Hyo Jin Moon
The Key To Restoring The World Lies Within
Us
April 21,1991
Belvedere, New York
Today
my topic will be "The Key to Restoring the World Lies
Within Us." We all understand Adam and Eve as the symbol
of mankind, as the primary ancestors, the primary beings
of mankind. Adam and Eve symbolize the ideal of man and
ultimately the ancestry of mankind. In order for each
individual to be perfected, they must resemble and
emulate the model of Adam and Eve. The true model must
be set and must be present in order for an ideal world
to be manifested.
Realizing the ideal of creation, the ideal world lies in
mankind receiving the true Adam who has conceived
Heavenly Father's spirit as well as body. In other
words, our purpose in life lies in becoming like the
true Adam and Eve. just because Adam and Eve are in our
midst does not give us the automatic right to become
like them. We must make effort to become like Adam and
Eve in order for the ideal world to be realized.
Knowing
that, when you look at creation and think about the
circumstances of the Garden of Eden in the beginning, it
is interesting to realize one point which secular
people, especially atheists who do not even believe in
God, accuse God as not fulfilling and being inadequate.
That point is: uncertainty, the obscurity and
uncertainty which was there in the beginning. Obviously,
when Adam and Eve were in the position to conceive of
and become the physical representation of God, they were
in a position of uncertainty. They could either fall or
not fall.
They
were in that position from the very beginning. Once you
understand the will of God, however, that very
uncertainty is essential for the perfection of mankind
to become like God. It is the absolutely necessary
element through which mankind can become like God. In
order for man to become Godlike, the presence of
uncertainty is an absolutely necessary element in the
equation of fulfilling the perfection of creation.
Why is
that? It is because man is the object to God who
ultimately has to be in the position to reciprocate with
God the ideals of love. In other words, in order for God
to have an object who can reciprocate with him, with all
that He desires and all that He wills, the object must
also possess the quality of God. Simply put, the object
must be Godlike.
Within
that came the ideals of love, the ideals of true love.
So also within man must come the ideals of love. Under
the condition of uncertainty existed all different kinds
of possibilities. God is omnipotent. Under this
circumstance of many possibilities, God chose the ideals
of love. Based on that tremendous uncertainty, man must,
through the ability to choose, based on volition, free
will, make the choice which will unite with God's also
choosing to create the ideal world of love. That is a
very important element in perfecting mankind.
Many
people up to now have used this as the source of
criticism. "Why," they ask, "If God is almighty and all
powerful, why is He so helpless?" It is not that God is
helpless, but uncertainty itself is the absolutely
necessary element in realizing God's purpose of
creation. That is the key.
That
key itself was distorted by Satan. As long as that is
not realized, he can do whatever he wills to mankind
because that is the key in perfecting ourselves. That is
the key. Uncertainty was the part of creation which God
meant mankind to have. Why? Because we ourselves must
become Godlike through our own free will, based on the
ability to choose. We must be able to choose out of the
different possibilities. Temptation is one of the
possibilities, however it is not the ideal possibility.
It will not bring the outcome which will enable us to
create the ideal world.
The
only way we can create the ideal world is to unite with
the ideals of God. In the absence of God, the ideal will
never manifest itself. The ideal world of eternal peace
and joy, happiness and harmony will never manifest
itself with the absence of God. We must have God
present. That is the absolutely necessary element. Man
has failed to understand this.
Think
about it. Adam was uncertain, thinking, "Why did God
tell me not to take the fruit of good and evil?" He was
uncertain about the possibility. However, there was some
other person, some other entity giving him a notion
other than God's direction, telling him, "Hey, if you
take this, it will make you something else. You won't
die, but you will become Godlike. So, forget His ideas.
You follow me." Well, that was another concept, another
notion present which was available and in a way
"revealed" to mankind.
However, based on his free will, mankind could have made
a decision to choose God's way. Although he was
uncertain, through his own reasoning, he could have
chosen absolutely by himself to unite with God. He could
have himself given the answer to unite with God. That
would have been the condition for mankind to unite with
God. He himself, within himself, could have derived the
answer which would ultimately have united him with God.
Now
that is the key. That is absolutely necessary. That is
why God was in a way powerless. In order to substantiate
the world of love, there has to be a substantial being
who can represent all that He has, all that He
possesses. That person, that substantial being who is to
represent God, must have within himself the abilities
which God possesses. Within God came the ideals of love,
so must the ideals of love be found inside mans heart,
man's own self.
Within
man's existence must come the ideals of God. That is the
absolutely most important thing to know. Obscurity,
uncertainty is an absolutely necessary part of creation.
