See the Bigger Picture

"Everyone is headed somewhere," is an universal statement. People in the past, present and future have all been headed somewhere.  But what is their destination?

Children who leave the house in the morning, school is their goal.  Even though many students go to the same school, they can be learning entirely different subjects.

Modern science is divided into many fields with each scholar focusing on something different. Before there was modern technology that is highly developed, people basically worked in factories for a living and were involved in the whole manufacturing process.

Today's factories, workers may feel they are a small part of the whole and do not know what the rest of the factory is involved in and many feel that they play a significant role.

Those who go for their doctorate are often focused on a very narrow, specialized area.

Once they are able to accomplish their goal in that certain field and have considerable knowledge about it, they can be awarded with a degree.

They can be compared to residents of the large cities such as New York, who go to the countryside for the week and search the streams for a certain pebble or insect.  For that person, he thinks it is important to study such things, but the realm of the big city cannot fit inside a tiny bug.

Somehow, such research should connect to the realities of New York.

People are blinded by their focused outlook, that they lose sight of the whole.  They lack the perspective of the world, nation, society, or even the family.

As people go about their daily lives, they do not want to think about ideology, or how to better themselves or the world.

This is why the traditional value systems are crumbling.

Americans and people of the free world are suffering, simply because they do not see the bigger picture of what is taking place in the universe.

Thus, they lack any vision and do not know what to expect for the future.

Once one obtains their Ph.D, which direction should he move: toward the universe, or down?

If he goes down, he declines.

The further you descend, the less you will be able to see on a larger scale until everything turns pitch black.  Then  you become more and more confused.

When you are living in this way, your path is blocked and you see only people's misery and suffering.  This is the direction many intellectual people are headed.

Many learned people may brag about their accomplishments, but they really have closed minds.

Thus, universities and institutions are headed in that direction because of the people who are leading and running them.

Once a people live in an animalistic way only wanting to have fun and stimulate their body, they do not see the reason for ideology or even morality.  They wonder why follow a disciplined life?

People live for such lowly goals.

Reality shows have taken number one positions in the television arena with young people wishing to become like the people on the shows.  They perpetrate animalistic lifestyles as rewarding, glamorous and the best way of life.

Where are the shows that show the side effects of living such an selfish, external life without any morals and thinking about others?

Without any foundation, individuals can't relate to something greater than themselves, some higher cause. 

People don't even want to think about a higher purpose in life.

Majority of citizens only see themselves as individuals not seeing them as part of the whole.  They do understand that the world is full of wrongs, but they just want to have fun anyway forgetting all the problems.

They do not worry about the direction or history because they think that somebody else is running it.

Such people are not worried about their community and they do not have strong patriotic feelings toward their nation.  This is the situation America has found itself.

Majority of people do not have any real goals and they do not make an effort to go beyond their situations.  They could at least pursue the well-being of their country as one goal.  Even if they cared about their home town, they would have a place to return in the future.

When people look at the past, they conclude that God cannot exist because they cannot find any trace of Him.  Then because of this belief, they do not see the need in religion.

In any school, the student who is a little better than the rest of the students will be the winner.

People see someone who has a Ph.D and they want to follow him, but someone who has a doctorate's degree that keeps hitting stonewalls in life will only cause the people that follow him disaster.

We all must go somewhere, but where?

God created the human mind where there is a corner of the brain which simply cannot accept a totally animalistic way of life.  Even portions of the body will rebel such a lifestyle saying that life should not be like that.

We can hear this voice whispering from within.  People's carnal desires tries to push them in a certain direction, but then another part will place on the brakes saying, "No, that is not right".

What if someone was to eat at a different Chines restaurant for every meal for one week?  Afterward, he wouldn't even want to look at Chinese food that he once coveted just a short time ago when he was very hungry.

We are living int he age where free sex is rampant.

People meet and have relations without even getting to know each others first or last names.  These kinds of people are able to satisfy their bodily desires, but then what?  Can they live happily ever after or even affect the world with such behavior?

What if there was a man who was having sex with several women a week? He along with several others would believe that he was living a satisfactory lifestyle envied by others.

But once he is alone back at home, he truly know that he feel empty inside.

Then he may reminisce about the time that he dated a simple, country girl who was only mildly pretty.  She may have not worn make-up, but she had a pure heart.

