday, there was a UTS 46th Commencement Ceremony at 43rd street. 

After Covid-19 this commencement ceremony was really beautiful. I could see such bright faces and all the professors and all the graduates. I really appreciate them from the bottom of my heart.

I gave commencement remarks. Bishop Munib Younan, who is a laureate of the 2020 SunHak Peace Prize, and Kathy Rigney, who is the Chair of UPF-Africa, received honorary doctorates. 

At the UTS graduation ceremony yesterday, Dr. Ward is back, and Dr. Walsh takes over as the new president during that time. A heartfelt thank you to President Dr. Ward. I really appreciate him. It is not easy to see such a sincere man. He is like Mr. Sincerity, Dr. Sincerity! I hope he can (invest) more of his heart to concentrate for each of our students at UTS even though he has stepped down.

Also, congratulations to the new president of UTS, Dr. Walsh. I hope we can communicate more about how to improve UTS.

Congratulations (to the graduates) on your graduation!! I saw many brothers and sisters. I also really appreciate all the staff and professors who prepared this beautiful 46th graduation ceremony.

Let’s study Mother’s word.

True Father said that a person needs the necessities of life in order to live. Therefore, eating is important. Between the late 1970s and early 1980s, while Father was tuna finishing for the maritime providence in Gloucester, Father thought of running a distribution industry, such as a grocery store chain, like the ones in Korea. He set up one person who was in charge of carrying this out, but that person could not fulfill his or her responsibility. I reflected on it a lot at the time. Aside from the CheongPyeong Great Works, two big events are held twice a year in CheongPyeong, Korea. People around the world gather for those events. Eating, therefore, is essential. In addition, the weather around Foundation Day is cold. Being colder than Seoul, warm food is needed. Hence, I thought of ways I could improve this situation. I thought it would be good to have Heaven G. Burger and looked into it. 

There is a lot of space that can be used in CheongPyeong. It isn't as big as Father had envisioned, but I want to create an environment where people at the training can conveniently buy whatever they need. The future that I am envisioning for all of us is for CheongPyeong to truly develop into a holy ground with an environment that doesn't lack in any aspect – a place where you can find everything you need. That will be a small beginning. I want to make this holy ground into a place all people of the world would like to visit, a place where they would like to live. It should be a place they so eagerly want to see that they will have to come a few times a year. One by one, I will accomplish the things Father envisioned for this place. Therefore, I plan to make it into a site where not only members but also all people around the world can feel and experience Parents' love. (2015.10.30, Cheon Jeong Gung) 

This is the heavenly G Burger building. I think most of you already know it. Have you tasted Heavenly Burgers? I also go there (to Cheong Pyeong) very often. (The heavenly burger) tastes very good, but this is too expensive for me! But Mother really encourages us to go more often. 

 The future that TM is envisioning for all of us is for CheongPyeong to truly develop into a holy ground with an environment that doesn't lack in any aspect – a place where you can find everything you need. 

Many people enjoy eating the Heaven G Burger. What does G mean? Maybe God? Heavenly God burger!

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 Human Portion of Responsibility and Satan 

 Satan is following you around. You need to keep that in mind. You walk around with Satan stuck to you. I am up to a level where Satan cannot accuse me no matter where I go. That is the difference. Even if I enter Satan’s nest, I am not like them. Even if I hold their hands and dance with them, I am different. The purpose for me dancing with them is to save them. Satan cannot accuse me, no matter where I go. 

Have you become like that? Unless you complete the human portion of responsibility, Satan can follow you anywhere. (1986.7.20) 

 As long as we fallen human beings are not united in mind and body, Satan always follows us around. 

However, True Parents are in a position (in which) Satan cannot accuse them, no matter where they go. Even if they go to Satan’s nest, Satan cannot accuse them. 

It is because they are in a position (in which) they have subjugated Satan and united their mind and body, so even if they go to Satan’s nest, they do so to save lives. 

Therefore, wherever we go, Satan will follow us all the time as long as we do not complete our human portion of responsibility. 

That is why we are fallen people. We always need to think where there is God, there is Satan as well. (We) always (need to ask) how we can fulfill ou r portion of responsibility. Then we (will have) no dealing with Satan. We need to be that kind of people. We are still under God’s indirect dominion, and our main job is to fulfill our portion of responsibility. (If) I still could not fulfill my portion of responsibility; we need to know that Satan can attack any time. We need to remind (ourselves) about that.

Self-Centered Thought and Concept of Possession

You should not have self-centered thought. Satan takes dominion over you if you do. Self-centered thought is Satan’s magic, presented as a way to destroy the heavenly kingdom and the world of conscience. 

Second is the concept of possession. Before I can have possessions, there must be God’s possessions, my parents’ possessions and my siblings’ possessions. We need this type of concept. Self-centered thought and the concept of possession make people evil and make them go to Hell. (1982.7.11) 

As long as the pronoun “I” or “me” is attached to myself, Satan controls everything there. Everything in Satan begins with “me” and ends with “me.”

