The Nobility of Life on Earth

We all know the tale about the beginning of the world from the creation of light to the first breath of the human being from the earth.  But we have taken these Bible verses themselves in the wrong context.

The Bible account of God creating the world shows that God said the world was good after creating Adam and Eve.

It was the same as placing His signature after the completion of a project. This means that it was the way He had wanted the world to be.

At that time Heaven and Earth were not separated and evil did not exist.

Therefore, God intended that humanity would not fight among themselves and that we would not be separated from the spiritual world or heaven.

Instead, humanity has inherited a mind and body that fights for the number one position - to be subject the human.  Therefore, God created religion to teach us to strike our body and make it submit to the direction of our good mind.

We must cross over from the evil realm into goodness.

The complete victory of our body means that Satan will be completely extinguished and uprooted from our bodies and life.

That day of victory has been fought for by thousands of saints, sages and people of faith.

We will finally subjugate Satan.  We can only go to heaven through conquering Satan.

We are unable to conquer Satan once we pass on to the next world.  The evils that are bound here on earth will also be bound in heaven.

The original world, earth and heaven would be one in the same.

This means that we would be able to see a person who passed into the spirit world because this was God's original plan.  There would have been no earthquakes, floods and such if we just obey our creator's word over the evil one.

Because of the Fall where we separated from heaven and God while on earth, the problem of sin must be remedied while we have a body on earth.

Therefore, we cannot subjugate Satan without a physical body.

If we do not accomplish our designated tasks while on the earth where the problems were created, then we will end up in eternal hell.

On the other hand, when you triumph on earth and stand on the heavenly side of goodness, you can go to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Life on earth is to prepare us for life in the spirit world

You must understand how short a time we have on earth compared to the eternal life that awaits us.

Which would be more fruitful to sacrifice for: the world of the temporary here and now, or the one that will last unto eternity?

Once you realize this fact, your hours become precious when not spent as much on eating and sleeping and worrying about the temporal.

The more you live realizing each moment is precious and live it for other's sake, the more the blessing you will receive - more than anyone else in the whole wide world.

Even though we have a limited time on earth of possibly eighty to a hundred years, our possessions which represent the creation, thus, belong to the world.  Can you assert that you will be able to take your possessions or any notoriety into the next world?

Our bodies are the bodies of all the people of the world, and our minds are the minds of all the people of the world.  All of these combine to make an altar before God. Such a heart that lives this way is one with God.

Things do not happen by chance. Preparation is never easy. 

When we look at a life as a whole, we see that childhood is the time to prepare for adolescence, the prime of our life is to prepare for old age, which in turn is the time to prepare to go to the spirit world.

Therefore, we can see that our life is a training course that prepares us to acquire an universal personality.

We live in this world; yet it is not the only world that exists. 

We live on earth, but our spirit bodies live in the spirit world at the same time.

That is right.  As you are sitting and reading this, your spiritual body is interacting with the spirit world of spirit even though you live on the solid earth.

The world of spirit should be integrated together rather than in two separate worlds which was caused by the disobedience of our first ancestors.

Where do we go and live for eternity after the shedding of our bodies?

While living physically on earth, we proceed into the eternal world.

Ordinarily, people are born into this world, go through the time of youth, reach their prime and then enter old age.

Life passes like the setting sun.

Those who know the reality of the spirit world know that their lifetime is but a fleeting moment compared to eternal life after death.

Knowing this, our lifetime prepares us to welcome the world of eternity with God.

A student's performance is measured by the schools set standards based on the credits they are expected to take in an academic year.

If students do not get a high grade, they fail in accordance with the standard of merit which the school sets.

Everything can be measured by means of some norm.

Life on the physical world is parallel to the period which we prepare ourselves to meet the standard of 'credits' throughout life.

During our lifetime, we are ever striving to accumulate achievements.  The measure stick determines to what extent we have been able to fulfill our responsibility.

Do not do the hard task of digesting problems for just your own sake, rather for the sake of God, your nation, tribe, family and spouse.

Self-centered living is fraught with worries.

Conversely, if you constantly devote yourself to the welfare of others to the point you empty yourself out, you become a vacuum, and the truth will come into you.

Our pride is we have true love and secondly, we have True Parents who have reversed the mistake of the fall of the first false parents Adam and Eve.

We are the only ones to have this term, it is not in the dictionary.  Third is true children and fourth is a true tribe.  These relate to the four main goals of life of faith.

The preciousness of our life on earth

If you are liberated, God will be liberated.

Also, if your family is liberated, so is the heavenly family. It is the same with earth and heaven.  Accordingly,  the biblical statement, "Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven," refers to being able to liberate problems while on earth or wasting your life and keeping the problems which will stay with you when you get to heaven.

We must truly understand the preciousness of life on earth where you can make use of your body to restore back to its original God-given nature.

Our body gives us the opportunity to resurrect God and the universe and to unite the world.

God and the creation as a whole can never be exchanged for the value of life on earth.

Because if humankind did not exist physically on earth, God and the universe would be incomplete.

We must realize how precious the body is.

We cannot trade our physical selves even for the universe.  The biblical verse speaks about using your time on earth wisely, "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his eternal life?

What can a man give in exchange for his life?"

What has equal value to a human life?  Right now, it seems like material goods such as phones and sneakers have taken over the value of a human life.

The average lifespan does not exceed hundred years.

Within that short time which has been allotted to us, we must grip the historical realms of goodness which were entangled in history.

When we see the realm of goodness we are suppose to bond with during our time on earth, our mind and conscience must move forward to align to that standard.

Once we die and pass to the spirit world, we cannot do the work of restoring ourselves without the aid of a person who possesses a  physical body.

It may be difficult to get rid of a sin or a habit on earth and it is even 10, 000 times difficult once it is bound to you after death.

We can find the original homeland of God and serve the heavenly sovereignty and live in His nation, then we can enter God's Kingdom of heaven.

The spirit world is infinite and eternal.

How should we manage how we live in order to live in the heavenly realm?

We must put our life in order while we still have a physical body, once we enter spirit world, there is no opportunity to straighten things out.

A self-centered way of restoration does not exist, if so, then suffering would not exist.  Even a millenia from now, God's principle is the one and only way to go to heaven.

Those failing to fulfill in this way during their lifetimes, will have to make up for it in the spirit world which can take thousands of years.

Imagine if someone had a problem with women or killing people with words, they get anger management classes or go to AA meetings and still struggle.  It is thousands of times harder to rid a sin in spirit world as restoration only takes place through a human body.

Habitually doing things in life is important

Let us make a pledge today to renounce the awful habits of the satanic world and usher in God's new order centered on the sake of living for others.

