This address was given on April 10, 1990 at the Eleventh
World Media Conference in Moscow, Russia.
It is a
great honor and pleasure to convene with you this
historic 11th World Media Conference in the city of
Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union. The theme of
this conference is "The Advancement of Global
Communication and Cooperation," and I feel there is no
place more appropriate to gather for these discussions
than right here in the Soviet Union.
Furthermore, it is an added pleasure for me to open
these proceedings because we are simultaneously
conducting the Third Conference of the Summit Council
for World Peace, and a gathering of the Association for
the Unity of Latin America. Both of these excellent
organizations are also committed to the quest for world
peace.
For me
to come to Moscow is an emotional experience. I would
like to express my appreciation to the Soviet
government, especially the officials of Novosti Press
Agency. You have welcomed us to your great capital in a
most hospitable manner. My wife and 1, and our entire
family, are moved by your kindness. I am sure that all
of the guests in this room who have come from every
corner of the world, including former heads of state and
government, will join with me in expressing our deep
gratitude to our hosts in this country. Would you join
with me in giving them a round of applause?
I was
recently asked by members of the Soviet media regarding
my views on the importance of a spiritual renaissance as
a precondition to social, economic and political
progress. I would like to take this opportunity to
elaborate on some of those views. I believe that such a
spiritual renaissance is vitally important. To achieve
it, a deeper understanding of the human situation is
necessary. This calls for some reflection on
philosophical and religious topics. It may not directly
concern either communications or media, but for me it is
the fundamental understanding necessary to secure true
peace in our world. Furthermore, it is the essence of my
lifelong search, discovery and teaching.
God's
Original Ideal
When we
observe our universe, we recognize that every being
exists through the union of paired elements. This is
true on all levels, beginning even with the mineral
realm. Molecules are made from the union of a positive
ion and a negative ion. On the level of plants,
existence and reproduction require the union of stamen
and pistil, representing the male and female aspects.
The
pair system is even more obvious on the level of
animals. Fish, birds, mammals and all animals exist as
male and female. Finally, the supreme creations of God,
human beings, are either men or women. The first man,
Adam, and the first woman, Eve, were the original
ancestors of mankind. What is the purpose of the pair
system? Why did God create in this way?
The
Creator made all things male and female so that they
might unite through their give and take of love. Through
the action of love, each species multiplies and extends
its lineage.
Human
ambition is limitless and infinite. Then, what is the
true goal of this infinite desire of man? For woman, it
is man. For man, it is woman. Man and woman can find
true love only through each other. In history, differing
views of life, the universe and God have presented
unresolved problems. The solution to these problems is
to be found when true man and true woman unite with God
in true love, creating absolute oneness. This is the
source of absolute value.
Man
exists for the sake of woman. Woman exists for the sake
of man. Each is to be the object of love of the other.
God is a being of absolute love. He wanted to create
objects of love, human beings, upon which He can pour
out his love. In doing so, He would naturally look
forward to the return of that love from men and women.
In this way, God would feel infinite joy. Adam and Eve
must be united in love themselves first, in order to
become perfect objects of the love of God. Therefore, a
period of growth and maturity was necessary before Adam
and Eve could stand as the mature human couple
resembling God and receiving and returning His love.
The
pattern of true love is not that of being served; it is
to serve others. When God Himself initially created His
object of love, He invested every ounce of His energy --
100 percent of His being. This established the pattern
of true love. In other words, the tradition of true love
as total investment was established by God. At that
point, true love became the center of the universe. And
even almighty God chooses to be obedient to it.
When
God created, He totally spent Himself. He made of
Himself a vacuum. In the atmosphere, when a low pressure
area comes into being, high pressure air is
automatically attracted. Whenever someone serves others
to the absolute degree, energy rushes in to fill that
person up. Therefore. all the love that God has given to
create His perfect object must ultimately be returned to
Him by men and women.
Only
love transcends all barriers. When you are united with
God in true love, you have dominion over all of God's
creation, both physical and spiritual. When you live
completely for others, you are reaching the very essence
of God's own being. God's vibrations become your
vibrations. God's feelings are naturally transmitted to
you. Living this way, you become a resonant body of
God's heart and love. As much as two tuning forks
resonate together, you and God always resonate together.
That is
the ultimate, original state of the human being. When
you achieve that state, the love of God becomes your
love, the life of God becomes your life, and the blood
lineage of God becomes your blood lineage. The world
which God created becomes your world. We are to share
the love of God with all things in heaven and earth. We
are to be citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven with the
heart of parents.
Man's
Separation from God
The law
of cause and effect is clearly evident in history.
Whatever you have sown, you will surely reap. Adam and
Eve, the first human ancestors, engaged in sexual
immorality and the abuse of love while they were still
growing. This was the fall of man. God wanted them to
grow in purity until He blessed them in heavenly
matrimony, becoming the foundation of God's true love,
true life and true blood lineage. Humanity, descending
from this perfected and blessed Adam and Eve, would
naturally become the sons and daughters of God, enjoying
the love of the Creator, and living in the Kingdom of
Heaven on earth and in the spirit world.