That is why it is so important. Understanding this is
the key which is going to cut off all the garbage which
lies out there and mocks God for being powerless. That
is the key understanding which we must realize.
Understanding the whole creation concept will truly
liberate us. Ultimately, we have to become Adam-like.
Every individual must find within himself or herself the
ideals of God. Why must I unite with Father? Why must I
unite with True Parents? Why do I have to go through
this kind of suffering course? Why is there such a
hardship in every path that we take? What is the reason
behind it?
You
must find the answer within yourself. Why do I, Hyo Jin,
have to unite with my Father? He never tells me why I
should unite with him. I tell myself and try to give
myself all the reasons why I should persevere onward and
overcome all the difficulties. Why do I have to follow
my Father? Why?
Because
I love Father. If that is not good enough, then, I am a
man. I must do something constructive with my life. I
must do something. I cannot just live and die.
Even
animals leave something behind, skin or meat, something
that will benefit others. I'm much more than the
animals. I'm mankind. What must I do? I want to leave
something behind that will ultimately benefit mankind.
What other reason do you need to unite with Father? You
should give the reason to yourself. I love Father. I'm
his son. I came from him. He's my origin. No matter how
great I am, without his presence, without his love,
without Father's love, parents love being consummated, I
would never be here.
Knowing
my origin is another reason for me to unite. Whatever
the reason might be that will make you unite, you should
give it to yourself The reason our church has not
excelled is because we depended so much on others to
inspire us. That is the wrong idea. That is the wrong
concept. Soon or later, man must become responsible.
It is
understandable that when you are a child the parents
should rear you, take care of you and provide certain
basic things. I understand that. In the same token,
being in the position of a spiritual child, I can
understand parents rearing you, giving you the necessary
things for you to grow, develop and mature within the
spiritual body. I can understand, but there comes a time
when you have to take responsibility onto yourself.
You
also must become Adam-like. In order for you to become
perfected, you have to take the model of Adam and Eve
and be of it. That is the key. We have denied ourselves
up to now the freedom to be truly liberated. We denied
it. We didn't want to grow up. We didn't want to take
the responsibility onto ourselves.
You
like independence. That means you have to take the
responsibility into your hands, based on what is right.
You must have the right concept. Based on a concept,
things get manifested. For that reason, you must have
the right concept. Based on what is right, you must
manifest. You must act based on what is right.
Ultimately, every individual must go that course.
Although we have this great understanding and great
truth, we haven't propagated because we have failed to
realize this key point, the importance of
responsibility. That was the key. That was the key to
liberating and perfecting Adam and Eve. Individuality.
That is being involved in this creation process,
becoming Godlike without His assistance.
That is
the key. Understanding what is true and uniting with
parents. You must find reason within yourself to unite.
You must be responsible for yourself, for your own
deeds, for your own being. You are an individual being.
You are a unique and individual being. However, the way
in which all this diversity, all of you, can ever have
the possibility to unite comes only through the concept
of True Parents. That is why we need True Parents. All
these Godlike beings, how could they ever unite? How can
we ever unite? We must have parents.
There
might be some trouble within the family, among the
brothers and sisters, but if there are solid and stable
parents, the family will stay together. You must have
that body in which all the different things can be
harmonized. Everywhere you look, especially in the arts,
the central theme is very important, a certain
structural body which will unite all the different
elements harmoniously.
In a
way, the theme to represent humanity is True Parents.
That is the body which encapsulates all the various,
individual, distinctive elements, causing them to unite
and be harmonious, creating a certain body of its own.
That's a very important understanding that we all must
share.
Knowing
that, when you look at yourself, think about human
history. There was always the importance of object
figures. The relationship between subject and object has
been stressed throughout history because restoration has
been recreating what had been lost. It must be found. If
the ideal union of man and woman was lost and there was
a non-ideal world of man uniting with Satan, there has
to be a substantial yearning or desire within to
recreate ourselves, completely from scratch. That is
also very important.
Many
times Father talks about starting from the servant of
servant's position ultimately climbing all the way up to
the true son's position. What does that mean? Simply
put, the servant of servant's position is the fallen
position, the man who has fallen. Why? Angels are the
servants of mankind. Because of the fall, you became the
servant of servants, the object position. The fallen
position itself is the servant of servant's position.
From that position onward you must raise yourself all
the way back to the true son's position.
When
you first join the church what do you need to do? You
must go through a seven year course of recreating the
creation. Through fundraising you must restore the
physical creation and you must have three spiritual
children, restoring the position of the angels. In other
words, you must recreate the original creation
environment. After you join, ideally speaking, after you
pass the seven year period, you are given the privilege
to be blessed.
