Good Morning. Is there
anything you would like me to speak about? It was a spur
of the moment decision to come to speak to you. You
should be able make a new conviction by yourself. As a
member of the True Family my heart is always with you,
my mind always comes to you. In that way, even though
our parents are not here with us, we should always feel
that close bond. It should be so natural. That type of
bond that always seeks your other brother and sister.
That is the nature of true love. We struggle how to
substantiate that love. What kind of instrument, what
kind of foundation do I need to establish that kind of
love. Some of you wrote letters to me, I know that
inside you have many questions. It is very difficult to
put Principle into reality. We are attracted to it
because it is true, but it is hard to substantiate it.
What do we have to do to substantiate it?
First we have to have
a new perspective. All throughout fallen history
everything in a way has been false, because it was
centered on an unidealistic standard. That was the
tradition of fallen man, this is the tradition you were
raised in and you have intimate knowledge about this.
Not only lineage is important, not only blood, but the
spiritual lineage and the tradition are also essential.
True Father has created this new tradition.
As a brother you have
to be an ideal son, an ideal brother, and ideal husband
and an ideal father. As a sister you have to be an ideal
daughter, an ideal sister, an ideal wife and an ideal
mother.
Spiritual grafting
should be just like physical grafting, you have to
receive everything, all the elements. You should not
think, "I don't want to have ascertain kind of
nutrient." To be engrafted you have to take on
everything. This is why perspective is so important.
Spring is a time of new beginning. Many of you have
walked difficult courses until now. By seeing the world
around you may become disillusioned with the world; the
principle and reality seem so different. This is because
you have not made a clear break from the past.
To achieve the
position of an ideal man you have to die a thousand
deaths. An ideal is an absolute thing. But the process
of how we understand knowledge is through experience.
Why is the world messed up? Why does a child touch a
burning match even though it is told not to? The truth
that a parent tells a child doesn't belong to the child
until the child experiences himself. Perspective,
perspective, perspective. Right now True Father has
given you the tools to make any kind of foundation. A
body builder needs good nutrients as his foundation. If
I drew a painting, and asked you to give me your
interpretation and asked ten people, I would get ten
answers. What is the right perspective? If you wanted to
unite with my perspective, you would have to see the
painting through my eyes. When Father sees the world,
yes he sees the division and struggle, but he also sees
absolute hope. Why is it that we struggle seeing the
same reality? Why? Our perspective is wrong.
A child is new when it
come into the world. You as adopted sons and daughters
have your own perspectives already. Engrafting is like a
rebirth process, you have to get rid of everything. That
is the condition we tried to set at the first of April.
What is it that allowed True Parents to overcome all
these obstacles: the failure of Christianity, the
failure of Korea, many times being incarcerated? He knew
that he came to be the ideal parent, yet he was pushed
into the lowest position. This started happening to
Father when he was 24 years old. What gave him the
strength to continue? Father saw the world with the eyes
of God.
An ideal son wants to
be a reflection of his parents. The reasons Adam and Eve
had to fulfill this responsibility on their own, is
because they could then be a true reflection of an ideal
man and wife. This is why True Parenthood is so
important, on this foundation a true lineage could be
established. As sons and daughters we want to reflect
and inherit this standard. How many of you are blessed?
How many have children? You can learn a lot from you
children.
When your son asks.
"What is this? What is that?" They are trying to learn
everything. They are being raised up through this
process. Coming into the ideal tradition you have to
always fight within yourself. Even the True Family had
to struggle, because we were raised in this fallen
world.
The second condition,
is our individual commitment. Only upon realizing your
individuality you understand this commitment. As a young
child, there was no
distinction between
male and female. But as you grew older, as you became a
teen, you realized "I am not made for myself." Man is
made for woman and woman for man. Based on understanding
your own individuality, as man and woman, you see that
you need each other.
Even in the outside
world, they see this natural bonding agent, this
attraction is so strong. The second condition is to
create your own individual awareness, your individual
commitment. On Parents Day I was trying to help you do
this. No matter how much I try, ultimately this is your
own responsibility. Parents take care of children, but
ultimately that child has to stand on his own. To stand
as an ideal man you have to fulfill your responsibility
and make a rededication of commitment.
This is a continuous
growing process. You need to understand and to digest
continually. That is the meaning behind this Principle
of origin, division and union action. Understanding your
individuality is important because you can then realize
that you were not created to live by yourself. Heart is
vital to sustain life. By understanding yourself, you
can understand the importance of relations.
In the Principle, the
individual has to live for the whole and the whole for
everyone. Centered on this ideal standard, there is a
place for everyone. In the American society, they think
only of the individual, but there is no standard for
this. Individuality has gone rampant.
