of the Word July 8, 2010 |
True Parents Return to America on July 12, 2010
On Monday, July 12, 2010, we had the opportunity to welcome
our True Parents to the U.S. again after having missed them in
New York for close to four months. As our continental director
Dr. Chang Shik Yang put it, with True Parents around it feels
like America is “full” but without them around it
feels like America is “empty.” Around
140 brothers and sisters gathered at East Garden to welcome
True Parents back to America after the recent July 8th event
in Korea: the “Convention to Proclaim the True Parents
of Heaven, Earth and Humankind as the Substantial Word.”
According to Dr. Yang, who reported to those in attendance,
Father spoke with such passion at the event that his two-hour
speech was even greater than his Madison Square Garden and
Washington Monument speeches. True Father wants us to hold
another event in America on July 24, with the same theme, at
the Manhattan Center in New York, and simultaneously broadcast
throughout all 50 states and the entire world. After welcoming True Parents, brothers and sisters were
treated to an exquisite lunch: delicious fish, chicken, tofu
and kimchi dishes. True Parents especially honored many of
their guests, allowing them to sit at tables on either side of
the Hoon Dok Hall in East Garden while True Family sat at the
head table. Dr.
Yang energetically explained about the recent work of True
Parents, starting with mention of the adaptation of the
Seunghwa Ceremony into the beautiful “Honoring a
Legacy of Peace: Memorial Ceremony for Ascension and Unity”
events, starting on March 18 in the UN, and continuing in New
York, Washington DC, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Korea and then Las
Vegas again on May 9 of this year. Dr. Yang also explained
about the 24-hour-long Hoon Dok Hwe held by True Father
immediately after he arrived in Korea on June 30, while a
three-day Original Divine Principle workshop was held in Las
Vegas under the direction of Rev. Jeong Ok Yu. Dr. Yang read
the Special Directions that True Parents had given on June 25
before leaving Las Vegas and testified about the amazing July
8th event in Korea. In the beginning of the event, True Father seemed to be
reminding us about our responsibilities, such as learning
Korean, through which we could feel repentful. Later, Father
spoke to us plainly about simple everyday matters, in a way
assuring us that he trusts and loves us despite what we have
been unable to fulfill so far. Below are some notes from
Father’s words. The word Arirang was originally Aerirang
but the Japanese [who had occupied Korea] could not
pronounce it so it was changed to Arirang. In the
word Aerirang, “Aeri” was to mean “the
neighborhood that we love.” Confucian thought is important… However, I tried
to keep it out of the Divine Principle as much as possible…
Confucian thought could not properly reveal the nature of God. Korean is a precious language but [people] do
not think to learn it… It may be that inventions of the
West had already been invented in Korea and then reinvented in
the West through help from the original Korean inventor in the
spirit world. When we say that God is absolute or Jesus is absolute,
in what way are we calling them absolute? We must know this…
Some people say they pity God but in reality feel no pity for
God… Even God does not like absolute nature. God’s
absolute position can only be established when he has a
partner who recognizes his absolute value. What is God absolute about in his internal mind? About
our minds? To be absolute about God’s mind cannot be
compared with being absolute about our minds. The internal
explanation about it and the external explanation about it
must match. Our minds must wander after God and our external
forms must also wander after God. Absoluteness must be unique, unchanging and eternal...
There must be such qualities… [God is] absolutely
unique, absolutely unchanging and absolutely eternal. Food should always taste the same, no matter when you
eat it… Please do not overeat. Please drink a lot of
water. I never failed at anything due to lack of effort…
You must train yourselves to be able to go with little food. I
don’t even think about food and sometimes go a day
without food even though I am not fasting. The winner is the person who does in one year what
[ordinarily] takes ten years. The whole event at True Parents’ home in East Garden
lasted about four hours. Leaders met to plan for the July 24th
event after True Parents’ departure.
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Translation of True Father's Message:
The following are notes of Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon’s
words taken during the Hoon Dok Hwe held at East Garden
on
July 12, 2010.
