A Loving Family Expands to Loving World

The ideal family alone can serve as the building block of the Kingdom of God.

—Sun Myung Moon

What if every human was raised in a godly, ideal home? 

Where brothers and sisters respected each other, mother and father were devoted to another and were the examples of true love? Abuse, fighting and separation did not exist?

We can easily see that this would mature into the Kingdom of Heaven. Such people raised in a family would understand how to love others in the world based on the teachings of exemplary love within their own family.

When they encountered younger people their sisters and brother's age they would treat them just the same. When they encountered the elderly who are their grandparents' age, they would treat them just like their own flesh and blood.

The family is the primary means through which most people learn about love.

Unfortunately, this is also how evil entered the world.

Through the first family of Adam and Eve, thousands of generations later followed in their footsteps. What if Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel were to have followed in God's ways? 

What kind of society would we be born into in this day and age?

In order to cultivate true love over a lifetime, we need to establish loving relationships and family. The family packs a double punch in a life of love more than any other relationship.

The way one was raised in their family trains him or her in love as a child and sibling. This leads them to their own personal growth and maturity. 

Then, each individual based on their upbringing, takes what they learn to cultivate love in a new family with a spouse and children.

All of these experiences come full circle to educate a person in true love.

Many religions and moral traditions equate a loving relationship in the family as a template for a person's relationship with God.

In the Talmud, for instance, it is written, “When a man honors his father and mother, God says, ‘I regard it as though I had dwelt among them and they had honored me” Kiddushin, 30b

Jesus was the first to encourage his followers to think and relate with God as their father.

Confucius said, “Surely proper behavior toward parents and elder brothers is the trunk of goodness,” Analects 1.2 and “Filial piety is the root of all virtue” Classic of Filial Piety

Hinduism, Shinto, Buddhism, Islam and the traditional Native American and African faiths also echoes this sentiment.

Family life may be seen as a vocation for growing closer to God and allowing Him/Her to manifest and dwell in true love.

A Buddhist master stated that the family is demanding of members responsibilities as any monastery.

From this viewpoint, the family can be a vehicle of holiness and an instrument of salvation.

People within a community of faith refer to one another as 'brothers and sisters' or 'brethren.' Priests lead the members of the Catholic Church and they call him 'Father', and the title of the head of the Catholic Church is the “Holy Father.” 

Such communities are led by nuns who are called 'Sister' and sometimes 'Mother'.

The importance of the family in raising good human beings is corroborated by the findings of social scientists.

Family enhances human and moral development in numerous and positive ways.

Social scientists and policymakers uphold the family as the crucial factor in the physical as well as the mental, emotional, and moral well-being of the children. Therefore, the family is the backbone of social order.

Unfortunately, the status of the family in society in our times have come into question.

Even though times have changed, the fundamental patterns of father, mother and children are still in place showing that the members of the family has basic need for its structure.

Couples live together and raise their children even if they are from previous relationships. Even though there are are the non traditional relationships of same-sex couples, there is still a masculine and feminine role in each relationship. 

Many still want to have their union recognized through a traditional marriage and even adopt children.

Those who do not have a family form surrogate and substitute families. Gangs are joined by youngsters in order to get the same strength and protection they get from the feeling of a family from their 'home boys'.

A convicted criminal leader of the L.A. Crips notorious gang had said in an interview that he turned toward the streets because he did not have a proper family upbringing. 

The same with homeless children, or teenagers of the street, they also form 'families' and band together.

Still, none of these substitutes for the missing qualities in their own homes can fulfill the same benefits as a basic family structure of a father, mother with their biological children.

As far back as our knowledge takes us, anthropologist Margaret Mead affirmed about the centrality of the traditional family, human beings have always lived in families. There is no period where this was not so.

Even though modern society has made proposals for change and there have been actual experiments to dissolve the family or displace the traditional roles, human society still reaffirms their dependence on the family as the basic unit of human living. This is a family with a father, mother and children.

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This post was rewritten and derived from the religious textbook “Educating for True Love” written by a team of writers to explain the philosophy of Reverend Sun Myung Moon.

Home is the Beginning of World Peace

The True Meaning of the Saying, "All Goes Well if there is True Harmony in the Family."

This is a saying in the oriental teaching.

This is a good saying.  When we talk about a home, of course it has people at the heart of the home.  There are the grandparents, parents and then there are the children.  That is not all.  The house itself is a microcosm of all of creation.  All things are gathered here.

When we think of "my home", we normally think of it as the place where my mother and father, wife and children are.

But my home is not just this. There would also be my grandparents, and the house itself and the yard. The surrounding environment harmonizes well with this microcosm of creation. This is essential for happiness.

When grandparents come into an environment that is not harmonized, they will not feel good.  The sight of a grandfather and grandmother laughing with each other cannot be compared to the noisy laughter of a young couple.

Did you know that all things come together in harmony through the laughter of the grandfather and grandmother when they harmonize with each other?

The laughter of wrinkled grandparents is very dignified.  The grandfather's laughter is deep and hearty.  When he makes a gesture, his movements are slow but broad, high, deep and large.

The deep laughter of wrinkled grandparents is quite dignified.