It is very difficult to break a habit.  While we live in the satanic world now, you have come to enjoy self-centered habits, living individually for only yourself and your small circle of family and friends.

These habits harden like cement attaching to the body, becoming even more deeply ingrained into our lives more than any addiction such as cigarette smoking.  Continuously interrupting and hating people

Since the devil has emerged, our habits have become very deeply rooted in our lives.  Even if we want to stop a certain behavior, it takes much effort to do so.

How will we be able to eradicate these hardcore habits we've acquired?                                                                                              
No matter how deep you dig a pit, you still cannot get to the root of this serious problem.

In order to go to heaven, you need to replace all your bad habits with God-centered habits.

The standard of life on earth

My life is for the sake of God and the world. Do not think of living for yourselves. Live for God, True Parents and humanity. True love is indispensable for you in forming a four-position foundation with God, True Parents and humanity. They all desire true love. You should become people who can inherit this true universe centered on true love. We need to bear this in mind constantly.


We, therefore, should evaluate how much we have lived conformed to the heavenly standard until now.

You should become people who represent humanity, the True Parents and God.

If you are able to live this way, you will not be restricted by borderlines and will be able to move freely between the spirit world and anywhere on earth. This is closer to the ideal of Heaven on earth which God envisioned in the beginning.

If you wish to dine with a thousand friends, such an experience is possible in the world of love.

When God exercised His power as the Creator, He did centered on love.  In the spirit world, once you connect with true love, you are able to regulate and create everything.

This is our ideal hometown.  Unless you make a connection with true love, everything will be in vain.

Everything will be recorded through the physical body

If you lived two-thirds of your life in an unspeakably miserable position, will you be able to erase that?

You cannot.  These experience stay with you.  In order to restore the problems and sins of the past, we need indemnity. Indemnity or redemption is how we pay back for a wrong done. Restoration is also re-creation.

You should leave behind a life of value. 

Some people want to enjoy themselves and have a good time. They say that they will believe in Jesus when they get older so when they die they can go to heaven.

But it is more difficult to change bad behavior or habits the older one gets.  Therefore, the younger the better: it is more valuable to know the truth when you are fifteen rather than twenty.  It is even more so to grow up knowing the truth from infancy.

Is the water that is inside your bodies, pure or dirty?

After a heavy seasonal rainfall, rivers and streams become dirty, likewise you are full of all kind of impurities.

Thus, you need to go through the stirring and straining process like a filtration system.

We should not become egoistical, otherwise we build a blockage.

If our bodies accumulate excessive dirt, then even the filter can be clogged up and the water will be unable to flow completely.

Did you know that you would be inspected with a system like an X-ray machine when you go to the spirit world?

God needs people that have already passed through the filtration system.

Life on earth is so important

If you are unable to fulfill your responsibilities while on earth, you will enter a probation realm in the spirit world where you will live for some millennia.

You go to the place in spirit world which is consistent to the level which you stay for a long time.

Then your ancestors and your sons and daughters will come to you and accuse you why did you live a certain way when you could have lived better.  The time you spend in that place depends on the level you have accomplished while on earth.

This is not an easy task, this is why you have to do everything through the Principle while on earth.

A bolt requires an matching nut in order for it be fastened properly.  Only when the nut fits can it be fastened, understand?  This is the same with your life and activities on earth and the different levels in spirit world.

How important is life on this earth?

It is just a spark of a moment that comes only once when compared to eternity. This moment is insignificant, therefore, you have to go beyond your physical life and prepare for the spirit world.

You must always be able to control and conquer everything by standing in the center upholding the standard of the Principle.  Without being able to do so, you cannot achieve individual perfection.

Using our physical selves to fulfill our portion of responsibility

You should think about God and the standard of  True Parents in your daily life.

By doings so, your mind and body can stand within a harmonious, stable and fulfilled sphere of love.

Those who are able to live in such a realm of love, naturally do the same in the spirit world.  The level of the expansion of your internal life will come out on the surface in the spirit world.

God and human beings are like one cell of the body since our love is internalized.

The spirit world is the world, where you become one of those cells, where God will come inside your heart.

When you call out, "God!", He will surely answer in your heart, "What is it?"  In other words, spirit world is the world, where you live with God unlimited by the body for eternity.

Therefore, your responsibility while on earth is very important.

That is why I established the principle of the portions of responsibility for restoration. Whenever you look at yourself in the mirror in the morning, you should consider how you, as a man or woman, are going to fulfill your portion of responsibility. It is a serious matter.


All five senses are enraptured in the love which is gained after accomplishing your portion of responsibility.

All your senses operate within a substantial realm of love.

What should you do to accomplish your portion of responsibility?  What do you do to become such people?

You should be able to stand in a position to deny everything that was born of the satanic world of emotional ties with Satan.

We live in a world where the lines are blurred of what is good, godly behavior and what is satanic.  We should learn what behaviors draws us closer to God.

What happens once a person passes to the spirit world?

He becomes God's body.  Adam becomes God's body once he unites with God.  This is what Jesus meant when he said, "The Father is in me."  This does not mean that they were one being, but they had become united through Jesus becoming perfected in God's love.

First Corinthians, "Do you know that you are Father's temple," confirms that the body is the holy temple where God is suppose to dwell.  Our body is meant to be God's house, not a house for Satan's deceitful deeds and behaviors.

How can one come to resemble God?

When you are able to reach the stage where you complete your portion of responsibility, then God dwells within you, creating a oneness between you and God.

Return for Tomorrow's Post: Jesus and Spirit World This post was rewritten and derived from the book Cheong Seong   Gyeong Book Five, Chapter one, Section 4

We Need Brothers and Sisters

Everyone wants to be loved.  The ideal manifestation of that love is parents.

Orphans do not have a relationship with their original parents.  We can say that a person who neither receives parental love from his parents even though he wants to, he is very miserable.

Suppose someone is much less attractive than someone who did not grow up with their parents.  Even still, just as long as that person can serve and devote himself to his parents, he can feel very fortunate by comparison.

He might think that someone is handsome, but if he or she does not even have parents, what does that benefit?  He might think, "I may be ugly and disabled,  but at least I am fortunate to have a mother and father."

Parents are the Origin of Love

What are parents?

Why is it that even the most strongest and intelligent son could never ignore their parents even if they were a burden?  Why can he not control them with one finger?  Since he has such credentials, he could challenge them with his wit, but he wouldn't want to do that.

Where does love come from?

Does it come from yourself?  No.  Love comes from parents.

This is because the origin of love is not you, but your parents.

There can be no result without a cause.  

When it comes to love, you are not the owner of it.  When you come before your parents, you should say, "Yes, Mother and Father, you are right."