NOTE: (These notes are taken from a simultaneous
translation. Simultaneous translation is done in summary form
and depends greatly on the translator’s ability to
communicate the essence of the message. These cannot be
published as definitive texts and should never be used in the
future as an “official” publication on Rev. Moon’s
words. However they do provide a good idea of the "spirit"
of the message.) Dr. Yang reports: The last time Father was at East Garden was for the March
18th Legacy of Peace Program at the United Nations. Then
Father went to Washington, New York, Las Vegas and Hawaii.
Recently America responded beautifully through the ODP program
centering on Rev. Eu to bring 210 Americans led by Rev. Joshua
Cotter. Father did such a serious Hoon Dok Hwe to set the
conditions for the providence. Through the “Word”
True Parents are giving us special instruction. On July 8th
True Parents held a Convention for 20,000 people for the
Proclamation of the Word which is absolutely substantiated
through True Parents. On July 24th we will have a fantastic
event for the people of America, and then it will spread
throughout the world. He understood that it is from the word
that the True Parents became the substantiation. There were four key points of Father’s message and
Father prepared a special text for that. True Parents spoke
for two hours. Many Ambassadors for Peace came from Korea and
throughout the world and said there is incredible power to
help set God’s providence on the straight track. Many times we traveled over the Pacific Ocean and had jet
lag and were so tired. However, True Parents never rested.
Father did Hoon Dok Hwe for 24 hours immediately after
arriving in Korea from Las Vegas. A missionary to Africa
gave a special testimony concerning True Parents. Our True
Parents are not concerned about their own lives or well
being. They are only concerned to do God’s will.
Our True Parents words are in fact given to all humanity to
develop the foundation for Cheon Il Guk. The event in America must be the event to spread throughout
the world. Many millions of people can hear the Word.
True Father’s Autobiography is a key element to our work
in America. In Las Vegas, our work is to spread the word.
The autobiography must be kept in each family and also given
away to others. True Father: You have to understand that
10s of millions of spirits are being mobilized to support you.
You have to work hard to set the condition to mobilize them –
then they will work. Many do not understand what is going on
in the spirit world. So many of Satan’s activities
are being done. If they do that the ancestors’ path will
be blocked. You need to really understand what I’m
saying. All of these conditions come on the foundation of the
sacrifices that True Parents have made. Things will be
different; the question is how to unify everything as one. Why
don’t you say how much you were scolded in Las Vegas? Dr. Yang: We don’t understand True
Parents. When Father gives direction then the spirit world
begins to work immediately before we do. All those
things seem totally impractical. We do not have enough
foundation in Las Vegas, however when Father gives direction
it was always fulfilled. We need to repent for not having
absolute faith in our True Parents. Las Vegas is now strongly
established in terms of God’s providence. Many
people coming there are purified because of True Parents
conditions. Now that we have True Parents here at this time it is such
a great moment in history. As the weather is beautiful today
so is the fact that True Parents are here with us today. In Las Vegas, as you know, there is no night and day.
People go 24 hours per day. In that regard Father loves Las
Vegas because he can go 24 hours a day; there is no stopping.
Father has always been working 24 / 7. Father is doing
the Abel type work and the heavenly work. The following are our True Parents directions in Korea
on June 25 at 3:25 am:
I had to go to restore the original Garden of Eden and to
offer it to God as if it had never been lost. We have to offer
everything on D Day. Everything that was separated in
the past now must be restored and unified. I had to go through
the 8 stages – individual, family, clan, tribe, nation,
world, cosmos, and God. Not only individuals and families were lost but nations
were lost as well. I created the Seung Hwa Ceremony so that we could go
through the rebirth, resurrection and eternal life.
(Seung Hwa). Everyone must be educated to understand this.
Father said that the Mt. of Transfiguration was the turning
point. Three disciples came with him and met Elijah and Moses.
