Ep 676 - Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World Part 3
Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World - September 1, 2022
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Key Points
As long as the memory of having given remains, love cannot circulate infinitely. Since love is an infinite motion, if you dwell on the memory of having given, that love will stop and retreat.
God's true love is like the light of the sun, giving light to the good and the bad equally.
When God creates his partner of love, he invests 120% of everything he has, forgets that he has invested, and invests again.
Whether you go to heaven or hell is ultimately determined by whether you are self-centered or centered on others. Our motivation must be very pure, centered on the will, and centered on others.
In order to do great things on earth, we must eventually learn to mobilize the spirit world through sincere jeongseong or devotion. This is a key leadership ability.
A person offering jeongseong makes all things possible. And the person who offers the most jeongseong becomes the center and the owner.
In order to create the universe and human beings, God needed the cooperation of the angelic world.
It is a chronic disease of fallen human beings that, when confronted with an opponent, they do not try to correct themselves first, but hate the opponent and become hostile.
You can improve yourself only if you feel sorry for the faults of others as if they were your own.
If you criticize someone, you hurt yourself in the end. Whether the criticism is justified or not doesn’t matter.
God cannot but recreate those who regard others' faults as their own.
God's work is ultimately to deny one's fallen nature. If you deny your own fallen nature, God will do all the work. To live harmoniously in interpersonal relationships without clashing is God’s work.
You should always check your own heart and emotions and examine your life of faith. Do you long for God’s will, deny your fallen nature and strive for self-growth? Whatever the circumstances do you avoid criticism of others and live with a heart of joy and care for others?
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.♦
I am still in Alaska. We are going out every day for fishing and come back and pray. We are discussing the future, our vision and plans. It is really an incredible time! The major American leadership is really inspired. We can feel our True Parents’ presence here.
Today I’d like to talk about “Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at a national convention for the Women's Federation for Peace in Asia held on November 20, 1991 at the Seoul Olympic Fencing Arena> Marriage connects successfully to true love when men and women connect with each other horizontally through their absolute love for each other and then they connect to true love through the vertical absolute value of God. As you can see, God, the absolute Being, has established true love in the highest and most valuable position, as the center of absolute values. At the place where a true man, a true woman and God unite completely, based on true love, we can find the key to resolving all our problems, including our view of life, view of the universe, and view of God. God's true love invests and invests again, gives and gives again, and forgets having given. As long as the memory of having given remains, love cannot circulate infinitely. Since love is an infinite motion, you ought not to dwell on the memory of having given. Love can flow because, even after you have given incessantly, again and again, you do not fixate on the memory of having given.
Who is it that gave you love so valuable that you would not exchange it even for heaven and earth? Your parents did, and when you trace it back to its root, God gave you that love. God gives this love of infinite value from the position of the Parent, and then He forgets. Even if the sons and daughters who have received that love betray Heaven, He gives again. It is because of God's endless love that you were able to come here today and make up this audience. For this reason the path followed by true love is not having others live for one's sake; rather, it is a path of sacrifice where one lives for others. For this reason, when God creates the object partner of His love, He desires to stand in the position of living for their sake and invests everything He possesses 100 percent, over and over again. The original central figure possessing such a heart is God, the Creator of heaven and earth.
God's true love invests and invests again, gives and gives again, and forgets having given. As long as the memory of having given remains, love cannot circulate infinitely. Since love is an infinite motion, if you dwell on the memory of having given, that love will stop and retreat.
Love can flow because, even after you have given incessantly, again and again, you do not fixate on the memory of having given. Parents’ love is a love that gives to a child, forgets they have given, and regrets not being able to give more. So where did human beings get this love from?
God gives this love of infinite value from the position of the Parent, and then He forgets. Even if the sons and daughters who have received that love betray Heaven, He gives again. God's true love is like the light of the sun, giving light to the good and the bad equally. It is really amazing.
Like this, God's love is an endless and eternal love. And true love is not a way to receive for yourself, but a way to make sacrifices for others.