Your parents may say that no matter how established, wealthy or intelligent you are, you cannot deviate from your duty to your mother and father.  Then you can reply as above.

You do this because of love.  Parents are the subject partners, and children are the object partners.  The subject partner serves the object partner, and the object partner follows the subject partner.

This is the principle of Heaven.

When this principle is breached, that house will collapse and end up worthless.  Because a person is born in accordance with heavenly nature, however uneducated he is, he knows the Principle of Heaven.  Therefore, even the strongest champion has to bow his head to his parents.

Humankind continues to be plagued by conflicts based on power or knowledge.  When the end of the world comes, the power of the fist and the power of knowledge will pass away.  Don't you realize that we are living in such times?

We are currently living in the war of love.

That is why religious leaders say that their time is coming. In the end, only the power of love will remain.

These are the Last Days, the final age of worldly supremacy.

Can a strong elder brother come home and become the boss of the house with his parents there?  No matter how strong a world champion he is in the ring, he cannot be the boss at home.  Even if the elder brother has hundreds of doctorates, when he returns home, he cannot be boss because his parents are there.

The Reason We Need Brothers and Sisters

Why do we need brothers and sisters?

Because boys can watch their younger brothers and sisters and learn how their mothers grew up.  Girls can watch their naughty elder brothers and see how their father grew up.

This is called the love of brothers and sisters.

Therefore, you should love your siblings.  Also, you should learn to love your siblings as you love your father and mother.

You cannot love our brothers and sister of the world if you do not learn how to within the family.  So, therefore, through observing your siblings you can learn how our parents grew up and come to love them as your parents do.

In this way, you will be able to love your mother and father when you go to the next world.

You need your brothers and sisters in order to be an owner of love without shame. 

Would it be better for siblings to love each other more than they love their parents, or less than their parents?

It is better if they love each other more.  Why is this so?

Because watching and loving your brothers and sisters is the same as watching and loving your father and mother when they were growing up.  When you do this, it fulfills the condition of loving  your parents from their birth to their death.

Thus, brothers and sisters are connected to each other through such love.  That's why we think this way.  In the case of the parents, the more children they have, the more they can learn about their spouses.

For example, the wife might see her son act in a certain way and she can think, "Oh, this is probably how my husband was growing up."

So, loving the children is the same as loving the spouse the way he or she was before they met.

The husband can watch and learn from the daughter and say, 'Oh, she is showing me how my wife would have been when she was young."

Through loving the children, the husband fulfills the condition of loving every aspect of the wife.  The mother and father do not say, "Love only the boys, not the girls."

Loving parents love their sons and daughters equally, without discrimination.

So by having sons and daughters, a beautiful circle of love in the family is formed. 

Parents will treat the children equally.  All parents are like this.

The first rule in family education: hating your brother or sister is a greater sin than hating your mother.

Suppose after you have a fight with your brothers or sisters you leave the house.  The least you can do when  you return is to hold a party so that you can make them happy again.

Ask them for forgiveness and tell them that you should love one another as you love your parents.

Brothers and sisters represent your father and mother.

If they were poor, then help them and serve them as you would serve your mother.  There would be nothing more beautiful than this. This is where the Kingdom of Heaven begins.

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True Family Cheon Seong Gyeong Book Four Chapter 2

Search for God in the Conscience

All five senses should function in the intoxication of love. 

This means that whatever, you taste see or smell should be done through the eyes of love.

No matter what adjectives you use to describe someone, as long as you speak from love there will be no disharmony between  you.  At any time of the day, you will welcome that kind of love.  

What quality would create such a permanent interest and intoxication?  Only true love.

This is not a daydream, but something real. I searched in all directions and in all philosophies, but I couldn't find the answer there, so I had to find it on my own. I knew very well what path I had started on, so it didn't matter how America or the government criticized me. I know myself better than our critics do, and I just go where I am destined to go. For that reason, I can be bold and strong. 

We speak about the ideal world or Heaven on Earth, but unless we have true love or live by our conscience, then we have no way to reach that true ideal.  If true love didn't exist, we would have to make something up to take its place.

The Principle explains about the duality of God, how the subject and object create a circuit, and how the energy that pours from that give and take can bring about the perfection of creation.

Everything in creation has dual aspects of a mind and body.  In order to be such person of conscience and true love, we must first unite our good mind and our fallen body.

There are only two directions to go: the heavenly way or the secular way.  This means that each person is between heaven and earth.

The mind is the center with the physical world on one side and the heavenly world on the other side.

The  mind is a buffer between the visible and invisible worlds.

The conscience and spirit are two different things, but sometimes the spirits looks like conscience and vice versa.

The foremost part of the conscience is spirit, but they are a continuation of each other.

When you follow your conscience deeper and deeper, you inevitably make a deeper spiritual connection.

When God visits, He will land in the foremost position of your conscience.

Therefore, the only place to search for God is deep in your conscience.

Today we see many psychics and people who possess spiritual power, but they lack knowledge of this simple basic truth.

In experiencing these phenomena, most people overlook the reasons behind them.  They do not understand why psychic phenomena even happens.  

When you go all the way in pursuit of the true standard of conscience, you will connect with spirit world.

God is always in the position of axis whenever you makes some turn in spirit world.

Love is the factor around which the whole thing will turn.  Not just the spiritual world, but the physical world is meant to turn centered on love.

The body should be centered on love and harmonized with all things of creation. 

Love is the central factor which can harmonize all of creation.

Thus, when man is able to become a beacon of love, he is the supreme creation of God.  Without that love, man is no different from an animal or plant that lives based only on instinct without a spirit.

The center of the two worlds is the same love and same God, making a gigantic turn together.

They are centered upon true love and you.

Man can ask for nothing more.  There is nothing greater or higher than this love.

At that point, man is totally fulfilled, then your conscience is totally filled and you feel complete satisfaction and happiness.

Then you move as an unique, everlasting and unchanging entity in the universe, on your eternal journey.  When you have this as a standard, you have an universal goal to reach and you will shout out 'Amen!'.

I am introducing you to the taste of true love, so even if the entire world comes against us, nothing can stop you once you taste that love. If people are even willing to die for their secular love affairs, how much more would people be willing to give everything for heavenly love? 

If someone pinches you, you say 'Ouch,' and you might get mad, but when you are pinched with heavenly love, it hooks you and you say "Ouch, love!"

When you are traveling with the love of God, you can be accepted anywhere, even in Hell.

We are front-line soldiers in the war to restore true love to the rest of the world.

There are all kinds of commotion when the world sees these flag bearers marching forward, and people accuse me of taking their children or their husbands or wives. People around the world have accused me of being a love thief. "Our standard" is true love and conscience. "My standard" is also true love and conscience. 

