Ep 589 - Our Attitude as We Reach Foundation Day Part 1
Our Attitude as we Reach Foundation Day - June 6, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Adelina Azar(?) and Naomi Frolic
(Response to sharing) When you hesitate or (wonder if someone?) will accept (you) or not, this is a problem. You really need to have confidence and conviction: “God sent these guests to me. They are chosen people by God and (by) their ancestors.” With that kind of confidence and conviction if you deliver God’s word directly, it can be really powerful. They can have a transformation experience.♦
Last night we had a beautiful graduation ceremony from the Acceleration program. Naokimi and all the staff including Resfred are really doing a good job. Tomorrow I will show some beautiful photos (of the event). I think we can improve all our leadership talking about ministry, how to do it, how to develop the skill of ministry. That is really important. We will do this program continuously. I hope in the future all our blessed children, including the first generation, can participate in this beautiful program.
Today I’d like to talk about “Our Attitude as we Reach Foundation Day” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Beloved members! How are your preparations for Foundation Day going? We could call this the era of the re-creation of heaven and earth. Do you all have unity between mind and body? We are sinners in the eyes of Heaven. In light of the grace we have received from Heaven, we have not been able to fulfill our responsibility. Is there anyone who can stand up and proudly say he or she has completed everything? Now, for the first time in history, we are ushering in Foundation Day, a day of blessing that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. However, what kind of attitude do you have regarding this special time? Do you intend to receive this blessing without having done anything for it, or will you receive it based on your qualification as a son or daughter? Is there anyone among you who can place his hand over your heart and listen to what your innermost conscience tells you? Once again, we need to think about True Father, who has departed this earth before us, and we need to repent. We need to forgive one another.
We need to give greater honor to our Heavenly Parent, who has been suffering behind the scenes throughout the providence of restoration. We are unworthy to stand before True Parents, who have given everything unsparingly, and who desire that each of us become a proud citizen of Cheon Il Guk. We are woefully unprepared. What do you have to do? You need to place yourselves in the lowest position and receive the coming Foundation Day with a repentant heart, while asking Heaven to take pity on you. On that note, I would like to say this: Those who are involved in these unnecessary lawsuits in Korea and overseas should repent. I wish to tell them to drop everything and start fresh through Foundation Day. The blessed families in all parts of the world who are making preparations to welcome Foundation Day, should ensure in this period of time that they have nothing to be ashamed of before Heaven. (2013.01.20,CheongShim Peace World Center)
Foundation Day is the day when the kingdom of God is proclaimed for the first time in human history since the fall of Adam and Eve. That is why True Parents said that it is a day and the era of the re-creation of heaven and earth. Therefore, this day is one of the greatest blessings for humankind and the day that Heavenly Parents are most pleased with.
Foundation Day is the first day of the beginning of Cheon Il Guk, the kingdom of God. On this occasion of Foundation Day, True Mother said that blessed families around the world should have a period in which they are not ashamed of anything in front of heaven.
Foundation Day is an incredible day. God has waited for this day. Finally God’s Cheonil Guk, God’s Kingdom of Heaven, has begun.
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 Position of the Course of Re-Creation
<115-67>What is the condition of humankind after the Fall? Fallen people have destroyed 97% of the creation. That is why re-creation is necessary. What is re-creation? It does not mean merely standing in the position to fulfill the portion of responsibility. The whole of creation has been destroyed. You can imagine how difficult it will be. There is no other way to complete the portion of responsibility without God taking 97% responsibility, and completing it for humankind. The course of re-creation is absolutely required in order to move up to the position to be able to complete humankind's portion of responsibility. You should go through indemnity in order to go through the course of re-creation. You should make indemnity conditions. You should go through difficulties.
True Father said, “What is the condition of humankind after the Fall? Fallen people have destroyed 97% of the creation.”
Since the whole of God’s creation has been destroyed, in order to restore this, God is in a position where he has to cover for more of human beings portion and take 97% responsibility. Otherwise, there is no other way to complete the (human) portion of responsibility.
You should go through indemnity in order to go through the course of re-creation. You should make indemnity conditions. And in order to go through the indemnity course, you should go through unimaginable difficulties. ... True Parents represented humankind and took on this difficult responsibility and paid all indemnity and proclaimed the Heavenly Principle.
Of course, since this era is the era in which restoration through indemnity has ended, we must quickly inherit True Parents' triumphant foundation. He said that the way for us to inherit the triumphant foundation of True Parents is to fulfill the HTM mission and register in the Cheonbowon.
Father is saying that fallen people have destroyed 97% of the creation. That is why we as human beings have a 5% portion of responsibility. Father said it is impossible for us as fallen men to fulfill that. That is why God needs to be more responsible: 97%. Only then can human beings fulfill their portion of responsibility. That is why God has to work harder than before.