However, even after you are blessed, to fulfill the
recreation ideal, and Father stressed this up to the
1800 couples, you should have up to seven years of
separation. Why? First you must recreate the creation.
Based on that seven years, you are blessed. You are
given the right to be part of God's realm. Within that
realm, within seven years, you must recreate yourself,
recreate an ideal being. Than, after seven years of
recreation of yourself, you can start recreating the
family by starting the family at the end of the second
seven year period.
The
second trimester is totally dedicated to restoring
yourself. The final trimester is dedicated to restoring
the family. At least twenty-one years of condition to
indemnify the family is necessary for you to become the
true tribal messiah. That is why, up to now, all these
Blessings represented certain symbolic positions which
are necessary to unite all the different people, all the
different tribes of the world. Every Blessing symbolized
a stage leading up to the global foundation which is
necessary for Heavenly Father and True Parents to
ultimately unite the people of the world.
All
these Blessings are absolutely necessary. The people who
are involved in this recreation and restoration process
must realize the importance of all these necessary
conditions. Why do we stress these physical conditions
so much? Because we need these kind of conditions.
First, to separate from Satan, but that is not the end
of it. You must sacrifice your physical body. You must
have that physical sacrifice, the suffering of the body
must be present in the course of restoration. You must
lay that kind of condition in order to receive God.
This is
based on the fall of man. God is a suffering God. You
must inherit God. Absolutely. You also must be
responsible for your historical failures. You have to be
responsible. We are all connected. Based on the ideals
of isolation and individuality, one will not take
historical responsibility. However, you must understand
that in order for us to create an ideal world of one
global family, you must be responsible for the whole.
You must be responsible for humanity.
I
stressed in the beginning that you must become
Adam-like. In other words, become Godlike. God is the
representation of humanity. God represents everything in
the creation. Starting from your individual self, you
must erect yourself, magnify yourself, mature yourself
in a manner such that you will ultimately encompass
humanity, the universe, even God. That is your task.
This
does not just end with your doing certain things and
routine chores. That is not the end of your
responsibility. Your responsibility ultimately lies in
caring for humanity. You have to actually do something
for the sake of humanity, for realizing the will of God.
Think
about it. Starting from yourself, as an individual,
realizing who you are takes time and dedication. It
takes effort. That individual matures and gets married
and has a family. Having a family and creating unity
within that family also takes time. You have to go step
and step, up and up. You have to ultimately put yourself
in the position of responsibility that will make the
difference on the world level.
How are
you going to raise yourself to do that when you are
always dwelling in the individual realm, always
concerned for your individual well being? How are you
ever going to reach that point when you will take
responsibility for humanity? Only then are you a true
representation of Adam. The perfection of man lies
within becoming Adam-like, Eve-like. You must become
True Parents yourself.
If your
concern is still shallow, still dwindling and wallowing
in your own individual hardships you have a long way to
go! You cannot blame others for your own
irresponsibility. You know that. We all know that.
Everyone ultimately must fulfill these conditions. To
become a true tribal messiah, at least 21 years of
condition is necessary.
Some
early blessed couples have failed. Many left the church.
That is why we have reserves like you. It is not a joke.
There are certain kinds of conditions, principled
conditions, numerical conditions which are necessary to
restore the world. Blessed couples are a symbolic base
for each stage. The 124 couples represent the 120
nations of the world, Abel nations. The 430 couples
represent restoration of Father's nation, of Israel
[Korea]. After 430 years of captivity under the
Egyptians, the Israelites were liberated by Moses. All
these conditions are necessary. 777 is the number of
liberation. It is representing three levels of
perfection.
Having
the primary nation, the Adam-like nation is important.
Why? You must have Adam within the midst of humanity as
the ideal model of God so that others can become like
Adam, thus becoming like God. In the same way, you must
have the Adam-like nation as a model for each of the
nations of this world as an individual body. That is
absolutely necessary. That is why all these conditions
were set. Having a condition, a substantial foundation
to offer to Heavenly Father, is necessary. Why? Because
without that, God cannot intervene. God is, in a way,
powerless. That is why all these things are necessary.
That is
why we have you. After 2,000 couples, you felt that
Father was becoming lenient. It is not that. It is that
certain conditions were set. Father is giving you an
opportunity, but these positions are necessary in
restoring the world. Without that foundation of
substance, you cannot separate from Satan. There is no
way you can separate from Satan without it.