They didn’t understand his course that he could no
longer fulfill on earth. Three disciples fell asleep at Gethsemane. I (Dr. Yang)
also have to repent for sleeping during Father’s time. True Father: Rev. Kwak’s mistake is
so great. Because of what has happened I feel it was a
mistake to allow Hyun Jin to be his son in law. Nobody
reported the issues to me and now they are trying to sell away
our foundation. From now on, if someone makes a mistake
they may not be able to remain. There are many challenges on our path. I am back to
America because I cannot give up on America. There are
not many people that can become like a seed. From now on unless you speak Korean, we cannot have any
official event. In God’s Kingdom how can you not know
the language of the parents? America is not the Fatherland.
Therefore, English, French, Italian etc. are not the language
of the parents. We must learn the language of the
Fatherland: you must understand the language of Korea.
If you really understood the language of the Fatherland then
you could shed much more tears for heaven. If you understood Korean, in the morning they will ask you
in greeting if you had enough to eat. You would not understand
the background of that kind of greeting. It’s not
shallow or superficial. In fact, what kind of relationship are
we referring too? The right hand goes up and the left
goes the opposite way when you walk. It is like an X
shape or balance. Inside an O there can be millions of X’s.
Can you understand this? Americans can’t easily
understand it. KO means you are knocked out. I studied English very hard -
even now I’m studying English – now it is harder
to remember anything. It takes 20 minutes to remember
one word. Twenty years ago I had a hard time to learn
it. When you go to high school and junior high you can study
the language. Now there are 6000 languages, so we should
feel how sorrowful God is to have to try to communicate
through all these different languages. Going to school I could learn the basic things that I
remember well to this day; when you are young it is so easy to
remember everything. I started learning everything and by the
age of 7 I was very good. I used to have some folder of
the Chinese characters that I have written. All those
characters were blown away. They were like a long novel.
Just think if I was to have those materials now…However,
during Japanese occupation all those things were lost. I didn’t even want to speak a language. The writing
tells so much. Even then I could see the future , my mind
could tell. Because of the oneness of mind and body.
Because of the essence of mind – mind and body all
become one. In our movement we must understand the state
of oneness, then you can understand what is coming and what
will happen. All the stones of this house were brought from
Korea. Even 1000 years from now these stones will remain
strong. We need to pray. People cannot understand; unless you
experience it you can’t know what I’m talking
about. What if you ate in the middle of 7 day fasting?
One spoonful of food after 7 days fasting you feel so
grateful. If you were really hungry then you can’t
appreciate the struggle of starving people and why even a
small spoonful of food is so precious. You must really understand the value of loving children.
America has too much individualism. Tokdo is a lonely island in Holo Arirang. It is a very
lonely place and symbolizes God’s lonely heart which is
buffeted by the darkness and yet it never changes and always
stands correctly. It always understands the ownership. Arirang -
A means Eh but it became Ahhh. There
are many Arirangs. If you don’t know what is
important you can be struck by lightning. Whenever I go to Las Vegas I never lose money there.
There are many people who are running around me. I give them
money and they want to know where the money is coming from.
I know the game of black jack well. Which PhD is most difficult? The one you got from TPs or
the one you got from school? The PhD of True Father is
far more difficult. Only those who worked for the Public
Mission could receive the PhD. There is a person, Dr.
Song, who is a professor. The PhD he received in the secular
world is nothing compared to the PhD that he received from
True Parents. Dr. Yang: Yesterday In Jin Nim gave such
an excellent sermon and shared that not only is Father my
Father but he is the True Father of all people. We are to
build one family. We must open our eyes to the
value of our life. Throughout all of human history
billions of people came and left. Father feels trust to
In Jin Nim and is supporting her development of the ministry
and TV studios. Many people now understand that True Parents have
indemnified all of human history. It has all been
completed. Our position is so important; we should
totally understand how critical it is for us at this time. The
central beings of the current history have come together.