You may not know this, but all things come together in harmony through the grandfather and grandmother's laughter as they harmonize with each other. The grandfather's laughter is deep and hearty. When he gestures, his movements are slow, but broad, high, deep and large.

Everything should be connected through the three stages of top, middle and bottom to bring about any harmony. 

This explains why harmony does not come from a straight line which links two points on a horizontal level.

Whatever goes through two points is called a line, and two points cannot bring about the beauty of harmony.  It needs to have a curve and bend.

There is only harmony when something goes through three points.

So, we have the grandfather, the father in the middle and then those who are underneath.

Normally, we think of a family as consisting of four generations.  You have the grandfather and grandmother, father and mother, your own country and then your own sons and daughters.

There may be five generations in a family, but normally there are four - your grandfather, your father, your own couple and then your sons and daughters.

Because of this, we introduce the three stages: formation, growth and completion.

This teaching deals with living in harmony and declares, "All goes well if there is harmony in the family."

Why is this?

Because someone wanted to be poetic?  No.

Harmony in the family means that four generations revolve around the united grandparents of top and bottom, east and west, north and south, front and back, and left and right.

We will all live together in the joy of laughter when this is achieved.

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This post was rewritten from, True Love Cheon Seong Gyeong Book four Chapter 2

 

Where Should We Go?

The whole universe opens up before those who follow their original mind.



Reverend Sun Myung Moon




There must be some action to bring this about.  When they can enter such a state, they will be able to speak with their mind and hold a conversation with their mind.

The answer will already be right in front of them when they think of doing something.  They are advancing toward such a state.  Such people should do definitely laid down before them.  All the forces in the universe would help them follow it.  Though such people are tested, everything will aid them.  Only then will they be able to do great things in life.

Those whose lives are under girded by great power are true people. 

People who are led in the direction they wish to take are true people who have a strong ancestral background of infinite power that propels them forward.

They would know in a second if the direction was wrong.

This movement is not a worthless church.  It has a deep and high background.

Once you are raised to such a level through your own efforts, then everything wll be taken care of from there forward.  You need to decide on the direction you should take.  this is something you alone must determine.  It is something that you would know best.

Would money solve all problems?  No. It would not.  There are times when you need money and other times when you will have to follow another path.

Hence, you need to decide your own path.

You need to seek the intrinsic qualities you were born with originally.  You should decide the future purpose that you will pursue.

Though God may point you in the right direction, it is up to you to follow it of your own accord.  God is not a dictator.

A magnet's influence is stronger than the gravitational pull of the earth.

What makes such an influence even possible?

The actual pull of the magnets is weaker than that of the gravitational force of the earth, but the two forces come together where the former surpasses the latter.

The same is true of our conscience.

This same principle is the same with our conscience.  Fromm the moment we are born, you already know the background against which you were born.

If you are unable to discern or pass judgement on such things, you will never be able to do great things.

We might look at nature and say we only prefer spring and don't like winter and fall and hate summer."  But if you were to ask God which season does he like, he will answer, "I love all four season."

Therefore, like our Father, we should learn to love summer, autumn an dwinter.  Even though you may have hated most of them at the start.

When winter snow comes, God look upon the world which is covered in a fleece of white and He drives pleasure from it.  Therefore, you should say, "Oh, I love it, too!"

That is the way it should be?

You should looka t nature with a mind similar to God's.

This should be your mindset.  When we witness streaks of lightning, we may say that we hate that.  "Oh, no.  That might come near us." But when God experiences them, he thinks, "Haha, they are kissing and making love!"

He scolds those who say they do not like lightning.  You should love people and you should love all five skin colors of equality.

Does God only like white people?  This is contradictory to God's characteristics.  When you enter their rooms, you will see all kinds of colors.

You will see pianos there.  They would have only blackboards.  They would only have white or black keys on the piano.

Nights are dark, so such people should not have them.  Why is everything centered on the white race?

White supremacy is the road to ruin.

How many more years or centuries do you think this reign will last?

Though the winter is long, it only last three months.

For the sake of eternity, you must love all the four seasons.  As such, you should not only love white people.

God's love encompasses all of His creation and humankind, not to mention people of the past, present, and future.  God heads a movement that liberates even those spirits in hell.  They must walk the path of truth, life and love.

No matter how great you are, we all must live for the sake of others.  If they do not, no one will follow them.  Those who do will naturally become leaders.  They become people of true life.  You yourselves should know which way you must go.  Once you have set a direction, you should invest all your energy into following it.

You should invest everything to such an extent that you would be too exhausted to even open your eyes or be sensitive to sounds around you.

If you have led a proper religious life in the Unification Church, you already know what you should do. 

On the other hand are the people who live life centered only on their own life and act for just their own interest.  They will not have any idea about such future inspirations.

When a storm comes, the rats aboard a ship sense it, and know that the ship is about to be destroyed.  Therefore, before it lifts anchor, they abandoned the ship by way of the ropes that lead to the harbor.

If common rats can sense danger, humans who are at the very top of the pack should surely sense it as well, too.

Ants know when a rainy season is about to set in.

They should know where they have to go.

