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<h1 class="page-title">Category: <span>Speeches of Rev Sun Myung Moon 1984</span></h1> </header>
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<a href="blog-2018-06-23-pinnacle-of-the-heavenly-universe.html" title="Permalink to PINNACLE OF THE HEAVENLY UNIVERSE" rel="bookmark">PINNACLE OF THE HEAVENLY UNIVERSE</a>
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<span class="author vcard" >By <a class="url fn n" rel="author" href="#" title="View all posts by Fami1yfed">Fami1yfed</a></span> <span><time class="onDate date published" datetime="2018-06-23T15:47:53+01:00"> <a href="blog-2018-06-23-pinnacle-of-the-heavenly-universe.html" rel="bookmark">June 23, 2018</a> </time></span><time class="updated" datetime="2018-06-23T15:47:53+01:00">June 23, 2018</time> <span class="bl_categ"> <a href="blog-category-speeches-of-rev-sun-myung-moon-1984.html" rel="tag">Speeches of Rev Sun Myung Moon 1984</a> </span> </div><!-- .entry-meta -->
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<h2 align="CENTER">REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON</h2>
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<h3 align="CENTER">December 1, 1984<br />
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Belvedere<br />
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Translator – Sang Kil Han</h3>
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<p>The Unification Church has a unique understanding about the universe, which we call “chunjoo.” By “chunjoo,” we mean the spiritual world and physical world together comprising the heavenly cosmos. This is different from any secular concept of the universe because it includes a clear understanding of the invisible world of spirit.</p>
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<p>We know that the invisible spiritual world is very real. We also know that man is the bridge between the invisible world and the visible world. Because human beings have both a spiritual and a physical existence, only we can connect both those worlds; no other creature can do that.</p>
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<p>Drawing a diagram of a human being, there is the upper part – <em>sang</em> – and the lower part – <em>has</em>. God also has a dual nature, just as human beings do.</p>
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<p>Although there are many dots inside this square I am drawing, there is only one true center point. In a wheel, there is only one central axis point that will enable the wheel to turn smoothly. In a sphere, which area is top and which is bottom? Which way is up? In a sphere, the center point is the summit or pinnacle. Where is the top or summit of the United States? You could say that it is the city of Washington and the White House. What is the physically highest point on the earth? Of course, it is the highest mountain, but that is not the center of everything.</p>
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<p>Which environment would you prefer: the flat plane, or the sphere? We like the sphere. Every one wants to be in a high position; no one wants to be low. Men and women alike share this ambition to be in the top position. Since we all want to dwell at the pinnacle of life, then we have to find the spherical world and the center point and remain there. That is truly the highest point. On the other hand, you could stay up on top of the mountain where the air is thin. Wouldn’t you prefer the center point?</p>
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<p>Can a single man dwell at the center? No, he needs a woman there with him. Man and woman each have their own highest point. When a woman wants to be at the top, does that mean she wants to occupy the man’s place? No, she has her own high point. Perhaps you American women feel that you want to stay right up there where the man is, or even just a little higher. Where would the center be in that kind of relationship? It would be very confusing!</p>
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<p>The law of the physical universe requires constant motion of a circular nature. The two opposing forces, centrifugal and centripetal, balance out this motion. As long as the center point is situated along the vertical line, there is no friction or contradiction. But if you center that line on the horizontal line, then the farther away you move from the center, the bigger the conflict becomes. Do you understand the meaning of this?</p>
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<p>Man has only a vague idea of what he wants. He wants to be at the center, but he doesn’t know what or where that center is. This has been the reality for all of fallen humanity.</p>
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<p>If you stand right at the center point, all people will be able to relate with you and respond to you. Women, just as men, want to be able to dwell at the summit point, the pinnacle. What will you do at that top point? Do you want to be there so you can eat five times a day rather than three? Or perhaps you want to be able to wear rings on every knuckle? Why do you desire that topmost position? You want to be on the top so that you can meet other people, men and women. Does that sound correct to you?</p>
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<p>When is the age of peak physical condition for men and women? It is after puberty, at approximately 21 years old. By the time a person reaches that point, he or she is at the apex of his physical life. From there, we cannot go any higher physically. At that point, what do women care about most? Yes, women are seeking men. At that time, she doesn’t care about any other woman, including her own mother. If her mother tries to tell her something or give her advice, she will reply, “Oh, Mother!” She virtually ignores her mother and her sisters and other women, but when her father gives her some advice, she listens. The same is true of the older brother. When her brother or father strongly tell her something, she is compelled to listen, even if it is not something she wishes to hear.</p>
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<p>The image of the Oriental father is very strict. When children approach their father to speak to him, they are supposed to be very humble. This is quite different from the American family. To the Oriental children, their father is like God, so if they say the wrong thing, they expect lightning to be hurled down upon them. However, that father is also soft as a sponge in his treatment of his daughter-in-law. She can do or say virtually anything to her father-in-law because of their love.</p>
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<p>Man and woman go around and around in search of the opposite sex. Man needs woman, just as woman needs man. If you don’t want to stop but to move eternally, then you must have this giving and receiving relationship, with the man pushing the woman, then vice versa. You are each moving as individuals, but also helping to push each other. On this side, we pull; on the other side, we push. That is the force which makes you turn forever and ever. For whom do you do that pushing and pulling? It is for your partner, your spouse. By pulling and pushing your partner, you also move. Do you understand that relationship?</p>
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<p>You all want to embrace the whole world, isn’t that correct? You don’t want to be stuck in just a small segment of the world. Therefore, you have to act upon the world. You have to pull and push the whole world. The universe wants to see the man or woman who pushes and pulls it most strongly. We must not become tired and weak. We have to work with all of our might, giving every ounce of energy.</p>
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<p>Do people do something because some leader stands in a high place and commands them, “Now you pull, you move, you push”? Nothing and nobody would move because of that. The center person must initiate action himself. Through that initiation, others respond and move. Between man and woman, who tends to be the initiator of action? It is man because he is in the subject position. One thing American women don’t seem to like is the idea of the man being the subject. They constantly question that.</p>
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<p>When you wake up on the first morning of each month, you feel a desire to come to Belvedere. I must be pulling you very hard. While you are here, I move you. By the time you are ready to go back home, I have to spin and push you so that you feel a lot of enthusiasm. Somebody has to give you that push. When you come here as an individual, you go out to embrace the family. If you come as a family, then you leave after the sermon to embrace the clan. When you come as a clan, then you want to go out to embrace the race and the nation.</p>
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<p>You become bigger and bigger in radius, yet there is a limit to expansion. When there is no larger place to expand to, do you have to stop? The pivot position moves. The universe has a direction for its motion. It doesn’t just stand still and go around on the same point.</p>
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<p>Is the man always subject to the woman? No, as their motion goes around and around and enough speed is gained, then the woman takes the position of subject. They can alternate. In a beautiful dance between a man and woman, they have to be harmonious. One will pull and the other will respond. Each moves together. We should have that kind of unity of motion.</p>
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<p>The total population of the earth is about five billion. A baby is being born somewhere every minute. Out of all the people alive right now, every one of them has his own claim, “This is the way things should be.” We all have our own way of doing things, our individual self-assertion. If they were trees and their opinions were little branches, like the shoots coming out of trees every spring, then all five billion people would have shoots running this way and that. How are you going to make harmony? Would everyone listen just because you commanded them? No. What are we going to do?</p>
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<p>Look at Fifth Avenue at rush hour. Thousands of people crowd the sidewalks, hurrying to get to their jobs. But look at those sidewalks in the middle of the night: they are virtually deserted. Where do all the people go? They go home. When someone finishes a day’s work and goes home, does he expect to encounter conflict? No, a person goes home expecting peace, rest and happiness. He only goes to his home because it is someplace agreeable.</p>
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<p>What force is making us go where we want to go and do what we want to do? What is the bait? It is love. The mother is hooked on the father’s bait; the father is hooked on the mother’s bait. The child is hooked on the parents’ bait, and parents are hooked on the children’s bait. Does that mean they all go their separate ways? No. They pull on each other. In such a home, you can fall asleep with your mouth wide open and nobody cares if you make noisy sounds. Only if you are happy can you sleep like that. No matter how loudly a man may snore, he will be accepted in his home. His wife says, “He is really snoring tonight. He must be very tired from working so hard.” The children also feel that way.</p>
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<p>You want a happy home in which the children come up to the parents and pat them on the cheek. That is the sort of pleasant thing that makes you want to go home. You are free and comfortable there. You take off your belt and necktie and relax. Whatever you may do, nobody minds. Is it ever possible in the outside world for a man and woman to be so casual in front of each other? No, but when the man and woman live together in true love, then it is acceptable.</p>
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<p>Who has true love? Only a true man and true woman have true love. No one else has it. When you reach that point of true love, everything is liberated. even to the deepest valley. In the democratic world, “freedom” is the greatest virtue, the highest dream. Yet, what is freedom, really? Think about it. Can a man on the street just reach out and grab some woman walking by because he feels like doing it? No, of course not. Well, he might claim his right to freedom. “Why can’t I do whatever I feel like doing,” he might ask. Freedom alone cannot liberate people. With unrestrained freedom, you can destroy others.</p>
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<p>What, then, can truly liberate man and woman? It is only true love. There are two different kinds of love. One says, “you please me and do what I want,” while the other says, “I will please you and do what you want.” Which is the way of true love? “I will do for you” is the way of true love and also the way of liberation.</p>
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<p>What entity causes Fifth Avenue to empty out at midnight? Is it freedom, or what? Why do we go back home every single night? You are free, so why do you go home? Imagine if a wife waits for her husband at night but he doesn’t return. Then she would become very distressed. Is that liberation? That is chaos, confusion, and something which nobody actually wants.</p>
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<p>Freedom is good but only if it is centered upon love. Love is always looking out for the other first, not for oneself. Thus freedom to serve other people, including one’s spouse, is the only way to achieve true liberation. Can you come up with a better explanation for liberty? Americans love to say that they are pursuing freedom. Are we going after true freedom, or are they? The so-called freedom we observe in society is bringing people to destruction. We are seeing that now. Freedom centered on the individual belongs to Satan, not God. In the world of justice, that which is bad and evil must go down to hell.</p>
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<p>Freedom is a necessary element of our life, but when God bestowed freedom upon us, it was freedom centered upon unselfish love. He didn’t intend to see self-centered, loveless freedom. That doesn’t fit into God’s way of thinking.</p>
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<p>The more we live for the sake of others, the higher we go up. Why is that? All the beings of the cosmos are pulling you upward; everybody supports you when you are living for their sake. But if you are self-centered, nobody supports you. You just keep going down. So motivation makes a big difference. If you do something for your own selfish, greedy purposes, you will be accused later and perhaps even be put in jail. It is a shameful situation and you feel terrible. But if you do the same deed for the sake of other people, even though you may violate some law, you don’t feel any shame. You are just proud. Isn’t that true?</p>
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<p>Look at the case of Reverend Moon. I worked hard for the sake of the world and made a great impact, and then I was put into jail. If I had been working solely for the sake of America and had been imprisoned, would that have been good? What if I had been working only for myself and had been put into jail – would that have been better or worse? However, there is no shame involved when a person has dedicated himself for the sake of the world. This is true for anyone.</p>
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<p>Who is following whom-the one who puts the righteous man into jail, or that righteous man who is put into jail? The jailer will eventually have to follow the righteous man. If I was imprisoned because of something wrong I did for my own sake, then there would have been great shame. But when a person is working unselfishly, then jail really does not matter to him. In the present time, virtually no one gets himself incarcerated for the sake of other people.</p>
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<p>Daytime always turns to dusk and then to the night. When this secular world loses the daylight and turns toward dusk and darkness, it will have no place to rest. When the Unification Church, which is now starting to shine in the light of dawn, comes to its mid-day, full of sunshine and illuminating everything around it, where will the world go? When that bright light comes and dispels the darkness, there will be no place to hide. The only way bad people can survive will be to obey the truth. They will say, “I will listen to God and follow His commandments, no matter what.” We all understand that indemnity is a heavenly law, not a man-made law. Unless one pays indemnity, his errors and bad deeds cannot be corrected.</p>
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<p>When God’s messenger gives a direction to someone who has been living in error, should that person obey without complaint? Why should he? Everybody wants to be in the position of goodness; anyone who has been living wrongly and then wants to turn toward goodness must indemnify his error. Obedience is paying indemnity.</p>
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<p>Please engrave this point in your mind: Freedom centered upon oneself is really a living hell, the palace of the kingdom of hell. But freedom for the sake of other people is the palace of heaven. That is where we find absolute freedom. The other direction, self-centered freedom, results in absolute loss of freedom. But most people are still ignorant of this point, and that is why so many make mistakes.</p>
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<p>Imagine a typical New York street without any traffic lights. All the cars are trying to get where they need to go, but no movement is possible because of the jam. Therefore, some rules and traffic policemen are needed. The same point is true in the realm of human love.</p>
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<p>If any man, including myself, reached out and struck a woman whom he didn’t know on the head, she would be indignant. But when I tap one of the women here on the head, she is happy, thrilled to experience a truly unselfish touch. The same action can have a world of difference-one is without love, and the other is with love.</p>
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<p>Everybody likes to talk about freedom, but the only freedom which is really successful is that taught by Reverend Moon. I am teaching you how to find true liberation, not the false way of the world which only binds people deeper and deeper with its fetters. True freedom means orderliness, and its results will always be good. On the other hand, when false freedom does something, good results cannot come. This is the law of multiplication of goodness. Goodness bears more goodness, and so on.</p>
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<p>What about the situation in the communist countries? They, too, are ignorant of the nature of true freedom. They know how to speak about freedom, yet a tiny minority has dictated what everybody else must do. That tiny minority is not working for the sake of the people and thus they are not producing good results. Everyone is miserable.</p>
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<p>Suppose I told you, “Live in one small place for a whole year.” If it was a very nice, spacious home, full of all the most convenient modern appliances, wouldn’t that be nice? But what if it was devoid of love? Or suppose there was some love, but not lasting, true love. Perhaps it was one-night love or one-week love. Do you American women like such short-lived love? After one year of love between two people, perhaps they will start fighting as if to unwind that love. What kind of love would that be?</p>
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<p>The Chinese are very different from the restless Americans. The Chinese are like a big wave in the ocean. Tolerance and making way for others is their characteristic. Whatever someone wants to do or believe, that’s okay. Americans, on the other hand, tend to be very sensitive and nervous. With such a nature, do you think many of them can go to heaven? What about the insensitive and dull Chinese? Can many of them go to heaven? Why do you say yes? Imagine the nature of God-it is like the Chinese personality in this respect. No matter what insults or misdeeds we do to God, He doesn’t react. Even when people declare, “God is dead!” He doesn’t retaliate.</p>
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<p>Don’t you wonder what makes the Chinese the way they are, and their nation the way it is? Chinese people have received a type of education which the Western world doesn’t understand: Confucianism. Confucius, philosophy is conceptual, and doesn’t bring about results right away, something which Americans don’t like. This philosophy has dominated Chinese life for thousands of years. Chinese thinkers know what China will be like in another thousand years. Since they know what to expect, they don’t have to be jittery or sensitive. The Chinese person may look dull, but he isn’t.</p>
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<p>The Chinese may dress in a humble or dingy way and be scorned by the Western world, but they have their own opinions about the West. They say, “You may be happy and bright right now, jumping all around like a fish on a hook, but you are only going to last for a short time and I know it. We, on the other hand, know where we are going. This really sums up the Chinese attitude.</p>
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<p>If Unification Church members move into China, who will become assimilated by whom? Would China swallow the Unification Church, or the other way around? Suppose there are three Americans sharing one room, in the middle of which is the honey bucket-another word for toilet which doesn’t flush. Would you be able to live happily in that room year after year? Perhaps you would spend all your time trying to find one spot in the room which didn’t stink, thereby becoming exhausted. Americans can’t cope with such a situation because they don’t have any root. They can’t use their waste. On the other hand, when the Chinese encounter smelly waste products, they can put them to good use and grow stronger from that. In the end, who will become the winner-the Chinese who don’t mind bad smells, or the rootless Americans who can’t tolerate the odor of human waste for a second? Yes, the Chinese would be the winners because they have that deep root.</p>
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<p>Any plant or vegetation without deep roots cannot survive a severe winter. Americans have never experienced real winter. What do I mean by winter? The Western civilization is now in the midst of autumn, sliding downward toward darkness, the wintertime of their history. In order to survive the winter, we need two things: a deep root and seeds which can bring forth new life. If you have both a root and a good seed, that is the ideal, but you must have at least one of those. How about you- do you have one or both?</p>
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<p>Has each of you developed such a strong, deep root that no one can unearth you? Is your root so deep that nothing can pull you away, including the tremendous power of satanic love? When a plant has a strong root, someone can walk by and cut it in half and it will grow back. What if someone digs down and cuts out half of the root? It will still grow back. No matter what Satan might do to you, through God you can grow back. Even if Satan comes and attacks you many times, cutting off your branches and taking out some of your roots, do you have enough of a root to grow back? Do you really?</p>
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<p>If you join the Unification Church and don’t grow a deep root, you won’t stay. I was in Germany when the U.S. government indicted me. Did I run away from the United States, or return and face this government’s accusation? I confronted this country. Who fell down after that confrontation, Reverend Moon or the United States? You can see that it was the United States. If I had evaded that confrontation, the Unification Church could not have survived. You wouldn’t be here this morning, would you? In fact, this Belvedere estate would have become little better than a pile of ashes, instead of the flourishing garden it is today.</p>
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<p>The United States government was telling me, “Reverend Moon, stay away from here or we will put you into jail.,, They didn’t know me very well. The United States has been enjoying the heights of prosperity, but now it is beginning its decline, along with the rest of Western civilization, and is heading toward its evening time.</p>
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<p>The United States must change its attitude and say, “So far, we have only been living and prospering for our own sake. Now we are going to live for the sake of the world.” That is the only way America can survive. Otherwise, this nation will flow away into the stream of past history. Do you understand this point?</p>
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<p>What kind of a root and seed do you want? How about a diamond root? You women like diamonds, don’t you? How about a root and seed of money, power, or knowledge? You want a true love root and seed. When true love is at the center, everything around it is fulfilled.</p>
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<p>I spoke about the place you can rest for one year, but where is the place you can rest for ten years? It must be closer to the center of true love. Does anybody want to live ten years happily in one place and then go away? No, everyone wants to continue to live happily. Perhaps there are Americans who think that, since marriage is a happy state, they will get married five times in order to be five times happier. Does anyone think like that?</p>
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<p>Some man might feel, “My wife is a very wonderful woman, but how can I live with her, looking at only her and loving only her, for the rest of my life and beyond, into eternity?” Do you say you want to enjoy variety and see many different faces? True love is really the magic maker. Even though your wife has only one face, with true love she will show a million different faces to you. You may think you are familiar with her fragrance, but that fragrance will last for millions of years, becoming sweeter and better all the time.</p>
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<p>When you see older couples, you may think, “They are old and washed up,” but that is not the case at all. With their wrinkles and bony bodies, they can taste a unique love at their age. How many years do you want to live happily? For ten, a hundred, ten thousand, or forever? If true love gets into you, it just keeps on going deeper and deeper toward the heart. How interesting it is. You want to touch your beloved’s nose, eyes, every place. True love is forever.</p>
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<p>There is no secular power which can truly take care of the world’s situation-not military power, governmental authority, wealth or knowledge. Nothing like that is adequate. There is only one thing which can take care of everything, and that is true love.</p>
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<p>What is true love? It is the love which is always situated in the center. We might call it center love. Other kinds of love are what we might call half love, crescent love, or square love, but they are never true love. So true love is center love. The point where the vertical and horizontal love cross is the center.</p>
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<p>The center point of a circle is equal in distance from all points on the outside of the circle. A globe has three dimensions, so the front and rear distance to the center must also be the same. If you are sitting at the center point of the universe, then you are a part of everything. You have heard of the omnipresence of God-that is the meaning.</p>
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<p>Where is our life? It is at the junction of the vertical and horizontal points. Where is your love? Where is your root, your lineage, your bloodline? For us to continue to live. we must have blood or lineage. Lineage means the blood flowing from one generation to the next. Why should we love our country and all other people? It is because we are connected to them through our lineage. We have the same root and the same trunk, flower and fruit. We are all from one tree. Many nutrients flow to different parts of the same tree depending on where they are needed.</p>
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<p>Where is love’s dwelling place? Don’t forget that it is at the center point, the junction of the vertical, horizontal, and also the rear-front dimension. Love wants to dwell there forever.</p>
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<p>Do you have that kind of vertical / horizontal connection point? What is your vertical connection point? It is your mind, your heart. Until now, no one in history has really understood the mind. No one can explain clearly what is the mind. But now you can proclaim, “My mind is my vertical connection point.” What is your body? It is your horizontal connection point. How can you connect the two at the ideal place? They have to come together at the perfect 90 degree angle.</p>
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<p>Sometimes the connection point between a person’s mind and body is zero degrees! Or maybe it is 15 degrees, 70 degrees, or 180 degrees! There is too much variation in that angle among all the five billion people of the world. Wherever there is an imperfect angle of union between the vertical and horizontal lines, true love cannot dwell. But as soon as that angle is exactly 90 degrees, true love will be drawn there automatically. Once true love dwells in you, you can do anything. You can see everything. How can we learn about the mysterious vertical world of spirit? This is the Unificationists’ homework.</p>
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<p>You know yourself very well. What is the angle of junction between your mind and body? If your mind and body do not meet at right angles, you cannot dwell at the center point of love. Without understanding this point of center love, all human beings must be in one of the quarter points or quarter areas of love. Thus we have four major world religions. A person will have to belong to one of those four, rather than belonging right at the center. Surrounding the center point are representatives from Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam. A really good Christian will fight against himself all the time and be willing to die many times over for his faith. Then he will get closer and closer to the center point where man finally becomes one with God. When you reach there, then you spin and you know you are in the center.</p>
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<p>Actually, this is not just a concept. The love of an individual is connected with the love of a clan, love of race, country, and world. There is absolutely no way the power of an individual can be connected to the power of a family, race, nation and world except through love. What makes this orderliness possible is love. Only love can connect the individual to the family level, to the national and cosmic level. Love is the essence of relationship.</p>
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<p>What is a patriot? He or she is one who loves his country as much as his own parents, brethren, and spouse. What, then, is the definition of a saint? The saint is one whose love goes one sphere or level higher-he loves the world. Next we would describe a holy man or holy child of God. That is the one who can love the cosmos as his own family, his own country. The holy man must keep not only external law but also internal law. Being the highest center person, he will keep all laws.</p>
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<p>Now you can understand deeply for the first time why you need your parents, why you need your spouse, and also why you need your children. It is in order to situate yourself in the true center. If you don’t have all these relationships, you cannot set your direction in the universe. That means you cannot stay in the center. Once you move out of the center place, you will go astray and wander around.</p>
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<p>If a woman loses her husband, she is sorrowful. What makes her so sad? If you asked this question of a doctor or scientist, he would probably try to explain it in analytical, perhaps even chemical terms. But such a person doesn’t know what he is talking about. You, however, know how to answer that question. Universal law rejects anything that is irregular or unqualified. Thus we feel sad if we lose our spouse because we cannot stay where we want to stay.</p>
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<p>When we are dwelling at the center place, the universe wants to protect and embrace us. You are truly secure there. But if you are lacking one essential point of relationship, then you will be rejected and pushed away that much. If you are lacking two elements, then you are pushed that much further away. Why do people experience disease and physical maladies? Disease occurs when you lack protection from the universe.</p>
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<p>All family members are meant to go to the spirit world and live together forever. That world is unchanging. Can you deny your children there? Can you deny your brothers and sisters? No, you cannot change that relationship. By the same token, you cannot change the husband and wife relationship in the spirit world. Some people have left their spouse and children and divorced. Once they go to the spirit world, do you think they can be happy there? How about children-do you think they will be happy without the parents? The children who do not have parents in spirit world are rejected by the universe, so they are miserable. So are people who divorced their spouse and disowned their children. This is why everyone longs for his original parents-the parents who gave him physical life.</p>
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<p>Man represents half of the sphere and women represents the other half. In the vertical relationship, man is the upper hemisphere and woman is the lower. All elements connect right here parents, children, husband and wife-all meet in one place. That is the nucleus of the family. Original true love started at the center point, the original center point of life, love, and the blood lineage.</p>
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<p>When a young person reaches puberty, everything is exciting and stimulating to him. Just one blade of grass can fill him with wonder. The chirping of birds, the fluttering of butterflies, everything is interesting and wonderful. Nothing seems dirty or beneath discovery. Even if he is buried up to his chest in mud, it doesn’t seem unpleasant. He wants to touch it and make it part of him.</p>
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<p>When a man and woman start to embrace, they open their arms at the widest angle. Every being wants to be with them, to be a part of their embrace. That is why they are happy. When you get married, everything in the universe is a part of that relationship. God is represented, man and woman, and all of heaven and earth meet at the center love point. The ideal marriage of true love is when the husband and wife become one and never separate. They will become the center of the universe.</p>
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<p>Let’s imagine a woman, accustomed to her perfumes and cosmetics, whose husband comes home from work with dirty, smelly feet. What a contrast of smells to come to her nose! When your husband’s smelly feet are not too offensive to you, then you are in love. That is the power of love.</p>
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<p>This true couple will form a tremendous low pressure, and then, like thunder and lighting, discharge electricity. You will rise up, recharge and discharge, like inhaling and exhaling, shrinking and expanding. While you do this, do you become slightly smaller or larger? You become ever larger. Gradually your love will occupy the whole universe.</p>
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<p>Once they understand marriage from this perspective, does anybody want to separate or divorce? You women are very imaginative, so stretch your mind: what do you want true love to do? You have thousands of strands of hair on your head. Suppose one hair stood up and grew faster, all by itself. That would be a very independent hair. You would want to grow that one strand of very independent, unique hair and you would be proud of it. Don’t you think it would be proud of itself, too? It’s one of a kind. Then you would say, “You resemble me, hair. How ambitious you are.”</p>
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<p>Just like that one strand of hair, one of the thousands in your head, your spouse becomes the mainstay for your life. Out of billions of people, you have one spouse who becomes your anchor line to the universe. This is a cosmic encounter. Why is it cosmic? This kind of true couple will form the right angle to set the cosmos in the true direction. Marriage is for the sake of the universe. To realize the universal ideal we get married-that’s another meaning of marriage. It’s not for the woman or for the man. It is so that they can follow the public law of the universe.</p>
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<p>Marriage is very important, isn’t it? Through marriage, new individuals come into the world. If there were no love or marriage, there would be no more human beings after several years, right? Clans, countries and the world itself come into being. Heaven itself will eventually come out of the small marriage unit. The foundation of the Kingdom of Heaven is marriage, the means of production of heavenly people.</p>
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<p>What is the switch that starts up the machine to manufacture new products? In order to complete a circuit, you need two parts. To turn on the switch you need both man and woman. Do you think the contact point of that switch is on your fingertip? Where is the central contact point? Is it on your legs, hips or head? It is at the most hidden, secret place, your precious reproductive organs. Do the woman’s sexual organs belong to herself? Who is the real owner of her reproductive organs? It is her husband, her one true husband. By the same token, who is the true owner of the man’s sexual organ? It is his wife.</p>
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<p>Thus the originating point of love is at the same place-not the head, mouth, or elsewhere. That original love fountain is the foundation for all love.</p>
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<p>How precious are the sexual organs. When love is aroused within man and women, where do they connect? In that place. That most holy, sacred fountain was misused and corrupted by Satan. That is the original fountain of the family, tribe, nation and world. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>Fallen woman does not know how to behave. When she walks, she shakes her hips seductively. Do you think that is God-centered action, or does that please Satan? Yes, Satan inspires the kind of woman who has no pride or dignity. But you Unification women are different. You say, “I will preserve love’s fountain place. I will protect the foundation of true love and life.” You know very well that that is the place of true love, the one place we cannot misuse.</p>
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<p>When the parents’ love breaks up, the whole family system breaks up. That means people are saying, “I don’t need my parents or my ancestors, brothers and sisters, or children.” That is the worst attitude, one which has no place in this universe. According to this, how would you judge the American family system and society? Is it heaven or hell? In many cases, it is even lower than the bottom of hell. How can we save America from the bottom of hell? How can we clean it up? This is the project, the homework of Reverend Moon and the Unification Church. Is that going to be an easy task? How difficult is it? If you make just one mistake and misuse your love one time, it is very difficult to clear up. If it is that difficult for one person, how terribly difficult to clear up an entire nation fallen into misuse of love! What a difficult situation this country is in.</p>
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<p>Who will clean up the evils of this world-God’s side, or Satan’s side? Only God’s side can do that. Yet, look at the established churches. They are not able to deal with the world. What about the Unification Church? This world is like a big rock rolling down from the top of the mountain, crushing everything in its path. What sort of power can stop this free-falling world? We need something greater than natural power. But now, God, the Unification Church and Reverend Moon do not have what we need. We need a unified nation of the world. Satan’s side wants to see hundreds of nations in conflict around the world, but God wants only one unified nation of the world.</p>
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<p>Who can save this earth? Until now, Satan’s power has been shooting at the efforts of Reverend Moon on a daily basis. Look at the situation today: the free world has no more hope; the communist world has lost hope, too. The only hopeful place is with Reverend Moon. It is time for the world to come to that realization. Reverend Moon is only one man with relatively few followers, so how can we break the free fall of the world’s situation? Given the tremendous power of Satan’s side and our small numbers, how can we bring victory?</p>
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<p>If we are going to influence a thousand people, it will take a tremendous amount of energy. How can we influence even larger numbers of people? What sort of power can we use? There is only one source which we can tap, the power of love. That means we must exhibit sacrificial love. Only by our own total self-dedication can we influence this world. Since God cannot manifest Himself, He always sends the person and group, according to the time, who can show the example of sacrificing. That is the way to move millions of people at one time. That has always been God’s way.</p>
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<p>My sermon this morning is entitled “<i>The Pinnacle of the Heavenly Universe</i>.” Where is that pinnacle, that top of the universe? It is right here within our family, with our eternal parents, our children, our brethren. Just as we love them, we also love our country and our world.</p>
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<p>Think of yourself as the archpriest of love. You are going to love your spouse, who represents the whole universe. Think of your parents as representatives of the whole world’s parents; you represent the world’s parents to your own children. You should think, “My son is the arch-son; my daughter is the arch-daughter, representing the whole world of women.”</p>
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<p>When we have enough of those original families, then there will be a flowing spring, enough to fill the earth. The true couples are the beginning point. The eternal geography of a town may remain the same, but its spiritual fragrance will change. It will become an entirely different place. People of the town will look at your families and ask, “What sort of power do you have? How can you form such a beautiful family in this society?” The people of the whole world will want to see you. They will all proclaim, “How wonderful is this family!”</p>
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<p>That will push God to an even higher pinnacle; the world itself will be elevated to a higher place. That is the highest pinnacle of the heavenly universe. That is where love is, where life started and the blood lineage began. The main trunk of this life, love and lineage pass through your family.</p>
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<p>Even though they do it out of ignorance, can we tolerate the schools teaching children how to experience love and giving them sex education? Should we leave that alone, or should we wipe it out? You, too, were ignorant before, weren’t you? But you cut away from that fallen root and grafted yourself onto the new root of life, didn’t you? Now, our task is to do the same for others.</p>
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<p>What do you suppose I was like in my own youth? Was I a very ordinary person, or did I stand out from the crowd? Yes, I stood out. If you women had been eligible for the Blessing at that time and I had asked you to marry me, would all of you have scrambled to say yes, or not? Suppose you had said, “No matter what, I will cling to Father. I will not let him go. He has to choose me.” But then if you were not chosen, would you have hated me and the woman I did choose? You American women, your virtue is frankness, so answer my question. You have to praise what happened. That is the way history took its course. If someone lingers in resentment, like lingering in the past, her next generation cannot survive.</p>
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<p>Suppose one woman could not accept the fact that I did not choose her as my spouse, and she just could not get over her sadness. Suppose she wept all the time, and I tolerated her for a while, but then I finally reprimanded her mercilessly. What is love, then? At that time, merciless reprimand would be love, rather than just unending sympathy. She, too, must find her right position and situate herself in the realm of true love.</p>
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<p>Do you women stay home while your husbands are out working hard for the sake of the world? Then when your husband comes home tired and skinny from not eating, do you start complaining to him? “Why don’t you talk to me and keep me company?” True love doesn’t want to stay in that kind of miserable place. You have to know that, especially you American women. Now you know a lot of things!</p>
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<p>As members of the family, we must protect and keep the true family intact. That means every day we must be praising each other-parents praising their children; husband praising his wife; wife praising her husband; children praising their parents; brothers and sisters praising each other. This love organization must be preserved.</p>
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<p>The three elements of the love organization-life, love, and lineage are centered within the sexual organs of man and woman. Do you understand? You must protect that most sacred place. Misusing that love place only one time means you immediately damage all those three elements.</p>
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<p>You must never misuse your love. Don’t misuse your lips by kissing impurely. Don’t touch anyone except your own archpriest and priestess of love – there is only one for each man or woman, not two. Otherwise, you have to lock yourself into an iron girdle and give the key only to your true spouse. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>You may have wondered where is the pinnacle of the heavenly universe. But now you know – it is within you, within your family. Your own children will say to you men, “Father, you are the greatest being in the universe.” We have to get that kind of respectful comment. Your wife should also be regarded as greater than the queen of the universe by your children. Each couple must be so highly regarded by their own children. Then the parents should be able to have pride in the children. That is because each of you occupies the highest place in the heavenly universe. There is absolutely no place in the Unification Church family for a husband to belittle his wife, a wife to belittle her husband, or the parents to treat the children inconsiderately.</p>
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<p>I came to this earth to correct the world’s situation and to establish this true family pattern to prevail for the rest of eternity. This is my purpose of being here on earth. Amen!</p>
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<p>Those who are blessed couples, please raise your hands. Have you made the family which is worthy of inheriting all the tradition of heaven and earth? Several of my own children have started their families, and many of you, too, have children. After that, what should we have? The family is the basic unit, but we do not have a nation or a world which we can call God’s. What are we going to do? Are we going to destroy the unrighteous world? No, we must build up the altar of love and sacrifice in order to save that world.</p>
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<p>Our family is the altar, our life is the sacrifice. In that way, we save our clans. Every day, you are making an offering ceremony with your own family. By living this way, you will automatically extend your influence for God’s sake. Others will be drawn to you and you will be able to teach them. You can talk to people and teach them, point by point, how to find true happiness. You can teach them about the original ideal for the world, pointing out how bad this world has become and how unhappy are the families and societies of this world because of Satan’s influence. Then you can teach them how to get Satan out of their life, out of this world. Explain that the world cannot save itself; it must receive the words of truth.</p>
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<p>The sacrificial way is talking every day, laughing every day, touching every day, centered on true love. Once someone is touched by true love, they never want to be separated from it. Everyone’s original mind wants to touch and be connected with true love. We are constantly making sacrifice, burning the incense of love. This is the Unification Church way of life. That sweet smell of incense will attract the people around you. In that way, we are expanding and multiplying our Unification way. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>I am doing the same thing every day. I came to the United States 15 years ago, and nobody here knew me. I was only one man, but I built an altar and burned the incense of love. The American nose didn’t like that smell. I didn’t stay in one place but went around the countryside, making noise and commotion wherever I went. People in every part of this country heard about Reverend Moon. Many Americans wanted me to leave. Your own relatives and parents didn’t like me. Even so, I persevered and continued to stir things up.</p>
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<p>Four seasons of the Unification Church have now passed by-spring, summer, autumn and winter. Winter was the time when we experienced the worst persecution from the outside world. That includes the time when I was put into Danbury prison. Americans have been full of self-confidence, smugly saying, “We are good, but the Unification Church is going the opposite way from us. Let’s drink champagne to toast ourselves.’, However, they are celebrating Satan’s side.</p>
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<p>Once the winter time is past, what is the next season? Not autumn but spring. That is the natural way. Now that we are in the spring season, we are seeing many new things. Green is everywhere. We no longer face persecution. People say, “Look at how beautiful the Unification garden is, with its lovely green plants and big, fragrant flowers. Look at that!” Then when we start bearing fruit, it is even more sweet and lovely. Many non-members are now testifying to the Unification Church. They are giving better testimony than you!</p>
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<p>In two years, we are going to hold our New World Cultural Festival. People will say, “How wonderful is the Unification Church. How wonderful are the blessed couples!,, Aren’t you wonderful? You are so great, so beautiful, such wonderful couples! So, are you happy?</p>
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<p>Now the Unification Church has everything a nation. We have true parents, true children, true tribes, but not a true nation. How can we save our country? Always Satan has been occupying the nations. We have to take back our nation. That is our mission, our project.</p>
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<p>What do you think? In the ideal world, will we be the same color or different colors? The love color is one color, the love race is everything and everyone. That’s true. The love race includes white people, black people, yellow people, everybody. Centered on love, we don’t separate according to race; unified, we share one family love throughout the world. With that kind of center, God will be here.</p>
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<p>We love our family and we know how important that is. Now we have to turn our eyes to the country. Without the true country, our family is not going to be protected. After the country, the world itself must be loved and restored. When we have a whole world which is united, we can live eternally within our own family in peace and happiness, here and in the spirit world. This is our course.</p>
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<p>Now the Berlin Wall has crumbled and East and West Germany are coming together. That is like the destruction of the wall around Jericho in the Bible. When I visited Europe, it was a symbolic visit by the president of Korea, as well. I am visiting America now, and soon I will return to Korea, making the firm connection. Once there was a heavy, closed door, but now it is swinging open. No one knows what is going to happen, what they should do, how to respond. The United States doesn’t know what they should do with the situation in Europe. Nobody knows what to expect from Europe in the future. However, I do know what to expect and I know what this country must do to support the changes and make them work.</p>
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<p>This is a very interesting time in history. The United States, Russia, China, Europe, Korea, Japan-whoever listens to Reverend Moon and takes heed will determine their national prosperity in the future. That means if they listen clearly to my message and teaching, they will become the country of God, the true country which God can claim. Did you see that recent full-page advertisement regarding the Russian newspaper article? What did you think? The liberal media has opposed me and our movement, but ironically the communists have understood me. Now they have written this article, on behalf of all the world’s media people. The liberal Western newspaper people from now on, after looking at what is happening, will have to change. Will they come to Reverend Moon with a more arrogant attitude, or won’t they be humble and ask to listen to me now?</p>
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<p>For Russia to change from one extreme to the other is more powerful than for the whole of America to turn around. What intelligence can Americans boast of if they are outdone by the Russians.</p>
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<p>You may also have heard about what we are doing in China. We are building a huge automobile plant-the Panda Project-in continental China. It is beyond the drawing board; it is reality. General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, BMW every automotive company petitioned the Chinese government for this project, but they were all turned down. Who was accepted? Reverend Moon’s movement.</p>
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<p>We have had a tug-of-war, a wrestling match with this world and now it is starting to move our way. More and more people are coming, wanting to learn about the Divine Principle. Who will be the first ones to teach the Principle Russia, the United States, Japan, Korea?</p>
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<p>Should I go to the East or the West? Do Eastern people go East or West? They should go West, and Western people should go East. If Westerners go to the East ignorant of the culture, they will just be chased out. But if you go there, saying, “I am a follower of Reverend Moon, a member of the Unification Church, not a typical Westerner” you will be okay. The Koreans will say, “I understand. You are welcome.”</p>
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<p>The academic world is very confused and chaotic now. They know Western civilization has passed its apex and that this is the beginning of the Eastern and Pacific era. But they don’t know how to go to the East and connect with the new era. They are beginning to realize that they have to follow Reverend Moon and hang onto him no matter what, and in that way they will have an entry to the East.</p>
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<p>I am in the process of gathering people now. Some did not understand in the past and they rejected Reverend Moon, but now they have no place to go. They find themselves in a very difficult position. What about you? Even though you are sitting here in New York, are you really in America or in Korea? Why do you say Korea? Is it because you are sitting on the hard floor? In America, nobody does that. You have been connected with Korea for many years now. How many times did you sit on the floor? Ten years ago, you would rudely out your legs in front of you when you sat on the floor, but almost none of you does that any more. You should be extremely proud of the fact that you belong to the East and to True Parents now.</p>
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<p>Pretty soon, it will take only three hours to fly to the Orient. Maybe there will be only one hour flying time, one hour taking off, and one hour landing. That will be supersonic transport. The world is within the realm of one day now. You can have breakfast in New York, lunch in Tokyo, and sleep in London. Imagine if you could fly around the world in 3 hours but then had to spend 3 hours clearing customs in the country of your destination! Nobody would want to visit a country like that.</p>
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<p>Technology has now enabled us to send letters around the world in seconds. As I speak here, it could be heard simultaneously by people in every nation. A seven-day Divine Principle workshop could be given here in New York and telecast around the world. It only takes one good lecturer to reach the whole world!</p>
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<p>Who will God bless-Americans, Koreans, Japanese? I have looked everywhere but no country is doing God’s work, only the Unification Church members. Why? You are the only breed which lives for the sake of other people. Everybody else in the world is living for their own sake, contrary to God’s will. There is no way except for the Unification Church members to prosper. This has to be the conclusion.</p>