Uncertainty itself is part of the whole equation. We
have to be responsible for ourselves in perfecting
ourselves. We have to understand what God is desiring
and what Father is expecting us to become and we have to
become it. You must be responsible. All of this may be
compact, but you don't need wordiness. Having said all
this, what can we do to restore America?
I want
to share with you what I believe. I want to give you my
opinion. I want you to be involved and join with me in
indulging in my own opinion. What is the most difficult
problem we face in America? You know that we need
membership. We need manpower. How can we increase
membership in America? What's the biggest, most
formidable enemy, the most formidable barrier which
blocks us from fulfilling this goal?
Individualism! That is the Goliath that we are facing.
Everybody is literally being raptured and tantalized by
this Goliath. They are powerless when it comes to facing
this Goliath. That is the most formidable thing that we
are facing, individuality, individualism.
However, I see this, in a way, as our advantage. I don't
see this individuality as a barrier impeding our
progress. I see this as an opportunity. It is important
that when we look at world affairs we note that the
concept of democracy is now being propagated globally.
It's affecting global affairs. The basis of democracy is
individualism, giving freedom and liberty to each
individual.
Each
person has a certain authority and dominion over their
own destiny. Based on self reliance, each one is in
control of their own destiny. Fine. Great. I see this as
a great hope. Why? As individualism persists and
permeates every culture and region in the world, it will
eventually neutralize all the traditional, ethnic,
historical influences. It is a neutralizing agent.
Going
back to the topic of the individual becoming responsible
for himself in order to be ultimately perfected, then
every man must have control over himself in order to be
restored. The reason it has been so difficult in the
past has been the traditional environments. Those
environments influenced the individual not to take other
courses other than what had been prescribed and allowed.
Environment. Tradition. This has been the great factor
which has deterred mankind from separating from the
satanic way of living. In the Middle East, up to just
recently no other religion could even go there. If you
were caught doing missionary work, you were put right
away into prison. If you were caught somehow mocking or
criticizing the king, the monarchy, you would be
executed.
Under
that circumstance, how can anyone expect mankind to
change, when individuals must bring change within
themselves in order for true restoration of humanity? In
order to realize the true restoration of humanity,
individuals must change. Millions of individuals must
bring about change within themselves.
When
the environment is forbidding you to change, how can you
ever hope to change? You need to substantially change
through this physical body, however physically you are
being forbidden to do so, you are being suppressed. That
is why individualism and democracy are spreading out on
the global level at this time. It is a crucial
happening. It must happen like this. This is a sign of
the end of the world. This means that every individual
of the world is literally taking control over the
destiny of their lives. Every individual is now becoming
the controller of their own destiny. This is the key.
This is where we come in. This is where we come in with
the word of God.
Having
said that, the challenge is how to feed God's words to
the people who are so strongly individualized. That is
the key. That is why we must tap into what mankind
naturally desires. Physically, spiritually, man desires
happiness. The only way you can obtain spiritual
happiness, eternal happiness is to unite with God.
However, you can obtain physical happiness, temporary
and very short lived happiness, by reciprocating with
physical things. This is important. Because man desires
happiness, having some kind of physical offering which
will excite them and bring them happiness is the key to
opening their hearts. That is why the cultural medium is
so important. I'm not justifying anything. This is the
truth. This is fact. This is reality. Satan realizes
this. Based on giving what man desires, providing
happiness to man, he is feeding his own ideals. That is
where we are losing. We don't understand that. We have
not realized the strategy of Satan, utilizing these
things.
Music,
graphic arts, literature, all these things bring us joy
because different elements are harmonizing with one
another. The whole concept of harmony brings us joy.
Living with and reciprocating with those elements, man
feels joy. Whether one perfects himself in the art of
speaking, writing, making music or whatever, we must
utilize those things which bring happiness to mankind in
spreading the Word. That is the message. Why? Because
words will change man. Based on words man was to act and
substantiate, through his own reasoning manifest the
ideals of God which were revealed in the Word.
Words.
We must take this in the manner which fits the
developmental phase of humanity. I have mentioned this
before. In the formation stage man is physically
oriented. Joy is derived from reciprocating with
physical things. In the interim period [growth], it is
more intellectual. It is like the whole creation itself.
First the physical world was manifested, then
individuals were erected on it. Ultimately that
individual, being perfected centering on the will of
God, understanding the ideals of God would unite with
Heavenly Father.
In that
sense, when you break down the developmental stages, the
first stage is literally physical. You are enriched by
physical things, by physical give and take. In the
second stage you are more excited, more stimulated by
intellectual things. You are more involved in doing
intellectual things. It brings you greater fulfillment
than just doing physical things. Using your mind,
reasoning and utilizing your intellectuality brings you
greater joy.
