Ep 782 - Women as the Turning Point for Peace Part 4
Women as the Turning Point for Peace - December 15, 2022
Key Points
• WFWP should establish substantial branches in all 50 states so that it can work together in solidarity and cooperation with women leaders and NGOs from all parts of the world to realize a world of lasting peace.
• If we have a clear vision and keep on praying, as long as it is God’s will, surely our vision will come true. Vision becomes reality.
• Excessive desires arise from seeking benefit without adequate effort and sacrifice, and before the time is ripe.
• We should persevere patiently under trial and grow to maturity before receiving a desired benefit such as the Blessing.
• For self-control, especially of excessive desires, we need to think, “I need to wait. I need to grow more.”
• Love without sacrifice is not love.
• When beings become one in love, they exchange elements with each other.
• The four rights of love are the rights of mutual participation, inheritance, equal status, and common abode.
• In the Fall, man inherited evil lineage, life, and love from Satan.
• The wisdom of Adam and Eve that comes after the fall is fear of breaking universal law, and guilt and regret from violating their conscience.
• Satan is a genius in adultery who always entices fallen people to pursue it and provides ways to fall along with potential partners.
• In order for a wife to have her husband surrender naturally, she must first subjugate those around him – his parents, siblings and relatives – through service and love. It is the same for the husband.
• Wake up earlier than anyone else and offer sincere devotion and fulfill more responsibility than anyone else in your family before you go to bed.
• The first thing in your life of faith is to learn to be punctual, particularly for Sunday Service. Come at least five or ten minutes beforehand and pray and meditate.
• You receive God’s grace according to your preparation and jeongseong.
• Lack of sleep greatly interferes with daily life. So you should go to bed early and get up early. Get at least 6 or 7 hours of sleep. Then during the day, concentrate without sleep spirits. That is controlling sleep.
• We cannot function well if we sleep only 3 to 4 hours a day as True Father did.
• We need to make sure that our children have a good habit of morning devotion and hoondokhae.
• Our spiritual standard, such as rising early for prayer, impacts those around us by example.
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 “Women as the Turning Point for Peace” from True Mother’s Anthology, Book 2.
<This speech was given at the Women's Federation for World Peace USA Turning Point Assembly for the Abel Women's UN, held on October 27, 2012 at the M Resort in Las Vegas> The conference was attended by women leaders from eighteen nations in the Middle East, diplomatic officials including ambassadors to the UN in Geneva from nations around the world, and representatives from UN agencies and global NGOs. These 180 participants came together to seriously discuss current problems. I am informed that they resolved to apply the results of their discussions in the field. Furthermore, each WFWP chapter is also actively conducting relief aid work to address problems caused by natural calamities and poverty in various parts of the global village. In particular, under the slogan, “Let us share a little of what we have,” they are carrying out the 1% Love Share Project to help children and women in North Korea, and I am very happy to tell you that they have achieved wonderful results.
As can be seen, from the founding of WFWP to reaching the highest standing as an NGO in consultative status under the UN, our members have never lost their founding spirit and have quietly pioneered the path of a women's peace movement with an unwavering heart. Therefore, I would like to offer a big round of applause to express my infinite gratitude to them, and also to the women leaders who have never held back in their encouragement or in their participation. WFWP stands at the center of the movement for world peace it has developed. This, however, should not remain at its current level. WFWP should develop it to the next stage, so that it can work together in solidarity and cooperation with women leaders and NGOs from all parts of the world and push onward along the path toward realizing a world of lasting peace.
From the founding of WFWP to reaching the highest standing as an NGO in consultative status under the UN, our members have never lost their founding spirit and have quietly pioneered the path of a women's peace movement with an unwavering heart.
WFWP stands at the center of the movement for world peace it has developed. However, True Parents say that this should not remain at its current level.
WFWP should develop it to the next stage, so that it can work together in solidarity and cooperation with women leaders and NGOs from all parts of the world and push onward along the path toward realizing a world of lasting peace.
In order for our American Women's Federation to become a women’s federation movement to save the world in the future, I believe that we must first establish women’s federation branches in all 50 states of the United States and conduct continuous education for each sub-region district periodically.
We need to have a very clear plan for next year.
Next year, I hope that the organization of the women’s federation will form branches in 50 states that can run practically, and that education and external activities will be carried out in solidarity with each branch.