We are really connecting to all humanity and linking them to
the lineage of heaven. One strand of hair of the Lord is
more precious than can be measured. The fact that we are
standing here cannot be measured. We didn’t forget the value of the diamond ring. We
should always be alive at this time. 7 days per week. We
should be excited and moved and so inspired. That is the
time in which we are living. I have spent so much time with
True Parents in Las Vegas. I am so inadequate to attend
them. Our True Parents are like a burning furnace. We
must understand that they are like a pure burning sun and we
should be fresh and alive at this time. Every single
cell should be totally alive. I was chastised and
scolded many times in Las Vegas. When we had Coronation on January 30th, it should have also
occurred in Las Vegas on the same day. I didn’t
understand this. I wasn’t awake spiritually and I didn’t
understand how serious it was. Many things were so difficult,
but I saw that Father would call during our dangerous time.
Father gave the Jerusalem Declaration direction; he wasn’t
specific but somehow we knew it was so difficult. If I was
totally aligned with heaven then I would have understood. At the time of the Coronation I was asleep in darkness and
I missed this historic providential direction. I really curse
myself for that. In my life of faith I must be fresh like the time we joined
the church. When we look at our True Parents they were always
the same. We received a revelation from God. I could see
that Father was always unchanging. Father’s memory is
amazingly precise. I would forget but Father would not
forget. How can we stay awake 24 hours per day? When we
look at flowers, they will live with True Love. Jesus could not be married because the right conditions
weren’t there. His mother wasn’t absolute.
Why must we be absolute? True Father: Is there something that we
should be absolute for? If there is something, it would
be so sad. To do something we must be absolutely clear.
We need to understand exactly how to accomplish everything.
Father is the one who started it. Since God is absolute
he wants his absolute nature to be reflected in us as absolute
nature. God has an internal heart and an external heart. The
standard of absoluteness between God’s idea and our idea
is different. Without that standard our mind will be floating.
Whenever we talk about these things we talk about absolute,
unique, unchanging and eternal. Who can reach that
absolute standard? You cannot be absolute. Who created math? 1 x 1 = 1, 1x 2 = 2 and the one
disappears. Who created arithmetic? Angels did not create God. He is absolutely
unchanging. God is eternal, unchanging and 90 degrees
and creates no shadow. What does the shadow of the moon
resemble? Bishop Riley’s shadow resembles Bishop Riley.
When the sun rises in the morning we can see that the shadows
are on the west side. If the sun rises in the east the
shadow can go to the west. If Col. Han was here his
shadow would be here as well. The nose is centered on our faces and makes a line. This
can be divided into two sides. The sides can be divided
down on our neck and our belly button. You have to like the
right side more than the left side. That is the proper order.
Men existed first, then women were able to come about. These
principles of God are actually very simple. The eyes have
three components. The white, the iris and the pupil. Bishop Riley, do you have a wife? (yes) and children?
(yes). When I heard about incest in America I wanted to
just spit. But I couldn’t turn away. I cannot
leave this country because I’m needed here. I went
the way of death but never died. In South America I went
to many dangerous and difficult places. When I am in the room
with presidents I felt like I could not speak but I must just
go the way of sacrifice and suffering. There are many
phenomenons that occur with me. When I go out to fish, you all can do it how you like, but
I can’t, I must follow heavenly law. However, through
that the fish will come and take my bait. I’ve tried
catching dear and all kinds of animals. Foxes are very clever;
there are no foxes in the high regions. I think that there is no one who has fished as much as I
have. On the boat we had to use the vacuum as well.
We had two men on the boat and we could relieve our selves.
It is natural. If women are there, we must hide
ourselves from them and they must turn away. The water eventually will dissolve the wastes into useable
nutrients so it naturally is in synergy. The stomach sometimes
produces gas and it comes out. This is all natural. If someone has to make an offering, if they can’t
control their bodily functions to prepare and sacrifice for
the offering then the offering can’t be received.
Sometimes we are meant to pass gas. It’s all natural.
God made us that way. When I change my clothes I can do it in 7 minutes.
This is something that I came up with concerning this watch
clip. I am so detailed that I could design the watch.
This is also why I could discover the Principle. I can do it
very quickly. Of course I can undo it very quickly.
Wearing it and taking it off. I can do that very
efficiently. I don’t wear rings. I
don’t like accessories so much. There is a balance to everything. I am naturally good at
everything because of the balance in the principle. There is a
formula on how we can put on the belt and all clothes. I
learned how to do things easily. That is why it works so well.