In the
final stage, before you pass into the spiritual world,
man gets more involved in internal aspects. Spiritual
and internal things bring greater joy to mankind than
the physical or intellectual things. As you get closer
and closer to your death, people get involved with
things that will satisfy them internally and
spiritually.
Knowing
this, in order to have dominion over the future we must
focus on the formation and the growth stage. That is
where Adam fell, on the growth stage. How do you expect
the right growth period without formulating the right
formation stage? You cannot expect that. You must focus
on the formation stage as well as the growth stage.
When
you go beyond a certain age, in your 20s and 30s, up to
your 40s and 50s, you like complicated things. You like
to get involved intellectually, but also man is an
emotional being and in order to influence mankind,
things have to be emotionally charged. It must have
emotional quality. That is why communism could become so
popular because it was based on these factual things,
even if, it was all half-baked facts. These half-baked
facts were based on emotionally charged data,
emotionally charged facts. That is why it had an effect.
That is why it so excited and stirred up man.
Anything, in order to truly influence you, has to be
somehow emotionally packaged. If you are hearing it with
words, how the words are formulated or how they are
arranged with music, has to be done in a way that will
provoke emotion. Otherwise, it will never change anyone,
it will never let you influence another person. You must
tap emotionally into that individual in order to
influence that person.
If our
objective is to influence the world by the ways of God,
then we must tap into man's emotions. If you don't have
the tools to stir up man's emotions, you are lost. Your
endeavors will be futile, useless. American culture has
really deteriorated, especially the young generation.
Why? Because the pop culture literally thrives on the
emotionality of man. I'm very disturbed about this
reality. The only way we can truly have effect upon
these things is to eventually have dominion over the
emotional media. Father is now giving us the freedom to
do it. In the past, because of the indemnity course,
Father could not focus on these things.
Every
step of the way, the subject and object union must be
realized. When you look at it, these John the Baptist
figures are necessary because when the messiah comes, he
must unite the world. Based on unity of the family, on
the foundation of substance at the family level realized
by Abraham's family through Jacob, it took 2,000 years
to prepare a tribal foundation -- John the Baptist's
foundation. To purify and prepare the John the Baptist
foundation took that long. Based on that foundation a
tribe representing a "body of being," something pure
could be formed.
Purity
is another key, the separation from evil, separation
from Satan. Considering humanity as a whole, the purest
[representation of] humanity is the tribe. Not looking
at individuals, but as a group of people, the purest
level of humanity is the tribe. Purest meaning the
integrity of the body, having certain integrity, certain
characteristics. Having certain characteristics, as a
body of humanity, the tribe is the basic form.
Based
on that prepared foundation of tribe, Jesus came to
unite with that central tribal body. Then he would unite
all the other tribes of which the nation consisted. Then
he would go to unite the nations of the world, making
united nations, centered on Jesus. All these things,
uniting the world had to happen within his lifetime.
That is why all the preparation was necessary. Jesus
came as the King of kings. The Bible said true things.
Jesus came as the King of kings, but he would be
rejected by the world. What is that?
In one
sense the Bible tells us that he will be the King of
kings and in the other sense the Bible tells us that he
will be rejected by the world. If that position of John
the Baptist failed to unite with Jesus, he would be
rejected by the world. In other words, he would have to
start from servant of servant's position and go back on
up, taking the blunt end of all the suffering and
overcoming it. He would have to restore the position
that had already been prepared for him.
If John
the Baptist would have united with Jesus, what would
have happened? Obviously, Jesus would have become the
King of kings. That is how it goes. Father also lost
that John the Baptist position. They all failed. His
history is filled with John the Baptist figures. There
were so many religious groups prepared to receive
Father, but they ultimately failed because of their
individual interpretation of the revelation.
Selfishness got involved and perforated the revelation.
You have to negate yourself. That is the key. Why?
Because love is sacrifice. In order to obtain love you
must have duality. There must be subject and object,
just as the Word itself was the initial action of God in
formulating the creation. That was the initial action.
Based on that Word, if Adam would have united, that
would have caused reaction. Cause and reaction, cause
and reaction will give momentum to bring life to God's
ideal world.
All
that was lost. In becoming an individual being,
Adam-like, you must understand the position of
subjectivity as well as objectivity. Why? Because God is
also like that. Although He is the almighty God, He is
the object to love. He will not deviate from true love.
That is why He suffers. Why would you suffer if you had
the power to control all the situations in your life?