However, before Adam and Eve matured and received the
blessing from God, while they were still teenagers, the
archangel tempted Eve and engaged in fornication with
her. In this way, the archangel became Satan. By
engaging in relations with fallen Eve, Adam also fell.
This is how the beginning of human history was sown.
Today, we are reaping the consequences: immorality is
rampant. Teenagers, in particular, are the victims of
widespread sexual degradation. Modern society in the
advanced nations is little different from Sodom and
Gomorrah of biblical times. God abhors this immoral
behavior. We must fear the wrath of God. His punishment
is imminent.
The
Struggle of Good and Evil
God is
the center of goodness. Satan is the center of evil. The
history of humanity has been the history of struggle
between good and evil -- between God and Satan --
working through men and women. But the respective
strategies used by God and Satan have been exactly
opposite. Satan, being arrogant and greedy, always
attacks the side of goodness. God's camp is always hit
and suffers, but this gives God the opportunity to bring
justice. The side of good is vindicated and occupies new
territory. Satan's side must withdraw and decline.
For
example, in World War I, the belligerent nations were
ultimately defeated. The same was true in World War II,
where the Axis powers, after initially attacking, were
finally defeated by the Allies. Every exploiting power
will ultimately decline, while whoever suffers
persecution for the sake of good will ultimately be
raised up by God.
My own
life is representative of this. I have been struggling
for the sake of good and the cause of God, but the
opposition has been relentless. Years ago, I was
tortured and beaten, and I have been imprisoned numerous
times. One would think that my movement would die out
and be forgotten, but the opposite has occurred. I have
built a worldwide foundation, and have continuously
advanced and prospered.
Conscience: Teacher and Parent
Every
human being, throughout his life, has a most precious
teacher within himself. Nevertheless, that teacher has
been mistreated, trampled upon, and abused. That teacher
is the human conscience. Your conscience always speaks
out for your own benefit, trying to connect you to true
love. Like a parent, your conscience urges you to be a
good, unselfish individual, and guides you to do the
will of God. But within each person there is also a
rebel who always goes against the conscience. That rebel
is the physical body.
The
body has trampled and abused the conscience miserably.
When one becomes aware of this, can he take the side of
the body which has been the enemy of his own conscience,
and which has greatly damaged his own life and
personality?
Your
conscience should be your constant internal teacher and
parent, leading you to complete unity with the ultimate
parent of mankind, God. The conscience, then, is the
agent of God within you, and may even be called a
"second God." Do you think you should be sympathetic and
protective of your body, the enemy of the conscience? Or
do you think you should control and confine your body
and vindicate your conscience? Your body only goes after
carnal desire. When it is hungry, it steals and
satisfies itself. It always seeks for comfort, and wants
to take advantage of others. The body has its own realm.
To conquer the realm of the body is an awesome
responsibility which every person must undertake.
When
this is achieved, the mind as the vertical self and the
body as the horizontal self are completely harmonized
into oneness, and a person reaches perfection, united in
love with God for eternity.
The
Role of Religion
God is
the source of true love, true life, and true blood
lineage. Since we human beings originate from this
source, we must also have true love, true life and true
blood lineage. However, because of the fall of man,
tragically, man never achieved the position of being the
child of God. Instead, men and women have received love,
life and lineage from Satan.
Due to
the fall of man, love today is basically self-centered.
That self-centered love does not originate from the
mind, but is centered upon the body. The body is where
Satan's activities are conducted. The body is Satan's
dancing place, the mooring post of Satan. The mind
represents God's position the plus position. But the
body, which should assume the object or minus position,
tries to make itself another plus, and continuously
teases or fools the mind. In human life, it is crucial
to correct this relationship.
Therefore, God established religion to rehabilitate
fallen man. Through religion, God is teaching people how
to strengthen their God- centered mind, and reverse the
body's domination of their life and personality. That is
why religion oftentimes demands fasting, sacrificial
service and a meek and humble attitude. These are
methods for reducing the power of the body and causing
the body to submit to the mind. Normally, in religious
life, it takes about 3 to 5 years to change from the
habit of a body-centered life, and create a new
spirit-centered way of life.
Furthermore, the Bible says, you must pray without
ceasing. This is vitally important because Satan
controls the environment of the fallen world. Satan
tempts and distracts fallen man from all directions 24
hours a day, while God is only able to work from one
direction, the vertical direction of the mind.
The
Restoration of God's Ideal
In the
eyes of God, the fallen world is the world of spiritual
death. His will is the restoration of that world of
death into the world of life. Restoration is another way
of saying salvation. When the original ideal state has
been lost, it must be restored. When a healthy man
becomes sick, a physician must come and bring him back
to his original health. By the same token, the
God-intended original ideal was lost. Therefore, the
work of God is to restore this fallen world to the
original sinless state.
In
order to accomplish that task, God sends the Messiah.
But before the Messiah comes, God prepares a certain
chosen group of people to be ready for the Messiah. This
is what the Bible calls the orchard of wild olive trees.