Vision is very important. If we have a clear vision and keep on praying, as long as it is God’s will, surely our vision will come true. If we do not have any vision or any clear goal, the spiritual world does not know how to help us. We are the one who has to be the subject and take ownership. Once we determine to do something, the spiritual world will cooperate and our dream will come true. That is why vision really works. Vision becomes reality.
In a good way, vision is really horrible because it really comes true. Especially God’s vision, heavenly vision, vision for the sake of others surely will come true. Because this does not belong to us, because we want to do something for the sake of others, God has the character ... of living for the sake of others and has to help us. This is not our will; this is our tribal(?) motivation. When we have clear public vision for God’s will, he will surely help us.
LIVING DIVINE PRINCIPLE: The Human Fall 11 - The Spiritual Fall 1
• Lucifer, who left his proper position due to his excessive desire, and Eve, who wanted to open her eyes and become like God before the time was ripe, formed a common base and began give and take action. The power of the unprincipled love generated by their give and take led them to consummate an illicit sexual relationship on the spiritual plane.
The Excessive Desires
• All excessive desires arise from the (desire) to have bigger results without putting (in the) proper effort or (making an adequate) sacrifice.
• Excessive desires always seek for things before the time is ripe.
Without putting in the effort and sacrificing, we just want to get a result even though the time is not ripe.
> The desire to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil before the blessing.
> Must wait for the right time. There has to be a process called “maturation.” Therefore, it is important to endure.
Enduring means self-control.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial.
Even though so many temptations come, we wait until our father or mother match us and we receive the Blessing. Keep purity.
Without permission from our father and mother, we do whatever we want and commit sexual sin. We have no self-control. Self-control always involves endurance until the time has come. If we do whatever we want and take action centered on our own excessive desires, (this causes) many problems.
• Nothing excessive is good.
> Overeating, sleeping too much, having too much sex, and possessing too much property.
This kind of excessive desire destroys each human being’s soul.
> In order to possess true love, a price must be paid.
No pain, no gain.
In order to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you need to invest and wait until the right time comes.
In order to possess true love, one must pay the price of sacrifice. Love without sacrifice is not love. All excessive desires come from trying to get (a benefit) without paying (for it).
This is a problem. We need to pay the price, and then we need to wait until the right time. That is why you need to get permission from your Abel or your father and mother, and from heavenly God.
Without receiving permission and taking action according to our physical desires, our excessive desires, then we become miserable. That is why we need to control our self, that is the condition for us to be the owner of all things. God wants to give us the title “Owner of All Things” through self-control. If we cannot control (ourself), how can God give us the title “Lord of all things?”
(For) self-control, especially of excessive desires, we need to think, “I need to wait. I need to grow more.” You need to think like that.
• All beings are created based on the principle that when they become one in love, they exchange elements with each other. Accordingly, when Eve became one with Lucifer through love, she received certain elements from him.
• First, she received feelings of dread arising from the pangs of a guilty conscience, stemming from her violation of the purpose of creation.
If You Become One in Love
What will happen?
• When beings become one in love, they exchange elements with each other.
We already know the four characters or attributes of love.
• The four rights of love: 1. The right of mutual participation, 2. The right of inheritance, 3. The right of equal status, 4. The right of common abode.
When you become one in Satanic love, you participate in Satan’s love, you inherit everything the archangel has. Because the archangel is a servant, you become a servant. Because the character of love is like that, once you have a relationship with Satan, you become Satan. That is the character of love of equal status. The right of common abode means you are living with that guy continuously. It is a good way, if you relate to God, you really participate in God’s creation, you can gain the right of mutual participation; then you can inherit everything. Then when you unite with and become one with God, (you gain) the right of equal status. You have the same status and can live with God forever.
(On the other hand,) once you relate with Satan, things can happen.
• Once you become one in love, you are to stand in the same position as your counterpart, participate together and everything is exchanged with each other.
• Because of the Fall, man inherited evil lineage, evil life, and evil love from Satan.
• Second, she received from Lucifer the wisdom which enabled her to discern that her originally intended spouse was to be Adam, not the angel.
