Hometown is a synonym for Love-town.
When your parents grow old and die, you will visit their grave site even if you feel sad and lonely. You will feel nostalgia and will return again and again. It is the memory of love that pulls you back to that place.
Why did God give us five senses?
Through each of our senses, we can feel true love. Our eyes wish to shed tears at seeing true love. When there is true love, there is no boredom to be found. You always want to see and hear more and more true love.
When you are surrounded by true love, all of your senses are filled with joy. Your whole body is a chunk of true love. If you burst into pieces after you roll down the Himalayas, you do not burst as an individual, but it is the center of true love that is bursting.
God is almighty so that He can protect true love and keep it intact.
No one can accuse God of ever misusing His power, because He only uses it for the purpose of true love. When you represent the center of true love, the entire universe will come to protect you because you are the most precious entity in the cosmos.
Nothing is more precious to Him than that.
If there was a chance that true love was shattered into pieces, God would reassemble it into something better. He would probably hold tight onto it because there is nothing more precious to Him than true love.
The only reason for the existence of the universe is the central theme of true love.
A lot of women look in the mirror every morning, wash their face and wear something nice that will make them even more beautiful. They do this because it is their inherent nature to want to be presented as beautiful and liked by others. So, they present themselves in the best way to embrace other people.
What is the power or energy that inspires us to look our best? I think it is the drive of central true love.
Most people today just exist from day to day like vegetables without thinking of central true love. This is the most tragic kind of life. How can one interact and live without love?
Our God-given original nature is always trying to move toward the center of true love, but wickedness in the world tries everything in its limited power to block us from receiving it.
Every human has a conflict between their good nature and their satanic power. Everyone tries desperately to be happy in their own environment, but they just can't maintain true happiness. Therefore, people just go about their day just existing and become vegetables.
These people can be likened to thousands of fish caught in a series of nets in the ocean. They see the net in front of them and think if they can waddle their way out of it they can be happy. Yet, they do not see the series of nets laid out before them.
It is heartwrenching to watch the struggle of that first net. But if they can make a titanic leap across all of these nets, then there is hope for him.
Therefore, the only way to happiness is to jump over all that is blocking the path to true love. If a fish wants to be free from the obstacles, he must think about jumping up toward God's direction instead of trying to break through each net one by one.
He may think that such a leap is impossible, but then he notices a line that is thrown in every once in a while. All the others may be nonchalant about seeing this line, but other awakened fish get excited and grab the line as it passes overhead.
What if this line passes over just once in a century, or once in a millennium? Then, if you miss the opportunity, you would have to wait one hundred or thousands more years.
Our God-given original nature is always trying to move toward the center of true love, but wickedness in the world tries everything in its limited power to block us from receiving it.
Every human has a conflict between their good nature and their satanic power. Everyone tries desperately to be happy in their own environment, but they just can't maintain true happiness. Therefore, people just go about their day just existing and become vegetables.
These people can be likened to thousands of fish caught in a series of nets in the ocean. They see the net in front of them and think if they can waddle their way out of it they can be happy. Yet, they do not see the series of nets laid out before them.
It is heartwrenching to watch the struggle of that first net. But if they can make a titanic leap across all of these nets, then there is hope for him.
Therefore, the only way to happiness is to jump over all that is blocking the path to true love. If a fish wants to be free from the obstacles, he must think about jumping up toward God's direction instead of trying to break through each net one by one.
He may think that such a leap is impossible, but then he notices a line that is thrown in every once in a while. All the others may be nonchalant about seeing this line, but other awakened fish get excited and grab the line as it passes overhead.
What if this line passes over just once in a century, or once in a millennium? Then, if you miss the opportunity, you would have to wait one hundred or thousands more years.
The Messiah is this hope - that rope.
The Jews waited thousands of years for that lifeline.
Christians have waited 2, 000 years for it. Unfortunately, that line has come, but we are all chained by the world that holds us down. We can see it or reach it. So, even if we were to grab that rope, there is a heavy chain linked to the sinful world that prevents us from lifting off. This is the spiritual victory we must win.
What kind of rope can liberate you totally from the satanic world?
The messianic rope alone can bring you out in one stroke. A minister offers a rope which presents some hope, with the power to bring you across one fence, but still you will not make it all the way. You need an extraordinary jump which will carry you all the way outside the nets. Is it selfish to think in these terms?
The Jews waited thousands of years for that lifeline.
Christians have waited 2, 000 years for it. Unfortunately, that line has come, but we are all chained by the world that holds us down. We can see it or reach it. So, even if we were to grab that rope, there is a heavy chain linked to the sinful world that prevents us from lifting off. This is the spiritual victory we must win.
It is impossible to break through all of those nets alone. What if you did not jump high enough to catch the rope? You would have to wait another millennium until that lifeline passed again.
Therefore, we must liquidate the chains that holds us to the past, and old habits so we can catch this rope and lift our ancestral line with us. How do we catch this ride in order to restore our fallen lineage?
First, you must cleanse yourself ideologically.