I once witnessed a colony of ants moving to another place in single file; that showed they knew the onset of the rainy season. It is because you are given to daydreaming that you do not know. 



When you are unable to clearly know about or see your own field of mission, it is a serious problem.  You need to come to an understanding with God in regard to the serious problem in your life.

You also must be able to adapt to the environment on your own accord.  Who else can do it for you?    You are the only ones who can do it.  When you are able to have that self-assurance and confidence in a task you are ready to tackle, there is a place deep in your heart where the mind can rest and be at ease.  You are the only ones who can do it.

Your mind should settle in that place.  Once the mind has slept off some of the weariness, then it will become sensitive again.  When you can focus your mind without a trace of another thought in your head, you will be able to find out everything.  This is why you need meditation and pray.

Even I pray and offer devotions. You need to offer devotions always. They are not something you can offer just once and then put aside for some other time. You need to whet a knife all the time. If you used it and did not sharpen it, what would happen? In order to keep it sharp, you always need to whet it.


In the same manner of the sharpened knife, once you lose your temper, you need to sharpen your sense again.

You need to calm yourself and set your mind at ease.

When you reach the center of the realm of heart, you will find it in motion up and down. 

You are in motion automatically.

This realm inhales and exhales.  Did you know that even the earth breathes?  It inhales and exhales.  It regulates itself.  In this manner, the core of the realm of heart also moves up and down centering on its axis. It is in motion.

All beings have something that is elliptical about them.

Thus hen you enter the center of the mind or heart, you will feel a force that is eternally reverberating in it.  Hence, you need to cultivate your spiritual senses.  You need to devote yourself to experience the deep spirit world from all the aspects of life on earth.

You need to tap into the driving force that will be the fuel to push you throughout your lifetime.

Even I give serious thought to my work if it is so great that it requires a power greater than my innate power. When it is necessary to acquire a force greater than my own, where I can get that power from remains the problem. If I fail to acquire such a power, there is no choice but to retreat, but that is not an option. 


This is why we should pray and why we need God in those situations, who is the greatest power of all.

This is why we need the world of heart.

In this world of love, you will not experience any limits.  No matter how much you pull out from it.  the world of substance has an end point.  So does the world of knowledge.  The world of power can be destroyed in one second, but the world of heart is endless.  Hence, you need to act based on the world of heart.

Contrary to the non-religious, secular belief, God is not a dictator.  He invested one hundred percent of Himself for human beings.  he exists for their sake.  Hence, people have tried to follow His standard for tens of thousands of years.  In order to maintain a position in front of the universe, which follows the heavenly way of existing for the sake of others, you also need to think you exist to benefit others.

When you live for the sake of other, East and West, past and present can be connected.  There is a center and balance.

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Book Ten - The Way In The Completed Testament Age
Chapter One - A Perspective on Human Life
Section 5. 

Let's Plant Seeds of True Love

“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms." Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati If love does not exist, then oneness cannot  be achieved. When two separate entities become united into one, there are no such words on their own that can bring this unity about. Two can become one through material objects, but once the material are gone, so does the unity. Also, if there was a third party which brought this unity of the two things together, unity disappears once the third person separate.   In order for two to be one eternally, there has to be love. It will not work without love. From the viewpoint of God, the universe's essence is love. If you were to look at the world from God's viewpoint, the universe is the essence of love. Through true love, unification automatically will come about.  Once we love at the level higher than Satan's selfish love, then, Satan will also be pulled in. We can look at love in this way: God created Heaven and this earth and gave it to us as the utmost goodness and love. The power of love bridges the gap between upper and lower and transcends space and time.  Many romantic movies use this basic standard of the rich man falling in love with the pauper woman. What is witnessed in the presence of love? Wouldn't it make sense that things that are far apart would come close together when love is around? Why do we all like love?  It is because it can bring things that are really far apart come close and bring them into one in unity. Who or what power will be able to bring the different cultures together?  We have seen humanity try through politics, military or cultural power. None of these certain powers will bring about lasting unity and peace on this earth. So, what will bring about this oneness we all seek? It is simply the great power of true love. Once you see from this pure viewpoint, we see why we like love.  People like love the most because it is the subject that brings everything and makes it theirs. There is no one alive that is so cold that they cannot be melted by the power of true love. When we see how great and powerful Godly pure love is and observe humanity, we see that people do not know the full potential for love to bring about world peace. This is why the Messiah comes to teach us about the true power of the original love of God. If there is a person who has a true loving heart, they can unite extreme enemies who once vowed to kill one another.  They can only do this through the power of true love. Love can unite the most extreme and opposite things. What is a man or a woman? We can see them as poles.  In the original world God created, if a woman was to tell another woman that she was IN love with her because of her soft hands, this would be offensive. Even though in our current society, all situations are acceptable, the idea of two women would be viewed as unideal in God's heaven because they are of the same polarity. Men and women are on the opposite poles of one another.  What brings about unification? The method that can unify all things is the idea of living for the sake of another. For example, if we want to unite North and South Korea, do we do so by the familyship of Kim Il Sung? Could he bring about unity of the two enemy countries? Those of faith do not follow that way. Everywhere love dwells is good and desirable.   If we could come to a position in North Korea to give out love eternally, the love given to the higher degree will cancel out the North's false advertisements which control the people South Koreans could unite with the North Koreans by excelling beyond in every field including education.  This way, the North Koreans would volunteer and unite with the South Koreans even if they were ordered not to do so.   Goodness prospers whenever it overcomes difficulty, and it always prevails. It may seem on the course of battle in this religious life of faith that it is difficult for good to persevere, but this one principle of love ALWAYS brings victory.  Unity happen as long as it heads in the right direction. Those who live by this simple principle will definitely triumph no matter how dire their current situation may seem. Any organization that lives by, teaches and spreads the philosophy that personal gain is not for the individual, but is a gain for the nation and the world, that entity will not perish even if the world does. Since Unification Thought, Divine Principle teaches this, it will not perish.     Unification cannot be achieved when we are indebted.     While one is withheld in the realm of owing debt, there cannot be unification. There is no way for the Kingdom of Heaven while there is still debt to be paid by humanity.  A nation becomes a rich nation once there is a means to pay back the debt to the other countries which includes interest. America a once flourishing, idealistic country, now has an economy of debt. Q. Where shall we head? We should go in search of love.  From a human standpoint, we view the world as great.  We have become a world that is hailed as wonderful in the context of people accumulating wealth, ruling over the world, becoming knowledgeable, but these have no true meaning in the realm of true love. We should become one through true love and unite mind and body with our Heavenly Parent on a horizontal (physical) and vertical(spiritual) level. If there is a man and woman who has reached such a unity of spirit and body, they will aligned to God's vertical love. This is the only just as our flesh is attached to bone, man and woman unite with God's love. Return for Tomorrow's Post: Where Shall We Go? This post was rewritten and derived from the textbook Cheon Seong Gyeong, Book Thirteen, Chapter 5, Section 3,4