He will remember the days when he was in love with her and he now realizes that those times were better times than he is enjoying now.

Even though externally it looks as though he has everything he needs to enjoy life, it does not satisfy him.  He feels empty once he looks back upon how he was living a pure life and had pure love for someone.

Some people may quarrel once with their spouse and accuse them saying that they do not care about them and leave.

On the other hand a true husband and a true wife will disagree at times, but their relationship has a cohesiveness which nothing can destroy.

Even though they may fight, they do not want to break up.  Which of the above examples do you want for a spouse?  Of course you wouldn't want the first kind, but why?

Anybody with a conscience will say no to this.

Everyone comes to this same conclusion.  How can one talk about the ideal way of life when they are living in such volatile situations constantly?  Where can you find true love in that situation?

Can we find any righteousness in a society that is filled with selfish individuals?

People will feel that this world is evil, bleak, dark and sinful and they would not want to have anything to do with it.

To follow the path of the world brings only calamity and disaster. 

Would anyone disagree that living a life only for oneself leads to destruction?

Since that is the path to ruin and death, what way should we go?

We do not see the solution anywhere in America, Europe or in the great Western world.  In fact, all of the Western society is walking that path toward disaster.

We can conclude that God exists.

God must be hastening the decline of the Western world by letting it crumble in order for it to rebirth into a new world.  It is the same as killing a germ that is trying to infect the rest of the world.

Wouldn't this be the logical conclusion?

If God exists, would He just sit back and watch as the rest of the world crumbles or would He take action?

God would want to exterminate the evil germs quickly, like a diseased person, in order to keep the healthy parts of the world from becoming infected.

Those whose thinking is parallel to God's thinking would be also concerned about reversing the trend in which the Western civilization is headed and turn it toward a new and good direction.

Some Western people have decided that they rather live somewhere else and end up denying their home country.  Americans were once revered by other nations, but now when they visit other countries, they are rejected.  This is the reality today.

America's greatest need today is finding hope in the midst of despair. 

Because God exists, He must have placed a beacon of hope somewhere.  He has made a way to stem the tide.

Anyone who wants to have a part in accomplishing this change is taking up the most critical challenge in America.

When you really think about it, has there ever been a religion or a philosophy that has been able to save America?  So, far we have witnessed none that have been able to completely eradicate this nations's problem.

There has not been any political, religious or social ideology to liquidate the problems of its citizens.  In fact, when we compare the situation of America to just 30 years ago, we see that the country is in an emergency situation.  Even the religious powers in this day are being eradicated.

People may even judge that God is not concerned with the problems of this society.

Do you think it is possible to find a solution?

Of course man has tried all throughout history to find pragmatic compromises to attempt to justify people's fallen way of life.  Many people today claim that God is dead.

So, where can the solution be found?

Through the almighty God.

God is of love, so He must somehow devise a solution for this nation.  Therefore, something new and great should come about so the change can come to the United States spreading throughout the world.

The Communists have claimed that God does not exists; He is just made up to comfort the poor.

The Marxist ideology, based on material,  has been on the offensive in the world and many Westerners have been heavily influenced by those ideals.

If you follow the communistic way of life, you will decline.  Even if you follow the Western way of life which looks glamorous, you will decline.  When we look at this situation, there seems to be no hope.

Communist denies God and on the other side, the free world recognizes God, but have abandoned Him.

Everybody is headed some place, but where?

We can make an analogy of the situation humanity faces right now.

Imagine a boat full of blind people.  Now, they are approaching Niagara Falls.

Everyone knows that they are going somewhere, but they are not aware of the imminent danger ahead where they will plunge thousands of feet to their death.

How will we stop this movement toward destruction?

This is not just one person's theory.  This is a very real problem.

Would we be able to escape this disaster by making a magical leap?  Do we have enough energy to do that?

Why are we even here?

First, we proclaim that God exists and that He is here and not dead.

Next, we have a steadfast philosophy of hope, not despair.  Our philosophy is based on the living God, not on fixing things quickly.

Furthermore, we have a genuine solution to the world's problem which no one else has been able to solve.  This solution is capable of bringing all the people of the world into unity.

Communism is the archenemy of God and religion; thus communists also hate the Messiah. 