So, when God Himself creates the partner of love, He wants to invest 100% of everything he has and invest again in the position of living for the sake of others. God created the heavens and the earth with such true love.
When you want to leave a masterpiece, how much are you willing to put in? Wouldn’t you like to put your devotion and jeongseong 100% or 120% into your heart and spend days and nights (at it), right? If God’s greatest masterpieces are the universe and human beings, how much do you think God put into it? 100%? Even 120% of God’s devotion? When Heavenly Parent created the universe and human beings if he had not invested 100%, 120% then the universe and human beings cannot be his greatest masterpiece. What we know from the Divine Principle is that each human being and the universe are God’s greatest masterpieces. That is why God needed to invest 100%, 120% of his utmost jeongseong and devotion.
We need to inherit that kind of spirit of true love from Heavenly Father . Whatever I do, whatever I love, I need to invest 100%, 120% and completely forget what I have given, what I have invested, and still give more, feeling I have not given enough. I really admire how True Father discovered this principle of true love . It is incredible and amazing! That’s why when you know the Divine Principle, how can you deny our True Parents? You cannot deny (who they are). This is so powerful and beautiful!
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.
Father’s word:
The Truth about People in the Spirit World who were Honored for Martyrdom on Earth
<64-110> When you arrive in the spirit world, you will see some greatly honored New Testament martyrs, who were supposedly in a lofty place, dwelling in the most miserable place. Those who die thinking that their death will bring them to heaven cannot go there. The attitude of people who die like that is like that of someone who became insane and committed suicide for heaven. Yet those who suffered and sacrificed, even though they were not martyred, believing that their sacrifice would create heaven in their nation, and who helped countless other people go to heaven, turn out to be the ones who end up in higher places there.
Whether you go to heaven or hell is ultimately determined by whether you are self-centered or centered on others.
When I die, I must think that I have to die like this to go to heaven. When I die centered on myself, I will never go to heaven. Our motivation must be very pure, centered on the will, and centered on others, not centered on yourself.
Belief in faith or martyrdom for the sake of one's glory and going to heaven first will lead to a place that has nothing to do with heaven in the end.
Even though they were not martyred, those who believed that their sacrifice would create heaven in their nation, and who helped countless other people go to heaven, turn out to be the ones who end up in higher places there.
When we live for the sake of others, we need to completely deny our own self (and have) a really 100%, 120% pure motivation for God and for others. True love does not think of our own (benefit); it puts God’s will first. That is really pure motivation, not just for my own sake.
The Spirit World Must be Mobilized in Order for Heaven to be Formed
<162-115> Just as I have taught, the spirit world must be mobilized. How can heaven be formed without mobilizing the spirit world? It cannot. Heaven is supposed to begin from the True Parents, not the fallen descendants who have lived up until now.
Just as the angelic world helped when Adam was created, the spirit world should return to earth and help in the re-creation. Without doing so, it is not possible to build heaven on earth. Is that not the Principle? Is this not the Principle of resurrection as real and unchanging.
I think this content is really important. I am so inspired. I received some clear answers from these words. Let me explain again.
In order to do great things on earth – for example, how can we restore the nation of America? Heavenly Korea? the whole world? -- as we follow the way of the will, we must eventually learn to mobilize the spirit world. The ability of a leader is ultimately in knowing how to mobilize the spirit world. Then how do we mobilize the spirit world? It is none other than sincere jeongseong, which is sincere devotion. We must not forget the saying, one of Father’s most beautiful slogans, “Utmost jeongseong moves heaven.” “Utmost sincerity moves heaven.”
Just as God received the cooperation of the angelic world when he created Adam, they must come down from the spirit world during re-creation and cooperate with the earth. Without this, no human on earth can be resurrected. The cooperation of the spirit world is absolutely necessary.