To make it the "world standard", we have to give to to the world by serving all mankind through fundraising, eating, marrying, witnessing, having children and all else for the sake of the world restoration back to the ideal of Heaven on Earth.

We quickly want to reach the nation and world level in order to achieve the standard of God.  

When we center upon this standard, everything is consummated by following the goal from the family level to the universal level.

This is the beauty of it.  It is truly a supreme ideology.  What other preacher teaches this level of love?

I am not just speaking about it, but living it, and you too can become deeper and deeper.  When your spiritual state nears mine, then I will appear in your dreams and give revelations. 

It is the law of love that when you pursue this goal of serving the world, God will definitely intervene in your life.  This is our permanent, supreme standard.

Have you lived that way?

This standard has been victorious in the past, it will conquer the present and it will be victorious in the future.  It will bring permanent, eternal happiness.  That is the goal.  Have you lived that way?

Totally empty yourself like a low pressure in a vacuum and be filled with this new command.  When you listen to the voice of your mind, then tears of joy and liberation will overflow.  Then, at that moment you will feel that universal love has touched you.

When you become loveable, the universal love will want to touch you the same way you like to touch flowers and butterflies.  Once you are united with that love, you can give it to all things.

When I teach you here at Belvedere, I am always thinking that I speak to you so that you can reach the same goal. My fervent desire in teaching you is for you to become intoxicated in that deep love also. When I am away you feel that Belvedere is empty, but when I walk in, the room feels full. Why is that? It is because I am a messenger of this love. 

Your privilege is to come and be ignited. It is completely possible.

You want to be the sons and daughters of the True Parents, become children of true filial piety, true patriots and then true saints.

I view the family as the formation stage, the nation as growth stage, and the world as perfection stage. In order to be accepted by the heavenly world, it is not good enough to be only a child of filial piety or a patriot. You must be a saint, a child of God. 

Religious leaders throughout the ages have taught various moral codes, but they have not dwelt on true love.

But Father teaches about sainthood based on love, and teaching a way to achieve it.  This is the first such group in the world.

We are therefore known as the love race.

In that race is all the five colors of skin assembled.  We live together and feel as close to other races as we do our own race.

Your brothers and sisters are like your clothes, when you are with black people, you can feel as if you are wearing a tux; when you are with white people, it is like wearing white clothes; when you are with yellow people it is as if you are wearing spring flowers.

If a white object is to stand out it needs to be placed against a dark background, so we can say that its brilliance and value comes from the background.  If whites don't like black people, then they shouldn't wear black clothes.

In our world of living for the sake of others, we transcend these race problems and we want to marry internationally and between the races to create a greater beauty.  

We want to live with that standard forever.  

Whoever wants to live to that higher standard that will lead toward a world of peace, raise your hand.

God Bless.

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This post was rewritten and taken from the speech, Our Standard

The Right Way - Just Do It!

Sacrifice and service are the cardinal rules of life even though nobody really likes those words. Fallen people hate a sacrificial and serving way of life, but that is the only way to reach the ultimate goal of human life.

Reverend Sun Myung Moon





Who can deny that the sacrificial life is the only way of human life and dignity?

If you are a person who only thinks of themselves and lives for your own purpose, do you think that others will like you and want to help you?

To live a sacrificial way, you need somebody to assist you.  If you live the sacrificial way of life and practice serving others, then everybody will want to help you.

Such a way of life will raise you up to the spirit world and beyond, to God.  Everyone wants to assist a sacrificial person and accompany him.

This is a universal truth.


All these years, I have been teaching you how to be sacrificial, dedicated, and serving people. Is that a great teaching?  Why do you answer yes? It is because you are living this way. You know it. Because I have always practiced this way of life, people have followed me. 


It is an incredible fact that Father, who is Korean, came to the United States and all around the world and people are following him at the cost of their lives.

Why would people do this?

He has a tough spirit and could have become a selfish person, but a self-centered person faces constant difficulties and obstacles because of the way they treat others.

The greatest teaching is how to live in harmony with others.

Someone who truly practices a sacrificial way of life is totally free. 

A person who lives for other's sake is able to overcome any obstacle and pass freely in every direction.  He will be welcomed everywhere.  When such a person returns home, his whole town may give him a hero's welcome.

Once he leaves, he will be given a farewell party.  Such a person will freely come and go with honor any time he wishes.

This is the goal for an ideal way of life.

Of course, living in this way is not easy.  Every part of our fallen sinful bodies wants to do everything only for oneself.  Our unselfishness has been ingrained in us.

A person who lives unselfishly is able to dedicate himself to bigger goals.  He is able to sacrifice himself for his family, society, nation, the world,, and God.  This is the most ideal way to live.  This is God's original pattern for life, but most people do not follow this path.  Then it is a truly special gift to be receiving such teachings.

Our way of life is very clear: we learn to sacrifice ourselves for our family, society, nation and world and God.  Is there anything wrong with this life?

These teachings are given so you can be a truly great person.

At first, the Divine Principle, the Completed Testament, was met with opposition, but people are changing their attitude about these teachings and Father.  Why is that?

It is because everyone understands the value of the truth.  They realize that he is living for the highest ideal and is leading mankind toward a new hope and goal prophesied in the Bible.

How do you show that you are living the sacrificial life and serving others?  Well, what is the content of sacrifice and service?  Is it in just giving away money?  You need to give the very best you have.

The sacrificial and serving way of life is a reflection of the heart of God. 

Many religious people and leaders strive to emulate the saints and the spirit of their founders.

Christians follow the lifestyle of Jesus.

When you were growing up, you learn the heart of a parent.  In relation to your nation, you exhibit a patriotic heart.  Toward the world you embody a saintly attitude.

Someone who lives God's way of life and expresses His heart is living the most dramatic lifestyle.

There are no loopholes to be found in this theory.  You should strive with everything possible to reach this goal. Father freely teaches this making your job easier.

You are pursuing a "Ph.D. degree" in God's heart, which is the greatest knowledge one can seek. 

A doctor's degree from Harvard does not even compare to obtaining a signature from the Messiah telling you "job well done" for the sacrificial work you have done for humanity.

Are you doing everything possible to obtain such a signature or are you doing whatever you wish everyday expecting to be praised as a person of faith?

Even if this is difficult, you have to live the right way.

Every person, even the President of Harvard must go this way, also.  It seems we are living such a lowly life, but we have been given the greatest gift in having a chance to live God's original way.  We don't deeply realize in our hearts the Messiah's value.

Father has been treated with less respect than those in the secular world.  You give more honor to government officials, you admire senators, movie stars and think that congressmen are great people.