The Wisdom that Comes After the Fall
• The wisdom of Adam and Eve that comes after the fall is:
> Fear: the fear of (breaking) universal law;
A second generation (member) came to me and confessed to me (that) since they fell, they feel pangs of conscience. They are so fearful. They try to deny it, but the more they deny it, the more fearful they feel.
> Guilt: They feel deep regret from their conscience ...
Our conscience knows very well. We cannot deceive our conscience. We can tell a lie to Abel or anyone (else), but not to our conscience. (You feel) very fearful. Why is it like that?
When I know (about the) operation of the conscience, how can I deny God? God created the conscience for each human being. When you commit sin, you feel the pangs of conscience. How can we deny God who created the conscience?
• Satan is a genius in adultery and always (entices) fallen people (to pursue it).
Centering on evil, Satan is the king of wisdom.
> Satan constantly provides ways to fall – he knows very well how to fall – where to go to fall, which ways to take, how to seek for a partner (with whom) to fall, and how to get stimulated to fall.
Satan provides all kinds of evil wisdom: how to fall, where to find a woman, how to find pornography websites, where to get drugs. Satan provides everything centered on his evil wisdom: how to fall, how to relate to that girl or that boy. Satan is the king of wisdom centered on evil.
On the other hand, when you unite with God, he shows you how to prevent the fall, how reject her (or him), reject Satan, how to chase him out. God provides all kinds of results as well. Do you want to get results centering on God or centering on evil?
• Satan is a king of the wisdom who makes humankind fall.
He provides every moment, every second, every day, every hour. Without self control you can fall any time. Is it true?
He is a genius who gives the wisdom to fall.
TODAY’S YOUTH MINISTRY: Take Good Care of your Sleep and Wake
1. In order for a wife to make her husband surrender naturally, she must first subjugate the people around her through service and love. Then the relationship with the husband will improve without much effort. So to make a good husband, one must serve the people around him well. It is difficult to put this into practice. It is not easy to deny yourself when you are married.
Next, in order to lead a life of faith well, you must sleep and wake up well. You have to wake up earlier than anyone else, give sincere devotion, fulfill your responsibility and go to sleep. First, I become different when I am punctual. You don’t change if you act according to your own time. So the first thing in your life of faith is to learn to be punctual. Since Sunday is God's day, we must think of it as the day when we go to church and offer sincere devotion, and we must thoroughly observe the worship service. Those who fail to keep worship times cannot expect to grow in faith. How can Heavenly Parent trust a person who skips Sunday service and cannot be punctual to service?
In order for a wife to make her husband surrender naturally, she must first subjugate the people around her through service and love. Who are the people around her husband? They are the husband's parents, and his siblings and relatives.
As a rule, if a woman subjugates her husband's family and siblings with love, the husband is automatically subjugated. So, the important thing is to restore the environment first.
Even though I use the example of a woman, this is also true of the man.
Therefore, to make a good husband, one must serve the people around him well. It is difficult to put this into practice. It is not easy. It is not easy to deny yourself when you are married.
Even though we learn self denial, but when you are married it is not easy. You know self denial, but in terms of the real practice with your spouse, it is not an easy matter.
Next, in order to lead a life of faith well, you must control your sleeping and waking well. You have to wake up earlier than anyone else and offer sincere devotion for your family members. And you have to fulfill more responsibility than anyone else in your family before you go to bed.
First, I become different when I am punctual. The basics of a life of faith begin with being punctual. You don’t change if you act according to your own time. So the first thing in your life of faith is to learn to be punctual.
Since Sunday is God's day, we must think of it as the day when we go to church and offer sincere devotion, and we must strictly observe the worship service time.
Those who fail to keep the worship time cannot expect to grow in faith. Those who do not observe Sunday service get further and further away from God.
That is why we should be punctual.
At home(?) we are very serious about this issue, even my children. (If someone) does not come on time and does not join Morning Devotion in my family or is a little late, (my children) think something is wrong.
We (should) prepare early and be punctual all the time. Those who are late attending Sunday Service never receive God’s grace, ever. Never.
That is why you need to prepare your heart. Come at least five or ten minutes beforehand and pray and meditate on something. If you come in the last minute or are a little late, in this mindset you cannot receive God’s grace. You received God’s grace according to your preparation and jeongseong. That is why keeping punctuality is very important.
