Ep 592 - Our Attitude as We Reach Foundation Day Part 3
Our Attitude as we Reach Foundation Day - June 9, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony GPA Missionaries to Prishtina, Kosovo
The Ministry of Dawn(?) we have already settled down in the American movement.(?)
Today I’d like to talk about the “Training period to mature our heart and spirituality” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 1.
Foundation Day is the Day God's Dream is Realized
You are people of hope. You should listen to the Cheon Il Guk national anthem every morning and evening as you go to and from work, savoring every word. If you practice the lyrics, you will become free. That is how the world of freedom, peace, unity and happiness can be built. We need to establish this tradition. I hope that you will each do your best as blessed family members to fulfill your responsibility. We are talking not only about the restoration of Korea but of the restoration of the world. From this year, I will make it so that the celebrations of God's Day, True Parents’ Day, the Day of All Things, and Children's Day will take root in each of the nations. Since all the church celebrations are held at one place, only the leaders are able to attend, and the members do not understand the significance of those days. In each nation, regardless of how many churches the nation has, they should prepare for the celebrations of God's Day, True Parents' Day, Day of All Things and Children's Day.
While preparing, all the members should unite with the church president's leadership and offer many conditions to ready themselves for the celebrations. You cannot go to heaven if you live your lives halfheartedly. We have studied True Father's teachings, explaining how holy days, such as this God's Day, came to be established, and it is only too true that without shedding tears of blood in the background, we cannot pay indemnity to move forward. Because the world is wrong, because it is fallen, we need to rise above it, and to do so we need to pay indemnity. This, however, is very difficult to do. We need to make Satan throw up his hands and admit defeat. Those days were established after winning victory after victory in each stage. Members need to comprehend this. From the leaders in the highest positions to the newest members, you all need to be aware that True Parents have passed through a course of blood and tears to establish those days for you.
If you realized this, every time you celebrated one of those days you would become all the more determined in your heart to be loyal and devoted to Heaven. A nation with such members will then grow and develop. I want to spread this practice worldwide so that I can bring every one of you in front of Heaven. The next celebration we will hold on a grand scale is Foundation Day. This Foundation Day will be our greatest event, because it is the day on which we begin anew under the Heavenly Parent. On the day marking Father's ascension, not only members of the Unification Church but, when they learn about him, all the world's seven billion people will wish to visit BonHyang Won, where he was laid to rest. Pilgrimages to the holy grounds will also become a major event. In the early days of the church, Father said that there would be an endless line of people visiting Korea. What will motivate them to come? We need to prepare so that they will come. Once we do this, there will be endless glory in heaven and eternal thanksgiving, acclamation and praise on earth! (2013.02.10, Cheon Jeong Gung)
True Mother commanded that the celebrations of God's Day, True Parents’ Day, the Day of All Things, and Children's Day be held under the supervision of the church president in each country so that they will take root in each country. That is why every time our church celebrates major celebrations, we must do everything we can to ensure that they can take root with our hearts and jeongseong.
You don't know how much blood, sweat, and tears were shed by True Father through unspeakable indemnity and suffering until he founded and established these celebrations one by one. From now on, we must prepare more so that our American Unification movement can create a beautiful celebration by obeying True Mother's words.
I really want to prepare more when we have this kind of celebration day. We need to carry on more meaningfully. In order to establish this kind of memorial day, our True Parents paid incredible indemnity conditions.
True Mother said that the two biggest events of our church in the future will be the commemoration of Foundation Day and the commemoration of True Father’s Ascension. That's why she said there will be endless glory in heaven and eternal thanksgiving, acclamation and praise on earth through these two events!
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 50 - The Indirect Dominion and the Human Portion of Responsibility
Yesterday I said we would conclude this content, but (I would like to share) some important content (for) one or two days more.
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 Portion of Responsibility of the Seven Year Course
<139-255> Those of you who have joined the Unification Church up until now are very lucky people. In the Unification Church, even though you are married, you do not have conjugal relations. You live like brother and sister. For seven years, even though you sleep together naked in the same bed, you must not follow the way of the fallen world. For seven years, you are not allowed. You cannot think, "She is my wife" or "He is my husband." Even if you sleep together, it is like brother and sister. If the meat of your body is touched by such a relationship, that is like the fall. This is the course you have been walking. Do you understand this clearly?
The original tradition of the Unification Church is to receive the Blessing and go through the seven-year course. Although a couple receives the Blessing, they must first restore the heart of brothers and sisters through the seven-year period. To that end, True Father said that even if a man and woman sleep naked, they should not have sexual desire centered on fallen nature.