Just as water boils at 100 degrees, the sincere devotion of those who follow the will on earth must move heaven and the spirit world. If the spirit world is not mobilized, not even a single soul can be witnessed (to). Without the mobilization of the spirit world, the success of Heavenly Tribal Messiahship cannot be achieved either. Therefore, the question is how to mobilize the spirit world.
The problem of fallen man is that he tries to do things only with his own effort and knowledge. In the end, a person offering jeongseong makes all things possible. And the person who offers jeongseong becomes the center and the owner.
Who offers the most jeongseong in your family? That person is the center. Who in your church offers the most jeongseong? That person is the center. Who in your country offers the most jeongseong and cares about the country? That person is the center.
Mother said that we need to witness to one-third of the population of a nation. She is really pushing us to really work harder during the next five years (of the) Cheong Il Guk course.
Of course, our goal is very high. How can we make a model church in each sub-region, especially Region 1? I am focused on the Clifton Church, how to develop it, how to increase membership, how to create a (real) model church.
When I think about the big national, local and even personal goals, sometimes time is very limited. We don’t have enough members. Our financial power is not sufficient. Sometimes I really struggle: How can we reach True Parents’ expectation based on their vision? Then God gave me an answer: Jeongseong.
What is the capability and ability of leadership? How to mobilize the spiritual world . You cannot do it by your own power and knowledge. Once you know how to mobilize the spiritual world and when you receive the cooperation of the spiritual world, they do everything.
That’s why in order to move the United States, I need to invest that much jeongseong. How can I move the entire American providence centered on my jeongseong? Jesus’ jeongseong (through his) crucifixion moved the entire spiritual world and all of humankind. Just one person’s jeongseong – it is really incredible! How about True Parents’ jeongseong? Their jeongseong moved all of humankind and all of human history.
My own power is very limited. However, if I invest jeongseong like Jesus and True Parents and the spiritual world really sympathizes with me, “Wow! Your Jeongseong is really incredible!” and the entire spiritual world comes down and helps us to restore our nation of the United States, we can create beautiful model churches everywhere.
That’s why jeongseong is the key. Whoever can offer more jeongseong, that person will surely become the owner. In your family who is the owner? Whoever invests the most jeongseong. If my jeongseong is less than (that of) Abraham Lincoln, less than George Washington, less than any religious leader, then I cannot do anything.
That’s why Morning Devotion with all our brothers and sisters puts our hearts together. I cannot (do it) by (myself), but the entire American membership, we can put our jeongseong together and go forward. This is the way we can break through. This is the condition for us to mobilize the spiritual world . Do you agree with me? I received a clear answer about what to do from now on. We need to invest more jeongseong.
Even God could not (create) alone. When he created the entire universe and Adam and Eve, he created the angelic world first. In order to create the universe and human beings, God needed the cooperation of the angelic world. That is why Father says that whatever we do, we need the cooperation of spiritual world as well.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Who Can God Recreate?
Grab Hold of Your Own Fallen Nature and Weep
1. Fallen human beings have hostility toward each other when they disagree or clash with each other. If one says that the other should deny themself, they assert themself and oppose the other, seeing the other person as bad. However, if I am a person who walks the path of original nature, I must grab hold of my own fallen nature and weep whenever I clash with others. When I see the other person's faults, I can improve them only when I feel sorry for their faults. God sees as righteous a person who has a heart that feels sorry for the other person's faults as if they were their own, and who has pain and suffering that regards other people's sins as their own. If God sees such a person, how can He not show mercy to them? God has no choice but to help such a person's pity.
Fallen human beings become hostile toward each other when they disagree or clash with each other. It is a chronic disease of fallen human beings that, when confronted with an opponent, they do not try to correct themselves first, but hate the opponent and become hostile.
If you are truly walking the path of original nature, you must grab hold of your own fallen nature and weep and repent every time you have conflict with others. When you see the faults of others, you can improve yourself only if you feel sorry for their faults as if they were your own.
God sees as righteous a person who has a heart that grieves for the faults of others as if they were theirs, and who has pain and suffering that regards the sins of others as their own. You should think that all problems start with your own fallen nature.