When Father was very young, he discovered the universal truth of the Principle which he teaches.  He asked God many questions that even scholars and religious could not answer for them.

After he read that a local young student had committed suicide, he asked why was there so much suffering in the world?  Why didn't God help to stop so much evil and where did evil originate?


I have sacrificed everything to pursue this truth and bring it to fulfillment. I never gave up and I gained a triumphant victory.


Why is being self-centered wrong?  We are individuals given free will, so we should live however we want, correct?

When you live just for yourself, you cause division.

That way of life never succeeds.

It isolates you  and holds you back.  On the other hand, when you are able to live a life for others with the heart of God, you encounter no barriers.  You just move on, advancing with total freedom.

You may think that these ideals are crazy, but it is more important that we follow this way of life no matter what.  If you are not able to follow this way, somebody else will.

If "white" people don't follow, "black" people will. If "black" people don't follow, "yellow" people will. If "yellow" people don't follow, somebody will.

One way or another, this way of life will certainly influence the entire world.

Even if this sermon was given a hundred years from now to your descendants, do you think that they will be able to agree with it?

Yes, because it truly describes the best, and most righteous way of life which God had purposed.  This is the eternal way of the Principle.

You will not be able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven without being able to go on this broad super-highway.

Now you understand clearly the purpose of living such a way, do you like this way?  It is not a easy way or well accepted in society, but it is the true way.  The universe protects such a person.

After hearing this standard, do you think that America is headed in the right direction?

What does God think about the American way of life or the family?  We must stop the direction in which America is headed and turn it around.  Even though Americans put up a fight and want to continue to live in destructive ways, we have to do it.

Do you think we can do it?

Does a fighter or champion sit at their desk all day mulling things over or when they encounter barriers they break through it?

You may be at a point where you hit your head against something for so many years, trying to overcome the obstacle and you may think that your head will break into pieces.

Actually, the stone wall will break when you are strong and armed with the truth. That is why you should be strong, bold and courageous.


I am fearless in this court battle, standing up to the fight. An incredible conspiracy has been at work, but I will shatter it. They can go ahead and put me in jail, but I know that the jail door itself cannot defeat me. I am tough and strong and I am not acting blindly. My actions are based on commitment as well as logic.


Father has been imprisoned 6 times for his beliefs and working hard to spread the truth even being thrown out in the snow and left for dead.

People will call such people crazy, but if you are living in a disciplined fashion going the true axis, you are not crazy.

When people move about without  a central point, or any axis, then they are truly what is called crazy.  But we have a disciplined craziness.

Be centered on the axis and never waver from the center even one iota.  No matter how many turns you make the axis remains firm, like a rock.

But the problem is that as we turn, our axis moves.  In other words, instead of sticking steadfast to the Principle, we let the worldly matters move us instead of breaking through those obstacles.

Do you think you made a mistake by living this way; do you think that you have sacrificed a lot for this life?  If you say no, you are better than even the Messiah!  To live a true, absolute course for others, denying your worldly desires is the hardest even for the Messiah.


The only reason I stay in this position is that I have accepted the responsibility. No matter how I evaluate the situation, this is the only right way. I cannot leave it. What about you? I know exactly how you feel. 


To make a long story short, this is the only way period.

Even the top-level student does not really like to work hard to prepare for an exam, but he still has to do it.  Students need to discipline themselves to get good grades.

Learning this teaching is a tough school; this is a lifestyle test.

No one really wants to live our way of life every day.  However, no matter how much we struggle against our fallen selves, this is the only way.

We must live this way of life to reach the eternal heaven.

Are you going to pack up now and go home?  We are standing on a solid foundation now, built by many saint's tears and sacrifices.  Have you laid your own foundation?

Americans hate cowards, but are you a coward?

You admire the brave character and the courageous spirit.

In Westerns, we applaud the strong hero and boo the cowardly characters, right?  Do we want to be cowardly people of faith?

The title of this speech is, "Everyone is Heading Somewhere".

There are two basic ways to go: the selfish way, or the unselfish way.

Which way are we going as a movement?

Is it selfish or unselfish to make your fiancee wait?

If you have the time or energy to party with them, then you have time to think about your mom, nation, world and God.  Your fiancee can wait.  If they are a good person, they will not be corrupted and can wait.   On the other hand, this nation's morals are crumbling, society is crumbling and is in an emergency situation.

You are the spiritual fire fighter and doctors that can save this nation.  Then is what we are doing right or wrong?

Some members are engaged and in the meantime, they fight for the salvation of this nation.  You sacrifice yourself, but you know that God will directly preside over your marriage and that you will have a better wedding.


I have no reservations about letting you suffer for the sake of the nation and the world. When you do that, the entire earth, spirit world, and God Himself will embrace you. This movement will be the guide for America to follow. You will automatically become leaders of the nation.


By living this way, following God's will ignoring fallen desires, we are going the right way.

We are headed in the proper direction, so we must march forth with courage.   Even though you may be spat upon as you do this work of restoration, this is truly the most prestigious and distinguished way of life.

You should be proud of this fact.

In whatever you do, do it with pride.

I have lived a truly remarkable life -- one filled with great drama. I may appear to be a normal person, doing nothing and knowing nothing, but I have special penetrating vision. I have super-sensitivity to the heart of other people, so I know many things about each of you. My way of life is to sacrifice myself, my family, my wife and children for the greater purpose.


Now you should clearly know which direction you should head.

Those who make a determination to follow this unselfish way of life raise you hands and show me.  May God bless you.

Return for Tomorrow's Post:  See the Bigger Picture

This post was rewritten from the speech Everyone is Headed Somewhere

Our Original Nature, Not Animal-like

We as people of faith have ideals, but everyone else has ideals, too.  Americans, Germans and people of all nations have ideals.  People of the past, as well as people of the present have ideals as well as those in the future.

Does the animal kingdom appreciate such things as morality and justice?

Animals only are concerned with their immediate desire which correspond with their environment and circumstances.  Their instinct is the guiding force, just like the mole who knows how to dig holes and eat insects.

The mole lives underground and has very small eyes.  They never even think about circumstances. Instinct is the guiding force of the animal world, like the mole who knows only how to dig holes and eat insects.

Moles live underground and have very small eyes, but they never think of the possibility that there are larger eyes, or that living in the light is enjoyed all over the world more than the dark.

Humans, however, do have the ability to imagine such things as swimming underwater and flying through the sky even though we were born on the land.

Humanity has built things such as automobiles and airplanes in order to travel faster than our body can carry us.  Everyone without exception wants to enjoy the best experiences that life can give.

What is the 'best'?

In relation to our bodies, it simply means that it is normal and functioning properly.

