A mighty whirlwind is
beginning that is resonating in its swirls. Do you think it
will lose its gusto or get higher and wilder every minute
and hour! Yes or No?
Before I begin, I would
like to break some conventions, but since I am your guest, I
will do it only if you will permit me. As you know it is
very difficult for me to stand still. I feel confined. If
you permit me, I would like to use the whole stage as my
podium. Will you also give me the permission to carry this
cup of water? Thank you very much. Domo Arigato.
I see many young people
here in the front! It seems like only yesterday that I saw
only old people in the front row [at last year’s rally] I
wonder, am I at the right rally? I cam to light a fire here
in Kobe! Do you want to make it really hot today? Yes or No?
What happens if you make
me so hot and blow up in front of you, is that OK? [Yes]
You have spirit of young
people. It is so contagious that I get more and more
excited. The topic for today’s rally is Service for Peace: a
New Paradigm for Ideal Youth and Family. In the past, we
heard much talk about the need to establish peace. However,
up until this point, no one ever found the root of
establishing lasting peace. Peace has eluded humanity ever
since beginning of human history when Eve seduced Adam. Ever
since then, we see the remnants of the problems that made
peace an elusive dream.
For this tour, I gave
direction to CARP leaders that we have to bring young people
of every background, every walk of life. We have to bring
VIPs, from areas of academia, politics, religion, etc, so
that we can bring all factions under one roof and build an
everlasting peace.
So many times the word
peace has been banged around. Many brilliant people thought
of it from political, religious economic points of view but
none found the solution. If they had we would be already be
living in a peaceful world.
Today we are standing in
the dawn of new era. It is third millennium since the birth
of Christ, and the 7th Millennium of biblical history. We
have entered into the 21st Century. Number three is the
number of perfection; number seven is number of completion.
It was on the 7th day, after God finishing his most divine
creation, humankind, that he rested on the Sabbath. We have
entered into a special time, when number 3 and number 7 have
combined. We have entered into the 21st Century and of
course 21 is 3 multiples of 7. The concurrence of all these
conditions and factors is not just by chance but is a
condition set by Divine Providence. We are at an inflection
point where the course of humanity can change.
As you may know, True
Parents held God’s Coronation Ceremony at the beginning of
this year. In that ceremony, they were enthroning God as
King. If God were already our king, then a word such as
peace would not be a foreign term, or have remained elusive
for ages. It would have been the reality. The world would
have been very different. The question is, where is that
kingdom in which peace truly exists, where God’s sovereignty
exists?
I love these large
questions because I just graduated from UTS, where we spent
a lot of time dealing with these big theological issues.
From the theological point of view, where is God’s kingdom?
Many people will say many different things! In the world of
confusion you have many opinions. Even if the truth exists,
it is dimmed by the impact of many other opinions.
How did God move
throughout history? In the providential history, God tested
the individual and shook the bedrock of his or her faith, to
make that faith and conviction so strong, that if God
invested more it would not falter and it will not shake. In
history, we can learn of the lives of men and women who have
been tested by God. Regardless of all the persecution,
tests, and challenges that were thrown upon them, their
conviction and faith in God did not shake or falter.
Throughout history, whose
voice came out loud and clear over time? It was those men
and women those who were truly chosen. God’s providence
didn’t develop by happenstance, but by the power God’s blood
sweat and tears and the efforts of those who wanted to live
for the sake of God, who wanted to bring about God’s
providence despite all suffering.
What was the purpose of
God for humanity? Was God’s purpose for us division --
ethnic, national, racial and even religious divisions? Was
that the purpose for God? When God looks at humanity, with
what eyes does God look at humanity? Our original mind tells
us that God is our original parent! Then with what eye would
God look at us? Of course, the heart of the parent!
Let me ask the young
people sitting here in the front row, do you know the heart
of parent? Yes or No? You say yes, but is that really true?
Many times, you would rather play Nintendo more than
studying, wouldn’t you? Do you really know your identity?
What about my identity? Am
I Korean or American? Most Korean people are a little short,
yet I am six foot tall, a little bit taller than even some
Americans. When I go to Korea, I stand out. People ask, what
kind of mix is that kid? Where did he come from? Koreans
have round faces and shallow noses, but my nose is high.
Even Koreans don’t know what I am! On the other hand, when I
go to America, even though I can speak language fully, I am
another yellow face. Do I look like an American?
My character is so Korean
and in one sense, I don’t even have a home. But don’t feel
pity or sadness for me. Because I do not define my home
based on national geography. My home is where God is, my
home is where True Parents are, where the True Family is.
So, you smart young
people. Do you really understand the heart of parents? No,
not really. Many young people don’t understand heart of
parents. When parents tell you to do something, you don’t
always understand it. Yet, would a parent ask you something
because he or she wanted to do to harm you or to help you?
Of course, they want to give good counsel.
