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

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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This post was rewritten and derived from the speech Ideal Home

True Love Most Valuable to God

Why is it that everyone has a yearning to return to their birthplace?  Everyone has a desire to restore their memory of the place they first received love from the family when they were young.

Hometown is a synonym for Love-town. 

When your parents grow old and die, you will visit their grave site even if you feel sad and lonely.  You will feel nostalgia and will return again and again.  It is the memory of love that pulls you back to that place.

Why did God give us five senses?

Through each of our senses, we can feel true love.  Our eyes wish to shed tears at seeing true love.  When there is true love, there is no boredom to be found.  You always want to see and hear more and more true love.

When you are surrounded by true love, all of your senses are filled with joy.  Your whole body is a chunk of true love.  If you burst into pieces after you roll down the Himalayas, you do not burst as an individual, but it is the center of true love that is bursting.

God is almighty so that He can protect true love and keep it intact. 

No one can accuse God of ever misusing His power, because He only uses it for the purpose of true love.  When you represent the center of true love, the entire universe will come to protect you because you are the most precious entity in the cosmos.

Nothing is more precious to Him than that.

If there was a chance that true love was shattered into pieces, God would reassemble it into something better.  He would probably hold tight onto it because there is nothing more precious to Him than true love.

The only reason for the existence of the universe is the central theme of true love.

A lot of women look in the mirror every morning, wash their face and wear something nice that will make them even more beautiful.  They do this because it is their inherent nature to want to be presented as beautiful and liked by others.  So, they present themselves in the best way to embrace other people.

What is the power or energy that inspires us to look our best?  I think it is the drive of central true love.

Most people today just exist from day to day like vegetables without thinking of central true love.  This is the most tragic kind of life.  How can one interact and live without love?

Our God-given original nature is always trying to move toward the center of true love, but wickedness in the world tries everything in its limited power to block us from receiving it.

Every human has a conflict between their good nature and their satanic power.  Everyone tries desperately to be happy in their own environment, but they just can't maintain true happiness.  Therefore, people just go about their day just existing and become vegetables.

These people can be likened to thousands of fish caught in a series of nets in the ocean.  They see the net in front of them and think if they can waddle their way out of it they can be happy.  Yet, they do not see the series of nets laid out before them.

It is heartwrenching to watch the struggle of that first net.  But if they can make a titanic leap across all of these nets, then there is hope for him.

Therefore, the only way to happiness is to jump over all that is blocking the path to true love.  If a fish wants to be free from the obstacles, he must think about jumping up toward God's direction instead of trying to break through each net one by one.

He may think that such a leap is impossible, but then he notices a line that is thrown in every once in a while.  All the others may be nonchalant about seeing this line, but other awakened fish get excited and grab the line as it passes overhead.

What if this line passes over just once in a century, or once in a millennium?  Then, if you miss the opportunity, you would have to wait one hundred or thousands more years.

The Messiah is this hope - that rope.

What kind of rope can liberate you totally from the satanic world?

The messianic rope alone can bring you out in one stroke. A minister offers a rope which presents some hope, with the power to bring you across one fence, but still you will not make it all the way. You need an extraordinary jump which will carry you all the way outside the nets. Is it selfish to think in these terms?

The Jews waited thousands of years for that lifeline.

Christians have waited 2, 000 years for it.  Unfortunately, that line has come, but we are all chained by the world that holds us down.  We can see it or reach it.  So, even if we were to grab that rope, there is a heavy chain linked to the sinful world that prevents us from lifting off.  This is the spiritual victory we must win.

It is impossible to break through all of those nets alone.   What if you did not jump high enough to catch the rope? You would have to wait another millennium until that lifeline passed again.

Therefore, we must liquidate the chains that holds us to the past, and old habits so we can catch this rope and lift our  ancestral line with us.  How do we catch this ride in order to restore our fallen lineage?

First, you must cleanse yourself ideologically.

How purified is your thinking?

Have you ever quieted your mind so you can see the kinds of thoughts that dwell there?

Is it central true love or is it mixed with impure thoughts?

There are many -isms in the world today, just like a department store full of things to buy.  The only person who can monitor your brain is you, so, check what kind of -ism lives there.

Only you truly knows how true or false you are.  You know who you are and what are the habits and -isms you have.  Everyone knows what goes through their brain.

Since you know where you are, when you go to spirit world you have no excuse for not working for true love. 

Medical science can record your heartbeat and the electrical functioning of your brain. In the same way, you cannot hide from spirit world because they know exactly what you are. What's in your mind.  Everything is in the open in spirit world.  Nothing is hidden.

When you see this kind of standard of central true love and you compare it to your reality there is no reason that we should loftily think that we have earned our place in heaven.

Do you really think you have earned heaven?