Would you want to suffer? No, Even God, because he is
object to love, is helpless. That understanding is the
key.
Having
subjectivity and objectivity perfected within yourself
is the key to ultimately becoming an ideal person. I
stress these positions for good reason. All these
conditions are necessary in order for Father to be doing
what he is doing now, to make all these foundations. All
these conditions have to be restored, because ultimately
he has to restore the world.
At
every stage the foundation of substance has to be
present. That is why Father had to start from the
beginning. All that spiritual foundation was lost. When
it is lost, you have to do it over, because inevitably
God will perfect His ideal world. He has that absolute
right. That is His prerogative. He has chosen the ideals
of love and He is the almighty God, and He will perfect
it. What makes it difficult is that man is also a key
figure.
If man
is not united with God, the realization of the
perfection of creation will be delayed. However, it will
happen! It just depends on man's yearning to perfect
that ideal world, the ideals of God. It literally
depends on our effort. God did His part and He has only
given us a little bit to prove ourselves worthy to
become Godlike. It is a little condition, but necessary.
He
created everything, but you need one condition to create
yourself based on the will of God, the ideals of God.
Then, you can have everything. That is the condition.
Many people reject the concept of restoring the world
based on heavenly kingship, monarchism. This makes
mankind unite, to become one. It makes us create a body.
You can do anything efficiently, without any hassle. In
democracy it is very difficult to unite. In the ideal
world, there will be monarchism, but that monarchism
will be based upon love and sacrifice. The king will not
be thriving, indulging himself through manipulation at
the expense of the people. He himself will invest for
the sake of the people. Because of his presence and that
body of monarchism, everybody will be united and
everything will be invested for the sake of that body.
Historically, even Satan tried to create his own ideal
monarchy, united kingdoms. However, it was all based on
selfishness. It is the selfishness which we must cut
away.
Now,
recapping what I said, there are certain conditions you
must lay down in order for you to complete your mission
of becoming a tribal messiah. Not everyone is given the
position of tribal messiah, however you must take that
responsibility onto yourself. Although you are not truly
there at that position, you must have the understanding
that "I will become the tribal messiah of my own tribe,
starting from my own family. I will realize unity within
myself, based on my spirit. I will unite with True
Parents and I will unite the family centering on my
Blessing, and I will unite my own families based on my
family. I will set an example to the other members of my
clan through my family."
You
must have that kind of understanding. That is
proliferation. That is how we multiply. That is the idea
upon which we must focus. It is important that each
person understand their individual responsibility. It
must propagate. Just as True Parents are trying to unite
the world, you must at least try to follow their
footsteps by practicing Father's course, the model which
Father has set, within your own life. That is the
beginning.
There
will come a time when all these foundations are ready to
spread the word. The reason that Father is now giving
you the freedom to go out and do whatever you want is to
spread the Word. Of course it is within the context of
the Principle, but he is giving us the freedom to choose
certain tools by ourselves, based on what we are good at
doing based on our own judgement.
He is
giving us the freedom to go and choose the tool to
propagate the message. Why? Because as Father told us,
"I have completed the condition of indemnity. I have
walked the course of the cross. I have laid forty years
of pure indemnity condition and I have erected all the
conditions that were lost. Now, I am giving you the
right, based on the indemnity paid by me. I am giving
you the freedom to take whatever you see fit in
spreading the word. Do it. By all means, do it."
He is
giving us that freedom. He restricted us in the past
because we were still walking the course of indemnity
and we had to suffer. Now, because of the indemnity that
has been paid, we can go the course, the right course,
the natural course in propagating the message. Now, we
can control our environment. Father has paid the
indemnity and we can expand our message into the
environment. How can we do this? We have to work through
all the cultural media.
Another
problem in America is too much information. People are
fed up hearing things, so the effect of the media is
decreasing gradually. The effectiveness of media is
limited to certain factions of society. It is not broad;
it is not encompassing. It has an effect, but not over
everybody, especially not over youth. Media alone has no
power over kids, to the generation now growing up. We
must have cultural media, arts and entertainment. Music
is important because it literally carries words. Why is
it so effective with young people? Because it is
physical joy. Music itself is a physical phenomena. It
is a harmonious physical phenomena and it gives us joy.
On top
of that, we are literally giving a message. In a way, we
are sugarcoating the medicine. Up to now, Satan has
sugarcoated poison and has poisoned young kids. Now we
have to take the same concept. He does it first because
he is trying to create his own ideal world. All the
dictators in the past have understood the art of
propaganda. They understood how to affect mankind
through emotionally charged things.