One of the reason why Jun
Sook Nim couldn’t come this time is because she is already
nine months pregnant. Her stomach is getting bigger and
bigger. The amount of attention that goes into the heart of
a mother is so great. Another gift from God is her breast,
so that she can feed baby. The very essence of mother is
going to that child. As a parent, all your attention, all
your hopes, all your dreams are invested in the child. There
is no other relationship where so much sacrifice is made.
A couple of minutes ago, I
explained that God has the heart of parents. Don’t you think
God had that kind of attention to the creation of man?
Doesn’t God have as much hope and aspiration for his
children that human parents have for their child? Absolutely
he did.
What was that dream? What
was that aspiration?
You here at Kobe are
luckier than the people in Fukuoka because I am going into
more details here. Fukuoka is the door by which all major
religions came in. Buddhism and Christianity came through
there. How about Kansai region? What does this represent in
history of Japan? This is very important location. Here in
the middle of this region, Japan was united under one
leadership. It was here that Japan’s vision to conquer the
rest of Asia began. What resonates here is not only for
Japan but goes throughout the whole of Asia. Kobe is
sometimes called the US Airport, because all western culture
comes through here. This area of Japan has tremendous
importance.
Do you want me to give a
special message for Kobe or the same message I gave in
Fukuoka? If you want a special message, that means I have to
speak differently at every rally! Yet I have no written
text. I have no outline! So that must mean this message must
be coming from somewhere profound and mysterious, not just
from the top of my head. So listen carefully!
Heavenly Father stands in
the position of parents. Like parents he invested
everything, sacrificed everything. Parents through their
sacrifice learn the first experience of love. What makes the
parent/ child relationship so unique? Both the child and the
parent must both make total investment. It is love of
absolute investment.
If I truly want to talk
about world peace and service, then we have to understand
the root and the origin that these things come from. We have
to understand the root and origin of where peace comes from!
Amen!
It is through the vertical
relationship that one first learns the true meaning of love.
When we go back and back all the way to the beginning of
human history, we realize that we ultimately end up in front
of God. The vertical love that our parents had is divinely
touched by God, because God is at the end and pinnacle of
that vertical point.
In all major religions,
there is the idea of individual salvation based on
individual relationship with God. Their concept of
spirituality is rooted in a person’s individual relationship
with God. But was that Adam and Eve’s purpose? No, they were
to inherit divine love together, not as individuals.
We have so much divorce in
the world today. In America, the rate is around 50%. How can
marriages and relationships stay together? If the
relationship is based on physical attraction, do you think
that a couple would stay together into old age? No matter
how much makeup you put on and cosmetic surgery you undergo,
eventually age catches up with you and the beauty fades.
Many young people don’t
understand this. I was driving down here and I saw one boy
who had a yellow hair. I thought oh, I can go and talk to
that American tourist, so I approached that person. But as I
got closer, I saw that the roots were black. When he turned
around the face I saw was a yellow Japanese face! Many are
also piercing themselves because it looks very cool. Young
people are into physical attraction and stimulation. What
happens when that physical attraction fades?
How about you young
people? There has to be a root. Where is the root? The love
that keeps husband and wife for all eternity can only be
qualified as being true love. The fact that we have to
qualify a relationship as ‘true,’ indicates that there are
also false loves. True love is the love that one learns in
vertical connection to God! When that love between husband
and wife is united based on God, it will be everlasting.
What about brotherhood?
Japanese want to make a brotherhood relationship with
Americans, Koreans and others, don’t they? Why hasn’t it
been possible? True everlasting brotherhood has to be
established based on a vertical axis, based on the vertical
relationship of divine Heavenly Father. That is why a family
without Parents is a divided home. Only with the presence of
parents can all children can unite tightly. Without parents
and their tradition, there would only be constant bickering
and struggle.
Look at all these
international politicians jockeying position for greater
influence! That kind of horizontal relationship will not go
beyond even one generation. For this reason, superficial
means to establish peace do not last long. It is only with a
divine relationship with God, based on True Parents, that a
relationship of true brotherhood can be established. The
position of True Parents has to be established first. Those
of you who were here on last year’s tour will remember that
this was not the easy process.
Once Adam and Eve fell
away from God, a new true family had to be established. Only
in the True Family is there a substantial solution for
peace. Instead of going into theological explanation as to
the reason why peace eluded humankind for 7000 years, we can
reach the simple answer that it was because God’s original
ideal was not established in the beginning of human history.
Adam and Eve were to
establish a true relationship as a son and daughter of God.
After they matured, they should have been able to complete
the three blessings to be fruitful multiply and dominate all
things. What happened?
What is the glue that can
hold the divine family together? It is True Love. The
impulse of True Love is to live for the sake of others. A
genuine love of service comes directly from divine parents.
In a true and absolute investment for service, a true
family, true love, true life, and true lineage would have
been established.