Man’s portion of responsibility is to expel Satan from his heart. Satan always has a concept of possession centered on the self. Satan always says, “My children, my siblings, my parents, my property, my things, etc.” Heavenly people’s concept of possession is to treat everything as heaven’s, as God’s, as public. We need to have this kind of concept and attitude. Satan always begins from “My own self,” but God is different. The concept of those who love God and belong to God is “My property is God’s property. His property is my property.” They always think about public things first; they always think about God first. We need to know about that.

That is why I always reflect on myself: “How am I regarding my small property, my children, everything?” 

One guy shared after hearing Morning Devotion, especially when I spoke about give-and-take action and give and give and forget, and how I can give more. After hearing this kind of guidance, he thought that, “Heavenly Father, I was born with empty hands. Now I have earned money and have some property. When I die, I want to give everything back to God. I don’t want even a single penny to remain in my pocket. I want to die as the poorest guy.” 

Wow! That kind of testimony is really beautiful. With that kind of mindset and attitude, (one has) no need to worry (about) “how I can give my house and small property to my children.” I think we don’t need to think much about that issue. (Rather we need to think) how we can let our children inherit a clear public mindset. This is important. Children need to inherit that kind of parental heart: “My parents are always thinking that their possessions belong to God first.” Children can learn and inherit from the parents.

TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: A Life of Cultivating Filial Piety 

1. The relationship between the subject and object is successful if both deny themselves and serve each other. After we meet Jesus, my self must die and live as Jesus. When you meet True Parents, you must deny your self and live as True Parents. Is salvation not guaranteed if we want to live as Jesus and True Parents, we are willing to die and be heartistically and absolutely filial to them? Why do you assert yourself after meeting Jesus? Why do you assert yourself only after meeting True Parents? In principle, this is a very valid statement, but the fact is, we all live centered on ourselves. Therefore, God worries about us. We agree that we must deny ourselves, but when I live alone, I always become a horizontal person and lose my center. 

To deny oneself is to first treat “myself” as God's. The next step is not to think of the other person as just another person, but to treat them as a child of God. 

In the relationship between the subject and the object, self-denial of each person is the beginning of the life of faith. Another meaning of self-denial is to crucify “me” with my fallen nature. 

That is why since we (have) met True Parents and (have come to) know the Divine Principle, we need to deny ourselves. Self-denial means what? To crucify “me.” We need to crucify “me” with all my fallen nature. How can I do this with my terrible fallen nature? Since we meet Jesus and God, we (need to) completely unite with them and deny ourself and completely crucify ourself with our fallen nature. After we meet Jesus, I myself must die and live as Jesus. That is why the Bible says, “One who is prepared to live will die, and one who prepares to die will live.” I must crucify myself. I myself must die and live as Jesus (did). 

When you meet True Parents, you must die and live as True Parents. Before I met Jesus or True Parents, I had not met the Abel of heart, so I lived a life centered on myself, but after meeting Jesus and True Parents, I no longer need to assert myself. 

Only the responsibility of absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience with filial piety before God and True Parents remains. 

Before meeting Jesus and True Parents we don’t know the Divine Principle. We have no idea how to (live) it. However, we have already met True Parents and Jesus. We accept them. They are our saviors. 

Therefore I myself must die. I am not talking about physically dying. I must die.

Naokimi says, “Dr. Yong, please do not use ‘Kill yourself.’ Many people can misunderstand that.” In Korean “Kill myself” means “kill my fallen nature. Completely crucify myself with my fallen nature.” Then this is the only way I can live with True Parents 

 2. Even God cannot do anything about self-centered fallen nature. I must fix my fallen nature. If you discover your inherent fallen nature, you must declare war and fight it and win. You must feel, “Hey, this fallen nature is me. I am the one who really needs to win over this!” How pleased would God feel if you knew how to lead a life of faith like this? God cannot interfere with the human portion of responsibility. That is human’s responsibility. When I try to relate horizontally, when I feel a horizontally displeased heart, a horizontally sad heart, and horizontally feel the physical body’s sexual desires, I must push them all out with vertical love and filial piety. It is easy to win if you have filial piety. 

No matter how much God loves human beings, He cannot remove our fallen nature. If God could intervene in human's fallen nature, His providence of restoration would not have needed to be extended for a long time. 

It is one’s portion of responsibility to get rid of the self-centered fallen nature. What we can know from the principle is that when humans set up bad conditions, they go to Satan’s side. On the other hand, when we set up good conditions, God can create a relative standard with us. Therefore, I must fix my own fallen nature. 

I really need to crucify my fallen nature, my evil sexual desire. I need to crucify Chapter Two thinking, fornication, and live as Jesus and True Parents.

In our life of faith, every morning before we go to work, we must declare war before Satan. If we go to work every morning without determining to fight evil, our fallen nature becomes the subject, and Satan controls us. 

After we have breakfast everyone goes to their mission field. You need to deal with the secular world. That is why before (leaving) your home without strong determination, your whole day will be subjugated by Satan. Satan will control you. That is why every morning you need determination: “I need to win.” If you do not have this kind of serious determination, Satan will subjugate your whole day. That is why we realize where there is God, there is really Satan as well. 