The Way to World Peace

If fallen man understood that humanity went in the wrong direction causing a constant war going on within each of us, the restoration of the world would be faster.  

As a consequence of the Fall of Man, there is a continuous struggle and conflict within ourselvess between mind and the body.  Between the desire for good and the desire for evil.

 

Originally, our mind and body were to be operate as one in unity, not struggle.

 

Our mind represents God's mind.

The human body is a container to accommodate the mind.  Separation came between these two when the fall occurred.

Thus the body dominated the good mind based on Satan or selfishness.  Thus, tragically, the human body has become the servant of Satan.

On the other hand, the human conscience is the agent of God in the individual person.  Our conscience was not created to benefit oneself.

It is planted by God for the sake of righteousness.

Yet the body rebels against this conscience.

The body only seeks after comforts and tends to act selfishly, going after carnal desires.  The conscience in turn is trying to chastise the body and direct it toward the godly mind's desires.

This is why there is always inevitable conflict and struggle within one's self.

This is the reason why the traditional religions of the world all teach the principle of chastising the body through fasting, prayer, and other disciplines.

By doing the opposite of what the body desires to do that is wrong, discipline brings the body to the will of the mind.  For this reason, religion which is the training ground where the desire of the body is suppressed, has been the instrument of God to bring men back to God's original ideal.

In order for us to dominate the body, we must unite with God within Himself.

The only power that enables the mind to dominate the body is the same power which generates unity of the mind's wth God's truth and love.

 Mind is subject and body is object. 

God's love and truth has the power to bring the mind and body into harmonious person.  Religion would define such a person as a man of perfection or a holy man.

Men and women that center their whole life on God are called men and women of goodness.

These good men and women may receive God's blessing of marriage and be united into a couple of husband and wife.

This will be the beginning of one ideal family of men on the face of the earth.

This model family is what God wanted to have as a building block of the good society, nation and world.

The Family is the Foundation of Peace

The Orient has a saying that "Once peace dwells int he family, everything goes right."

A happy and harmonious family is a family of peace and the foundation for the heavenly kingdom on earth.  The dynamic of the family is true love.

You must love God first, then love your husband or wife and your children with pure and sacrificial love.  This is the manifestation of true love.

God created love as the supreme force in the universe.

There is nothing greater in the universe than true love which is supreme.

True love, of course, originates from God.

God invested everything, every ounce of Himself in order to bring about the creation of all things and mankind.

 

Love is the only is the only thing in the world when invested fully, returns fully.  

When you invests true love, it will multiply and prosper.

Investing 100 percent of true love will yield 120 percent.  One might think that those who practice true love would become poor and miserable, yet the end result is to the contrary.

Through practicing true love, you will acquire prosperity and eternal life.

This kind of family of true love becomes the foundation for creating a society, nation and world centered on God's love.

That world would become ideal and peaceful.

There you will find understanding and peace and not misunderstanding and confusion.

You will find unity instead of division.

You would find selflessness instead of selfishness.  It would be the world where sacrifices and good service are a dominant virtue which everyone would strive to achieve.

The realization of God's ideal is the way to bring about true peace in the world.



 

The Ideal of True Parents for True World Peace

The Bible states that God sought to create human beings from "His own image" and character.

This means that the invisible God wanted to manifest Himself substantially into a visible, physical form.

