"I feel there is no place more appropriate to gather for these discussions than right here in the Soviet Union.
We developed two excellent organizations which are also committed to the quest for world peace. For me to come to Moscow is an emotional experience. I would like to express my appreciation to the Soviet government, especially the officials of Novosti Press Agency.
You have welcomed us to your great capital in a most hospitable manner. My wife and I, and our entire family, are moved by your kindness.
I am sure that all of the guests in this room who have come from every corner of the world, including former heads of state and government, will join with me in expressing our deep gratitude to our hosts in this country. Would you join with me in giving them a round of applause?"
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
True Unification and One World
Father Moon was asked by Soviet media what his views was on the importance of spiritual renaissance as the foundation to social, economic and political progress. He elaborated on these views:
Such a spiritual renaissance is vitally important.
In order to achieve such a goal, there needs to be a deeper understanding of the human situation.
Therefore, there needs to be some reflection on philosophical and religious topics. It may not concern the media, but it is the fundamental understanding necessary to secure true peace in the world.
Furthermore, it is the essence of the Reverend's lifelong search, discovery and teaching God's original ideal for the world which is opposite of the world we live in now.
In order to achieve such a goal, there needs to be a deeper understanding of the human situation.
Therefore, there needs to be some reflection on philosophical and religious topics. It may not concern the media, but it is the fundamental understanding necessary to secure true peace in the world.
Furthermore, it is the essence of the Reverend's lifelong search, discovery and teaching God's original ideal for the world which is opposite of the world we live in now.
When we observe the universe, we see that every being exists through the pair system or union of elements. This is true on every level beginning even with the mineral realm.
Molecules are made from the union of a positive ion and a negative ion. On the level of plants, existence and reproduction require the union of stamen and pistil. Even though this is at a different level, it represents male and female aspects.
This pair system is more obvious beginning on the levels of animals.
Fish, birds, mammals and all animals exist as male and female. Finally, the supreme creations of God, human beings, are either men or women.
The first man Adam and the first woman Eve, were the original ancestors of mankind.
Fish, birds, mammals and all animals exist as male and female. Finally, the supreme creations of God, human beings, are either men or women.
The first man Adam and the first woman Eve, were the original ancestors of mankind.
Why was the pair system created? Why did God create in this way?
The Creator made all of creation as male or female so they might unite through their action of give and take in love.
Through this action, each species multiplies and extends its lineage through their union. Human ambition is limitless and eternal.
Through this action, each species multiplies and extends its lineage through their union. Human ambition is limitless and eternal.
What is man's infinite desire and goal?
For woman it is man; for man it is woman. Both man and woman can find true love only through interaction of each other. In history, the differing views of life, the universe and God have presented unresolved problems.
These problems are to be found when true man and true woman unite centered on God in true love, creating absolute oneness. This is the source of absolute value.
Man exists for the sake of woman. Woman exists for the sake of man.
Man and woman each are the object of love of the other.
Because God is a being of absolute love, He wanted to create objects of love which He can pour out His love.
In doing this, He naturally looks forward to His love returning from men and women.
In this way, God would feel infinite joy.
To become perfect objects of love for God, we must be united in love first.
We have to go through a growth period and maturity of our spirit just as we have to mature our physical body, before we can stand as a mature human couple that resembles God, receive and return His love. Have we seen such a mature couple throughout society?
In this way, God would feel infinite joy.
To become perfect objects of love for God, we must be united in love first.
We have to go through a growth period and maturity of our spirit just as we have to mature our physical body, before we can stand as a mature human couple that resembles God, receive and return His love. Have we seen such a mature couple throughout society?
The pattern of true love is not that of being served; it is to serve others.
When God initially created His object of love, He invested every ounce of His energy - 100 percent of His being.
Based on this standard God had during creation, thus, this established the pattern of true love. This tradition of true love as total investment was established by God.