Our goal in life is to find the center of true love.  Can you do this quietly or will you want to advertise it and let the whole world be shakened by this truth?  Of course, you would be controversial and let the universe know.

The greatest of all searches in history is the search for true love, in all corners of the earth. 

You must let the universe know, only then will you have a hope of finding it.  This is the quickest way to true love.  

Reverend Sun Myung Moon who gives these speeches explains this further:

When I made a stir in Korea, the whole nation was shaken, and now all Asia is shaking. People called me names and made incredible accusations, and in the midst of that I could hardly believe that people were still following me.

But the greater the suffering I went through, the greater my following! Even when people tell you not to become a Moonie, you still come.

People even came to see me in prison. The longest line of visitors in history was the group which waited to see me pass down the prison hall. They even stood for 24 hours. I did not speak kindly to those visitors: I demanded to know why they were there instead of out witnessing. 

They replied that they missed me and had no power until they saw me. Tears ran down their faces as we spoke, and the prison officials couldn't understand what was happening. I was not handsome or important-looking, but not only young people but even grandparents and children came to line up and see me.

When you own the center of true love, that is what happens. What is the most colorful street in New York? Have you gone to Times Square to shout out, "I am here to find the center of true love"? You probably think people will look at you strangely. 

If you are embarrassed and concerned about all the old things but insist that you want the center of true love, will you find it? Why can't we just live quietly and behave like normal people and still have the center of true love?"



The person who sees many wicked things and hears wicked sounds, who has many things to say but is patient and waits, and who has the experience of suffering and persevering through incredible circumstances, that person deserves true love.

Do you look for love in a peculiar area or in an ordinary area?  You should know that true love is not easy to come by.

Who, then is the center of love?

God has witnessed many atrocities by humanity here on earth, but still He has hope that His dream ideal world can be built.  He has never lost that infinite hope for our future.  Has anyone else carry such conviction for thousands of years?

This is how we realize He is the center of true love.

Even though God is the subject and center of love, there are many layers of fences surrounding it.  God has become a prisoner through the barriers humanity has created.

Still, through all of this time, He has been patient and withstood His lonely and painful circumstances.  

If you want to reach God, you have to run a sort of obstacle course around all of those fences.

It is not easy.  You may feel overwhelmed by peoples' negativity.  But in that moment you can immediately think of God's situation.  Think of all of the people who have cursed God.  Did He get mad or kill them?

God was patient in the most heartbreaking moments of human history.  So, you should be stronger than God in receiving their hostility.  When you talk about tears and your trials, do not forget how patient God has been and how He has suffered.

How would you talk about just your own position in the work of restoration without thinking of His?  When you think of God in the process of restoring humanity, you will see that He is always ahead of you.

Return for Tomorrow's Post: History Going Toward Good

This post was derived and rewritten from the speech Liquidation and Blessing

God's Ideal True Family

The past few posts spoke about the ideal spouse, love and family.  A family centered on God and living for the sake of others is a family that the universe will want to possess.  We see that marriage has been viewed in the wrong light in these last days, but God intended to build a world of heart by uniting with husband and wife and their children multiplying throughout t he universe.

The father represents heaven and the wife represents earth.  The children represent all of humankind.  

The family represents the sovereign of the nation with the father like the present of the family;that means he must take responsibility for upholding all of the laws and orderliness of the family.  In this respect, he is in the position of the judge that distinguishes what is right or wrong in the family.  The mother is the lawyer and the law itself is the prosecutor.

Law was created because of selfishness and is important to uphold the country.  After the fall, if humanity unceasingly was disobedient without those who upheld God's law like Moses who obtained the 10 commandments, society would cease to exist.  Likewise, within each family, there should be certain standard and laws which are upheld and enforced by the father.  That is one of the father's responsibilities.

"There is a great distance today between this original standard and the reality of today's families. Young people in many families deny that they need the guidance of their parents. What those children are actually saying is, "I don't care about the past or the future; I only care about now." That is animalistic."

Grandparents represent the past, the parents represent the present and children represent the future.  Therefore these three time periods must unite into one for the betterment of all of mankind.

Throughout the ages, there have been revolutions in areas of economics and politics, but there can never be a revolution of heart within the heart of a family.  Love is eternal and unchanging and thus is beyond revolution.  Children grow up in love of their parents, but leave the home for the sake of a higher love or ideal.  When parents love their children, the children must eventually return to their parents.

Before you stand as a completed individual of ideal love, you must experience three generations of love: grandparents, parents and the love of brothers and sisters.  These are the three purposes of love.

To qualify as an ideal family, the husband and wife should live for the sake of the past, and future.  If they live just for the present they only have a horizontal connection and no vertical connection.  Here is a simple question, do you need your mother and father-in-law no matter how old and crippled they become/.  Do your children respect and love their grandparents who represent the past?