In other words, men and women would become the personification of God through their perfection in pure love.

If the first man and woman had realized the ideal of God, they would have become the first visible form of God and created the first family of man of God-centered children, grandchildren who would expand to form an ideal society, nation and world.

In this case the invisible God would thus become the vertical True Parent of man centering upon true love.  Humankind would have centered upon good Adam and Eve who became True Parents by becoming one family eternally fulfilling a true brotherhood.

The Fall of Adam and Eve brought about the lost of not only God's ideal world, but the True Parents of humanity.

We became like orphans whose true parents abandoned them.

Therefore, brothers and sistersturned into enemies.

As a result, nation became antagonistic relationship rather than friendly ones. Accusations, and distrust abound on every level of society.

In the final fulfillment of human history, therefore, God's work of restoration is the restoration of True Parents first, liberating humanity from its orphan status.

Today this is the central dispensation of God - to bring True Parents to earth to guide mankind and create the true family of man centering on God and true love.

Ladies and gentlemen, today's creation of the Federation for World Peace must be different from that of the League of Nations and the United Nations. Most important is that we must found this organization upon the true ideal and philosophy of lasting peace as well as the ideal of True Parents. In the final analysis, peace in God and with God is the newest level of awakening. 


Once humanity reaches this level, it will be a refreshing new beginning toward attainment of peace.  The exclusion of God from human efforts to bring about peaceful solutions, is the core reason why there is constant failure in these endeavors.

Therefore, we should make God the center of this movement.

Historical Gathering

For men and women who are fervently longing for world peace, today's gathering is an historic gathering. There are many presidents and former presidents here today, as well as prominent religious leaders and leaders from every walk of life. This is truly a rare and extraordinary assembly. Furthermore, there are leaders from the East bloc and the West bloc. Until recently, those leaders were mired in the Cold War and locked in a chilling confrontation. In this auditorium, however, there is no East or West. Everyone is gathered together in one spirit of cooperation and reconciliation.

On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall finally came tumbling down.

Ever since that historical event which was felt around the world, we have been living in a different world.

The world is quickly moving forward to reformation, mutual understanding and friendship.  Everyone today feels that the world is opening up, a new way, to blossoming opportunity of peace.

If you agree that the principles I have expounded are the fundamental criteria for peace, then true peace is reachable and achievable. The industrialized North must reach out to help liberate the South from pervasive impoverishment. The developed nations must reach out with a helping hand toward the developing countries and the new democracies.

During this time of transition and restoration, each nation must change from a selfish one to an unselfish one.

That in itself is a revolution.  Nations can do this when leaders themselves are able to see from the position of parents.

 

The most unselfish and sacrificial love of all is the love of parents. 

 

 

 

From this perspective, we can see that on a worldwide level that all of the nations are brothers and sister nations.  

 

Then a fresh new vision emerges and a new opportunity will open up in front of us to a new dawn.

What should be the priority of those countries that are part of the UN in the days to come?

We have reached the age where colonialism is over.  

 

Where the powerful nations exploited the weakest ones in the past is over.  The law of "survival of the fittest" does not apply in our new world.  

 

The age of the superpower arms race which drove the world and humanity into fear and uncertainty has also passed.  

 

 

 

 

 

Humanity ought to be liberated from the devestating threat of nuclear arms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What time is it on God's timetable of restorating the world?

This is the time that the Holy Scriptures refer to "beating our swords into plowshares."  Do you see it is such a time of human revolution going toward a better world centered on God?

This is the time for developing mutual trust which is based on a high moral standard.

It is a time when all of the members of the United Nations in a relationship of mutual respect and love, should jointly declare one final war against our common enemies.  

 

That would be hunger, ignorance, disease and crime.

This is God's plan.  Even though everyone has a concept of their home country where family lives, in larger sense, the world now becomes "my country" because it is where God, my Father and my brothers and sisters live.  

 

From this point of view, all the advanced nations should seek to share their knowleddge of high technology with developing countries and new democracies.

To do otherwise would be a moral crime.  Things which are good and beneficial must be shared among all nations.  When a new discovery is made, it should benefit all nations.  If something is good for humanity and the world, it should be fulfilled, transcendent of national boundaries.

For a long time, I have been fighting for equal opportunity in the use of high technology by all developing nations.

A Century of Peace

Ladies and gentlemen, your coming to this place is not an accident. Nothing happens by accident. I feel you are ordained to be here. You are chosen by God as champions of peace.  A new era is unfolding. With the cooperation of God and man together the twenty-first century will be a century of peace. 


If we are to see a world of peace happen, we should work tirelesly together for the next nine years.

If we do, we will be able to eliminate all obstacles which might hinder the attainment of peace.

If we are able to push forward, centered on God, we should be able to eliminate all obstacles which would hinder the attainment of peace.

This twenty-first century should be a righteous century full of hope.
Wealth will not be the dominating factor in this era.

Instead, the human spirit and soul will prevail.  The twenty-first centry is the era of unity between God and man.

It should be the era where a new awakening will come to every man.

They will realize that there is more benefit for himself when he serves others and lives for the sake of others.

In this century, selfishness will decline.  Life honor and glory based on unselfishness shall be triumphant.