Even if I work for 30 – 40 minutes I can do the work of
many others. I am 91 by Korean age and in my 92nd
year. Sometimes I don’t even feel hungry - I
miss 2 or 3 meals and don’t even notice it. Then I can
eat just once and it saves time! I’ve passed each test
along the way. So I can manage time and do so much in a short
time. While there are some who always think about eating food,
I can just forget about it. I never had to use weapons for God’s will. If
we do marksmanship however I can quickly become the best
because of my focus. When you do something, you should
have a clear idea of what is the best way to do it. When
you shoot the clay birds - I can hit 15 in a row. I can
master that in one tenth of the time. I can do that
because of the mental training that I’ve had. In just a matter of a short time I could master a whole
book. I could see the whole book that has many words and I can
look at the whole page and absorb it. Let me teach you a song. For those who don’t
speak Korean, that is not good. I’m giving you
three years to learn. Within three years I learned
Japanese. So you must learn. In terms of learning English, I learned a certain accent
and then it was difficult to change it. Whether young or old, there was a tomb with grass on it.
Behind that tomb my grandmother’s flowers bloomed. My
grandmother loved me and taught me many things. The
flower was very pretty: the “windflower”.
I felt my grandmother was incarnated into that flower. That
grandmother is so nice and so warm. She told me, “Whether
you are sad or happy you should always sing this song and I
will be with you.” All my life it has been difficult and I had to shed many
tears. Whenever I’m going up the mountain I always think
of this song. My ancestors have been with me, guiding and
protecting me. I feel so grateful. The spirit world and
Jesus are with me. Many times I feel like singing that
song. This is the song for Children from the ancestors.
If you sing this song all the flowers will dance with you. There are so many people that prayed for my death.
Still I survived. The white lily and the rose are like wife
and husband. The flowers are like hanging flowers. With
the white lily that is here – there is so much fragrance
here. The same is with the rose. The rose has some
thorns. The roses and the lilies are very special. Jesus wants to have a bride – that was the purpose
for creation. I was going down this road and
passed a tree with thorns. How was I able to accomplish
this? I went to a rock in this area and prayed. It was
not a lie that Jesus was able to feed 5000 people. Satan destroyed my family that I came from. 5 people died
in one year. Someone that I liked was taken away. Tragedies
have occurred around me. A tiger came and flew in front of me.
I could communicate with the tiger and the creation. Through
the creation I could learn answers about God’s
providence. I tried to catch the tiger. The female tiger
appeared when I tried to catch the other. I learned from
that. It turned out I was having experiences with the spirit
world. There was a big tree in my neighborhood, a chestnut tree.
The tiger would come to me and say, “Hey Sun Myung.”
Because of that training I could learn about God and the
principle. The Chapter on resurrection is not a lie. The mind
and body is fighting with each other because of the fall. I hear a lot about Rev. Kwak. I also hear about his
daughter Jun Sook. Michael Jenkins, where is your wife? (In Washington
DC. She is coming tonight) How about Reiko Kawasaki?
(From Las Vegas.) Dr. Yang, you were able to chase out
demons. Please testify about that. I have had many experiences
like that. Dr. Yang: Father trained me. Father came
to America in 1971. I had joined the church just before that.
We were told not to go to the University but to go to the
front line. At that time they were called to be part of
a special team. There was an open door of what to do. Then
Father appeared in my dream at the former HQs church in Cheon
Pa Dong. Father and Mother both appeared in my dream. I
had passed my preliminary test because I wanted to be a
lawyer. Yet Father appeared to me spiritually and told me not
to go. When I gave up my school my parents became
difficult. I went to the front line. Then after many
years Father appeared again in my dream. I had studied
theology and Father told me which school to go to. After that
dream, I went to the Methodist school. Should I go to
the front line or to the University? “If you
know the truth then the truth will guide you”, I heard
in a voice. During my four years in the University I didn’t
have to worry about tuition. Someone received a direction from Father to pay for my
tuition. I was able to have money enough for one year.