That is why without this kind clear education, if you eat breakfast and go without any kind of preparation and determination to fight evil, you will surely lose and come back so tired, subjugated by Satan. In the end you will lose God and lose your faith and lose True Parents. Your life of faith will be very shaken.

The secret for humans to get rid of their fallen nature is to thoroughly deny themselves and overcome everything with Hyojeong. 

Hyojeong means, “I belong to parents. I belong to God. I am not mine.” With this attitude of the heart of hyojeong, you can overcome everything.”

Since Hyojeong always thinks of parents first before acting, if you have Hyojeong towards your parents, Satan will run away quickly. 

We can overcome all our fallen nature and wrong habits only through filial piety. 

“I belong to God. I am a child of God. If I think like that, how about God? What does God think about me?” 

Always reflect centering on God’s thinking. That is why the attitude of hyojeong is very important.

Do not treat “myself” as my own but as God’s belonging, True Parents‘ belonging. “My body is not mine. My body is God’s body. As a son or daughter of God, how can I think like that? How can I treat people like that?”

You can reflect like that all the time centering on the heart of filial piety.

 3. You must find out what filial piety is in your heart and develop it. If you can't overcome your own stubbornness, you will be misfortunate and become a pitiful person. Those who cannot subjugate themselves become pitiful. After marriage, a woman must believe that she is 100% her husband's and obey him in order to be loved. Her husband must also consider himself to be his wife's and absolutely obey and serve his wife. When a couple asserts themselves to each other, they become unhappy. How do you make your husband happy? How do you make your wife happy? Most of the women and men who are unhappy after marriage make the other person sad and hurt their heart. 

Before marriage, you must believe that you are 100% Abel’s and obey Abel. However, after marriage, a woman should consider herself one hundred percent her husband’s and absolutely obey him. Then she will discover God. 

A man must believe that he belongs to his wife one hundred percent and obey her in order to discover God. If anyone absolutely denies himself and tries to serve each other with filial piety, he will inevitably meet God through the other person. 

Just now one couple joined my breakout session. He said every day he goes to the Hudson River and shouts and shouts, “I love my wife. I love my wife.” That meant until now he could not love his wife, right?

I really appreciate that kind of initiative. “I really want to love my wife. I belong to my wife, to my husband. I need to serve my wife/husband like that.” As a husband or wife even though we are struggling with our fallen nature and (find it) not easy to love each other, that kind of initiative, determination, declaring to God, to the ocean, “I need to love my wife/husband,” is very beautiful. Isn’t it?

When a couple asserts themselves to each other, conflicts arise, and they become unhappy. After a woman and a man get married, most people who are unhappy make the other person sad and trouble their heart. 

Why is there conflict between husband and wife? Maybe they do not deny each other(?) “I am the subject. You follow me.” Always this kind of concept: “I am the subject. You listen to me.” In the outside world there is no solution because there is no Principle. As long as you answer to yourself, there is no solution. Then they finally divorce and separate from each other.

Jesus teaches us what self denial means. True Parents teach us very clearly self-denial means what? “I treat myself as God’s belonging.” It is really beautiful guidance by Jesus and our True Parents.

4. Husbands as husbands and wives as wives should know how to offer devotion for each other and please each other. When a couple practices filial piety for each other, they will meet God. Satan can never enter the position where a married couple serves with a heart of filial piety. Satan cannot enter in the presence of those who are filial to God vertically. 

If husbands as husbands and wives as wives offer jeongseong for each other and show filial piety to each other, then they are bound to meet God. They can create joy for each other. 

The reason couples struggle with each other is that they put themselves first. 

When a couple practices filial piety for each other, they can meet God and build a happy family. 

Treating each other as husband and wife centered on filial piety means what? Even though we have the concept of filial piety, “I love my father and mother more than anything else,” as a couple you (should not) deal with your spouse in a horizontal way. (Rather deal in a) vertical way. When you deal with your spouse in a horizontal way, there is no solution. That is why True Parents teach us, even though a husband and wife have a horizontal relationship, when you love your husband, your wife, you need to have vertical content: “I love my husband/wife as God.” That is a vertical concept.

Filial piety is a vertical concept. That is why I treat my husband as my father; I treat my wife as my mother. We call that filial piety. 

No matter how well you (have) give and take horizontally, there is no solution. That is why we need to treat each other as a couple centered on a vertical concept which is the concept of filial piety.

Satan can never enter the position where a married couple serves with a heart of filial piety. 

Beautiful! Even though I repeat again and again the importance of filial piety, even though we listen a lot, if we do not practice this principle, then we do not know (it). If you listen to Divine Principle many times but you do not practice and change, that means you do not know the Divine Principle, right? That is why you need to read the same thing again and again. 

As husband and wife use the concept of filial piety.

 Next is the living testimony.

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

(Testimony of Satsuki Jimbo.)

Thank you Jimbo-san. I appreciate your beautiful determination. Whenever you have a lack of confidence, you invest your effort and jeongseong.♦

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