The most important human connection is the vertical rather than the horizontal because it is the basis of the universe.  Love comes to mankind from the vertical, position, from above.  Thus the first direction of love is vertical and then the horizontal direction comes into existence. 

This explains why we value our grandparents.  Everyone has heard tales of their grandparents certain experience or two and learned from the elderly about lives that the grandchildren would not know about without their grandparents.

Whom should a person love first-his spouse or his grandparents? He should love those in the vertical direction. Two people love each other horizontally, but they must always reconnect to that vertical relationship. Thus their love can flow downward to their children and create one complete cycle. The husband and wife should love each other with all their heart; then together they love their parents and their children.

We see couples divorcing more and more each day and children divorcing their parents, but who has heard of parents divorcing their children? 

Why is that? 

The love of parent and child is more fundamental than the love of a spouse.  The love between parent and child is along the vertical line which connects each person to God.  The first question that arises when a couple thinks about divorce is who will have custody of the children.

Western civilization must take heed of this truth that the ideal couple loves each other and their children, but they must also have love for their very own parents as much no matter how old they become. 

This fulfills the original ideal God planned for creation. The nation is basically a collection of families in which all the generations are included. Each extended family symbolizes one small country.   

Unless a nation establishes their families with the proper center, that civilization will perish.  Look at the Roman empire and many nations, they all began to crumble with the breakdown of the family unit.  Wars did not destroy that civilization, immoral acts and self-centeredness instead of God-centered did. Because the law of the universe will not allow an unlawful citizen without subject to change to exist for very long.

This is why we say the family is the textbook of love.  It is how a peoples learn about the ideal family and ideal nation.  Once this is accomplished in one country, that country becomes the textbook for the ideal world.  Then the ideal world becomes the textbook for the ideal universe, thus we have four textbooks with the family as the basic one.  In order to have a world of peace, each family member should love one another and completely devote themselves for the sake of their children and their own parents.

 You must make your family one which is loved and approved by all those around you-your parents must approve and your children must appreciate it. That is when the man actually becomes the "president" of his family, which is a micro-country. 

How can a president run a country full of lawbreakers?  God meant for the world to be governed not by direct civil laws, but by love.  One philosopher said that one who enforces strict laws on their people when they are about to do something evil, otherwise, love is enough.

"Thus the directions of up and down, left and right and front and rear must remain connected harmoniously to the couple."

You should love your parents as much or more than you love your spouse.

Then as much as you appreciate your own family, you should respect other families, so in this way, the nation of families interconnect to create one peaceful nation. 

How can a peaceful nation begin?

To begin to love your nation and world, you must first love the people in your immediate surroundings, love your distant relatives, and then branch out your heart of love further and further until you can love each person within the nation.

To beginning this task, you must focus on learning to love all of your relatives.  Once you master loving all the different personalities of you relatives, you can then travel to any nation, any part of the world and love anyone there. 

This is the basic qualification of any president of any nation.  It is said that a woman who has 12 children learning to love the 12 different personalities that represent all of humankind, she can become perfect.

This principle will stretch to govern the whole world and a king that rules over the world can be possible if he has such a level of love.  Then this standard will spread throughout spirit world and all of the cosmos.

This standard sounds simple, but how can you find hope in a world of peace that connects to thousands of generations from thousands years ago if we can not find the unity with our own parents or grandparents. 

This path is very difficult on just the individual level within the family.  Then we have to expand to the level of the world and be able to love nations and races of people.  After this, we must accomplish on the level of the universe, love beyond time-past, present and future within your realm. 

This principle will apply in the future.

All of these levels begin with one individual who obtains this knowledge by observing the love within their family, how their parents, siblings and grandparents interact.  Is this possible to have a world of peace beginning with one individual in a family?  The ideal was to have Adam and Eve populate the entire universe centered in oneness with God. 

Then through the passage of time, they would populate the earth through their good descendants and eventually all of spirit world would fill up with their ancestors.  Adam's and Eve's family and country would be God's direct family and country sharing in complete oneness of blood lineage without a trace of sin.   

Earth was supposed to be the place where Adam's descendants would have ruled according to Adam's tradition. Such a world would have been Heaven on Earth. Do you understand the reality of Heaven on Earth now?

Every human has an innumerable amount of ancestors and when we pass to spirit world, we are bound to rest where our ancestors are.  When they enter the spirit world, their ancestors will judge them using their own standard.  How does one surpass the level of judgement from their own ancestors? 

That qualification comes through the standard from within your own family.  The Messiah returns in the last days to bring about the standard of a true family, society, nation and world and guides us toward Heaven on Earth.


Return for Tomorrow's Post: Qualification For Marriage

This text was rewritten and taken from the Speech: Ideal Family and Ideal World.