Father has indemnified
all of man's history and on this standard we look toward
the next century. It is very important for us to inherit
this tradition. This was the meaning of the second time
I spoke to you, for you to come to the realization that
you have to come to your own commitment. As an older
brother I want to give you that kind of guidance. Even
my own son, once I show him how to draw something, he
wants to do himself. If I do everything for you, then
you won't have dominion over it.
Ultimately you have to
stand and have dominion, you have to fulfill the
responsibility of ideal son, brother, husband and
father. We want to give you the conditions to fulfill
this. That was God's initial impulse, to give everything
in creation. Man has to fulfill his responsibility, this
is why man was given free will. If you don't have free
will you cannot have free action. Why do we say love is
the strongest force and has absolute value? It wants to
have dominion over the most important things. I could
bring Jim Baughman here, dominate him by force and he
may follow for some time. But with a standard of true
love, he will naturally know that I stand in the subject
position and willingly follow.
If you want to take
subject position, you have to have this standard of
love. If you don't understand this, then Father's life
has no meaning to you. This is what gives value and
integrity to live. The reason Christianity failed, was
that there was no ideal substantial parental standard.
Jesu-nim lived an ideal standard as an individual but
could not establish parenthood. I have the feeling that,
"I don't mean anything, if I'm not connect to that ideal
standard." In the outside world they cannot deny lineage
even though they don't value it. The reason -- they are
living in a manner that directly reflects a fallen
lineage. Being an ideal son, brother, husband, father
-that what defines the way I should act are those around
me.
The third time I came
to speak was to set a condition. The crux of what I
wanted to say took me three days. I had to make a
foundation. The essential message was true love. When
you look at art, it is defined by how it captures the
artist's first instinct. What is the meaning of man's
life? We need to understand God's first original
impulse. It was for the sake of love, to substantiate
true love. For man to be the object of God, man had to
have the same characteristics as God. Therefore, God
gave man his divine characteristics.
All other creation is
dictated by its instincts. Only man has the foundation
of true love. We have to exist on the same level as God,
to ultimately fulfill this foundation. If Adam and Eve
didn't fall and fulfilled the ideal of parent, they
would have been the ideal reflection of God; an ideal
object of God. Then they could have passed this on to
their children. This would have been an ideal tradition.
Man is a product of
the fall; guilt was brought about by selfishness and
this is individuality without understanding
relationships. If Adam and Eve could have fulfilled this
idea they would have experienced happiness and then
there would have been a different legacy.
When you create
something, your ultimate desire is for joy. You do
things so it will being you joy. Man was given this
creative capacity, to fulfill the ideal of God, and on
this foundation man would have ultimately fulfilled
happiness. Even through your own experience you can
understand this Principle. Many of you are poets,
musician or artists. Your creative capacity should be a
reaffirmation of this Principle.
Father has established
the position of True Parent, so we have the possibility
to live as ideal sons and daughters. This will
ultimately give you joy, happiness and fulfillment,
because you are doing it. You yourselves
do it. If you fulfill
that position, you can become an ideal son. An ideal son
then looks at things with the eyes of the parents. He
has the perspective of his parents.
You can see the ideal
example of this principle: your children reflect you.
That is the way of the principle. When you see reality
and feel so burdened by it, it is because your
perspective is wrong. I fight too with this. The world
has created this tradition for 6,000 years. We who have
inherited this tradition find it so difficult to change.
Especially the leaders, you have to set the right
tradition. Otherwise members will inherit your false
standards. The role of elder brother is to live for the
sake of others.
In the process of
restoration, the focus is on the creation of an ideal
subject. Restoration of True Parents is that important;
to create a new lineage and a new standard. The subject
initiates action, so the subject initiates the
foundation. Father has given you tribal messiahship. So
you can go out to the world and establish true dominion.
Do you understand? You should be an ideal reflection of
Parents. Anything else is separation and division.
Father has substantiated this position. This is why all
the world leaders are coming to him. Do you understand?
Do you truly want to cut off all those things? Father
says the most important things are invisible. Only you
know where you stand. Only you know how much you have
invested. Even thought you stand as an individual, your
failures and lacking will affect many, many other
people. You are also the connection to your past
ancestors. This is why the restoration process takes
place through you. You have to suffer for your parents
and grandparents. You don't know the dedication they
must have for you to be here now. Many times when Father
comes here, he is not only giving love to you but to
your ancestors and your children. The only way you can
realize the position of true son is in relation to
father, and then as true brother, true husband and
ultimately becoming a true father yourself. The
fulfillment of God's ideal is the restoration of love.
Your family is the text book of love, your brothers and
sisters are text books of love. Living for other is, it
is like blood. Understanding Principle is not an
intellectual exercise, but is the fulfillment of that
standard of true love. Only on fulfilling this standard
do you become a true subject. It is very clear, this is
not an idealistic speech. The reason you are here is
because you believe in True Parents and believe that man
has a capacity to go beyond the level which this fallen
world has reached so far. Your original mind strives for
love, even in the fallen world they are striving for
love. You have inherited this tradition. In addition,
you have seen this supreme being, totally sacrificing
for you. In the life outside the Unification Church,
parents disowned their children. But we have this ideal
standard of love. The natural desire of a parent is for
their sons and daughters to be greater than they are.