True Father says that the principle is to restore the original heart of brothers and sisters and then enter the position of a married couple.
Of course this was a long time ago. Our senior blessed families needed to make certain kinds of conditions. But we need to carry on that spirit all the time. Can you do that? Have you overcome the sexual desire centered on fallen nature? It's never a simple matter.
Why the Portion of Responsibility is Given
<143-77> Why is the portion of responsibility given? It is because God wants to give you eternal precious value and wants you to join in the holy work of creation. Without God giving the portion of responsibility, you cannot stand in the position where you can face God's love. 95% is completed by God, and the remaining 5% is completed by humankind. That is how you can reach an equal position as co-creator fulfilling 100%. You can give and receive love with full qualification in front of God. In this way, you can create ideal love. Without the portion of responsibility, you could not put yourself in such a position where you could give and receive this love. That is why God set up the portion of responsibility for people so that they may be loved by God.
Why did God give human beings a portion of responsibility? This is because God put humans in the position of co-creators and gave them infinite and noble value so that they could rule over all things as owners of true love.
To become co-creators with God, a price must be paid. To this end, the portion of responsibility was given to humans. If humans dominate all things from the same standpoint as all things, (those things) will accuse humans. As heirs of God's true love, sons and daughters must stand on a higher level of love than all things.
Therefore, no one can help with the human 5% portion of responsibility. The human 5% portion of responsibility is equivalent to receiving a driver's license for true love. Just (as) driving without a driver's license can cause a serious accident, you must obtain a license as a true owner who can have dominion over all things.
Therefore, the portion of responsibility that God has given to humans is the greatest blessing He has given to them. When human beings fulfill their responsibility, first, they acquire the qualification to become the owner of all things, second, they stand in the position of co-creator with God, and third, they become true children of God.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Where Does Confidence Come From?
1. It comes from the Divine Principle.
If you know the Divine Principle very well and God’s word very clearly – what the purpose of life is, who God is, who I am – you will gain confidence. Ignorance destroys everything. When you clearly understand the Divine Principle and True Parents’ word, you can overcome anything.
> If you know the Principle and the Word clearly, you will gain confidence.
Studying the Divine Principle is very important.
> Therefore, thoroughly equip yourself with the Principle and the Word.
Anyone who has confidence to deliver the Divine Principle and God’s word has confidence because “I already know the Divine Principle very well; I already have digested God’s word very well. Anyone I meet, I have the confidence to teach them the Divine Principle.” That’s why we need to study the Divine Principle over and over (again). Now we are doing the EDP reading condition. This is really important (in order) to discover the Divine Principle.
Can you imagine how much indemnity our True Parents paid? I heard that when Rev. Eu wrote the Divine Principle according to True Father’s direction, he made so much effort day and night without sleeping. He cried and cried because he so appreciated the Divine Principle. The Divine Principle is that powerful!
The more you study the Divine Principle, the more you deliver the Divine Principle, (the more) you can have incredible confidence.
2. It comes from absolute faith.
> It comes from the conviction that God is my unmistakable parent and that I am a child of God.
If you truly, absolutely believe in God that “He is my parent, my father; I am a child of God,” if you have a conviction about God’s relationship with you as parent and child, wow! Incredible power comes! You (will) have confidence. “As long as God is my daddy and I am a child of God, nothing is impossible.” Wow!...
“God is my father and my mother. I am a child of God.” If we really believe that God does exist, (if he is) not just a conceptual God, if I treat myself as God’s belonging, I am telling you, you (will) have incredible confidence!
3. It comes from prayer and jeongseong.
> With prayer and jeongseong, you will receive unimaginable spiritual power and gain confidence.
The more jeongseong and prayer you do, you can gain spiritual strength all the time. Then whatever you do, you have incredible confidence.
4. It comes from thorough preparation.
> The preparation period is 90% and the actual time to practice is 10%.
> If you prepare perfectly and offer jeongseong on top of that, Heaven will surely be with you.
So for me to deliver Morning Devotion I prepare a lot and read again and again. Each word needs to become alive. I need to (invest) my spirit, then each word will become alive. Until I have that kind of preparation and confidence, I cannot deliver. That is why (confidence) comes from thorough preparation. Based on that kind of jeongseong and preparation God and spiritual world will help you.
5. It comes from ability, achievements and experience.
> Build up your ability in the Principle. And become an expert in your field.
> If you have achievements, you can take on any challenge.
> Even God cannot ignore those who have ability and achievements centering on God’s will.
