Ep 672- The Unity of the World and Humankind Responsibility Part 10
The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility - August 28, 2022
PDF Printable Text and Images + Testimony Rev. Dr. Willie Weston, Sr.
Key Points
Women have to fulfill their mission as pioneers to lead the male culture that was centered on the archangel.
Men as men and women as women need to complete the three-object loves.
On Foundation Day, January 13, 2013,, when True Parents proclaimed the substantial Cheon Il Guk, True Father in the spirit world and True Mother on earth entered Cheon Il Guk simultaneously.
True Father began from the bottom of hell, the most miserable prison among prisons, and worked with the spirit world to lay the foundation for Heaven.
The Kingdom of Heaven is realized in the most miserable place on earth.
If you want to always be grateful, think about what you have to thank God for since you were born, True Parents for after meeting them, your parents, brothers, and sisters for, and the people around you for. Then you will value others and live a resurrected life.
To maintain our original motivation and love, the joy of our heart and the strength of our ShimJeong, we should avoid recklessly revealing the longing and joy, which is the strength and driving force of my heart, to self-indulgent, dead people who lack one center. Don’t “cast pearls before swine.”
When a person who attended a Divine Principle workshop and was deeply moved shares the impression he had with someone he knows, and he is scorned, persecuted, or persuaded otherwise, he completely loses his strength. Beginners in the faith should be careful.
I must not reveal the driving force and secret of my heart until I am convinced of it and it is settled in my heart through practice. Otherwise, Satan tries to take it away.
As a beginner before you say something, you need to practice it and realize it centered on your heart. When you have an unshakable foundation, then you can share it.
If I reveal the secret of my ShimJeong to someone with whom I do not have relative standards, its precious value will fall to the ground.
Adam and Eve should have kept God’s command to them a secret from the archangel. Because they did not, the archangel eventually persuaded them to fall.
If we have received grace through the Word, we must embrace it, shed tears, and win the battle and leave results.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files.♦
Today I’d like to talk about “The Unity of the World and Humankind's Responsibility” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
Now is the time to attend the True Father, who has established the victorious tradition in world history, and the True Mother, the global representative of women, who has gained victory representing all the women of history. By doing so, we must establish a true concept of manhood as well as the true concept of what it means to be a mother, a wife and a daughter. In the context of new families, we must set forth anew, toward a new society, nation and world, and become forerunners in inheriting the tradition of the True Parents and harvesting the victory. We women have the mission to give proper guidance to those who lead lives of moral decadence and disorder, so that the tragedy of the Fall of Adam and Eve may be resolved within the context of history.
Beloved women members, the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia has gathered you here for the important purpose of establishing the Women's Federation for World Peace. In the Age of Women that is now dawning, our members have to embrace our husbands and properly educate our children, so that we may be a model movement for practicing true love throughout the world. We must gain the active cooperation of our husbands and children for the development of the Women's Federation for World Peace.
True Parents established a worldwide historical tradition as True Father and True Mother through the cosmic and historic course of indemnity. Now, the time has come for all women to establish the ideal of a true mother, a true wife, and a true daughter on these standards.
From now on, women have to fulfill their mission as pioneers to lead the male culture that was centered on the archangel up until now and for men as men and women as women to complete the three-object loves.
Women must establish the ideal of a true mother, a true wife, a true daughter, and men must establish the ideal of a true father, a true husband, and a true son.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 63 - Heaven and Hell (2)
• It is not God who decides whether a person's spirit enters heaven or hell upon his death; it is decided by the spirit himself.
• Humans are created so that once they reach perfection they will fully breathe the love of God. Those who committed sinful deeds while on earth become crippled spirits who are incapable of fully breathing in the love of God. They find it agonizing to stand before God, the center of true love, and choose to dwell in hell of their own will.
• Since the human spirit can grow only in the soil of the physical self, the multiplication of human spirits takes place at the same time that the multiplication of physical selves occurs: during earthly life.
Let’s study Father’s word based on heaven and hell.