We have
to utilize these things with true love and wisdom. If we
don't use them, we will miss the boat. I'm not saying
that music alone will do it. Certainly not! Music,
literature, media, documentaries, drama, everything, all
the arts, whatever. All these things have to be combined
and create a cultural medium which can make an ideal
environment.
That is
my responsibility. I believe that this is my
responsibility. I believe that all the foundations which
Father has erected I must preserve and secure, and
ultimately make grow, make prosper, based on Father's
ideals. That means that I have to be in control of the
environment. That is why these things are very, very
important. If we don't have it, we can't do it. Somebody
has to do it.
We are
now trying to go public. On May 15th, our group,
Ancestors, will be playing in Carnegie Hall. It is our
major debut in public. It is our attempt to go out into
the public domain. We can't just go out without having
certain preparation. We have to be ready. In this
particular instance, if you are using music as a tool to
getting the message through, then you have to understand
what the enemy is doing in respect to this particular
strategy. You have to understand all the strategies that
are utilized within this particular medium.
That is
why preparing, knowing how to produce a good sound,
having good players, competent players that can take on
the responsibility of that body is essential. The band
itself is a particular, unique body. That unique body
must also be perfected. You cannot just go out based on
some concept and expect to do it. No. You must have the
perfected body. The body has to at least be able to
carry out certain functions.
Of
course, our purpose is to perfect ourselves in anything
that we are involved with. We will perfect it, but you
have to start somewhere. With this preparation we can
attempt and we can initiate. I feel that now is the time
to initiate. We have to go on. This is just the
beginning in restoring this Satanic environment. This is
the beginning, but we have to start. Well, now it is
starting.
I feel
excited. Of course, I am thinking about all the things
that might happen going out in public. We will take a
lot of flack from the Satanic world, however, we will
overcome it. The truth will come through. The reason
they denied and rejected Father and persecute us is
because they do not know what we are all about. No one
is giving out true information. Okay. We are now going
to give the true information.
Give
and take is very important. Having that physical body is
very important, especially in the creation. Having that
body which can unite with humanity is a very important
thing because that itself is the beginning of change.
There has to be union within the physical body. Change
comes when things are physically united. In the same
way, we have to link up physically with the outside
people, encounter them.
That's
why Joe looks the way he does. I want him to look as he
does, just to initiate the bonding process. Then,
afterwards, we will cut his hair off in front of
everybody on national TV. We will tell them, "Hey,
beauty does not lie on the cover." If they like Joe's
music just because of they way he looks, what is that
worth? If he looks different, that doesn't make his
music different. It is what is inside that makes the
person.
Just to
make that kind of stupid symbolic point, we would do
that. The thing is that we have to bond physically.
There has to be bonding first in order for change to
come. That is an important thing. Father is now giving
us that freedom. Until now, because of the indemnity
period, things had to be sacrificed. We couldn't go the
natural way; we had to sacrifice. Now, because of the
condition of indemnity, we can go the natural way.
What do
you think? What are you going to do? Are you going to
sit there and muddle, just wallow in your own self made
misery? You have to help us, help me. You have to go and
change something. Become a good speaker, a good writer,
a good artist. I don't care what. Fuel is necessary,
food is necessary. To become a good scientist or a good
organizer of a business or whatever is important.
However, the most important thing is spreading the Word.
You think about it.
In your
business, utilize your talent. You should excel in it
and become respected by all your peers and use that as a
means to deliver the Word! Whatever you do, find the way
to deliver the word. You must perfect your body. Try to
be best at everything, more than what we are given. We
all have special talents, but more than what we are
given, because we are left with the task of restoring
humanity.
We are
still left with the task of unification centering on
True Parents. We have to expand ourselves, take up the
greater burden, greater responsibility, greater
hardship. Don't see it as a burden. It will only bring
you glory, but don't do it for the sake of glory! You
don't have to ask for what is due to you; it will come
to you. Father has set the standard. You look at
Father's standard and try to emulate that.
Do your
best. Capture Father's essence. To understand Father,
you have to sacrifice. You have to understand the
meaning of sacrifice. Do your best. Sacrifice. Ideally
speaking, do you think I should do all these things,
erecting everything again from the beginning up? No.
However, I'm not complaining because this is necessary.
I don't blame you for it. I could. However, I feel it is
much wiser for me not to.
If
someone has to do it and I have chosen to do it, why
should I complain? Why should I bicker? If I'm going to
do it anyway, why should I put myself into that kind of
self-made misery? Is it wise? No, it is not wise. You
are in control of yourself, your own destiny. Why do you
choose to do that? Why do you choose to bring misery to
yourself? I don't understand that. I don't see the logic
in it. It's foolish. I don't want to be a fool.