How purified is your thinking?
Have you ever quieted your mind so you can see the kinds of thoughts that dwell there?
Is it central true love or is it mixed with impure thoughts?
There are many -isms in the world today, just like a department store full of things to buy. The only person who can monitor your brain is you, so, check what kind of -ism lives there.
Only you truly knows how true or false you are. You know who you are and what are the habits and -isms you have. Everyone knows what goes through their brain.
First, you must cleanse yourself ideologically.
How purified is your thinking?
Have you ever quieted your mind so you can see the kinds of thoughts that dwell there?
Is it central true love or is it mixed with impure thoughts?
There are many -isms in the world today, just like a department store full of things to buy. The only person who can monitor your brain is you, so, check what kind of -ism lives there.
Only you truly knows how true or false you are. You know who you are and what are the habits and -isms you have. Everyone knows what goes through their brain.
Since you know where you are, when you go to spirit world you have no excuse for not working for true love.
Medical science can record your heartbeat and the electrical functioning of your brain. In the same way, you cannot hide from spirit world because they know exactly what you are. What's in your mind. Everything is in the open in spirit world. Nothing is hidden.
When you see this kind of standard of central true love and you compare it to your reality there is no reason that we should loftily think that we have earned our place in heaven.
Do you really think you have earned heaven?
Our goal in life is to find the center of true love. Can you do this quietly or will you want to advertise it and let the whole world be shakened by this truth? Of course, you would be controversial and let the universe know.
The greatest of all searches in history is the search for true love, in all corners of the earth.
You must let the universe know, only then will you have a hope of finding it. This is the quickest way to true love.
Reverend Sun Myung Moon who gives these speeches explains this further:
When I made a stir in Korea, the whole nation was shaken, and now all Asia is shaking. People called me names and made incredible accusations, and in the midst of that I could hardly believe that people were still following me.
But the greater the suffering I went through, the greater my following! Even when people tell you not to become a Moonie, you still come.
But the greater the suffering I went through, the greater my following! Even when people tell you not to become a Moonie, you still come.
People even came to see me in prison. The longest line of visitors in history was the group which waited to see me pass down the prison hall. They even stood for 24 hours. I did not speak kindly to those visitors: I demanded to know why they were there instead of out witnessing.
They replied that they missed me and had no power until they saw me. Tears ran down their faces as we spoke, and the prison officials couldn't understand what was happening. I was not handsome or important-looking, but not only young people but even grandparents and children came to line up and see me.
When you own the center of true love, that is what happens. What is the most colorful street in New York? Have you gone to Times Square to shout out, "I am here to find the center of true love"? You probably think people will look at you strangely.
If you are embarrassed and concerned about all the old things but insist that you want the center of true love, will you find it? Why can't we just live quietly and behave like normal people and still have the center of true love?"
The person who sees many wicked things and hears wicked sounds, who has many things to say but is patient and waits, and who has the experience of suffering and persevering through incredible circumstances, that person deserves true love.
Do you look for love in a peculiar area or in an ordinary area? You should know that true love is not easy to come by.
Who, then is the center of love?
God has witnessed many atrocities by humanity here on earth, but still He has hope that His dream ideal world can be built. He has never lost that infinite hope for our future. Has anyone else carry such conviction for thousands of years?
This is how we realize He is the center of true love.
Even though God is the subject and center of love, there are many layers of fences surrounding it. God has become a prisoner through the barriers humanity has created.
Still, through all of this time, He has been patient and withstood His lonely and painful circumstances.
The person who sees many wicked things and hears wicked sounds, who has many things to say but is patient and waits, and who has the experience of suffering and persevering through incredible circumstances, that person deserves true love.
Do you look for love in a peculiar area or in an ordinary area? You should know that true love is not easy to come by.
Who, then is the center of love?
God has witnessed many atrocities by humanity here on earth, but still He has hope that His dream ideal world can be built. He has never lost that infinite hope for our future. Has anyone else carry such conviction for thousands of years?
This is how we realize He is the center of true love.
Even though God is the subject and center of love, there are many layers of fences surrounding it. God has become a prisoner through the barriers humanity has created.
Still, through all of this time, He has been patient and withstood His lonely and painful circumstances.
If you want to reach God, you have to run a sort of obstacle course around all of those fences.
It is not easy. You may feel overwhelmed by peoples' negativity. But in that moment you can immediately think of God's situation. Think of all of the people who have cursed God. Did He get mad or kill them?
It is not easy. You may feel overwhelmed by peoples' negativity. But in that moment you can immediately think of God's situation. Think of all of the people who have cursed God. Did He get mad or kill them?
God was patient in the most heartbreaking moments of human history. So, you should be stronger than God in receiving their hostility. When you talk about tears and your trials, do not forget how patient God has been and how He has suffered.
How would you talk about just your own position in the work of restoration without thinking of His? When you think of God in the process of restoring humanity, you will see that He is always ahead of you.
Return for Tomorrow's Post: History Going Toward Good
This post was derived and rewritten from the speech Liquidation and Blessing
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