Father’s words on March 23, 1993
There Is One Area I have not yet attended to. There are sections of the world where millions of people are starving. Who is going to take responsibility for that? Will America do it? America says no. What about other advanced nations? The basic concept is that we should treat people as brothers and sisters, because that is what God expects us to do.
To be called True Parents is fearful, because I have to extend my hands to the starving people. The reason I have been developing the fishing enterprises is not to make money, but to be able to offer assistance to those who are starving.
Texas is flat land. There is no master of the land. People come, get tired, pack up, and leave. People came with the intention of striking it rich and becoming millionaires, yet they leave. I told myself, “I will become the master here, and all the Unification Church members will attend to it.” All we need is land and water, and we can produce food. We can even develop a fish farm.
Europeans didn’t teach Africans how to farm. They just sold them farm products. We have to indemnify that failure.
Let’s say that we eat two meals a day instead of three. How does that sound? [Father spoke for a long time in Korean without translation and then asked how many members understood what he was saying. He talked in English about the need for members to speak the mother tongue. He said that True Parents are teaching heavenly secrets, revealing hidden truth. He referred again to the four realms of heart and the heavenly kingships, which were some of the topics of his main Parents’ Day sermon.]
I am thinking about how to educate five hundred people from each of one hundred sixty nations. I want to train people so their nations can be self-sufficient in food.
Potatoes grow to a great size. One day I tried to eat a potato for lunch, but it was so big I couldn’t finish it. In addition to potatoes, corn, wheat and many vegetables grow there. We can build prefabricated houses and expand down into Mexico or even into South America. If water is a problem, we can use bull-dozers to create canals. These bulldozers can be made in the machine factory in Korea.
How about each blessed couple coming to Texas and dedicating forty days a year to this project? You will bring your own food and serve for forty days. You have to think about how to save the twenty million people dying of starvation around the world. There are more than four billion people in the world. If two hundred people took responsibility for each starving person, there would be no more hunger.
What is America doing? What are Japan and Germany doing? They are so blessed with material wealth. What are they going to use it for?
If we take responsibility for world hunger, we will suffer so much. It might mean pushing ourselves to the edge of existence, to the point of death. Yet, we must not die, or we would lose everything.
Are you going to do it? Will American people do it? I don’t believe so. How many times they have denied me! That is the kind of people we have in America. Sorry, I’m telling about reality, not concept. Those gathered here, you are not like that.
You are different from other Americans. You are colored Americans, “Moonie-color”!
How much money can each family raise to support this project? Can you donate a hundred dollars a year? Five hundred dollars a year? One thousand dollars a year? Ten thousand dollars a year? One hundred thousand dollars a year? No limit.
The world situation is serious. Who can take responsibility to solve it? We need to liberate the world. By liberating the world, we liberate God. The same formula of liberation applies.
Will all of you pledge, “Yes, Father, I am willing to serve forty days a year for the cause”? You are very indebted to your parents. This is a way of paying back a token of your debt to True Parents, in whatever small amount you are able to pay.
Wherever there is good soil and water, no one will go hungry. I made a twenty-year plan for the fishing enterprises, and this is now the twentieth year. Centering on Kodiak, we have greatly expanded our fishing enterprises. Even though we have experienced economic hardships, and rumors are floating around, I held on, and we have made it over the hill.
People thought I was bragging when I said our factory in Korea would make key parts for Mercedes Benz and BMW cars. Without our factory, these high-level cars cannot be made. Upon the foundation of our technology, we can make anything.
[Father talked about the current dispute over North Korea’s use of nuclear energy and ways to mobilize the world community to control nuclear power. He referred to former President Bush’s refusal to listen to his advice and talked about the future role of the Washington Times.]
Since I am a religious man, I can speak my mind. We can say anything from the pulpit. This is the constitutional right of religious people. Unificationists have to be brave in proclaiming our faith. Are you going to take care of the twenty million starving people or not?
In time, the mobile homes I bought twenty years ago will have a price tag of a hundred thousand dollars apiece, and people still won’t be able to buy them. The same will happen with the two hundred trucks I bought. You should never let those mobile homes and trucks rust; you should put them to work.