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<p>Those who do not understand something cannot teach it to others. This is a really serious reality today. The world is bound to learn about Reverend Moon, one way or the other, so this is the prime time for all Unification Church members. For a few more years, you will still have a chance to teach other people, but after that, you won’t be able to witness. People will start connecting to me directly. They will also connect to Korea. Where will America stand? If you cannot find anybody to take to Korea, you won’t be able to go, either, and you will be the last in line. Do you see? Who will you take with you to Korea?</p>
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<p>You know, the Russians are very ambitious, even though they know how far behind the United States they are. They aren’t dumb. They know me very well. The newspaper says that the Russians know Reverend Moon better than the Americans do. What a shame. They were saying, ” You know, Reverend Moon, if we printed the Divine Principle in Russian and just one time distributed it around our country, you wouldn’t believe the results! They would far surpass what you have done in the past 40 years. America will be no problem. The world and all its countries will be no problem.”</p>
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<p>Where can you find knowledge about God, the world, and the future of mankind? There is other place but in the Unification Church. You were in Egypt and then you had to go out to Canaan. You have to take all your clan with you, right? Don’t be a straggler, don’t be left out. We have to bring our own physical father and mother, our siblings to the new country of Canaan. Let us march forward to the country of our hope. Amen!</p>
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<p>Those who say, “I will go that way” please raise your hands. The question is, are you going to be seeking the easiest way, or are you going to be serious and painstaking? Why must you go the painful way? I had to work very, very hard to get the results I obtained. You, too, must work hard. You must dig down very deeply to plant the seeds of the next generation. From that, strong new plants will spring forth.</p>
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<p>Therefore, I want to hear you say, “I will take on the hard work for God.” When you have this attitude, the Unification Church will never perish. The first generation of Israelites lost their perspective, and therefore they perished in the wilderness. At this time, the same thing will happen to you if you lose your willingness to take the hardest path. Do you understand? Let us pray.</p>
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<p>Honorable Chairperson, distinguished scholars and clergy, participants in the Youth Seminar on World Religions. ladies and gentlemen:</p>
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<p>I welcome you to Korea, the site of the fourth conference on God: The Contemporary Discussion, and the final destination of the third Youth Seminar on World Religions.</p>
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<p>It is natural and appropriate for the Conference and the Seminar to be convening together here in Korea. Korea has historically been a unique meeting place of the world’s religions. Here, Buddhism and Confucianism took deep root, maintaining harmony with each other in the context of the native Korean Tan-gun tradition and the Korean folk belief. Christianity has flourished in Korea: 1984 marks the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Catholicism, and the l00th anniversary of the arrival of Protestantism. Within our culturally homogeneous society, religions have coexisted and cross-fertilized one another, and the precepts of these diverse religious traditions are embedded together in the people and society of the “hermit kingdom.” From this soil has sprung the Unification movement, a movement seeking unity-within-diversity on the world-wide level, and striving to establish a world of love, sympathy, and harmony based on the religious affirmation of the familyhood of all people under our common parent, God.</p>
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<p>To create this ideal world we must have an overall model or blueprint. An important Unification image is that of a mature or perfected person, with mind and body united. From the mental and spiritual life of a person, centered on God, spring ideals and purposes. The nervous system transmits the resulting directives of the mind to the cells, and relays information from the physical body back to the mind. When this exchange occurs smoothly we say that the individual is in harmony. The mental and spiritual life of humanity can be likened to the mind, the economic life of humanity to the body. The spiritual ideals, aspirations, and love of God are manifested through religion, around which theology, philosophy, art, and all culture revolve. Religious leaders and theological and philosophical thinkers, then are a central nervous system, transmitting, interpreting, and developing impulses from God for the whole body of humanity.</p>
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<p>I view religious leaders and scholars as vitally important for the betterment of the world and the creation of a new cultural revolution. Such leaders have always been the vanguard of cultural development – in ancient China, India, Africa, the Middle East, and Greece; in the rise of Christianity and the world of Islam; in the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment.</p>
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<p>Today, however, with the great success of science and technology, and the failure of religion to speak to the realistic problems of the world, those taking the lead in social change are often under the anti-religious banner of Communism. But Communism welcomes violence as the means for change; it ultimately denies God, turns against religions, and tries to restrict our perspective to the material world.</p>
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<p>I know that many supporters of Communism have high ideals, not limited by the confines of nation, race, and culture; but their energy and idealism must be complemented by God-centered thought and action. Accordingly, the world needs religious leaders and scholars as sacrificial pioneers. The God Conference, the Youth Seminar on World Religions, and all the activities of the International Religious Foundation exist as a forum and structure for the fulfillment of this ideal.</p>
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<p>As individuals, you are called to a renewed dedication of yourselves and your disciplines to the world. As representatives of the world’s religions, you are called to bring your churches, mosques, synagogues, shrines, and temples into a cooperative unity for the sake of world peace and human freedom, centered on God. Many people ask what religions can do in this secular age. I answer: the world’s religions must provide a stable, universal foundation of values upon which governments can build true peace and harmony, science and technology can be fully utilized for the happiness of mankind, and the world’s cultures can be purified, exalted, shared, celebrated.</p>
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<p>Truly, the ideal I am espousing is nothing other than the kingdom of God on earth. I see it as a realistic goal toward which we can realistically work. People have been telling me that I am too utopian. I recognize that I am extremely idealistic, but I have no choice: God has called me directly, personally, to this task and responsibility.</p>
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<p>I have been concentrating not only on teaching people about the ideal of God, but also on promoting the accomplishment of that ideal on earth. It is for this purpose that I have undertaken all of my activities, including missionary work, education, challenges to Communist ideology, an ecumenical movement, and social services. Among these, I put greatest emphasis on the ecumenical movement.</p>
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<p>A major problem facing humanity today is the lack of spiritual unity among and within each of the world’s religions. Despite all efforts to the contrary, divisions and animosities among various religious groups continue. Religious wars are still being waged, as they have been for centuries. In spite of various ecumenical movements, religious arrogance, intolerance, and bigotry are still prevalent among devout believers. Thus, although most religions have professed the same God and often even the same views for centuries, followers of those great religious traditions have continually persecuted and warred with one another.</p>
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<p>We must realize that God is beyond denominationalism, doctrinalism, and factionalism. God’s purpose is and always has been to save the entire world, and not merely a certain race, nation, or religious group. As religious people, we cannot help God in the task of salvation when we fight among ourselves. This idea is not new, but for numerous reasons it has been difficult to achieve.</p>
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<p>The essence of my teaching is that inter-religious harmony is a necessary condition for world peace. Since no single religion has manifested God completely, religious differences have been inevitable. Yet, as many great religious leaders have taught, because we are all children of the same Heavenly Parent we are all brothers and sisters in one great family, and inter-religious conflict and divisive hatred are unnecessary.</p>
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<p>In my years of spiritual search and struggle I encountered God many times, and I also spiritually encountered the founders of all the world’s great religions. I feel the continual presence and inspiration of God every day in my life. Without God, how would it have been possible for a man born in an isolated farming village in a small, oppressed, and destitute nation to be able now to sponsor and address this august assembly of world religious leaders? I testify that the teachings of the Unification movement, its goals, and its projects, are the result of God’s direction to me. They are not my personal theory and activity, they are God’s.</p>
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<p>The International Religious Foundation is planning to sponsor a Parliament of World Religions in 1993. That parliament will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1893 World Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in conjunction with the first World’s Fair. Prior to the 1993 event, two preparatory meetings will be convened, one in mid-November 1985 near New York City, and the other some time in 1989. Each of these gatherings will bring together more than seven hundred spiritual teachers, scholars, lay leaders, artists, and young people. It is hoped that the three planned events will lead to other such programs in the future.</p>
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<p>The 1993 Parliament of World Religions and the two preparatory meetings are designed to provide a new environment for global ecumenical contact. The objective is to move toward disclosing the Universal Principles that underlie all life throughout the world and to promote with equal vigor the fullest diversity of its possible expressions. In so doing the Parliament will seek to advance and develop the aims of international peace and harmony for which the world longs. Participants will be offered an opportunity to share their perspectives on our present spiritual condition and on the challenges of our present age.</p>
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<p>The purpose will not be to legislate, either politically or doctrinally, but to promote mutual respect among the world’s religions and to foster inter-religious cooperation on projects initiated by them. A variety of issues will be discussed, but the overall theme will be the renewal of spirituality and the establishment of world peace under God.</p>
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<p>I thank you again for coming. I hope this conference will be centered not on human thoughts of God but on God’s original ideal. I truly believe that your study and discussion will bring about tremendous progress in accomplishing the ideal of God on earth.</p>
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<p>My faith will not change, wherever I go! To say that your faith will never change means that your mind will never change. By the same token, the world that I am pursuing will not change, either. Wherever I go, whether it is a high place or a low one, my life will be the same life.</p>
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<p>Since we do not have much time today, I would like to give you a very short and simple lecture. The work of God is to make unity. If there had been no fall, each man and woman would have experienced the unity of mind and body. Then with the unity of man and woman in marriage, the ideal would have been achieved.</p>
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<p>However, the world in which we live has not yet become one. The huge world is nothing more than the extension of individual men and women. Almost no one can claim that his mind and body are always united, thus the world in which we are living is not the world which God wanted. This is the fallen world, instead.</p>
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<p>Since there are no individual men and women united perfectly in mind and body, there arc no families which are perfect, and no societies, nations or world which is perfect. Whenever a person becomes perfectly united in mind and body, God relates with that person as one completed individual. When such men and women are united, then God becomes the subject or center of that couple. If a certain tribe becomes totally united, then God becomes the center or the subject of that particular tribe. Therefore, it makes no difference how large the population becomes because God wants to be the center and subject to everybody.</p>
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<p>When God becomes the subject and center of every individual, the unified world comes into being. Within the unified world we would have the unified nation, unified communities, unified tribes. families and so forth. Do you think God would like to travel around the world for sight-seeing once the unification of the world has been achieved? Or would He be content to do that at some intermediate stage, perhaps the level of unified tribes or nations? What do you think? Certainly, God would want to wait to travel through the world until it is completely unified. I am sure God is thinking now that Reverend Moon understands His desire quite well.</p>
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<p>What is the path I am walking? My ultimate mission as the son of God is to bring about the unity of the entire world. If there had been no fall, God would never have had any problem in visiting this world. All people would have become perfected and would have automatically welcomed God into this world. It would not have mattered how many billions of people were born. They would all have been incorporated into the unified world.</p>
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<p>God has worked so hard to bring unity on the levels of family, clan, tribe, nation and the world. But if Adam and Eve had not fallen’ they would have automatically created that unified family, clan, tribe, nation and world. If that was the reality, then God would be free to travel everywhere, joyfully experiencing unity. Wherever He would go, He would be with His people.</p>
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<p>Because of the fall, barriers and division came into the world on every level. Now God has to deal with this divided world and that is the tragedy of both God and man. God is not at the center of this compartmentalized, divided world. Instead, Satan is at the center and is running it. Incredible conflict pervades every relationship, first of all between the individual mind and body. Throughout history, no one has been able to pull out and eliminate the roots of the conflict of this world.</p>
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<p>There is conflict between men and women, between families, tribes, and nations. There is conflict between East and West. As the champion of division, Satan knows precisely how to divide this world. Therefore, a godly man must appear who has the power to bring unity. If such a man should come with the ability to bring unity and overcome the power of divisiveness, how much joy that would bring to God!</p>
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<p>There have been many saints throughout history and they were always unifiers. In the face of adversity, they never allowed themselves to become divided. Among the saints, the greatest of all was Jesus Christ. Jesus was the son of God and he came to unite the world, with the greatest power of unity that anyone had ever seen. He brought unity among all different races and cultures. Even his enemies, the forces of Satan who tried to destroy him, could be brought into unity by him. I want you to understand that Jesus prayed on the cross for his enemies because his deepest purpose and mission was to bring unity to everyone.</p>
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<p>However, when Jesus was bearing the cross he was a single, solitary person. Judaism was not supporting Jesus. The chosen nation was not supporting him and the Roman Empire was not supporting him. He was absolutely alone. But today, what is Reverend Moon doing? Reverend Moon came to this modern age to bring unity. He is a unifier – he is casting fire to bring about unity. Thus, no matter what we face, we will succeed. The forces of Satan are trying to divide the Moonies and they are trying to divide Christianity, but they cannot do it.</p>
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<p>The entire world is watching the Unification Church and Reverend and Mrs. Moon. Many people are curious about Mrs. Moon and how she is taking the recent turn of events. Also they are wondering if the Unification Church is now shattered into pieces and destroyed. But on the contrary, under these difficult circumstances the Unification Church has found itself most powerful. If Mother sheds tears, they are not the tears of tragedy or defeat. They are the tears of unity, tears for bringing hope to the future.</p>
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<p>God’s method has always been that of being hit and then restoring it, over and over again throughout history. Thus we can sometimes weep knowing that our tears will bring us greater determination and hope to allow us to march forward to the greatest victory. But if we become defeatists we will never become the people who can receive the ultimate blessings from God. Those ultimate blessings can come only to those who endure being hit and never falter, those who continue to move forward.</p>
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<p>Even though Reverend Moon is opposed by the entire United States, I will never be defeated. I am ready to receive the blessing that goes far beyond any blessing of this country. We are growing every day – today we are greater than yesterday and tomorrow will be greater than today. If God provides a way for me to bring about the unity of the 4.5 billion people of this world, I will not hesitate an instant to take that path.</p>
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<p>When the Supreme Court rejected our review on May 14, I never wavered in asking God, “What way do You want to lead us now?” Since then, in the past two months great numbers of Christians have become united. Today I am going the road of incarceration and I am asking God, “What is Your next chapter for me? Let Your will be done and bring the unity of all mankind, centering upon the True Parents.” I know that no matter where I go, I will find people who will follow; strangers will follow me, even beyond the Unification Church.</p>
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<p>When I walk over the hill, the unified world will be waiting there to welcome me. The billions of people will become united into one. There is a way for God to come and dwell with mankind. For the first time, the unity between God and man will be achieved.</p>
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<p>Therefore I walk the road of the cross with hope and a totally victorious mind. We are here together, people from all different cultures and the five different colors of skin. You must be united as you follow me. You blessed couples must follow me with your entire family united. All the members throughout the world must follow in unity; that is the only way you can follow me. Because of this momentous day, there is great hope for unity starting from Mother and myself, the East Garden family, and the entire membership of the Unification Church, as well as for the rest of humanity. Because of this day, unification shall become a reality. It will continue to grow, greater and greater.</p>
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<p>This is a glorious, victorious and historical day. For that reason, I don’t want you to send me off in tears. If you have tears automatically streaming down your face, they must not be tears of tragedy. They must be tears of determination, telling me, “Trust us. We are going to bring 100 times greater victory in the days to come.” I want you to understand that if you have sadness in your heart today, there is only one way to alleviate it. On the day that I return, you must be able to share with me about all the thousands of people who became united while I was gone. That is the only way you can be worthy of your tears.</p>
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<p>I am going the road of confinement for the purpose of unity. Inside the prison I will work even harder to bring about greater unity within the Unification movement and the Christian community. Also I am working to bring unity between the Unification movement, the Christian community, and other religions. That is the purpose of my going to prison today.</p>
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<p>Therefore, I want all of you to unite. Unless you have that internal unity, you are inviting hell to come in. When you are united, every door in the world will be opened to you. That is our God-given territory.</p>
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<p>When Jesus was crucified, he went into hell first and opened the doors there. Today I am bearing my cross, but I will not die. I will open the doors of hell as a living person. From that point on, resurrection and Pentecost will come. That is the way I understand the meaning of this day.</p>
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<p>The living God never dies. Therefore, my cross will only bring unification and victory. The doors to 120 nations shall be opened from today forward, depending upon how much you act. Today I am going as a champion, to bring the unification of all of humanity, as well as the unification of Heaven and earth.</p>
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<p>You are the children of the True Parents. Thus you must inherit my spirit and tradition. That means you must also become unifiers, becoming united among yourselves and helping others to unite. Even our mass weddings, such as that of the six thousand couples, are symbolic examples of my work to bring unity between people from all the six continents, with different language, culture and skin colors. The Unification Church members are one in mind. Our goal is to fulfill the will of God and the will of God is to bring the unity of mankind. We are marching toward that goal!</p>
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<p>The road of suffering and the cross shall have no power over me. I confront all difficulties and shatter them with my determination. I am opening the highway to the horizon of hope and beyond, all the way to the victory. Even if the time comes to give up my life, it will be given up for the unification of mankind. Then God will erect a monument to me as the champion of unity. Certainly anyone who died under such circumstances would be launched like a rocket directly into God’s heart. Therefore, do not worry.</p>
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<p>As Jesus was hanging on the cross, he told people not to weep for him. Instead, he told them to weep for their children, their own people and nation and the world. Jesus could see the misery that would come to the world. I want you to understand that although there are only a few people here listening to me today, there are great numbers of people around the world who are shedding their tears in prayer, pouring out their hearts for the sake of East Garden.</p>
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<p>Have I been waging a futile battle? No, as I struggled for this seemingly impossible dream, I knew that the entire world would eventually rally around me. From now on, you can go out and shout to the world and everyone’s heart shall be melted. Their consciences will be awakened and you will be able to unite them with your heart.</p>
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<p>As we work for greater levels of unification, we will have greater levels of success. We will not decline. At this time, I am going away and you must stay here. This is your moment of commitment to become the catalyst for the unity of the world. The Unification Church is not alone. There are many other people and groups who are siding with us now. The time has come that people will stop mocking and scorning you for being a Moonie. Now you will be admired and you will be recognized as having a great spiritual leader. This is our own time of unification. We must stand up now and move forward to achieve our goals.</p>
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<p>When the morning comes, the beautiful sunrise can be seen in the Eastern sky. I want you to understand that the Unification sunrise is now coming to the world. Now the sunbeams are becoming stronger and stronger and we will march forward forevermore. First we must ignite the sunshine of the individual. Then the individual ignites the sunshine of the family and then the sunshine of the nation, and ultimately of the world and the universe. This is how we will grow.</p>
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<p>Thus there is no time to rest and certainly no time to weep and be despairing. We have only one road to go: the road of determination and marching forward. Why is that? It is because we are the champions who must liberate God through unification. From that point of liberation, we will be able to take our dominion over the creation. From that point forward, the Kingdom of God on earth shall become a reality. I know that to my bones. That is the goal toward which I am marching today.</p>
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<p>So far, we have prepared a container. Now we are preparing something to put into that container: the results, the victory. I am at the forefront of the marching lines, carrying that container. I am merely marching in the front of that line and everybody behind me is going in the same direction, with the same purpose. You and I have the same mission of world unification. That is the job we must do. I am going to open the doors of hell so while I am doing that, you must take care of this world. Unification is your sublime duty and your goal.</p>
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<p>Those who are going to march according to my instructions, please stand up and shout Amen!</p>
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<p>You blessed children who have been participating in the workshop during these past few weeks have an especially important mission for this time. You are going to be united with the True Parents’ children. Be totally united and do not think about anything else.</p>
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<p>I have one piece of advice for all of the members. I know that you are feeling a desire to go to the prison and be near me. However we must conduct ourselves in an absolutely orderly fashion. Therefore, no one must come to the prison without having the express permission of Mr. Hyo Yul Kim, who has been given the special duty of being near me. His telephone number and address will be available. You must never come to Danbury without permission because if anything unusual happens, it becomes my responsibility and it can bring shame to me. I want to be proud of you, so I want you to act honorably and responsibly. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>I want you to understand that I am going to prison on the worldwide level at this time. I have already gone to prison on the individual level, the family and the national level. This is my destiny. That means you cannot visit me in the individual capacity. Jesus told his people, if you want to follow me, follow me with your cross. Therefore, if you want to follow Reverend Moon, you must bear the worldwide cross. Once you are victorious with the worldwide cross, you can come to visit me. After you have been victorious in carrying your own cross, then I will be able to come out. I want you to understand that.</p>
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<p>When I was in the North Korean prison, my mother came to visit me. She had walked many hundreds of miles, all the way across the peninsula, and the moment she saw me, she began to cry very strongly. At that point, I shouted out to my own mother, calling her by her given name, not Mother, “I am not just your son. I have only come to this world through you. I am the son of God. You gave birth to me, so you should be as great as your son. You cannot be cowardly or weak. You must walk forward courageously and encourage me.”</p>
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<p>Today I am saying the same thing to you. Do not ever behave in a weak or cowardly fashion. You must be proud and courageous. Even without your encouragement, I will follow the highest possible road of the son of God. Thus, instead of trying to come and visit me, go out to the battlefield. Go out and bring unity to the world. Do not waste your time coming up to the prison but bring the victory for God in the world. Even if you were killed by a runaway truck while working for God, that would be far greater than trying to come to see me in prison.</p>
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<p>Therefore, only with permission can you come to visit me. That is the one instruction from me that you must obey. Think of it, citizens from the entire world will want to come to visit me. How can I accommodate everybody? I only have one body. In two days, the people in Danbury have already been overwhelmed by the presence of Moonies. Most prisoners are visited only once a month, so if you came every day and made a scene and were reported by the media, that would not be good at all. I do not want you to spend your energy in that fashion. Also that would bring an enormous burden upon the prison officials and that burden would fall upon me. Don’t you think so?</p>
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<p>You can come to visit the holy rock at Belvedere. I will eventually instruct Mr. Kim to dedicate some area in Danbury as a holy ground where you can go to pray, but do not go near the prison. I do not want you to be stupid. Be wise.</p>
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<p>Mother will probably come every other day to visit me, so you can find out about my situation from her. Also those who accompany Mother can share their experiences with you. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>If you feel such a strong desire to come to visit me, here is a method. Close your eyes and open them. That is one visit. Do it anytime you want and you can visit me, even a thousand times. I thank you for your one thousand visits!</p>
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<p>Now the only job remaining to you is to go out and fight the Heavenly battle. Bring the unification. That is your task.</p>
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<p>At the leaders’ conference the other day, I instructed them to rally 30,000 ministers. If each of those ministers can reach out to ten churches, then 300,000 churches will be united. We organized everything for a crusade. 30,000 video tapes of the Divine Principle will eventually be distributed. How many ministers are you going to contact and bring together? Even those ministers who are not members of our church are going to bring together ten churches, so you have to do at least ten times more. That means you must contact 100 ministers. If you have fulfilled that responsibility, then I might allow you to come to see me. Is that OK?</p>
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<p>Now show me your determination by standing and giving three cheers of Mansei!</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">July 8, 1984<br />
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<p>All people have an original nature which connects us with the rest of the creation and the whole universe. It transcends the past, present and future. Our original nature is not limited to history but instead goes beyond it. It goes beyond the broadest realm of the universe. That is why our minds direct us to strive for something greater than history, to become bigger than even the universe.</p>
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<p>These statements about the original nature were true at any time in the past and they will be true in the future, just as they are true now. All value is determined in relationship with the original nature of man. The person who is in conformity with the original nature can be said to be a good person, while the person who violates that original nature is not good. The questions of good and evil and what is a true person and a false person are determined according to the original nature.</p>
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<p>What is the source of that original nature of people? We could trace it back through our parents, who came from their parents and so on, all the way back to the first ancestors of man. Likewise, it will be passed on to all the succeeding generations. Any one generation can last at the most for 100 years or so. During his life span, every person will participate in that original nature and then go to spirit world, passing it on to his descendants.</p>
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<p>We can see that before each person came to be, that original nature of man was here. Even after each person’s life ends, that original human nature continues to exist here on earth. So where does that quality come from?</p>
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<p>We can ask the age-old question, which comes first, existence or consciousness? Materialists claim that existence and matter existed prior to consciousness. But when you examine it, can matter contain all the essence of consciousness? We say that consciousness is greater than anything material. In other words, consciousness is the subject of matter.</p>
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<p>We can take a seed for an example. A seed is comprised of two parts enclosed within one hull; this is true for every seed, without exception. Also there is a tiny little embryo nestled between the two parts. At the earliest stage of human existence, the point of conception, an embryo is created through the love of the father and mother. It represents both the plus and the minus. Whatever the form of life, all the qualities of the future existence of each new being are contained within that embryo, including a tree, a flower, or a human being.</p>
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<p>That tiny, one-celled bit of matter contains all these invisible characteristics; nothing is left out. We can only imagine how small is that amount of material, yet it contains a staggering amount of potential.</p>
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<p>How is it possible that such a tiny amount of material could contain so many characteristics? All the qualities necessary for that embryo to develop into a completed human being are condensed within that tiny embryo. It contains the qualities from both the father and the mother.</p>
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<p>Can we say that we existed before we were actually born? That something was there and was deployed into the form we took? Which comes first, consciousness or existence? According to how we answer that question, our beliefs and lifestyle will be largely determined.</p>
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<p>It is more reasonable to conclude that the original nature and its qualities were there before the individual came into being; and as the individual grew, those qualities were developed. No matter how small the embryo, all that information is still there. The nucleus of the plus and the nucleus of the minus are contained within that embryo. From there it starts to expand and grow. This is comparable to the way the physical body grows. We eat and feed our body with nutrients to enable it to grow.</p>
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<p>The small, one-celled embryo contains the blueprint of what a person will become one day. It is not an accident how a person develops physically. Thus we cannot even think in terms of a person just happening to develop certain qualities as he grows; they were there in the beginning, regardless of what happens afterwards. That means the original quality of man is his consciousness; it was there before his existence was. Thus we can never claim that the physical body is the subject over the mind.</p>
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<p>Let us focus upon one aspect of man, his eyes. The eyes you were born with were contained within that original blueprint. The eyes of all beings, whether it is man, animal, birds, or insects, have a common quality to them. Thus they must have a certain common ancestor.</p>
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<p>When your eye came into being, do you think it had its own opinion about how it would look and function? Can the eyes think and plan for themselves? Can the eyes decide that they will be comprised of three parts-the white, the colored part and the black in the middle? Can they think, “Well, I will have to rotate and I must have eyelashes above me for protection. And I must be able to lubricate myself so I won’t dry out.”? Do you think eyes themselves have thought like that?</p>
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<p>Of course, the eye itself cannot think in such a manner. But on the other hand, we can see that all these things have been part of the eye’s development. Thus it is logical to assume that there was some plan, of which the eye would become a part, and that plan determined how the eye would be. Thus it is reasonable to think that there was an original plan or a blueprint and that according to that blueprint, the eye took its shape.</p>
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<p>We explain the eye in this manner for the sake of analysis, but we cannot separate clearly the material and spiritual parts of the eye. When we speak of an eye, we are including both the material and the non-material qualities. It is not difficult to believe that wherever there is a spirit or consciousness, material will follow and not the other way around.</p>
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<p>Human beings, in the course of their efforts to understand their existence, have separated the qualities of spirit and material, yet neither exists alone. They must both be blended and understood as a combined whole. We cannot understand and analyze them separately. Unless mankind becomes aware of this and comprehends life as an integrated whole, we cannot think of any sort of ideal society or happiness.</p>
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<p>The eye itself never even thought about coming into being or what sort of existence it would have. However, there was a consciousness guiding that eye to exist. Who determined that the eye would be movable? There was a purpose for the eye and that was for seeing light. The source of light is the sun. Thus, although the eye itself was not aware of it, its purpose existed even before it did. The material eye, of course, could not think and know about this purpose and the plan for its existence. Could the material eye realize, as it was coming into being as a part of a man or an animal, that the sun was there?</p>
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<p>However, since we know that the eye has not only its material aspect but also its spiritual one, we can say that the eye pretty much knew what to expect after it came into being. Did the spiritual part of the eye know before it took a material form what was its purpose and function, or only afterwards? Yes, it knew before.</p>
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<p>This may seem to be a small point, but actually it is an important part of the Principle. We can confidently say that the consciousness level came first before the material took shape. Thus we know that the contentions of materialists are completely groundless as well as illogical and they contribute to the confusion of people, rather than teaching them the truth. For the sake of analysis, it may be permissible to divide the spiritual side from the material, but when considering a real being, one cannot separate the two.</p>
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<p>The eye’s spiritual aspect knew that there would be a sun. The material eye did not know it, but the consciousness which existed earlier knew that the sun would be there. The eye also knew that there would be dust particles; the material eye did not know this, but its consciousness which existed before knew. So the eye came to be protected by the eyelash. The eyelash came into being at the same time as the eye.</p>
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<p>Can you imagine where the eyelashes came from? They are hairs which grow right out of the flesh of the eye, with a totally different color and fiber. Can you say, “Well, material just took shape on its own and formed an eyelash.”? That would be unreasonable. The spiritual eye knew very well that there would be air and within that air would be dust and other particles floating around.</p>
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<p>Also the eye has its own little sprayer for moisture. For those tear ducts to exist, it took the skill of an artisan- they are so tiny and they must be positioned at just the right place. The consciousness that preceded the eye’s existence knew that evaporation would dry it out, so it would have to be resupplied constantly with moisture. Something knew this. Why does the eye blink continuously? It is for the purpose of spreading around the moisture. Have you ever tried not to blink and to keep your eyes open for ten or twenty minutes? You can’t do it, can you?</p>
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<p>When we point out all these things to a communist or materialist and then ask him if indeed material came before consciousness, he will be baffled. How about you? If someone asks you sincerely whether consciousness or material came first, how do you answer? We cannot deny that such a small part of a person, namely the eye, came into being with knowledge on a universal level. It knew not only what the eye was supposed to do but also everything it would need to relate with the rest of the world. The eye already knew it was a part of that world.</p>
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<p>Many people today, without understanding this reasoning, have come to believe that all things-including eyes-came into being as the result of simple power or force. Someone exerted force and the eye, for example, came into being. But that is too broad-what sort of a power was it? Why, when, and how did it happen? They cannot answer that. They say that the universe is run by power, but they cannot describe precisely the nature of that power.</p>
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<p>All beings are dominated by a clear law; nothing exists beyond that law or without it. We can measure and understand that law precisely. Scientists experience this all the time. In the study of physics or chemistry, they set up a hypothesis and they test it, trying to disprove it. If they cannot disprove it, they accept it as a theory and eventually it becomes a scientific law.</p>
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<p>Where does power come from? Does power or force exist prior to action, or is action first? This has been an age-old question. A force tends to act upon something; thus force and action seem to be hand-in-hand. Yet, which existed first, force or action? You can see Reverend Moon here, and certainly I have a certain power. Also I am doing many things and making many actions. Based upon those actions, then I have a certain force which you can observe.</p>
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<p>Consider electricity. Does that force exist first, or does it only come into existence when there is electrical activity? Is it because of action that electricity comes into being? Or was-the electricity there and then when the proper action occurred, power was brought forth? That is the point we are pondering. As we know, electricity is composed of plus and minus charges. Without the combination of these two, there can be no force. So action is an indispensable pan of the force.</p>
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<p>Does an action occur accidentally or haphazardly? Then what must come before that action takes place? We can see clearly and simply that there must be a subject and object relationship before any action is possible. Only through this action is force possible. So the classic question about the source of the power of the universe can be answered. Is that power the result of action? Yes, it is very much the result of action, but for the action to be possible, there must be a subject and object relationship. There must be a subject and object relationship within the universe that engages in action, in order to produce power or force. We must be clear about this point.</p>
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<p>We can follow this logic backwards. Let us consider the power of the universe. Where does it come from? It comes about as a result of action. Is any action possible without any law or purpose? No, before action can occur, there must be subject and object in relationship. Thus we can know the chain of events-what happens first, second, and what is the root or origin.</p>
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<p>Furthermore we can understand that consciousness and matter were blended in order to form the universe. It wasn’t just matter alone nor was it just spiritual quality alone-they were both necessary. That was God’s creation. He integrated the spiritual and the material and then deployed them according to His plan. All the aspects of His plan came into being upon that foundation.</p>
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<p>Thus we are back to our original question: Which came first, consciousness or material? We can clearly say that it was consciousness. Consciousness and matter were the beginning of the universe, and man is no exception to this.</p>
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<p>The most sophisticated computer can put out a tremendous amount of information and do many important things, but in order for it to do that, someone had to program it. Without the necessary data, no computer can function. A computer cannot produce anything which it is not programmed to produce. It only puts out, in effect, what is already there. Even if we could build a computer as large as the World Trade Center with the capacity to deal with information about the entire world, it would not be as great as the human brain. Yet the human brain is quite small and it is limitless.</p>
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<p>As a matter of fact, as we said earlier, an enormous amount of information can be transmitted by just one human cell. There is a mysterious quality to the brain, but it does contain a very concrete subject/object relationship.</p>
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<p>Within the human sperm and egg is contained all the information about the baby that is to come. What causes the sperm and egg to join with each other? Someone might say, “Due to the infusion of force.” But that is not the reason. Certainly it is not knowledge, either.</p>
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<p>It is by the power of love that the sperm and egg join together. We can observe this phenomenon to examine how God merged the spiritual essence into the material essence. When God created the universe, including mankind, it was not knowledge or power that He used to do His work. It was love itself which He used. Love transcends everything else. Love is like the power of an electrical generating station.</p>
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<p>We can ask another very important question and that is, why does man exist? Some materialists try to say that there is no specific or understandable reason for man’s existence, that we just came into being. However, we know that nothing just comes into being by accident. There was a plan in the beginning that later came to be translated into the actual being. The concept of love was there before any object of love came into being. That object of love for God was a couple, a man and woman.</p>
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<p>When there is a big plus, it naturally takes a big minus as its object. The plus charge is on one end of a magnet and the minus charge is on the other end. That means there must be some shared qualities between the plus and minus, otherwise they could not coexist on the same piece of metal. Even though the plus charge is very strong, it still has a small amount of minus charge. Because of this fact, the plus and minus ends can stay together on the same magnet. The same is true of the minus. Although it is predominantly minus, it still contains some small amount of plus charge.</p>
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<p>The larger the subject, the larger the object it will take. We can say that evolution must have occurred, but only according to this law. Most scientists fail completely to understand the process of evolution, thinking that it “just happened.” However, we know that there is always a reason for things to develop and come together. The overall reason is the power of love and through the relationship of subject and object.</p>
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<p>The whole world is composed of only a hundred or so chemical elements. These elements exist as the result of plus and minus interaction. When we try to make these elements combine in certain ways, they will not do so unless the proper subject and object, plus and minus, relationship is brought about. Then they react immediately.</p>
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<p>The chemist in the laboratory may try to force two elements to combine and he may use all sons of means, such as heat and pressure. However, unless they form the right subject and object relationship, they will not combine. When any two elements come together according to the universal law, the scientist doesn’t have to do anything-they merge automatically.</p>
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<p>From this we can draw an iron-clad rule. Even though evolution did take place, it could only happen when proper subject and object relationships were formed. When those relationships were missing, evolution could never occur.</p>
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<p>We can see that the whole universe is in a state of readiness for the subject and object relationship. All things try to come together through the power of love. The whole universe is dominated by the principle of love. Why is this the case? It is only through this principle that smaller beings can become pan of larger beings.</p>
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<p>We can observe that the law of the material world involves a certain entropy. In other words, output is always smaller than input. That is a law of energy. When a certain amount of energy is expended to produce a certain effect, there will be a loss or consumption of energy. Nothing is added. However, there is a different law guiding love. That is the only instance in which the output is greater than the input. Thus when two beings join together through love, they become greater than just the sum of their parts. Added power is generated.</p>
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<p>This is a clear law. It can even be applied to business. Suppose there is a businessman who has to decide whether to drive from here to Manhattan. If he can derive a profit, even a small one, from going there, then he will go. But if he will not, then he won’t go. Even the smallest amount of profit makes the difference. That provides him with the incentive and the power to go to Manhattan every day. He knows that his property is expanding through that activity, and thus he will never quit doing that activity.</p>
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<p>Love operates like this, too. The more love you give out and engage in, the more you will have. It grows and grows. This is the way the universe is joined-through the law of love.</p>
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<p>There is a huge plus within the universe and every other entity in the universe seeks to be joined with that greatest plus. The only way for that to happen is for each small minus entity to make unity with a somewhat larger plus entity and thereby become bigger. That huge plus is complex, not simple. Likewise the many smaller entities become more complex and reflect that plus as they interact with love.</p>
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<p>A human being tries to go beyond himself and reach out to the highest ideal, precisely because of this law. No matter how small a person may be, he still wants to be bigger than the universe. That is because his ultimate subject is that huge, universal subject.</p>
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<p>In addition to our religious understanding, we can look materially at this world and it still conforms to this law of the universe. The law of love guides the material world as well.</p>
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<p>When we dearly love our spouse and our family and then together we love our country, our family will immediately grow as big as our country. In other words, when the family as object takes the country as subject, then it takes on the value of that subject. When the country goes beyond itself and loves the world, the country will realize the intensity of worldwide love. Eventually everyone can be joined with the whole universe and God, through original love.</p>
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<p>The original nature is common to all people, even to a bad person. Every human being has an original nature which he wants to discover and develop.</p>
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<p>If this were the original world, then the man of original nature would be accepted automatically. But since the world has deviated, it has to be corrected. That means we must put in great amounts of power to do recreation. Indemnity is the power by which we neutralize the opposition.</p>
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<p>It takes more effort to repair an old, broken-down building than it does to put up a new one. The extra effort to repair all the old things is what we can call indemnity. The indemnity power is needed to repair and restore the deviated self. Thus the need for indemnity can be explained logically. There have been times when our American members have asked, “Why can’t we do the restoration in a joyful way? Why do we need indemnity?”</p>
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<p>You can welcome indemnity if you understand the purpose it serves. Because of our indemnity, all things can be recreated and brought back to their original nature. It is only after the original man emerges that it becomes possible to walk the original way of God’s will. Are you original people? No, you were born as the result of the human fall. Thus, in order to be recreated, you must also pay indemnity.</p>
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<p>Jesus was the original man, yet he too paid indemnity. Why must the original man pay indemnity? It is because nobody else even knew about indemnity or was capable of paying it. Why do I push you through the indemnity course? Indemnity is not something which you can be forced through by somebody standing over you. Once you understand the need for indemnity, you must go through it voluntarily, according to your own will. We must even volunteer to go to prison if it will be a good condition of indemnity. If you don’t want to go but are forced to go, the indemnity loses its effect. Is that clear?</p>
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<p>Therefore even though a member might be quite young, he may be asked to go fundraising. If the way of the multitude is an evil way, then we must go against the multitude in order to go the good way.</p>
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<p>When the flowers bloom in spring, the butterflies come to drink the nectar. Why do the leaves of a tree multiply and become green? Why do the branches grow? That is the way nature can stimulate us to improve our actions of love. Does love multiply in isolation? No, love requires give and take. A tree must relate with its environment in order to grow. The members of the plant kingdom relate with each other through love and in that way they grow and multiply.</p>
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<p>Why should a tree want to grow bigger and bigger? What is wrong with a small tree? It is because the bigger the tree, the more leaves and then seeds it can produce. Thus the next generation will be more numerous. Trees and plants are like our textbooks for love. Some trees require six or seven years to blossom. None of them blooms after just one year.</p>
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<p>In the mineral world, veins of gold and silver are not found in little isolated patches but in large areas that stretch for long distances. Likewise the insects do not dwell in isolation. There is one form of fly that incubates for several months and then hatches to live for only one day. On that one day of life it mates and then dies. This is like the salmon, which lives for several years and then makes its way back to the place where it was born. Then it mates and lays its eggs and then it dies.</p>
