Ep 683 - Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World Part 10
Women Will Play a Leading Role in the Ideal World - September 8, 2022
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Key Points
The unification of North and South Korea is possible only through the spirit of true love, of loving even our enemies.
“The word man is premised on the word woman. ... The fact that you recognize the implied existence of something means that you recognize the relationship between two things that exist for each other's sake. Since each exists for the other, that is the basis of true love.”
Since love always comes from the object partner, if you live for the sake of others, you can create joy, love and happiness.
When you recognize the relationship between two things and see that the vertical exists for the horizontal and man exists for woman, and then you live for the sake of others, true happiness, love, and joy can be created.
When Father first set out on the way of the Will, his foremost goal was “Before I seek to conquer the world, I must first conquer myself.”
If you conquer your own self, that means you can conquer the world because your body is a representative of the world.
We can overcome the physical mind and defeat Satan through the word, prayer and jeonseong, filial heart, constant training to overcome ourself and good relationships with God, Abel, parents, and brothers and sisters and by serving them well.
In order to dominate the environment and preserve our heart, the most important thing is to act with a clear view of values centered on the Word.
Examples of such values are to pray early in the morning, to live a giving life, to love every person I meet, and for health to make time to exercise regularly and skip dinner.
Value what you placed importance on centered on the Word and act according to those values. As long as you maintain them, your heart will become very stable.
A person with a foundation of the heart is always very sincere in front of his original nature and heart whether someone is looking or not. He lives according to the will of God and the subject, and always denies himself. He has a peaceful heart, is trusted and viewed as reliable, and as a result has proud achievements.
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.♦
Not Chang Shik Yong, Chong Shik Yong. Chang Shik is the former continental director.
I would like to comment on the style of kyumbei by our MC and other brothers and sisters. When we say, “Let’s do kyeongbei, (it should) not (be) “Hanul pumo-nim,” Not “chunji champumo-nim.” The official way to say (it is), “Chunji-in Champumo-nim Kyeongbei.” (There is) no need to mention, “Hanul pumo-nim” or “Chunji Champumo-nim,” (but) just “chunji in champumo-nim ke, kyeongbei.” I think we need to follow headquarters’ and True Parents’ instruction. Okay?
Yesterday, President Naokimi and I went to UTS to meet GPA members who are doing a Kick-off workshop. These are staff and Roland and other leaders. I was so happy to see them.
They prepared a beautiful song for us, and we had a question-and-answer session. This is a group photo of the GPA staff. I can see a promising future for our GPA members. Also, their plan, what they are going to do, is very exciting. Thank you so much for your hard work. Look at that: our young people.
This is a group photo (of the new GPA members).
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> The unification of North and South Korea, which is our long cherished wish, is possible only through the spirit of true love, of loving even our enemies and living and making sacrifices for their sake. Just as parents look after their children and siblings look out for each other, we need to be able to meet with our North Korean brothers and sisters with God's unchanging true love, and truly feel and share their pain as if it were ours. The intersection where God, Adam and Eve can meet one another and settle down based on true love forms a ninety-degree angle. The path of true love that connects God and humankind vertically can only be perpendicular, since that is the shortest route. And the path of true love that connects perfected Adam and Eve as husband and wife is a level, horizontal line. So, the point where these vertical and horizontal paths meet automatically forms a right angle. This point of intersection has absolute value and becomes the one center and model that binds true love.
<This speech was given at Women's Federation for World Peace rallies in 21 cities in Korea between May 11 and June 2, 1992> However, the archangel twisted this angle before Adam and Eve could reach maturity, and this constituted the Fall. When a carpenter builds a house, what does he consider first, the horizontal or the vertical? If he considers the horizontal first, that means that he already is taking the vertical into account. Similarly, the word woman came to be because the man already had been taken into account. And the word man is premised on the woman. The word above takes below into account, and the word right implies the existence of left. In a similar way, the word horizontal incorporates the notion of vertical. In all these examples, the fact that you recognize the implied existence of something means that you recognize the relationship between two things that exist for each other's sake. Since each exists for the other, that is the basis of true love.
True Mother said, “The unification of North and South Korea, which is our long cherished wish, is possible only through the spirit of true love, of loving even our enemies and living and making sacrifices for their sake. Just as parents look after their children and siblings look out for each other, we need to be able to meet with our North Korean brothers and sisters with God's unchanging true love and truly feel and share their pain as if it were ours.”
Do you all love North Korea or hate them? Do you all love China and the Soviet Union or do you hate them? Do not just think about their dictators. Without a genuine heart and love for those countries and its people, unification and peace cannot be achieved.