America has abandoned God and has acquired a loose standard of living, thus becoming God's adversary.

To follow this true way of life, we were pulled out of the secular way of living in order to become a new breed of people who can go out to the world and bring new life everywhere.

Many from both camps have tried to destroy this work, but what if everyone trying to better America disappeared?  Would America automatically improve?

Right now, as we go on our missions in other countries, Africans may say for us to go home.  But if we were to make a change in the nation, we can quickly influence the world and turn it in the right direction.

If people of America were to demonstrate a true way of life, the rest of the world, especially the less-developed nations will follow.  This is why God placed His focus on such a nation as America built on religious freedom.  Our purpose is for world salvation.

The Western way is now based on selfishness, not caring about others.

Many people want to take advantage of other poorer nations, but we are working to transform the American way into an unselfish and sacrificial way of life.

The only way the United States will truly survive and prosper will be to have its white people and youth give out their sweat blood and tears for the sake of other nations, creating a true revolution which no one can stop.

Do you think that Harvard University professors or deans are up to the task?

Only one person proclaims that Americans should do this work of restoring the world and make it a reality.  Yet, he has been opposed by the U.S. and the entire world.

Once people see him living in this way and continuing to move forward as an immovable rock, they are repentful at how they have criticize him in their heart and misunderstood his direction.


You think, "Of course, Father is trying to do some good, but he is doing it in his Oriental way. He is just forcing the Korean direction on us."  But let's think together this morning. Does America need my direction and the solutions I offer? How much does America need a solution? 

If your parents oppose you and if the government or the entire nation came against you, would you still be convinced that this is the right way of life? But what would you do if nobody helped you? If you were all alone, would you give up? We must not give up. Our devotion will continue as long as we have breath.


How can you say after only doing this work with less enthusiasm that you are tired of witnessing and walking this path?

Father came to this land from another country.  America is not even his native land, but he came as a fireman to put out the immoral flames waiting to consume her.  So, if anybody gets tired, or needs to retreat it should be the one who does the most.

March forward without faltering.  We should be able to say, "Let's go farther" or  "Let's take a rest".


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Everyone is Headed Somewhere

Witnessing Teaches True Love

Many Americans believe that the times which we are living are much better than the olden days, but the truth is the days of the past are much purer and better.

Of course there was much blood shed and many wrongs of the past, but from the viewpoint of values, we must restore this to the present time because this opposite direction leads to destruction.

But Americans will not just simply accept such statements.  We must be able to clearly explain why we must live a purer way.  We must do so quickly because the time is short and unless we cand do this, America cannot be saved.


There have been many changes in public opinion taking place without you even realizing it. Righteous Americans have joined the staff of the Washington Times, even taking a cut in salary, because they felt inspired to join the new conservative movement.


How responsible do you feel for following these words?

Many speeches speak about witnessing to the home church providence in your area comprising of 360 homes.  How many homes in the past week did you visit in your home church area?

Throughout history, many religious people have made tremendous sacrifices and millions have been martyred for their belief in God.  Because of this collective merit of sacrifice and blood, home church is now possible.

There is a value and meaning to this providence because the 360 homes in your area represent all the people in the world.

By witnessing to them, you are doing the same work as working with people all over the world.  Through this, you are able to restore your  family.

If you are not able to do the work of home church, you will be severely judged later.

On the church level, we have not been able to go beyond the family level.  There are many families, but in comparison to the ultimate goal this accomplishment is small.  Unless we are able to go to the larger levels of society nation and world, our level of freedom will not be complete in the spirit world. We will have limited movement there.

As we do the work of restoration every day, corresponding areas in spirit world open and are created at the same time.  At best we have the freedom, right now, to move about at the community level.

There are many borders and boundaries in areas of the spirit world just as there are here on earth.

We witness to people on a one-to-one basis, but at this rate how will be able to expand to the world level?

Your responsibility is to expand to the highest levels.

This is for the sake of your clan.  When you do home church and the people there understand God and His will through the Completed Testament, Divine Principle, then they will be able to educate your clan.  They will become better teachers than you are.

You can think of it in relation to Cain and Abel in your clan.  Your responsibility in the Abel position is to stand on the central point guiding others, living the heavenly, vertical standard yourself.