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<p>Man is a privileged being to be able to engage in lovemaking over and over again, for his whole life and on into spirit world. All of nature, trees, the minerals, etc., exists as the textbook for the inspiration of human beings. When men and women, as the representatives of the whole universe, engage in love, the rest of the universe can rejoice with them.</p>
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<p>What makes a happy person? All of mankind feels a yearning for happiness, but unless we know what it is, how can we attain it? Happiness is the state in which you can give to an unlimited degree and you can receive to an unlimited degree. When you can give and receive unlimited love, then you are a happy person. In other words, the happy person represents the original universe. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>We can describe happy people in another way. They are those who have the original marriage relationship, those who have original, perfect parents, and those who have original children. In other words, those who have the original four-position foundation are the happy people. This is because they represent the universe. That is a wonderful happiness!</p>
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<p>Upon first learning about the four-position foundation in the Divine Principle it sounds like a good concept, but when you really understand it, you realize that the four position foundation is more than that. It is necessary in order to become a happy person. Thus, you too are capable of becoming a happy person. Isn’t that correct? The reason I matched and blessed you couples in marriage was so that each of you could become happy people, having perfected children who could, in turn, become happy people. You can eventually become perfected parents.</p>
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<p>In order for someone to become perfect, he cannot exist just for his own sake. In order to grow, a person must learn to love others more than himself, even sacrificing himself for their sake. The logic of love is that once a person denies himself he becomes greater. When you deny yourself, then something else greater fills in that space.</p>
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<p>This can be understood also by observing the way a low pressure area is filled up by a higher pressure area. This is symbolic of what happens when we sacrifice ourselves and get filled up by a greater amount of love. By this process, each individual unites with a bigger and bigger plus.</p>
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<p>Everyone, including the True Children, lives according to this law. It is the law of the universe, something that no one can breach without suffering the consequences. You will become smaller and smaller if you break that law. Thus one’s spouse is a very important person in the fulfillment of this law.</p>
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<p>I could continue for days talking about this point within the Principle of Creation, since there is so much to discuss.</p>
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<p>Will any of you ever become a communist? How about a materialist? Or are you going to remain Unificationists? Now you know how you will lead your life. The law for our lives is extremely simple: the individual lives for the sake of the family; the family lives for the sake of the clan; the clan lives for the nation; the nation for the world; and the world for God.</p>
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<p>Within any certain area, there must be a center. Originally, mankind was supposed to be one happy family but we know that society is divided on every level. Now there is the communist world opposing the democratic world and each feels it is superior to the other.</p>
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<p>We must belong to something which is bigger than ourselves. By the individual aligning himself with the family, the family with the clan, and so forth, and everything having the same universal center, then the universe itself takes on a perfectly spherical shape. When you achieve this alignment, then you and your family are one. You and your country are one. The same is true for the universe.</p>
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<p>When the universe has taken its perfectly spherical shape, only half of it will be visible. The other half of the sphere will be invisible, which is the spirit world.</p>
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<p>No matter how much good you may do, no one will tell you to stop. You can always do more and more good. All people are destined to reach the top of the universe. Your destiny is to be as large as the universe in your goodness.</p>
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<p>If man had never fallen, Adam and Eve would have loved in the original way and they would have created a family, society and world with the proper universal center. God would have been in the midst of that world. Man is meant to be the master or the center of both the visible and the invisible worlds.</p>
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<p>We must work hard to nullify opposition and then input more effort to advance in the direction of goodness. This is why our lives are harder than they were originally supposed to be.</p>
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<p>The world is divided between the free world and the communist world, the God-accepting world and the God denying world. If they ever clash, then the world will be shattered. That is why Unificationism is working to mediate every level of conflict in the world, ultimately to work up to the level of these two conflicting world powers.</p>
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<p>Individualism is extremely harmful to universal harmony, but that is the common way of thinking in America today. At best, people have expanded themselves to the family level but hardly anyone goes beyond that level to the country, and certainly not to the world and the universe. We must go against this way of thinking and re-direct ourselves in the original way of God.</p>
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<p>Each individual is destined to be as big as the universe, but how can he do that? It is only by denying oneself and giving to others on higher and higher levels.</p>
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<p>Now we know what is the original way of God’s will. We must first be able to understand that it is God’s will for the individual to become as big as God Himself. Once we know this, we can go the way of God’s will through the law of love and reconstruct the original world. Centering upon love, we must recreate the world. Without love, we cannot recreate anything.</p>
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<p>Nothing has any value without love-whether it is democracy, communism, or whatever. Human history has progressed to this point in which two world powers are on the verge of violent confrontation. We must be the mediators that prevent that conflict. Thus Unificationism will become recognized more and more. The communist theory is inadequate and so is the democratic way. Now the new ideal will emerge, which we call Godism. That is the historical transition point where we are now.</p>
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<p>This is our goal and the purpose of our way of life. Unless we achieve the God-centered world here, we cannot achieve it in spirit world. All these different steps from individual to family, family to clan, and so forth, are only achievable through the practice of love. No other quality or power can allow us to do it.</p>
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<p>The very nature of love leaves no place for the individual alone. It is within the nature of love to sacrifice the self for others. Because this is the law, it is only through self-sacrifice that we can achieve our goal of a unified world centered on love. Then we will become one with God. That includes every individual, family, clan, nation, and the world, and all the way to the universe. Everything will become one with God.</p>
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<p>By exercising the law of love horizontally, we expand vertically toward God. Wherever there is a perfect minus, a perfect plus will come into being and God will dwell there.</p>
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<p>Through love, God creates and recreates. When we live for the sake of others, we become wider and bigger. We expand. But when we live just for ourselves, we shrink. Living for the sake of others and centering upon love is the way of God’s will for us. Unless we live by this law, we can never reach the great destiny that God wills for us. Can you understand?</p>
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<p>Why must we go the suffering way of life? Why must we pay indemnity? This is the reason: unless we do that, we cannot neutralize the opposition against goodness, that power which pushes the world in the deviated direction. That must be straightened out and turned around in the right direction. But without the Messiah and his teaching and guidance, nobody on earth will be able to do this. I have been teaching you the formula and law by which you must redirect your life.</p>
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<p>Therefore, we cannot be subjugated by the fear of death. We must face death itself squarely and rise above it. Many people have been talking about the upcoming prison term, but I haven’t been thinking about it so much. I know that the war has already been won by God and it is only a matter of time and how hard we work before it becomes completely apparent. That is why I don’t give so much thought to whether I do or do not go to prison. The important thing is whether or not we are going according to the original way of life.</p>
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<p>Even when death itself is hovering over us, we cannot stop our way of life. We must keep going, striving to climb higher and higher. Satan does not have this understanding or this confidence. He is full of confusion. Thus, when we advance courageously, he will be exposed as weaker than he appears.</p>
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<p>(Father speaks in Korean to the blessed children who have completed their 21-day training.)</p>
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<p><i><b>Col. Han:</b> The workshop the children will be over in two days, so Father is summarizing things for them. He is saying that the law will be observed rigidly from now on. Up till now, we have been rather lax but from now on, we cannot afford to make any mistakes. The laws are very rigid in the future world. Now Father is stressing the importance of the blessed couples.</i></p>
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<p><b>Father:</b> This law is not something I made up. It is something which I tested, investigated and determined without a doubt to be the law of the universe. You have learned the law, so now you have to practice it.</p>
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<p>Those of you who lived a lawless and unprincipled way in the past-are you going to live according to this way that I have been explaining this morning? If you say yes, please raise your hands. God bless you.</p>
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<h2 align="CENTER">REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON</h2>
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<h3 align="CENTER">July 1, 1984<br />
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<p>Today I want to speak about the true way of life for every human being. Let’s think for a moment about the word “true” and what it means. Does “true” have a particular shape, such as round or square? What is the definition of “true”? What is the standard from which we can draw that definition?</p>
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<p>Let’s take the example of a true man. What is a true man? He must have eyes, a nose, a mouth and so forth – so he is not different from ordinary men in that respect. What makes a man a true man? Do you think that quality is a limited capacity or is it universal? That which is true must be measured against everything in the universe; without any limitation, it must be true.</p>
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<p>The mathematician always searches for a formula, a small thing which can be universally applied. But if the formula becomes distorted, it cannot be used to measure other things. Without that formula as the scale, there can be no way to measure the true value of other things. There are different systems of measurement, such as the metric system which is based upon the number ten. There is also the system of time measurement, which is divided into twelves-twelve hours of the morning and night; twelve months of the year, and so forth. Within those systems, the basic measurements must be correct or the rest of the system will be incorrect. Unless that basic unit or formula is correct, then nothing else can be quantified or measured properly.</p>
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<p>Human society is no exception to this rule. We must have a unit of measurement, that of the true man, by which we can measure all people. The physical life of human beings requires being born through a certain biological process from the mother’s womb, and that cannot be violated. It is the law of existence. By the same token, there are certain spiritual laws or formulas that must be followed in order to live properly and avoid catastrophe.</p>
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<p>All of human life comes under law. In the earliest, embryonic stages of life, we are guided by certain natural laws. While we live on the earth, we are under certain laws and when we go to the spiritual world, we are under certain laws. These natural laws are not limited by any person’s language, culture, or nationality; every person must follow them. For example, every unborn child must be guided by natural laws in order to develop and be born; otherwise, it will be stillborn.</p>
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<p>These are the kinds of laws that all mankind has in common. Westerners and Orientals are just the same in respect to these laws. But there are certain areas of differences among people and an example is our eating habits. In the Western world, you have the custom of using a lot of utensils to eat with-you must have your fork, your spoon, and your knife. In fact, you have several different forks and spoons of various sizes. But consider the</p>
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<p>Japanese, all they need are two wooden sticks. The specific methods by which people eat may be different, but the fact remains that all human beings have to gain nourishment by taking in food through the mouth. Everyone has that in common.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, all people need to be able to use their arms and hands to lift their food to their mouth, then swallow it and have it go down into their stomach. That is universal. So it doesn’t really make any difference whether one uses chopsticks or a fork or even two fingers. You must get that nourishment into your mouth; that is the important thing. It doesn’t really matter if you are fed by your mother or whether you lift the food to your mouth with your foot. The important principle is that you have to take the food in your mouth-not in your ears or your eyes-and then it must go down to your stomach.</p>
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<p>Imagine if your hand did its work to bring the food to your mouth but your mouth refused to work and went on strike! Because it is universal that the mouth must take in food, whenever food gets near the mouth, it naturally and automatically opens up to welcome it. Once food goes into the mouth, you don’t have to think about it or issue a special order; the mouth just automatically starts to work.</p>
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<p>Everything in the universe cooperates with the common, universal truth. There are many different ways in which people dress, but we all have one thing in common-we all wear clothes for the protection of our bodies. Clothing helps us to maintain our body temperature. It doesn’t matter whether we are wearing beautiful, expensive clothing or cheap and unattractive clothing, since all clothing serves that one common purpose. Many people like to dress up and be boastful about their beautiful fine clothing, but that is actually a very trivial thing. As long as one’s clothes fulfill their basic purpose of protecting the body, there is not much real difference between people’s clothing.</p>
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<p>What is the common truth of the eye? The eye is supposed to perceive the world; its purpose is to provide you with vision. The human eye is prepared to provide a certain kind of vision. It cannot see things that are microscopic, such as viruses and germs. It sees things in our environment such as the things of nature.</p>
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<p>There are doctors who specialize in the treatment of specific parts of the body, such as eye, ear, nose and throat doctors. They work to help those organs of the body to function and fulfill their common purpose. The doctor tries to restore the function of those organs to the level which the organ was created to provide. That organ is supposed to provide a certain quality of vision, hearing, or sense of smell, and so forth.</p>
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<p>The creation of the universe started from the smallest level. At that level, the common law and purpose were fulfilled. Things came together and fulfilled a greater purpose, then they came together and fulfilled a greater purpose according to a greater formula. Ultimately the universe itself was created.</p>
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<p>This morning all of you look healthy and your bodies seem to be functioning normally. Even though you are sitting here quietly and just listening, there are more than four trillion cells inside your body working very hard at this moment in order to maintain your peaceful, healthy situation. There are all sorts of things going on inside of you at this very minute-certain actions of repulsion, actions of taking in and giving out, and many others. Your cells are working very hard to keep you in balance, but sometimes that balance is lost. At that point, you will start to feel some pain; suddenly you won’t feel normal.</p>
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<p>In order to maintain your good health, universal laws are in action within your body at all times. This is true today; tomorrow, ten years from now, and so forth. If we expanded the distance between each cell to kilometers, the human body would be incredibly gigantic. The body is a small universe, but if it were expanded, it would become a giant universe. Maintaining your normal functions of walking, laughing, eating, and so forth requires an enormous amount of effort on the part of your body. To maintain the proper law and order, your body must maintain the strictest discipline. It can never operate randomly or by accident.</p>
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<p>Each cell is like an independent entity, with the ability to perceive its surroundings. As an independent entity, where does a cell want to go and what does it want to do? It naturally seeks to go to the place where it is comfortable and can feel good. Imagine that a cell had the opportunity to choose between two paths. The first path is to climb a big hill, while the second path is to go across a flat plain, which is an easy and comfortable way. Your cells function just as you do. You would not voluntarily go the difficult, painful way unless it was absolutely necessary. You don’t willingly walk into a stone wall and neither would a cell.</p>
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<p>Where do you think a small cell would prefer to be? Would it prefer to establish itself in one spot and just stay there, all alone and stationary? Or wouldn’t it want to travel all around the body, back and forth, making relationship with the other parts of the body? Why would it prefer the second way? It is because each cell is like you: a human being naturally wants to move and travel; nobody wants to stay in one small place.</p>
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<p>This is the general tendency of the tiny cell as well as each human being; they want to experience the good, rewarding and comfortable way of life. How can we relate to our environment in such a way as to derive more meaning and joy from it? Why do we want to live in such a way? Is it your purpose to diminish yourself or to increase yourself? Everything you do is designed to increase and improve your life.</p>
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<p>Do you prefer to take a long time and go slowly toward your goal, or do you want to get there quickly? Certainly, you want to get there quickly. Why is that? Imagine that you were a propeller with a central axis. When you turn fast, the law of acceleration allows you to move ahead faster. When you are turning fast, you can control yourself better and achieve more. Therefore we go after fast movement; we naturally want to go faster and faster because we can cover greater distances in shorter time.</p>
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<p>Faster movement eliminates resistance and therefore you can achieve greater results. When you move really fast, you go into the realm of timelessness; eternity begins when you are moving that fast. If one little cell tries to move very fast, it can bump into a lot of different things. Imagine four trillion cells trying to move around at such a speed! If the cells were trying to move like that, you would feel all sorts of commotion inside your body! Your ears would be hearing inner sirens, signals of traffic accidents! Therefore in order to avoid that kind of catastrophe, the cells follow certain laws and procedures.</p>
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<p>According to the law, the cells can move in certain ways and not in others. This law guides the whole universe, as well. In the Unification Church we use the terminology “individual truth body.” Perhaps that sounds awkward, but it is precise. It is difficult for you Westerners to understand what I am trying to express with such terminology.</p>
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<p>All the way down to the smallest entity such as the cell, everything has its own distinct, individual character. It naturally expresses itself in its own unique way. The position of an entity will vary, such as being in an upper or lower position. For example from the point of view of the west, when you are facing the west, you are facing the front; but when you turn around and face the east, you are facing the back. Thus your direction changes but the distinct and unique character of your body doesn’t change.</p>
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<p>Each cell has a distinctive law to follow. If it doesn’t, it will cause destruction. By the same token, someone such as Chun Sook Kwak, the third daughter of Reverend Kwak, has her own position within her family. She can never be the eldest daughter or the youngest; she is always the third. Her position and the love she has received is unique; it cannot be duplicated by any other daughter. She simply has the characteristics of Chun Sook. These include being charming and serene. She cannot try to take other positions as well, such as her eldest sister’s, her dad’s or her mother’s. That would mean that she would lose herself by being so greedy.</p>
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<p>If anyone tries to distort his position within his family and tries to be father, mother and siblings, then he will bring destruction and chaos to that family. Anything in the universe which tries to operate with a self-centered motivation will be repelled by everything else. Do you think of yourself as a part of the four-billion-member human race, or do you consider yourself outside of it? What do you think would happen if four billion people determined to live just for themselves? Would it even be possible? Each individual within the human race exists to serve others. That is the only way people can coexist.</p>
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<p>Therefore, individuals come together to form families; families come together into societies; societies come together to form nations; nations form the world; and the world is a part of the universe. There are certain differences in our world today. Cultural and environmental backgrounds are different. Therefore, it is only when all people come under a common formula and law that we can survive. Our methodology may be different, but we must all serve one common purpose.</p>
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<p>For an individual to survive among all different people, what sort of demeanor should he have? If that person has a belligerent manner, fighting with everyone and knocking them down, would that be successful? Or wouldn’t he prefer to find a way to be welcomed by everyone wherever he went? Why is the welcoming way the better way? When you are constantly struggling for your own way, you will lose all your energy. But when you are welcomed and live in harmony with your environment, you can easily make progress and move further. You even gain greater energy.</p>
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<p>Therefore, the cardinal rule is this: any movement that is self-centered will always be resisted, while any movement that is selfless and for the sake of others will always be welcomed. We must ask ourselves how we can go everywhere and be welcomed. How can you go to the level of the family and have them open their door to you? How can you have the society open their doors to you? How can you have the nation, world, and universe welcome you? What is the necessary method by which you will be welcomed, all the way up to God? It is the selfless way of life. You must exist for the sake of others. That is why selflessness is the most fundamental teaching of the Unification Church.</p>
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<p>As you serve others, you will become the central person, the responsible person. The more you aspire to live for the sake of others, the more central you become to them.</p>
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<p>The same principle applies in your school. Suppose you have a very harsh teacher. If you continuously serve others with a kind disposition, when you come to that harsh teacher’s door, you will be welcomed inside. Among your brothers and sisters, those who are the most serving and giving will be the ones who are the most liked. Among acquaintances, there may be selfish ones and unselfish ones. When the unselfish one comes in, other people are always glad to see him.</p>
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<p>If Reverend Moon had come to America and declared, “I am here to gain things for myself,” every door in this country would be closed to him today. But even though the government is now rejecting Reverend Moon, many other doors are opening to him. Why is that? This is happening because I have been following the principle of a selfless way of life. For that reason, although people persecute me out of ignorance, they will eventually come to realize who I am and will appreciate me.</p>
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<p>Universal law is not on the side of the government; it is on the side of Reverend Moon. So when Reverend Moon follows that law scrupulously to the end he will be the winner, not the U.S. government. In this crowded world, the only way to live your life successfully is to live it for the sake of others.</p>
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<p>Imagine that Jesus, Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed and even God Himself came here to Belvedere to listen to Reverend Moon. When they heard my words, do you think they would shake their heads in disagreement or would they say, “Yes, Reverend Moon, you are absolutely right.”? They would agree because I am speaking of universal law. This is the true, universal way of life.</p>
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<p>In any family, the person who gives the most for the others will become that family’s central figure. Generally speaking, the parents are the central figures within a home because they are the ones who unselfishly love the children and work for their sake. The patriot who gives himself for the sake of the country is in the same position. The longer that sort of person lives, the more he is admired for his patriotism. What is a saint? A saint is a person who lives selflessly for the sake of the rest of the world-for humanity as well as for all creation. This is the criterion for sainthood and no one can deny it.</p>
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<p>What about the one who created the universe according to this principle? God is the being who wants to live a selfless life for the sake of His creation and for the sake of His children, human beings. What must a person do in order to meet with God? Can you think, “God is the king of knowledge, so I will gain all the knowledge of the world in order to meet with Him.”? That won’t enable you to meet God. Nor can you garner a lot of power and then meet with Him. Can you gain a lot of money and then go before God? No, the only way you can meet God is by following in His footsteps and living His way of life. God is not looking for people who have a lot of money, knowledge or power. Those are trivial things in His eyes.</p>
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<p>Some Unification Church members feel, “I graduated from the seminary and I got my MA and even my PhD., so l am entitled to a lot of respect in the Church now.” But you will not be respected according to those qualifications. The only way you will gain respect in the Church is by following in my footsteps, living my way of life.</p>
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<p>The key phrase is “for the sake of others.” Thus whenever you speak of a true friend, that is a person who lives for the sake of others. True parents or a true brother or sister are those who live for the sake of others. A true sovereign is one who lives for the sake of others. On every level of human society, the standard for “trueness” is whether a person lives for the sake of others. Do you agree with this? Are you sure that this is the truth? Are you speaking automatically, or have you thought about this many times in order to say yes?</p>
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<p>The truth is an automatic response. For instance, when food is placed in the mouth, the mouth automatically starts to chew. When the food goes down to the stomach, the stomach automatically works to digest it. Even this giant country of America operates according to the same principle. Anybody who strives to serve this country will be automatically welcomed by others. However, as soon as the people of this country see some greedy person trying to take things away from them, they will close their doors. That is the Principle.</p>
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<p>Anybody who tries to live solely for his or her own sake will eventually become the child of Satan. A person who lives that way in his home will end up in a hellish situation. But anybody who lives for the sake of others can be labeled a true person. This is a universal principle and there is no exception to it. There is no exception for me or for Mother or for the True Children; there is no exception for anybody in the world.</p>
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<p>Let’s suppose that you are very hungry and you are passing through a grocery store. You might think, “There is plenty of food here, so why can’t I just steal some for myself? I’m so hungry!” Actually, this is the communist way of thinking. Why is this so wrong? It is because the sole motivation is oneself-“I am hungry. I need food. I don’t care about anybody else, as long as I am satisfied.”</p>
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<p>However, there is a better way. If you are very hungry and you have no money, you can go to the owner of the grocery store and with a respectful, considerate attitude ask, “Could you spare a little food for me, because I am very hungry?” When that person gives you his food, that is perfectly all right. You respected the other person and he was able to freely choose to give you his food. Therefore, that person is doing something for someone else. You engendered that kind of action so there is nothing wrong with that. This is the reason we should be law-abiding citizens and respect the laws of our society. Social laws are set up to respect and conform to the universal law.</p>
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<p>Suppose there is a man who yearns to go to heaven. He might pray earnestly every day, “God, give me that great blessing of going to heaven. Also, my children are good, so please give them some blessings. Also, please give me some money.” His attitude is “God, give me this and that,” all the time. When that man’s prayer time comes, God will just plug His ears! That kind of prayer is not pleasing to God.</p>
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<p>When you pray, pray for the sake of your mission and your work. Ask, “God, I am eager to give everything necessary for the sake of this world and this society, but I am limited and not able to do everything that needs to be done. Can You please help me to do my job to serve this world?” That kind of prayer will bring God to tears.</p>
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<p>Put yourself in the position of God. You have to listen to all kinds of prayers all the time. Which kind of prayer would you like to hear? If you have a friend who is always asking you for favors-“Hey, loan me a dime, will you?” “Give me a pencil, will you?” “Can I have some of your food?” You might not mind the first, second, or third time that happens, but finally you will feel like saying, “Get out of my sight! Don’t even come near me!” You certainly won’t welcome him after a while.</p>
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<p>All of you children of blessed couples who are here for the workshop, please listen to my message today. If you ever have the attitude that you are someone special or think, “My mom and dad are a 36-couple so I am in a privileged position:’ you will be heading down into the pits of hell! What is a 36-blessed couple? They are the first offering to God so they are the ones who are in the position to give themselves up totally to God, saying, “God, please use us as Your sacrifice.”</p>
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<p>Before the 36-blessed couples can love their own children, they must go out and love the Cain world, the Cain children. When they go against that principle, regardless whether they are 36-couples or whoever they are, they will crumble. Do you think that is correct? So you blessed children, unless you are going this God centered way of life, don’t expect a good blessing.</p>
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<p>If anyone thinks, “The Unification Church principle of living for the sake of others is not realistic. I’m not going to bother to do it,” then you are very wrong. Do you think I am right for teaching this or are those who disagree right?</p>
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<p>The purpose of the workshop for the blessed children is not to treat them in a special way but to give them 21 days in order to practice living for the sake of others. Hyo Jin has been given the responsibility of leading this workshop and I am watching very closely to see how he does. If he is going to succeed, it will only be by serving the group lovingly and sacrificially. If he does, then everybody will love, respect and follow him. But if he behaves in a different way, then he will not be popular and he will not succeed.</p>
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<p>This is the principle-when you serve for the sake of others, you automatically become the subject and the responsible person. Do you think that is right? I can bestow all kind of responsibilities on the person who wants to live selflessly for the sake of others because I can trust that he will do the right thing. I evaluate a person under this microscope in order to determine how far a person will go-maybe one day, one year, or for his entire life. The only criterion is this principle.</p>
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<p>Anybody who thinks of his own brother as less than himself and his own family cannot pass the test. I recall one instance many years ago in Korea when I asked one person to exchange his house with another blessed couple but he said, “No, I don’t want to.” I haven’t forgotten that answer. From the American way of thinking, that is an absolutely normal response. After all, you think, “How could someone give up his house?” But in the Heavenly way, that is not the normal response. How can the person who cannot love his own brother more than his own house be worthy of God? That is the criterion.</p>
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<p>If God ordered Reverend Moon, “Give up East Garden for someone else,” I would do it. I am not attached to the building or land there. If God felt that someone else would serve a better purpose by living at East Garden, then I would say, “All right. I’m all for it.”</p>
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<p>This is the principle that will prevail for eternity. It will never change. If I were living for my own sake, the smartest thing for me to do at the time of the court indictment would have been to stay in Korea. However, I came back to America knowing that God could use this kind of tribulation to awaken America, particularly American Christianity. Therefore, I put that purpose above my own comfort. What is happening now? The American religious community is uniting around my cause and the American people are uniting with me as well. Now the truth is coming out and there are rallies being held all around the country.</p>
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<p>On June 26, I went to the hearing before the Senate subcommittee on the Constitution and the truth was spoken clearly there. Now the world can know who Reverend Moon is, why he came, and what his aspirations are. People there were flabbergasted to realize that the image they had of Reverend Moon was completely wrong. Instead of coming here to take money away, Reverend Moon has been pouring his heart, sweat, tears, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars into this country in order to redeem it. Finally people are learning this fact.</p>
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<p>When the American people finally come to realize the truth, they will have to repent for their misunderstanding. Furthermore, in that Senate hearing I stated that a certain memo was circulated within the Justice Department directing the prosecution of Reverend Moon. I asked the subcommittee chairman to find that document and allow the world to see it because they have a right to know the truth.</p>
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<p>There are a lot of long-time Unification Church members here from Korea. There was never a single instance in which I became indebted to them and for that reason I indeed became their central figure. Nowadays, my own children have come to a new realization about me. They have been somewhat empty-hearted in the past, thinking, “My Dad and Mom are always taking care of the world and pay all their attention to Church members. Why don’t they care about me?” But lately they have come to tell me, “Now we can understand better why you did what you did. We see that you truly loved the world’s children first, before you loved us. We love you for that and you are great in our eyes.”</p>
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<p>In order to become a true father and mother, Mother and I have been living according to the Principle. Before we loved each other or before we loved our own children, we had to love the world and be willing to give up our very lives. This is now being understood by the East Garden children. Ultimately, the Cain world will say, “Father and Mother, you gave too much to us. Now we want to give something to the True Children. We want you to be with them and do things for them.”</p>
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<p>If my way of life had not followed this principle and if the Unification Church had not been guided by it, then we would have diminished and would not have survived up till now. It is only because of this principle that I have been able to prosper and continue this far.</p>
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<p>I have been well-protected because of this principle. Even though there has been so much opposition and negativity, the universe has protected me. If I go to prison, the same law will protect me. One amazing fact is that those individuals who have tried to exterminate Reverend Moon have been the ones destroyed instead. Reverend Moon, who has constantly been the target, has been moving further and further along the road of prosperity.</p>
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<p>How could this be? What is my secret? My secret is my way of life, this principle. Because of the way I live, I am protected by the universe itself. Even if I go into prison, as long as you members know that you must live for the sake of the nation and the world, our movement will never diminish but will grow and prosper.</p>
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<p>Can you love the world more than I have? Even if Reverend Moon tells you, “No, you must not love the world,” will you continue to do it? You must say, “Father, no matter how many times you say no, we say yes and we are going to live up to the Principle.” That is because the principle is the absolute truth, and that way is the absolutely true way of life.</p>
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<p>Do you want to become a central figure and subject? Be a big person, like a giant tree whose branches extend far out. The huge tree has to be able to accommodate everything, such as the insects and birds coming to dwell within it. There are many worms among its roots. The tree must let all those things live there, even though they may sometimes have little fights among themselves. The big tree must embrace all these things.</p>
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<p>I am a mysterious person-even though I haven’t gone to all the 120 missions around the world, I can close my eyes and pray and know what is going on in specific countries in Africa, South America, Europe and so forth. This is due to my spiritual perception, my special vision. For that reason, I can handle the most important matter of your lives, and that is your marriages.</p>
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<p>You look at other people from a purely external viewpoint when you are at the matching, but I can see the whole person. When I look at a person’s hands and feet, I can see a lot. A truly handsome man must look good from the back as well as the front. I can see something significant in the way a person walks. I rely upon my intuition that enables me to see everything about each man and woman, like special “X-ray eyes.”</p>
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<p>You believe that I have that ability, don’t you, and you have confidence that I am a champion at matching people? Is it easy to get the autograph of a champion or a celebrity? No, it isn’t. You know, I could start a big business pretty soon! My reputation as an excellent match-maker will grow and grow, and then everybody will want to come to me and ask me to pick their spouse for them, whether they are a member of the Unification Church or not.</p>
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<p>Truthfully, if my goal were money-making, I would be able to find a thousand different ways. I would never have to worry about money. But I want each of you to learn how to be a giver, not a debtor, to others. This is the true way of life-living for the sake of others.</p>
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<p>When you live for the sake of others, you will become a person of responsibility and a central figure to others. But that is not all there is to it. The most important thing is that when you live for the sake of others, you will find the fundamental energy of life within you. Life and love come from that way of living.</p>
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<p>Between husband and wife, true love comes only when each of you is trying to serve the other. It can never come if you are trying to get the other to serve you. This is very basic. When you are serving others for their sake, you will find true love. Parents will have true parental love when they are serving their children; brothers and sisters will find true love when they are serving each other. It is only within this way of life that eternity can be spoken about. That is because you will receive more power of life and love and then you will increase each day, becoming greater and greater.</p>
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<p>This is why the universal teaching of all the major religions throughout history has been to live for the sake of others, sacrificially giving oneself. What is the Kingdom of Heaven? It is the place where those people who lived their lives on earth for the sake of others will go. The Unification Church is a powerful place, not in any political sense, but because we practice this way of life and gain tremendous life energy. Of course, the members of the Church are not perfect but one thing is true: between the members and myself there is a relationship based upon this principle. I want to love and serve the members and the members want to love and serve the True Parents.</p>
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<p>If you think I am comfortable living in East Garden, you are wrong. Even from the secular point of view, I am miserable. Every day I am bearing the cross within my heart. Whenever it is a rainy day, I think about our members and think, “The MFT members must be soaking wet today. God, be with them.” When it is cold and miserable, I think about our members living in Soviet satellite countries, some imprisoned and even on the verge of being executed. All of these thoughts are my constant burden.</p>
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<p>Since I cannot deal physically with every member around the world, Mother and I try to love and care for those leaders who come to East Garden, as representatives of all the rest of the members. Mother may buy them clothing or I may give them some gift. We want to serve the members by serving their visiting leaders. Mother and I discuss this often and we always have the criterion that we want to buy nicer things for the Church members than for our own children.</p>
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<p>Therefore, those who have been martyred in the Eastern satellite countries have ended their lives shouting “Mansei” and facing East Garden. They have not felt complaint or bitterness about losing their lives. They have been victorious and grateful, even in dying. Such people are a great pride to their ancestors and all their future descendants.</p>
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<p>Whenever you practice the way of life of serving others, you gain greater life and love, enjoying growth and prosperity. Women were born for the sake of men; men were born for the sake of women. There is no such thing as just “me.” Even when someone marries, he cannot say it is just himself marrying-the universe itself is marrying.</p>
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<p>The emotional feelings of teenagers are a universal reaction-it is the universe feeling, rather than just yourself. For that reason, it is most crucial that a young man and woman in their teens preserve the purity of their minds and bodies. You women will be presented one day to your God-given man and you men will be presented to your God-given woman.</p>
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<p>Within the most common home, in order to be loved by the parents, you have to be able to appreciate what they are doing. When you can appreciate them, you are in the position to receive their inheritance and their love. Think of children throwing away things that the parents cherish. Such children don’t value the things that their parents value.</p>
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<p>The time of the teen years is the time in which a person can grow into a common understanding of the parents’ tradition and can inherit that tradition. Your parents love your grandparents, so you love them too. Your parents love their children and that is why you love your brothers and sisters. Your parents love their relatives, such as your uncles and aunts and so forth, so you love them too. Thus you are like a mirror of your parents; you reflect what they do. What about the love of God? Do you think this principle applies in that realm as well? Yes, although the love of God is of a different quality and height, it is still conveyed in this manner.</p>
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<p>Within a kingdom, the subjects should inherit the tradition of their king; whatever he loves, they should love too. When a woman becomes the empress, she must be able to love whatever the emperor loves. The same is true between husband and wife. If a man truly loves his wife, he will love her tradition-the things she does, the things she owns, the art and literature she appreciates and so forth. With such love, the wife can trust her husband. On the other hand, if a husband says, “I don’t care about your interests and your hobbies, but I love you,” that kind of relationship won’t work.</p>
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<p>There is a pragmatic way of thinking among some Unification Church members who are not yet married and are awaiting their matching. They think, “When I see the suffering of the state leaders and the missionaries and so on, I don’t want to be married to one of them. I would rather be the spouse of someone in business, someone who brings home a salary!” However, that is a most external and materialistic way of evaluating someone. The real question is, who is the one who is really living for the sake of others? What is more valuable to you, in the ultimate sense?</p>
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<p>My thinking is very different from that pragmatic way. I think you young women, particularly the children of blessed couples, ought to be married to the front-line Church leaders. Some of the male blessed children have been thinking about studying business or something that can enable them to make money. But if you are thinking in that way, I can tell you that you will be assigned to the exactly opposite mission from what you have studied.</p>
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<p>I want you to understand that Reverend Moon is not going to be indebted to you or to anybody. Already I have established so many things. Already there are many highly esteemed professional people who are seeking out my guidance and trying to establish a relationship with me.</p>
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<p>I do not want to be in a position to be indebted to the blessed children. I would like to train them and raise them up to a position where they can be respected, productive, and honored by the tradition. The person who just wants to be comfortable and take the easy way is just one step away from hell. But the person who is willingly suffering for the sake of his mission, for the sake of others, is moving right into the Kingdom of Heaven.</p>
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<p>There is a mysterious quality about the way I see people. The person who is very close to God always seems to be very close to me, even though he might be physically at a distance. But those people who are really distant from God seem not to be in my presence, and I often forget their names. Sometimes I will see someone whose name has been familiar to me, perhaps on a daily basis, but all of a sudden I draw a blank and can’t think of his name. And when I look at his face, it seems to be fuzzy, as if it were an unfocused image.</p>
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<p>I am making effort more and more to cut down on my sensitivity, because the more sensitive I am, the more clearly I can see someone and therefore the more judgmental I can be. I do not want that, so I am deliberately trying to cut back on my sensitivity: however, my nature has that special quality.</p>
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<p>You can recognize that I must have some sort of extraordinary quality because without it I could never have survived the arduous path I have gone through. In comparison to my path, becoming president of the United States is very easy. Many American leaders think, “Father, your way is not the right way here in America. If you are going to succeed, you have to do things according to the American way.” You may think that my way is impossible here in America, but the amazing thing is that God is making that “impossible” way work.</p>
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<p>At least one change has occurred among the American leadership. In the beginning when I gave some direction, they would always offer their critiques and their opinions about it. But they don’t do that any more; they know better. They don’t have total acceptance yet, but at least they think, “Let’s wait and see.” But still I am frustrated because of that. Certainly, our way is not easy. It is like the North and South poles trying to come together. It is an arduous, virtually impossible task to bring together such incredibly opposite people but I must do it.</p>
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<p>It is only because of the Principle that we can do it. If you go the way of the Principle, God will be opening up doors for you. But if you just try to go your own way, although everything seems possible at first, you will soon find every door blocked. You know that God exists, don’t you? What is it that belongs to God? The entire universe, including all mankind. Nature is God’s creation, so everything within it has its own purpose; it is not up to mankind to determine whether or not something is valuable. By the same token, every human being has a purpose.</p>
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<p>God loves every season-spring, summer, autumn and winter. He doesn’t like just one or two of them. Therefore, you have to be able to love every season that God created. Look at the gigantic snowstorms that come in winter and love them as another beautiful aspect of God’s creation. Love the special characteristics that God built into summer, autumn and spring as well. Many people are frightened by thunderstorms and hate them. But you should appreciate the fact that God is displaying a dramatic aspect of His love through the thunder and lightning. It is like the explosion of a man and woman coming together in love.</p>
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<p>When people are feeling very joyful, they will burst out laughing. Another person might think, “Those people are crazy,” because his point of view is different. You must align your point of view with God’s point of view. Love nature. Love people. There are five different skin colors because God does not want just one. He created every different color.</p>
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<p>Suppose all you white people were forced to wear only white clothing and not allowed to wear different colors. Imagine that your surroundings had to be totally white. You had to have white walls, a white piano, and even your blackboard had to be a white board! It is clear that white people use black. You need black. If God made such a rule that white people had to use nothing but white coloring, they would complain bitterly. “I would rather die than live in nothing but whiteness!” That would mean that white people couldn’t ever have a night time, since night is black. This is the logical extension of the “white supremacist” attitude. How long could someone last with such “supremacy”?</p>
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<p>When I came to America, I declared, “God is colorblind. Everybody is equal and white supremacy is totally wrong.” The established white people in this country didn’t like me. That doesn’t mean that I am promoting only the minority causes, although many Hispanics, Blacks, Orientals and other minority groups feel that I am their champion. You white-skinned, blue-eyed people have to be very watchful because you are just like anybody else in the sight of God. He does not grant any special favors.</p>
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<p>If a racial war ever started on the earth, the white people would be in the minority. Such a prospect would be very threatening because all the white people could be exterminated. If you think that the supremacy of white people and the sovereign, governing nations will continue forever, you are wrong. God will raise up the people who love Him to take power to govern the world. Those who live their lives for the sake of others will eventually have the governing power of the world.</p>
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<p>God is the universal God and He loves every color of skin. Furthermore, He not only loves the people of the contemporary world but also the people of the past, as well as those who will come in the future. He loves those people who are in Hell and He is devising a plan of redemption for them.</p>
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<p>We should live according to the truth and we should love others. Without the fundamental way of living for the sake of others, we cannot prosper. The person who lives the truth will become the subject, with more power for life. Also, the subject must have the power of love. The responsible leader and central figure must become the embodiment of truth, life and love.</p>
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<p>All these things can be summed up in one simple phrase: Live for the sake of others. When you practice this way of life, you create harmony. Without living your life for the sake of others, you will never create circular motion in your life. Only a round circle can continue for eternity. Once you become a ball of this sort, you can harmonize with anything. Unless you love your parents, your grandparents, your neighbor, your country and so forth, you will not be able to relate yourself with God. When you have that kind of roundness, you will fit in and harmonize wherever you go. You won’t stick out like a sore thumb.</p>