True Mother also said, “The word woman came to be because the man already had been taken into account. And the word man is premised on the (word) woman. The word above takes below into account, and the word right implies the existence of left. In a similar way, the word horizontal incorporates the notion of vertical. In all these examples, the fact that you recognize the implied existence of something means that you recognize the relationship between two things that exist for each other's sake. Since each exists for the other, that is the basis of true love.”
A great attribute of true love is that it seeks to live for the sake of others. It tries to live for the sake of others because joy, love and happiness can never be created on your own. Since love always comes from the object partner, if I do not live for the sake of others, I can never create joy, love and happiness.
This is an incredible principle. True love is what? We need to live for the sake of others. Why? Love only comes from the object partner. If you could create joy, happiness and love by yourself, there would be no need to live for the sake of others. If you could create joy, happiness and love by yourself, why should you live for the sake of God, your spouse, your children, for neighbors? You don’t even need to marry.
However, joy and love and happiness only comes from the object partner. There is no other choice. Why do we need to live for the sake of others? There is no choice. Love only comes from the object partner. If God is alone, he cannot create joy and love and happiness. That is why he has no choice: no matter what, he needs to love human beings, each of us. We human beings, without loving God, cannot create joy and love and happiness. There is no other way (but to love God). Wow! God’s principle is really amazing! Whether you like it or not, it does not matter. You need to live for the sake of others; otherwise you cannot create joy and love and happiness. No matter what, you need to love God. No matter what, you need to love your spouse, your parents, your children, your neighbor. Otherwise you can become a miserable guy. The universal principle is like that. You can feel love only from the object partner. This is God’s incredible principle. If you are against that, you cannot gain joy, love and happiness.
Therefore, we have to recognize the relationship between two things. When you recognize the relationship between two things and that the vertical exists for the horizontal and man exists for woman, and then you live for the sake of others, true happiness, love, and joy can be created. This is the eternal truth.
Thank God! When I realized this point, I really appreciated the Principle. Father’s guidance is very clear. Why do we need to live for the sake of others? Why do we need to exist for the sake of my wife, my children? This is incredible! Who can deny this principle? Right?
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Principle of Creation 66 – The Human Heart as Viewed through the Spiritual and Physical Minds
• The relationship between the spirit mind and the physical mind is like that between internal nature and external form. When they become one through give and take action with God as their center, they form a united functioning entity which guides the spirit self and physical self to become harmonious and progress toward the purpose of creation. This united entity is the mind of a human being.
• The conscience is that faculty of the human mind which, by virtue of its inborn nature, always directs us toward what we think is good.
• However, as the standard of goodness in fallen human beings varies, the standard of their conscience also fluctuates; this causes frequent contention even among those who advocate a conscientious life.
• The original mind is that faculty of the human mind which pursues absolute goodness. The original mind relates to the conscience as internal nature to external form.
• A person's conscience directs him to pursue goodness according to the standard he has set up in ignorance, even though it may differ from the original standard. However, the original mind repels this faulty standard and works to correct the conscience.
• As long as our spirit mind and physical mind are under the bondage of Satan, the functioning entity they form through their give and take action is called the evil mind. The evil mind continually drives people to do evil.
• Our original mind and conscience direct us to repel the evil mind. They guide us in desperate efforts to reject evil desires and cling to goodness by breaking our ties with Satan and turning to face God.
Father’s word:
The Difference Between the Conscience and the Physical Body
<55-26> We must resolve everything, even all the problems of the future, during this lifetime. How can we distinguish what must be resolved? Here, you have the problems of the future. There are two problems which involve capturing the invisible Satan, who has seized possession of the physical mind. Do you understand? You must fight. What is the foremost battle? It is the battle against your physical mind. The second battle is the fight against Satan. Satan and the physical mind have taken us as prisoners. The physical mind follows the orders of Satan. You must be very careful about this point. If you follow Satan’s orders, you will be eternally ruined. So what is the purpose of religion? The goal of religion is to regain control of the self before the entire world is captured by Satan.
Before I Seek to Conquer the World, I Must First Conquer Myself
<55-26> “Before I seek to conquer the world, I must first conquer myself.” This was my foremost goal when I first set out on this path. The most important issue was conquering my physical mind. The physical mind says, “I am hungry. I want to live. I want to love.” This physical desire is the master of human life. So what happens if you want to eat centering on your physical mind? You are born in the realm of evil. In this context, what would happen if you listen to your physical mind that is telling you to eat? You move closer to the side of evil. If you live the way your physical mind wants to live, you begin to incline towards evil. This is the way the principle works. If you live following the desires of your physical mind, you will end up sinking. It is like a whirlpool. There is no way to emerge from a whirlpool. Ultimately, you will go under.