When you are able to do that, you are able to inherit the position of a true parent.  By standing int hat position, you receive God's love directly, Father love.  Mother's love and the love of brothers and sisters.

If we were able to see with a spiritual microscope, we would be able to see that every one of your cells reflects one of those kinds of love.

They would not be able to just see you alone in your cells, but that you have achieved unity and selflessness.  You can then confidently claim that your 'I' now is different from the 'I' before, because it is reflecting the love of God, parents and brothers and sisters.

Have you thought before about your cells carrying all these different elements of love?

People will automatically like such a person when they see him.  When a person lives only for himself, however, it is hard for anyone to like him. It is even more difficult for God to be pleased with him..

But when you are full of love of others, God will love everything about your eyes, nose and everything else that belongs to you.

Your parents would love you more than you love yourself and will want to share everything they have with you.


Whenever anyone comes to visit me, I try to show love to that person and treat him better than anyone has ever treated him in the past. This is the attitude I want to teach you; whenever you take any position, you should take it with the most loving heart. If you become the president of some organization, be the most loving president that group ever had.


When it is time for the blessing, arranged marriage, many may wonder why they were given the spouse that was picked for them and they want a better one.  If you think that your fiancee is very difficult to love, then when you are able to love them, you will be the king and queen of love.

Do you think God would like such a complaint and think you should have a different fiancee and will change you around?

We each have an endless realm of love to connect with if you make a success out of your relationship.  Certainly, then, God will want to fill you with everything you need.

Every bridegroom should think of his bride as more precious than royalty as if she was his queen and  vice-versa.

The blessing is given to reverse the position of the fall and connect man and wife to the direct blood lineage of God.  How tragic would it be if you knowingly or unknowingly stopped it?  Your ancestors and all of creation will accuse you if you prevent them from being connected to God.

Sometimes, people join the movement with such zeal, but after a few years of hard work, their enthusiasm diminishes.  On the other hand, there is the member that doesn't get much attention at first but gradually build up his accomplishments.

Which member would you like to be?

Naturally, you want to go up, not down, but if you do not follow simple directions like working for the home church providence, you are going down.  You may say that you will carry out your responsibilities as a person of faith, but how much have you actually carried out?

Maybe the American youth have not lived up to all their promises, but another country will.  If the time comes when the white people fail to complete God's time table, then the black people will rise up and become the leaders of the world.

We must realize that America has been helped because it is at the center of God's providence for restoring the world.

If America is not able to do as much as they can and fulfill this mission of world salvation, there will be accusations by your ancestors and all the white people there.

Americans have been taught this material through public speeches and lectures more than any other country and any other religion.  The consequences of missing this opportunity will be much more serious than you think!


This morning I am dressed in a suit and tie because of Sunday Service; normally, however, I prefer to wear less expensive clothing. I have trained myself to conserve water which is so plentiful here in America, because I know how little clean water is available in other parts of the world, especially Africa. If you consistently try to look at things from God's viewpoint, these things are very basic ways of living.


This is why other members from poorer countries do not accuse Father or believe negative information even though they have suffered deprived lives and he is living in comfortable surroundings.

He doesn't feel proud of those things and always thinks that he will see to it that everyone around the world has this kind of environment.

Each of us must live according to the true vertical standard and continuously widen the sphere of influence.  You mustn't think, "Just let the world take care of itself. I am satisfied just as long as my family is doing fine."

The idea is to expand in all four directions, so you need to be moving from the East to the West securing both ends.  Maybe in the future, Western students will want to travel to the Eastern Universities and vice-versa.

If these students' desire is to truly learn from another culture, they can't just have a few small experiences just for purpose of reference and take it back to their native culture.  They can only expand themselves by taking the culture seriously trying to learn from it.

Families that have lived a sacrificial lifestyle for God, should be proud of their sons and daughter going to the remote parts of the world because in this way, cultures of the world can be linked to the families of the highest vertical love of God.

They will also be linked to the deepest horizontal love between people.

Thoughtful and conscientious people around the world will agree with this.

Americans should be the first to reach out and learn from people around the world.  Some Americans are only able to think that the Western way is only good way.

Once America is able to exhibit such an universal attitude, then the rest of the world will follow.

We should not just form and focus only on our family becoming comfortable with our way of life.  You should understand that if you only have a small influence, then your level of freedom to mobility in spirit world will be also small.