Therefore, the ideal is not anything less than the best.  To achieve an ideal, you often have to go beyond your own normal capacities and limitations.

If a short person wants to see something up high for instance, he has to stretch himself up in order to do so.

We are living in a time of confusion.  Everyone has different opinions of what is right.  Some follow the life of leisure and purely sensual way of self-fulfillment.  Others do not know what path to take for their lives.

Sadly enough, there is a widespread attitude Americans young people have that the older generations and traditions have no value.  Students dislike the teachers position and do not see why they have to respect them or even listen to them.

This basic attitude disregards other people and only seeks self-gratification just for the present moment.

Is this more a godly behavior or another?

Satan promotes such behavior and those who live such a live of just living for themselves find that they are constantly blocked and frustrated.

On the other hand, God is always encouraging actions that enable people to move freely throughout the universe.

People of goodness and righteousness are always happy for their actions to stand out while those who live a shady lifestyle, literally try to hide themselves in the shadows.  Satan's only criteria for goodness is his own benefit. God's criterion is the benefit of all.

This strong line that divides the realms of evil and goodness means that there is much conflict between them.

When one person from one side tries to enter the domain of the other, he becomes very uncomfortable.  He will be pushed to conform to the wrongful standards of that realm.

Those in the communistic and democratic systems try to relate to one another, but neither is able to approve of the other.  They are not able to live side-by-side peacefully.  There is always hostility between them.

People are very complex beings, having dimensions of both mind and body. 

No one is able to see his own mind and say where it is precisely located. But no one can deny that their mind exists!

The mind and body have different dimensions and substances, but they form components of yourself.

This is where the individual exists, at the point of intersection between mind and the body.

If we were to draw on a graph a horizontal line representing the body and a vertical line intersecting it representing the mind, we see the shape of the individual is determined depending on the angle at which the mind-line and body-line intersects.

Communism asserts that mind and spirit are just the by products of his body's actions.  They believe that matter came into existence before the spirit or thought.  That there was no thought necessary for matter to come into being.

This is wrong thinking is important to clarify and point out as false because it is the beginning of 'self' and denial of God's existence.

This means that the mind and body on the graph are running parallel to each other.  This distorted shape typifies the communistic way of think and is far from balanced or harmonious.

The universe seeks for circular motion and shape in everything.  The cells of the body, the planets in the solar system, even the shape of the universe are all rounded and circular in shape.

Without the balanced intersection of two equal lines, a circle cannot exist on the basis of the central point.

What does this have to do with the life of an individual?

When a baby is born, he is not aware that he has something called a mind and a body.  As his mind continues to grow, it will either develop in the ideal vertical direction or it will be misdirected.

If all the aspects are to be balanced, his mind's path of growth must be perfectly vertical.

For the child to grow along the perfect vertical path he must fully depend upon the guidance and direction of his parents.  Within twenty years, his body will finally achieve maturity,  Even though the body may be physically mature, the mind is still capable of being deflected from its proper path.

A child needs the direction of both his father and his mother in order to become a completed, mature individual. 

It is common in America to marry, have children, divorce and remarry, sometimes several times.

Some homes have children who were raised by several step-parents.  Therefore, it is not easy or natural for the children to accept discipline from a step-parent.

We know that many people still have resentments throughout their lives for the way they were treated by their step-parents while they were growing up.

Who can deny that this is generally a sad situation?  Those who praise the American lifestyle, should also praise the mixed-up family life that many children experience.

It is natural for a loving father and mother to discipline their child.  It is their responsibility to direct his vertical growth.  If they see him going off the path, they must set him straight.  Most children will complain, but without their parents' discipline, they would have no chance of achieving a healthy, vertical line of growth.

This is the simplest answer to why parents should guide their children.

Parents are responsible for the child successfully connecting their mind and body.  Even the most hardened of criminal understands this and will strive to make their children good, happy people.

 It is human nature to seek the ideal for our children.

If mankind had followed God's direction in the beginning and the fall had never happened, mankind would never have needed a Messiah or True Parents to come to earth.

Every parent would have already reached perfection as individuals and be of perfected love.  Unfortunately, all natural parents have been born to a sinful lineage of the first parents.  As fruit of their fallen love, all mankind has not known the true love of God.

We really cannot blame our parents for not being able to give perfect love, because no one has truly received it.

This is why the mistake of the first parents should be reversed by the first True Parents on the earth.
They must accomplish what all earthly parents have not been able to do, which is, to guide children along the proper, godly vertical path of growth.

The very beginning of evil was just the opposite of that.  It was the misdirected desire of an archangel and a woman to possess someone for themselves.

Eve and her love belonged to God, Adam and the universe.  But the archangel filled with jealousy, wanted Eve's love for his own gratification and comfort.  This is where the True Parents in the Last Days begin to restore the fallen bloodline.

People must learn to change their fallen, selfish desire to want to possess and turn it into the proper direction.

The point where we desire something centered on ourselves and not God is each person's arch-enemy.

The very source of evil is the selfish, desire to possess for oneself.

How do we eliminate this selfish 'I'?

Only through learning to love God and the world more than anything else we want to possess. You should be able to say that the only thing you want to possess or be possessed by is the true love of God.

When you go out on your mission, you are receiving the best, most practical way of training in redirecting your sense of possession.  You take all the earnings each day through fundraising and giving it to God and His purposes.

You do not even keep a penny for yourself.  When you are able to endure persecution, you are being transformed more into God's image more quickly.

Then this means that suffering from this viewpoint is good.

True Parents are absolutely necessary in fully eradicating the fall completely from man's lineage.  

The ideal way is to begin life all over again in the womb.  How is this accomplished?

In order to be born, of course, one needs to have both a mother and a father.  The parents must be totally united, supporting each other giving perfect love to the child.

Yes, there has been love in the world, but after the fall, this love is not centered on God.

When we did not follow God's word, we have been severed from God's direct love and blood line.  Therefore True Parents must be born on the earth with a love which is pure and stems directly from God alone, not having any satanic ties.

True Parent's purpose is to re-educate all people to become sons and daughter of God worthy to stand before Him without shame.  They would never exploit anyone for their own sake.

He would only want to sacrifice himself for the people there and raise them to a better position.

The sons and daughters of God must rise above distinctions of nationality and culture and learn to love the entire world, since God loves the entire world.


Have I been doing the right thing to send American young people out to do fund raising? Through fund raising experiences, you can liquidate the root of the original sin, the desire for possession centered upon oneself. Once you understand that, you can feel great joy and commitment in your work.


Many times you may ask why you should walk this path of faith being persecuted.