Until I was thirty, there was never a day in my life when I was not hungry. If your stomach is full, you cannot lead a religious life. To be hungry is one of the most unbearable experiences; yet we challenge it, saying, “I will love God more than I care about my own hunger.” The three greatest challenges for an individual to overcome are hunger, sleep, and sexual temptations. These are Satan’s three greatest weapons.
I always ate only two meals a day during my school years. It would be a holy undertaking if all Unification Church members fasted one meal a day in order to save the twenty million starving people.
I never use a large towel to dry my face or even my body off after a bath. I always bicker with Mother about the use of towels. I want to use each towel for two days, but Mother wants to have it laundered every day. Also, I don’t flush the toilet until I use it three times. If everyone did this, with the money we would save we could help the twenty million starving people. I have been living like this not just for a few days, but for decades.
Sometimes I stop at McDonald’s. When the limousine pulls up, people speculate that there must be some big politician in it, and they expect some bigshot white person to step out. They wait patiently to see who will appear, and they are really surprised to see an Oriental person come out! I don’t feel comfortable riding in such cars, since I am always thinking first about the twenty million starving people in the world.
Even if you have to fast in order to send money to this project, you must support it. I am not begging you, but I don’t mind begging in order to help these people.
When we moved from the old house at East Garden into the larger house which was built to accommodate our expanding family, I received lots of presents. I gave it all away to other people. That is how a religious person should be.
My conscience does not bother me in money matters. I treat millionaires and penniless people in the same manner. When I announced a certain project in Washington, D.C., various billionaire and millionaire companies wanted to join in partnership with me. However, I don’t want to play rich people’s games. First, they have to respect my ideas. Unless they do that, I don’t want their money. When people who denied me yesterday welcome me today, I don’t go for it.
Do you want to invest in this project? If you do, people may erect a statue to you in their village. I won’t spend a penny of your money against your desires.
In one day you can raise a hundred dollars. Do you want to donate a thousand dollars a year, or ten thousand dollars? Even if you have to borrow money in order to donate ten thousand dollars to this cause, you should do it. This will be the foundation for your children’s training; later they can go to Africa and will be treated as great leaders there. One thousand dollars is too little. It should be at least five thousand dollars a year. Ten thousand may be too much, but you should be able to raise five thousand dollars a year.
This is a holy undertaking. If you do this, God will return your investment ten or a hundred times. If all the children of True Parents cannot save twenty million people from starvation, we should commit hara-kiri.
We can build an enormous deer ranch. There are elk and reddeer herds living in the extreme northern climates, but the red deer can live even in hot climates. I feel that God provided this land for us, because of its unique geography. The Rocky Mountains protect it from the arctic wind. During the daytime it’s hot, but at night it’s surprisingly cool. For less than a hundred dollars a head, I can buy five thousand deer if I want to. There are also foxes and partridges. I released about four hundred partridges on the land. It’s an incredible, fertile land.
All Unification Church brothers must go down there three times a year. Bring your own food and raise your own funds to go down and serve there. I will teach you hunting, fishing, and agriculture and make you very versatile persons.
When you begin that, you will receive great grace and prosperity. It’s a good place. Our residence looks like a French palace. There is a settlement waiting for Unificationist members to visit. The place is open. Do you want to be there? If you want that kind of life, raise your hands, please. You need to bring money for weekly rent.
You can see vast sunrises and sunsets on the horizons. The sunsets last a long time. It is an amazing place. Every day is beautiful there. I didn’t know there was such a beautiful world.
Work hard to chase out all the poverty and starvation in the world. When you are full of hope and ideals and work hard, God’s blessing upon you will continue eternally. The Unification Church blessed couples will prosper and prosper.
There are a lot of rattlesnakes; so, the men must bring tall boots to protect their feet. Also, the scorpions are dangerous; once you are bitten, you have to get an antidote right away, or you will die.
On this memorable thirty-fourth Parents’ Day and the thirty-third anniversary of Parents’ Day, the children should determine to take over some of the parents’ burdens, which they have been bearing single-handedly for over thirty years. I have been working so much, and now you should take up my work.