These are the characteristics of the era for peace is approaching.

Now we have the opportunity for the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.  This century shall be hopeful and glorious.

To make this happen, the Federation for World Peace will provide the ideal and philosophy to educate the world's population. The Federation will assist spiritually, mentally and financially in the development of needy nations. The Federation will set a high moral standard and take a dynamic role in building a world of peace.


As you walk this path of restoration, you are the apostles of peace.  The bright new hope as well as a exciting new future awaits you.  We should fervently feel the desire to fulfill this great mission that has been bestowed upon us by God.

In order to achieve this sacred duty and historic responsibility of building everlasting peace on earth, we should dedicate our lives, fortunes and sacred honor with total commitment to this dispensation.

The first item on our agenda is to invite God into our individual hearts and those of our family, society, nation and world.

When God is with us, who shall be against us?

Respected friends, my beloved brothers and sisters, we are called to this sacred mission: to build a world of peace.

Our noble march shall begin today toward that glorious future.  Let us build a true world of peace together with God.

Thank you very much.




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This post was rewritten from the Textbook for World Peace Chapter 2

Your Conscience is Second God

This following speech was given at the World Media Conference in 1990 in the city of Moscow, the capital of the former Soviet Union:


"I feel there is no place more appropriate to gather for these discussions than right here in the Soviet Union.

We developed two excellent organizations which are also committed to the quest for world peace.  For me to come to Moscow is an emotional experience. I would like to express my appreciation to the Soviet government, especially the officials of Novosti Press Agency.

You have welcomed us to your great capital in a most hospitable manner. My wife and I, and our entire family, are moved by your kindness.

I am sure that all of the guests in this room who have come from every corner of the world, including former heads of state and government, will join with me in expressing our deep gratitude to our hosts in this country. Would you join with me in giving them a round of applause?"


Reverend Sun Myung Moon

True Unification and One World 

Father Moon was asked by Soviet media what his views was on the importance of spiritual renaissance as the foundation to social, economic and political progress.  He elaborated on these views:

Such a spiritual renaissance is vitally important.

In order to achieve such a goal, there needs to be a deeper understanding of the human situation.

Therefore, there needs to be some reflection on philosophical and religious topics.  It may not concern the media, but it is the fundamental understanding necessary to secure true peace in the world.

Furthermore, it is the essence of the Reverend's lifelong search, discovery and teaching God's original ideal for the world which is opposite of the world we live in now.

When we observe the universe, we see that every being exists through the pair system or union of elements.  This is true on every level beginning even with the mineral realm.  

Molecules are made from the union of a positive ion and a negative ion.  On the level of plants, existence and reproduction require the union of stamen and pistil.  Even though this is at a different level, it represents male and female aspects.

This pair system is more obvious beginning on the levels of animals.

Fish, birds, mammals and all animals exist as male and female.  Finally, the supreme creations of God, human beings, are either men or women.

The first man Adam and the first woman Eve, were the original ancestors of mankind.

Why was the pair system created?  Why did God create in this way?

The Creator made all of creation as male or female so they might unite through their action of give and take in love.

Through this action, each species multiplies and extends its lineage through their union.  Human ambition is limitless and eternal. 

What is man's infinite desire and goal?

For woman it is man; for man it is woman.  Both man and woman can find true love only through interaction of each other.  In history, the differing views of life, the universe and God have presented unresolved problems.

These problems are to be found when true man and true woman unite centered on God in true love, creating absolute oneness.  This is the source of absolute value.  

Man exists for the sake of woman. Woman exists for the sake of man. 

Man and woman each are the object of love of the other.

Because God is a being of absolute love, He wanted to create objects of love which He can pour out His love. 

In doing this, He naturally looks forward to His love returning from men and women.

In this way, God would feel infinite joy.

To become perfect objects of love for God, we must be united in love first.

We have to go through a growth period and maturity of our spirit just as we have to mature our physical body, before we can stand as a mature human couple that resembles God, receive and return His love.  Have we seen such a mature couple throughout society?

The pattern of true love is not that of being served; it is to serve others. 

When God initially created His object of love, He invested every ounce of His energy - 100 percent of His being.

Based on this standard God had during creation, thus, this established the pattern of true love.  This tradition of true love as total investment was established by God.

This is where true love became the center of the universe and even almighty God chooses to be obedient to it.

Once God spent all of Himself, He made Himself a vacuum.  

In the atmosphere, when there is a low pressure area, the high pressure air is automatically attracted.

On the same token, when someone serves another to the absolute degree, energy rushes in to fill that person up.All the love that God has given to create the perfect objects must be returned to Him by men and women.

Only love transcends all barriers. 

When you unite with God in true love, you have dominion over all of God's creation both physical and spiritual.

When you can live completely for others, you are reaching the very essence of God's own being who invested Himself for others.

God's vibrations become your vibrations once you obtain unity with Him.

Then God's feelings are naturally transmitting to you.  Through living this way, you become a resonant body of God's heart and love.  As much as two tuning forks resonating together, you and God always resonate together.

This unity describes the original state of human beings.

