Ep 583 - HyoJeong Cultural Center, HyoJeong Cheonll SunHwa Won, And CheonBoWon Part 1
HyoJeong Cultural Center, HyoJeong CheonIl SungHwa Won, and CheonBoWon - May 31, 2022
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(Response to sharing) Every morning I am very much focused on Clifton Church. They gave me our blessed family file, so I am praying for each family. My goodness, I realized there are so many beautiful children, but not so many (of them are) connected to our movement. This is a really painful thing.
Just now you mentioned our second generation and third generation, our blessed children. How can we restore them? How can we witness to them? When Heavenly Father witnesses this kind of thing, how painful his heart (must be). My tears come down when I think about our youth, our second generation and third generation. That is God’s deep pain.
We need character education not only for your state but for all of the United States in the future. How can we educate them. We cannot only let them listen; they need to become character education lecturers as well.♦
How was yesterday? I think many of you had a very beautiful time with your family members. Some of you are focused on witnessing.
For several months I could not get out of here. I have been very focused on the front line. But yesterday I was so tired. I had planned to get out of the New Yorker Hotel. I went with Rev. Randall, Taka and Tomomi. (Someone) prepared a very beautiful lunchbox, and we went somewhere for a picnic. We enjoyed the lunch box and I really enjoyed yesterday. Nature heals my heart. For a long time I did not see beautiful nature. I felt that nature really comforts me, consoles me. I had such a beautiful healing experience yesterday. I want to have that kind of time, at least a little bit, when I can relax. Thank you so much! Heavenly Father gave us such a beautiful time!
Today I’d like to talk about the “HyoJeong Cultural Center, HyoJeong CheonIl SungHwa Won, and CheonBoWon ” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
I am going to build the HyoJeong Cultural Center. Through it, I will guide all our members, all Unificationists around the world in the revolution of the culture of heart. In the future united world, the kingdom of heaven on earth, if you worship and give joy to Heavenly Parent, it will bring you happiness. If we create such an environment, there will be no fighting between husbands and wives or brothers and sisters. When you do well, you will want to share that with your brothers. True love that lives for the sake of others will naturally guide people to take action. The place where such people live is heaven. When I have some time, I listen to famous songs. I have plans to develop the talented artists among our members. They must create works of art, songs and paintings that express what it is like to attend True Parents personally on earth, what it looked and felt like.
We need a revolution in the arts that helps Cheon Il Guk citizens who have never met True Parents to realistically experience and feel what it was like. During the history of our movement, True Father created many organizations and done many things, but some of them did not last. This was because there was no one with a sense of mission to lead them. However, now things are different. If there are no qualified leaders, I will raise them through education. I want to be able to tell people, “This is what the kingdom of heaven on earth looks like.” The greater your desire is to give joy and glory to Heaven with a daily lifestyle of gratitude, the happier you will be. Our culture will be revealed to the world. While living a life of gratitude in front of Heaven, if you ever have a special feeling from a time or place and you have the talent, you should express what you feel through music, songwriting, composition, or through art. There are stories about a painter named Seol Chong from the Silla Dynasty.
They say that his paintings of pine trees were so realistic that birds would fly toward them and hit the wall while trying to land on the branches. He was such a great artist that even the birds could not see any difference from a real tree. There will be many people with that kind of talent among our second- and third-generation members. You need to grow internally and then reach the position from which you can lead the external world. We should ensure internal stability as we advance. Through that, there will be a culture of heart revolution. I have given you my instructions. How you blossom is now your responsibility. (2016.07.07, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Mother said that one of her wishes is to establish the Hyojeong Cultural Center and lead all Unificationists around the world in the revolution of the culture of heart. She also said that in the future, we need a revolution in the arts that helps Cheon Il Guk citizens realistically experience True Parents’ heart.
As True Mother always says, the present era is the era of Cheon Il Guk that shows people, “This is what the kingdom of heaven on earth looks like.”
Internally, she said that our life should be a life of giving joy and glory to Heaven with a daily lifestyle of gratitude, so that our culture will be revealed to the world.
So now is the era of Cheonil Guk. One of the most important (aspects of) culture centered on the Cheonil Guk era is how to cultivate our heart. True Parents always say that the last revolution is the revolution of our heart. Now we really need to cultivate our heart between our God and ourself, between husband and wife, between brothers and sisters.
How can we cultivate our heart? How can we have inseparable relationships between each other. This is our homework. Even though our church speaks about the hyojeong culture and the revolution of the heart, we are still very far from our True Parents’ standard. That is why I continuously talk about that and even True Mother speaks about the hyojeong culture and the revolution of heart. Let’s really think about it and practice and create that kind of environment centered on our own self first.
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.
Discovery of the Portion of Responsibility
<1986.12.21 Belvedere> Who in the Unification Church discovered the term “portion of responsibility?” It was I who discovered the term but not I who made it. God made it. Then, did the term exist before I discovered it? It did. From when did it exist? It existed from the very beginning. This law is an eternal law. You have to know that. The term “human portion of responsibility” is a law that existed before me, exists while I am, and can remain for eternity even after I have left. Among Unification Church members, there may be some people who have forgotten that term. Unless we stand above the absolute portion of responsibility, we cannot find God’s absolute love. This is more essential for you to think about in the morning than food or living. I discovered the term “portion of responsibility.” I did not discover it while sitting down idly. I discovered it by fighting. If this could be discovered, Satan’s world would completely break down so Satan had hidden it all, covered it up with a mountain.