Based on this standard God had during creation, thus, this established the pattern of true love. This tradition of true love as total investment was established by God.
This is where true love became the center of the universe and even almighty God chooses to be obedient to it.
Once God spent all of Himself, He made Himself a vacuum.
Once God spent all of Himself, He made Himself a vacuum.
In the atmosphere, when there is a low pressure area, the high pressure air is automatically attracted.
On the same token, when someone serves another to the absolute degree, energy rushes in to fill that person up.All the love that God has given to create the perfect objects must be returned to Him by men and women.
Only love transcends all barriers.
When you unite with God in true love, you have dominion over all of God's creation both physical and spiritual.
When you can live completely for others, you are reaching the very essence of God's own being who invested Himself for others.
God's vibrations become your vibrations once you obtain unity with Him.
Then God's feelings are naturally transmitting to you. Through living this way, you become a resonant body of God's heart and love. As much as two tuning forks resonating together, you and God always resonate together.
When you can live completely for others, you are reaching the very essence of God's own being who invested Himself for others.
God's vibrations become your vibrations once you obtain unity with Him.
Then God's feelings are naturally transmitting to you. Through living this way, you become a resonant body of God's heart and love. As much as two tuning forks resonating together, you and God always resonate together.
This unity describes the original state of human beings.
Once you achieve that state, the love of God becomes your love, God's life becomes your life, and the blood lineage of God becomes your blood lineage.
Once you achieve that state, the love of God becomes your love, God's life becomes your life, and the blood lineage of God becomes your blood lineage.
This world which God created then becomes your world. We were meant to share the love of God with all things in heaven and earth.
We are to be citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven with the heart of parents.
Man's separation from GodThe law of cause and effects is clearly evident in history.
Whatever you sow, you will eventually reap.
Adam and Eve sowed a seed of sexual immorality and the abuse of love while they are still growing.
This was the Fall of man.
God wanted humanity to grow in purity until He blessed them in heavenly matrimony, thus becoming the foundation of God's true love, true life, and true blood lineage.
Humanity would naturally have become true son and daughters of God living in the kingdom of Heaven on earth and in spirit world, once the first human ancestors reached perfection and were blessed in marriage directly by God.
However, while Adam and Eve were teenagers, the archangel tempted Eve away from God. He engaged in spiritual fornication with her.
In this way, Lucifer became Satan, God's enemy of His love. Eve had then passed on this fallen blood lineage to Adam through engaging in physical sex.
In this way, Lucifer became Satan, God's enemy of His love. Eve had then passed on this fallen blood lineage to Adam through engaging in physical sex.
This is how our history as humans was sown.
Today, we reaped consequences: immorality is rampant. Teenagers in particular are the victims of widespread sexual degradation. Modern society in the advanced nations is different from Sodom and Gomorrah in the biblical times.
God abhors this immoral behavior.
We must fear the wrath of God and live according to His will. The punishment is imminent. The struggle of God and the evil god is the center of goodness.
Satan is the center of evil.
We must fear the wrath of God and live according to His will. The punishment is imminent. The struggle of God and the evil god is the center of goodness.
Satan is the center of evil.
The history of humanity has been that of struggle between good and evil between God, and Satan through working through men and women.
The history of humanity is a constant struggle between good or bad.
The history of humanity is a constant struggle between good or bad.
Satan, being arrogant and greedy, always attacks the side of goodness.
God's camp is always hit and suffer, but God is able to have the opportunity to bring justice.
For example, World war II had the Axis powers after initially attacking. Every exploiting power will ultimately decline, while those who suffer under persecution for the sake of good will ultimately be raised up by God.
For example, World war II had the Axis powers after initially attacking. Every exploiting power will ultimately decline, while those who suffer under persecution for the sake of good will ultimately be raised up by God.
The side of good is vindicated and occupies new territory. Then Satan's side must withdraw and decline.