Once you achieve that state, the love of God becomes your love, God's life becomes your life, and the blood lineage of God becomes your blood lineage.

This world which God created then becomes your world.  We were meant to share the love of God with all things in heaven and earth.

We are to be citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven with the heart of parents.

Man's separation from God

The law of cause and effects is clearly evident in history.

Whatever you sow, you will eventually reap.

Adam and Eve sowed a seed of sexual immorality and the abuse of love while they are still growing.

This was the Fall of man.

God wanted humanity to grow in purity until He blessed them in heavenly matrimony, thus becoming the foundation of God's true love, true life, and true blood lineage.

Humanity would naturally have become true son and daughters of God living in the kingdom of Heaven on earth and in spirit world, once the first human ancestors reached perfection and were blessed in marriage directly by God.

However, while Adam and Eve were teenagers, the archangel tempted Eve away from God.  He engaged in spiritual fornication with her.

In this way, Lucifer became Satan, God's enemy of His love.  Eve had then passed on this fallen blood lineage to Adam through engaging in physical sex.

This is how our history as humans was sown.  

Today, we reaped  consequences: immorality is rampant.  Teenagers in particular are the victims of widespread sexual degradation.  Modern society in the advanced nations is different from Sodom and Gomorrah in the biblical times.

God abhors this immoral behavior.

We must fear the wrath of God and live according to His will.  The punishment is imminent.  The struggle of God and the evil god is the center of goodness.

Satan is the center of evil.  

The history of humanity has been that of struggle between good and evil between God, and Satan through working through men and women.

The history of humanity is a constant struggle between good or bad.

Satan, being arrogant and greedy, always attacks the side of goodness. 

God's camp is always hit and suffer, but God is able to have the opportunity to bring justice.

For example, World war II had the Axis powers after initially attacking. Every exploiting power will ultimately decline, while those who suffer under persecution for the sake of good will ultimately be raised up by God.

The side of good is vindicated and occupies new territory.  Then Satan's side must withdraw and decline.    

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My own life is representative of this. I have been struggling for the sake of good and the cause of God, but the opposition has been relentless. Years ago, I was tortured and beaten, and I have been imprisoned numerous times. One would think that my movement would die out and be forgotten, but the opposite has occurred. I have built a worldwide foundation, and have continuously advanced and prospered.

Conscience: Teacher and Parent

Every human being has experienced at least one most precious teacher.

That teacher has been beaten upon, mistreated.  That teacher is the human conscience.  Your conscience always speaks out for your own benefit trying to connect you to true love.

Like a parent, your conscience urges you to be a good, unselfish individual, and guides you to do the will of God.

But within each person there is also a rebel who always goes against the conscience. That rebel is the physical body.

The leader of such a thought is Satan.

The body has trampled and abused the conscience miserably. When one becomes aware of this, can he take the side of the body which has been the enemy of his own conscience, which has greatly damaged his own life and true personality?

Your conscience should be your constant internal teacher and parent. 

It will lead you to complete unity with the ultimate parent of mankind, God.

The conscience, then, is the agent of God within you, and may even be called a "second God."

Do you think you should be sympathetic and protective of your body, the enemy of the conscience? Or do you think you should control and confine your body and vindicate your conscience?

Your body only goes after carnal desire.

When it is hungry, it steals and satisfies itself. It always seeks for comfort, and wants to take advantage of others.

The body or flesh has its own realm. To conquer the realm of the body is an awesome responsibility which every person must undertake.

When this is achieved, the mind as the vertical self and the body as the horizontal self are completely harmonized into oneness.  Thus a person reaches perfection, united in love with God for eternity.

The Role of Religion

God is the source of true love, true life, and true blood lineage.

Since we human beings originate from this source, we must also have true love, true life and true blood lineage.

However, because of the fall of man, tragically, man never achieved the position of being the child of God.

Instead, men and women have received love, life and lineage from Satan.

Due to the fall of man, love today is basically self-centered. That self-centered love does not originate from the mind, but is centered upon the body.

The body is where Satan's main activities are conducted. 

The body is Satan's dancing place, the mooring post of Satan.

The mind represents God's position the plus position. But the body, which should assume the object or minus position, tries to make itself another plus, and continuously teases or fools the mind.

In human life, it is crucial to correct this fallen relationship between mind and body.

Therefore, God established religion to rehabilitate fallen man. Through religion, God is teaching people how to strengthen their God- centered mind, and reverse the body's domination of their life and personality.

That is why religion oftentimes demands fasting, sacrificial service and a meek and humble attitude. These are methods for reducing the power of the body and causing the body to submit to the more godly mind.

Normally, in religious life, it takes about 3 to 5 years to change from the habit of a body-centered life, and create a new spirit-centered way of life.

Furthermore, the Bible says, you must pray without ceasing.

This is vitally important because Satan controls the environment of the fallen world. Satan tempts and distracts fallen man from all directions 24 hours a day, while God is only able to work from one direction, the vertical direction of the mind.

The Restoration of God's Ideal

In the eyes of God, the fallen world we embrace is the world of spiritual death.

His will is the restoration of that world of death into the world of life.