True Parents Must be the First to Enter Heaven
<140-45> However, even though the gates of heaven have been opened by the Unification Church, no one has entered heaven. This is because I have not yet entered heaven. Heung Jin Nim and Jesus sometimes go in and out of heaven; but they are still waiting for me. I am not just making this up so that I appear impressive to all of the intelligent people gathered here this morning (Laughter). I have rummaged and sorted through all kinds of people, even those who defecate themselves. I am telling you, the direct path to the throne of heaven can be found, from the individual, to the family, tribe, race, nation, world and spirit world. No matter where you go, you must raise the flag of love. If you put up a flag of any other color, you will lose your way. You will not be able to reach heaven. Do you have the confidence to enter heaven? (Yes). Are you going to drive the car of love there? If you drive the car of love, the angels will guide you to heaven. The path to heaven is winding; but once you get there, it becomes a highway.
True Father said, “The gates of heaven have not yet been fully opened. Because True Parents have not first entered the kingdom of Heaven yet, no one has ever entered the gates of heaven. Heung Jin Nim and Jesus sometimes go in and out of heaven; but they are still waiting for True Parents.”
However, since True Parents proclaimed the substantial Cheon Il Guk on January 13, 2013, on Foundation Day, they allowed for an amazing time when True Father in the spirit world and True Mother on earth could enter Cheon Il Guk simultaneously. This is really incredible.
My personal opinion is that True Father went to the spirit world six months before the declaration of Foundation Day to open the gates of Cheon Il Guk by proclaiming Cheon Il Guk while True Father was in the spirit world and True Mother was in the physical world.
I prayed a long time about why True Father passed away earlier. He had really tried to proclaim the substantial Cheon Il Guk centering on Foundation Day.
Many people could not understand why Father had to pass away six months before the declaration. I thought and prayed about it and invested a lot of jeongseong. I received a very strong inspiration. Father passed away early to go to the spiritual world to prepare everything. When True Mother proclaimed Foundation, the beginning of Cheon Il Guk, and could open the door of the Kingdom of Heaven on both sides, in both the spiritual world and the physical world. Wow! Then God’s providence could (develop) rapidly.
That was my understanding. Maybe someone has a different understanding. This is my realization after praying for a long time. Please pray about it. I am telling you that this is my own personal opinion and experience. Maybe I can make a mistake. This is my personal opinion, my realization.
Heaven Comes from the Most Miserable Place
Where is the Kingdom of Heaven realized? It is in the most miserable place on earth. Where is the most miserable place on earth? It would be the lowest of all prisons. Rev. Moon of the Unification Church has laid the foundation in the spirit world and on earth. I began from the bottom of hell, the most miserable prison among prisons, and worked with the spirit world to lay this foundation. In the course of widening this foundation, I faced much opposition. I have been opposed by my family, my tribe, my people and my nation, by the United States and other nations, by Asia and the entire world (96-160).
Where is the Kingdom of Heaven realized? It is in the lowest of all prisons, the most miserable place on earth.
True Father began from the bottom of hell, the most miserable prison among prisons, and worked with the spirit world to lay the foundation for Heaven.
Father already controlled everything from the bottom of hell. He realized his substantial Kingdom of Heaven from the bottom of hell up to the level of the cosmos.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Be a Preserver of Heart
This is quite good and important content.
A Person Resurrected One Step More
1. If I lived happily through relationships with my brothers and sisters and learned about how we long for each other, then I am a person who has been resurrected one step more. When we spend time with each other in joy in the place where we belong, we will come to long for each other. When I have gratitude and longing like this, my heart rejoices. And with a sense of longing, I develop a strong sense of responsibility in my life. When that happens, I get a determination to live a certain way. However, as I make a determination, I come to realize that I should not just live centered on my body. I want to live according to the wishes of my heart, but I also know that my body does not obey well.
We should always try to live with joy and gratitude for each other through our relationships with brothers and sisters around us. If you want to always be grateful, think about what you have to thank God for since you were born.
Second, think about what you should thank True Parents for after meeting them. Then think about what you have so far to be grateful for to your parents, brothers, and sisters.
Every morning when I wake up I remind myself what I should be grateful for from Heavenly Parent. The first thing that comes to me is that God does exist. Wow! I am so grateful. Do you know why? God does exist no matter what.