I was able to have spending money. Later in the 80’s I
was fighting with leftist students. Father was directly
guiding me. If I went to college instead of following
Father’s direction I may have left the church (Father
said you might have died). I am more intellectual
than spiritual. Instead of saying that I did God’s will
I felt that I was guided by God and that I didn’t do it. We were told that when we witness - 40 % is spiritual, 30 %
is the principle and 30 % is our ancestors. I could write many
stories about my course with True Parents - we don’t
realize how much God is working and spirit world is working
behind the scenes for our development and accomplishments. At
this point Father is the embodiment of God and is guiding us
so directly. Sometimes we respect Father so much, when
we are away we miss him, however when we are with him
sometimes we are afraid of Father. When Father is not in
America we feel lonely. True Father: Sometimes you need to have
those spiritual experiences. When you have that kind of
spiritual experiences you will be able to go that course. There a lot of American women who don’t like you.
He is like a female Lion. He doesn’t have the kind
of face that people feel affection from. Good women that
support him will be blessed. He has strong masculine
aspects. His sister works at the palace. I
appointed Dr. Yang to Las Vegas, Korea, and then America –
people didn’t like it – you will see however what
will happen. It has been 16 years. He knows things that
you don’t know. You know a lot about Las Vegas. Please
tell us about Las Vegas. Dr. Yang: I learned a lot about Las Vegas.
On the 50 state speaking tour we attended Father at the
Methodist church. I had never been to Atlantic City. To
go to the city you have to have time and money. Father then brought me to Las Vegas. I found that
people are working very hard in Las Vegas. I managed the
New Yorker. I found that the Casino business and Hotel
are completely different. Aria has 10,000 employees. MGM has
7,000. There are people working 24/7. There are billions of
dollars in cash. It looks simple but everything is
electronically recorded. They know how much your average bet
is. They know where you stayed and what you did. Now Las Vegas
has become a huge convention area. There are about 150,000
hotel rooms, which is double that of New York. There is
a lot to learn there. There are many forms of existence there.
We should work as hard as the people there. Father wants us to understand how to move the world and win
the world. Father never has a normal schedule. Sometimes
HDH starts at 2 am. Father speaks a long time there.
Father sacrifices there, whereas others come for a vacation.
Father is setting the highest level spiritual conditions.
Father went to the Ocean to win the battle of Washington
Monument. Once Father was at Yeosu for 85 days. Father
can sanctify any area. Then Father is liberating and
cleansing Las Vegas. Las Vegas is fun and exciting. 43
million visited there by plane in 2009. This is a
successful city in the desert. There are world class
shows there. Some of the performances are truly amazing feats
of physical discipline and acrobatics. They do it every day so
I thought, “Am I working as hard and as seriously as
these people?” There are thousands of people that gamble as their job –
as soon as they win 30 % they quit. Others who are not
professional will lose everything. It is normal to play for 48
hours. We get rid of the 9 to 5 spirit very easily. Just like Father has many fishing rods, Father has many
organizations, including the church, UPF and ACLC. True Father: The only way you will
understand Las Vegas is if you go there. I have a
system: if I teach you will make a lot of money. When three
people go united, they will not lose. If you know when
the black jack will come, you can win a lot. You can also give
out to others in Las Vegas. When you make money, beyond what you have, you should give
it to others. You can really move others that aren’t so
fortunate when you help them like this. You can bring them to
God this way. Stand up Please! (Father Spoke standing) Sincerity moves heaven. Please be
careful going home now. Give your sincere devotion for this
next event. Written by Tossa Cromwell, Korean-English interpreter
for this day’s event
What we are talking about is to complete the world at the
time of Creation.
God is
unique, unchanging, and absolutely eternal. Absoluteness
cannot come about just by standing by itself.
God never
subtracts or divides; he only adds and multiplies. From 1 to
10 plus is living that way. We do this with minus and then we
will disappear.
Father
said work as hard for God’s will as you play in the
Casino. In the Casino you can easily stay up all night. You
should stand when you lose money. In Black Jack there is a
time when your fortune goes up and your fortune goes down.