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<p>You know that I give interesting and lively sermons, but I can also listen to others very well. I can listen to anyone, even the eldest grandmother, for hours and hours and never get tired of her. Sometimes Mother can’t understand why I do this and wonders what I could gain from listening to someone telling the same story ten times. However, I know that I can learn new things depending upon the feeling that comes out each time. That’s why everybody who knows me feels love for me. They cannot find anyone to compare with me.</p>
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<p>Growth comes through give and take. In order to breathe, you must inhale and then exhale. You must repeat this same process over and over again in order to maintain your life. This could be considered a tedious thing, but it is necessary. Suppose you decided to stop being tedious and just inhale a big breath and use only that for the rest of the day. It certainly wouldn’t work. Likewise, you have to repeat the process of eating, usually three times a day, day after day. That is what allows you to sustain and improve your life.</p>
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<p>If you want to express true feelings toward someone, you must have a truly sympathetic ear when you listen to him. One example of this was during the early days of our Church in Korea. After founding the first church in Pusan, I moved to Yongdo and dedicated a new church. All the members of Yongdo were gathered after the dedication ceremony. I spent that entire night in conversation with one of the eldest grandmothers of the church, while other members waited outside. They were all wondering why I was spending so much time with an old woman. But I told them, “I served this old woman because she represents the entire congregation.”</p>
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<p>In this respect, I am very different from ordinary religious leaders. Normally when they go to some special ceremony, they will seek out conversation with the most important persons there, such as professors or prosperous businessmen who might contribute money. Even if someone has traveled around the world as a distinguished ambassador, meeting important people such as heads of state, I tell him, “Do you want to join the Unification movement? Then you must come down to the bottom.” If I treat him the same way everyone else treats him, he will think, “The Unification Church-so what? I’m at the top of the world, so you must pay respect to me.” However, that is not the tradition of the Unification Church.</p>
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<p>Do you think I am setting the right tradition? When the missionaries and other Unification Church members come, I eagerly invite them to East Garden to visit with me and Mother, feeding them good food. Often Mother and I will take them out to buy clothes for them. Why? From the worldly point of view, I am giving special attention to people who are “nobodies” while virtually ignoring the “somebodies.” How do you think God feels about that- is He pleased or displeased? This is exactly what the Bible teaches. The person who tries to go up higher will be brought lower. The one who tries to go lower will be brought up higher.</p>
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<p>Our subject today is a very important one-the true way of life. Do you understand what is that true way now? Based upon that truth, you can gain greater life. But without love, there can be no harmony and unity. Without the qualities of love, life and truth, you cannot become a central figure or a responsible person. Where there is truth, there is life and there is love. They all come together and multiply themselves. When you practice living for the sake of others, you will multiply your life energy, love energy and your truth energy.</p>
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<p>Why would you want to become a subject? When you become a subject, you are entitled to truth, life, and love. The same can be said of a central figure and responsible person-you become entitled to more truth, life and love energy. There is only one way of life by which everything can be harmonized into action and that is by living for the sake of others. You can only multiply, expand and grow from smaller truth to larger truth, from smaller life to larger life, smaller love to larger love, and so forth, by living for the sake of others. Practice this and find out for yourself.</p>
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<p>I came to this conclusion a long time ago and I have been practicing this principle throughout my life. I found out that this is the truth and have been telling the world about it. Everything you do, therefore, should be derived from this principle. You should strive always to take the initiative and do more than others. You should spend your time effectively. Even when you go on a walk, you should have a goal to walk a certain distance before you take a rest. You should always be ahead of others.</p>
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<p>When there is good food to eat, everybody wants to enjoy it and eat a lot. In such a situation, I am always the first to lay down my fork. This was true even when I was in prison. I practice this principle wherever I go. When leaders come to East Garden to visit, I never tell them, “Please go away because I need my rest.” Instead they are the ones who get tired and finally I pity them and let them go to bed. Then I stay up later than anybody else. Even though I may go to my room, I don’t go to sleep.</p>
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<p>This is sometimes very painful for Mother. Because my schedule is so arduous, it is impossible for her to keep up with me. Mother spends a lot of time alone, but she never complains because she knows what kind of person I am. She is always proud of me and she always speaks well of me. She has no complaint but rather gratitude and appreciation and support. Mother knows one thing: I do what I do for the sake of others and for the sake of God, not for myself.</p>
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<p>Therefore, I do crazy things such as going out on rainy days like this to work. Even in a storm, I will go up to the mountains. I always ask, “Am I the first crazy person to come up to the top of the mountain during such stormy weather?” And the angels tell me, “Yes.” I tell all the things of creation, “Today is a very extraordinary day, so I want to bless all the creation-the rocks, the mountain, the insects, trees, flowers.” This is my unique relationship with creation.</p>
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<p>When a person climbs a mountain, normally he will feel very tired and his feet will hurt. My feet cry out that they are tired, too, but I yell back at them, “Rascals! You have to step forward another step.” And the feet and legs respond, “Yes Sir!” Always there is one more step to take, no matter how tired I become. I never quit. Will you also live that way of life? You may say you will do it, but will you only do it for one day? When you say you will live such a way, that means it is for eternity.</p>
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<p>According to that principle, I want to ask you a question. Suppose the most beautiful woman was matched to a very ugly man. That is the most ideal way because that is the most serving way. Isn’t that true? When that beautiful woman loves her ugly husband as a representative of the universe, you can know that God will give birth to the greatest men and women through that lineage. Such men and women will lead the world.</p>
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<p>One example of this principle is Ye Jin’s husband, Jin Whi. When I gave the blessing to the 36 couples, Jin Whi’s father at that time was a very important Church leader, having been in the Church for several years and having taught the Divine Principle every day. He was a great lecturer. But Jin Whi’s mother was very young in the Church-probably only several months. So when I brought them together and introduced them, Mr. Hong thought to himself, “She isn’t such a good match. After all, I am a three-year member and she is just like a green onion. What does she know about the Church?” Mr. Hong wasn’t so happy.</p>
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<p>Then I told them, “if you follow my advice, something good will happen within your family.” And they obeyed. They had children and what happened? Not just one but two of their children were joined with the family of the True Parents. That is something that a person would not even imagine happening, so my prediction was correct.</p>
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<p>Many times in the past I matched people totally contrary to their tastes. They said, “Father, what are you doing to me? How can I live with that person?” They felt they would grieve to death but they grudgingly obeyed my direction. And what happened? Now they all recognize the wisdom of my choice and they all say, “Thank you, Father. We couldn’t be better matched. We couldn’t have better children.” Several couples were like that in the 36 couples.</p>
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<p>You may think you can judge who would be a good husband or wife, but that is only according to your own criterion. What guarantee can you have that your own wishes are going to succeed? However, I can give you a guarantee. In many cases, I matched people knowing that they would have great children. I knew that God’s reward would come to that family, perhaps not immediately, perhaps it would be three generations in the future. But the president of the United States, or some great leader will come out of them. However, because of their own disliking, many have departed from their matches and destroyed them. What will happen? You will eventually learn when you go to spirit world what a mistake you made. You will have intense regret at that time.</p>
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<p>For whom do you marry? You men marry for the sake of your wives and you women marry for the sake of your husbands. You must think, “Without me, my husband would be a bachelor! He would never have had children. Thus I marry for his sake.” And the reverse is true. You must love each other-give your love for the sake of your spouse and for the sake of all your posterity for generations to come. That is the selfless purpose of marriage. You must not marry for the goal of receiving love. That is the wrong attitude. Too often, women seek marriage in order to be taken care of by a man. But you should marry because you want to give your love, not to receive love from others.</p>
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<p>All the features of your body are for the purpose of giving love and giving birth to new generations, not for your own sake. You women have beautiful bosoms, not for your own sake but for the sake of others, for the sake of your husband. Your curved hips and figures are not for your own sake but so that you can deliver a healthy baby. The body of a woman is like a container.</p>
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<p>You do not truly belong to yourself but rather to your parents. It was they who brought you into this world. But why did your parents produce you? It is because of love and in order to expand the world of love. That is the reason why children are born. You must marry not to receive love but to give love.</p>
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<p>When you marry, you are like a foreigner coming into a new family. All kinds of persecution may come to you from your rascally brothers and sisters-in-law, but you must persevere. That will polish you into a shinier diamond, make you a better person. As a child, sometimes you may have been spanked by your own parents or given a hard time by your brothers and sisters. This is good training for the day when you are married and joined to another family.</p>
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<p>Perhaps a girl may have a particularly mean brother who always tries to tease her and make her miserable. He might even go into her room and mess everything up, like a hurricane. Instead of screaming and getting upset, the sister ought to think, “I can look on this as training from God. Thank you, my nasty brother. If I have a nasty husband in the future, I will be prepared.”</p>
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<p>A lot of American husbands are under the tight iron fist of their wives. They have to go to their wives and say, “Darling, can I have five dollars and bus fare, please?” But that’s not my way.</p>
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<p>There are things within the men’s world that the women’s world does not have and that creates balance. Thus the family is the training ground for good husbands and wives. The parents have to be stern and in control. Particularly the father has to be stern. If you are not sure that your sons and daughters are ready to serve totally for the sake of a husband or wife, then they are not ready for marriage, so don’t let them do it.</p>
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<p>When the character of young men and women is strong, you can be sure that you will have a booming family, society and nation. If this is not the truth, then everything I have said is a lie. For the love of all the things that God created, you can go out and do fundraising. You are restoring material wealth to God. You go out witnessing and show your love for people. These are sacrificial things to do. When you live such a way of life for ten or twenty years, you too will become the kind of person that I am. You can go anywhere and you will be able to see things very clearly.</p>
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<p>That is why I could come to this foreign country by myself and take on a subjective role. I have not been passive to anyone but rather have been leading others here. I have been training more young people to be like me. You men and women tell me, are you guided by my teachings? Can you absorb and imitate my way into your own life? Even if you give up and leave the Church, you will not be able to eliminate the truth of the Principle from your mind and heart. You will never be able to forget the things you have learned from me. You may think you will be comfortable in the secular world, but you will find contradiction within you.</p>
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<p>It is because I am a tough leader that the Unification Church has moved up in such a short time to the worldwide level. Otherwise, it would have taken a millennium. Within the last six months, I have been able to virtually turn around American public opinion. To grow quickly you have to move quickly and decisively.</p>
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<p>In the common way of looking at it, when a person receives a score of 100, he has a perfect mark. But in God’s world, we always add one more. The person who gets the mark of 101 is the one who becomes the central figure, the subject, and the responsible person. Thus you must always add one more to everything.</p>
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<p>If you are living with ten people, do everything that the other ten do but then add one more. Let’s say that the Unification Church had 1,000 members. We all live and follow the same pattern, doing the same sacrificial things. But you should try to do one more thing on top of everything else. Even now I am adding one more, although I am at the top of the worldwide leadership. Mother follows me absolutely as the leader. I have the attitude that I want to do at least one more thing than any president of the United States.</p>
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<p>There are many people who are fighting against communism around the world, but I do not follow them. Instead, I am doing one more thing, something they don’t do. Looking at the two thousand years of the Christian tradition, I have done all of that, plus one more.</p>
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<p>The Lord will come in a different way from what people are expecting. Many say that the Lord will come on the clouds of heaven, but they cannot explain how. I am saying that the Lord will come in the flesh and I am giving logical explanations as to how and why. People cannot fail to be convinced. It is inevitable that I have to become the subject, the central figure, and the responsible leader. Representatives from the entire religious community are uniting with Reverend Moon now and speaking up for me, actively fighting for me.</p>
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<p>Reverend Moon does not live for his own sake. I do not seek my own glory. Rather, I want to accomplish my goal of unity of the world and Christianity. In order to achieve this, we must use this principle. You Moonies are welcomed by others because you practice this way of life of service for the sake of others. Even if someone lives with you for ten years, you must serve them and have the heart to continue for eleven years. That is the way Moonies think. You know how you can survive and go on forever. You know how to deal with the world and how to behave. This way will bring you not only survival but also prosperity.</p>
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<p>Become harmonious with your surroundings-north, south, east and west, as well as up and down. There is only one way to do that-according to the formula of living for the sake of others. This formula alone will bring about that kind of harmony. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>Why do you live? This is a very simple question, yet throughout history nobody has been able to answer it with a simple answer. Now I am giving you the simple answer: you live for the sake of others. The individual must live for the sake of the family; the family for the tribe; the tribe for the society and nation; the nation for the world; and the world for the universe and all ultimately for the sake of God. God Himself is living for the sake of His children. Thus we create a total circle and a balance. There can be no complaints within this circle. God is not a plunderer. He is giving away everything He has. The more He has, the more He gives. Thus nobody has any complaints within that complete circle.</p>
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<p>Everything comes to the center, where God is. Does the central figure say, “I’m so glad everything is serving me. I won the world!”? At that point, the center would be destroyed. The center must receive and then give more. It must serve the whole, existing selflessly for the sake of the world. When you are living for the sake of others, you are constantly supplying their needs, giving away more and more. When you do that, energy goes out from you, more energy is created, and then you are automatically supplied with more. This is like a low pressure area which is automatically filled up. You will always be refilled when you empty yourself.</p>
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<p>That means ultimately everything will come to you. Now, do you understand this principle clearly? Do you young people understand me clearly? You should be grateful to your parents. Your way of life must be based upon gratitude. Be grateful to your parents, grateful to your spouse, grateful to your children, because they provide you with the opportunity to live this way of life. Have no complaints. After knowing this truth, no one can complain. Complaint is the worst disease, like cancer. Dwell always in gratitude and grace. That is the beautiful way of life. After understanding this truth, no one can escape from this way of life.</p>
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<p>Even if I go to prison, you must continue to practice this principle. Seek to love the world and mankind more than I do. If you do more while I am gone than you did while I was present, the Unification Church will never perish. Your parents will eventually pass away-that is according to nature-but do not be consumed with grief. Instead, determine to live more than ever in the tradition of your parents, more than when they were living. The home of such a person will thrive and prosper.</p>
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<p>When the Unification Church members work harder in their leaders’ absence than in their presence, the Church will prosper. The true leaders of the Unification Church are those who practice the Principle to their bones-to the utmost level. Among several leaders, the one who gives himself more for the sake of his mission, for the sake of the world and for the Church is the truest leader. The most important determination among people is not some external sort of Cain and Abel position. Rather, the important characteristic of a person is if he serves more than anybody else, if he truly wants to live for the sake of others. The one who does that is Abel, regardless of anything else.</p>
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<p>A leader is the one who works harder and practices this principle more than others. Leadership does not mean receiving respect or admiration; it means working harder.</p>
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<p>You should make up your mind and say, “I know that I have been trying up till now, but I haven’t really been giving enough. Now that I have listened to Father this morning, I want to move myself up to a higher level in living for the sake of others.” Do you say yes to this? This is the true way of life and that is what will bring prosperity. God bless you and thank you.</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">Subcommittee on the Constitution<br />
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<h3 align="CENTER">Tuesday, June 26, 1984, 9:00 a.m.<br />
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<p>Honorable Chairman, distinguished members of the Senate, ladies and gentlemen,</p>
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<p>I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation for inviting me to speak at this Senate hearing on religious freedom. I want to also express my sincere gratitude, Mr. Chairman, for your support in favor of my appeal to the Supreme Court. Your noble deed to uphold the principle of constitutional rights of individuals will be long admired by millions of Americans.</p>
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<p>Since the Supreme Court refused to review my case, there has been a very strong protest by many members of the religious community. More than a thousand clergymen-Jewish, Christian and Islamic-have pledged to commit one week of their lives in prison with me in the name of religious freedom. It moves me deeply. I salute these champions of religious freedom.</p>
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<p>I feel this occasion is very historic. I am not just speaking to the United States Congress. I am speaking to history and before God.</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">America and Religious Liberty</h3>
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<p>God loves America. America’s greatness does not lie in her vast resources, nor in her tremendous prosperity. It lies in the very spirit upon which this nation was founded. That is the spirit of <i>one nation under God, </i>with <i>liberty and justice for all. </i>However, God’s will is not just one nation under God, but <i>one world under God. </i>We are all children of God. White, black, yellow and red are all brothers and sisters-one human family. When we recognize God as our Father, this ideal can become a reality.</p>
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<p>Without religious freedom, however, God cannot fulfill His ideal. The Pilgrim Fathers understood that if you do not have religious freedom, you have no freedom at all. They risked their very lives to secure freedom of worship.</p>
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<p>Now, that freedom of worship is in danger. A dark spirit of atheism and religious intolerance is found in America today, and this time there is not another “New World” to receive us as refugees. We have no choice but to restore America as the land of religious freedom. If not, this nation will perish and the world will perish.</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">My Mission in America</h3>
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<p>In 1971, God called me to come to America and lead a movement to revive the fervor of Christianity and restore the founding spirit of the nation. God has sent me to America in the role of a doctor, in the role of a fire fighter. He has sent me to bring about a dramatic spiritual awakening. The survival of the entire world depends on America fulfilling her responsibility. America is the last bastion of freedom. For the last 12 years I have given my heart and soul and every drop of sweat and tears for the sake of this nation.</p>
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<p>In the process of fulfilling this mission, I have become controversial, and in some quarters, unpopular. And I have been persecuted. However, I am by no means the first religious leader to have experienced persecution. Many of the major religious figures in the Judeo-Christian tradition have walked this path of suffering through persecution. Today, I am honored to follow the same tradition.</p>
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<p>I believe that God’s hope is for freedom on the earth, and the greatest threat to freedom today is totalitarianism, particularly in the form of communism, which systematically opposes freedom of religion. Communism has killed more than 150 million people. Many of these were religious people. I myself suffered nearly to the point of death in a communist prison camp. Communism is the worst inhumanity in the world today.</p>
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<p>Freedom has been retreating for the past decade. In 1975, freedom retreated from Southeast Asia. Millions of people perished. Nation after nation in Africa and Latin America has been communized. One-and-a-half billion people have fallen under communist tyranny. Now Central America, the backyard of the United States, is the front line of battle. I know that the enemies of freedom will not stop until they achieve their final goal: the conquest of this very nation, the United States of America.</p>
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<p>I supported Ronald Reagan for president because I hoped that he would do God’s will to stop the spread of communism and truly bring this nation back to God and to her founding spirit. It is disappointing that under this man, who was elected with the tremendous support of the religious community, the state is encroaching more than ever on the affairs of the church. For the first time, ministers are being jailed. Truly, religious freedom is being dealt a devastating blow.</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">Twelve Years in America</h3>
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<p>In the last 12 years, I have done everything I could for America. I have had just one goal in mind: to strengthen the moral fiber of America and enlarge her capacity to fulfill God’s will.</p>
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<p>Through projects such as the International Religious Foundation, the New Ecumenical Research Association and the Conference on God, I have sought to bring theologians of all faiths together to better understand God and one another.</p>
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<p>I have worked to bring God’s will into the academic world. The International Cultural Foundation sponsors annual conferences on science and absolute values, and brings scholars together in organizations such as the Professors World Peace Academy, Paragon House Publishers and the Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy.</p>
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<p>In the area of cultural expression, I have endeavored to reinforce the theme of reverence toward God. In the movie “Inchon,” for example, I have tried to portray the historical importance of General Douglas MacArthur, a great American devoted to God and humanity. It is vital for American young people to have such a hero figure.</p>
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<p>Because religious ideals must be expressed in service to humanity, I initiated the National Council for the Church and Social Action, the International Relief Friendship Foundation and Project Volunteer.</p>
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<p>To work toward the liberation of all people from totalitarian ideologies, I established the International Federation for Victory over Communism, the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, and CAUSA International.</p>
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<p>To set a standard of responsibility in the communications media, we founded the World Media Association and News World Communications, which publishes several newspapers. One of these, <i>The Washington Times, </i>was created to present an alternative view to the nation’s capital. This project alone cost our movement over 100 million dollars.</p>
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<p>These projects have required a vast amount of financial resources, as well as the hard work and loving sacrifices of fellow church members. Several hundred million dollars have been poured into America, because this nation will decide the destiny of the world. These contributions are primarily coming from overseas. In my movement, the United States has been a recipient, not a source of funds. I have acted from the firm belief that if America is lost, everything is lost. There is no other county that God can turn to.</p>
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<p>When you understand the scope of my work, can you really believe that I came to America to defraud the United States government of an estimated $25,000 in taxes?</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">Governmental Abuse of Authority</h3>
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<p>From the very beginning this was not a tax case. It has been an invasion by the government into the internal affairs of religion. They chose the Unification Church because they thought that no one would come to our defense. However, this is where they miscalculated. The religious community of America knows that unless everyone is safe, no one is safe. When one is threatened, all are threatened.</p>
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<p>When the government abuses its authority, the consequences are fearsome. It was the Roman state which crucified Jesus Christ. In this country, it was the state which burned “witches,” persecuted Roman Catholics, shunned Jews and prolonged black slavery. It was the state which allowed Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, to be killed by a mob in prison. It is the state which is coming after me, and in the process, violating the religious freedom of everyone. We must stop this trend now. If we do not, then who is next?</p>
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<p>In the providence of God, the case of Reverend Moon has become a rallying point for religious freedom in the United States. <i>I stand convicted for no other reason than my religious beliefs and practices. I am to be punished for being who I am. </i>This has shocked and awakened the conscience of America. Many religious leaders and believers of all faiths have stood up in outrage. They are registering their protests. Most important of all, they are united. Their unity will insure the survival of America.</p>
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<h3 align="CENTER">The Greatest Confrontation</h3>
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<p>The greatest confrontation in the world today is not the United States vs. the Soviet Union, capitalism vs. socialism or even democracy vs. communism. <i>It is faith in God vs. the denial of God.</i></p>
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<p>The communist world, based on atheism, has failed to fulfill the human dream. The free world, on the other hand, has become materialistic and forgotten God, and is helpless in the face of the grave world crisis. The world is dark with confusion. A new vision must emerge-a new worldview centered on God. I am teaching that worldview, based on God’s heart of love. I call it “Godism.” I proclaim that this ideal will provide a new solution to the world.</p>
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<p>Godism can unite all religious people as well as all people of conscience. This worldview will bring unity among enemies and enemy nations. This will bring true freedom of the human spirit. This ideal will usher in the realization of the Kingdom of God on earth</p>
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<p>This worldview, a system of thought of high dimension, has led many people to personal experience with God. The effect has been so phenomenal, that in some quarters, it was blamed on “brainwashing.” This is the reason that I have been misunderstood in some established circles and by the media. The communists, who regard me as their archenemy, have exploited this misunderstanding in their attempt to destroy me.</p>
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<p>In spite of these difficulties, I am honored to dedicate myself today to the preservation of religious freedom in this country. If I can raise up a beacon warning Americans of the danger which lies ahead’ then my sacrifice will serve a great purpose.</p>
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<p>The issue today is the very survival of America and the free world. To assure this survival, I am willing to suffer any indignity, to go any distance, to do any labor, and to bear any cross. I am even willing to give my life, if that will ensure that the nation and world survive and do God’s will.</p>
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<p>Today, I carry no animosity towards anyone. Jesus Christ showed the tradition of forgiveness when he prayed on the cross for those who crucified him. I am upholding that tradition. I long ago forgave my accusers. I have no hostility toward the United States government.</p>
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<p>Instead, I pray for this country. I thank God that He is using me as His instrument to lead the fight for religious freedom and to ignite the spiritual awakening of America in this most crucial hour of human history.</p>
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<p>Mr. Chairman, once again, thank you for this opportunity. I would like to conclude by saying, God bless America.</p>
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Translator – Sang Kil Han</h3>
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<p>There are many different kinds of contests, such as the Olympics or other forms of matches. These contests are held in local areas, such as villages or counties, and then they move up to the state and the nation-wide levels. Where would the greatest champion want to fight his ultimate match? The goal must always be how to reach to the top level of the match.</p>
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<p>This is how people look at it and if we put ourselves in God’s position, we can say that He would feel the same in that respect. God would like to have some championship match that He can claim as His own. Don’t you think so? Compared to all the contests and champions we have in this earthly world, God would certainly like to have some champion who far surpasses all of these. God certainly would not like His champion to be inferior to these earthly champions. Do you agree?</p>
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<p>This morning’s title is The Heavenly Possession, so what would that be? What would belong to God? God needs material, just as we do, doesn’t He? Also God needs people. Then whether it be material or people, what would God like to possess? This is the question we have to consider.</p>
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<p>Looking back in history, we know that there has been continuous confrontation and conflict between good and evil. But when we say “good and evil,” we must refine the definition. What is there which is definitely good, really good, in its perfect sense? If you say, “I am good ‘ you must still ask yourself, “How good am I? Am I really good or just sort of good?” This is something we have to think about.</p>
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<p>We know one characteristic of goodness is its unchangeable nature. Look back upon your own personal history and see if the line has been very straight. You will see that there have been zigzags and ups and downs. You must think, “God is looking for something really good. Where can that real goodness be found?”</p>
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<p>The Unification Church members are considered to be good. Those who think, “I am really good. I am honestly, genuinely real good,” please raise your hands. How come a few hands went up and then quickly went down? We can further ask, “Have these qualities of goodness ever existed in the past?” Even then, did God have full possession of that goodness or use of it in His dispensation?</p>
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<p>We can think about ourselves or about other persons we have known. You often engage in conversation about your central figures and people you work with, evaluating and criticizing them. But then people seem to always forget one thing-is the person who is speaking about others sure that he is standing upon the perfect position of real goodness?</p>
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<p>Satan and God are always in a competition to claim their possessions. God says, “Since this is good, it belongs to me.” And Satan says, “Since this is not so good, it belongs to me.” Then what or how much would the difference be between not-so-good and really good? To which side would they belong? Of course, the not-so-good would belong more to Satan’s side. How about really good? Where does that belong? This can be a serious question.</p>
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<p>Put yourself in God’s position and look down at all of the world. Is there a person whom God can confidently claim, saying, “This person is really mine. I can be completely confident of that. There is no possibility that this person will go back to Satan.” Is there such a person among us? That is a very serious question. But then, originally everything was supposed to belong to God- all things, as well as Adam and Eve. Our task at the moment is how to bring these lost things back to God. In order to do that, we have to change what is now evil back into lasting goodness. Do you think that is easy? No. it is difficult but it is something we must do.</p>
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<p>Imagine that from the very earliest time there existed two people, let’s say a couple. And that couple did not die but kept on living, year after year and century after century, and they are still living today-let’s assume that. Let us also suppose that they fell and became people of evil, and then they lived until now. In order to change those people into people of goodness, goodness that we can trust, how much effort and time would it take?</p>
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<p>Let us assume that after great toil and a great amount of time invested, they acquired the perfect mark-they are now people of 100% goodness. That is great. However, what is the chance that they will slip down from that 100% standard? Let’s say they might fall to the 95% mark or then down to 90%. What is that possibility, against the possibility of remaining at the 100% mark forever? Which is the more possible-to come down, or to stay up there? Certainly, it is very possible for them to come down. In order for God to claim those people as His possession, either He must wait until they are perfected or God must come down into the not-so-clean, earthly place and try to receive them as they are. What do you think? Do you think God can stay where He is and take them as His legal possession?</p>
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<p>By this standard, where is each individual? Do you think that you belong more to God or more to something else? In order to truly belong to God, you have to be 100% good. In that sense, do you think you belong to God all the time or do you belong to something else most of the time? That something else or someone else-who is he? This is a very serious question. If God did not take someone until he or she was completely perfect, then where in this wide world is there something or someone that God can confidently claim as belonging to Him all the time?</p>
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<p>Can God love a person who doesn’t belong to Him? Such a person will kneel and pray, “Please, God, listen to my prayer. Please do this, please do that for me.” How would God feel? Would He be so happy that so many are praying to Him and grant those prayers instantly? Instead, if you were in God’s position you would think, “Oh, that person came again and he is praying the same things!”</p>
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<p>But then, God often hears the same people praying over and over for Him to give their family or their country a lot of blessings. How would you feel if you were God? Would you enjoy listening patiently to that, over and over? Or would you feel like escaping from that! And when we talk about God’s possessions, there arc many different kinds or classes of that-like the individual, or the family which can belong to God. Likewise, the clan can belong to God; also the nation can belong to God; the world, and the universe, as well. Where in any level can God claim, “This is mine.”? God certainly must have a plan through which He can claim all people as His possession so that Satan could have nothing to do with them. In order to convert people like that, God must have a certain plan.</p>
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<p>We can see that God, in order to continue His dispensation, will take an object-namely, someone who is not perfect. Therefore, it must be a conditional contract. God says, “So long as you remain in that position, you will be working with me. You will be mine and you will belong to me. But if you change your status or position, then it’s your responsibility.” That is what God would say. God can only promise, “Because of the condition that you make, I will regard you as belonging to my side.” But He cannot say unequivocally, “Yes, I will bring you over to my side as my possession for eternity.” Perhaps He can say, “You are on my side,” but He cannot say, “You are mine.” There is a difference.</p>
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<p>This is not very invigorating for you to listen to, is it? But then, there is no other way to explain the situation. All people were created to be qualified to go to Heaven, but in reality there is no one now who truly belongs to Heaven. That means Heaven is empty now. It’s really empty-you can’t even find a few people there. Do you agree? Of course, we are talking about the real, highest Heaven. When we think about how to go to the highest Heaven, can it be easy or is it difficult? You say it is difficult, but how difficult? It is so difficult that when you are a person of 100% goodness, you have to cling to that so seriously that you will not tall down again. How seriously would you exert yourself to stay in that position and not slip down?</p>
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<p>Let’s use an example. If you are clinging to something with the constant possibility of falling off if you let go, how tightly do you have to hang on? How about, since you have strong hands you can rely upon your hands alone? No, that wouldn’t be enough. Perhaps you could just cling on with your hands and your teeth. Would that be enough? We see in adventure movies where somebody is picked up by a rope-if he let’s go of it, he will die, so even though his hands are hurting and his body is exhausted, he never lets go. He knows he has to keep hanging on. Even though you are that serious, there is still no guarantee that you will continue to stay there at the 100% goodness mark for eternity.</p>
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<p>Without a doubt, everyone belongs to the side of sin, but the question is to what extent-a little or a lot? Are you very confident that you will become good sons and daughters of God? If there were 100 people in this room, every one of them would try to be good. There is no one who would not want to be good. But who actually behaves in a good way? Let’s say that only 10 out of that 100 will behave in a good way. Perhaps 10 is too optimistic; maybe fewer than that would be correct. What we know and what we try to do is not in question; the real question is, how do we put those things into action?</p>
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<p>Do you want to become a Heavenly possession? How do you propose to do that? If there is only a tiny hole through which you can get over to the side of goodness, will you be willing to squeeze through it? How? It is like a very difficult school examination. Because of the difficulty of the questions, very few people will pass it. You must study very hard. The better the teacher, the more difficult standards he maintains in his examinations. If the students know that the questions will be easy, they won’t study. The good teacher will always set the standards high and will therefore be unpopular. Isn’t that true?</p>
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<p>Does the good teacher always give easy questions so the students can pass easily? No, that is not the way of the good teacher. What sort of a teacher do you think God is-good, mediocre, or bad? God is an absolutely good teacher. Therefore, He is absolutely difficult in His standards of achievement. When God puts forth His examination, He will ask Satan, “Do you think you can do that?” Satan will turn around and ask God, “What about You- do You think You can do that?” God will say, “Yes, I can.” The success of the examination should be determined when Satan says, “Oh, I cannot do that.” Satan must confess that he cannot fulfill the examination. God has to raise the standards of the exam to that height.</p>
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<p>Where to set that standard would be the question for God. God has to think about what Satan hates the most whenever He is setting up His examinations. That has to be His basic criterion. We could draw a rough line between two groups of people. On one side there are those who always love what God does; on the other, there are those who almost always like what Satan likes. Someone may have passed all of God’s tests, but in this area he always fails. God will say to him, “You always flunk my exams in this area, don’t you?” In order to decide who is perfectly qualified to belong to God’s side and who is not, everyone must take an examination. This examination question must center around this standard, this criterion.</p>
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<p>There are professors who have given many thousands of exams to students, so they have a certain standard when they make up new exams. Many students think, “Even though I cannot make a 100% mark all the time, perhaps I can be above the cut line. Maybe I am getting near there.” Have you ever seen any person who likes to take examinations! No, there is no one-no student, no serious person-who loves to take tests.</p>
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<p>But then everybody agrees that there must be examinations. Nobody seriously suggests that exams ought to be abolished. Our relationship to God is exactly the same. Is the examination room the same place for God’s test as for Satan’s test? They are different rooms, but where do we take God’s exam and where do we take Satan’s exam? Where does Satan most often test us? It is in the outside world that Satan tests you the most. At the same time, within the Church, God is constantly giving you examinations.</p>
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<p>Let’s look into the nature of the examinations. What kind of a test does God usually give? What kind of a test does Satan always give? There are two different kinds of test questions. We know one thing-they are extremely opposite. God and Satan give different kinds of questions. Satan will give a good mark to those people who are not serious, who loaf constantly; the more they goof off, the better marks they get from Satan. In the secular world, if you make lots of money, maintain an extravagant lifestyle and work as little as possible, you will get very good marks. Everybody in that world will respect you. Now do you see the difference? Everybody in the secular world is trying to get a good mark, too.</p>
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<p>People sleep an average of eight hours a night. If you sleep ten hours, you would get a mark of 150% from Satan. He will say, “Go ahead and sleep for 24 hours. Then I will give you the absolute highest mark.” It’s easy to get good marks from Satan. What can be easier than sleeping a lot? Also, you don’t have to care about other people. Just eat the best food yourself. That’s really easy, isn’t it? Furthermore, if people go out dancing a lot and use drugs to feel good, all of this will add up to good marks from Satan. The Gay Liberation movement and the free sex group will get high marks. It is very easy to do those things-how easily people are tempted into those kinds of things.</p>
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<p>When a person really gets into those things and enjoys them, after a while he will have such a weakened conscience he will even wish that God did not exist. Thus if he hears, “God is dead:’ it suits him fine. He will really want to believe in that. God is nothing more than a nuisance to such people.</p>
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<p>However, God’s examination is completely opposite to Satan’s. God tells you, “Do not eat so much. In fact, fast.” And He says, “Sleep as little as possible. Also, pray all the time.” Praying is not very easy. The Bible tells us, “Pray without ceasing.” Is there one paragraph in the Bible that teaches people to live for their selfish purposes! In there one pan where the Bible does not teach us to sacrifice ourselves and love others? No, there is no such area. Why is the Bible so consistent? It is because God abhors Satan. God and Satan cannot coexist. So in order to do away with Satan, God must teach people how to pass His examination and get away from Satan.</p>
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<p>We must understand God’s position-it is one of misery. He doesn’t like to give people difficult examinations but He has no choice. If He just gives easy questions, everyone could pass, but then so could Satan; then Satan would always stay with us. There could be no separation. When God gives us a difficult exam and we fulfill it but Satan cannot, that is the only time we free ourselves from Satan and return to God’s side. Can you understand God’s miserable position?</p>
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<p>All religion gives difficult examination questions to people. There is no exception but some religions give relatively easy questions. When the one religion emerges that gives the most difficult questions of all, the world can see-even though that religion may be unpopular among poor students-that is the religion which is closest to God. Isn’t that true! So you, as would-be sons and daughters of God, would you look for the easiest examination, thinking about how you could get away with the most? Or would you challenge yourself with the more and more difficult examinations?</p>
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<p>How nice it would be if you could eat and sleep adequately, live comfortably with your family, and still pass God’s examination. That would be most fortunate. If there were such a way, don’t you think I would have taken it first? After all, I am pretty smart and I could find it, if such a possibility existed. But since I didn’t go that way, you know that such a way cannot allow us to pass God’s examination.</p>
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<p>Let me ask you a question: Why do you cling so tenaciously to this difficult examination? Why don’t you just go out and live your life in an easy way? Suppose I tried to chase you out of here-would you go? If I kicked you out the door, would you knock down the wall to get back in? Suppose I threatened you with harsh treatment if you stayed-wouldn’t you run out the door? No?</p>
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<p>If you were given the choice between taking the path of an easy religion or a difficult religion, which do you think you would have to take? This is a very simple question, but you must still answer it. The Unification Church, no doubt, is one of the most difficult religions. But then, it is supposed to be the most difficult religion, not only of the 20th century, but also for any century in history. The goal of such a religion is only to establish the Kingdom of God; that is our only concern.</p>
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<p>Many people say that the Unification Church is great; it has a wonderful teaching, but it’s too difficult to carry out. Therefore, most people cannot come into the Unification Church, they say. Does that mean the Unification Church is a good religion or a bad one? People say that since the Church is so good in its teaching but it is so difficult, therefore, the Church is not so good. Is the Unification Church good or not so good, in your opinion? It is very, very good!</p>
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<p>Reverend Moon has a larger than average nose for an Oriental man. Do you know what a big nose signifies? It shows a person with a lot of ambition and someone who is very assertive-in other words, he never listens to anybody else. Therefore, Reverend Moon will never accept mediocrity or anything second-rate. I only want to see the best and naturally I want you Moonies to be the very best kind of people. Will God look down at my effort and say, “Why do you have to give such a rigid examination? I don’t like that.”? No, God always approves of the examinations I give. God tells me, “You are doing a great thing,” and He tells you, “When you pass Reverend Moon’s examinations, you will become my true sons and daughters.”</p>
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<p>Is my thinking crazy? It depends on how you define crazy. Looked at from the other side, do you think I enjoy giving you such a hard time? Let’s say you are a baseball champion, the greatest pitcher. Suppose you have been pitching the ball and practicing every day. Will your coach tell you, “Oh, take it easy. You’ve practiced enough. Go take a rest.”? Of course not. The coach will feel very happy inside that his pitcher is doing so well, but externally he will show a very harsh face and criticize you, saying, “What kind of a pitch is that? You can do better!” It may infuriate you, but that is what a good coach must do.</p>
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<p>It is like a law that as soon as a person is given praise and compliments, he starts to decline. This is true in history, as well. Whenever a country achieved excellence and no one could match it and everyone knew it, it would always begin to decline. The United States government has given a test to Reverend Moon. I am working on that test, along with all of you. Satan snatched Heung Jin away from us and that was another way he gave us a test. When that happened, people around the world who were watching thought that our church would never be able to recover from such a blow. However, I still proclaimed the<em>Day of the Victory of Love and since then things have changed drastically.</em></p>
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<p><em>The people of the world observed that and they were surprised. They couldn’t imagine what was in Reverend Moon’s mind. Therefore, what they don’t know, they tear, don’t they? The outside world doesn’t know how to take the Unification Church. They wonder, “Is this some monster?” In other words, they can’t find any parallel in history to our church. There was never any group which aspired to such goodness before.</em></p>
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<p><em>Actually, Satan would have a problem if God would say, “Now you own these people eternally,” referring to Unification Church members. Satan has become very aware that Reverend Moon is an undesirable character for him-once Satan starts trying to hurt Reverend Moon, Satan is the one who ends up being hurt.</em></p>
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<p><em>Does Reverend Moon belong to God? Even though you may say that I am God’s possession, I always think differently from that. I am always trying my best to become God’s even better possession. I always think that I must make myself ready. Therefore, I have thought that before I go to jail in Moscow, I will train myself in the jail of America. I look upon the present time as the training course for a more difficult situation in the future. I have lived this way throughout my life, from my boyhood until now.</em></p>
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<p><em>When the subject gives a direction, the object follows. I belong to the Oriental race and most of you belong to the white race. Does it bother you to be object to someone of another race?</em></p>
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<p><em>Let me ask you, should I give you an examination only once in a long while, or should I give you a daily examination, just like some good schools do? Sometimes you are lifted up high and sometimes you feel like you are in the lowest possible abyss. Sometimes you are leaning to the west, sometimes to the east, and there has been no place for you to settle down. You may be thinking, “I am already a 35-year-old woman and my first baby has just been born. How can I continue to live the rest of my life like this?” I understand your situation, but nevertheless I must push you even more. This is not only my position, it is Heavenly Father’s position. We are in this kind of position-shall we stop here or shall we continue to go forward?</em></p>
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<p><em>We will have to show something that surprises the satanic world, something which will amaze them. We must make a big impact upon them. I have always been like that. I have always liked to score points, make an impact and gain the attention of people. How about you? Whom do you resemble? You must think that you resemble God Himself, as well as the True Parents. Who decides the score, the mark? Is it me or is it God Himself? It is God.</em></p>