Secondly, I am really grateful for God because he is my father. I am a son of God. He loves me more than himself. That is why I am so grateful to God.
Then what should I be grateful for (from) our True Parents? First, I am really grateful for True Father. He is the one who told me that God is our father. God exists and has a sorrowful heart and wishes. It is incredible guidance. True Father told me that God is a living God. “He is your eternal daddy. You are a son of God.” I am eternally grateful to True Father because he gave me the purpose of my life. He taught me everything through the Divine Principle. I am so grateful that he gave me the Blessing. I gained eternal salvation. I have three children and three grandchildren. I know the value of the family. I know who I am. Wow!
“Father, Mother, you are my eternal True Parents, my eternal teachers. You are my eternal owner as well.”
Also, you should think about what you are grateful for (from) your spouse. I am really grateful to my wife. Without her how could I carry on my mission here and there? Who takes care of my children and grandchildren? She is the one who helps me with everything. That is why without worrying about my family, I can focus on the front-line mission. At least I can make a balance.
I came to America. I am grateful to my American brothers and sisters.
You need to think when you wake up every morning “I should be grateful to God for what? To True Parents for what? And to my spouse, parents and children for what?” Before you request something, what should you be grateful for? “For my parents and brothers and sisters....” You need to think about it.
I am really grateful to Naokimi. This is a second generation (member) who has become the national leader. He has gone through all kinds of difficulties, but he has kept his first motivation and is working very hard. (I am also grateful for) my staff, Rev. Seo, Tomomi, Taka.
We always need to have a grateful heart. If there are problems and struggles, you can overcome them if you have a grateful heart, more than anything else. Then you can settle down and solve the problems.
And think positively about what you are grateful for to the people around you. When there are too many things to be grateful for, you will value the other person. The more you learn about this kind of gratitude and joy in your life, the more you can live a resurrected life.
The Reason Why My ShimJeong Loses Strength
2. Another thing we come to realize while living our life of faith is that everyone wants to live in faith, but not everyone lives attending one center. I find that there are many indulgent people around me. And like a tomb with only the mouth open, we see many people with dead spirits. One important thing we need to know here is why we usually lose the longing and joy in our hearts when we are hit. It is because I recklessly reveal my longing and joy, which is the strength and driving force of my heart. The joy of my heart and the strength of my ShimJeong are lost because I first say it with my mouth without putting it into practice. If I first tell the strength from which I gain joy to people who I do not have relative standards with, I will lose it all.
We all try to live in faith, but we come to realize that not everyone attends one center with one thought and one principle.
We find that there are a lot of self-indulgent people around us. And there are many people who are alive, but are dead in spirit, like tombs with only their mouths open. In such an environment, many people lose the longing and joy in their hearts as they give and receive with such people and are hit by their surroundings.
Then why do we lose the first motivation, joy, and love we cherished? One reason is that we recklessly reveal the content that is the strength and driving force of our heart. It is because we are living a life like casting pearls before swine.
Be a Preserver of Heart
3. If I share the secrets of the Word and what gives strength to my ShimJeong to people who do not know the value of the Word, I will lose my strength if I am humiliated or ignored by those people. If I express my joy even though the other person doesn’t understand it well, and they don’t sympathize or agree with me, I will be caught in the conditions around me and I will get hit because of what I said. So, to preserve what gives my heart strength, I have to be mute. To protect the treasure of your heart, you must not reveal the driving force and secret of your heart to someone who you do not have relative standards with. Having longing is a secret. The driving force of your ShimJeong must be kept secret. I must keep it a secret that I have had any experiences with Heaven. This is like a covenant. We must keep the joy we felt as we were moved by the Word as a secret.
Therefore, do not share the secrets of the Word and what gives strength to your ShimJeong to those who do not know the value of the Word. If the other person hears the secret of my ShimJeong and values it more than me, I gain more strength, but if not, I lose strength.
For example, when a person who attended a Divine Principle workshop and was deeply moved shares the impression he had with someone he knows, and he is scorned, persecuted, or persuaded otherwise, he completely loses his strength.
