Remember that there are
two types of knowledge. It’s the experiential knowledge that
will give you the deep insight into that knowledge. That’s
why I’ve said, you have to have the foundation of absolute
love, faith and obedience to God and True Parents. That will
be the lifeline for you as we enter the new age. You do not
stray. So I want you to make that deep commitment, that
whatever you do, wherever you go, you will have absolute
unity with the mission given by God, True Parents, and True
Family. You are the first class of this special 21-day
workshop. Do you feel that this workshop was absolutely
necessary at this time? I explained that this workshop has
to be a reorientation for leadership in the settlement age.
Therefore, as leaders without knowing this, how could you be
connected to Providence? One thing that I noticed is that
institutions like UTS are one, two, three years behind.
Remember when in the 1990’s after the 30,000 couple
blessing, how the standards was loosened to include more and
more couples. Many members complained that the standard was
degrading, that we are getting sinners instead of saints.
Just like in Jesus’ time. And this was the attitude of many
leaders too. We’re facing this issue now with the Blessing.
What was God’s original
providence? Was it to save only a portion of humanity, or
all of it? If you look at principle, we look at all the
historical things that need to be restored. Do we not talk
about Cain and Abel, about the position of True Parents?
If you look at the history
of all religious groups, this has been an issue. It’s a
struggle of Cain and Abel in the religious community. Do you
think that God wanted to just save the Abel type religious
people, or was it that he wanted the Abel type to save the
Cain type in order to restore His whole family? Our mission
was not only to save ourselves, to secure our own lineage,
but it was to restore all mankind. This was the true mission
of a True Abel. Therefore I told you that you’re totally
missing the point. It’s an issue of the saints, the Abels,
to bring the whole family together centered on God’s Will.
You should be proud, and
set the tradition in which other Blessed couples can follow,
a tradition of heart, of sacrifice. This has been the
tradition of our True Parents. Look at our family pledge…
they all end with "centered on true love." True love is the
tradition of loving others first, to live for the sake of
others, sacrificial love. When we look at the outside world,
the traditional way of thinking is self-centered.
Why do I emphasize
witnessing? The more our movement only thinks about
ourselves, the more we’ll be further away from the tradition
of God, True Parents and True Family. Isn’t that why I
explained in the first day, the more I give warning to the
leaders of our church, the more we look at our
responsibilities from an institutional viewpoint, and not
from a heartistic one.
If you do not adhere to
the tradition of God and True Parents, then you will be
added to the dustbin of humanity of another religious
denomination. This institutionalized mentality I really do
not like. This means that the organization or movement is
static, not moving. Not progressing, but if you look at
God’s providence, it has always been progressing. Until that
ultimate goal is reached, we should always be moving
forward. Because religions were institutionalized, it became
the impediment to God’s new vision. They thought that they
were the chosen people, without realizing that the reason
that they were chosen was for the purpose of saving all of
humanity, not just themselves. It’s the same thing with you
Unification Church members. You have the tendency to make
the same mistake. To not realize the new providence, which
is SOOO important in the eyes of God and True Parents.
Before this workshop, you would have thought only about your
family, the Unification Church family, without thinking
about all of humanity. True Parents have been toiling on
this earth not just for your sake. Up until this point you
would not have had this awareness.
All of you say that you
believe in God and True Parents, yet you do not truly
understand what God has been hoping for since the beginning
of human history. I know that you did not know just by the
way you reacted when I called this workshop. These are the
people that Father has been training for 40, 50 years, and
they still did not know the importance of this workshop.
Because they didn’t understand God’s original desire. They
saw True Parents and True Family as being separate. When I
think about this, this blows my mind, because it goes
against every single universal law. Even animals understand
this better than you. Their whole purpose of existence was
to pass down the genes to the next generation. What do the
family represent, it represents blood lineage.
Even the top leaders in
the movement did not know this. They were struggling with
their own problems, trying to interpret God’s providence in
their own eyes. You have to get rid of all the baggage from
the past so that you can be aligned with God’s providence.
That’s why as we enter this Settlement age, I realized how
important it was for us to shed our old skin. That we stand
naked in front of God, True Parents, True Family as well as
our own conscience. So that we can be true recipients of
God’s Will.
If this providence of
rebirth does not happen you will not be in the position to
usher in this new age. I would have to find someone else.
Second generation understand this. That’s why I called them
together. Special grace is given not for your sake, it’s for
the sake of salvation and restoration of God’s entire
family. That’s the reason why men and women that work for
God always must be living by the principle of living for the
sake of others. Secular humanism and atheistic communism
taught the exact opposite. Do you think these were agents of
God, or Satan. This is why we have 182 nations in the world.