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<p><em>Isn’t it true that even though you may believe you did really well in some examination, you still worry about it until you actually receive a good grade from your teacher? If a few days pass between your test and the announcement of your grade, you will worry almost as much during those days as you did while you were preparing for the test. The ones who usually get the best marks on examinations are the ones who really worry about them. The one who is quite confident after the test that he got a high mark and doesn’t think about it anymore is the one who usually gets the low mark.</em></p>
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<p><em>The good student will strive to make 100%, so if he only gets 98% he will concentrate on making up those 2 points on the next test. The person who is satisfied with 98% will never be able to make 100%. According to this standard, America is bound to be weaker than any other nation which is leading the opposite way of life. The American way of life is not rigorous enough to carry you forward in the future.</em></p>
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<p><em>For instance, this is the vacation season, so most Americans think that they simply must go on vacation. The American way also includes eating a lot; people are always munching on snacks or drinking some beverage such as Coke or coffee. What have we done in the Unification Church? We did away with vacations, didn’t we? Also we work very hard and discourage eating and drinking a lot. One thing is certain: if we continue going in the same direction as the majority of Americans, we will definitely perish; but if we live differently, we will have a much better chance of winning.</em></p>
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<p><em>If you are asked the question, “Do you like the American style of life,” you answer emphatically, “No.” When we disagree with the American way and we live the way we know is better, then ultimately America will follow our lead and everyone will be the winners. However, the moment the Moonies say to America, “Yes, you’ve got the right way and I agree with you,” then all hope is extinguished. It is even better yet if you not only do not go along with the modern American lifestyle but you even hate it.</em></p>
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<p><em>There are millions of people coming to this country from all over the world. Once they have worked hard and achieved success, they can live the way the rest of Americans do. America has always been proud of being such a successful melting pot. There is one person however, named Reverend Moon, who came to this country and did not become Americanized but instead tried to influence America. This is something unusual and it is something Americans cannot tolerate. This is why so much persecution has come to Reverend Moon. It is intolerable that Reverend Moon has refused to “Americanize.”</em></p>
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<p><em>The simple fact is that once a person advocates the American style of life, he will be joining the way that leads to destruction. But whenever a person advocates the way the Principle teaches, then that person will bring hope to America. Eventually all of America will follow this way of life. It is that simple. The country or environment which is heading for destruction contains nothing which God can claim from it.</em></p>
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<p><em>Eminent scholars and PhDs have told me in the past not to continue along the path I have gone. They have warned that nobody would ever follow me. However, even if nobody else ever followed me, I have pursued this way of life. Now people are saying, “I realize how wrong I was and now I want to follow you.”</em></p>
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<p><em>While so many people were criticizing me, I did not have time to listen to them, much less respond to them. I was too busy taking my own examinations from God on the individual, family, national and all the different levels. I had to concentrate solely on passing all those examinations.</em></p>
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<p><em>Most people would run away from the American courts and prisons; there are many other societies to live in. Why did Reverend Moon come to America, knowing that there was great difficulty waiting for him? It was for the purpose of recovering the world. I cannot even think about retreating, knowing that I am right. The world is God’s goal and therefore it is my goal. America is small compared to this great goal. If I retreated in the face of difficulty from the smaller goal, how could I gain the larger goal? There is a simple and logical reason for my following this way of life.</em></p>
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<p><em>What about the Moonies? When a person joins the Unification Church, he often thinks, “Everything is different. I never had to live like this. I can tolerate some things, but this is ridiculous.” Or someone will say, “I waited for so many years and finally I got blessed, but now I cannot even live with my spouse.” Reverend Moon is telling you not to telephone your spouses but to write to them instead, even though you are so exhausted. In fact, whatever is most difficult, that is what I will direct you to do.</em></p>
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<p><em>You are thinking, “How much longer can I go on like this?” But you must think about a great and valuable machine. All sorts of parts make up such a machine- sophisticated, small, delicate and sensitive parts are needed. In order to test that machine, the manufacturer may say, “Kick it again. Make sure that it is perfect.” All of the parts need to be checked over and over again; only then can it be assured that the entire machine is perfect. Sometimes we might test the machine three times beyond its normal capacity. Until the machine passes such a test, it cannot be a truly dependable one.</em></p>
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<p><em>How about that kind of training for you? You are being given that kind of a training course. Thinking about such a thing is rather easy, but acting that way is not easy at all. I will give the general comment to the Unification Church members: There is nothing wrong with what you know. You know plenty; you are not failing in that area. But when you act, that is where you have tailed to pass so far. All of you members are supposed to be doing God’s work throughout the nation. But we have found that since this building came into our possession, one person after another has crawled into this “den” and has become a hermit. They say, “I am sick.” If that person is truly sick then he ought to get well after a few weeks, but in reality he does not want his sickness to go away. He wants to stay here. But such a person never gets well and he continues to be sick, for one or two years. Later, after everything advances, such a person will surely become the prey of Satan.</em></p>
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<p><em>Satan will snatch you through the opposite sex. For a woman, there will be a seemingly more attractive man than her blessed husband. The same will be true for some blessed men. There are men who are thinking that their blessed wives are not the greatest on earth. But one day such a man will be snatched away by a woman who appears to be so much greater than his wife. We have a lot of people like that in this New Yorker building and it upsets me very much.</em></p>
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<p><em>The one who encounters that kind of situation hates me. He says, “Father, how can you be so nasty?” But I take pity on them. Some of those were really dedicated members in the past. Thus I thought, “Now I will shake and wake them up.” We have to try to return them to our rank and file.</em></p>
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<p><em>One way of solving this problem is by selling the New Yorker. Or we can keep it and then make everybody move out. Which way do you think is best? I have thought about selling it but then we have to think about the consequences. The satanic world would rejoice, “Finally the Moonies gave up. They are selling the New Yorker.” We don’t want to do that, so we shouldn’t sell the building.</em></p>
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<p><em>But if I chase you away, people will say, “Father exploits American members and now he chases them away.” Will you say, “Reverend Moon made us work so hard and now we are sick and he is chasing us away.”? I am sure I would receive that kind of criticism. Therefore, who should do the chasing away-me or you? If you say, “Us,” that includes more than one. But when you say, “I” you mean only yourself. “I” is always closer than we.” Therefore, should you say “I” or “we”?</em></p>
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<p><em>Therefore, you will be the one to chase away the people from this building? How many will you chase away? What about the people who live here-are you waiting to be chased away, or will you chase yourselves away? Perhaps you say, “That suits me fine. I will go out and live in the world.” But once you went outside to live for yourself, where could you go?</em></p>
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<p><em>Everyone is going out to war now. For what purpose are you going to war? Are you doing it so that Reverend Moon can become rich and powerful? Very soon there will be floods of people trying to get into the Unification Church. Now is the time to go out, even though you are tired and aching. You may be crying but you have to just hang on.</em></p>
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<p><em>We often don’t know why we are in the Unification Church, but once we go outside the church, then we know. People in the secular world can sleep all day long, they can eat all they want, but still the Unification Church life is really great and stylish. We understand that once we leave our centers. I know this more deeply than anybody else; that’s why I can always run in front. I know there is absolutely no other place that is better.</em></p>
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<p><em>Once I decided that I must go to prison, all of a sudden I began to have hope for the future. But if I were still preoccupied and pondering, I could not have any hope! If I go to prison and stay where no American can catch up, then all Americans will come and bow down voluntarily. Also, my descendants will do the same thing. That is because Reverend Moon is not aiming at only saving America but is going beyond this country and embracing all of mankind. Therefore, America cannot stop Reverend Moon any more than it can stop God Himself.</em></p>
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<p><em>I know that I can go into prison and when I come out I can go to any country in the world, such as Africa or South America, and make the same amount of foundation as in America within only three or four years. I know I could do that. I will gather people from all different countries. America is not my enemy. Even though America is not understanding me or agreeing with me at the moment, still there are many other countries which are.</em></p>
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<p><em>The best way is to strive to awaken Americans so they can understand. The Moonies will now decide to wake up for the sake of America and they have pledged to continue to work for America’s sake. If I ever forgive America, it will be because of the Moonies. I want all of you to work harder and move around faster than when I am with you. I think this way, “Even though America is deteriorating rapidly, as long as there is a foundation which l have made in this country, then God will have to preserve this country because of that foundation.” I think that even though God has such a strong urge to punish America, still God cannot do that because Reverend Moon is here and the Moonies are here, trying their very best to follow His way. Because of that, God must preserve this country.</em></p>
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<p><em>With this situation, chasing people away from the New Yorker to do their missions is a very justified and normal thing to do. Whether or not you are with me, I am going this direction. Jesus said, “Do not cry for me, cry for your own children.” This is the same as my situation today. It is for your own sake that I am chasing you away from here. For this reason and this goal, you should forget about everything and get out of your little rooms on your own. Why? It is so that we can continue to be on God’s side; so that we can continue to be God’s possession. There is no other reason.</em></p>
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<p><em>Once I leave this country, there will be no one to help you, to lead the way for this country. While I am here and giving you directions and you are following them, then it all becomes legitimate in the sight of God. All becomes connected and related in the sight of God.</em></p>
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<p><em>All of you Moonies assembled here, are you really anxiously awaiting my final commands to you, no matter how harsh they may be? Those who are waiting for that, raise your hands. Will you join together so that we can make a sweeping influence upon New York? Will you pledge to never allow New York to be comfortable but rather you will shake the city and wake it up? Would you like to give it a try? Are you going to need a command before you do it, or are you going to do it voluntarily?</em></p>
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<p><em>All the white members in the New Yorker will be assigned to the places where white people are hated the most, such as Harlem. And the black people will be sent to where they are the most despised and must try to win the people there. But there you will fight like nobody has ever fought in this country before. In history nobody was ever more serious or worked harder than we will. We Moonies will make a new, first-place record. How about that? In that way, everything will be solved. You can do that without me.</em></p>
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<p><em>You can tell yourself that until now-last month, yesterday-you were not so strong, you were wobbling. But now you are different and now you can know better and be firm. All the Korean and Japanese members as well as you big white American people must take great strides. Many Americans are impressed by bigness, aren’t they? That is a historical American way of thinking. They want to hit it big and become Number One. When the Japanese people are working so hard, you must tell them. “”No, I will do that work.” If you did that, I would be very happy.</em></p>
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<p><em>Why should you Americans follow in the wake of the Japanese or Koreans? Why not do better than they do? Everything about the Japanese is smaller-their height, their faces, their mouths. They eat small, they walk small. What are you Americans waiting for? There is no reason why Americans should be outdone by Japanese or Koreans. Why should you be? When you outdo them, I will be really happy and consoled.</em></p>
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<p><em>Those of you who fully agree and accept mobilization, raise your hands-both hands. Thank you. I can trust you. From this time on, we will divide New York into ten districts and fifty sections. Of course, I gave this command a long time ago, but because of the IOWC activity, it has not been emphasized, but now we are coming back and paying attention to this. We will concentrate once again and we will remain stationary and do Home Church activity now. How many homes should each person do? 360. 1 already gave you detailed instructions for Home Church-you should sleep there, eat there, and just stay there. Do you understand that? Until now, you haven’t done that, have you? I know that some of you have, but I want everyone to do it.</em></p>
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<p><em>We are literally a Heavenly army, aren’t we? In an army, a soldier doesn’t know from one day to the next where he will be sent. Much the same way, once you receive your missions, you go where you are needed.</em></p>
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<p><em>Now what is our mission? Of course, we have the Home Church work but we also have a specific mission to fulfill. As you know, there was a big rally for religious freedom recently in Washington. It was a very vigorous and spontaneous activity by many different Christian leaders. They have come to realize the need for their unity and they are beginning a very powerful movement in that direction now. Therefore we are doing the NCCSA movement. NCCSA means social action. We have been working closely with the established churches. After all, we come under one God and we are all working for the same goal. One of the things we do is to distribute food and needed materials which government agencies are giving away. We take these things from the government agencies and we distribute them to different churches, schools and factories. While we are doing that, we will be working closely with churches. As home church workers, you should get in touch with the churchgoers in your areas. In other words, you are home church members but you are actively engaged in super-denominational activities. Let’s do away with differing denominations and bring everyone together under one God.</em></p>
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<p><em>As you know, the Principle view is that Abel must bring Cain into unity. That is Abel’s responsibility-to make unity with Cain. Unless Abel finds his Cain and makes unity, he cannot come forward to the Parents. Only upon that kind of foundation of Cain/Abel unity can God work. That is the Principle view. Therefore, the Unification Church members of the United States must make unity with the established Christians here, and upon that foundation God can come down to this nation. No matter how difficult our situation, we have to make unity with Cain. Upon the foundation of that Cain/Abel unity, the country itself can be saved.</em></p>
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<p><em>During this time of my court case, you must make unity with other Christians all over the country. You are in the Abel position and they are in the Cain position. After you make that unity, America itself can be saved. Do you understand? The purpose for my coming to this country was to achieve that unity between our movement and established Christianity here. No matter how difficult the situation becomes for me, I absolutely have to make this foundation. Now we have the chance to make that unity. We are now serving the physical needs of people through our food distribution and also the internal needs of people through our inter-denominational work. That is serving Cain on the external as well as the internal level. This is our church’s duty.</em></p>
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<p><em>Our mission now is to bear the cross, just as Jesus did and just as I have done up till now. Now you must take up your own cross in order to restore Cain. This national movement is well underway at this time. We are concentrating on the city of New York and that is why you are being assigned to your particular areas. Do you understand that connection? We are working throughout the New York area-this is the most significant area in the United States. If we can succeed here, we can succeed in any other areas. Therefore, this is our formula city, the model area for our work in other places of the country. Once we master the formula, we can do anything.</em></p>
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<p><em>This is the last major war that Heaven must fight. We are all soldiers of Heaven. This is the proud Heavenly soldiers’ authority. Do you understand? You must have that kind of mind. We are marching forward, with no regard for whether it is daytime or nighttime. We must be working every day. Once we make the victory here in New York, we will move out to every other place in the world. You must have the confidence to do that. No matter how difficult, we are going to make the foundation here. If we do not do that, God’s problems will be great, the Unification Church’s problems will be great, and so will the problems of the world. Please be confident and strong as a Heavenly army.</em></p>
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<p><em>We have come to organize what should be the strongest spiritual army in history. It doesn’t really make any difference whether I go to prison or not; still you must remember the organization you started today. This is the most important thing.</em></p>
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<h2 align="CENTER">REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON</h2>
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<h3 align="CENTER">May 31, 1984<br />
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<p>As you know, we have several special holidays in the Unification Church which the rest of the world does not celebrate. The first one is God’s Day, then Parents’ Day, Children’s Day, and Day of All Things. What other great days do we celebrate? We celebrate the True Parents’ Birthday, the Day of the Victory of Love, and we now celebrate the most recent holiday – the Day of the Love of God.</p>
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<p>If there had been no fall of man, we would not have needed so many celebrations. The most central day would simply have been Parents’ Day. As you know through the Divine Principle, we go through the indirect dominion into the direct dominion of God. Adam and Eve were supposed to receive their marriage blessing from God and that day would have marked total harmony between the indirect dominion and the direct dominion. If that day had come to humanity-that day of perfection-it would have been the day of celebration of everything. It would have included the meaning of the Day of Victory of Love, the Day of the Love of God, the Day of the Victory of Heaven, and the Day of All Things. All these days would have been included within that one special holiday.</p>
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<p>However, the fallen world came into being. People have parents, certainly, but what kind of parents? All parents are separated from God and thus they are fallen parents. Certainly there are children in the world, but they too are fallen. All the things of creation existed before humanity did. If God could have claimed ownership and dominion over all things, they would have been in a totally different position.</p>
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<p>Many people ask why God created the universe and humanity. Isn’t it a natural question to ask who is the owner of this universe and mankind? This is an unlimited universe-the word “vast” isn’t enough to describe it. There may be at least 100 billion more planets the size of Earth in the universe and there are billions of stars in the galaxies. All of these are in motion. You know how frequently automobiles collide with each other on the freeway, but the planets and stars maintain their constant motion within the framework of order and discipline. Knowing these things, anyone who says that the universe is just the product of randomness or accident must simply be crazy.</p>
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<p>The human body consists of approximately 400 trillion cells; each cell maintains its independent life. There is a mini-universe within each human being. The distance between two different cells can be compared to the distance between the earth and the sun-such is the ratio of distance between the micro-particles within your body.</p>
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<p>The human body appears to be solid, but there is far more space than solid mass. Where is the center or focal point of your body? Furthermore, who is your master or the owner of your life? These are the two basic questions- who is your center and who is your owner or your master.</p>
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<p>Human existence is divided into men and women. This is quite convenient-it could be compared to the woman as the left arm and the man as the right arm, both of them parts of the same body. Clearly the left and right arms work together smoothly in any body. Even if they have some conflict, they have to cooperate and come together to get anything done! If you want to eat your dinner, you need both arms-one holds the fork and the other the knife, for example.</p>
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<p>After considering all these things, the basic, fundamental question remains: who is at the center, who is the master? What is the center of men and women? What is their central point? What is the physical center of a person? Someone might claim that the head is the most important and therefore it is the center of a person. So all you really need is a head to be a man?</p>
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<p>Physically speaking, the brain is certainly the central command post. However, people are more than just their physical selves; they also have spirits. What is the spiritual center of people? It is what we call heart. Where is the spiritual heart located? The Oriental concept of the location of the heart, rather than in the bosom, is in the solar plexus. Likewise, the conscience in Oriental thought is linked with the heart.</p>
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<p>As long as a person has a good brain and a healthy conscience, then he or she is qualified to live as a man or woman. We have both a physical body and a spirit. What is the point at which the two aspects become harmonized? This is a most crucial question which relates to everyday living. All the trillions of cells that are woven together within your body, from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet, must have a central point somewhere. There must be a point which vibrates in the center, harmonizing and focusing the rest of the body. Where is it?</p>
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<p>That point is the place which distinguishes men from women. Where is that place? What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? What is the difference? It is that one point, that one place. This is a law of nature and since today is Day of All Things, we are talking about it. The physical body and the spiritual body are 100% united in the sexual organs of men and women.</p>
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<p>When people grow toward maturity and become teenagers, they become sensitive to love. When their love begins to activate, the physical as well as the spiritual senses combine and focus the whole body toward love. Men and women start to attract each other. They start to attract each other and turn toward each other. When a plus and minus come together, they start to turn faster and faster and thus they have the tendency to be pulled apart. That is why we have “God’s mechanism” to keep us together; through those parts, we can stay together in 100% unity.</p>
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<p>Love penetrates everything in men and women. It goes through all the trillions of cells in the body in just a second, like lightning. There is nothing that love cannot penetrate. In Oriental thinking, women are like containers and men are like the substance that fills them. Therefore women are said to represent the earth and men to represent heaven. When they come together, unity between heaven and earth is achieved. Likewise, a low area always seeks to be united with a high peak; the high peak longs for that lower point. It is not easy to be a high peak nor to be a low depth; both are difficult achievements and they long to reach each other. Optimum balance and harmony are achieved when these two places of high and low come together.</p>
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<p>Both the high and the low points search for their optimum point or their balanced state. God made you men and women in a beautifully balanced way. Each individual has a body which is symmetrically balanced, left and right. Likewise, a man and woman are like two balanced pieces meant to come together through the power of love.</p>
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<p>The surface of the ocean could be considered a horizontal line. Below that line is the kingdom of the sea. All the creatures and fishes that live in the ocean are there and they derive their oxygen from the water. Above that line are all the mammals and birds and air-breathing animals.</p>
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<p>The ocean reaches high tide once a month and by the same token, a woman has her period every month. The waters of the earth are affected by the moon. Thus, since there is only one full moon each month, there is only one high tide and one low tide each month. Women are affected by this monthly cycle. You are pulled by your environment each day and each month.</p>
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<p>The motion of life involves the highest point coming down to the lowest point and the lowest point moving up. Left moves to the right; right moves to the left. At amusement parks such as Great Adventure or Disneyland, there are all kinds of exciting rides that carry you way up high and then down low, then left to right and back and forth. Why is that exciting? It is because the universe is moving like that all the time. Everything is moving up and down, left and right. Since you can’t feel that motion, you can go to Great Adventure once and a while and get a thrill! That is a natural human desire and tendency.</p>
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<p>We could imagine two different couples holding on to each other and turning around and around. One is composed of two men and the other is a man and a woman. Which is more beautiful and romantic? Certainly it is the man and woman. Why is that? It is simply because they are a reflection of our universe and conform to universal law, custom and tradition. Everything in the universe naturally seeks to conform with universal law. For example, imagine what it would look like if someone went to the beach attired in a coat, tie and boots! That is clearly out of place. By the same token, God desires the proper place for men and women.</p>
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<p>If you observe two big hairy men lying together on the beach, talking, you would think that they must be arguing or fighting. But when one big hairy man is lying down talking with a lovely woman, you immediately feel that romance must be involved. The two scenes are a contrast: one appears to be fighting and the other appears very romantic.</p>
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<p>In today’s degraded and perverted human society we observe the so-called Gay Liberation movement, which promotes lovemaking between people of the same sex. But this is totally apart from the universal principles of behavior. It is simply unnatural. Universal law teaches one basic lesson, that of harmony and balance between the two aspects of God’s creation, male and female. This applies not only to the animal kingdom but also to the mineral realm which also contains the plus and minus elements. Can you imagine that any proton would ever seek to come together with another proton? The only way a proton can make a “date” is with an electron.</p>
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<p>Even if God Himself wanted to, He couldn’t force the proton to make union with another proton. That proton would protest to God and refuse. The reason is simple: two protons together are not creating anything or benefiting anyone. They are losing something instead. Without reciprocal give and take between the positive and negative elements, there can be no growth and development.</p>
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<p>Let me ask you, why did you come here on this busy weekday to listen to me speak? Did you come in order to be lessened or destroyed? No, you came here to gain some benefit, some inspiration. How can you gain benefit here? You know that you can gain elements for wholesome growth through give and take with me. If you went away from here feeling empty, you would think, “I should never have come.” You need to go away feeling that you have profited.</p>
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<p>So you came here with the mind of a merchant: to gain a profit, right? Even though you wanted to gain a heartistic profit, it’s still the same thing. Why am I talking about these things this morning? Let me give you another example. When it comes time to eat, do you feel the desire for your food? When you eat your vegetables and fish, is the food joyful or are you? You may be eating for your own joy and satisfaction, but what about the food? Is it also joyful to be eaten by you? Do you have the confidence that your food is happy?</p>
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<p>The philosophers who came up with the law of the dialectic, Hegel and Friedrich Engels in particular, saw a conflicting, confronting nature within universal law. Unless we successfully resolve the question of the dialectic within the universe, we cannot find the true formula for peace and harmony. We must answer the major questions of whether of not such things as survival of the fittest, the strong eat the weak, power causes progress, are in fact true.</p>
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<p>What are the kinds of power in the universe? There is the power of knowledge or truth, and the power of wealth and money, as well as the power of authority or domination. Some people like to flaunt their wealth by showing off and wearing fancy clothing. There are many people who easily surrender to the power of governments. What about you? Would you like to become political leaders of your country? Or perhaps you would prefer to become a highly educated scholar, with five or six PhDs? Adolf Hitler, who preached “German superiority” and practically took over all of Europe, claimed that he and the Germans needed more “elbow room.”</p>
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<p>America today is a very wealthy country whose people are entangled in one or another of those worldly temptations. Men enjoy boasting about their status and power, while women tend to prefer having money and spending it! Can you imagine that a power-hungry man and a money-hungry woman could come together in harmony? Will those motivations bring a man and woman into unity? Not at all.</p>
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<p>Will a man with a good education and a woman with a lot of money be able to make perfect unity because of those things? The truth is that people who are centered around such values as wealth, power or knowledge are mostly thinking of how to exploit others. Thus they cannot become one with anyone. Do you think that any family can prosper upon such values and become a harmonious family unit? Sometimes people will cooperate on such a basis but it is only for the sake of their convenience and it is only external. They have no way to achieve perfect internal unity.</p>
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<p>The message I am trying to convey is that external values are not important. What is important is that which is internal, basic and fundamental. There must be some place that the body and mind of people can find unity. There has to be a certain order between the mind and body. In other words, the mind can’t trade places with the body and become the object sometimes. The mind is the subject and the body is the object. Only within that order can they harmonize and achieve unity. That unity will bring benefit to both of them.</p>
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<p>When men and women are united as individuals in mind and body, will they look at each other and say, “We can’t get together.”? Actually, men and women send out signals to each other, like electronic waves. Even their different voices, the woman’s which is high and lilting and the man’s which is low and rough, send signals of attraction. People cannot avoid feeling attracted to that “other kind of animal.” A woman is intrigued by a man’s hairy face.</p>
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<p>An interesting thing is that the males of most species in the animal world are the most beautiful ones. Look at the birds-the males are very colorful and bright while the females look very humble and even dull. So when the females and males are together, they look harmonious. They are much happier to be together rather than alone. They like to rub up together and touch each other. The more they touch, the better they feel.</p>
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<p>The same is true with people. Men have a muscular, hairy feel while women are smoother and silkier. This can be compared with the way machines are put together. A hard metal shaft within a transmission will be encased within a softer metal. Together they allow smooth turning. If hard metal were to clash against hard metal, it would cause breakage. Hard and soft create harmony throughout the universe.</p>
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<p>Mind is the subject and body is the object. When you make a decision, is it your body or your mind that does it? You say, “I’ve made up my mind.” Can you imagine saying, “I’ve made up my body.”? That certainly doesn’t make sense. There is a certain universal order. There is the proper subject/object relationship. When the subject and object are clearly determined, harmonious relationship can come about.</p>
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<p>What about men and women: which is the subject? Are you women reluctant to say that the men are subject? Many American women don’t like Reverend Moon’s concept. You say, “Women are number one!” When you observe a man and woman walking, does it look natural for the woman to walk in front? Which way is ideal: for the man to follow the woman, or the woman to follow the man?</p>
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<p>Why is it ideal for the woman to follow the man? You don’t even have to articulate a reason because God already settled the issue. Men automatically take larger and wider steps than women, so naturally women will fall a couple of steps behind the men. Can you imagine a romantic love scene between some strong, John Wayne type man and a beautiful woman, where the man lays down and begs the woman to come to him? You just feel repulsed by that. But when John Wayne assumes the subjective, aggressive role and takes the woman into his arms, you enjoy it. That’s natural. Woman cannot fulfill the man’s role and man cannot fulfill the woman’s role.</p>
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<p>However, American women often tend to misunderstand this. What about you Moonie American women? Do you have a different tradition? You are saying no from the head down, but your lips are trying to please me by saying yes!</p>
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<p>We have been speaking about the center of human beings. Our internal center is our conscience and our body is the object to our mind. Therefore, the body must obey the directives of the conscience. In order to be in the subject position, certain characteristics must be fulfilled. They are, first of all, broadness-the ability to reach out to wide areas. Furthermore more public-minded thinking. Between the mind and body, which is broader and which is more narrow? certainly the mind is broader. From every point of view, therefore, the mind is the subject and the body is the object.</p>
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<p>The original people were supposed to grow up with this relationship of subject and object, mind over body, and then mature with a sensitivity and understanding of love. Then they were supposed to achieve unity in love, which we call marriage. All of this understanding comes out of the Divine Principle. It is inevitable that all people must go through their growth period, the indirect dominion of God.</p>
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<p>Human beings were meant to be born into the indirect dominion of God, to grow up with their minds and bodies developing together, with the body totally obeying the mind. When men and women came to the point where they could understand love, they could seek out their mates.</p>
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<p>What does the great bulk of literature dwell on? The glory of love. Even children’s literature, without fully understanding love, looks forward to the glorious day when love can be fulfilled. If we took love out of literature, there would be almost nothing left. Could anyone write a poem about the beauty of his own face? Can you imagine someone proclaiming his love for his own eyes, his sweet ears, his beautiful lips? That just doesn’t make sense! But when someone writes about his beloved, it is beautiful. Everyone can relate to a person saying, “My darling, your eyes are like the mists of the morning. Your mouth is like a flower.” That makes sense.</p>
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<p>Even in the desert, you can feel that you are in a golden palace when you have your love with you. Likewise, it is more romantic to be Lying with your beloved in the sand rather than sitting on some golden throne. It doesn’t matter whether those lovers are buffeted by a sandstorm in the desert because their love turns everything into goodness. Love has that kind of power; it can transform the desert into an oasis.</p>
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<p>What do you think? Is that true and wonderful? Do you women claim that you don’t need men at all? Or will you state that you absolutely need men?</p>
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<p>Why do women. need men and men need women? You need each other for love. What is the terminal point of the love of men and women? Is it in your head or your heart? Where is it? Your love is expressed ultimately through your male and female “couplers.” Men and women have certain God-given organs with which to express their love. We call these the sexual organs. But the sexual organs of the man belong to the woman; the woman’s sexual organs belong to the man. No matter how great a man may be, he was not born for himself but for his wife. The same is true for a woman-she was born for her husband.</p>
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<p>The reason I am emphasizing this point is that people tend to take it for granted without understanding it. Many of you think that you can do whatever you want with your body.</p>
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<p>Let us analyze women. You have delicate skin and you are lovely to look at. For whose enjoyment did God create you-for another woman to come and enjoy your smooth skin? No, a woman was created to give joy and satisfaction to a man. You women naturally want to decorate yourselves with pretty clothes. Is that for yourselves?</p>
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<p>What about your bosom, does it exist for you? No, your bosom is for the sake of your children; they own it. You also have large hips, not for your own purposes, but to give a broad and safe foundation for your children. When you analyze yourself, nothing you possess belongs solely to you. Even your eyes are not there for your own pleasure. They are there to look at others. Your ears are made to hear someone else’s voice. That is why I have said that you were born to live for the sake of others.</p>
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<p>The very same things can be said about you men as well. Men have broad shoulders, not for you to boast about but so that you can carry the burdens of your family. You have to work and sweat so that you can take care of your wife and children!</p>
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<p>Sometimes love is painful to bear and you hurt each other. Don’t you prefer to have love that is like a diamond, rather than like some common metal? In order to be like a diamond, you must have strong and hard characteristics. Would you like to have nothing but sun shiny days, 365 days of the year? No, you look forward to the contrast of snow, rain, thunderstorms and lightning, don’t you? That is one aspect of beauty-the emotional contrasts. In our daily life, nothing is totally smooth. We often experience upheavals and change but we can melt these things with our love.</p>
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<p>Unification Church women must know that the man is the subject and woman is the object. Why is that? When men and women are united, you either become a bigger plus or a bigger minus. That is the way you have to move. When perfect harmony is created between men and women, you create a bigger plus. When a man and woman are perfectly united, you become the perfect minus to God, as your plus. But love will not come to visit you unless there is a harmonious subject and object relationship.</p>
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<p>What is the central theme of human life? It is true love. By the same token, what is the central theme of the universe? Do you think the universe cries out for money, knowledge, or power? Everything in the universe is looking for the power to harmonize. And what is that harmonizing power? It is the subject and object relationship. For anyone to grow, benefit and improve himself, he must make relationship and unite in a subject-object relationship.</p>
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<p>What is the harmonizing power of the universe? It is none other than love. There is nothing that love cannot penetrate and bring together. This visible universe seeks to make harmony with the invisible universe. This material universe cannot exist alone. It must have a corresponding partner on the invisible level. Just like an individual human being who has a physical body which must make harmony with his spiritual body, the universe seeks to make harmony with the invisible spirit world. We have that invisible subject and the center of that invisible subject is God. Human beings originated from that invisible point.</p>
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<p>Therefore, human beings receive their invisible spirit, which is subject over their visible body. With our visible bodies, we have dominion over the visible universe. All these things God willed to happen: the invisible world, the visible world, invisible man, visible man. And God wanted to see unity between all these things, not through power or money or knowledge, but through the power of love. Thus we come to the conclusion that God created everything for the fulfillment of His love.</p>
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<p>Satan knew this truth very well. For that reason, he aimed at the love of men and women, knowing that if he could control love, he could control the universe. It is through love that true ownership can be exercised. Ownership comes from love. Thus all things were meant to be truly owned by God who delegated dominion to human beings. It is human nature to want to own things, even to want to own the entire world is a natural feeling. But one thing people don’t know is that once they own something, they must offer that ownership to God who is the ultimate owner.</p>
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<p>God’s ownership of the universe can only be achieved when people claim true ownership on behalf of God. Thus God’s and man’s ownership are determined at the same time. Human history has been the struggle of God to restore His rightful ownership over all things. Satan claimed ownership of all things by claiming dominion over man’s love. Until now, God could not claim true ownership and this has been the worst tragedy for humanity. The turning point for human history is the day of hope when the Messiah comes, endowed with the power to restore the world with true love. In that way he will return true ownership of the world back to God, once and for all.</p>
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<p>Where can we find true love? We cannot find it in this fallen world. What is true love? You say “God’s love,” but what is God’s love? You can give me a lot of beautiful adjectives, but where and what exactly is it? In order to find true love, we must look first for the foundation or the base of true love. What is that beginning point or foundation? The foundation of the universe is this: the relationship between God and human beings. God is our Parent and men and women are His children. Therefore, the universal, basic love is that of parents toward children as well as the filial love of children towards their parents.</p>
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<p>Looking at the fallen world, do parents love their children more strongly or do children love their parents more strongly? Actually, parents are supposed to give their love freely and unconditionally; parental love doesn’t seek benefit for itself. But in many American homes today, parents are changeable; thus they are not fulfilling parental love, which is unchanging. One day some parents may be loving and the next they may be neglectful. Thus the foundations of many American homes are shaky.</p>
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<p>The original love of God is that of a parent. For the sake of the children, the parent can willingly sacrifice everything, including his life. This is the basic, original love. Children are supposed to learn about love from their parents and then reciprocate that love. Thus the origin of the universe is love, not simply life. Life came about because of love.</p>
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<p>The definition of true love is, first of all, a willingness to sacrifice one’s life for the loved one. Such love is parallel to the love of God and communicates itself to the entire universe. How can a child trust the sincerity of his parents’ love? He knows he has true parents when he sees that they are ready and willing to give up their lives for him. In that case, what are true parents? They want to give up their very lives for the well-being and protection of their children. And this kind of love doesn’t ever change; it is the same now and forever.</p>
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<p>True love comes from God; thus God must be the true Father. God must be ready and willing to give up everything, including His very life, for the well-being and protection of His children. Satan has the opposite characteristics. He is willing to sacrifice everyone and everything else for his own sake.</p>
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<p>It is love, not any sort of material, that is the essence of the universe. Furthermore. the kind of love we are talking about is that which is willing to give up everything, including life, for the beloved.</p>
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<p>According to this definition, what are true children? They return the same quality of love to their parents. That is, they are willing to give up their very lives for the sake of the well-being of their parents. The quality of the love between husband and wife should be the same. When each spouse is willing to give up his or her life for the other, they are truly an ideal couple. God and the entire universe embrace and protect such a couple.</p>
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<p>On such a level of love, no explanations or complaints are needed. The universe just acts. Among you blessed couples, if anyone is trying to claim that they love their spouse more than they are loved by their spouse, then they have already failed the standard. Words and explanations of love are not needed between a truly loving husband and wife. Only by your actions-by the looks you exchange, the expressions on your face, the way you touch-you know how much you love each other. Even by your very breath, you can know the intensity of your love.</p>
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<p>Some wives have a problem with snoring husbands. In fact, some divorces have been based upon this problem! But from now on, if you have a snoring husband, look at it another way. Think, “What a wonderful husband I have! Even in his sleep, he wants to protect me. If anyone tries to break in, they will be scared away by his snoring!” It’s all in how you look at it! For people in love, there is nothing you cannot overcome and digest.</p>
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<p>Your wives can feed you men the most simple, hard bread and still convey their sincere love. Perhaps all she has to feed you is just a bagel and a piece of cheese, but you should think, “This is my love bagel! I am eating the essence of my wife’s love and it’s going to give me lots of energy.” Any husband who eats with such an attitude will never get sick. The reason is simple: everything in the universe surrenders to love, even germs and viruses.</p>
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<p>Thus, even though you may not have much material wealth and you may not have wonderful food to eat, that is not the criterion for your love. The wife can love her husband all the more when he has only one suit to wear. He can be secure in the knowledge of her love. No materialistic value should touch your love. The quality of your love depends entirely upon your own attitude. The incredible, vast world of love can be tapped when you use it properly.</p>
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<p>Any family which embodies the standard of true love will create its own superhighway right into the heart of God. Expanding the family level of love, people can exhibit the purest love of patriots for their nation. Such a family will be respected and revered by millions of people, as well as being worthy of dwelling in the Kingdom of Heaven.</p>
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<p>This is the way you can elevate your level of service. Beginning with your family, you can serve for the sake of the nation. From the nation, you can move up to the world. From the world, you can move up to the universe. And from the universe, you can serve God.</p>
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<p>I have been practicing and teaching this concept of love throughout my life. Now the Unification Church is facing a tremendous challenge. This is an emergency time as I am facing the court battle. At this time, I must be united with all the brothers and sisters around the world, in order to exercise parental love toward the world. Even though the U.S. government has committed a crime against me, I am still in the position of parent to mankind. Thus I want to be responsible for the wrongdoings of all the nations and people.</p>
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<p>I know the Principle and whenever one puts oneself in the absolute plus position, an absolute minus will always appear. Because of my absolute plus deeds, Christians of this nation are bound to respond to me in the minus position. When the Unification Church is completely united with the rest of Christianity, they will form an absolute plus unit. And the rest of the free world will become the minus. They will automatically come to unite with us. That is their destiny.</p>
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<p>After hearing this sermon about love, you can understand Jesus’ behavior in his last hours. Even though he was being crucified, he bore no resentment or hatred toward anyone. Instead, he forgave and loved the Roman soldiers who pierced his side. Christianity had the golden opportunity to spread the Christian spirit to the entire world after World War II. If the True Parents had been accepted at that time, this world would have been very different by now. But that opportunity was lost.</p>
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<p>Even though Christianity has existed for 2,000 years, we have not had the tradition of true love. I came in order to introduce that tradition. I initiated my public ministry right after World War II. That was the time for the rest of Christianity to accept my love and for the world to change, but they rejected me and I had to begin from the very bottom. The Unification Church started out as the replacement for the foundation of established Christianity and we had to come up from the very bottom. Just as Jesus had to suffer his crucifixion, I must now suffer this legal court battle. It is a consequence of my course.</p>
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<p>The mandate today is this: let us unite all people, every race and color of mankind, not for the sake of ourselves but for the sake of the world. I am in the position to overcome this current difficulty through love. Even if I have to go to prison, that indemnity will protect the rest of the world from Satan’s attack. Thus that would be a great victory. Regardless of how much suffering I may have to endure, a great victory is ahead of us: the unification of Christianity, as well as the rest of the free world. As you know, evil always takes the aggressive, attacking position. Evildoers always have to repent later, but they attack first.</p>
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<p>Today I want you to understand that the things of creation have never before been cared for by a true master or been owned by a true owner. You could ask this question of everything, from the chemicals in the dirt to the cells in the human body: By whom would you like to be possessed? Do you think they will say they want a man with money or knowledge or worldly power to possess them? No, every single aspect of the creation yearns to be owned by men and women of true love.</p>
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<p>That love can be defined simply: it is parental love. And from that central love, tradition flows. The parent is always in the position to protect, to regenerate, to educate. That is the parental role. And it is unconditional, with no strings attached. All the things of creation are ready to be loved. They are waiting for their true lover to come and claim ownership over them.</p>
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<p>This is true for all aspects of creation, from the lowliest plant and mineral cells through the animal kingdom. All the smallest insects as well as the beautiful flowers, and everything else in creation, exist to communicate love. Thus when you love the flowers, you automatically have a relationship with them. The world of flowers is like a great symphony orchestra of love. All the fragrances and colors impart different tones, interweaving and creating gorgeous harmony. Have you ever stopped to say, “God, thank You. I know You made all these things for me, so that I could understand and give love.”?</p>
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<p>The cicadas sing in pairs in the summertime, creating their own kind of harmony. Have you ever thought that they were singing about love? The male and female are calling to each other to get together. Likewise, on a deep autumn night you can go outside and listen to the massive insect chorus. All the insects, from the smallest to the largest, are singing their special songs. Some are soprano, some are alto, some are bass, and they have their own rhythms. You can’t see them, but they are singing their songs while they are loving each other. Everything in nature exists in the pair system.</p>