We think that if we share what we were moved by, the other person would also be moved, but if they are not, the content I was moved by will be blown away in an instant. Therefore, beginners in the faith should be careful.
Therefore, in order to preserve the content that gives my heart strength, I have to be mute for a certain period of time. In order to protect the treasure of my heart, I must not reveal the driving force and secret of my heart to a person with whom I do not have relative standards.
Therefore, I have to keep it a secret for some period of time until I am convinced, and it is settled in my heart through practice.
The driving force of your ShimJeong must be kept secret. I must keep it a secret that I have had any experiences with Heaven. This is like a covenant.
We must keep the joy we felt as we were moved by the Word as a secret. If I have a treasure in my heart, there are always temptations from Satan who tries to take it away.
When someone asked True Father to tell them about how he met Jesus, True Father said that the information was too precious to be shared with them and he did not share it.
I don't know if the other person will hear what I say and value it more than I do, but if they don't value it more than I do, I will inevitably suffer a loss.
As a beginner before you say something, you need to practice it and realize it centered on your heart. When you have an unshakable foundation, then you can share. But without practicing it – “Oh, I learned many things from the Divine Principle, what is the fruit of the (Tree of the) Knowledge of Good and Evil...” – you tell it to Christian people. Then if you are convinced by them (that the Divine Principle is false), then you lose everything. Until you completely settle down in your heart and mind, you need to keep a certain period (during which you) do not share so simply. Okay? If we share so simply, we will lose our own strength and power. We have to be careful of that.
Don’t Reveal the Secret of Our Heart’s Power
4. If I reveal the secret of my ShimJeong to someone who I do not have relative standards with, its precious value will fall to the ground. God secretly told Eve not to eat the forbidden fruit, because Eve was cute and lovely and He did not want her to do wrong, so He told her with that wish. It was God's words only to Adam and Eve. God was so happy that he secretly asked Eve to keep the word of the covenant, but as it leaked out, Eve started relating with the archangel. This was the motive for the fall. Even those of us who believe today will begin to weaken if we reveal the secrets of our hearts. In fact, the secret of our heart’s power becomes the material and fuel for our spirit. I must embrace that, shed tears, and win the fight and leave a track record. However, if you do not put it into practice and quickly leak out the grace you have received, that will become a cause of failure. This is the number one reason believers fail today.
Don’t reveal the secret of our heart’s power.
If I reveal the secret of my ShimJeong to someone whom I do not have relative standards with, its precious value will fall to the ground. Adam and Eve should have kept it a secret from the archangel that God told them not to eat of the forbidden fruit.
However, Adam and Eve told the archangel the secret that God had told them not to eat of the forbidden fruit, and the archangel eventually persuaded them to fall.
“God really said that? Do not eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? No. If you eat it, you will become like God.”
Adam and Eve were convinced by the archangel. Adam and Eve, whose spiritual level was still lower than that of the archangel, were persuaded by him to eat the fruit.
The command not to eat of the forbidden fruit were words God had only said to Adam and Eve, but they revealed the precious covenant to the archangel, who motivated them to fall.
Even those of us who believe today will begin to weaken if we reveal the secrets of our hearts. This is because the secret of our heart’s power becomes the material and fuel for our spirit.
If you had a great treasure, would you advertise it to a lot of people? If you advertise it, you are more likely to be tempted and lose.
Therefore, if we have received grace through the Word, we must embrace it, shed tears, and win the battle and leave results. However, if you do not put it into practice and quickly leak out the grace you have received, it will become a cause of failure.
Wow! Today we learned very important things, right? We need to know how to properly (handle) our life of faith. True Father has taught us everything in such detail. How grateful we are for our True Parents! We thoroughly learned how to maintain our spiritual strength and power. Do not reveal the secret of your heart’s power. Then when you confess(?) you want to share sometime, if someone really protects you and guides you, then okay. Otherwise, you had better be careful.
I needed to record this because (when) Alaska time is 2 a.m., in New York it is 6 a.m. It is not easy to do that (that is, to be on Morning Devotion live). That is why I am recording Morning Devotion in advance.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Rev. Dr. Willie Weston, Sr., 172 clergy and 12 ministers who stayed behind)♦
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