The formula that Satan has always been using throughout
history of selfish love … what is the ultimate result? It
brings destruction to family, to society, to the world. It
is the paradigm of fallen families. I am moved when I see
the structure of the Korean familial model. I’ve traveled
all around the world, and I found that although it’s not
ideal it most represents the realm of three kingships and
four Great Realms of Heart. Even in that model, if that
family only thinks of itself, it’s own, the most ugly model
comes about, to the point that you even want to run away
from it. Self-centered individualism destroys everything
that should be held valuable. Up to this point what
Christianity cannot understand is our understanding of love.
Agape love is held as the highest form of love in
Christianity, an individual internalization of understanding
God. So, when Father says that True Love can only be
manifested through subject and object partnership, they
can’t understand it.
True love is putting
others before your own self. This is the age that all that
we aspire to build should be brought to this world. In other
words, the Principle that we say we study, should not be
just a conceptual reality, but should be felt, experienced
and lived. Just like a child cannot deny his identity came
from his parents, you have to have that concept of God, True
Parents and True Family. If you have this attitude, you will
be able to respond to God’s providence. I know that each and
every one of you are at a different level. But from this
time, if you truly commit, and unite with the mission that I
give you, you'd be setting the condition to understand more
completely that this is "my" providence. The reason why you
don’t feel like this, is because you are not yet part of
True Family. The reason why we pray in our own name is to
truly inherit the blessing of being a substantial member of
True Family. And you will have ownership over the
providence. If you dedicate your life to this goal, you will
be a true saint, a true filial son. If you’re a woman, you
will be a true holy daughter. This is the tradition that
defines who we are. Unless this tradition becomes your
tradition, you are not a member of the family.
I’m going to end with what
I told the Continental directors yesterday. I also mentioned
this to the second generation blessed children yesterday.
Things like power position money… how many times has Father
said that these are not important. I know that people might
come to the conclusion that the higher you are in position
the closer you are to True Parents. Physically the way you
are born are different. Some people are born, smart, some
stupid, short, some tall, some with talent, some without,
but if you ask any parent, they will say that they love
their child more than any other. If parents feel that way,
how about God? When we talk about true equality, it cannot
exist unless it’s in the realm of True Love. I asked them
what do you think the true responsibility of first
generation was? I know you aspired to be recognized in front
of True Parents as a leader, to be used by Parents. Did you
do that to be used by True Parents, or loved by True
Parents? If you’re desire was to be used by True Parents,
then position would be important to you. Recognition by our
movement would become very important. And you become very
political focusing on things like power, and position. But
is that truly what Parents value most. Yes, if there’s a
very capable talented person, they will be used, but unless
the heart is pure, they will not be moved. For the sake of
the expedience of providence you need to use people with
capability, but it does not mean that you look at them
highly.
Let’s look at Sang Hun
Lee, among the 36 blessed couple, he wasn’t recognized
highly in our movement. Even when I look at Unification
Thought, I see many things wrong, even in his intellectual
understanding. The reason why he’s a great man, that even
God recognizes him in spirit world, was because of his level
of attendance to True Parents. To this day, whenever Father
thinks about Dr. Sang Hun Lee, he is very moved by him.
Father is now 81 years old and he told me that as he gets
older he thinks more about those who touched him
heartistically.
So, what is it that you
should aspire for? You should be aspiring to be that man or
woman, whose level of attendance is such that you move God,
you move True Parents, you move True Family. But I know that
many well known 36 blessed couples are not thought highly of
by Father. Although in the history of our movement, they
will be recognized, wait till they go to spirit world. How
many historical people do you know? They’ve all accomplished
amazing things, yet what position are they in spirit world?
We will make an imprint on
other people’s lives. Imprints especially on God, True
Parents, and True Family. Those of you, after making the
pledge who aspire to follow this kind of standard will do
great things. When I say great things, I’m not only talking
about things in substantial physical form, but the greatness
that comes from God’s perspective, True Parents, and True
Father’s perspective. Just because you might not get the
recognition now, don’t think that that is the end.
Eventually, blessing will come. Especially those that move
on a more selfish course, although they might shine now,
their end is not good. Those who try to live on the
principle of living for the sake of others, though their
star might be dim now, eventually they will shine brighter
than all the stars in heaven. You are young, and I tell you
this because you have the whole future ahead of you.
Therefore, follow the warning the advice that I give you
today. If you commit to this, I tell you great blessing will
come. If you do not, your end will not be good. That means
your whole tribe and lineage. That’s why in history you
constantly see ups and downs. America was at its highest
prestige in mid 20th century. Although they claim that they
defeated Communism, did they really win the war? They are
losing their family, their society, their nation. The
salvation of America can only come not with the model of one
nation under God, but rather one world under God. America is
a chosen nation of God. The more selfish it becomes, the
more America will decay.
That’s why I want you to
make a clear commitment today, before you go out to your
mission. The 21-day is over, you’ve already made your
pledge, this is the day that your mission begins. Those of
you that are willing to take on this mission raise your
hand. AMEN!!!