Even if God sees that I have no problem and that the other person does, if I consider the other person's sins as my own, God will sympathize with me. When parents see their children's faults, they see them as their own.
One thing is clear: whether I see the other person doing something good or bad, if I see them even as slightly bad, my soul suffers in the end.
That’s why whether someone is good or bad does not matter. If you criticize someone, you hurt yourself in the end. You will lose your heart. That is why in any situation do not criticize or blame (others). You need to treat that kind of situation as your own. This is the way to protect my soul and spirit.
Our original mind, our soul, is so sensitive. Even if you are wrong, if I criticize or blame you, my (your?) mood is so bad. This is incredible. In order to protect your own soul and spirit, you need to treat the faults and problems of others as your own problems. This is the way to protect yourself.
Who Can God Recreate?
2. God cannot help those who blame others for their shortcomings, but He cannot but recreate those who view others' faults as their own. That's why the Bible tells us to regard the sins of others as our own. When you treat other people's sins as your own, don't stop at just thinking about it. Truly feel sorry for that fallen nature with your blood, sweat and tears. If we do not struggle in this way, we cannot be resurrected. We really need to grow well. If we are to fix our fallen nature, we must struggle with blood, sweat, and tears. If you do that, you will become a person who can be used as God wants to use you. There are many people who mistakenly believe that they are doing God's work while leaving their fallen nature as it is.
God cannot help those who blame others for their shortcomings, but He cannot but recreate those who regard others' faults as their own.
When you treat other people's sins as your own, don't stop at just thinking about it. Truly feel sorry for that fallen nature with your blood, sweat and tears. If we do not struggle in this way, our life of faith cannot be resurrected.
What is God’s Work?
3. There are many people who say that they are doing God's work while centered on themselves and doing things their own way. To do God's work is to focus on God's heart and to deal with oneself well while denying one's own fallen nature. To live harmoniously in interpersonal relationships without clashing is God’s work. If you think mistakenly about God's work, you will mistakenly believe that God's work exists in a place that has nothing to do with you. Building a church, diligently going around declaring that the Lord has come, and going to church to serve are of course God's work, but that comes second. We must not lose our original nature and misunderstand that it is God's work to proclaim His work externally. Everything has to do with self-growth.
There are many people who think that they are doing God's work, leaving their own fallen nature as it is. God's work is ultimately to deny one's fallen nature. If you deny your own fallen nature, God will do all the work. Therefore, you must deal with yourself well.
To live harmoniously in interpersonal relationships without clashing is God’s work. We must not lose our original nature and misunderstand that it is God's work to proclaim His work externally. Everything has to do with self-growth.
With What Kind of Heart Are You Approaching the Will Today?
4. With what kind of heart are you living with today? Are you living with a heart of joy, or longing, or that struggles with your own fallen nature? We must not forget that our life of faith must start with the driving force of a heart that struggles for self-growth and longing for the will.
With what kind of heart are you living today? You should always check your own heart and emotions.
When you work do you really have the joy of doing heavenly work? Beyond the responsibility of work, do you really long for your work as if you had been waiting for it?
When you try to do well in your relationships and things don't go well, do you have the heart to struggle with your own fallen nature with tears?
Does your heart have a driving force behind your longing for the will and the struggle for self-growth? We should always go forward while examining our life of faith.
Sometimes when I see some unrighteous things and really want to criticize and to blame and to say something, I really need to reflect on myself. What about myself? I have a great potential to be like that. That is why I need to deal with this kind of issue as my own issue, my own fault, as my own problem. If we have that kind of mindset and attitude and faith, this is the way to protect our spiritual life.
Tomorrow I will join you live. Then I will be happy to hear your voices and reflections as well.
LIVING TESTIMONY: I’m a Living Testimony for Whom Anything is Possible
(Testimony of Gudrun Gavin on witnessing, Minnesota)♦
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