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<p>There is another world of incredible beauty and love under the water and within the sands on the shore, where innumerable small creatures are busily engaging in activity. What are they so busy about? They are communicating their love to each other.</p>
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<p>Nature is the love textbook for human beings to study. Another example is the salmon. When I went to Alaska, I observed the activities of salmon and I was deeply impressed. The salmon is the “restoration fish.” When it is born it swims to the ocean and lives there for several years, but then it always returns to its place of birth to lay its own eggs. They create their pairs and they mate, but once the eggs are laid, they die, both the male and the female.</p>
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<p>Why have I given this particular sermon on this <i>Day of All Things</i>? Today you must realize that all the things of creation are waiting for someone to come forward and claim them with true love. This is our duty toward all things in nature. We are in a dramatic position, we are given life as the masters of creation, from the smallest molecule to the entire universe. What a precious and incredible blessing of life God has given us! If you look at everything with that attitude, nature will want to follow you everywhere you go.</p>
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<p>If you are such a true master for all the things of creation, you can ask them, “Where would you like to be?” They will answer, “We would like to become part of your body, so would you please eat us?” It is only through the power of love that you have the right to claim the privilege of food from the animals. Some people think it is a pity to kill animals and eat them. But when a person has true love, those animals can joyfully give up their lives to become a part of a higher form of creation-the children of God. In that way, their animal cells can combine with the cells of God’s children and those animals can fulfill their love more fully. Animals fulfill their purpose of creation by being eaten by a person of higher love.</p>
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<p>Every human cell can taste the love of God but no animal cell can taste that love. Thus once it becomes part of human cells, it can experience the love of God. For this reason, human beings have the royal privilege of sacrifice, for the sake of love. And all this follows the same principle that we have been speaking of: God Himself would gladly sacrifice His own life for the sake of love.</p>
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<p>Living and dying for the sake of the love of God is truly the most glorious life for any human being. Why is that? It is because of the same principle that animal cells want to become human cells. Human beings want to become a part of God Himself. When you live and die for the sake of the love of God, you can become one of God’s “cells.” You belong totally to God and your very cells become part of God’s body.</p>
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<p>If you become men and women who live with this understanding, fulfilling the purpose of love, you will be doing the greatest work and will be directly linked with God. For that reason, as the leader of the Unification Church I will never hesitate to allow the members-who are my own children, no matter how many millions we become-to sacrifice for the sake of the world. I will not let you do this in vain. You will become a part of God.</p>
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<p>Our central concept of love is the most beautiful and dramatic in the world. Your goals and your ideals are the highest. There are none higher. Let us make this memorable day more memorable by coming to the realization of the true meaning of the Day of All Things and resolve to fulfill the purpose of this day. That is why I have given this message today.</p>
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<p>At this juncture of human history, the Unification Church is facing a most significant battle. The worst thing imaginable to me is that I would ever do anything in the slightest degree shameful in the eyes of the America people, of the Western culture, in the eyes of humanity, history, all the saints, and ultimately in the sight of God. I declare to you that I will never, absolutely never, do anything that could be shameful. That road of doing the honorable thing is the road of agape love-the true, unselfish, parental love.</p>
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<p>If I establish the tradition of the universal man, then the rest of humanity will eventually follow. Everyone will come to learn that tradition. I will never be alone. I will always be surrounded by the multitudes of supporters. Ultimately the entire universe, the nations, and God Himself will be with me, supporting me.</p>
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<p>I am giving this instruction to you: be proud of your inheritance and this tradition. Do everything possible to overcome your difficulties with the power of love. Be victorious and conquer with the power of love. Seek no revenge and harbor no hostilities. In God’s way, we shall overcome. I pledge to you that I will always go the truthful and right way. Will you follow me on that path?</p>
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<p>Those who want to pledge to me that you will receive my tradition and who truly want to become the rightful sons and daughters of God, please stand up. God is the master of love and the true owner of this universe, so let us claim the position of true owners and victors over the world by the power of God’s love. God bless you.</p>
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<p>When we hear of the Garden of Eden, we think about the ideal place we read about in the Bible, where God, Adam and Eve and the angels were dwelling. However, we have a different understanding than that of most traditional Christians about the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Rather than being a literal fruit, we know that it represents love.</p>
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<p>We know that the will of God is to fulfill His ideal of creation. That ideal requires the accomplishment of the Heavenly four-position foundation. What is that four-position foundation? It is the relationship of God, Adam, Eve and their children. What is the center of that four-position foundation? That center is neither God, Adam, Eve nor the children. Love is the center and it connects everyone.</p>
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<p>Who is the first one to experience love? We know that God should be the starting point of that love-love does not start with Adam and Eve nor with their children. Any action always takes a specific direction. If God is situated at a certain point, in which direction would He give His love? He would direct His love right at the center.</p>
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<p>Love needs someone with whom to interact. Consider your eyes: both eyes move around to focus on something. There are three points involved-each eye and the point upon which they focus. The eyes must focus precisely in order to see clearly. Otherwise, we would see things in a blurry way. God, like the eyes, must have a focal point toward which to direct His love. His attitude is not, “I am the Center. You must come to me.” He always seeks to find the right focus. He is the one acting and moving.</p>
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<p>There is nothing that God cannot do. Yet, can we say that God has no need for anything? If God had no need for anything more than what He already has, then He would be in a static position. There would be no action necessary. Nothing in the universe exists in a static position. Everything is in a state of motion.</p>
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<p>Almighty God has everything within the universe- certainly all wealth, power and knowledge is within His domain. Yet, He does not exist in a static situation. Thus He must be moving, just as is everything else in the universe. He must be moving toward something, seeking for something. That something must be love.</p>
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<p>God could use His wealth to propagate this love. Certainly He could use power to make this love more exciting. Certainly He could use knowledge to make this love more bright. Let us put this question to God: “God, do you need power? Do you need knowledge? Do you need money?” He would answer, “Well, not so much.” But if we asked Him, “Do you need love?” He would say, “Yes!” in a very emphatic way. Love is really the only thing that God wants.</p>
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<p>God could instantaneously gather to Himself plenty of power, knowledge, and money, but He has to work for and develop the satisfaction of His love. Love that we expect to experience in the future brings us hope. We can always look forward to more love in the future. We can never use up all of our love in the present. When we experience love in the present, we always want to improve, advance and increase it.</p>
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<p>We can see that love is something for which God has been seeking eternally and will continue to move toward for eternity. Love is never a static thing. It must always be pursued. Which do you like better-something which starts out small and gets larger and larger for eternity, or something which starts out big and then gets smaller and smaller for eternity? Naturally, you would prefer the first. That is the way God feels, too, about love.</p>
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<p>We want everything else in our environment and the universe to follow the motion of love, moving in the same direction and rhythm. We don’t want things to go against that love. Centering on true love, everything should breathe in and out together in harmony.</p>
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<p>All things are meant to act and react according to the rhythm of true love. In the relationship between man and woman, the man is in the subject position and the woman is in the object position. Even though some women think they are not in that position, nature knows better. Nature doesn’t follow anyone’s opinions. For a woman to say, “I don’t need a man as my subject,” is the same as her saying, “I don’t need to breathe air or eat food.”</p>
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<p>What is the deepest motivation behind human activity? Is it the desire for lots of money, status or knowledge? No, it is the desire for true love. Men and women will open up everything within themselves for the sake of true love. When two people are in love, the woman doesn’t protest if the man embraces her from any position-he can come up and hug her from behind, or jump on her and knock her down-she is never offended by the affectionate expression of his love. Can you imagine a woman saying, “If you want to show me affection, you can only do it when we are sitting down, facing each other. It’s not fair if you come up behind me.”? No, a woman wouldn’t set those kinds of conditions on her lover.</p>
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<p>Only love can motivate a stately, dignified person to move around in a vigorous, lively way. God Himself would never trade true love for anything else in the universe. However, there are people who marry for the sake of money, social status or some other superficial reason. The person who would do such a thing is not a genuine person.</p>
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<p>Why should a person put love above all other values? It is because the ancestor of human beings-God-does that and we naturally take after Him. The instinct to cherish love above everything else is given to us by our Father, our Creator, who is our Cause and our original Ancestor. Every child resembles his Parents. Thus we resemble God.</p>
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<p>Women are created to exist for the purpose of love. Therefore women exist for men. The opposite is true-men exist for women and for love, not for any other reason such as money, power or knowledge. Isn’t this true? Do you agree, or do you have a better idea?</p>
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<p>All things that exist move according to a certain rhythm. This is not only true for human beings, but also for animals, insects, and even down into the mineral kingdom. The mineral realm moves, too. Although a stone may be stationary, its molecules and atoms maintain a certain motion. The action and reaction of a subject and object relationship exists within all forms of life.</p>
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<p>The result of the constant give and take between subject and object is growth and expansion on every level of existence. Everything develops according to stages. When we look at the development of the creation from a certain perspective, it appears that Darwin’s theory of evolution is correct. However, the evolutionary theory doesn’t explain that the smaller levels of existence always strive to have give and take with larger levels. In this way, the smaller beings elevate their value. Within the relationship of love, smaller beings want to take the object position to a larger being. With their give and take, the object can be elevated to the same level of value as the larger subject being. This occurs on all levels of existence. This is the nature of love.</p>
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<p>Thus smaller beings can have hope for their growth and development in the future, because of their give and take with larger and larger subjects. This is the only way for a smaller being to become greater in value-within the relationship of love.</p>
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<p>Thus a woman feels that she is the greatest, most valuable being and possesses everything of value when she has love. When her beloved wants her to do something very humble, she will not protest. Thus love can make us larger and smaller. Love has that omnipotence.</p>
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<p>If love could only make us larger, then God, who possesses more love than anyone, could never go down into the small and humble places of the world. But because of His love, God can make Himself very small and can go anywhere He wants. You wouldn’t mind what your beloved did to you, even if he put his fingers into your nose, isn’t that right? Or you women might climb up onto your husband’s shoulders and ride around-he wouldn’t mind it at all, would he?</p>
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<p>Have you ever observed a child poke a finger into his nose and then the next moment put that finger into his mouth? In love, people can do even that sort of thing to each other. You like everything about your beloved. Thus love has a mysterious, wondrous power. Do you think I am exaggerating, or is this the truth?</p>
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<p>Which is the case-does God go into love or does love go into God? Which would God prefer-would He like to be included within love, or would He like for love to be included within Him? Which is contained within the other? God wants to be contained within love. Why is this? Every being wants to look forward to becoming larger and larger. Even God wants to look toward the future in order to become larger. Thus God should be able to be contained within love. Do you understand? Since God also wants to have hope for the future, He wants to be able to go in and out of love and not the other way around.</p>
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<p>All the beautiful things of the universe manifest themselves for the sake of love. The insects chirp in the nighttime and the birds sing during the day for the sake of love. These sounds are all a part of the universal orchestra of love. Human beings are in the position to be the kings and queens of all other beings and thus they are supposed to move in harmony and rhythm with love. Observing all this motion and sound centering on true love, God is drawn to contribute His rhythms of love, too.</p>
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<p>Why do we think the way we do? It is because God created us to think in a certain way. Adam and Eve were created to stroll together hand in hand through all the things of nature, sharing in the harmony and beauty. God would have been so happy and excited to see such a scene.</p>
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<p>Now you have some idea of what the universe is all about. You can feel within yourself that this must have been the original ideal for human beings. You know that this is not just a fantasy. This is simply the way God originally planned the world to be. The things I have been telling you clearly connect with all the experiences you have had in life. The things you have already observed tell you that what I am saying is true. Now you can see the universe in a clear and cohesive manner.</p>
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<p>Love will never diminish or fade. It is the one thing that will expand and grow forever. Nothing else in the world has that power. Look at the activities of the animals and insects-what they are doing today is the very same thing that their forebears were doing thousands, even millions, of years ago. Unlike human culture, these creatures maintain the same “traditions” without change. In some ways perhaps they improve, but they do not change in the way that human societies do. The law of the universe is very rigid. Rules for the subject and object relationship are not open to change. Those beings which are not suited for each other will simply not be able to form a subject/object relationship. There is no room for interference in this law. Thus the theory of evolution, which claims that accidents caused the development of the universe, is completely off-base.</p>
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<p>When we can see the universe in light of the original purpose, Darwin’s theory doesn’t make sense. How could the rigid laws of existence be abruptly broken here and there, allowing some smaller being to jump to a higher level? Pushing Darwin’s theory to its logical conclusions would mean that even an insect could become a direct object to man-in other words, become the spouse of a human being. But the universal law dictates that a human being must marry another human being. Can a man marry a monkey? What sort of a child would be produced? The rigid laws of existence have not changed for billions of years.</p>
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<p>According to these laws, we can look at the way men and women relate and determine whether they are behaving in the original way or not. In American society there is a dreadful misunderstanding of the meaning of freedom. A man might take one woman as a lover one night and then the next night, he might take another. The woman might do the very same thing. Is this the original way for which they were created? How can you say “no” so confidently?</p>
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<p>We can look at the original arrangement. There was only one man and one woman, Adam and Eve. They didn’t have a choice. There was absolutely only one of each. The American way is definitely not the original way. The Unification Church is unique in that we are trying to conform with the absolute standard of love. Each man and woman is blessed in marriage to one spouse and for eternity that cannot change.</p>
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<p>God continually moves toward His focal point of love. Likewise, man and woman move in the same direction. That line between man and woman is a straight, horizontal line. It is not a crooked one. As a person grows up, he becomes taller and larger but the direction of his growth is always the same. His nose continues to grow in one direction. Every part of him does the same. There are not two directions of growth.</p>
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<p>You might ask why you can’t go in many directions, why you must just go in one direction. If you don’t follow one direction strictly, you can never meet with a true woman or a true man. That means you will not meet with true love. True love exists only at the point where God, man, and woman come together. If you are wobbling you will not get to that point.</p>
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<p>God contains the duality of masculine and feminine, which we could represent as an oval coming down in a vertical direction. Men and women are the representatives of the same duality and could be represented as an oval stretching in the horizontal direction. When these two ovals connect, they create a tremendous spark. That point of connection can only be at the point of true love.</p>
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<p>When there is a perfect minus, it will always attract a perfect plus. This is the law of nature. Regardless of whether the minus wants it, it will happen. Therefore, whenever a perfected woman and man are moving toward each other, they will form a perfect minus to God when they unite. They don’t have to worry about how God will come to them. It will just happen. When this takes place, the whole universe will reverberate with thunder. Everything is accomplished.</p>
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<p>Every cell of a man comes to a common focal point when he is engaging in love. The same is true for a woman. In their moment of physical union, the man and woman can form a new organism, a new life. The essence of their love is given to that new life, the embryo. Every cell in the bodies of the father and mother are alert and focused on giving that new life. No part of their bodies is asleep or distracted. The experience of love, with its intensity, can overcome everything, including sleepiness, hunger, even death. 100% of the cells are going in one direction toward their one focal point, which is love and new life.</p>
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<p>Why do men and women want to come together, above all other desires? It is because only in that way can we bring God down with us. What more could we want after that? Why do people cherish wedding ceremonies so much? That is the time when God is supposed to come down to join with the man and woman, according to the original ideal.</p>
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<p>In the ideal situation, a man and woman will feel that nothing in the universe is as valuable as each other. They feel that they want to stay with each other for the rest of eternity. Why is that? It is because one’s spouse represents God Himself. Through this kind of original love, new life is meant to begin. The baby born of such love is like the original baby meant to be born in the Garden of Eden. This is the standard. The baby is the child of Adam and Eve and at the same time, it is God’s child too. This is the original ideal of children.</p>
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<p>However, what is the reality of human society? The way in which children are born is entirely different. Fallen man and woman are actually moving in a different direction, not on the perfect horizontal line toward one another. They come together and create new life anyway, but they are more in the presence of Satan than God when they unite physically. Thus the child that they produce is contrary to the original standard.</p>
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<p>There is no external sign to distinguish the original child from the fallen child, but inside of them is the difference between Heaven and earth. They cannot be the same. Billions of human beings have been born, but mankind has not yet achieved this original ideal.</p>
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<p>It is important to understand what the original ideal for love is, because only if we can see where we are supposed to be can we hope to get there. If you never knew what the ideal is, you could never begin to achieve it. But once that ignorance is dispelled, you can move toward the ideal.</p>
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<p>This ideal is so important because it is the only way we can connect ourselves to God. This is not an abstract thing. It is real. If you don’t take this point seriously, you will never find the true, deep meaning of religion. You will never understand why the Messiah is so essential. You will think, “The Messiah is a great teacher. He is like one of us.” But you will fail to realize your need to reconnect to God through the Messiah. You must realize that this is a life and death situation.</p>
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<p>Unless you know about the ideal and where you are in relation to it, you cannot truly appreciate the value of the True Parents for your own life. If you do not feel the depth of your separation from the ideal, then you will not feel deeply enough your need to become one with the True Parents. Once you fell that, then you can appreciate the value of religion for your life and the necessity of True Parents for your life.</p>
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<p>Only one religion has taught the idea of the Messiah as the bridegroom and his followers as the bride-that is Christianity. This is because Jesus wanted to restore that point of true love. By becoming the true bridegroom and teaching others the position of true bride, Jesus could teach about true love. Only when true love is consummated can the direction of the fallen world be reversed. With the advent of the true bridegroom and the true bride, there is a connection between the fallen world and God’s world.</p>
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<p>What was the responsibility of those in the bride’s position, the Israelites and all those who were supposed to follow Jesus? Whenever the perfect bride is prepared, the perfect bridegroom will inevitably come. Thus if the Israelites had been prepared properly in the position of bride, then the Messiah would come on that national level of preparedness. We can see clearly that the Jewish faith was the preparation for that. They were following the Ten Commandments in order to become the perfect bride for their bridegroom, the Messiah, on the national level.</p>
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<p>In the Old Testament days, their direction was very clear and simple. Their were told: simply forget about everything else, don’t pay attention to how you will be living in the future, just stay within the commandments. Prepare yourselves for that special moment when the groom will come to rescue you.</p>
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<p>Thus, the Israelites had a rigid, single direction in their religion. They had one simple goal to prepare for, nothing else to concentrate on. That was how they were being educated by God. That bridegroom is the only person who brings true love to the fallen world. No matter how prepared the people were, they would not have been connected to true love without the true bridegroom.</p>
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<p>If the people had realized these things, they would have wanted to obey their true bridegroom in every way. If the bride knows how impossible it is to meet with God on her own, she will welcome the bridegroom and will never bicker or make any demands upon him. Instead, the bride will be completely obedient and happy to be coming back to God. The only thought the people would have had would have been how to unite themselves completely with their groom. Then the bridegroom would have educated the people through various means and then would have told them, “Now you are worthy to take the position of true bride.”</p>
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<p>When the true bridegroom first arrived, the people, in the position of bride, could not possibly understand him and follow his ways without substantial teaching and training from him. He would have educated them with a deep heart and brought them up to the level where they could be worthy to take the bride’s position. This would have to be done on the national level so that God could eventually reach out to the rest of the world.</p>
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<p>The people should have listened to Jesus and followed his teachings with a completely humble and open mind. They should have been desperate to listen to him. But whenever people say to God, “I will go only so far. I insist on protecting this much of myself,” then their education stops. God cannot continue to fill you when your self centered thinking is predominant. Satan will move in to such a mind and will claim that person. God cannot stop that from happening because the responsibility rests with the individual. Many Americans think, “God, you are not fair. I must maintain my own ways and you have no right to tell me what to do.” But that cannot be.</p>
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<p>Every country, large or small, has its border line. Some bordering nations are very different from each other. Within any country there are certain laws and in some countries a person will even be put to death if he breaks those laws. Whenever a person goes into a different country, he must learn about the laws there first. Within the country of the true bridegroom, the Heavenly world, the law is very rigid.</p>
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<p>When the bridegroom comes into the bride’s country, can the bride say, “Now I want to do just what I feel like doing. Let’s forget about this rigid standard.”? No, the rigid law must still be observed. The bridegroom has the authority to guide the people, even though he comes into their territory and they have been following their own ways for a long time. For example, if the bridegroom comes into Washington, DC, the people who have been living in Washington for many years must still concede to the one who comes to connect them with God.</p>
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<p>Satan will constantly want you to say, “This is too much. We have complied with Heavenly law pretty well so far, so why doesn’t the Messiah yield a little bit now?” But God will say, “No, you must continue to persevere. You cannot compromise with the standard of true law.” These are the different tendencies of Satan and God. The people in the position of bride to the true bridegroom cannot stop following the laws of the bridegroom’s country. The bride must remain completely obedient to those laws. Once the bride herself becomes one with those laws, she can then go out and teach them to the rest of her fallen nation, finally to return to the bridegroom.</p>
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<p>Why is this so? God’s true love is transmitted from only one person, the Messiah. In order to connect that true love to a bride, this process must take place: the bride must move in the proper direction in order to connect with the bridegroom, just as the bridegroom is coming from a certain direction to connect with her. Once their unity is achieved, the bride must then go out into her fallen country to bring about unity among the churches and within the nation and to bring them all back to the bridegroom.</p>
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<p>Every child originates from the seed of his father. The mother is like the earth in which the seed must be planted. Likewise, the restoration involves a completely reversed path. Therefore, people seeking restoration must follow the directions of the Messiah completely.</p>
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<p>There is another way to say this. When you were living in the realm of the fallen world, you loved many people, such as your parents, your brothers and sisters, friends and so forth. Now that you are seeking union with God’s true love, you must give a greater love to the Messiah than any love you ever gave to anyone in your secular life. If your love is any less, then it will not be enough to connect you to God. Jesus taught this, saying, “Whoever loves his wife, parents, or brethren more than me is not worthy of me.”</p>
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<p>Jesus said forthrightly that one’s own family is one’s enemy. How in the world could such an attitude be justified according to secular values? Jesus knew that unless people could go beyond that secular love they could not become one with God. We can imagine how much the worldly powers were upset by words like this from Jesus. By the same token, many people have been upset by the teachings of the Unification Church, particularly the parents of people who have joined. But they do not understand the nature of the historical transition that is taking place. In Jesus’ time, people did not recognize him as the Messiah. In fact, he was just a humble carpenter from Joseph’s house in the eyes of most people. How could they imagine that Jesus was the Messiah, especially without knowing what he was saying and teaching?</p>
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<p>What would the people of that time have said about what went on in Jesus’ church? We can imagine such talk as, “That young woman was once a perfect wife, faithful to her husband, but once that young carpenter from Nazareth came here, she started following him and became like a crazy person. She goes to visit his church early each morning and doesn’t even come home some nights. What is she doing there?” That is how the secular world must have viewed Jesus’ church. But Jesus didn’t have any other choice in order to teach the fallen people. He had to instruct them in such an intense manner in order to save them.</p>
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<p>There is only one way for the fallen world, whether an individual, a church or a nation, to reconnect with God, and that is through the Messiah. He is like the origin. He is like the seed. Even though people are already born and grown, they all have to trace back to the same father and be born again.</p>
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<p>The only way to do that is to love the Messiah intensely. This is precisely the law that was in effect when Jesus came as the Messiah. The Divine Principle and the restoration do not compromise. Two thousands years have passed and now is the time of the Second Advent. Through the Unification Church, the same pattern and situation has reappeared. Many women have visited the church and have become members. In the past, people observed that some woman was a very faithful, chaste wife and mother, a good daughter to her husband’s parents. But then she joined the church of this bachelor preacher in the neighborhood and she hardly ever came home! That woman felt that she never wanted to leave the church, even when it got late at night, because she wanted to listen to what the teacher was saying. Day in and day out, year in and year out, she continued to stay and listen.</p>
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<p>This applies not only to women. Women were more religious in general, that’s true, but there were men as well. Men gave up their families and went to the church, just like Jesus predicted and told them to do-drop everything. “If you love your own family more than me, you are not worthy of me.” These men and women precisely carried that out, in spite of their difficulties. They were going through the reversal of their birth. Father first and then Mother, and then being born again.</p>
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<p>In the Unification Church I held a rebirth ceremony after the birth of our first child. I established a condition and held a ceremony in which all the grown-up church members shared the same meal that Mother took after she gave birth to her true child. And the second, third, fourth and fifth children came, and so on, and I elevated the standard even higher-from the individual to the nation, expanding the realm of indemnity. Also, I gave blessings to couples at various times, connecting each level to this true love. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>After accomplishing all that and on that foundation, I came to America. I accomplished all the necessary spiritual conditions in Korea and then came over here to reconnect with the established Christian churches.</p>
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<p>The unity of Christianity around the world was only possible when I had established enough conditions of embracing the established churches. That is why I spent so much effort and money for the established Christian churches before I paid attention to Unification Church members.</p>
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<p>By Heung Jin’s ascension into the spiritual world, the borderlines between people there could be abolished. T here is a big movement of unity, doing away with even Hell’s borderline, so that all of Hell, as well as Heaven, will become one big sphere of God’s direct dominion. This huge task was accomplished and we see so much development. I have been doing the same things here on earth as Heung Jin has done in spirit world. By establishing the Day of the Love of God, I declared to the world that there is no longer a division between Hell and Heaven on earth. No matter where I am, even in prison, still it is part of the planet earth and the whole earth has been declared to be under the direct dominion of God.</p>
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<p>On the Day of the Love of God we started a new, one heart and love movement. On this day, members pledged to be desperate to become one in heart and love with the Parents. We are doing that day in and day out by intense prayer. This is the II Jeung movement, which means we are all moving in the direction of the bridegroom. Now the bride is ready. The bride and bridegroom are on the verge of becoming one with each other. For that ultimate accomplishment we established the II Jeung Movement. Pray for this to be victorious.</p>
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<p>Only love can make this possible. Now is the most crucial time of transition, which can be compared only with the time when Jesus went to his crucifixion. After he was crucified, he spent three days in Hell, and after that the resurrection took place. But I am doing all of this, while I am alive. You must realize now that the very day you are living in is the result of long, long years of preparation, of condition after condition. That includes the blessing of the 36 couples, the 72 couples, and so on down to the 8,000 couples. Now we are on the verge of reconnecting everything through this one-heart love movement.</p>
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<p>We have come through this step-by-step process, according to the law of restoration, moving toward the ideal that God intended for this world. By going the reverse way I established the necessary conditions, through the 36, the 72, the 120, the 430 couples, then the 777, the 1800, and finally the 8,000 couples. Step-by-step I have moved forward with these conditions, and we are now being born again on the world foundation. We are now on the verge of this great transition.</p>
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<p>You haven’t worked this out. I have worked it out. But you are inheriting this most solemn position. You must know that I did not just set up this Day of the Love of God by whim, but that there was a long, painstaking, agonizing history behind it. You don’t know everything about that, but you know that an unswerving foundation exists. You are standing on that foundation. So all you have to do is just be absolutely confident.</p>
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<p>We are creating this whole new tree of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Your families are the branches of this tree, rising out of the one central trunk. The branches are not individuals but families. It is the family that is at the center of the Kingdom of Heaven. The family branches out from the trunk.</p>
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<p>It would have been ideal if the 36 couples and the 72 couples had done everything perfectly. Of course, later blessed couples’ mission would have been easier. We can see that the recently blessed couples do not understand the meaning of their own families so deeply. One reason for this is that the earlier couples did not show them a perfect example. They have not been educated properly. But what we have to understand, nevertheless, is that we are on the verge of becoming perfect. We are going to be like that, so we have to realize where we belong.</p>
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<p>No matter which blessing you belong to-whether you are one of the 8,000 couples or one of the 1800, 430 or 36 couples, whatever-you must maintain your position and regard everybody else as constituents of the whole tree. II we love God and the Unification Church, we have to achieve this unity. Before now, there have been all sorts of misdeeds and failures in carrying out missions, no matter which blessing someone was in. How did they fail? They failed by not attaining unity. In this trying time, I am urging all of you to come into unity. When things are comfortable and slack, your minds tend to be lax. You feel no urge to become one. But now is a good time for you to unite, honoring the tradition of the Unification Church.</p>
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<p>All of you have the determination that you would go to jail and serve a sentence three times longer than mine-I know that. You must mobilize that kind of determination to the fullest extent and direct it into the complete unity of the Unification Church, knowing where you belong an. adhering to that position. Everyone has his avenue, hi road clear. We must achieve complete unity above every thing else. Certainly, self-centered thinking has absolute!: no place in us now. Through this one-heart love movement you will all connect eventually to the True Parents, a families within the Unification Church. When we do that what happens? God, without condition, can come and live with us. And God can make Hell null and void. There will be no such a thing as Hell. Therefore, there will be n’ place where Satan can reign.</p>
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<p>This is precisely why I established last Sunday as the Day of the Love of Heaven. Center on the True Parent completely and there will be no condition or place left for Satan to claim as his. The point where Adam and Eve fell was at the top of the growth stage. To go from that point to the third stage of perfection has taken me forty years. I. these forty years, all the conditions necessary have take place. Now I am standing on the top of the stage of perfection. Although all the Unification Church members and families are scattered around the world, their focal point is the same. They are very much connected with true love, through the True Parents. All is connected. We are making sure that this is so, each and every one of our families, so that God can reside with us and accept that as a good enough condition for the abolition of the demarcation line between Hell and Heaven.</p>
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<p>In other words, the borderline between the Unification Church and the secular world-all the rest of the world-is abolished now. Centering on who? Centering on the Parents. We must realize this is where we are now. The blessed couples failed to attain unity by themselves. They were supposed to attain it and do their missions, but they didn’t. I am bearing my cross now for the failure of all the blessed couples of the different levels. When that is accomplished, from then on the world will be connected. Through this one heart-movement, we will all make up what was failed in the past.</p>
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<p>It is clear what all the Unification Church members and their families must do. They must, through this one-heart love movement, pray that the entire Unification Church become intact, in one piece and completely united. When that happens, then God will make sure that there is no borderline between Hell and Heaven. Therefore, the whole world will come into the direct dominion of God. Once this happens, the attitude of the people of the United States will become favorable towards our movement. We won’t even have to try so hard. When spring comes, everyone automatically revives. In the same way, when this is done, all the minds of the churchgoers and the minds of the U.S. citizens will move towards God’s point of view and away from secular powers or political parties or things like that. Their minds will follow God’s mind, more than anything else. This will surely take place. Do you understand?</p>
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<p>We must have the utmost confidence. There is no reason why any other power can overcome us-none! The greatest power of all is the power of God. All of the fallen world as well as all the religions of the world are destined to return to the original condition, the original Eden centered on God. That is what is being accomplished now. Satan knows very well that he must observe and comply with the original law, once this original state is restored. It is up to us. You cannot have confidence unless you understand, but now you understand and you can have absolute confidence and no power can overcome you. Everything will be accomplished, provided we become united.</p>
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<p>No matter what, you must be united for the biggest goal and be obedient to the True Parents. No matter how incredible it may seem, if you have the utmost confidence, we will have victory. This is why I always urge you to become strong and brave. Nothing should intimidate you. Everything follows certain numbers in the spirit world-you may have heard that. The number 6 represents the satanic number, and three times 6 is the number of perfection, or 18. In other words, that is the apex of what Satan can achieve. He cannot go any higher than that. That’s when he stops and that’s when God starts going up. This is that day. We have been the underdogs until today. Knowing this principle and knowing that this principle will work, I know that if I go to prison it will not really be a prison. It is just another backyard on the planet Earth. So if I go to prison, I will bring the gospel and love to that prison. I do not feel that from that time on, I will be behind bars and in Hell. Not at all.</p>
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<p>You will see that the tide has shifted. Until now, the Abel side had to pay all the indemnity to restore the world. That has come to its culminating point. In other words, the cup is full. You cannot pour in any more. The indemnity is done. You may not understand everything, but you can have absolute confidence. You must realize that this is a very unique time, in which all the failures of man’s responsibility to receive the Messiah, starting with established Christianity, the 36 couples, and all the rest of the blessed couples within the Unification Church and the nation, everybody that ever failed to receive the Messiah is indemnified. Already that indemnity is complete. We are now in a new territory. Wherever you walk this morning and from now on, there is no such thing as Hell, except in your mind. Before today, this was not so. Therefore, we must have absolute confidence.</p>
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<p>If we really march forward in complete unity during the next three and a half years, centering on the True Parents, the world will absolutely change, both spiritually and physically. That’s roughly 1988. That is forty-three years since 1945, the end of World War II, and the year that Korea was liberated from Japanese domain. This is a new exodus to the world level. The Israelites’ exodus was on the national level, but this is on the world level. At that time, they spent 430 years as slaves in Egypt. Likewise, there have been 43 years since the liberation of Korea and the end of World War II. This is the significance of the remaining three and a half years. And this is a totally unique time. This is the moment we have been waiting for. Until now, it was more or less the preparation for this one time.</p>
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<p>We have experienced that there is no distinction between nations and races, no German, no American, no white, no black, no yellow. We have gone over these differences. We are completely one. We are one family sharing flesh and blood. In other words, this is the first time in the history of mankind anywhere that people have gotten together in complete unity, centering on this amazing true love.</p>
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<p>Spiritually, we are much farther ahead than you even realize. Physically, too, by 1988 the situation of society will be completely different from what we can imagine now. It will be much more toward God’s direction. At that time, not only America but also many countries around the world will recognize the meaning and value of our work and they will offer support for our activities in their countries. By 1988, we will have our own fatherland.</p>
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<p>Have confidence and remain centered on true love. There is no enemy within true love, not even Satan. I have never regarded anyone as my enemy. I grasp hold of my so-called enemy in my left hand and I never let go until that enemy loves me. Do you understand? Satan is not in the position to dominate mankind. You must understand what you are. You are the entity which was reborn through the True Parents. By the rebirth of the 36 couples, you were reborn again. By this process, including the 72 couples, the 120, the 430, 777, 1800, and so on, as each new family was born again, each of you were a step nearer to your own rebirth. Now you have been born again, but where? You are born on the top of all this foundation. It is not the same as if you were born ten or twenty years ago, when this foundation wasn’t there. There is nothing which can dominate you anymore. Satan has no condition, no power and no right to claim anything. That is where we are standing now.</p>
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<p>Please raise your hands if you have your one-heart love candle that was passed out on the Day of the Love of Heaven. This candle is not given to everyone, but only to those who are blessed. Not everyone who is blessed has it, either, but only those who have made the determination to become one with their spouses and want to keep their family intact. That is the four position foundation: God, True Parents and the couple, looking forward to the birth of your true child. The ones who are ready to do that and could pledge that received those candles. Those who are not so confident, not so determined that this family you have is the absolutely intact family which you are going to cherish for the rest of eternity, you are not worthy of these candles and should not receive them. The moment you receive the candle and understand the meaning of it, and pray under the light of that candle, you have only one direction, one heartistic love that goes in that direction.</p>
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<p>You must have only one heart and one direction. Your direction is towards the parents, who are directed towards God. There is no room for deviation or compromise, because the restoration of the world is much too important. In the past, you may have had different ideas. You may have been confused in a little or a big way, but not after this moment. What can cause you to be confused or discouraged? Everything is clear now and you must start living now, only looking back to repent for what you have done wrong. This is a new position now.</p>
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<p>Like Jesus said to the weeping, sorrowful disciples, do not feel sorry for me but feel sorry for your own offspring. That was a strong statement of judgment. God has done so much for mankind, so much for each individual, each family. It’s up to you to make full use of that and bring yourselves completely out of Satan’s domain. I am not worried about myself. I have done what I can for you. There is not really much more that I can do for you. Once you make your strong determination, everything will be solved. Why? True love, God and True Parents will control everything. Satan is not a part of that world. If Satan is not there, then nothing is there to come against God’s will. Everything will bow down to the true love center, including Satan. The only thing left for him will be to bow down to the original ruler of the world.</p>
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<p>Centering on the Day of the Love of Heaven, which was last Sunday, have absolute confidence and nothing will stand in your way. I asked all the members that day if they were determined to go forward with absolute obedience and confidence and they said yes. If I asked you again this morning, I know you would pledge again with a clear mind, nothing ambiguous or bothering you. I would like to add something to what you have already pledged. It is to ask God to please come and share in this pledge and watch over all of us in this assembly here. Also I want to ask God fervently to confirm that this is His word being spoken now. Do you join in that pledge? Those who pledge, please raise your hands, and God will share in and become one with us here while we pledge. I will pray about these things. Please join in my prayer.</p>
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<p>Have the utmost confidence and everything will be solved rather easily. Have pride that you now belong to the original state of the God-created world, not the fallen world. Everything will come within God’s original four position foundation, nothing will remain outside of it. You must see the world in exactly the same way as unfallen Adam and Eve would have. This is why I have been teaching you about the original world. From this time on, you should not complain. When Heung Jin went to spirit world, I did not cry. Was that because I was lacking in heart? In that time of despair, I quickly moved to the Unification Ceremony, which Satan did not expect. No matter what difficult times came, so much the better, and the more I stepped forward and did not retreat. Nothing set me back.</p>
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<p>When a secular family or individual is confronted with these kinds of things, it is like a death blow for them. But not for me. I know the Principle of the dispensation. No matter how difficult or impossible something is, it all depends on which direction you give it. The ascension of Heung Jin was directed toward the achievement of God’s goal. Thus it was indeed a leap forward.</p>
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<p>I know that this coming time will be similar to when I went into Hung Nam prison. I found disciples within the prison, a church within the prison. Likewise, if I find myself in prison in the United States, there will be many people there who will support me. Thus in a literal way Hell on earth is gradually transforming into Heaven on earth. There is no need for me to suffer anymore or to go to prison, even. Satan no longer has any right or reason to demand the condition, not at this stage. We are clearly beyond that boundary and on another level.</p>
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<p>World events will move in such a way that neither the free world nor the communist world will have the ability to solve the problems they raise. Only Reverend Moon, and his vision and ideal, can solve those problems.</p>
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<p>I know that will be true. I know that you all feel like going with me into prison, isn’t that true? Therefore, what can you do when you are determined to go to prison? You can do anything and everything. You should have such determination on this Sunday morning. With that pledge we will march forward from this time on. We will defend our dignity as the true sons and daughters of the Heavenly lineage. God be with all of you. Amen.</p>
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<h2 align="CENTER">REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON</h2>
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<h3 align="CENTER">May 20, 1984<br />
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Belvedere<br />
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<p>The meaning of the title is that Heavenly love controls everything.</p>
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<p>All of us know that the fall of man occurred because of the misuse of love. The love of God is the center of the universe and all the creation came about as a manifestation of this love. If no fall had occurred, the world would have been centered upon God’s love and God would have had total dominion over all things.</p>
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<p>Since God created the world out of His love, once God’s love is consummated, the purpose of the creation is consummated. As you know according to the Principle of Creation, all of creation occurred through gradual phases, beginning with the mineral kingdom and progressing through the plants, animals, and culminating in human beings. What is the essence of nature? Nature is like the museum of the love of God. It is the place in which God has manifested His love.</p>
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<p>Nature is the realm of generation and regeneration. A little insect, for example, may exist for less than a year but its eggs will hatch and the new insects will carry on. Thus the cycle continues. Even within the world of the insects there is a language and music. They have their own Performing Arts groups! You don’t appreciate them, but they do.</p>
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<p>In the human world, men have deep voices and women have higher ones. This creates harmony. Likewise, men tend to see things in a broader way while women tend to focus on particulars. Physically, men are usually larger. This reflects the responsibility of men to take dominion in a broader way. Their broad shoulders reflect dignity and responsibility. Women have broader hips because they represent the earth. You need a good cushion because you are located on the earth.</p>
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<p>By their features alone we can recognize that men are created to take the subjective, initiating role, while women are in the objective, responsive position. Men have muscular, hard and hairy hands while the hands of a woman are smooth, almost like silk. Can you imagine how it would be if a woman had hands that were rough like a bear’s? That doesn’t fit the character of a woman. No matter how much a man may try to make his face soft it is impossible, because every morning he has a new growth of beard.</p>