The
orchard of wild olive trees represents a certain sphere
in the fallen realm which God can still direct and
control. After this has been prepared, the Messiah
comes. The Messiah then cuts all the wild olive trees in
the orchard of God, and grafts into them the true branch
of life. In this way, the wild olive trees all become
true olive trees. They are returned to the original
state of man.
The
religious people of today are these wild olive trees in
God's orchard, but even the most devout religious person
must still seek the Messiah because he has not yet
received the true lineage of God. The Messiah comes as
the True Parents of mankind, restoring the position of
Adam and Eve. Therefore, in order to be connected to the
true lineage of God, each person must unite with the
True Parents, and become a recipient of true love. By
doing so, each person can become a true son or daughter
of God. In this way, the Messiah brings salvation to
humankind.
The
Messiah, in the position of True Parents, must root out
the trees which have grown from false seeds, subjugate
Satan and connect mankind into oneness with God in true
love, making all people true sons and daughters of God.
In this way, the Kingdom of Heaven on earth can be
created, where men and women will finally be able to
enjoy true freedom.
What is
the way of unification? Let us consider the first human
family. First of all, there is God. Second, there is
Adam and Eve. Adam is masculine, and Eve is feminine.
They compete with one another to secure the love of God
first. If they are selfishly motivated, there will be no
unity. However, if they are unselfishly motivated, Adam
will say, "I want to reach God first solely for you,
Eve." The woman will be overjoyed. She, in turn, will
say, "I only want to reach God for your sake, Adam."
Then the husband will be fully satisfied. There is no
struggle; there is unity even in their competition.
This is
not only the way husband and wife can be happily united;
it is more than that. It is the very key to the
unification of all people.
God-Centered World View
Throughout history, God has been working through the
human conscience. In spite of God's efforts, however,
every attempt made thus far to restore man into the
original starting point -- the heart of God -- has
failed. It still remains for someone to liberate
humankind from this satanic environment and lead a
successful search for truth and true love. That is the
mission of the Unification movement.
Godism
is a God-centered world view, whose essence is the ideal
of true love. Godism has two distinct missions: Bring
unity between God and man, and bring unity between mind
and body.
Since I
have discovered the solution to these two fundamental
problems the unity of mind and body, and the unity of
man and God -- I must proclaim this truth as clearly and
effectively as possible without any hesitation.
When
you follow this teaching, I assure you that you can
definitely conquer the carnal desires of your body. You
can become 100 percent united with your mind. Then you
are eligible to become the true object of God and
establish a true love partnership with God.
Whenever two people are bound together by true love,
they are entitled to three important rights: First, the
right of inheritance. Second, the right of dwelling
together. Third, the right of participation.
Take
for example the relationship of husband and wife. The
husband might be the president of a great nation, while
his wife might be a woman of very humble origin and very
little education. If they truly love each other,
however, they are equals. They own all things in common,
live together, and participate on an equal level.
In the
same way, when man and woman are connected to God
through true love, they will also enjoy the rights of
inheritance, participation and living together eternally
with God. When you reach this depth of heart, you will
constantly experience the presence of God, and God will
truly dwell among men.
True
Parents
True
love always travels the shortest distance at the
greatest speed. Therefore, true love coming from God to
the earth travels the shortest distance -- a vertical
line. The love between man and woman also travels the
shortest distance, forming a horizontal line. When the
vertical true love meets with the horizontal true love,
the crossing point must absolutely be 90 degrees. There
is no other way these love lines can intersect.
Who is
God? God is the vertical True Parents centered on true
love. He is intimately close to each of us because He is
our vertical parents. When we welcome the perfected
human ancestors -- perfected Adam and Eve -- as True
Parents, we create a 90 degree crossing point between
the vertical true love of God and the horizontal true
love of True Parents. We have two sets of True Parents.
From them we receive true love, true life and true blood
lineage. This creates one world totally resonating with
true love.
The
Soviet Union
Ladies
and gentlemen, I am very grateful to have the
opportunity to share with you these reflections on the
nature of God and humanity. I am also very happy to be
here in the Soviet Union. My heart truly goes out to the
people of the Soviet Union. Many of you have gone
through unbearable suffering, and that saddens me. I
love your country and your people very much. I clearly
envision a moral and economic renaissance for the Soviet
Union that will dramatically affect the entire world. I
will do all I can to encourage and support that
renaissance.
You are
undertaking a new Soviet revolution, but this should be
a revolution without blood or bullets -- a revolution of
the heart and soul.
I have
been speaking about the importance of the family. But I
want to tell you that in the depths of my heart, I feel
that the Soviet people are a part of my family. I assure
you that my wife and children feel the same. Also, I
assure you that members of the Unification movement
worldwide will do their utmost to work together with you
for the future prosperity and well being of all
humanity.
I
believe the Soviet Union will play a key role in God's
plan to build a world of lasting true peace. This vast
union of nations, which stretches from the Far East,
with its border on my country of Korea, to the very
heart of Europe birthplace of Western civilization --
has a natural destiny to be a bridge between Europe and
Asia. We must regard ourselves as being members of one
global family living in one global house.
May God
bless the Soviet Union and all its people.