In Korea today, people from all professions have come to respect me, while in America I am still treated as an outcast. Since I fought a legal battle in the Orient, I feel that it is right to face a similar battle here in the West. I will never be exhausted; even though every kind of person may oppose me, I must carry out what is necessary.


Is it ideal to say that only blonde, light-skinned people are the standard for mankind?  Of course not.  Within each single individual, there are all different colors of materials.

The different species of geese, such as the Canadian and Alaskan, do not fight with each other when they cross the border.

They do not fight over color or nationality.  If a geese was to lay a colored egg, the mother would not abandon him.

Geese are not aware of color and do not base their decision off of them.  However, the person who is conscious of his own color and other people's coloring creates barriers and obstacles in his life.

Even though many people may shout for you to go home and you receive much persecution as you walk this pathway, you must recognize your true value.

One day you will be sought after by the whole world.

The earth is divided into the North and South pole.  But, human civilization is divided between the Eastern world and the West.

The two poles of the earth are the vertical line and the East-West is on horizontal line.  When humanity is able to finally unite globally with harmony between the East and the West, Heaven on Earth will be achieved.

Americans have been opposed to Reverend Moon without actually knowing anything about Reverend Moon. Soon, however, the time will come when Americans will quickly change their minds.

Would you like to go to the other part of the world?

The person who refuses to budge becomes stagnant and eventually will decline.  We must widened the individual influence to all the higher levels to the clan, nation and world.

If you are not able to literally expand to the highest levels, then you can connect yourself with the Messiah and follow him.

This ideology of the Divine Principle, the Completed Testament, which this blog is based upon has been persecuted on the worldwide level because it has reached to that position.  Any conscientious person who hears this teaching will see the greatness of its ideology.

You each recognize this, but sometimes you say you wish this path was easier and less difficult and you would be more motivated.  However, if the hardship was eliminated, the there could not be any true restoration accomplished.

The normal course for a champion is to go through many hardships. 

To become a world champion boxer or a supreme martial artist, would you expect to do it without fighting or any amount of training?

You would not be able to win the moment you stepped into the ring just from the first blow of your opponent if you ran out.

The normal course of a champion is to get beaten, to bleed and to have many scars.  But just when things look the worst for him, he is able to stand up and knock out his opponent.  This is the way the champion must go.

Our work on this path of faith is a real challenge as well.

At the time of difficulty, serious people stay and weak, uncommitted people fall away. 

If you are able to continue this endeavor and keep running all the way to the goal, no matter what happens, you are assured of being a true winner and champion.

The Messiah's true work of world restoration is so arduous, those who know his path would not be hungry for that central position.

No one is willing to take over that position.  Actually, within the world of love, there is nobody who can take the position.

Was God's position elected through popular vote?  What about the Messiah?

Certain positions were created before there was a political process conceived.  Likewise, you did not have any decision or chose in who was your parents, brothers or sisters.

Some things in human society will never be changed.

Through the election process, it is possible that a communist is elected president of this country.  If that was possible, Satan would be able to win tremendous influence over the earth.  God has been fighting Satan's influence throughout history and now we are at the culmination point.

The Messiah's responsibility is to achieve and protect the vertical position of love.

We already know that no military power will be able to stop the spread of communism completely.  The battle must be won within the communities and families, where the ideology has been implanted and embraced.

Home church of witnessing to 360 people in your area is the way to fight the influence of communism.

Communism is the enemy of God because it believes salvation through material gain and not through God.  If you have built a strong foundation in your area, you will be able to know if someone enters the community preaching communism.

You will then be able to prevent such unwholesome ideas from invading your area.

New York is in a pivotal position for the world; if it turns toward goodness, the world will follow. If it turns toward evil, so will the whole world.

The movement has focused energies and resources to New York for decades for this reason while others were deserting the city and giving up on it.  We went against the tide at that time.

The young people of the movement have been pushed to be humble and deny themselves to reverse the fallen ways of the secular world.  Even fiancees do not hold hands while other kiss and express their love publicly.

In secular society, people often live together before becoming husband and wife, but we get married and wait a time to do mission work before we consummate as husband and wife.

When you are able to go this way, you go beyond your physical appetites in order to achieve a greater goal.

