True Unification and One World
Reverend Sun Myung Moon
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.
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