International Presidentfs Special Lecture: Sun Jin Nim Answers Membersf Questions at Cheongpyeon
· MAY 5, 2017
By Julian Gray, FFWPU International
May 5, 2017
On the national Korean holiday of Childrenfs Day, FFWPU International President Sun Jin Moon spoke to a crowd of several thousand gathering in the main hall of the Cheongpyeong Training Center for the gAzalea Purification Festivalh where special spiritual power comes to help those present to release their ancestors, and many spirits trapped on the earth plane, from their pain and give them the chance to experience Godfs profound love for the first time.
By seating herself at the front of the stage (as has become her tradition), our international president expressed her desire to create a family atmosphere rather than stand at a distance by speaking from a podium.
Sun Jin Nim began by reading the entirety of True Motherfs speech given at the same venue at the National Pastors Assembly on March 29. Before she began, she compared Motherfs speeches to pearls on a thread, and suggested that we need to study these pearls closely to understand the depth of True Motherfs meaning.
After the hoondok reading, Sun Jin Nim opened the floor to questions, expressing that she hoped that the format of questions and answers would bring the spirit of hope, shedding light where there is dark, and bringing healing and understanding of higher truth.
Following are some of the points Sun Jin Nim gave in response to the questions asked.
Regarding True Motherfs specific wishes for by 2020, Sun Jin Nim asked the audience what they felt the answer might be. A sister in the front answered gWe have to be tribal messiahs;h Sun Jin Nim was impressed by the sisterfs swift response. She mentioned we should think about True Parentsf great works over 52 years together, and that Mother is thinking about how to fulfill Fatherfs dream of One Family under God.
On the question of what to focus on in the years remaining before 2020, Sun Jin Nim responded by explaining about True Motherfs heart: Mother is focused on 2020. We have received the Blessing on the family level and are working on our tribes, but True Parents want to establish a global family under God. Mother says that Father cannot ascend in peace unless we fulfill our mission. Mother is trying to complete True Parentsf mission on earth. She is asking True Parentsf children to stand with her as filial children in the task to restore all 7.4 billion people in the world.
Mother has expressed that we need at least 7 nations to become Godfs nations. In recognizing that, all over the world, members in not just 7 nations but many more are trying their very best, Sun Jin Nim said, gI know you who are gathered here are all trying your best too.h
Understanding Father and Motherfs Hearts
Sun Jin Nim candidly acknowledging that ours is a very difficult path: None of us is perfect,h she said. gOnly True Parents are perfect. The rest of us are growing. You are here in Cheongpyeong to renew your faith and spirit. I hope you can understand Heavenly Parentfs and True Parentsf legacy so it can be yours.h
The next question was asking for advice on how to inherit True Parentsf heart (shimjung) and become one with them.
In asking the audience members to give their answer, Sun Jin Nim said, gYou may look to me for the answer but I know many wise elders here and pure second generation, and that Heavenly Parent has taught you correctly.h She explained that True Parentsf shimjung is their absolute, unchanging, unconditional love.
Sun Jin Nim asked what positon True Parents hold in relation to Heavenly Parent, and answered that in front of God they are in the position of filial children. She added that God has been looking for Adam and Eve and that Father and Mother are the children God has raised from their youth to be True Parents. Thus Father met Jesus as a teenager, whilst Mother was blessed with Father also during her teens. gAnd as the son and daughter who have fulfilled their mission, as True Parents they are to give rebirth to the rest of humankind. We too must go the way of a true man or woman, but to do so we need to understand True Parentsf heart.h
Everything Starts from a
Desire to Know What Is True
On the issue of how to gain the will to work for Godfs
providence or encourage second generation members to do so, Sun Jin Nim said
everything comes from our desire to ask questions and to know the truth. That
is how many came to join our movement: we wanted to know true answers. We all
need to find our faith, we all need to find our will. Absolute faith, love and
obedience is to inherit the truth not just to know it in our
mind. When you apply it in action, you can then become a teacher for others.
So the first step is that each of us needs to ask within myself. Our mission is then to train, in order to become a master.
Sun Jin Nim continued by explaining clearly that no one can give you your faith or make you, perforce, follow anything you donft want to. That is why inheritance is key. For first generation, you know how hard it is to separate from the fallen world. A pure 2nd generation child has the responsibility to honor the gift [of purity] he or she has received, to not let the parentsf path be wasted, but, instead, to honor their effort.
Choosing to Live Unselfishly
One member asked about overcoming self-centeredness. Sun Jin Nim answered as follows:
In Motherfs speech she identifies the main issue in human suffering as greed, self-centeredness. All nationsf history is about protecting themselves over others. It has been the same problem since the time of the Fall.
So how to get rid of selfish thinking? We need to understand True Parentsf teaching to live for the sake of others. What is our main message? Living with true love. What is the essence of true love? Giving in service – giving away what you desire, thinking of othersf needs first. Every day we must practice humility, service, and living for the sake of others. These answers are in True Parentsf words. Understanding and practicing Heavenly Parentfs truth allows us to move along the pathway to perfection.
An audience member asked Sun Jin Nim about her own experience of absolute faith, love and obedience, to which Sun Jin Nim responded by revealing some of the challenges in faith she had faced as a young person, and clarified that her heart to attend True Parents, as it is now, developed later on.
Sun Jin Nim said that the call comes to all of us as one family together, to serve our True Parents. True Parents are calling. How do we connect? Mother says we have to understand why we are living: life is a course of maturing. We have choices, and the choices we make can help prevent others having to go a difficult course later on.
Conclusion
Sun Jin Nim said she had not at first understood faith, love or obedience. But once you practice and serve, your heart and abilities deepen each day. Sun Jin Nim said, gI am not perfect; every day I work on that. What you feel is what I feel in my heart. We are no different. We must all practice heavenly truth and wisdom. And absolute faith, love and obedience.h
One member asked Sun Jin Nim to teach some yoga or meditation.
Sun Jin Nim responded by briefly telling something from her personal story:
gAfter Father had ascended, Mother was coming to Hawaii. I prepared for Mother
for two weeks, in tears, praying for Father to help me. Then I came across an
advertisement for Yoga, and this practice, along with hoondokhae, linked me
with a higher sense of the spirit.h
As the final part of the two-hour session, Sun Jin Nim led the members in a Crown of Glory meditation, which enables the participant to visualize someone who has caused them pain and helps him or her to feel love for that person.
The meeting concluded with three victory cheers, and with many hearts no doubt deeply moved and inspired.
Note: The above content is summarized from notes made at the time of the event and are a guide to the spirit and gist of some of the points she made. They should not be taken as a perfect expression of our International Presidentfs words or quoted as such.