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My own life is representative of this. I have been struggling for the sake of good and the cause of God, but the opposition has been relentless. Years ago, I was tortured and beaten, and I have been imprisoned numerous times. One would think that my movement would die out and be forgotten, but the opposite has occurred. I have built a worldwide foundation, and have continuously advanced and prospered.
Every human being has experienced at least one most precious teacher.
That teacher has been beaten upon, mistreated. That teacher is the human conscience. Your conscience always speaks out for your own benefit trying to connect you to true love.
Like a parent, your conscience urges you to be a good, unselfish individual, and guides you to do the will of God.
But within each person there is also a rebel who always goes against the conscience. That rebel is the physical body.
The leader of such a thought is Satan.
The body has trampled and abused the conscience miserably. When one becomes aware of this, can he take the side of the body which has been the enemy of his own conscience, which has greatly damaged his own life and true personality?
Your conscience should be your constant internal teacher and parent.
It will lead you to complete unity with the ultimate parent of mankind, God.
The conscience, then, is the agent of God within you, and may even be called a "second God."
Do you think you should be sympathetic and protective of your body, the enemy of the conscience? Or do you think you should control and confine your body and vindicate your conscience?
Your body only goes after carnal desire.
When it is hungry, it steals and satisfies itself. It always seeks for comfort, and wants to take advantage of others.
The body or flesh has its own realm. To conquer the realm of the body is an awesome responsibility which every person must undertake.
When this is achieved, the mind as the vertical self and the body as the horizontal self are completely harmonized into oneness. Thus a person reaches perfection, united in love with God for eternity.
The Role of Religion
God is the source of true love, true life, and true blood lineage.
Since we human beings originate from this source, we must also have true love, true life and true blood lineage.
However, because of the fall of man, tragically, man never achieved the position of being the child of God.
Instead, men and women have received love, life and lineage from Satan.
Since we human beings originate from this source, we must also have true love, true life and true blood lineage.
However, because of the fall of man, tragically, man never achieved the position of being the child of God.
Instead, men and women have received love, life and lineage from Satan.
Due to the fall of man, love today is basically self-centered. That self-centered love does not originate from the mind, but is centered upon the body.
The body is Satan's dancing place, the mooring post of Satan.
The mind represents God's position the plus position. But the body, which should assume the object or minus position, tries to make itself another plus, and continuously teases or fools the mind.
In human life, it is crucial to correct this fallen relationship between mind and body.
Therefore, God established religion to rehabilitate fallen man. Through religion, God is teaching people how to strengthen their God- centered mind, and reverse the body's domination of their life and personality.
That is why religion oftentimes demands fasting, sacrificial service and a meek and humble attitude. These are methods for reducing the power of the body and causing the body to submit to the more godly mind.
Normally, in religious life, it takes about 3 to 5 years to change from the habit of a body-centered life, and create a new spirit-centered way of life.
The body is where Satan's main activities are conducted.
The body is Satan's dancing place, the mooring post of Satan.
The mind represents God's position the plus position. But the body, which should assume the object or minus position, tries to make itself another plus, and continuously teases or fools the mind.
In human life, it is crucial to correct this fallen relationship between mind and body.
Therefore, God established religion to rehabilitate fallen man. Through religion, God is teaching people how to strengthen their God- centered mind, and reverse the body's domination of their life and personality.
That is why religion oftentimes demands fasting, sacrificial service and a meek and humble attitude. These are methods for reducing the power of the body and causing the body to submit to the more godly mind.
Normally, in religious life, it takes about 3 to 5 years to change from the habit of a body-centered life, and create a new spirit-centered way of life.
Furthermore, the Bible says, you must pray without ceasing.
This is vitally important because Satan controls the environment of the fallen world. Satan tempts and distracts fallen man from all directions 24 hours a day, while God is only able to work from one direction, the vertical direction of the mind.