Make Sleep and Wake Important
2. Sleeping and waking up should be the most important thing. You must be the first to get up in the morning. The time to give sincere devotion to heaven is in the morning. We gain strength from being punctual and managing time this way. It is difficult for a person who gets up late in the morning to act normally. Self-control begins when you wake up in the morning.
True Father usually went to bed past midnight and woke up at 3AM. How can True Father sleep with a mind of peace when he feels responsible for heaven and earth? True Father said that he never slept because he wanted to. In the end, he slept because heaven allowed him to sleep. We live without knowing whether Heaven is letting us sleep or waking us up. If you also want to manage your children well, clearly show them and guide them on sleeping and waking up. If children are punctual, then they already have a standard.
This is a small thing, keeping on time, but very important.
You must be the first to get up in the morning. The time to give sincere devotion to heaven starts in the morning. We gain strength from being punctual and managing time this way. People who wake up late have a hard time fulfilling their responsibilities properly.
Some say, “I am not a morning type. It is better if I do something in the evening.” It does not matter if you are a morning or nighttime (person). You need to control (it). Early morning is very important. When we research providential figures or any leaders, most of them are morning-type people. (They) wake up early, medicate and pray.
Self-control begins when you wake up in the morning. He who conquers the morning conquers the day. He who conquers a day conquers a month, he who conquers a month conquers a year, and he who conquers a year conquers a lifetime.
For the past 48 years since I joined the church, as I practice my life of faith, I have been trying to rise before the sun, but I must challenge myself every day.
It is not easy.
We cannot sleep only 3-4 hours a day as True Father did. Lack of sleep greatly interferes with daily life. So you should go to bed early. You should go to bed at least by 10 or 11. That way you can wake up early. If you do not sleep for at least 6 hours, it will greatly interfere with your daily life.
(If) you fall asleep (during the day) you cannot be effective. Controlling sleep means while you are awake you concentrate without sleep spirits. That is (being in) control of your sleep. If you want to sleep 3 to 4 hours (at night), and then (during the day) you sleep all the time and cannot control your sleepiness, that means you cannot control (sleep). Sleep 1 or 2 hours more (at night), at least 6 or 7 hours. Then you (need to go to) sleep by 10 o’clock.
Because I have a special mission, I have to cut down on my sleeping time for prayer and jeongseong, but you all must manage your sleeping time so that you can really focus on your daily life.
For me every day it is 3 or 4 hours, maybe 4½. Because of the preparation of Morning Devotion I am always very tense. I cannot sleep more than that. My case is special.
But you really need to control your sleep time and sleep 6 or 7 hours. Not sleeping enough is not so good. Then while you are awake during the day, concentrate without sleep spirits. That is controlling sleep.
If you also want to manage your children well, clearly show them and guide them on sleeping and waking. If children are punctual and always keep the time, then they already have a standard.
Everything is a Subject and Object Relationship
3. If children do not properly observe the time they go to bed and wake up, their parents' faith will gradually crumble. Therefore, parents must strictly demonstrate punctuality in front of their children. When children become wholesome through parental love, parents become more wholesome. If kids don't make sure they're on time, parents' standard becomes lower and lower.
Everything is a subject and object relationship. When the other person gets better, I also get better. When children are good, the parents are good, too. When the husband is good, then the wife is good. Conversely, when the subject is good, the object is also good. If parents set an example, their children set an example, too. This is because everything is a subject and object relationship.
If children do not properly observe the time they go to bed and wake up, their parents' faith will gradually crumble. Therefore, parents must strictly demonstrate punctuality in front of their children.
In order to do this well, you must live a life of keeping the tradition of Morning Devotion with your family. We need to make sure that our children have a good habit of morning devotion and hoondokhae and keep it.
When children become wholesome through parental love, parents become more wholesome. If kids don't make sure they're on time, parents' standard also becomes lower and lower and finally collapses. Everything is a subject and object relationship.
When the other person gets better, I also get better. When children are good, the parents are good, too. When the husband is good, then the wife is also good. Conversely, when the subject gets better, the object also gets better.
If parents set an example, their children set an example, too. This is because everything is a subject-object relationship.
A perfect plus can create a perfect minus.
Today we learned many things, right? My goodness! Today I talked about “Take Good Care of your Sleep and Wake.”
(Testimony Nasaan Benson, New Member, Minnesota)♦
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