Restoration is another way of saying salvation. When the original ideal state has been lost, it must be restored. When a healthy man becomes sick, a physician must come and bring him back to his original health. By the same token, the God-intended original ideal was lost.

Therefore, the work of God is to restore this fallen world to the original sinless state.

In order to accomplish that task, God sends the Messiah. But before the Messiah comes, God prepares a certain chosen group of people to be ready for the Messiah. This is what the Bible calls the orchard of wild olive trees.

The orchard of wild olive trees represents a certain sphere in the fallen realm which God can still direct and control. After this has been prepared, the Messiah comes.

The Messiah then cuts all the wild olive trees in the orchard of God, and grafts into them the true branch of life. In this way, the wild olive trees all become true olive trees. They are returned to the original state of man.

The religious people of today are these wild olive trees in God's orchard, but even the most devout religious person must still seek the Messiah because he has not yet received the true lineage of God.

The Messiah comes as the True Parents of mankind, restoring the position of fallen parents Adam and Eve.

Therefore, in order to be connected to the true lineage of God, each person must unite with the True Parents in these Last Days, and become a recipient of true love. By doing so, each person can become a true son or daughter of God. In this way, the Messiah brings salvation to humankind.

The Messiah, in the position of True Parents, must root out the trees which have grown from false seeds, subjugate Satan and connect mankind into oneness with God in true love, making all people true sons and daughters of God.

In this way, the Kingdom of Heaven on earth can be created, where men and women will finally be able to enjoy true freedom.

What is the way of unification? Let us consider the first human family.

First of all, there is God. Second, there is Adam and Eve. Adam is masculine, and Eve is feminine. They compete with one another to secure the love of God first.

If they are selfishly motivated, there will be no unity. However, if they are unselfishly motivated, Adam will say, "I want to reach God first solely for you, Eve." The woman will be overjoyed. She, in turn, will say, "I only want to reach God for your sake, Adam." Then the husband will be fully satisfied. There is no struggle; there is unity even in their competition.

This is not only the way husband and wife can be happily united; it is more than that. It is the very key to the unification of all people.

God-Centered World View

Throughout history, God has been working through the human conscience. In spite of God's efforts, however, every attempt made thus far to restore man into the original starting point -- the heart of God -- has failed.

It still remains for someone to liberate humankind from this satanic environment and lead a successful search for truth and true love. That is the mission of the Unification movement.

Godism is a God-centered world view, whose essence is the ideal of true love. Godism has two distinct missions: Bring unity between God and man, and bring unity between mind and body.

Since I have discovered the solution to these two fundamental problems the unity of mind and body, and the unity of man and God -- I must proclaim this truth as clearly and effectively as possible without any hesitation.  When you follow this teaching, I assure you that you can definitely conquer the carnal desires of your body. You can become 100 percent united with your mind. Then you are eligible to become the true object of God and establish a true love partnership with God.

Whenever two people are bound together by true love, they are entitled to three important rights: First, the right of inheritance. Second, the right of dwelling together. Third, the right of participation.

Take for example the relationship of husband and wife. The husband might be the president of a great nation, while his wife might be a woman of very humble origin and very little education. If they truly love each other, however, they are equals. They own all things in common, live together, and participate on an equal level.

In the same way, when man and woman are connected to God through true love, they will also enjoy the rights of inheritance, participation and living together eternally with God. When you reach this depth of heart, you will constantly experience the presence of God, and God will truly dwell among men.

True Parents

True love always travels the shortest distance at the greatest speed. Therefore, true love coming from God to the earth travels the shortest distance -- a vertical line.

The love between man and woman also travels the shortest distance, forming a horizontal line. When the vertical true love meets with the horizontal true love, the crossing point must absolutely be 90 degrees. There is no other way these love lines can intersect.

Who is God? God is the vertical True Parents centered on true love. He is intimately close to each of us because He is our vertical parents.

When we welcome the perfected human ancestors -- perfected Adam and Eve -- as True Parents, we create a 90 degree crossing point between the vertical true love of God and the horizontal true love of True Parents. We have two sets of True Parents. From them we receive true love, true life and true blood lineage. This creates one world totally resonating with true love.

The Soviet Union

Ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful to have the opportunity to share with you these reflections on the nature of God and humanity. I am also very happy to be here in the Soviet Union. My heart truly goes out to the people of the Soviet Union. Many of you have gone through unbearable suffering, and that saddens me.

I love your country and your people very much. I clearly envision a moral and economic renaissance for the Soviet Union that will dramatically affect the entire world. I will do all I can to encourage and support that renaissance.

You are undertaking a new Soviet revolution, but this should be a revolution without blood or bullets -- a revolution of the heart and soul.

I have been speaking about the importance of the family. But I want to tell you that in the depths of my heart, I feel that the Soviet people are a part of my family. I assure you that my wife and children feel the same.

Also, I assure you that members of the Unification movement worldwide will do their utmost to work together with you for the future prosperity and well being of all humanity.

Father believed the former Soviet Union played a key role in returning God's ideal into a world of lasting true peace This vast union of nation he return to roost.

We must regard ourselves as being members of one global family living in one global house.



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This post was rewritten and derived from the Textbook for World Peace Chapter 1