You may think that if this work is so good, then why are you treated so badly.  But once you re-examine your reasons and continue, you will then discover how close you are to the heart of God and how much your work means to him.

Some people are able to do this work for years, because they have the understanding by going this path, they are restoring the world through dedicating their energy and materials.

What a noble life to work for those reasons.

Those who give to you during your fundraising activities are also participating in God's providence.

They and their children will be able to dedicate their lives totally to God because you gave them the chance to start building a bridge back to God.

You must understand while you are dedicating your lives in this way, there is far more significance than simply giving cents you receive.  This kind of dedication has brought the church to the point where it is today.

There was plenty of opposition to this movement, but that is gradually dwindling and ultimately step-by-step, we will be able to see the world turn back to Heaven's side.

Now, you understand that the ultimate purpose is far greater than the money you earn in your activities. Through your mission experiences, you can learn to look at things with eyes that the world and even God can share.

These are very basic points of the Divine Principle.

God's ideal at the time of creation was for unity of the four-position foundation (God, parents, siblings, spouse relationship) be established on earth.

Instead, the first parents united with Satan following his direction.  We have not been able to accomplish this in the past, but for the first time in history, there is the possibility for the ideal to exist.

This is the purpose of the Lord of the Second Advent.

This is the first time in history that God's ideal has the chance to be fulfilled which is heaven on earth and children born of His true love free from sin.

Do you understand the value of the time which you are living?

When night time passes, day time begins.  Just as persecution must pass, the time of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth will begin.

People all over the world would appreciate this news if they had a chance to hear it.  We are living in the times that the saints have prayed for.



Return for Tomorrow's post:  Witnessing Teaches True Love


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

All Creation Has Purpose

Who dislikes hearing about the "ideal"? We talk about the ideal husband, ideal family, and nation.  When we talk about the home that is most ideal, then that must be the home in which we want to dwell.

This home would probably be located in an ideal neighborhood and built like a mansion seen in the magazines.

Can we say that this world is the ideal world?

As people of faith, we know that we live in more than one world.

Beyond this world, we know there is a spirit world beyond this physical world which is a bigger house than the ordinary one people imagine.

Would we find harmony or disharmony in this large house?

The 'ideal' represents harmony.  Do we live in this world of harmony?  Does it exist?  Is it possible?  Would the ideal house be lit by just one color of light, or would it be lit by all the living colors of the world.

This large house includes all of nature-trees, and flowers in all their beautiful variety.  Even grass that seems insignificant is part of the whole.  All of these variety of elements each contribute to the overall existence.

Everything in creation has a purpose. 

The courageous tiger is admired by everyone, but the tiny insects and smelly skunks also contribute to existence. We humans dislike the skunk's smell, but some element of the universe might like it.

What if we find out decades from now that the skunk's smell has medicinal value for some animals?  No one wants to be bit by a poisonous snake, but that venom has great value for certain medicines.

A blade of grass would feel that they have some kind of tiny supporting role in the large universe, or that they were important enough that the rest of the world would harmonize with its qualities.

What about in the church?

Some members might think that they are unimportant in the church, but may think that they are indispensable in God's dispensation.

If you think you are indispensable then how do you think the rest of creation views themselves?


My eye may realize that it is small, but feel that if it were blind and staring blankly then Reverend Moon would look unattractive. For that reason my eye feels it is important, and I have to agree. If you ask one hair on my head whether it belongs to me or I belong to it, that hair will definitely respond that I belong to it! 


In a way, this seems like mild arrogance, but everything considers its existence to be important to the rest of the universe.  Without having this concept, we cannot begin to think of the ideal.

Out of all of the thousands of churches in America, there may be only one that sacrifices for the world and sits on a concrete floor.  That church would think they are the center of the universe.  That is the ideal, and is very dramatic.

If you were to think that this life of faith is horrible because of the sacrifices we have to make, you will make your life miserable.


Even though people scornfully oppose me, I still think that without me this nation would be lost, and that I am important to the rest of the universe. This attitude is where the ideal lies. 

The more you can make yourself available for the harmony of the rest of the universe, the closer you are to the ideal.

Now, you know how the ideal is tangible in our present life.

The important thing is not what kind of work you do, it is all about how you feel inside when you do the work, the motivation.

What do you think the ideal way to finish doing chores?  Is it to sulk and hate every minute of it or to have the thought that you do this work for the sake of mankind and the universe with a joyful heart.  Work that is done willingly like this will have value.

Who would be happier: the one who is lazy and does not participate in work, or the one who is busy?

The busy person would be more happy because the more work you perform, the more you relate to the variety of the world and the more opportunity you have to harmonize with your neighbors.

Why do we always try to do our best when we could goof off and work at your leisure?

By doing your best, you become more central to the rest of the world.  It is better to work with your whole heart and soul.

When listening to speeches, you can think that among the others that are listening, you will be the champion in taking action and carrying out the words you heard.

The ideal is connected to all practical elements. 

You may do a good performance and it does not guarantee you will be praised or recognized.  Sometimes you may be chastised.

You may think that it is better to receive some reward for a good job, but it is better to be criticized.

No one can subtract from what you did, but by receiving criticism, you create a situation where the critic has to surrender to you.  Then those who praise you can defend the values of what you did.

In other words, you will be able to conquer both elements by what you did.

This is how the saints did their great work.

They were never accepted in their own time, but they had the capacity to digest the criticism of people, thus history remembers and recognizes them and they receive a much higher reward.

When you do the right thing yet the entire world comes against you, it will be your asset.

This is because you will acquire a great capacity to contain all of the elements in the world.

While doing this work, digest the criticism, and by doing so, I am creating room for all of America to eventually bow down to the truth.

Then what would be the ideal kind of work?

It is when you do the right thing, yet receive criticism instead of praise.  When you think in this way, you understand that you have no adversary in the world.  People think it is bad to be cursed at
 because you will acquire the capacity to contain all the elements of the world.

I am one example. I am working hard to do the right thing, but because America doesn't understand this it has opposed me. 1 will digest that criticism, and by doing so I am creating room for all of America to bow down eventually.

There are two kinds of people that receive curse words: the one who deserves to be criticized, and the one who does good things yet receives abuse from people.

What makes something bad?

Evil has no hesitation to sacrifice others for its own good without any righteous purpose attached.  Goodness is giving of the self for the public purpose.

What is the ideal way of life?

We conclude that the ideal way to live is in giving yourself for the sake of others, even when you are criticized for doing so.  There are also two ways to serve others:  one is to do something good yet be criticized and the second is to be totally committed to serving others, even while risking one's life.

Which one is the most ideal way?

Jesus taught this ideal level because he was serious about giving his life for the sake of others.

"He who would gain his life would lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake will find it."