You are the best judge
of yourself. I don't need to judge you. How much have
you been working? How much have you been sacrificing?
You have to save your brothers and sisters, for the sake
of an ideal family. You are sons and daughters, and you
have to earn that right of sonship, brothership,
husbandhood and parenthood. Why did God make it that
way? So you can have the right of true dominion. If you
want to give value to our Parent's suffering, you have
to inherit their tradition. It is not an easy course. It
is not easy when someone does something wrong. You can
easily say, "I want justice." But is this the tradition
God has set? You have to live for others, no matter how
much suffering, ridicule, persecution comes to you. This
is the tradition of God. This gives meaning to live. You
have to inherit this standard, otherwise there will be
separation. Many times father talks about husband and
wife relationships. A true husband wants to live for the
sake of his wife. The product of living for others is
not pain, regret or sorrow, but happiness. The reason
you may feel pain is because of the wrong perspective.
If you understand, raise your hand. As ideal sons and
daughters you have to inherit this tradition.
Conflict in the
subject-object relationship is because no one wants to
be object. It is established on the wrong foundation.
Many of you are Americans, what made you subjugate
yourself to this fallen standard? That is tradition. But
you have to break down these barriers. Father has broken
down these barriers. We only have to substantiate his
example. This is the meaning of tribal messiah. So you
can stand as an ideal reflection of God, establish your
own Four Position Foundation. This kind of foundation
established on true love will last for eternity, any
other foundation will never last. This is a difficult
course, but it is a worthwhile course. Don't be
satisfied with quick fixes. You have to work hard, then
your foundation will have eternal value. Physical life
is actually preparation for death. You can die without
regret by living for the sake of others. By
understanding this tradition, you can make it on your
own, you will achieve it. You don't really
know how much of an
impact you have, you don't know your own capacity. The
capacity to share is the nature of true love. In the
past you were so concerned about the world around you.
We have five spiritual senses, but why is it so
difficult to see spiritually? Because you ignore these
spiritual senses and are cut off from this world. Give
each other strength and support each other. When I come
here you give me strength.
Get rid of all your
past things. True love is love without strings attached.
Father is 72 years old. As an ideal son and daughter you
what to help them to live to their fullness. You want to
make things easier for them, not to add burdens to them.
Don't underestimate yourself. You are capable of doing
it, you have that infinite capacity within you. Many
times I just want to break apart these fallen standards.
Father dedicated himself to this course of restoration,
many people thought Father was crazy. When God sees you,
he sees you with infinite amount of hope. When you see
your children, you have the greatest expectations for
them. Show them that you are made of that substance. Are
you a tiger baby or a cat baby? You are greater than the
rock of Gibraltar. You should say, "Let any wind or wave
strike me, come on!" Does a tree say, "Oh, its too windy
today"? Or does the tree ask a woodpecker, "Please stop
pecking on me"? The greatest delight for a parent is to
see their children grown. Can you make that kind of
commitment? You have to want to inherit the foundation
that Father created. April is spring, a time for a new
beginning. The year of 1992is the completion of Father's
course. He has walked 40 years in the wilderness. The
foundation has now been set. We have to nurture that
foundation, like a gardener who has taken so much time
to prepare the soil. Get rid of your fallen standards.
It is very difficult. Sometimes I even physically hit
myself. Satan get out of here! Father has been so
unwavering, Satan has given up and is going to try to
strike you.
If you think too
intellectually it could be a problem. Satan is the
greatest debater. But what moves man more than eloquent
speech is heart. Satan is the most logical person. It
makes sense. Don't complicate things. Father says
something, but you complicate things. True love is
simple, it is the shortest distance. Just ignore
everything that is peripheral. In order to fulfill your
own free action, you should dedicate your life to
fulfill God's will. The guidance of Parents is that
narrow path. In horse back riding, your balance is set
by where you are looking. If you look around too much,
you will loose that balance. Don't pay attention to
things around you, live by this standard. You can make
great achievements, look at what one man, Father, did. I
want you to do greater things than me. Look at yourself,
God and True Parents. Mother spoke to a very large
crowd. Father and Mother were very happy. More and more
the world is going to say, "Please show us the right
direction." You have to be ready for that day. Now is
that kind of time. This is a time of war. For an
individual soldier, the reality seems to be total chaos.
However to the general, things look much different. From
the perspective of the whole world, things look very
good. I wish I could move your hearts more. In standing
I here am trying to move your hearts. I want to give you
that kind of direction, that kind of fire. I'm sorry if
I don't reach that standard.