Our True Parents are fully responsible, more than before. That is why we need to think that God is responsible for 97% for us. Our job is 3%. Of course, 3% is not a simple matter. We need to think that God and True Parents have already prepared 97%. They have already done 97%. That is why we need to have real confidence and conviction and go forward. So (we need to) just unite with God and True Parents with self denial. Then God can directly intervene with us and can handle everything.
Self-denial means what? Really treat myself as God’s. As long as I do, then God can do everything. Self-denial means to empty our heart and mind. Then God can intervene in our heart and mind.
God has faced this human world from a position that is higher than the human portion of responsibility. Those who fell down from that point should build a bridge and go up. All of humankind is in that realm. All those who have gone to the spirit world in the past, throughout all of history and the entire world, all people living in the present, and all descendents in the future all belong to this realm. This is a realm of resentment and corruption. How can it be re-created? You should go through a course of struggle. With whom? With Satan. Satan is taking everything in the course of re-creation. That means that 97% of the whole has been taken by Satan. That is why God should take responsibility for 97%.
Due to the human fall, (to) Satan, 97% of the whole has been taken by Satan until today.
Until now, not one fallen human being has completed the restoration through indemnity and their portion of responsibility. The inability to cross the line of restoration through indemnity has been the resentment of fallen people.
All those who have gone to the spirit world in the past, throughout all of history and the entire world, all people living in the present, and all descendants in the future all belong to this realm. No one is able to escape from the realm of destiny and this is a realm of resentment and corruption. In other words, no one has passed through God’s indirect dominion.
Then how can it be re-created? You should go through a course of struggle with Satan. The only way for fallen people to get out of this is to follow True Parents’ realm of victory and overcome it.
Since 97% has been taken by Satan, True Parents have to take responsibility for 97% on behalf of God and go through restoration through indemnity. That is why if all human beings believe in and follow True Parents, they will be able to complete their 3% portion of responsibility.
We need to really appreciate our heavenly God and True Parents.
Satan has Three Factors
<115-67>What is Satan? First, Satan loves himself. He is centered on himself. And then he sets up his ownership. After that he centers on love for himself. Satan has these three factors.
Out of the three factors of Satan, the first is that Satan always thinks (of) and loves himself. Therefore, all self-centeredness belongs to Satan. Not going through God and True Parents as the center ultimately is dealt by Satan.
Therefore, you should always check your thoughts. Are your current thoughts centered on God or are they your own thoughts? You have to always check: “I am a being centered on whom?” If you do not do this, you can never bring about development in your life of faith.
Therefore, you need to always ask your Abel figure or central figure, receive approval, and take action. You have to receive God’s permission through prayer and then take action. Therefore, a life without asking, contacting, and consulting is very dangerous in your life of faith.
The second factor of Satan is that he sets up his ownership and claims things. Satan always asserts “my things, my house, my children, my parents, my brothers and sisters, my wealth, my money, etc.” Satan’s sense of ownership is so strong that God cannot intervene.
The third factor of Satan is that he centers on love for himself. Satan always thinks that he is the subject of love.
Satan never tries to love or sacrifice for the sake of others. He tries to use his object partner centered on his selfish love. He only thinks of his own love.
That is Satan.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Attitude Toward Hoondokhae and its Results
1. You need to read the words with a heart of offering devotion every day.
> Stagnation leads to death.
Thinking that hoondokhae time is when your spirit self is infused with God’s love, you need to do hoondokhae. You eat God’s love every day. Stagnation leads to death. So, once you decide to start hoondok, you should do it every day. If you really don't have time, just do it for 10 minutes. If you stop one day, it will be more difficult to continue the next.
2. If you read every day, you will resurrect every day.
This is my personal experience.
3. If you read every day, you will grow every day.
4. If you read every day, you can make atonement every day.
Would you like to resurrect every day? Would you like to grow every day? Would you like receive God’s love every day? Would you like to make atonement every day?
First, read the one hour-long EDP book one hundred times. Then, you will become a hoondok champion and be infected by a hoondok virus.
That is why I would like to introduce all United States members to reading the EDP 100 times. Once you get it, once you complete it 100 times, this is a great beginning for you to have the hoondok habit and to become a champion of hoondok.
Everybody please try to read the one-hour book 100 times. God will give you the energy and power to read the 3-hour content 30 times and the 12-hour content 21 times and... the original EDP ten times and Cheon Syeong Gyeong ten times and Cheon Bumo Gyeong ten times and Pyeong Hwa Gyeong ten times. Even later on you can read the Bible ten times. Then (during) your entire life you can systematically read hoondokhae.