When Father first set out on the way of the Will, his foremost goal was “Before I seek to conquer the world, I must first conquer myself.” The most important issue was conquering the physical mind. The physical mind says, “I want to eat more. I want to sleep more. I want to have more. I want to have sex more.”
Again, I would like to talk about Father’s foremost goal. What was it? “Before I seek to conquer the world , I must first conquer myself.” If you conquer your own self, that means you can conquer the world because our body is a representative of the world, of the cosmos. If we can really conquer our physical self, you will surely conquer the world and the cosmos. That is why before you seek to conquer the world, you need to first conquer yourself.
When human beings’ physical desires of the physical mind become the subject and we follow them, we will definitely become closer to Satan’s side. Then how can we overcome the physical mind and defeat Satan?
First, overcome them with the power of the Word. You must be stimulated by the Word and be armed with the Word.
Secondly, you need to overcome them with the power of prayer and jeongseong. It is impossible with human power alone. We definitely need the power of God and the spirit world.
Third, overcome them with a filial heart. You can overcome with a filial heart towards God. Filial heart means I put God as my top priority. My vertical alignment is my life centered on filial heart. Overcome with a filial heart towards God, more than anything else or anybody else.
Fourth, overcome them with constant training to overcome yourself. You have to constantly go to the frontline and fight while suffering. (We need) fundraising training, witnessing training, relationship training. We need to train human beings, fallen man or he easily will become evil.
Fifth, overcome them through relationships. You can be victorious by forming good relationships with God, Abel, parents, and brothers and sisters and serving them well.
Through this kind of process finally you can conquer your physical body.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: The Reason We Cannot Preserve Our Heart
Recently I have continuously talked about how to preserve our heart, and today I would like to talk about the reason we cannot preserve our heart.
1. Fallen human beings cannot control their emotions because they act according to their environment. As a result, their faith that related to the Words is easily destroyed. Because they are unable to control their emotions in interpersonal relationships, they get annoyed with each other, conflict with each other and complain that the other is wrong, not knowing that their faith is being destroyed. If we are invaded by the environment like this, we reflect on what we have been doing, regret, and question ourselves. From this point of view, what we focus on in our relationship and how we will preserve our heart is very important. We live without knowing the laws of peace and the laws of heart centered on the life of original nature, so we live a life of joy at times and disappointment at other times in human relationships. There is no way to preserve one’s heart if you are dominated by your environment in this way.
Act with a Clear View of Values Centered on the Word
2. People must act with a clear view of values centered on the Word. They must have no regrets until now about the standards where they offered sincere devotion to put into practice the values they placed importance on centered on the Word. If they fail to maintain the standard of values that they held important until now, the standard breaks down and they regret it, they fail to preserve their heart. It is like a jar with holes that cannot hold water. A person who is dominated by their environment and unable to preserve their heart will eventually think that they have done only regretful things. To say that your heart is punctured means that your love container is broken or has a hole in it. A person with such a punctured heart always complains and is dissatisfied in life. Life does not feel rewarding, and they cannot make results no matter what they do. They often complain and are dissatisfied. Some people work hard externally but are dissatisfied internally. Their activities do not feel rewarding, and their life is always invaded by the environment or other people, so they become insincere.
Because fallen people are unable to control their emotions in interpersonal relationships, they get annoyed with each other, conflict with each other and complain that the other is wrong, not knowing that their faith is being destroyed. There is no way to preserve one’s heart if you are dominated by your environment in this way.
This is very important. Then what should we do to dominate the environment? And where should we focus on in our relationship to continue preserving the heart? The most important thing is to act with a clear view of values centered on the Word. The values of the Word should become your life values.
For example, one of my values is to win the morning no matter what the situation.
I am talking about Dr. Yong, my personal case. I have a clear view of my values. I try to keep my own absolute standard. Whether someone looks at me or not, checks on me or not, it does not matter. I need to have my (own) very clear idea of value and try to keep the standard of these values.
No matter what the situation, whether I go to Korea or Australia or Alaska, (I must) always keep the standard. Not easy.
Do you have a clear view of your values? In any situation? This is important.
No matter what, (one of my values) is to wake up earlier than anyone else, pray, and prepare the Words I am going to give.