We may appear to be the lowest people and continue to deny our worldly pleasures, but we are actually becoming greater and greater people.

Those who constantly indulge their appetites will discover that they have not gone up, but down in value.

Likewise, those without the strength and determination will not be able to persevere through the most difficult times.

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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech Completion of the Ideal

Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. 

Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -  it is by grace you have been saved...through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast. 

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.


Ephesians 2:2-5, 8-10


Establishment of Clear Goals While Young


You should know in which direction you are going in your life. One who does not know what they want to do in their life is like a ship on a voyage, yet does not have its latitude and longitude mapped.

How can one who does not have a blueprint for their life lead it successfully?  When we are in our 20s, this is the best time to invest our energy and heart into establishing precise goals for the future.  Those who have a clear purpose in their youth can possibly become a historical figure or they can leave behind something memorable for the world.

Once you have decided to do something, you have to have the courage to fight to accomplish your goal, no matter what kind of difficulties lie ahead. You should have the courage to digest all obstacles rather than merely to dislike them.

Everything in this world is in competition. You must go the road in which you avoid personal mistakes that lead to your downfall, and don't lose a year or even a month. There is even competition in working out which way to go. If you lose one year, you will not be able to keep up.

Once your goals have been set, you have to make a strong determination and build courage to fight to accomplish your goal no matter what obstacles or setbacks lie ahead.

A person who just accepts his environment and situation will pass away in history.

We must set a goal in our youth how we are to spend the year and follow through to fulfill it.

Imagine you slept for a year and other families had babies and their lives went forward during that time.  They will be one step ahead and it would be hard for you to keep up.  Just the same as an arrow that is shot with the same power.

If one is released before the other, it will reach the target faster.  In order to catch up, one needs to possess many times more driving force in order to regain the ground.  But there aren't such people with that much drive.

Therefore, it is very important to know how to spend one year during your youth. You must set a certain goal and follow through to fulfill it. It is like the dial and compass. 

Before each voyage, navigators must decide which course and direction the ship will set course precisely measuring the settings with a compass.  The propeller must turn once the engine starts; if it turns back on the way, it becomes so much harder.

Once you choose a direction, you should go forward investing your whole energy and heart centering on that direction.  Even if you are at your most tired that you can't hear or even open your eyes, you still must invest your best.

From now on, you should make a clear determination, and uniting mind and body, invest everything 24 hours a day, even during your sleep. 

When you open your eyes when you first wake, you study everything that is related to your goal and make a comparison.  You make your own world in this way dedicating your whole heart and will.  Wherever you go, you should go with a rope that is bound to such a world.  Then you become someone who leaves a mark on the world.

2) Decide Your Direction According to Your Original Mind


The most important time is from age 18 to 24. By the age of 24, you have to have established your life goals. You can know the direction of your life if you cultivate and dedicate yourselves.

The most important time to establish these goals is from 18 to 24, with your life goals established at 24.  When you cultivate and dedicate yourself, you can know the direction your life should go.  However, those whose lives and every action is only centered on their own thinking and not led by God they cannot know a clear direction or path to lead.

Even rats on a ship know when the ship is going to wreck during rough seas.



But people do not know such things. Those who lead a life of faith centered and devoted to pleasing God will have a clearer goal of where they are headed.  You must know where you are going.

"You should know the way to go. Even the ant knows that the rainy season will set in. Have you ever seen ants moving from one place to another in a line? Because you are given to useless daydreaming, you do not know. Not knowing one's own problems is a serious matter. You have to seriously consult with heaven about the problems in your life. You must adapt to your environmental situation. This is your own responsibility.

You have to confer with your deep original mind after discussing with heaven in deciding your special field in life. You yourself know well what kind of talent you have. Then, you have to listen carefully to where your mind tries to pull you.

You have to listen to that. Nobody can pull a ship unless the direction has been decided upon. Therefore, even though someone may pull on you then release you, you have to have your own direction to find for yourself.

Most of you have said that you are going to study business. From my viewpoint, people who are majoring in business are like thieves. You have to find your own way to go. Is it enough just to have money?

No.

There are times when you need money, and there are times when you have to go your own way or a different way as a person. You must therefore decide by yourselves the way to go. Without asking your parents you should decide by yourself, harmonizing, with God's guidance, the essence of your original self deep within your heart towards your future purpose.