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<p>All existence are related to each other. Through their relationship, harmony comes about and then the very essence of the creation, love, is fulfilled. Everything that exists is the result of the interaction of energy. Where does energy come from? Does energy or motion come first? This is like the question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg? The most basic question that reflects the fundamental differences between the free world and the communist world is, Does consciousness come before existence or does existence come first? The answer to that question reflects one’s basic philosophy of life.</p>
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<p>We cannot even speak of a primary consciousness without speaking of relationship. Everybody has his own worldview or philosophy but it cannot arise independently. It must exist in relationship with the person’s life experience. Therefore we say that energy could never arise suddenly as an independent entity. It is derived from some action, and action only occurs through some sort of relationship. Electrical power is a good example of this. It can only exist through a subject and object relationship.</p>
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<p>Let us determine whether energy or action come first. We will never see an electric light come on all by itself. There must first be some action between plus and minus in a circuit. Likewise, without circuitry, life itself cannot just appear. We can observe the violence of a thunderstorm. Do the thunder and lightning happen on their own or doesn’t some sort of action cause them? The power and energy of that thunderstorm arise out of the action between the plus and minus electrical charges. Therefore we can say that action comes before energy. Is that clear to you?</p>
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<p>Let’s discuss action. Right now I am moving and writing on the blackboard. Is that action just a random, whimsical thing? We must recognize that when there is action, there must be two parts to it. We call them subject and object. Without that, action itself could never occur. This is what the communists hate to hear from Reverend Moon. They say, “Action just happens!” They don’t want to see that the relationship of subject and object causes action. Why don’t they like it? Based on this knowledge, the existence of God can be clearly understood and they don’t want to believe in God. The basic theory of communism is that matter is the essence of the universe and progress can come about only through the dialectic, meaning confrontation and struggle.</p>
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<p>Communists say that the dialectic is the law of nature, but they have misunderstood nature. Nature does not work according to the dialectic. Progress and improvement over the present can only come about through give and take between subject and object elements. The universe is always striving to move forward into greater and greater productivity and sophistication so there has to be continual give and take between subject and object elements.</p>
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<p>The universe’s movement toward increase of its present situation must be connected to the essence of the universe as well. In other words, there is a common element connecting the smallest, simplest existence to the largest existence. The motion of that common element, therefore, will shake up every existence, from the smallest to the largest. When that common element is one of goodness, then goodness will permeate every existence from the smallest to the largest.</p>
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<p>Let’s say that in one small corner of the universe, something very joyful happened. That joy would reverberate throughout the rest of the universe, like a joyful clapping of hands in an echo chamber. Why is that? There is a common ability of the entire universe to share in experiences. If this is true, it is a most joyful thing. It means that there is a common bond throughout the universe and all of existence is related in a common feeling.</p>
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<p>If we draw a circle on the blackboard to represent the entire universe, we would include the presence of many different small particles, having either the plus or minus charge. Ultimately there would be a central plus charge and a central minus charge. Although there is the primary plus, there are also many intermediate pluses. Likewise with the minuses. All these intermediate pluses and minuses relate with each other and are a part of the larger whole. The aim of every one of these smaller beings is to unite with the central plus of the universe.</p>
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<p>There is a universal power which unites all existence. What is it? Is it the power of knowledge, money, or authority? No, there is some mysterious power that can shake everything within the universe to its soul and that power is love.</p>
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<p>What is the motion of love? Does it move in an absolutely straight line or does it have rhythm and curve? Yes, love moves like a wave. It has the power to excite because of its up and down motion and rhythm. Therefore the common factor which is appreciated and sought after by the whole universe is love. All forms of existence seek to reverberate joyfully as a part of that love.</p>
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<p>When we study the human face, we might ask why it should be so complicated and full of different planes and holes and so forth. Why shouldn’t it be just simple and flat, like this blackboard? It certainly would be easier for the men to shave every morning! Also it would be a lot easier to keep clean. But we know that the human face is not meant to be flat. We need all the complications of our faces to enjoy the give and take of love, to appreciate and express all the different emotions of life.</p>
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<p>Within the original frame of things, nothing within the universe would have thought of itself as alone or isolated. The concept of “self as a separate entity is the result of the fall of man. The healthy, unfallen universe would be one in which every entity recognized its relationship with the whole and the subject/object relationship would be totally obvious.</p>
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<p>Between men and women, there would be no concept of aloneness. No matter how great a man is, he would know that he is nothing without a woman. Likewise, no matter how beautiful a woman is, she would realize that she is nothing without a man. Ultimately, every existence that continues to dwell in isolation can only expect to be eliminated by the universe.</p>
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<p>How does that make you feel to hear such a thing? The very purpose and meaning of our existence is for the sake of others. Subject exists for object and object exists for subject: men for women and women for men. Yesterday at the leaders’ conference I spoke about the nature of men and women. How do you really know that you are one or the other?</p>
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<p>In many respects, men and women have the same characteristics. We all have one head, two eyes, a mouth, two hands and two legs. In fact, when women are wearing men’s clothing, it is hard to tell the difference! Of course, there is one absolute difference in the external features of men and women and that is the sexual organs. The man’s organ gives him his manhood; the woman’s gives her womanhood. That is truly the most precious part of a person because it determines our identity as a man or a woman.</p>
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<p>What is the function of the sexual organs of the woman? We could say that it is the main pipeline of love. In other words, its function is to connect you to love. If you have four billion cells, every one of them will be activated and focused upon the activity of that pipeline when it is activated. That is the position of your love powerhouse, the generation point of love for your whole body.</p>
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<p>From the point of view of creation and of God as well, the most holy place within the human body is that area of love. God is the master of love and He wants to see His love manifested through man. When God observes the history of the expression of love of human beings, what does He look at? Where does He see His most holy place? Does God see your eyes or your hands? No, He sees your areas of love. Therefore, men and women cannot be permanently separated. They need each other and they look forward to their union in that most holy place. That is the essence of life.</p>
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<p>If God is the master of love, when will He come to visit us? Is it when a woman or a man is alone? Or isn’t it when the man and woman are together in love? According to the principle we are discussing, the entire universe is continually in the process of plus and minus seeking each other, uniting with a larger and larger plus. Unity occurs on each level in this way. What form of creation occupies the highest position of that plus and minus relationship? Is it the monkey, the tiger, the grasshopper, the bird, or what?</p>
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<p>When your television antenna is very high, you receive more signals than a lower one. What is the highest love antenna in the creation? Is it the tall trees? No, the highest and most sensitive antenna in God’s creation is given to men and women. Do you agree with this? The love antennae of human beings are invisible. They reach all the way up to God through the realm of thought and feeling.</p>
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<p>God is the plus love energy of the universe. He cannot dwell with an individual man or woman. He is looking for a pair of individuals — a plus and a minus united together form a perfect minus to Him. Once a man and woman are one in love, they cannot just stand still or be static. They have to reach out to something greater. It is as if a love wind comes and blows you. You are anchored to the center plus, so the love wind blows you but you stay anchored while you undulate in the wind.</p>
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<p>Every man and woman possesses his or her own holy, holy place. Can someone purchase that holy place with money? Even in the secular world, love has a value greater than life itself. People recognize that love cannot be bought with money. How much more valuable is love in the Heavenly world? A fundamental question is whether life or love is the most precious. You say love, but why? No matter how long you live, your biological existence has no value unless you are experiencing love through your most holy place. Life does not automatically connect us with the most holy place, but love does.</p>
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<p>Love is the supreme value. Therefore, your love is not yours alone but it exists for the sake of others. All must bow down before love. It is only through love that you can connect yourself to the central plus of the universe. Therefore love has power and dominion over all things.</p>
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<p>Do you men live for the purpose of eating three meals a day? Or perhaps you only care about sleeping eight hours a night? No, it is for the sake of love that we live. That is how God created us. Do you have any objection to that purpose?</p>
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<p>We are answering many fundamental questions this morning. Men and women are willing to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of their loved ones. The word “holy” must be connected to love. It is only in the context of love that the word “holy” has meaning. For example, any husband who is able to sacrifice himself for his wife’s sake is a holy husband. The reverse is true as well. The person who is willing to die for the sake of his parents is called a child of filial piety. He is a holy son or daughter. The person who gives his life for his nation is considered a holy patriot. Likewise, the person who gives his life for the sake of all of humanity is a holy saint. Anyone who gives his entire life for the sake of God is truly a holy son or daughter of God.</p>
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<p>You can read the story of love by observing nature. The phenomenon of love is seen everywhere-in the trees, the birds, the insects and animals. God’s love created everything and that is why everything in nature exists for the sake of love. Likewise it is for the purpose of feeling and expressing love that the arts and literature and theater and so forth exist.</p>
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<p>Human beings are the primary pipeline of love to God, but what happened to men and women? They degenerated and turned their most holy places into the filthiest and most degraded places. Sometimes a couple will receive the marriage blessing and then either the wife or the husband will say, “I don’t like my spouse.” At that point, that person is in the position to destroy the most fundamental aspect of the universe: that pipeline to God. Can you divorce?</p>
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<p>American society has degenerated to such an extent that it is making Sodom and Gomorrah look trivial. The “gay liberation” movement is gaining tremendous momentum, but that is virtually a tool of Satan by which he seeks to destroy the most precious, fundamental values of God. The gay movement seeks to justify itself through gaining legal, political and ultimately moral power, but this is disgusting in the sight of God.</p>
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<p>The love of every person is connected, like an electrical outlet, to the source or the central powerhouse. That central powerhouse is God and that love flows down, not only to human beings but also to the animals, the plants and the mineral world. Human beings are the mediators of that love to the rest of the universe, but since man became a defective mediator, God’s love became disconnected to the entire universe.</p>
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<p>God’s love is rhythmical. For that reason, the birds of the north fly to the south to have their babies while those from the south fly north. The fish that normally dwell in warm water go to the cold water streams to hatch their eggs. Cold water fish hatch their eggs in warm water. This is the way our universe moves in rhythm. It is the manifestation of the dramatic nature of love.</p>
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<p>Therefore there must be rhythm to the love relationships in human life. That rhythm is manifested in our church in the relationships between white and black, between yellow and white, and so forth. This mixing and exchanging creates the most dramatic wave of love in the sight of God. Just like the fish swap from warm to cold water to hatch their eggs, it would be good to see Oriental people come to the West to give birth to their babies and vice-versa.</p>
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<p>This kind of worldview arises out of a true understanding of nature as the manifestation of the love of God. From God’s point of view, it is more beautiful and dramatic to see people with dark eyes loving those with blue eyes, rather than just loving those of the same color. One way people accuse me is, “Reverend Moon is trying to wipe out the white race. That’s why he came to America!” They think that it is a definite sign of being brainwashed that white Moonies marry Japanese and Koreans, as well as white and black Moonies marrying. But is that brainwashing or is it true beauty in the eyes of God?</p>
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<p>The most fundamental revolution in this fallen world is the one of love, and that is what I am bringing. Your most holy place is not a shameful place. It is a place of dignity. You should walk with great dignity and move through this world, conscious that your most holy place is part of you. All the filth and disease of this world will be repelled by that attitude. The time will come when the whole world, including youngsters and single people, will bow down to the beautiful couple who walks arm in arm, united in holy love.</p>
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<p>The Kingdom of Heaven is nothing other than this: the world in which men and women protect their love, maintain themselves in a God-centered way, and stroll together down the street in perfect harmony. It was because of the fall of man that this kind of marching of holy men and women became impossible. The most holy places of men and women became the most shameful places. People have hidden those parts and have been ashamed to talk about them.</p>
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<p>Those holy places were supposed to be tightly bound in perfect unity, like a nut and bolt. In such a case, God could dwell with men and women. With such unity, God could hit you like a Heavenly thunderstorm, with great electricity. Lovemaking is symbolized by the clash of thunder and lightning. However, because of the fall, the beauty of God-centered love has been incinerated. Ideally, when you are in love you can be absolutely free in the expression of it. You may want to shout or throw your hands up. No action is adequate to fully express the power of love.</p>
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<p>When two dogs come together to mate, they make their own unique sounds. Likewise, cats make a tremendously loud screeching and squalling sound. All the things of nature make their own sounds of love. Loving humans should make a superior sound to every other being. In Korea people feel that talking about such topics is very vulgar. It is certainly not considered lofty. But it is because of the fall of man that such things have become earthy and vulgar. Actually, talking about love should have been the most holy form of conversation.</p>
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<p>You are nuts and bolts. Each man is like a bolt and each woman is like a nut. Once you are joined, you can never be separated; you are a perfect set. When that nut and bolt are perfectly fitted together, that is the moment when you can draw the love of God into you. At that point, everything in your life is fulfilled.</p>
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<p>Today is an important day for me to see all of you. Likewise, I am speaking about an important subject. People have been asking a fundamental question throughout history: Why did God create human beings and the universe? Many great philosophers have offered their thoughts on the subject and usually their thoughts were rather intricate and complicated. But God has never fully agreed with those opinions. Finally Reverend Moon has come and said, “God created for this very simple reason.” And God smiled and said, “My son, you have hit the jackpot!”</p>
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<p>Did you hear the singing of the birds this morning on the lawn? Everyone keep absolutely quiet for a few moments so we can listen to them…. What are they doing out there? They are singing love songs to one another. Nature is our textbook. When I hear those birds, I feel inspired to sing a love song to Mother. Everything in creation exists in pairs: the cats, the birds, the insects and so forth. This is true even for the black raven, which is often a symbol for Satan. The sound of ravens calling to each other is quite harsh and unpleasant, still I think, “Well, they are speaking of love and they can teach people how to love each other.”</p>
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<p>Even when they fly, the birds are looking at one another, yet they do not lose their sense of direction. Therefore I came to the conclusion that nature is our classroom of love, it is the holy place which God created in order to teach people how to love. Everything you eat, vegetables, rice, bread, etc., wants to become a part of your body when you have a loving attitude. They want to gain a higher place of love. But when you eat them with a selfish and hateful mind, they revolt against going into your stomach. They don’t want to be a part of anything other than love.</p>
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<p>Just as the things of creation gladly give themselves up to become part of a loving human body, we humans also willingly die for love. The popular theories of random selection and evolution are completely off-base. The truth is that the lower forms of creation willingly sacrifice themselves to the higher beings for the purpose of fulfilling higher love. I want you to know that love is the most holy and supreme impulse. If you can lay down your life for the sake of your spouse, you are the greatest lover. Likewise, those parents who give their lives for their children have the highest love.</p>
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<p>We must learn the lessons of love from nature. The holiest people have always been on intimate terms with nature. You should naturally want to go out every day and look at the sky and the birds and the animals in order to perceive new lessons in love. Your home must be one of love, not only for your family but also for the things of nature. All the creatures, including the insects, will want to become a part of your “love orchestra.” You will have plants, animals, flowers and insects dwelling together in love.</p>
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<p>Sadly, the values of American society have become very materialistic. Even when people look for potential marriage partners they often think first of how much money that person makes. In some cases an ambitious young woman will marry an old, rich man because she knows he will die within a few years and she will inherit his wealth! Or perhaps a woman will marry solely in order to claim half of a man’s property when she divorces him! If a woman has that kind of thinking, she is filthy inside even though she may look gorgeous on the outside. I feel such a strong urge to reach out and clean up the kinds of things that happen in places like Hollywood. So many degraded and ugly things need cleaning up there.</p>
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<p>The universe welcomes those men and women who consider love the supreme value. Does anyone here think I am wrong in saying this? Love is almighty; it is greater than life itself. There are no adjectives large enough to describe love. It is absolute, it is unchanging, it is beautiful, it is sweet; yet none of these words encompass love. Throughout the history of literature and poetry, what is more praised-love or life? Or maybe power and money are the focus of poetry? No, love is most praised. The reason is very simple, yet perhaps most poets don’t fully understand.</p>
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<p>God put the most holy places of men and women in the location on the body that was safest and most protected. This is particularly true of women. Therefore, when you women sit down in a careless way it is very ugly to behold. You must sit in a way that maintains the protection and dignity of your holy place. From this fundamental point of view, the true standards of courtesy, etiquette and protocol can be derived and can endure. This permanent standard of protocol is derived from the permanent value of love. In order to change that ethic or protocol’ love itself would have to be changed and no one can do that.</p>
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<p>In the fallen world, many women are abused by men who seek for nothing but to gratify themselves sexually. That is far worse than the animals. Love relationships should be done in a beautiful, even artistic way. Engaging in love should be like giving and receiving the most precious gift. Imagine if you were receiving a gift of diamond jewelry. You would relish so sweetly the unwrapping of that gift, carefully pulling off the ribbons one by one. The scotch tape and the paper would be taken off, deliberately and reverently. Ultimately, after the process of unwrapping, you would see that diamond.</p>
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<p>I know you are thinking, “How lucky Mother is to have Father!” Don’t laugh-learn from me! Does anyone here dislike what I am saying this morning? Not one’ so I must have your unanimous approval.</p>
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<p>You Unification Church members should know how to relate to the beauty of nature and how to enjoy being in creation. Even though you are all alone, you can feel the thrill of seeing a lovely flower. You can watch the fish in a pond as they vigorously chase after each other and you can say, “They are running after love and they never get tired.” Tell yourself, “I will never get tired either because I am running after love.” The salmon can teach a beautiful love lesson to humanity because they experience only one love and then they die. They give their lives to love, to hatch their eggs, and then they die. Their lives are consummated by the fulfillment of their love, so they have nothing more to live for.</p>
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<p>Now you can understand the concept of love that I am speaking about. When you get up in the morning, why not time your walking with the rhythm of the birds singing? A certain kind of bird jumps around and sings and then they kiss each other. They are great teachers of love. God assigned them the mission of teaching clumsy men how to love!</p>
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<p>When a husband and wife are truly in love, having a disagreement will not hurt anything; in fact it will increase your loving feelings later. After you clash with each other, you can embrace that much more strongly. Do you couples experience these kinds of things?</p>
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<p>So now you understand that your most holy place belongs to your spouse, not yourself. You were not born for your own sake but for the sake of others. As long as your terminology is “we” and “us” the universe supports you, but as soon as you think in terms of “I” and “me” the universe will turn against you. Eventually you will be expelled from this universe. Can you complain against this rule?</p>
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<p>This is the beauty of marriage – it pushes people to think always of themselves in terms of another. Likewise living in a family requires us to think in terms of “we”- the children think of their parents, the parents think of the children, each child thinks of the other brothers and sisters. But often this is not the case in American homes; for this reason many American families are heading toward destruction. But what about the Unification Church? Are we heading upward or downward? We are rising.</p>
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<p>A day such as this-the Day of the Love of God- has never before been declared. People have simply not imagined that the love of God was supposed to have dominion over all creation. If you could choose between reading a difficult and complicated philosophy book or a poem about love, which would you prefer? Quite simply, people enjoy the sweetness of love over everything else.</p>
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<p>The message I am giving to you today is not only for this particular Sunday but is of universal importance. It is the foundation for all understanding and that is why I have spoken so clearly about it today.</p>
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<p>I want you to understand that the fall of man wrought total destruction upon God’s dream of love and degraded the most holy experiences into the most shameful. The original love was supposed to be man’s ticket into Heaven; but on the contrary man Purchased his ticket to Hell through illicit love. We must cleanse the love of the world and stop the multiplication of the consequences of the fall of man.</p>
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<p>Due to the fall of man, human beings must stand in shame before the lowest forms of creation. The supreme creation of God was degraded to a point far below that of the animals, plants and minerals. However, Americans today think that they can continue to pursue a degraded form of love and enjoy greater and greater prosperity, but that is not the case. From God’s point of view, the way of life in secular America today deserves a worse judgment than fire and brimstone.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, the consequences of America’s actions pervade the rest of the world. Thus the degradation of morality has spread worldwide. America must kneel down before the rest of the world and repent in shame for fostering immoral values. Everywhere men and women have been exploited by the promotion of this immorality.</p>
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<p>Reverend Moon came to America to ignite a moral revolution and to stop this nation from falling into destruction. People proudly point to all kinds of laws and there are many different levels of courts, but what are these courts accomplishing when the nation is pervaded with corruption? Reverend Moon came here as an emissary from God, to turn this nation around in the right direction, but instead of receiving God’s messenger, the power of this nation was turned toward prosecuting him. For this, I am sorry to say it, but I know this country will be punished. Even now I am praying to God to withhold His judgment and give us a little more time to turn this nation around to repentance.</p>
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<p>In today’s New York Times there is an article stating that America has made a big mistake in prosecuting Reverend Moon. This is a most important statement and it will be read by over a million people.</p>
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<p>I am not, and never have been, the enemy of the American people and I do not believe that the American people of conscience will be judged by this court decision. It was the U.S. government that took the enemy position to me. I have great hope that the people will rally and oppose the government’s actions against me. The particular government which persecuted Reverend Moon will not remain forever but the ideal and the teaching which Reverend Moon has brought to America will stay and will prosper, eventually to create a righteous government here.</p>
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<p>As we know, the fallen action of Adam and Eve crushed God’s ideal of love and He became brokenhearted. Think of the parental heart. Imagine that a wealthy father built an elaborate and beautiful home for his children but all of a sudden, the children died. Every time that parent looked at that home, it would make him more brokenhearted. By the same token, every time God looks at this beautiful universe He created for His children, He is reminded that they are spiritually dead. He must wish that no such a beautiful home even existed to hurt His heart.</p>
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<p>Not only that, the beautiful home was plundered and exploited by evil forces. All the precious items inside have been perverted and abused by Satan and this pierces God’s heart over and over again. Worst of all, Satan has abused and perverted God’s own children. It is as if a man’s loving wife had been seduced by another man. Certainly God is always on the verge of anger, feeling that He would like to smash everything He created in order to be free of the pain. But God’s very own purpose of existence is at stake, and therefore God must endure. No matter how terribly difficult it is, He must slowly but surely restore this shattered world into one healthy whole.</p>
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<p>As you know by the Divine Principle, the fall of Adam and Eve occurred when they were in the growth stage, reaching the perfection level. Since the final part of the growth stage was plundered by Satan, the rest of the growth stage fell into Satan’s hands. What has happened to the creation? It became the property of Satan. Man naturally seeks the direct dominion of God but instead we tell far away from God. It is like mankind was raped by an invader.</p>
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<p>In order to be free from slavery to Satan, we have to get a certificate of liberation. How can we get it? On our own power, we cannot possibly break out of Satan’s bondage. Satan is holding man so tightly; we could say that, on a scale of 1 to 10, Satan’s power is a 9. The source of Satan’s power is satanic love which is illicit but still very powerful over man. The only power greater than satanic love is that of God’s love. That love is 100% powerful; it is a 10 on the scale. This 100% love cannot be found any other place except with God. Salvation can only come from the original, 100% love.</p>
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<p>Original love is the only hope for man because no other power can break man’s bondage to Satan. Even though he is the fallen archangel, Satan cannot oppose the original love. That is the chain of command and law of the original world. Therefore the religions of history have had the basic purpose of pursuing that original love. Directly or indirectly all men and women have sought to regain the original love; that has been the dream of mankind. Idealistic people have always dreamed of societies, nation and a world centered upon original love.</p>
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<p>Some people have a nebulous concept of what the ideal world is, but it is the world centered upon original love. It must be realized in a substantial society on the earth, which we call the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. We are certainly not living in the original world at this time so we have to pursue it. It is the destiny of all people to seek original love through the path that religion has trod.</p>
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<p>When you approach Satan with original love, he has two options: either to surrender to you, or go away and never bother you again. This is the covenant between God and Satan, based upon the original principles of the universe. It is the law which binds Satan as well as God Himself. Because of this original law. God cannot demolish the fallen world but has to restore it.</p>
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<p>God knew that the power of religion would be the force to eliminate Satan at the last days. However, religion always has the tendency to become diluted by secular powers. For that reason, God promised that He would send the Messiah. The Messiah comes to bring the fulfillment of God’s ancient covenant and law. He brings original love. Centered upon that original love, he will organize original families, societies, and nations. He will establish a new earthly order. This is the very purpose of the Messiah.</p>
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<p>The foundation for the Messiah has to be Christianity because Christianity is the only religion to understand that the true nature of God is that of Father. Jesus was the only holy man who called himself the only-begotten son of God. No other religion is founded upon such a teaching.</p>
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<p>Jesus was indeed the Messiah because God was his Father and he was His only-begotten son. Thus the religion that he founded must become the foundation for the second coming of the Messiah, when God’s original love will be fulfilled. Centering upon original love, Christianity creates the Godly family of Father, Son, brothers and sisters in Christ. This family concept had to be the mainstream of God’s dispensation up to the time of the ultimate fulfillment.</p>
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<p>Christianity had to become the most widespread religion in the world because God has a big stake in it. He has a plan for fulfilling His dispensation through it. Unfortunately, traditional Christianity was misled by incorrect theology and St. Paul has a great responsibility for this. There are many mistaken ideas, such as Jesus came only to die. Likewise many Christians are content to worry only about their individual salvation, disregarding the matters of this world for one’s own little cubbyhole “upstairs.” The concept of being saved by faith alone is not right either. One must fulfill love in order to go to Heaven. Without the power of love, one can never be separated from satanic bondage.</p>
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<p>For this reason, God promised mankind that the second Messiah would come as the representative of His original love, bringing liberation from satanic bondage. How can you recognize the second Messiah? The Messiah will teach this principle exactly, point by point, spelling it out.</p>
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<p>Is there anyone in the world other than Reverend Moon who is teaching precise points about the original ideal of creation and the original concept of salvation centered upon original love? Even Jesus could not teach these points precisely. But the Bible promises that when the end of the world comes, we will no longer have to be taught by symbols and parables but we will learn plainly of the Father. That is what the Divine Principle is all about. That is what you are receiving.</p>
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<p>What is Reverend Moon teaching? He is teaching the original concept of the love of God and the love of parents, the original concept of Adam and Eve’s relationship and the original concept of children and family. If you learn all the points of this original blueprint from God, then you have the Messiah, you have salvation. If you do not, then you will have to search for somebody else. What do you think? Have you found the Messiah?</p>
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<p>The Messiah must be elevated to the position of True Parent. Such a concept was never introduced two thousand years ago. Only with the advent of the second Messiah could that concept be fulfilled. He came to organize the family centered upon God’s original love. With this weapon of the original love of God, Satan has the choice to either surrender or retreat. This is the power of the second Messiah.</p>
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<p>This is the ideal which I came to fulfill. If Korean Christianity in 1945 had accepted this concept and united with me, I would not have had to go through all these legal battles. The end of World War II was a unique time in human history. Korea was closely allied with the United States and the leadership of Korea was Christian. If Christianity had united with me then, the entire nation could have been united. It was the opportunity for Christianity to govern the world.</p>
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<p>The Messiah should have appeared once Christianity was ready to take dominion over the world. That was the ideal time for the second advent. Do you understand clearly? That special time was the point toward which God had been working throughout the two thousand years of Christian history. Such an opportunity never arose before or since. God knew the value of this opportunity. Thus He wanted the United States, centered upon Christianity, to take the worldwide position of the twentieth-century Roman Empire. Through this nation. the world could become Christian and that is why the U.S. had the position it did.</p>
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<p>At that dispensational time, Reverend Moon was in Jesus’ position, established Christianity was in Judaism’s position, and the United States was in the position of the Roman Empire. The Korean nation was in the position of Israel. All these elements comprised God’s side. That was the historical parallel</p>
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<p>After World War II, South Korea was liberated and came under the military rule of the U.S. government. President Syngman Rhee was a Christian, having been educated in the United States and having strong Christian support. The law of indemnity requires that a certain course be followed, starting with the individual, family, tribe, nation and world. Once the Christians of South Korea recognized the Messiah and united with him, all these steps could have been fulfilled within seven years. Before I reached the age of 40, the entire worldwide dispensation would have been fulfilled.</p>
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<p>The True Mother would have come out of the Christian realm. Perhaps she would have been a British woman. It could be, why not? Once the worldwide foundation had been accomplished, I would have picked the True Mother on the world level. Imagine if the royal princess of England had become the True Mother. I am only interested in one thing-how to restore the world.</p>
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<p>It is because our movement was rejected by Korean Christianity that our boundaries became so limited. If we had been supported, the Korean movement would have immediately become insignificant because the movement would have become worldwide and universal, with no boundaries. Let’s say that the True Mother had come from Great Britain, the source of the English-speaking culture. The U.S. is in the position of son to Great Britain. It would have been very rapid and easy for America to humble itself to Britain.</p>
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<p>With such circumstances, God’s providence would have progressed very rapidly. The Messiah would have had dominion over the world. Even in the face of total opposition, I was able to create a worldwide foundation, so imagine how much I could have accomplished in seven years if I had been given the proper welcome. Do you think I am capable of that? Communism could have been stopped at that time. It certainly would not have come as far as it has.</p>
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<p>However, all these possibilities were destroyed when established Christianity opposed me. That is why communism was able to grow rampantly and conquer over two-thirds of the world. If I had been supported and accepted by Christianity, what leading powers of the world would have opposed me? This Christian nation of America would not have opposed me; Judaism would not have opposed me; neither would Christianity or the free world.</p>
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<p>The UN was created in ignorance of its proper guiding principles. The U.S. should have taken the governing position of righteousness over the United Nations, but instead they gave up their world leadership.</p>
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<p>I am sure that some agencies of the U.S. government must be interested in knowing what Reverend Moon’s first message is, after the Supreme Court’s rejection of our suit. I am happy to let the CIA. or the FBI or anyone else get their recordings of the things I am saying about the United States. This nation and world can never be ruled properly by Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, or any party. Only through the guidance and inspiration of God’s principles can anyone give proper leadership to this world. Reverend Moon, inspired by God, has a plan by which he could inspire the leadership of this nation. If they would follow these directions for seven years, I know this nation could be completely cleaned up.</p>
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<p>Even under continuing opposition and persecution, I have continued to love this nation. We held a special day long organizational meeting yesterday at East Garden to fulfill God’s wishes at this time. I want to create an organization in this country that truly represents God’s forces, greater than the Republican, Democratic, or any party. We need an organization that God can rely on.</p>
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<p>This sort of organization was supposed to have been inaugurated 42 years ago, at the time of Christianity’s great opportunity. But I had to begin from the very bottom to erect a new foundation through the Unification movement around the world. Now, during this forty year period, we are announcing the installation of this organization. It is time for the unity of Christianity. At last the unification of Christianity is happening.</p>
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<p>I was in Korea at the time of my indictment. The U.S. government was hoping that I would not return; they were shocked to see me walk into the courtroom and proclaim, “I am not guilty.” Why did I return to America? I cannot abandon my mission to unite Christianity with the Unification movement.</p>
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<p>Jesus Christ was not supported by his own disciples; he was rejected by Judaism and the chosen nation; and he was crucified by the Roman Empire. Thus I am in the position to restore these failures of 2,000 years ago. I wanted to go through the court battle, which is the modern day crucifixion launched by the U.S. government. None of my disciples have fled; Christianity has united in support of me, rather than cursing me; and eventually the public opinion of this twentieth century Roman Empire will come to support me. By going through this, I am restoring all those historical failures.</p>
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<p>After all this time, The New York Times has finally spoken the truth about me! As they put it, the U.S. government has won the battle but has lost the war. Public opinion is coming to the side of Reverend Moon. More importantly, Christianity of the United States is rallying to my side. By doing so, Korea is completely united with me. All these things have happened through the court battle.</p>
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<p>When Jesus was crucified, he received no support from his disciples, or Judaism, or the chosen nation, or the Roman Empire. But when the United States government crucified Reverend Moon, it was different. The Unification Church became united and solid as a rock. Christianity turned around and supported me. Korea, in the position of the chosen nation, has been swept with indignation and the people have united with me. For this reason, at the end of April we achieved our goal of 7 million people in IFVOC Japan is reaching 7.5 million membership in IFVOC. Ultimately the United States, which links Korea and Japan will have 40 million members of IFVOC and CAUSA. Worldwide we will have 70 million people. American public opinion will see Reverend Moon as a hero. The purpose of this organization is not political; its purpose is for the salvation of the United States and the free world. Those 70 million people will be united, not for any political purpose, but as God’s force to stop the spread of worldwide communism and bring about a new, moral world.</p>
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<p>You state leaders made your pledge to me yesterday and we created our organization. How about you members who came here today-would you like to fulfill this pledge to the utmost, as well? If you can make this pledge, raise your hands. Thank you. God bless you.</p>
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<p>According to the law of indemnity, I have indemnified the persecution of Jesus which occurred on the national level; I came to restore on the worldwide level what Jesus was not able to do 2,000 years ago. Because of this achievement, this is an historical moment upon which God and True Parents have declared the Day of the Love of Heaven.</p>
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<p>The final stage was supposed to have taken only seven years, but because of the rejection of Christianity it took 21 years. During that time, I moved onto the worldwide level. Today it doesn’t matter what any U. S. court, including the Supreme Court, declares. What matters is what history and public opinion say. This is the ultimate court in which I shall be vindicated. Thus the fact that people around the world have rallied to my support is the real victory.</p>
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<p>Most saints and religious leaders have never been able to walk the path I am walking while they were alive: only after their deaths did they make their greatest achievements. But now I am going over this ultimate hill, still alive and strong. This is a tremendous victory in itself. I want you to understand that the True Parents could not install themselves on the perfection level. Because the fall of man occurred during the perfection level of the growth stage, the True Parents appeared there as well. From there we have waged the worldwide battle.</p>
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<p>Due to the rejection by Christianity, the seven years had to be prolonged to twenty-one years. But if the Christians had accepted me right after World War II, my mission would have been accomplished in seven years. During the 21-year period, I indemnified 2,000 years of Christian history, as well as the 200 years of American history. This is why I held an important rally during the bicentennial year in America; that was the highest point of confrontation with satanic forces. That was our showdown on the worldwide level.</p>
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<p>God and True Parents won great victory in that confrontation in 1976. Because of that. the administration of President Carter began to fear our movement and they launched their investigations.</p>
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<p>When the United States retreated from Vietnam, they made a shameful point for themselves in human history. Nixon did not listen to my advice and America finally kicked him out in disgrace. If he had had the courage to take my advice at that time, the situation today would have been totally different.</p>
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<p>Then Mr. Ford came to office but did not have much time. when Mr. Carter was elected, I knew he was not the man for the job, thus I declared my opposition to him. I knew I would be persecuted by his administration because of that. But I want you to understand that it was because of God-centered opposition that Carter lost his political power. The fight against Congressman Fraser was a fight against the Carter administration, and we stopped Fraser.</p>
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<p>In the face of the most rampant liberalism in this country, we won the battle against Congressman Fraser. Because of this’ liberalism began to decline. Unless Mr. Reagan is awakened and truly tries to do the will of God and understands True Father’s will, I know his re-election will not be so easy. If I made up my mind to oppose him, I know he would decline and even lose. But that is not my desire. I love America and my heart is not for revenge. I am still looking forward to this nation’s salvation. My duty is always to love Cain.</p>
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<p>I am saying to God, “Please postpone your wrath and punishment upon the United States and let me take responsibility for their wrong-doing. Even if I go to jail, I want to be responsible once I am free.” At the moment I learned of the Supreme Court’s decision, I prayed to God to hold hack His judgment. I immediately declared to Him that I would have no sorrow for myself but for the nation and the world. I asked Mother and the children to be totally united and to have a special prayer and pledge. Furthermore the older blessed couples and leaders of the movement pledged themselves to be totally united with the True Parents and True Children.</p>
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<p>Yesterday I held a meeting of the worldwide leadership, lasting all day and night. We created a special organization as well as a chain prayer session, called Il Jeung. Il means one and Jeung means heart-the one heart prayer session. It started all night last night at the East Garden holy ground. The focus of the Il Jeung is this: that we shall take responsibility and repent for the wrong doing of America and the free world, ultimately to bring salvation to them.</p>
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<p>If we do not do this, there is no way God’s goal for right after World War II would be fulfilled, even at this late hour. The era of just paying indemnity is over; everything we accomplish from now on becomes a plus and we can build our tower of victory. Whatever we do will give God more power and dominion over the world. Centering upon the spirit of the love of God, not upon a spirit of vengeance, all these things will come about. We can post this sign: “The Love of God Will Govern,” because we are entering into the direct dominion of God.</p>
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<p>We can do this only because the True Parents are at the center. By the fall of Adam and Eve, everything was lost to the satanic world and thus the wrong and bad parent took over the world. But now the True Parents have brought the original love of God, with which they are wiping up and cleaning out all illicit and filthy things of the fallen world. This new era is beginning with the court battle, which is my time of crucifixion.</p>
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<p>Immediately after his crucifixion, Jesus descended into Hell and stayed there for three days. He restored his power of dominion through the love of God. By the same token, I must descend into the hell of this earthly world in order to establish the dominion of the love of God here. Then I will resurrect.</p>
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<p>I am making this declaration that Jesus was in the parental role in spirit world; now True Parents are on earth, centering on the original love and claiming God’s dominion over all humanity and all things by overcoming all the power of Hell, both on earth and in spirit world. This is the declaration ceremony.</p>
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<p>On May 16, 1984, at 12:54 a.m., I declared the Day of the Love of God. This is the turning point upon which original love will begin to govern the world which has always been governed by satanic love. I have already set the condition, so there is no possibility for Satan to invade or accuse this victory; he has no power to infiltrate in any way over my conditions. Before this turning point, all the hard work you did was to pay off historical debts. But from today forward, every drop of sweat and blood and all your hard work will add to our tower of victory.</p>
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<p>Until now, God’s side did not have such a position in the world and Satan could always take everything away from God. But now God will take everything from the satanic position into the Heavenly position, with no strings attached. I will never return to Korea or anywhere until we have achieved unification-first of all, internal unity of the Unification Church movement; and the external unity of the Unification Church and the Christian world.</p>
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<p>Until I accomplished this foundation, I did not feel I had accomplished my mission. But now I see that the Unification movement has become solidly united around the True Parents. Furthermore the Christian community has united solidly with me. For this reason I now feel free to go anywhere and work any place else. I do not look at the American people as my enemies; I see them as they will be when they are restored as original people. When I look at them in that way, the more opposition they give us, the greater victory it becomes for Heaven.</p>
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<p>The government is the servant of the U.S. people and American public opinion is supporting me at this time. Therefore America is not lost and I look at this as God’s territory; it is not satanic territory. I look at America with eyes of true and original love. It is only a matter of time in which America, as well as the free world, will surrender to Reverend Moon’s ideal. Even those who have been my arch-enemies will turn around and say, “We misunderstood you. You are a living and loving saint, special throughout human history.” Once that condition has been established, the entire world can be educated within forty days-this is the satellite age, after all.</p>
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<p>For this reason, we must not delay even one more minute. If you delay, you will create the opportunity for Satan to invade and weaken you so you must march forward right now! Remember what the Christians of the first centuries had to endure. They were forced to hide within the Roman Empire in the catacombs. If they were captured they were fed to the lions in the coliseum. When we think of those glorious martyrs, we know that no matter how hard our work becomes, it never approaches their level of sacrifice. There is no way we can excuse ourselves.</p>
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<p>In order to prevent satanic infiltration within our movement from now on, I will ask you several questions that I want you to answer from your heart. Are you ready?</p>
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<p>The first question I direct to True Mother: Are you ready, unto your life, to give your total love, loyalty and dedication to the ideal of God and True Parents, so that we shall achieve this goal at any cost and at any sacrifice?</p>
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[Mother said, ” Yes, Father. “]
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<p>Now, because of Mother’s clear and loyal answer, Satan has no way to infiltrate this holy family, even if Mother makes some mistakes.</p>
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<p>The next question I am asking to the four blessed children here, led by Hyo Jin, the eldest son: From now on, are you totally united with the concept and ideal of the True Parents? Are you willing to faithfully execute your duties as True Children and to accomplish, unto your lives, the goals of Heavenly Father and True Parents?</p>
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[Hyo Jin Nim answered clearly, “Yes, Sir.”]
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<p>From now on, even if you make a mistake and do the wrong thing it will not affect the destiny or mission of the Unification Church. This pledge was made upon love.</p>
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<p>Now I ask all the blessed couples, headed by the 36 couples, this question: Do you pledge to unite totally with the True Parents and the True Children? Will you fulfill the goals of the True Parents, even unto your lives, fighting as gallant soldiers of Heaven? Will you bring the victory, on the foundation of the original love of God?</p>
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[They answered, “Yes, Father.”]