After True Parents discovered and proclaimed the portion of responsibility, the world of Satan began to crumble. If this is not revealed, the overall problems of the fall, the restoration of humankind, and history cannot be resolved.
As the portion of responsibility hidden by Satan was revealed, his identity began to be revealed, and humans have been able to return to their original positions.
One of the ignorances of fallen man was that he did not know that he had a portion of responsibility. We need to know how God has been walking the path of pain and suffering because of the human portion of responsibility that even God cannot interfere with.
If human's portion of responsibility is not revealed, then why can't God intervene in this sinful world? Why can't God do anything about my unhappy life? It is impossible to answer why humankind is suffering so much today. In that sense, the discovery of the human's portion of responsibility is a truly remarkable discovery.
Wow! I really appreciate our True Parents!
(People from) other religions and those who do not know the human portion of responsibility, how do they explain their own situation, their own destiny, their own miserable situation, the problems in human history?
“God is an omnipotent and omniscient God. Why doesn’t he intervene in this terrible situation, if God really exists?” Many people blame God and curse him and even don’t believe in him. But those who understand the human portion of responsibility cannot say anything about God and cannot blame him any more. Can you imagine how important the human portion of responsibility is? If you know the human portion of responsibility, you become very serious about fulfilling the human portion of responsibility.
(Before True Father) no one had discovered the human portion of responsibility. Only True Father discovered it. That is why we can challenge (ourselves) to fulfill our own portion of responsibility.
Christian churches and other religions rely on God, “Please, Heavenly Father, bless us, bless our families. I need to be successful in my business.” They request and ask and ask and try to get a blessing from heaven.
But our church is different. Our church emphasizes the human portion of responsibility so much. “I have to be responsible for my own situation, for (that of) my family, my spouse, my children, my tribe, my nation, my world. I have to be responsible for God’s liberation.”
Wow! That is why our church often feels such a heavy burden. When we feel our portion of responsibility, we feel we have no time to look for other people(?) because we know our own portion of responsibility. Our church is really different.
Let’s really appreciate our True Parents discovering the human portion of responsibility
The Portion of Responsibility and the Kingdom of Heaven
<1986.12.21 Belvedere>Through completing the portion of responsibility, the realm of indirect dominion can be connected to the realm of direct dominion, and the Kingdom of Heaven on earth can be connected to the Kingdom of Heaven in heaven. Without that, everything is in vain. Therefore, we must become substantial beings of love—avatars of love—who have completed our portion of responsibility, love God, love our families and love the entire universe. Only such people enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That is the formula to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You cannot have children without completing your portion of responsibility. You cannot have children. A man cannot have a wife. You cannot have possessions. You must understand this. What do the gatekeepers ask you when you enter the Kingdom of Heaven? They ask about the portion of responsibility. They ask, “Did you fulfill your portion of responsibility?”
Through completing the portion of responsibility, the realm of indirect dominion can be connected to the realm of direct dominion, and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth can be connected to the Kingdom of Heaven in Heaven.
That is why we need to fulfill our portion of responsibility under God’s indirect dominion. Under God’s indirect dominion it is really important how we are able to fulfill our portion of responsibility. When we do this, we can enter God’s direct dominion. God cannot bring us directly to his direct dominion. First we need to fulfill our portion of responsibility.
What do the gatekeepers ask you when you enter the Kingdom of Heaven? They ask about the portion of responsibility. They ask, “Did you fulfill your portion of responsibility?”
The first Blessing is individual perfection, and the second Blessing is family perfection, and the third Blessing is really entering CheonBo Won. The CheonBo Won gradually extends to the nation and the world. That is God’s Kingdom of Heaven. Right? Our own portion of responsibility is waiting for us to fulfill (it).
The portion of responsibility of blessed families is first for everyone to register into CheonBoWon. The next step is to participate in finding and establishing the substantial Cheon Il Guk. That is our job. That is our portion of responsibility.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: It is Not True to Think That you are the Subject
1. If the husband and wife each think that they are the subject of the other, their relationship is fake. It is false to think that men are always the subject. Once this sense of subjectivity enters, you are already deceiving yourself. Internally, you need to be able to have good heartistic relationships centered on God so that the other person can be automatically attracted to you. Otherwise, if you blindly say you are the subject because you are a man, you are no different than a robber. Thinking first to control others is proof that that person is a person without love. Anyone who says, “I am the subject. A woman must listen to a man,” is a fake. A true subject does not have the consciousness that they are the subject.
Fallen human beings have a very strong sense of being the subject. In the relationship between husband and wife, conflict begins when each has the consciousness that he or she is the subject of the other.