Last year I explained that
we had entered the Settlement Age. The Completed Testament
Age, the era of the Fourth Adam, the time to build God’s
substantial kingdom. Where is God’s kingdom? What is it? Is
it some physical kingdom with geographic boarder? No, the
infinite, eternal and unique God would not limit his kingdom
in that way. The kingdom is the ideal family. It is in there
infinite scope and depth of love can be expressed, and it is
there that God can dwell. It is there, that one world and
one family one world under God can be built up. Amen! Amen!
This is the kingdom where
God can dwell. Therefore, it is appropriate that in this
year 2001, after Coronation of God on January 13th, that the
young people are gathered here to carry forth this divine
tradition, this divine dream, not only in the island of
Japan but throughout the world! Can you young people carry
the dream? [YES.] Can you carry the mantle of faith and
conviction? Then God can commit his eternal foundation upon
you. The foundation you build would be so steady and strong
that God can come and dwell in you. You can build God’s
kingdom on you!
Truly, a whirlwind is
brewing. It is being started by this message of Service for
Peace. Those two words should be like husband and wife. In
the past, when people talked about peace they didn’t talk
about service. Yet in that sentence service should exist.
Because in service, the eternal ideal of true love exists.
The person who is willing to live more for the sake of the
other person than himself cannot be opposed. Even if
convention holds us back, people want to feel close to those
who serve. Isn’t that why we feel so close to those who love
us? Isn’t it why we feel so indebted to those who invest to
us?
We must break down all
different barriers that divide us. When man or woman stands
naked before God and before heaven, he or she is no
different, whether Korean, Japanese, American, etc. Who
created all these different conventions and barriers, that
made humankind unable to see true commonality between us? It
was not God.
It is time to shed the
past and stand anew before God. There is only one Master,
one Will, and one Dream that is worth committing oneself to.
That is to build one world and one family under God. Amen.
Amen. Amen. This is the powerful message of service for
peace.
Why service? When we look
at world today what are young people doing? Can we see a
true filial son, true patriot, true saint, and true holy
son? No. We do not see the world that is in true alignment
with God’s original will.
In Fukuoka, I said that
Japan is wealthy nation, rich in material resources. Japan
has received tremendous blessing, but look at the young
people. All the economic wealth in the world has not brought
a solution to your young people. On the contrary, you are
now seeing crimes that were unheard of before. You are
seeing immorality in young people that was never seen in the
past.
Is economic material
wealth the solution to the problem of young people? No. If I
ask people what they care for more, children or your job,
they will probably say that they love people more. But when
we see young people they are getting more lost. This
phenomenon is not exclusive to America. It is the same
situation in Japan and other countries too.
Although our children have
a roof over their heads, are going to school and living
comfortably, we are living in the age more urgent than
before. We are losing our children at the altar of selfish
individualism. Under that circumstance where can ideal
family exist? Where can God dwell? Where are God’s kingdom,
God’s church, and God’s love? None of that can exist.
Young people are the
future of the world. If we are able to move the young people
then we can move the future. When we look at the young
people today, what future can we see? That is why the
message of Service for Peace, and the promotion of service
activity that is rooted not only in ideas but in substance
is exactly the truth that Japan and the world needs, Amen!
This message today is
Service for Peace. We are bringing those two words together
as if they were a representative of husband and wife. You
can never establish true peace without true service, and
there is no true service without true peace. If you are
someone who inherits the true sprit of service, then you can
establish a true family where true love, life and lineage
exists and from which a true filial son, patriot, saints and
holy son can come out.
When I talked with VIPs,
they often say, "Your father always talk about peace! But
what is the solution for peace? One has to be true peace
maker to establish true peace. And where does one learn to
become a true peace maker? In the family.
True Peace comes from the
four realms of heart and three kingships, and the three
generations representing a continuum of past, present, and
future. All of these things come from the family. The four
realms of heart represent relationships between parents and
child, different sexes, between brother and sisters. If you
learn to become the peace maker in your family where 4
realms of heart and 3 kingships exist, you can become the
people of true peace. This knowledge is not cognitive,
abstract knowledge but rooted in substance and experience.
How much more practical can you get?
This is the true formula
for peace! Building an ideal God Centered family where true
love, life, lineage exists. The impulse and glue that holds
the true family together is true love. True Love is living
for the sake of other, living in service to others. We
gathered here today to hear the message of peace that will
resonate throughout Japan, rooted in the ideal of service
for others and living for the sake of others.
Think about it, how great
will it be for young people here to go to their communities,
for sake of their nation, or even leave their nation and go
to developing nations and help? Those experiences of service
will lay the foundation for young people to be the true
peacemakers. Amen!
People of Kobe! Are you
ready for that challenge? Yes or No? [YES.] You know you
can’t come to rally and not be challenged by someone from
Moon family! Therefore, I will challenge you today. This
dream of creating one world, one family under God is not
just my dream. It should be a dream for all of humanity that
is aspiring to build one true peace that transcends all
generations, all different divisions between sexes, all
existing divisions between nations and cultures. This is the
vision given by True Parents, to create one family under
God, and live the ideal of Service for Peace.
Those of you who want to
live according to this ideal, stand up and raise your hands!
AMEN!