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<p>So far all your mistakes and wrong doing have been paid for by the True Parents, but after your pledge this is no longer the case. From this time on. you will be taking responsibility for your own mistakes. In other words, no matter what mistakes you make, they will not become a hindrance to the True Parents’ dispensation in the world. Your pledge was that you would not be a burden to the True Parents or the Unification Church, but that you will become their champion.</p>
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<p>The Day of the Love of God was never an established fact before, so all your misdemeanors were suffered by the True Parents. All the things that the Unification Church members did wrong in the past always came back to me and people accused me, but that will not be happening any more. The time has come for you to be the responsible ones. This is a day of liberation for the True Parents.</p>
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<p>Today we have gathered together the Unification Church leaders from all around the world, including more than 120 countries. Upon this occasion, will you pledge your life for the fulfillment of the dispensation of God? If so, please raise your hands and say, “Yes, Father.” Thank you. By making that pledge, you gave liberation to me and Mother.</p>
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<p>At this hour I declare what I have already declared in prayer: that there shall be no more fear of death. That fear shall be overcome by the power of God’s love. When Heung Jin passed away, I overcame the sorrow that people normally feel when a beloved son dies. By the power of God’s love I proclaimed January 3 the Day of the Victory of Love. On that day, I declared our total liberation from the fear of death. Likewise I am saying today that the love of God has overcome any fear of imprisonment. That is why I proclaimed today as the Day of the Love of God- only the love of God prevails and shall have domain over the world.</p>
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<p>The turning point has been reached. We shall see the rejuvenation of joy in the Unification Church and within Christianity. God is providing us with this great momentum.</p>
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<p>I have already said this at East Garden so I would like to say it officially today. Let this declaration go out to the world from the True Parents: From now on. from 100 battles we will win 100 victories and nothing less. Every move we make will bring us the victory because the indemnity era is over. We are beginning to build our tower of victory. Today is the day of declaration of this significant message, along with the Day of the Love of God.</p>
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<p>This declaration is not only a horizontal one; it has been made in the eyes of God and the spirit world as well. The entire universe-Heaven and earth-are listening to this declaration. We have our slogan for the year-Creation of the Fatherland-and this is our goal here on the physical earth, centered upon the original love of God.</p>
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<p>Everyone please stand up. Make pairs by holding onto one person’s hand. Raise your free hand above your head. We are going to pray and you will receive a blessing from God and True Parents. You are standing in pairs because you can only be blessed in the sight of God when you have created a pair. You must create a circuit by which to receive the blessing from God through True Parents, so that is what you are doing symbolically now. Let us pray.</p>
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<p><i>(Father prays)</i></p>
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<p>Col. Pak: We have been doing three cheers of Mansei for a long time, but this is a most special day. Let us really comfort Father and Mother by doing three most extraordinary cheers.</p>
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<p>A good day will come because you have made a good turning point. In the meantime, let us really work hard and sweat to hasten that good day. Everything will be harvested into Heaven. So far, all that good work went to pay indemnity but from now on, everything will be incorporated into our tower. Now you know the term II Jeung. This is the Day of the Love of God. January 3, 1984, was the Day of Victory of Love. Today I was finally able to declare the Day of the Love of God-itself.</p>
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<p>By the Seung Hwa of Heung Jin-his elevation and ascension-a new gate was opened in spirit world. Now they can be united to work actively with the earthly realm. By today’s declaration’ the Heavenly gates are all opened up by the power of True Parents. This power will penetrate all the way to Hell in spirit world; by the same token, it will go all the way into the most hellish places here on earth, including prisons.</p>
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<p>When Jesus was crucified, he went into Hell for three days and opened the gates there. By the same token, by today’s declaration I am opening up the door of the earthly hell for three days. Do you follow? Everything shall be indemnified and this will bring the new turning point.</p>
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<p>Let us pray for gratitude.</p>
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<p><i>(Col. Pak prays)</i></p>
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<p>There is just one thing I would like you to know. Through the crucifixion of Jesus, everything was lost. But by this declaration of the Love of God and the victory of the True Parents’ everything is restored.</p>
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<p>The meaning of the title is that Heavenly love controls everything.</p>
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<p>All of us know that the fall of man occurred because of the misuse of love. The love of God is the center of the universe and all the creation came about as a manifestation of this love. If no fall had occurred, the world would have been centered upon God’s love and God would have had total dominion over all things.</p>
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<p>Since God created the world out of His love, once God’s love is consummated, the purpose of the creation is consummated. As you know according to the Principle of Creation, all of creation occurred through gradual phases, beginning with the mineral kingdom and progressing through the plants, animals, and culminating in human beings. What is the essence of nature? Nature is like the museum of the love of God. It is the place in which God has manifested His love.</p>
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<p>Nature is the realm of generation and regeneration. A little insect, for example, may exist for less than a year but its eggs will hatch and the new insects will carry on. Thus the cycle continues. Even within the world of the insects there is a language and music. They have their own Performing Arts groups! You don’t appreciate them, but they do.</p>
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<p>In the human world, men have deep voices and women have higher ones. This creates harmony. Likewise, men tend to see things in a broader way while women tend to focus on particulars. Physically, men are usually larger. This reflects the responsibility of men to take dominion in a broader way. Their broad shoulders reflect dignity and responsibility. Women have broader hips because they represent the earth. You need a good cushion because you are located on the earth.</p>
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<p>By their features alone we can recognize that men are created to take the subjective, initiating role, while women are in the objective, responsive position. Men have muscular, hard and hairy hands while the hands of a woman are smooth, almost like silk. Can you imagine how it would be if a woman had hands that were rough like a bear’s? That doesn’t fit the character of a woman. No matter how much a man may try to make his face soft it is impossible, because every morning he has a new growth of beard.</p>
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<p>All existence are related to each other. Through their relationship, harmony comes about and then the very essence of the creation, love, is fulfilled. Everything that exists is the result of the interaction of energy. Where does energy come from? Does energy or motion come first? This is like the question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg? The most basic question that reflects the fundamental differences between the free world and the communist world is, Does consciousness come before existence or does existence come first? The answer to that question reflects one’s basic philosophy of life.</p>
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<p>We cannot even speak of a primary consciousness without speaking of relationship. Everybody has his own worldview or philosophy but it cannot arise independently. It must exist in relationship with the person’s life experience. Therefore we say that energy could never arise suddenly as an independent entity. It is derived from some action, and action only occurs through some sort of relationship. Electrical power is a good example of this. It can only exist through a subject and object relationship.</p>
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<p>Let us determine whether energy or action come first. We will never see an electric light come on all by itself. There must first be some action between plus and minus in a circuit. Likewise, without circuitry, life itself cannot just appear. We can observe the violence of a thunderstorm. Do the thunder and lightning happen on their own or doesn’t some sort of action cause them? The power and energy of that thunderstorm arise out of the action between the plus and minus electrical charges. Therefore we can say that action comes before energy. Is that clear to you?</p>
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<p>Let’s discuss action. Right now I am moving and writing on the blackboard. Is that action just a random, whimsical thing? We must recognize that when there is action, there must be two parts to it. We call them subject and object. Without that, action itself could never occur. This is what the communists hate to hear from Reverend Moon. They say, “Action just happens!” They don’t want to see that the relationship of subject and object causes action. Why don’t they like it? Based on this knowledge, the existence of God can be clearly understood and they don’t want to believe in God. The basic theory of communism is that matter is the essence of the universe and progress can come about only through the dialectic, meaning confrontation and struggle.</p>
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<p>Communists say that the dialectic is the law of nature, but they have misunderstood nature. Nature does not work according to the dialectic. Progress and improvement over the present can only come about through give and take between subject and object elements. The universe is always striving to move forward into greater and greater productivity and sophistication so there has to be continual give and take between subject and object elements.</p>
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<p>The universe’s movement toward increase of its present situation must be connected to the essence of the universe as well. In other words, there is a common element connecting the smallest, simplest existence to the largest existence. The motion of that common element, therefore, will shake up every existence, from the smallest to the largest. When that common element is one of goodness, then goodness will permeate every existence from the smallest to the largest.</p>
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<p>Let’s say that in one small corner of the universe, something very joyful happened. That joy would reverberate throughout the rest of the universe, like a joyful clapping of hands in an echo chamber. Why is that? There is a common ability of the entire universe to share in experiences. If this is true, it is a most joyful thing. It means that there is a common bond throughout the universe and all of existence is related in a common feeling.</p>
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<p>If we draw a circle on the blackboard to represent the entire universe, we would include the presence of many different small particles, having either the plus or minus charge. Ultimately there would be a central plus charge and a central minus charge. Although there is the primary plus, there are also many intermediate pluses. Likewise with the minuses. All these intermediate pluses and minuses relate with each other and are a part of the larger whole. The aim of every one of these smaller beings is to unite with the central plus of the universe.</p>
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<p>There is a universal power which unites all existence. What is it? Is it the power of knowledge, money, or authority? No, there is some mysterious power that can shake everything within the universe to its soul and that power is love.</p>
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<p>What is the motion of love? Does it move in an absolutely straight line or does it have rhythm and curve? Yes, love moves like a wave. It has the power to excite because of its up and down motion and rhythm. Therefore the common factor which is appreciated and sought after by the whole universe is love. All forms of existence seek to reverberate joyfully as a part of that love.</p>
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<p>When we study the human face, we might ask why it should be so complicated and full of different planes and holes and so forth. Why shouldn’t it be just simple and flat, like this blackboard? It certainly would be easier for the men to shave every morning! Also it would be a lot easier to keep clean. But we know that the human face is not meant to be flat. We need all the complications of our faces to enjoy the give and take of love, to appreciate and express all the different emotions of life.</p>
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<p>Within the original frame of things, nothing within the universe would have thought of itself as alone or isolated. The concept of “self as a separate entity is the result of the fall of man. The healthy, unfallen universe would be one in which every entity recognized its relationship with the whole and the subject/object relationship would be totally obvious.</p>
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<p>Between men and women, there would be no concept of aloneness. No matter how great a man is, he would know that he is nothing without a woman. Likewise, no matter how beautiful a woman is, she would realize that she is nothing without a man. Ultimately, every existence that continues to dwell in isolation can only expect to be eliminated by the universe.</p>
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<p>How does that make you feel to hear such a thing? The very purpose and meaning of our existence is for the sake of others. Subject exists for object and object exists for subject: men for women and women for men. Yesterday at the leaders’ conference I spoke about the nature of men and women. How do you really know that you are one or the other?</p>
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<p>In many respects, men and women have the same characteristics. We all have one head, two eyes, a mouth, two hands and two legs. In fact, when women are wearing men’s clothing, it is hard to tell the difference! Of course, there is one absolute difference in the external features of men and women and that is the sexual organs. The man’s organ gives him his manhood; the woman’s gives her womanhood. That is truly the most precious part of a person because it determines our identity as a man or a woman.</p>
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<p>What is the function of the sexual organs of the woman? We could say that it is the main pipeline of love. In other words, its function is to connect you to love. If you have four billion cells, every one of them will be activated and focused upon the activity of that pipeline when it is activated. That is the position of your love powerhouse, the generation point of love for your whole body.</p>
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<p>From the point of view of creation and of God as well, the most holy place within the human body is that area of love. God is the master of love and He wants to see His love manifested through man. When God observes the history of the expression of love of human beings, what does He look at? Where does He see His most holy place? Does God see your eyes or your hands? No, He sees your areas of love. Therefore, men and women cannot be permanently separated. They need each other and they look forward to their union in that most holy place. That is the essence of life.</p>
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<p>If God is the master of love, when will He come to visit us? Is it when a woman or a man is alone? Or isn’t it when the man and woman are together in love? According to the principle we are discussing, the entire universe is continually in the process of plus and minus seeking each other, uniting with a larger and larger plus. Unity occurs on each level in this way. What form of creation occupies the highest position of that plus and minus relationship? Is it the monkey, the tiger, the grasshopper, the bird, or what?</p>
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<p>When your television antenna is very high, you receive more signals than a lower one. What is the highest love antenna in the creation? Is it the tall trees? No, the highest and most sensitive antenna in God’s creation is given to men and women. Do you agree with this? The love antennae of human beings are invisible. They reach all the way up to God through the realm of thought and feeling.</p>
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<p>God is the plus love energy of the universe. He cannot dwell with an individual man or woman. He is looking for a pair of individuals — a plus and a minus united together form a perfect minus to Him. Once a man and woman are one in love, they cannot just stand still or be static. They have to reach out to something greater. It is as if a love wind comes and blows you. You are anchored to the center plus, so the love wind blows you but you stay anchored while you undulate in the wind.</p>
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<p>Every man and woman possesses his or her own holy, holy place. Can someone purchase that holy place with money? Even in the secular world, love has a value greater than life itself. People recognize that love cannot be bought with money. How much more valuable is love in the Heavenly world? A fundamental question is whether life or love is the most precious. You say love, but why? No matter how long you live, your biological existence has no value unless you are experiencing love through your most holy place. Life does not automatically connect us with the most holy place, but love does.</p>
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<p>Love is the supreme value. Therefore, your love is not yours alone but it exists for the sake of others. All must bow down before love. It is only through love that you can connect yourself to the central plus of the universe. Therefore love has power and dominion over all things.</p>
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<p>Do you men live for the purpose of eating three meals a day? Or perhaps you only care about sleeping eight hours a night? No, it is for the sake of love that we live. That is how God created us. Do you have any objection to that purpose?</p>
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<p>We are answering many fundamental questions this morning. Men and women are willing to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of their loved ones. The word “holy” must be connected to love. It is only in the context of love that the word “holy” has meaning. For example, any husband who is able to sacrifice himself for his wife’s sake is a holy husband. The reverse is true as well. The person who is willing to die for the sake of his parents is called a child of filial piety. He is a holy son or daughter. The person who gives his life for his nation is considered a holy patriot. Likewise, the person who gives his life for the sake of all of humanity is a holy saint. Anyone who gives his entire life for the sake of God is truly a holy son or daughter of God.</p>
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<p>You can read the story of love by observing nature. The phenomenon of love is seen everywhere-in the trees, the birds, the insects and animals. God’s love created everything and that is why everything in nature exists for the sake of love. Likewise it is for the purpose of feeling and expressing love that the arts and literature and theater and so forth exist.</p>
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<p>Human beings are the primary pipeline of love to God, but what happened to men and women? They degenerated and turned their most holy places into the filthiest and most degraded places. Sometimes a couple will receive the marriage blessing and then either the wife or the husband will say, “I don’t like my spouse.” At that point, that person is in the position to destroy the most fundamental aspect of the universe: that pipeline to God. Can you divorce?</p>
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<p>American society has degenerated to such an extent that it is making Sodom and Gomorrah look trivial. The “gay liberation” movement is gaining tremendous momentum, but that is virtually a tool of Satan by which he seeks to destroy the most precious, fundamental values of God. The gay movement seeks to justify itself through gaining legal, political and ultimately moral power, but this is disgusting in the sight of God.</p>
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<p>The love of every person is connected, like an electrical outlet, to the source or the central powerhouse. That central powerhouse is God and that love flows down, not only to human beings but also to the animals, the plants and the mineral world. Human beings are the mediators of that love to the rest of the universe, but since man became a defective mediator, God’s love became disconnected to the entire universe.</p>
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<p>God’s love is rhythmical. For that reason, the birds of the north fly to the south to have their babies while those from the south fly north. The fish that normally dwell in warm water go to the cold water streams to hatch their eggs. Cold water fish hatch their eggs in warm water. This is the way our universe moves in rhythm. It is the manifestation of the dramatic nature of love.</p>
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<p>Therefore there must be rhythm to the love relationships in human life. That rhythm is manifested in our church in the relationships between white and black, between yellow and white, and so forth. This mixing and exchanging creates the most dramatic wave of love in the sight of God. Just like the fish swap from warm to cold water to hatch their eggs, it would be good to see Oriental people come to the West to give birth to their babies and vice-versa.</p>
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<p>This kind of worldview arises out of a true understanding of nature as the manifestation of the love of God. From God’s point of view, it is more beautiful and dramatic to see people with dark eyes loving those with blue eyes, rather than just loving those of the same color. One way people accuse me is, “Reverend Moon is trying to wipe out the white race. That’s why he came to America!” They think that it is a definite sign of being brainwashed that white Moonies marry Japanese and Koreans, as well as white and black Moonies marrying. But is that brainwashing or is it true beauty in the eyes of God?</p>
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<p>The most fundamental revolution in this fallen world is the one of love, and that is what I am bringing. Your most holy place is not a shameful place. It is a place of dignity. You should walk with great dignity and move through this world, conscious that your most holy place is part of you. All the filth and disease of this world will be repelled by that attitude. The time will come when the whole world, including youngsters and single people, will bow down to the beautiful couple who walks arm in arm, united in holy love.</p>
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<p>The Kingdom of Heaven is nothing other than this: the world in which men and women protect their love, maintain themselves in a God-centered way, and stroll together down the street in perfect harmony. It was because of the fall of man that this kind of marching of holy men and women became impossible. The most holy places of men and women became the most shameful places. People have hidden those parts and have been ashamed to talk about them.</p>
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<p>Those holy places were supposed to be tightly bound in perfect unity, like a nut and bolt. In such a case, God could dwell with men and women. With such unity, God could hit you like a Heavenly thunderstorm, with great electricity. Lovemaking is symbolized by the clash of thunder and lightning. However, because of the fall, the beauty of God-centered love has been incinerated. Ideally, when you are in love you can be absolutely free in the expression of it. You may want to shout or throw your hands up. No action is adequate to fully express the power of love.</p>
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<p>When two dogs come together to mate, they make their own unique sounds. Likewise, cats make a tremendously loud screeching and squalling sound. All the things of nature make their own sounds of love. Loving humans should make a superior sound to every other being. In Korea people feel that talking about such topics is very vulgar. It is certainly not considered lofty. But it is because of the fall of man that such things have become earthy and vulgar. Actually, talking about love should have been the most holy form of conversation.</p>
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<p>You are nuts and bolts. Each man is like a bolt and each woman is like a nut. Once you are joined, you can never be separated; you are a perfect set. When that nut and bolt are perfectly fitted together, that is the moment when you can draw the love of God into you. At that point, everything in your life is fulfilled.</p>
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<p>Today is an important day for me to see all of you. Likewise, I am speaking about an important subject. People have been asking a fundamental question throughout history: Why did God create human beings and the universe? Many great philosophers have offered their thoughts on the subject and usually their thoughts were rather intricate and complicated. But God has never fully agreed with those opinions. Finally Reverend Moon has come and said, “God created for this very simple reason.” And God smiled and said, “My son, you have hit the jackpot!”</p>
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<p>Did you hear the singing of the birds this morning on the lawn? Everyone keep absolutely quiet for a few moments so we can listen to them…. What are they doing out there? They are singing love songs to one another. Nature is our textbook. When I hear those birds, I feel inspired to sing a love song to Mother. Everything in creation exists in pairs: the cats, the birds, the insects and so forth. This is true even for the black raven, which is often a symbol for Satan. The sound of ravens calling to each other is quite harsh and unpleasant, still I think, “Well, they are speaking of love and they can teach people how to love each other.”</p>
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<p>Even when they fly, the birds are looking at one another, yet they do not lose their sense of direction. Therefore I came to the conclusion that nature is our classroom of love, it is the holy place which God created in order to teach people how to love. Everything you eat, vegetables, rice, bread, etc., wants to become a part of your body when you have a loving attitude. They want to gain a higher place of love. But when you eat them with a selfish and hateful mind, they revolt against going into your stomach. They don’t want to be a part of anything other than love.</p>
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<p>Just as the things of creation gladly give themselves up to become part of a loving human body, we humans also willingly die for love. The popular theories of random selection and evolution are completely off-base. The truth is that the lower forms of creation willingly sacrifice themselves to the higher beings for the purpose of fulfilling higher love. I want you to know that love is the most holy and supreme impulse. If you can lay down your life for the sake of your spouse, you are the greatest lover. Likewise, those parents who give their lives for their children have the highest love.</p>
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<p>We must learn the lessons of love from nature. The holiest people have always been on intimate terms with nature. You should naturally want to go out every day and look at the sky and the birds and the animals in order to perceive new lessons in love. Your home must be one of love, not only for your family but also for the things of nature. All the creatures, including the insects, will want to become a part of your “love orchestra.” You will have plants, animals, flowers and insects dwelling together in love.</p>
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<p>Sadly, the values of American society have become very materialistic. Even when people look for potential marriage partners they often think first of how much money that person makes. In some cases an ambitious young woman will marry an old, rich man because she knows he will die within a few years and she will inherit his wealth! Or perhaps a woman will marry solely in order to claim half of a man’s property when she divorces him! If a woman has that kind of thinking, she is filthy inside even though she may look gorgeous on the outside. I feel such a strong urge to reach out and clean up the kinds of things that happen in places like Hollywood. So many degraded and ugly things need cleaning up there.</p>
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<p>The universe welcomes those men and women who consider love the supreme value. Does anyone here think I am wrong in saying this? Love is almighty; it is greater than life itself. There are no adjectives large enough to describe love. It is absolute, it is unchanging, it is beautiful, it is sweet; yet none of these words encompass love. Throughout the history of literature and poetry, what is more praised-love or life? Or maybe power and money are the focus of poetry? No, love is most praised. The reason is very simple, yet perhaps most poets don’t fully understand.</p>
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<p>God put the most holy places of men and women in the location on the body that was safest and most protected. This is particularly true of women. Therefore, when you women sit down in a careless way it is very ugly to behold. You must sit in a way that maintains the protection and dignity of your holy place. From this fundamental point of view, the true standards of courtesy, etiquette and protocol can be derived and can endure. This permanent standard of protocol is derived from the permanent value of love. In order to change that ethic or protocol’ love itself would have to be changed and no one can do that.</p>
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<p>In the fallen world, many women are abused by men who seek for nothing but to gratify themselves sexually. That is far worse than the animals. Love relationships should be done in a beautiful, even artistic way. Engaging in love should be like giving and receiving the most precious gift. Imagine if you were receiving a gift of diamond jewelry. You would relish so sweetly the unwrapping of that gift, carefully pulling off the ribbons one by one. The scotch tape and the paper would be taken off, deliberately and reverently. Ultimately, after the process of unwrapping, you would see that diamond.</p>
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<p>I know you are thinking, “How lucky Mother is to have Father!” Don’t laugh-learn from me! Does anyone here dislike what I am saying this morning? Not one’ so I must have your unanimous approval.</p>
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<p>You Unification Church members should know how to relate to the beauty of nature and how to enjoy being in creation. Even though you are all alone, you can feel the thrill of seeing a lovely flower. You can watch the fish in a pond as they vigorously chase after each other and you can say, “They are running after love and they never get tired.” Tell yourself, “I will never get tired either because I am running after love.” The salmon can teach a beautiful love lesson to humanity because they experience only one love and then they die. They give their lives to love, to hatch their eggs, and then they die. Their lives are consummated by the fulfillment of their love, so they have nothing more to live for.</p>
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<p>Now you can understand the concept of love that I am speaking about. When you get up in the morning, why not time your walking with the rhythm of the birds singing? A certain kind of bird jumps around and sings and then they kiss each other. They are great teachers of love. God assigned them the mission of teaching clumsy men how to love!</p>
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<p>When a husband and wife are truly in love, having a disagreement will not hurt anything; in fact it will increase your loving feelings later. After you clash with each other, you can embrace that much more strongly. Do you couples experience these kinds of things?</p>
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<p>So now you understand that your most holy place belongs to your spouse, not yourself. You were not born for your own sake but for the sake of others. As long as your terminology is “we” and “us” the universe supports you, but as soon as you think in terms of “I” and “me” the universe will turn against you. Eventually you will be expelled from this universe. Can you complain against this rule?</p>
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<p>This is the beauty of marriage – it pushes people to think always of themselves in terms of another. Likewise living in a family requires us to think in terms of “we”- the children think of their parents, the parents think of the children, each child thinks of the other brothers and sisters. But often this is not the case in American homes; for this reason many American families are heading toward destruction. But what about the Unification Church? Are we heading upward or downward? We are rising.</p>
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<p>A day such as this-the Day of the Love of God- has never before been declared. People have simply not imagined that the love of God was supposed to have dominion over all creation. If you could choose between reading a difficult and complicated philosophy book or a poem about love, which would you prefer? Quite simply, people enjoy the sweetness of love over everything else.</p>
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<p>The message I am giving to you today is not only for this particular Sunday but is of universal importance. It is the foundation for all understanding and that is why I have spoken so clearly about it today.</p>
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<p>I want you to understand that the fall of man wrought total destruction upon God’s dream of love and degraded the most holy experiences into the most shameful. The original love was supposed to be man’s ticket into Heaven; but on the contrary man Purchased his ticket to Hell through illicit love. We must cleanse the love of the world and stop the multiplication of the consequences of the fall of man.</p>
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<p>Due to the fall of man, human beings must stand in shame before the lowest forms of creation. The supreme creation of God was degraded to a point far below that of the animals, plants and minerals. However, Americans today think that they can continue to pursue a degraded form of love and enjoy greater and greater prosperity, but that is not the case. From God’s point of view, the way of life in secular America today deserves a worse judgment than fire and brimstone.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, the consequences of America’s actions pervade the rest of the world. Thus the degradation of morality has spread worldwide. America must kneel down before the rest of the world and repent in shame for fostering immoral values. Everywhere men and women have been exploited by the promotion of this immorality.</p>
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<p>Reverend Moon came to America to ignite a moral revolution and to stop this nation from falling into destruction. People proudly point to all kinds of laws and there are many different levels of courts, but what are these courts accomplishing when the nation is pervaded with corruption? Reverend Moon came here as an emissary from God, to turn this nation around in the right direction, but instead of receiving God’s messenger, the power of this nation was turned toward prosecuting him. For this, I am sorry to say it, but I know this country will be punished. Even now I am praying to God to withhold His judgment and give us a little more time to turn this nation around to repentance.</p>
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<p>In today’s New York Times there is an article stating that America has made a big mistake in prosecuting Reverend Moon. This is a most important statement and it will be read by over a million people.</p>
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<p>I am not, and never have been, the enemy of the American people and I do not believe that the American people of conscience will be judged by this court decision. It was the U.S. government that took the enemy position to me. I have great hope that the people will rally and oppose the government’s actions against me. The particular government which persecuted Reverend Moon will not remain forever but the ideal and the teaching which Reverend Moon has brought to America will stay and will prosper, eventually to create a righteous government here.</p>
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<p>As we know, the fallen action of Adam and Eve crushed God’s ideal of love and He became brokenhearted. Think of the parental heart. Imagine that a wealthy father built an elaborate and beautiful home for his children but all of a sudden, the children died. Every time that parent looked at that home, it would make him more brokenhearted. By the same token, every time God looks at this beautiful universe He created for His children, He is reminded that they are spiritually dead. He must wish that no such a beautiful home even existed to hurt His heart.</p>
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<p>Not only that, the beautiful home was plundered and exploited by evil forces. All the precious items inside have been perverted and abused by Satan and this pierces God’s heart over and over again. Worst of all, Satan has abused and perverted God’s own children. It is as if a man’s loving wife had been seduced by another man. Certainly God is always on the verge of anger, feeling that He would like to smash everything He created in order to be free of the pain. But God’s very own purpose of existence is at stake, and therefore God must endure. No matter how terribly difficult it is, He must slowly but surely restore this shattered world into one healthy whole.</p>
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<p>As you know by the Divine Principle, the fall of Adam and Eve occurred when they were in the growth stage, reaching the perfection level. Since the final part of the growth stage was plundered by Satan, the rest of the growth stage fell into Satan’s hands. What has happened to the creation? It became the property of Satan. Man naturally seeks the direct dominion of God but instead we tell far away from God. It is like mankind was raped by an invader.</p>
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<p>In order to be free from slavery to Satan, we have to get a certificate of liberation. How can we get it? On our own power, we cannot possibly break out of Satan’s bondage. Satan is holding man so tightly; we could say that, on a scale of 1 to 10, Satan’s power is a 9. The source of Satan’s power is satanic love which is illicit but still very powerful over man. The only power greater than satanic love is that of God’s love. That love is 100% powerful; it is a 10 on the scale. This 100% love cannot be found any other place except with God. Salvation can only come from the original, 100% love.</p>
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<p>Original love is the only hope for man because no other power can break man’s bondage to Satan. Even though he is the fallen archangel, Satan cannot oppose the original love. That is the chain of command and law of the original world. Therefore the religions of history have had the basic purpose of pursuing that original love. Directly or indirectly all men and women have sought to regain the original love; that has been the dream of mankind. Idealistic people have always dreamed of societies, nation and a world centered upon original love.</p>
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<p>Some people have a nebulous concept of what the ideal world is, but it is the world centered upon original love. It must be realized in a substantial society on the earth, which we call the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. We are certainly not living in the original world at this time so we have to pursue it. It is the destiny of all people to seek original love through the path that religion has trod.</p>
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<p>When you approach Satan with original love, he has two options: either to surrender to you, or go away and never bother you again. This is the covenant between God and Satan, based upon the original principles of the universe. It is the law which binds Satan as well as God Himself. Because of this original law. God cannot demolish the fallen world but has to restore it.</p>
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<p>God knew that the power of religion would be the force to eliminate Satan at the last days. However, religion always has the tendency to become diluted by secular powers. For that reason, God promised that He would send the Messiah. The Messiah comes to bring the fulfillment of God’s ancient covenant and law. He brings original love. Centered upon that original love, he will organize original families, societies, and nations. He will establish a new earthly order. This is the very purpose of the Messiah.</p>
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<p>The foundation for the Messiah has to be Christianity because Christianity is the only religion to understand that the true nature of God is that of Father. Jesus was the only holy man who called himself the only-begotten son of God. No other religion is founded upon such a teaching.</p>
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<p>Jesus was indeed the Messiah because God was his Father and he was His only-begotten son. Thus the religion that he founded must become the foundation for the second coming of the Messiah, when God’s original love will be fulfilled. Centering upon original love, Christianity creates the Godly family of Father, Son, brothers and sisters in Christ. This family concept had to be the mainstream of God’s dispensation up to the time of the ultimate fulfillment.</p>
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<p>Christianity had to become the most widespread religion in the world because God has a big stake in it. He has a plan for fulfilling His dispensation through it. Unfortunately, traditional Christianity was misled by incorrect theology and St. Paul has a great responsibility for this. There are many mistaken ideas, such as Jesus came only to die. Likewise many Christians are content to worry only about their individual salvation, disregarding the matters of this world for one’s own little cubbyhole “upstairs.” The concept of being saved by faith alone is not right either. One must fulfill love in order to go to Heaven. Without the power of love, one can never be separated from satanic bondage.</p>
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<p>For this reason, God promised mankind that the second Messiah would come as the representative of His original love, bringing liberation from satanic bondage. How can you recognize the second Messiah? The Messiah will teach this principle exactly, point by point, spelling it out.</p>
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<p>Is there anyone in the world other than Reverend Moon who is teaching precise points about the original ideal of creation and the original concept of salvation centered upon original love? Even Jesus could not teach these points precisely. But the Bible promises that when the end of the world comes, we will no longer have to be taught by symbols and parables but we will learn plainly of the Father. That is what the Divine Principle is all about. That is what you are receiving.</p>
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<p>What is Reverend Moon teaching? He is teaching the original concept of the love of God and the love of parents, the original concept of Adam and Eve’s relationship and the original concept of children and family. If you learn all the points of this original blueprint from God, then you have the Messiah, you have salvation. If you do not, then you will have to search for somebody else. What do you think? Have you found the Messiah?</p>
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<p>The Messiah must be elevated to the position of True Parent. Such a concept was never introduced two thousand years ago. Only with the advent of the second Messiah could that concept be fulfilled. He came to organize the family centered upon God’s original love. With this weapon of the original love of God, Satan has the choice to either surrender or retreat. This is the power of the second Messiah.</p>
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<p>This is the ideal which I came to fulfill. If Korean Christianity in 1945 had accepted this concept and united with me, I would not have had to go through all these legal battles. The end of World War II was a unique time in human history. Korea was closely allied with the United States and the leadership of Korea was Christian. If Christianity had united with me then, the entire nation could have been united. It was the opportunity for Christianity to govern the world.</p>
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<p>The Messiah should have appeared once Christianity was ready to take dominion over the world. That was the ideal time for the second advent. Do you understand clearly? That special time was the point toward which God had been working throughout the two thousand years of Christian history. Such an opportunity never arose before or since. God knew the value of this opportunity. Thus He wanted the United States, centered upon Christianity, to take the worldwide position of the twentieth-century Roman Empire. Through this nation. the world could become Christian and that is why the U.S. had the position it did.</p>
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<p>At that dispensational time, Reverend Moon was in Jesus’ position, established Christianity was in Judaism’s position, and the United States was in the position of the Roman Empire. The Korean nation was in the position of Israel. All these elements comprised God’s side. That was the historical parallel</p>
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<p>After World War II, South Korea was liberated and came under the military rule of the U.S. government. President Syngman Rhee was a Christian, having been educated in the United States and having strong Christian support. The law of indemnity requires that a certain course be followed, starting with the individual, family, tribe, nation and world. Once the Christians of South Korea recognized the Messiah and united with him, all these steps could have been fulfilled within seven years. Before I reached the age of 40, the entire worldwide dispensation would have been fulfilled.</p>
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<p>The True Mother would have come out of the Christian realm. Perhaps she would have been a British woman. It could be-why not? Once the worldwide foundation had been accomplished, I would have picked the True Mother on the world level. Imagine if the royal princess of England had become the True Mother. I am only interested in one thing-how to restore the world.</p>
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<p>It is because our movement was rejected by Korean Christianity that our boundaries became so limited. If we had been supported, the Korean movement would have immediately become insignificant because the movement would have become worldwide and universal, with no boundaries. Let’s say that the True Mother had come from Great Britain, the source of the English-speaking culture. The U.S. is in the position of son to Great Britain. It would have been very rapid and easy for America to humble itself to Britain.</p>
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<p>With such circumstances, God’s providence would have progressed very rapidly. The Messiah would have had dominion over the world. Even in the face of total opposition, I was able to create a worldwide foundation, so imagine how much I could have accomplished in seven years if I had been given the proper welcome. Do you think I am capable of that? Communism could have been stopped at that time. It certainly would not have come as far as it has.</p>
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<p>However, all these possibilities were destroyed when established Christianity opposed me. That is why communism was able to grow rampantly and conquer over two-thirds of the world. If I had been supported and accepted by Christianity, what leading powers of the world would have opposed me? This Christian nation of America would not have opposed me; Judaism would not have opposed me; neither would Christianity or the free world.</p>
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<p>The UN was created in ignorance of its proper guiding principles. The U.S. should have taken the governing position of righteousness over the United Nations, but instead they gave up their world leadership.</p>
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<p>I am sure that some agencies of the U.S. government must be interested in knowing what Reverend Moon’s first message is, after the Supreme Court’s rejection of our suit. I am happy to let the CIA or the FBI or anyone else get their recordings of the things I am saying about the United States. This nation and world can never be ruled properly by Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, or any party. Only through the guidance and inspiration of God’s principles can anyone give proper leadership to this world. Reverend Moon, inspired by God, has a plan by which he could inspire the leadership of this nation. If they would follow these directions for seven years, I know this nation could be completely cleaned up.</p>
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<p>Even under continuing opposition and persecution, I have continued to love this nation. We held a special day long organizational meeting yesterday at East Garden to fulfill God’s wishes at this time. I want to create an organization in this country that truly represents God’s forces, greater than the Republican, Democratic, or any party. We need an organization that God can rely on.</p>
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<p>This sort of organization was supposed to have been inaugurated 42 years ago, at the time of Christianity’s great opportunity. But I had to begin from the very bottom to erect a new foundation through the Unification movement around the world. Now, during this forty year period, we are announcing the installation of this organization. It is time for the unity of Christianity. At last the unification of Christianity is happening.</p>
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<p>I was in Korea at the time of my indictment. The U.S. government was hoping that I would not return; they were shocked to see me walk into the courtroom and proclaim, “I am not guilty.” Why did I return to America? I cannot abandon my mission to unite Christianity with the Unification movement.</p>
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<p>Jesus Christ was not supported by his own disciples; he was rejected by Judaism and the chosen nation; and he was crucified by the Roman Empire. Thus I am in the position to restore these failures of 2,000 years ago. I wanted to go through the court battle, which is the modern day crucifixion launched by the U.S. government. None of my disciples have fled; Christianity has united in support of me, rather than cursing me; and eventually the public opinion of this twentieth century Roman Empire will come to support me. By going through this, I am restoring all those historical failures.</p>
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<p>After all this time, The New York Times has finally spoken the truth about me! As they put it, the U.S. government has won the battle but has lost the war. Public opinion is coming to the side of Reverend Moon. More importantly, Christianity of the United States is rallying to my side. By doing so, Korea is completely united with me. All these things have happened through the court battle.</p>
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<p>When Jesus was crucified, he received no support from his disciples, or Judaism, or the chosen nation, or the Roman Empire. But when the United States government crucified Reverend Moon, it was different. The Unification Church became united and solid as a rock. Christianity turned around and supported me. Korea, in the position of the chosen nation, has been swept with indignation and the people have united with me. For this reason, at the end of April we achieved our goal of 7 million people in IFVOC. Japan is reaching 7.5 million membership in IFVOC. Ultimately the United States, which links Korea and Japan will have 40 million members of IFVOC and CAUSA. Worldwide we will have 70 million people. American public opinion will see Reverend Moon as a hero. The purpose of this organization is not political. Its purpose is for the salvation of the United States and the free world. Those 70 million people will be united, not for any political purpose, but as God’s force to stop the spread of worldwide communism and bring about a new, moral world.</p>
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<p>You state leaders made your pledge to me yesterday and we created our organization. How about you members who came here today: would you like to fulfill this pledge to the utmost, as well? If you can make this pledge, raise your hands. Thank you. God bless you.</p>
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<p>According to the law of indemnity, I have indemnified the persecution of Jesus which occurred on the national level; I came to restore on the worldwide level what Jesus was not able to do 2,000 years ago. Because of this achievement, this is an historical moment upon which God and True Parents have declared the <i>Day of the Love of Heaven</i>.</p>
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<p>The final stage was supposed to have taken only seven years, but because of the rejection of Christianity it took 21 years. During that time, I moved onto the worldwide level. Today it doesn’t matter what any U. S. court, including the Supreme Court, declares. What matters is what history and public opinion say. This is the ultimate court in which I shall be vindicated. Thus the fact that people around the world have rallied to my support is the real victory.</p>
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<p>Most saints and religious leaders have never been able to walk the path I am walking while they were alive: only after their deaths did they make their greatest achievements. But now I am going over this ultimate hill, still alive and strong. This is a tremendous victory in itself. I want you to understand that the True Parents could not install themselves on the perfection level. Because the fall of man occurred during the perfection level of the growth stage, the True Parents appeared there as well. From there we have waged the worldwide battle.</p>
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<p>Due to the rejection by Christianity, the seven years had to be prolonged to twenty-one years. But if the Christians had accepted me right after World War II, my mission would have been accomplished in seven years. During the 21-year period, I indemnified 2,000 years of Christian history, as well as the 200 years of American history. This is why I held an important rally during the bicentennial year in America; that was the highest point of confrontation with satanic forces. That was our showdown on the worldwide level.</p>
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<p>God and True Parents won great victory in that confrontation in 1976. Because of that. the administration of President Carter began to fear our movement and they launched their investigations.</p>
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<p>When the United States retreated from Vietnam, they made a shameful point for themselves in human history. Nixon did not listen to my advice and America finally kicked him out in disgrace. If he had had the courage to take my advice at that time, the situation today would have been totally different.</p>
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<p>Then Mr. Ford came to office but did not have much time. When Mr. Carter was elected, I knew he was not the man for the job, thus I declared my opposition to him. I knew I would be persecuted by his administration because of that. But I want you to understand that it was because of God-centered opposition that Carter lost his political power. The fight against Congressman Fraser was a fight against the Carter administration, and we stopped Fraser.</p>
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<p>In the face of the most rampant liberalism in this country, we won the battle against Congressman Fraser. Because of this, liberalism began to decline. Unless Mr. Reagan is awakened and truly tries to do the will of God and understands True Father’s will, I know his re-election will not be so easy. If I made up my mind to oppose him, I know he would decline and even lose. But that is not my desire. I love America and my heart is not for revenge. I am still looking forward to this nation’s salvation. My duty is always to love Cain.</p>
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<p>I am saying to God, “Please postpone your wrath and punishment upon the United States and let me take responsibility for their wrong-doing. Even if I go to jail, I want to be responsible once I am free.” At the moment I learned of the Supreme Court’s decision, I prayed to God to hold hack His judgment. I immediately declared to Him that I would have no sorrow for myself but for the nation and the world. I asked Mother and the children to be totally united and to have a special prayer and pledge. Furthermore the older blessed couples and leaders of the movement pledged themselves to be totally united with the True Parents and True Children.</p>
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<p>Yesterday I held a meeting of the worldwide leadership, lasting all day and night. We created a special organization as well as a chain prayer session, called Il Jeung. Il means one and Jeung means heart: the one heart prayer session. It started all night last night at the East Garden holy ground. The focus of the Il Jeung is this: that we shall take responsibility and repent for the wrong doing of America and the free world, ultimately to bring salvation to them.</p>
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<p>If we do not do this, there is no way God’s goal for right after World War II would be fulfilled, even at this late hour. The era of just paying indemnity is over. Everything we accomplish from now on becomes a plus and we can build our tower of victory. Whatever we do will give God more power and dominion over the world. Centering upon the spirit of the love of God, not upon a spirit of vengeance, all these things will come about. We can post this sign: “The Love of God Will Govern,” because we are entering into the direct dominion of God.</p>
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<p>We can do this only because the True Parents are at the center. By the fall of Adam and Eve, everything was lost to the satanic world and thus the wrong and bad parent took over the world. But now the True Parents have brought the original love of God, with which they are wiping up and cleaning out all illicit and filthy things of the fallen world. This new era is beginning with the court battle, which is my time of crucifixion.</p>
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<p>Immediately after his crucifixion, Jesus descended into Hell and stayed there for three days. He restored his power of dominion through the love of God. By the same token, I must descend into the hell of this earthly world in order to establish the dominion of the love of God here. Then I will resurrect.</p>
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<p>I am making this declaration that Jesus was in the parental role in spirit world. Now True Parents are on earth, centering on the original love and claiming God’s dominion over all humanity and all things by overcoming all the power of Hell, both on earth and in spirit world. This is the declaration ceremony.</p>
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<p>On May 16, 1984, at 12:54 a.m., I declared the Day of the Love of God. This is the turning point upon which original love will begin to govern the world which has always been governed by satanic love. I have already set the condition, so there is no possibility for Satan to invade or accuse this victory. He has no power to infiltrate in any way over my conditions. Before this turning point, all the hard work you did was to pay off historical debts. But from today forward, every drop of sweat and blood and all your hard work will add to our tower of victory.</p>
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<p>Until now, God’s side did not have such a position in the world and Satan could always take everything away from God. But now God will take everything from the satanic position into the Heavenly position, with no strings attached. I will never return to Korea or anywhere until we have achieved unification-first of all, internal unity of the Unification Church movement; and the external unity of the Unification Church and the Christian world.</p>
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<p>Until I accomplished this foundation, I did not feel I had accomplished my mission. But now I see that the Unification movement has become solidly united around the True Parents. Furthermore the Christian community has united solidly with me. For this reason I now feel free to go anywhere and work any place else. I do not look at the American people as my enemies. I see them as they will be when they are restored as original people. When I look at them in that way, the more opposition they give us, the greater victory it becomes for Heaven.</p>
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<p>The government is the servant of the U.S. people and American public opinion is supporting me at this time. Therefore America is not lost and I look at this as God’s territory. It is not satanic territory. I look at America with eyes of true and original love. It is only a matter of time in which America, as well as the free world, will surrender to Reverend Moon’s ideal. Even those who have been my arch-enemies will turn around and say, “We misunderstood you. You are a living and loving saint, special throughout human history.” Once that condition has been established, the entire world can be educated within forty days. This is the satellite age, after all.</p>
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<p>For this reason, we must not delay even one more minute. If you delay, you will create the opportunity for Satan to invade and weaken you, so you must march forward right now! Remember what the Christians of the first centuries had to endure. They were forced to hide within the Roman Empire in the catacombs. If they were captured they were fed to the lions in the coliseum. When we think of those glorious martyrs, we know that no matter how hard our work becomes, it never approaches their level of sacrifice. There is no way we can excuse ourselves.</p>
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<p>In order to prevent satanic infiltration within our movement from now on, I will ask you several questions that I want you to answer from your heart. Are you ready?</p>
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<p>The first question I direct to True Mother: Are you ready, unto your life, to give your total love, loyalty and dedication to the ideal of God and True Parents, so that we shall achieve this goal at any cost and at any sacrifice?</p>
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[Mother said, ” Yes, Father. “]
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<p>Now, because of Mother’s clear and loyal answer, Satan has no way to infiltrate this holy family, even if Mother makes some mistakes.</p>
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<p>The next question I am asking to the four blessed children here, led by Hyo Jin, the eldest son: From now on, are you totally united with the concept and ideal of the True Parents? Are you willing to faithfully execute your duties as True Children and to accomplish, unto your lives, the goals of Heavenly Father and True Parents?</p>
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[Hyo Jin Nim answered clearly, “Yes, Sir.”]
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<p>From now on, even if you make a mistake and do the wrong thing it will not affect the destiny or mission of the Unification Church. This pledge was made upon love.</p>
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<p>Now I ask all the blessed couples, headed by the 36 couples, this question: Do you pledge to unite totally with the True Parents and the True Children? Will you fulfill the goals of the True Parents, even unto your lives, fighting as gallant soldiers of Heaven? Will you bring the victory, on the foundation of the original love of God?</p>
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[They answered, “Yes, Father.”]
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<p>So far all your mistakes and wrong doing have been paid for by the True Parents, but after your pledge this is no longer the case. From this time on. you will be taking responsibility for your own mistakes. In other words, no matter what mistakes you make, they will not become a hindrance to the True Parents’ dispensation in the world. Your pledge was that you would not be a burden to the True Parents or the Unification Church, but that you will become their champion.</p>
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<p>The Day of the Love of God was never an established fact before, so all your misdemeanors were suffered by the True Parents. All the things that the Unification Church members did wrong in the past always came back to me and people accused me, but that will not be happening any more. The time has come for you to be the responsible ones. This is a day of liberation for the True Parents.</p>
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<p>Today we have gathered together the Unification Church leaders from all around the world, including more than 120 countries. Upon this occasion, will you pledge your life for the fulfillment of the dispensation of God? If so, please raise your hands and say, “Yes, Father.” Thank you. By making that pledge, you gave liberation to me and Mother.</p>
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<p>At this hour I declare what I have already declared in prayer: that there shall be no more fear of death. That fear shall be overcome by the power of God’s love. When Heung Jin passed away, I overcame the sorrow that people normally feel when a beloved son dies. By the power of God’s love I proclaimed January 3 the <i>Day of the Victory of Love</i>. On that day, I declared our total liberation from the fear of death. Likewise I am saying today that the love of God has overcome any fear of imprisonment. That is why I proclaimed today as the Day of the Love of God- only the love of God prevails and shall have dominion over the world.</p>
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<p>The turning point has been reached. We shall see the rejuvenation of joy in the Unification Church and within Christianity. God is providing us with this great momentum.</p>
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<p>I have already said this at East Garden so I would like to say it officially today. Let this declaration go out to the world from the True Parents: From now on, from 100 battles we will win 100 victories and nothing less. Every move we make will bring us the victory because the indemnity era is over. We are beginning to build our tower of victory. Today is the day of declaration of this significant message, along with the Day of the Love of God.</p>
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<p>This declaration is not only a horizontal one. It has been made in the eyes of God and the spirit world as well. The entire universe, Heaven and earth, are listening to this declaration. We have our slogan for the year, Creation of the Fatherland, and this is our goal here on the physical earth, centered upon the original love of God.</p>
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<p>Everyone please stand up. Make pairs by holding onto one person’s hand. Raise your free hand above your head. We are going to pray and you will receive a blessing from God and True Parents. You are standing in pairs because you can only be blessed in the sight of God when you have created a pair. You must create a circuit by which to receive the blessing from God through True Parents, so that is what you are doing symbolically now. Let us pray.</p>
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<p><i>(Father prays)</i></p>
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<p>Col. Pak: We have been doing three cheers of Mansei for a long time, but this is a most special day. Let us really comfort Father and Mother by doing three most extraordinary cheers.</p>
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<p>A good day will come because you have made a good turning point. In the meantime, let us really work hard and sweat to hasten that good day. Everything will be harvested into Heaven. So far, all that good work went to pay indemnity but from now on, everything will be incorporated into our tower. Now you know the term Il Jeung. This is the Day of the Love of God. January 3, 1984, was the Day of Victory of Love. Today I was finally able to declare the Day of the Love of God-itself.</p>
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<p>By the Seung Hwa of Heung Jin-his elevation and ascension-a new gate was opened in spirit world. Now they can be united to work actively with the earthly realm. By today’s declaration, the Heavenly gates are all opened up by the power of True Parents. This power will penetrate all the way to Hell in spirit world. By the same token, it will go all the way into the most hellish places here on earth, including prisons.</p>
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<p>When Jesus was crucified, he went into Hell for three days and opened the gates there. By the same token, by today’s declaration I am opening up the door of the earthly hell for three days. Do you follow? Everything shall be indemnified and this will bring the new turning point.</p>
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<p>There is just one thing I would like you to know. Through the crucifixion of Jesus, everything was lost. But by this declaration of the Love of God and the victory of the True Parents’ everything is restored.</p>
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