The husband says, “I am the subject.” The wife says, “I am the subject.” Children say, “I am the subject.” Everybody wants to be the subject. That is a problem. “I am the subject. I insist on my own opinion. You listen to me. I am the Abel; you listen to me. I am your father, you listen to me. I am your mother; you listen to me. I am in a higher position; you listen to me; you need to obey.” This kind of concept that “I am the subject” really destroys relationships. Even though God is our subject, he never does this.
Fallen human beings have a very strong sense of being the subject. “I am the subject.”
In the relationship between husband and wife in the original world, before they have the consciousness that they are the subject, they always want to serve the partner as their subject.
In our life of faith, we must think of the other person as the subject and our Abel. Do not think, “I am the subject.” (Rather think,) “You are my subject, you are my Abel.” Even if you are in the position of Abel, you need to treat your Cain thinking, “You are my Abel.” Parents think about their children, “You are my Abel, even though you are my children. You are my subject.” What a beautiful concept. When you treat others as the subject, as “my own Abel,” you can solve any problems actually.
Fallen man always thinks, “I am right. You are wrong.” As long as you have this concept, no one will relate to you. Finally there is conflict and fighting, and sometimes husband and wife separate from each other. Because of this concept, “I am the subject,” as long as you keep insisting on it, there will always be arguments and fighting. That means you think you are right. You think you are the subject, you are the principal (person) and the other person is wrong. This is the wrong concept, the wrong attitude.
(When people) fight each other as Cain and Abel, as husband and wife, this means you are subject and that the other person has something wrong. These are fallen people. Why is there always struggling, fighting and conflict with some people? Do you think that you are the subject; the other person is the object. “You listen to me!” This is fallen nature.
In the relationship between husband and wife, in the original world, before they even have the consciousness that they are the subject, they always want to serve their partner as their subject.
2. A true subject does not have a sense of subjectivity but has a heart to live for and respects the object more than himself. When the subject has such a heart, the object respects the subject and seeks to be dominated by that subject. A person who has the heart of a father will always lead the life of a servant before the object. He cherishes the object, lives for them, and gives moral influence. A person who is subject-like cannot be without moral influence. The person who is the subject first influences the object through living as a servant. Therefore, the idea that one is the subject of the other should not enter between a man and a woman and between Cain and Abel. In the world of the heart, one’s heart must voluntarily serve the other person as a servant. Someone who merely serves without a parental heart is just a servant.
A true subject does not have a sense of subjectivity but has a heart to live for and respect the object more than himself.
A true subject always tries to serve the other person with the body of a servant and the heart of a parent.
Because a true subject always wants to serve and attend the other person, he or she always moves the object and gives them moral influence all the time.
3. However, if you say you should lead the life of a servant but do not practice it, it is just a concept, not ShimJeong. The heart of a parent must come out without you realizing it. That is to lead the life of a servant with the heart of a parent. The thought of living as a servant without the heart of a parent just ends as a concept. However, the heart of any fallen human being does not come out from the beginning. At first, I have the idea and consciousness to serve with the heart of a parent in the body of a servant, but I must devote all my sincerity so that my heart comes out. If we don’t invest our heart and just have the idea and consciousness, our heart won't come out. Therefore, we must try to be sincere.
4. However, if you repeat things only with consciousness or concepts, you will suffer. You get tired, can’t receive strength, and can't last. You are fickle. But what is unchanging? It is done from the heart. What you do heartistically gets bigger and bigger and the output increases more and more.
The fact that my heart does not come out in my life of faith is proof that I am leading a conceptual life of faith.
Then, how can we live a life of faith that always comes out of our hearts? I must try to serve first with all my heart and sincerity. There is no other way. If you have another way, please tell me. There is nothing other than using the body of a servant with the heart of a parent and the body of a servant.
But I have to invest all my sincerity so that my heart comes out. If we do not invest our heart and just have ideas and consciousness, our heart will not come out. Therefore you need to try to be sincere. ...
When you recite Family Pledge, don’t just use your mouth: “Bah bah bah bah.” Concentrate on each word and invest your heart and sincerity and try to understand heartistically. Then your heart comes out.
When you do a one hour EDP reading condition, put your heart into it, your sincerity. Don’t just do it as a condition: “How can I finish 100 times?” Don’t just think about numbers. Put your heart, mind and sincerity into it. Then you can quickly finish the EDP 100 times without noticing. Putting our heart into it is the way to cultivate our heart and mind.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
This beautiful second generation couple comes from Brazil. Let’s hear their beautiful testimony.
(Testimony of Yoo Sook Jeong and Sun Shim Santos from Virginia, Sub-Region 2)♦
(Response to sharing) Consciousness ... tries to connect to our original mind. Even though we feel a sense of responsibility, why have we been unable to substantialize it? (It is) because of the block of fallen nature. Fallen nature blocks us. That is why even though we have the consciousness, why can’t we connect to the original mind substantially? That is because we are full of fallen nature that blocks us. That is why we need to get rid of that, to completely clear it out. Otherwise, how can we fulfill our portion of responsibility? If we really clear out our fallen nature, then our sense of responsibility becomes stronger. Then we have no other choice but to take action. “I need to fulfill my portion of responsibility.”♦
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