The Restoration of God's IdealThis is vitally important because Satan controls the environment of the fallen world. Satan tempts and distracts fallen man from all directions 24 hours a day, while God is only able to work from one direction, the vertical direction of the mind.
In the eyes of God, the fallen world we embrace is the world of spiritual death.
His will is the restoration of that world of death into the world of life.
Restoration is another way of saying salvation. When the original ideal state has been lost, it must be restored. When a healthy man becomes sick, a physician must come and bring him back to his original health. By the same token, the God-intended original ideal was lost.
Therefore, the work of God is to restore this fallen world to the original sinless state.
His will is the restoration of that world of death into the world of life.
Restoration is another way of saying salvation. When the original ideal state has been lost, it must be restored. When a healthy man becomes sick, a physician must come and bring him back to his original health. By the same token, the God-intended original ideal was lost.
Therefore, the work of God is to restore this fallen world to the original sinless state.
In order to accomplish that task, God sends the Messiah. But before the Messiah comes, God prepares a certain chosen group of people to be ready for the Messiah. This is what the Bible calls the orchard of wild olive trees.
The orchard of wild olive trees represents a certain sphere in the fallen realm which God can still direct and control. After this has been prepared, the Messiah comes.
The Messiah then cuts all the wild olive trees in the orchard of God, and grafts into them the true branch of life. In this way, the wild olive trees all become true olive trees. They are returned to the original state of man.
The Messiah then cuts all the wild olive trees in the orchard of God, and grafts into them the true branch of life. In this way, the wild olive trees all become true olive trees. They are returned to the original state of man.
The religious people of today are these wild olive trees in God's orchard, but even the most devout religious person must still seek the Messiah because he has not yet received the true lineage of God.
The Messiah comes as the True Parents of mankind, restoring the position of fallen parents Adam and Eve.
Therefore, in order to be connected to the true lineage of God, each person must unite with the True Parents in these Last Days, and become a recipient of true love. By doing so, each person can become a true son or daughter of God. In this way, the Messiah brings salvation to humankind.
The Messiah comes as the True Parents of mankind, restoring the position of fallen parents Adam and Eve.
Therefore, in order to be connected to the true lineage of God, each person must unite with the True Parents in these Last Days, and become a recipient of true love. By doing so, each person can become a true son or daughter of God. In this way, the Messiah brings salvation to humankind.
The Messiah, in the position of True Parents, must root out the trees which have grown from false seeds, subjugate Satan and connect mankind into oneness with God in true love, making all people true sons and daughters of God.
In this way, the Kingdom of Heaven on earth can be created, where men and women will finally be able to enjoy true freedom.
In this way, the Kingdom of Heaven on earth can be created, where men and women will finally be able to enjoy true freedom.
What is the way of unification? Let us consider the first human family.
First of all, there is God. Second, there is Adam and Eve. Adam is masculine, and Eve is feminine. They compete with one another to secure the love of God first.
If they are selfishly motivated, there will be no unity. However, if they are unselfishly motivated, Adam will say, "I want to reach God first solely for you, Eve." The woman will be overjoyed. She, in turn, will say, "I only want to reach God for your sake, Adam." Then the husband will be fully satisfied. There is no struggle; there is unity even in their competition.
First of all, there is God. Second, there is Adam and Eve. Adam is masculine, and Eve is feminine. They compete with one another to secure the love of God first.
If they are selfishly motivated, there will be no unity. However, if they are unselfishly motivated, Adam will say, "I want to reach God first solely for you, Eve." The woman will be overjoyed. She, in turn, will say, "I only want to reach God for your sake, Adam." Then the husband will be fully satisfied. There is no struggle; there is unity even in their competition.
This is not only the way husband and wife can be happily united; it is more than that. It is the very key to the unification of all people.
God-Centered World View
Throughout history, God has been working through the human conscience. In spite of God's efforts, however, every attempt made thus far to restore man into the original starting point -- the heart of God -- has failed.