That is why you need to have that kind of capability and ability and a lot of achievement and experience. Based on that you will have confidence.
For me I failed (at first?) and sometimes had some success. With age(?) I (have come to) feel that whatever I decide and determine, I feel I have the confidence God and spiritual world will help me. Then without doubt I have confidence whenever I set up our goal.
6. It comes when you are recognized by others.
> Recognize the other person. Praise them. Encourage them.
> When a person is recognized, he has infinite self-confidence.
> Let Cain praise Abel, and Abel praise Cain.
The nature of recognition is that it comes from God. You always need to be recognized by your Abel and your Cain. When you raise your children, you need to really encourage and praise them all the time. Of course children have weak points, so sometimes you need to correct them, you (may) need to scold them. But more than 90% (you need to) really praise them and encourage and recognize them. (You need to) recognize your Abel and recognize your Cain, recognize your children. Then they will really have confidence, right?
7. It comes from health.
> A healthy mind comes from a healthy body.
> Always exercise.
> Control the 4 great desires.
This is an important point. You must control your desire to eat well. You can see a person's personality through whether he controls the desire to eat or not. A person who cannot control what he eats cannot control his desire for sex. I am telling you, those who cannot control their eating desire cannot control their desire for sex.
Do not eat too much of any food. You only need to fill 70% of your stomach,. All diseases come from being overweight. The person who controls the desire to eat already seems to have spiritual authority. A person has a fixed amount of food that he or she can consume during a lifetime. However, if you eat too much of it, if you consume it all in advance, you will die as quickly as that. So the less food you eat, the longer you live. Conversely, the more you eat, the sooner you die. That is because there is (only) a certain amount of food that God has given you. If you eat it quickly and become overweight, then you (will have) consumed everything in advance. That is the reason you die early.
Take control of your material desires and possessions. If the desire for possession is greater than the desire to possess God, we are always subject to material possessions. Do not worry about what you will eat, what you will drink, or what you will wear. Those who live by faith never die from lack of material. Love the will of God more than the desires of possessions. If you control the desire of possession, you will receive financial blessings.
In fact, when we die, we believe that we should give back to society and the country rather than passing on our property to our descendants. So I think that when you die, you really have to die leaving nothing behind. However, I think it is difficult to put into practice.
That is True Parents’ recommendation.
Control your desires for sleep. In order to control the desire for sleep, you must first have a clear goal and vision for the will. If you live by the will of God, you can control your sleep. If your sense of purpose is blurred, you will never be able to control your sleep. If I think that I will die if I don't do this, and practice it with a desperate heart, I can take control of my sleep. Taking control of your sleep doesn't mean getting less sleep. It's about focusing on what I'm doing. This means that you don't fall asleep too much and don't interrupt your work.
Lastly, take control of your sexual desires. Even when a man sees a woman, he must feel as if he has seen a stone. If you can't control your sexual desires, you'll ruin your life. If you can't control your sexual desires, you'll never be a leader.
If, (however,) you take control of your sexual desires, the work of the spiritual world is always with you wherever you go. You must completely crucify your unrighteous sexual desires. Every time an unjust sexual desire appears, we must groan. Whenever an unrighteous sexual desire appears, we must repent in tears.
In the case of a man, it is said that there is a fixed amount of semen that a person pours out during his lifetime. However, if (a person) can't control his sexual desire and waste a lot of semen by masturbating or having sex with another woman, that person dies early because he has already used up the amount of semen that God has given him. Therefore, if you only love between husband and wife while controlling sexual desire, you will live a long life.
Never waste your semen by masturbating. Masturbating is terrible. It wastes a lot of energy. Without controlling masturbating, you pour out so much. God gives you a certain amount. Already you have used it already? That is why people die very quickly. You have to pour it out only between husband and wife. Then how beuatiful it is.
That is why young children if you masturbate, if you use your sperm and semen a lot, you will die quickly. That is why you need to control (yourself). There is a certain amount you need to use. If you have already poured out your semen, you will die very quickly.
Just use it between husband and wife. Do not look at another woman or man. This is very sacred. Sperm is God’s seed. You need to control it.
Masturbating is a terrible thing. It kills your soul. That is why if you just think about a woman, you have already sinned. You need to graduate from sexual thinking.
In conclusion, where does confidence come from? If you control your desires well, you will gain confidence.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
Let’s welcome the GPA missionaries to Kosovo from the bottom of our hearts.
(Testimony of GPA youth missionaries from Prishtina, Kosovo)♦
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