When Jesus spoke that he was the way, the truth and the life, was he speaking of a small mountain or a superhighway that reaches to heaven?  He was speaking about the truth which the entire universe would embrace.

When Jesus said he was the life, he did not envision a shivering miserable life.  Jesus had the authority to speaks these things because in his way of life, he always lowered himself to serve others.

When Jesus said he was the way, the truth and the life, did he mean he was a small mountain trail, or a superhighway to the Kingdom of Heaven? What kind of truth was he referring to?

He meant the truth which the entire universe would embrace it.

When you lower yourself, you will be lifted up, but those who try to elevate himself will be lowered.

When you kick a ball way up in the air, it comes down with great force and rebounds back up high. Is that more ideal, or should it be kicked so high that when it comes down it doesn't rebound but just disappears into the ground?  This is unimaginable.

We may think this is the ideal way, but the ball wouldn't like this ideal way.  But the ball was born for this mission.  If the ball wants to be the number one ball, it has to be kicked hard in the air and rebound back up high again, and last the longest and go the farthest.

When American young people hang out at the club, we may think why do they want to dance and waste their time away.  It may make sense that they would have fun for themselves.  There is no law that says you have to live for the sake of the world.

When we do our mission work and get spit on or criticized, we wipe it away and say, "I am doing this for the sake of the world".  You raise money not for yourself but to benefit the world.  This is what distinguishes your activity from everyone else's.

What is the opposite of the ideal?

Can we judge someone's happiness by how rich he is?  Can we also say that the one who does not own anything is unhappy?  What is the definition of happiness and unhappiness?

It does not matter how elegant your palace you live in, if you live there only for yourself and sacrifice others for your own benefit, you are sitting in hell. Even if you don't have a place of your own, and you look poor as long as you are trying to serve other people, you have heaven.  Is this true?

There are many people that make a good living and live in luxury, they go home at night anguished over their lives that they can't sleep.  A rich man in his heart feels pressure from his society and nation and feels guilty.  This is a kind of self-torture.

There is this fight between the conscience which tells him not to live like this, but he has a desire to keep all his things for himself.

There are many rich people who struggle internally at night for living this selfish way.  Even the walls and the ceiling will say they deserve to live that way.  The fine furniture will say that it did not exist to please the selfish owner, but to accuse them.

When your conscience is clear you feel that the entire universe is embracing you. 

If you sleep humbly under a bridge in a sleeping bag, you would see the beautiful blue sky and sunshine when you wake up the next morning.  The green grass and flowers would make the best hotel room.  Even the gentle breeze jumps around you.

In this way of life, you don't fee anguish when you lie in bed at night, but fall asleep immediately from all the providential work serving others.

If a riot was certain to break out, we should stay at peace while others are uncertain and afraid.
In our way of life we don't feel anguish as we lie in bed at night, but just fall asleep immediately! Who is happier, the anguished rich man, or the person sleeping under the bridge?

The happier person is not the rich person living in anguish, but the person sleeping under the bridge.

Whatever the mission, I am at peace because I do it with all my effort.

The one who deserves to live in the ideal house is the ideal man or woman.  We should concentrate on being ideal men and women, but instead we worry about what you don't have; this is the basic problem.

The main cause of the problem lies within yourself, yet we often place blame on our environment and circumstances.

We do not have time to eat or sleep in doing our public mission, because the nation is crumbling and the world is at stake.

There is not time to spend on someone who is not certain why they are here.  It does not mean we don't care about members, the priority is to follow the bigger cause first when we have too many responsibilities to fulfill.

If a person is totally dedicated to the public cause then he is living the ideal life.

This movement seems like it does not care about people, but that judgment will declines.

This is because the Church is dedicated fully to the public purpose, the basic unselfish cause.

We are taught that we should sacrifice our desires for the public cause, so the person who wants to sacrifice others to take care of him does not understand this concept.  Before you complain, be a frontline soldier who works harder than any other member and then your constructive criticism will be worthwhile.

This is important for new members to know this as they will face many difficult times.

You have many demands and responsibilities with little time.  You have new members to take care of, fundraising efforts and you out there for the mission.  Is it more ideal to fellowship or tell them that you are too busy doing your mission?

The one who is truly dedicated for the public cause will eventually win.

As a tree grows its branches extend out farther and farther.  What if the tree does not bear any fruit or flowers?  Trees normally bear flowers, but for whom does it bear them.?  Would the flowers blossom or have a certain color for the tree's sake or for the ideal of harmonizing the universe?

The color of the flowers are for the sake of inviting insects and bees.  The vibrant colors are necessary to communicate with the rest of the world.  Also, the fragrance of the flowers is not for the survival of the tree.

The fragrance is to harmonize and communicate with others.

When you see the flowers you impart your happiness and enjoyment of them. In reality the flowers possess their color and fragrance for your joy.  It seems as if beautiful flowers in the garden call out for you to touch and smell them.

The flowers, too, would be pleased because their purpose is fulfilled and they were touched and appreciated by others.

It is this communication and fellowship which makes life more beautiful.

Would it make sense for a plant to have green flowers and green leaves?

It is easy to admire how sensible plants are in having flowers of various colors.  People would take this for granted, but what if the flowers were just as green as the leaves?

Is that exciting?

There is a possibility there is a green plant with green flowers, but even then you will find some accent of white or red for instance that sets it apart.

Have you ever seen a plant with green flowers as well as green leaves? Would it make sense? I have always admired how sensible plants are in having flowers of various colors, not just green like their leaves.

Flowers impart beauty and fragrance for the sake of others, for the sake of harmony with the universe. In that harmony a fuller life is generated. 

If we were flowers, we would want to be a stimulating, vibrant color.

God would like the color and fragrance of the one who works hard for His ideal world.   No matter what other people think, at least one person would come to enjoy our color and fragrance-that is God.

That color and fragrance never changes wherever you go, so God would go there and enjoy it.  If you were to wind up in hell, God would go there with you also.  Wherever you go, you carry the fragrance and color which attracts God.

Therefore, activity and life will be generated wherever you go.

It is not that bad if your surroundings are drab, because you would look more vivid.  Others think that this is hell, but we think it is heaven to live this way of life.  The dark circumstances of hell will make you stand out better.

The Chinese character for "ideal" actually depicts a king and a village, so it literally means "king's village," or the village where the king dwells.

A king would not just be responsible for the good of the country, but for both the good and the bad.  Good kings will let other people take care of the good things while he takes care of the bad situations.

God is the King of kings because He thinks He will be responsible for the evil of the world. 

Because God takes care of the bad things, He is supremely good king of all of the kings of the past, present that lived on earth and they will have to bow down to Him.



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