Another of one of my values is to live a life of always giving. I try to give. If I do not give, I think to myself, my spirit thinks it is dying.
If I add one more thing, is it to love each and every person I meet. It doesn’t matter if you are my enemy, you are black, white, yellow – any one. I need to meet them because God sent them and asked me to meet them.
And for the sake of physical health, it is to not eat dinner and no matter what I am doing, it is to make time to exercise.
I really maintain my physical body. If I don’t exercise or control eating, my physical body can collapse any time.
I need to have a clear view of my own values. I try to keep the standard. Though I say this, it is not a simple matter.
That’s why we need to have a clear standard of our own values. No shaking, no compromise. As long as keep this clear view of your values and (maintain) an absolute standard for those values, this is the way you can preserve your heart.
Value what you placed importance on centered on the Word and act according to those values. If the values centered on the Word, which I moved according to, are shaken, my life will be completely destroyed.
Therefore, in order to practice the values centered on the Word so far, you need to offer jeongseong and have no regrets about the standards of striving to achieve them.
If you fail to maintain the standard of values that you held important standard until now, the standard breaks down and you will have regrets, and then you fail to preserve your heart. It is like a jar with holes that cannot hold water.
You need to maintain the standard of your values. Once you have promised it to yourself, no matter what you need to keep (that promise). No matter what, do not compromise. You need to respect yourself.
Even though it is not easy, I try to do this. I think many of you can (also) do that. In order to maintain your heart, you really need to keep the standard of your values.
Once you are determined: “This is my own value. Centering on the Divine Principle and on God’s point of view , this is my absolute standard of value!” (then) do not compromise. Once you compromise (this will) shake your life of faith; you cannot preserve your heart.
You need to think what your clear view of your life is, what your absolute standard of values is. As long as you keep it, wow! Your heart will become very stable.
A Person with the Foundation of the Heart
3. When we say that a person is “sincere,” it means that they lived according to the will of the subject partner. To say that one's past results were “truthful,” “reliable,” and “worthwhile” means that they lived according to the will of the subject partner within their environment. We can see that they always denied themself and lived for others within their surrounding sphere of existence for this to happen. However, people who are dominated by the environment will eventually feel ashamed, and often feel dejected when they say they are working hard. All our work is like that today. When the relationship with the subject is wholesome, the mind becomes stable. We have no fantasies in our minds. Because you live according to the will of the subject, you will be steady. As a result, you have peace in your heart. When you live a life of peace in your heart, you gain trust from the subject. You seem very reliable. By teaching such a person, the foundation of the heart is laid.
Live a Life According to the Subject Partner
4. To say that the foundation of the heart has been established means that an unforgettable trust relationship was formed through vertical and horizontal relationships. On top of such a foundation of heart, we have sincere results that anyone can be proud of and trust. This is because we live knowing the will of the subject. Such a person never lives centered on himself. They always live according to the will of the subject. Discord and conflict between husband and wife or siblings occurs when the relationship is not smooth and their circumstances do not match. This happens when you focus on yourself. It is not right to want the other person to match you according to your own will. A wife's intentions may not be compatible with her husband’s, and the husband's intentions may be distressing to his wife. The same is true between siblings. What the younger brother does may not be right for the older brother. Also, the older brother's attitude may not be very pleasing to the younger brother.
A person with the Foundation of the Heart is always very sincere. It doesn’t matter if anyone is watching or not. They are sincere in front of their original nature and heart. There is no gap in their life. Whoever sees such a person will praise them for living righteously.
In this way, a sincere person is faithful to their heart and original nature. In other words, it means that (they) shined light onto their own original nature and lived according to the will of the subject. It means that they always denied themselves and lived according to God’s intentions.
Like so, if you live according to God’s Will centered on your original nature and heart, there will be peace in your heart. When you live a life of peace in your heart, you gain trust from the subject. You seem very reliable. This kind of person is certainly a person whose foundation of the heart is laid. Then, proud achievements are sure to follow.
In this way, when the relationship with the subject is wholesome, the mind becomes stable. We have no fantasies in our minds. Because you live according to the will of the subject, you will be steady. However, people who are dominated by the environment will eventually feel ashamed, and often feel dejected when they say they are working hard. In this case, it happens when you are centered on yourself. It is not right if you want the other person to match you according to your own intentions.
Today, I talked to you about the reason we cannot preserve our heart. I emphasized that in order to preserve your heart, you have to live centered on the unchanging values centered on your own clear words.
That is why you need to create your own standard, your own values centering on God’s word. This is one of the ways to preserve our heart (and we) can become very stable.
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