You have to decide what kind of person you will be in the future around the age of 18 to 20 years. You must know about this yourself through your prayer and meditation. You may feel you need to enter Seoul National University, but I don't know if that is a good thing or not.

Nobody knows his fate. If you die after receiving your Ph.D., all your efforts over ten years will have been in vain.

Everybody has his inherent talent. Human beings have various unique characteristics. Therefore, people go in different directions within the 360-degree spectrum.

However, if all of you were trying to go the same direction, say, 90 degrees or 60 degrees, it would be a serious problem.

When I studied, my major was electrical engineering. Although I studied science, I knew the way I would go in the future. The reason I studied electrical engineering was because I needed the mathematical ability to accomplish a great task in the future.

In some sense, since electrical engineering deals with invisible things, it is connected to religion. For example, if you look at the world of phenomena, you can know that there is always an electrical aspect to every movement. This means that every action of the universe has something to do with the reciprocity between subject and object.

Then, how is it that a magnet can counter the gravitational pull of the earth? What kind of action does that make possible? The magnet bypasses the earth's gravity with a lesser power. Do you understand what this means?

Therefore, our conscience is the same. Once you are born in this world, the background to your birth is already precisely known. However, you should make the decision about your path by yourself according to your conscience. If you cannot sense or determine this matter, you will not be able to accomplish something great in the future." Dr. Reverend Sun Myung Moon

3) Adjusting to the Direction of the Original Mind

If those of you become those who can fit the substance and essence of the teachings of the Completed Testament age or Divine Principle, everything will go well for you in the future.

Even those who are in their twenties and attending prestigious colleges, in reality they do not have knowledge.  In the olden days of Korea, those who would search the mountains for wild ginseng possessed some sort of spiritual ability or sixth sense.  Through this spiritual "antennae" they were able to find the wild ginseng.


Such things are possible.  Why is it necessary to have this awareness?  With such abilities, we can escape being victimized and we instead gain in a way.  Therefore, it is not a waste of time to seek such a way.

Being born on a strong foundation of your parents' faith, youth should decide by the age of ten or twenty which direction they want to go in life.  When one has such a resolve for their life at a young age, even though you may go in a different direction than you planned, your body will turn towards the proper way.

Everything will be guided.

"For example, although you are sleeping facing the east and thinking to go east the next morning, if it is wrong to go east your body will turn toward the south. Your body itself knows that. It is very sensitive." 

If you do not reach such a spiritual level, you cannot be a great leader in the future.

 We are near the  time when your spiritual level will be evaluated automatically.  Ten people in a village, three people will have spiritual power. They will all know what the others are thinking. Right now is the time to set the right attitude and devote yourself.

If you were born on a foundation of parents that devoted themselves to God's mission and you devote yourself as well, you will be able to clearly make plans for the future through your own deep mediation and prayer at the same level.  This is the normal position. If this cannot be accomplished, nothing will be successful.


If you adjust the direction of your original mind, little by little, your life will enter a narrow valley.  If you go in the northern direction when you are supposed to go in the eastern direction, it will not work.

If you follow the way of the original mind, the universe will show one way to you. That is faster and more powerful than a bullet. 

This is a sense we all should have. When we reach this level, you can speak with your own mind.  As soon as you think about what to do, the answer will come to you immediately.  The examinations questions, the page number to study will just come to your mind and out your mouth.  You can advance to this stage of spiritually.

Don't people at such a stage know the way to go? Because they have clarified their way, all the power of the universe comes to help. When you enter the examination hall, your writing hand and all things will cooperate with you. If this is so, you will be able to achieve something great.

A true person can live based on such a background of power and be supported by infinite power which enables him to go in the direction he is moving.  When he begins to go in the wrong direction, he will come to know this immediately.

The church which teaches the Completed Testament is not the same as the Old and new Testament.  I has a deep and high foundation a framework of great strength.

Everything can be solved once we reach such a spiritual state with your own effort and work.  First, you as an individual must make a decision in which direction you are headed and where you would like to end up.  You know yourselves the best which way this is.


Return for Tomorrow's Post: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide Part II

Textbook: The Way for a True Child, Chapter, The Way of the Original Mind