If you select content randomly from each book, you (will not be able to) finish (reading) the eight great textbooks. That is why, let’s set up a clear plan. This is very important.
5. If you read every day, you will be infused with God’s love every day.
6. If you read every day, a mind that is grateful wells up every day.
7. If you read every day, you will feel joy every day.
8. If you read every day, you can overcome your body.
If you practice hundok, you (will come to) know how much time you can control. Some people can't read 5 minutes. That means you can't control your body for just 5 minutes. The habit of hondok is training to control one's body. See how much you can control yourself when you practice. Can you control (your body for) 10 minutes? 30 minutes? How long can you concentrate when you read hoondokhae and make unity between mind and body for ten minutes? 30 minutes? 40 minutes? 60 minutes? It's an ideal way to get past the number of at least 7. If you focus on Hoondok once, the number 7 means 70 minutes. If at least once you start, then you need to do it for 70 minutes. In the beginning, however, it is not easy. You can control (your body) for at least five minutes and then you need to rest. Then go back again.
That is why the practice of hoondokhae is really great training to control your physical body. How long can you really dominate your body? It is really great training!
9. Hoondok is your eternal mission.
Father said if anyone goes to the spiritual world, he needs to do hoondokhae.
10. Hoondok is your eternal responsibility.
11. You can be perfected by hoondok.
12. Hoondok is God’s love.
It is not only the word itself.
13. Those who do hoondokhae will greet an eternal golden age.
14. Hoondok is food for your spirit.
15. Hoondok leads to God’s direct dominion.
When you concentrate on hoondokhae, it is a time that God directly intervenes with you. You can have beautiful experiences. If you don’t have a habit of hoondokhae? Then you are very dangerous.
16. Hoondok is multiplication.
When you really love hoondokhae, you can multiply your spiritual children, your father, your mother, your neighbors. When you become a champion of hoondokhae. you automatically multiply to your neighbors, your environment. It is really an incredible miracle.
17. Hoondok makes everything go well for you.
18. Hoondok is Jeongsung devotion.
One of the greatest (of) jeongseong devotions is what? Hoondokhae.
19. You will experience the Word becoming flesh through hoondok.
When you become a champion of hoondokhae, you are so dignified, so holy. Your body becomes very holy. Finally,
20. Hoondok is a permanent follow-up.
You don’t have to worry about follow up any more. (When) anyone who studies the Divine Principle, recognizes True Parents’ identity and registers to become our member, we need to introduce the hoondokhae tradition to them, the eight textbooks – from the one-hour book, 3-hour EDP (and so on). When they do hoondokhae by themselves – self-reliance centered on hoondokhae – that is eternal follow up.
I repeat this again and again and over and over because God’s word everything, God’s word is God’s love.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of GPA Cheonil Guk missionary program leaders Adelina Azar(?) and Naomi Frolic)♦
(Response to sharing) When I heard our Cheonil Guk missionaries’ beautiful report at East Garden, I was so inspired. I received a great inspiration from heaven. Do you know what it was? God told me that most of those who participate in a Cheonil Guk mission and return, lose faith. They go back to their own way.
How can we raise them continuously? I think (for) anyone who goes overseas as a Cheonil Guk missionary, their mission country needs to become an eternal mission country. Even though they may be studying in college, they need to arrange at least once a year a 21-day journey (back to that country). You (may) need summer vacation or winter vacation. They should go back to their mission country again at least once a year.
Also, they need to speak with their neighbors or with (other) second generation or third generation to become Cheonil Guk missionaries to serve the world.
That is why now we are creating the GPA alumni (association?) to go out to serve the world. Then when we increase from 3 or 4 nations to ten nations and 20 nations, finally 200 nations, the role of America (will be) to serve 200 nations.
Once a person becomes involved in overseas missions, he or she can have amazing and incredible experiences. He can revive (by) going to his mission country continuously.
That is why all American first generation and second generation need to really support our second generation and third generation (and) go together (with them) to serve the world as missionaries.(?) Then the entire American movement, especially our second generation and third generation will have a reviving experience and expand our movement everywhere. This is one of the best way to wake up our second generation and third generation, even including the first generation. Our mission is to serve the world. Then God will poor out his holy spirit everywhere. This is a very important mission.
That is why we are now creating the department of Cheonil Guk missionary alumni and creating a missionary team to serve the world.♦
NOTE: This lightly edited transcription may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable or uncertain words and guesses are tagged with a “(?)” and indecipherable phrases, with an ellipsis “...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken if the meaning is clear, 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. Notes or transcripts of Dr. Yong’s Morning Devotion speeches from November 11, 2020 through January 2, 2022 are available as five paperback books at cost at Lulu.com/Shop -- search for Dr. Chung Sik Yong -- and as PDF downloads free of charge at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.♦