It still remains for someone to liberate humankind from this satanic environment and lead a successful search for truth and true love. That is the mission of the Unification movement.
It still remains for someone to liberate humankind from this satanic environment and lead a successful search for truth and true love. That is the mission of the Unification movement.
Godism is a God-centered world view, whose essence is the ideal of true love. Godism has two distinct missions: Bring unity between God and man, and bring unity between mind and body.
Since I have discovered the solution to these two fundamental problems the unity of mind and body, and the unity of man and God -- I must proclaim this truth as clearly and effectively as possible without any hesitation. When you follow this teaching, I assure you that you can definitely conquer the carnal desires of your body. You can become 100 percent united with your mind. Then you are eligible to become the true object of God and establish a true love partnership with God.
Whenever two people are bound together by true love, they are entitled to three important rights: First, the right of inheritance. Second, the right of dwelling together. Third, the right of participation.
Take for example the relationship of husband and wife. The husband might be the president of a great nation, while his wife might be a woman of very humble origin and very little education. If they truly love each other, however, they are equals. They own all things in common, live together, and participate on an equal level.
In the same way, when man and woman are connected to God through true love, they will also enjoy the rights of inheritance, participation and living together eternally with God. When you reach this depth of heart, you will constantly experience the presence of God, and God will truly dwell among men.
True Parents
True love always travels the shortest distance at the greatest speed. Therefore, true love coming from God to the earth travels the shortest distance -- a vertical line.
The love between man and woman also travels the shortest distance, forming a horizontal line. When the vertical true love meets with the horizontal true love, the crossing point must absolutely be 90 degrees. There is no other way these love lines can intersect.
The love between man and woman also travels the shortest distance, forming a horizontal line. When the vertical true love meets with the horizontal true love, the crossing point must absolutely be 90 degrees. There is no other way these love lines can intersect.
Who is God? God is the vertical True Parents centered on true love. He is intimately close to each of us because He is our vertical parents.
When we welcome the perfected human ancestors -- perfected Adam and Eve -- as True Parents, we create a 90 degree crossing point between the vertical true love of God and the horizontal true love of True Parents. We have two sets of True Parents. From them we receive true love, true life and true blood lineage. This creates one world totally resonating with true love.
The Soviet UnionWhen we welcome the perfected human ancestors -- perfected Adam and Eve -- as True Parents, we create a 90 degree crossing point between the vertical true love of God and the horizontal true love of True Parents. We have two sets of True Parents. From them we receive true love, true life and true blood lineage. This creates one world totally resonating with true love.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful to have the opportunity to share with you these reflections on the nature of God and humanity. I am also very happy to be here in the Soviet Union. My heart truly goes out to the people of the Soviet Union. Many of you have gone through unbearable suffering, and that saddens me.
I love your country and your people very much. I clearly envision a moral and economic renaissance for the Soviet Union that will dramatically affect the entire world. I will do all I can to encourage and support that renaissance.
I love your country and your people very much. I clearly envision a moral and economic renaissance for the Soviet Union that will dramatically affect the entire world. I will do all I can to encourage and support that renaissance.
You are undertaking a new Soviet revolution, but this should be a revolution without blood or bullets -- a revolution of the heart and soul.
I have been speaking about the importance of the family. But I want to tell you that in the depths of my heart, I feel that the Soviet people are a part of my family. I assure you that my wife and children feel the same.
Also, I assure you that members of the Unification movement worldwide will do their utmost to work together with you for the future prosperity and well being of all humanity.
Also, I assure you that members of the Unification movement worldwide will do their utmost to work together with you for the future prosperity and well being of all humanity.
Father believed the former Soviet Union played a key role in returning God's ideal into a world of lasting true peace This vast union of nation he return to roost.
We must regard ourselves as being members of one global family living in one global house.
Return for Tomorrow's Post: Mankind's Godly Responsibility
This post was rewritten and derived from the Textbook for World Peace Chapter 1
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