Father
certainly did not teach me to become a foolish person.
He is the wisest person that I know of throughout all of
history. He certainly walked the course no matter how
difficult it was, with gratitude. That is wisdom.
Somebody had to restore humanity. Father was given that
mission and he took it with a wise heart and a wise
mind. He went even further. He transcended just "wisdom"
into true loving, truly caring for humanity and
concerned for God.
That is
my next target. I might be wise now in relating to
reality, but I truly have to have concern and love in
everything that I do. The words that I am speaking here
in front of you, I am doing it because someone has to do
it. Sooner or later I will come here and speak to you
and I will love to do it. Sooner or later. Honestly, I
don't love it now. I'm doing it because I have to do it,
and it's difficult because I have so many things that I
have to be doing!
It's my
problem, not your problem. I'm doing it because someone
has to do it, but I will love it. I will love whatever I
have to do. That is my ultimate goal. That is why I try
to be as humble as I can. I'm pretty humble actually. I
just speak loud. just because I speak loud does not mean
I'm not humble. Because I criticize you does not mean
I'm not humble. I'm just concerned. I'm concerned for
Father and for our work. That is my way of being
concerned. You understand that, right? [Yes.]
I try
to be humble because if I'm in the position of a leader,
I must keep humility. That's very important. If I stick
myself above the rest, then only "my presence is the
greatest." I'm not the only creation of God. If I'm to
love Heavenly Father, I must love not just myself, but
everything else, I have to realize the beauty in all the
objects that I have connection with.
That is
why I try to keep my humility and see the value, the "Abelness,"
in all the people with whom I associate. That's the
model I keep for myself. That's the only way I can
become a good leader. That's the only way I can truly
possess all the creation. Is the whole creation me? No.
A part of creation can be seen in you. Everybody shares
in God's creation.
That's
the concept that I try to develop within myself and
mature in myself. I believe that it is right. I will try
to do my best. Am I wrong? [No]. If I am, set me right,
set me straight. That is why we have to work together.
This opportunity is great. Father is giving us the
freedom. I want you to become ready when the time comes
for us to start broadcasting things through our own
television network, our television station.
Bonding
is important. Blond hair, blue eyed, brown hair, green
eyed, purple eyed people, whatever, can appear and share
the words of Father with the American public and the
world for that matter. You can share your experiences,
your wisdom, all these things. The time is coming, but
we need to be prepared. We have to prepare ourselves for
that time.
Go and
master the art of speaking or writing or whatever. Excel
in it. Do well. Try to become the best. Not for
yourself, but for the sake of God. For the sake of God,
for the sake of Father, I want to become the best. I
don't give a hoot about all the glory. For me, it's not
exciting as some of the other things that I enjoy.
Authority is something I don't enjoy so much as other
things. This is not my enjoyment, but I'm doing it for
the sake of Father.
I truly
love being outdoors and mingling with creation, chasing
after a deer or something. Some people say, "Oh, that's
the ultimate concept of controlling." I think, "Okay,
okay, okay." That's not where I'm at. I just want to go
and get it, and eat it. I just want to give that deer
the opportunity to be a part of me. I feel great about
that. That's how I see it and I truly enjoy it.
Everything wants to become higher and higher. Then, I'm
giving them that opportunity. I love animals.
The
point is that I just want to do my best and bring joy
and glory to Father. I know that I have my work cut out
for me I have to work harder and harder. In the future
there is so much that we have to do. I'm going to have
the mind that is necessary to deal with that.
I'm
going to accept the difficulties. I'm going to accept
the concept of suffering. I will take Father's course as
a model course and I will try to use Heavenly Father's
course as a point of assessment of what is right or
wrong in my life. I will cut through all the Satanic
temptations and all his barriers which will lie ahead of
me. I know it's inevitable because he will struggle to
the end.
However, I will be victorious. As long as God has people
who are willing to walk like Father there is no place
here on earth for Satan. I know that and I absolutely
believe that. That is the essence of the Principle. I
will be the foundation of substance to God. I will be
the foundation of substance of love. I will love my
Father more than anybody. That's the kind of spirit I
will indulge and grow in.
All the
other thoughts aside, I will try my best. I just expect
for you to do at least as much as I am. I won't ask for
anything more. I will try my best to do more for Father.
Let's all do it with that kind of understanding, that
kind of love and dedication for Father and True Parents.
I know
that I may have missed out on something, but I will
catch it later. I will see you again. Thank you for
coming. God bless you.