Excerpts from some of Father’s speeches over the last five months of 2010
JANUARY: From hoondokhae in Las Vegas, U.S.A., on January 19
January 13, 2013 is the date of the beginning of Cheon Il Guk. It is the date of its genesis. Since today is January 19, 1,089 days remain until the day of that beginning. Including the thirty-three days until True Parents. birthday,[1] 1,122 days are left. If we can fully educate people by that providential date, and align with the standard by which the spiritual world, the physical world, Cain and Abel are not separated from Adam, we can enter the era of the dominion of God.
So everything will come to an end if we do everything as the textbooks and the teaching materials tell us to. Since you have the textbooks and the teaching materials, if you can complete the education [in this content] in your nations during this period, pushing yourselves or doing whatever else is needed to achieve it, we will be under a system that makes a much more far-reaching impression than a war. The world will then become the liberated homeland and God.s fatherland. All that would remain to be achieved would be a peaceful world—the complete opposite of the satanic world. The actualized, victorious supremacy of the princes and princesses of God would be passed on to the generations to come, eternally without change. For the future everlasting, heaven and earth will not be separated from each other, and instead they will constitute God.s unified fatherland, wherein God, human beings, and Lucifer,[2] are united. At the same time, it will be both God.s fatherland and the homeland of everyone in every nation. All that will remain then will be for us to fulfill our duties as patriots and devoted sons and daughters in the new place, to be faithful to our families and to dedicate them to God, and then everything will be completed.
FEBRUARY: From hoondokhae in Cheon Jeong Gung, Korea, on February 7
Okay, please follow your Father.
Everything is accomplished. Say, “Everything is accomplished.” [Everything is accomplished.] Eog Mansei. [Eog Mansei.] The era of tranquility and prosperity. [The era of tranquility and prosperity.] Eog Mansei. [Eog Mansei.] …
Prayer
I dedicate all these textbooks, which could take the place of all things in the unified heaven and earth, in the name of God, to You, Heavenly Father, so please receive them. Please receive them. Say loudly: Please receive them. [Please receive them.] Thank you.
Speech
Conditions are needed—for various purposes. In my family, True Parents and the True Children, all set conditions. You should be aware of this, and that you have experienced this ceremony on behalf of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth generations as well as millions of generations to come. So repeat after me: We have completed the inheritance on their behalf. [We have completed the inheritance on their behalf.]
I am asking that you receive this, so please rise and offer a morning bow to True Parents. The mother, father, sons and daughters in a family need to be united from now on. Through what? Do you know? What are these? [Textbooks] What textbooks are they? [Textbooks from God.] They are textbooks from God that are centered on the king of kings. They exist to help the Korean people serve God and the king of peace.
The history of restoration through indemnity and the providential rectification of the fallen bloodline have been carried out centered on Rev. Moon. In other words, the rectification of the perverted bloodline of Cain and Abel, on behalf of the whole. You need to know this. Because the lineage was inverted, it needs to be set straight once again.
In order to rectify this, going from God to the ends of the earth, so that True Parents can become perfect and complete under God—and God can thus become the king of peace—True Parents need to win over the Cain world.
Cain should take the place of Abel in making sacrifices, serve Abel absolutely and make the link between God and True Parents, who have remained separated. Then Cain will no longer be Cain, because he will have completely wiped away Cain.s history and any memory of how he came to shed his younger brother.s blood. As a fallen being he should serve his younger brother as if he were his elder brother; the elder brother in the position of Cain can serve his younger brother as if he were True Parents or God.
Then, what is it that should come to exist in relation to the victorious supremacy of the unique being, our God of peace, and the victorious True Parents? The union of the spiritual world and physical world. Please say it. [The union of the spiritual world and physical world.]
Even after God has become the king of peace, if He does not have sons and daughters, His own family, He cannot settle down.
MARCH: From Sunday Service at Cheon Bok Gung, Korea, on March 7
This is my third visit to this church in Yongsan[3] since its construction. Who is the owner of settlement, and what are the land of settlement and the people of settlement in the necessary providence guided by Rev. Moon, who has waited for the time when the nails and the columns would be in place here?
You should not be mere visitors who have come to sightsee in this country, which is drifting along. You need to put down your roots here, as well as your branches, leaves, and flowers, because you should not be left out. Devote yourself fully so that you will not be ashamed in front of history after this three-year period.
Thus, you should look forward to the day on which you can inherit the kingship as princes and princesses and carry on that work in the name of the children of the Lord, and shed silent tears.
I will take the lead, and I hope that even one more person will be able to take part in receiving this grace. There are our brothers and sisters, our parents, the chiefs of tribes, and the heads of nations.
I should take responsibility. If I can.t give this task it to anyone else, I should take responsibility since I am the only one I can trust. Even if a person has rushed out in haste and been run down and killed in an unfortunate accident, I can believe that he has every right to stand tall in the homeland he had aimed for. The question is, How many such people are there? How many? Based on True Parents. teachings, how many people can answer “I am one”?
This is the headquarters. [Father refers to some American presidents, and continues.] They are only the heads of one nation out of many, but each one of us is a person incomparable to anyone who has gone before, because we can receive the seed through the center of the homeland. How grateful each of us should be, therefore, to know that Heaven has prepared such an ideal for us!…
You cannot go in front of God. You should already be following me before I step out in the lead, with a firmer resolution than mine. You should give out the scent of being who you are, shouldn’t you?… The sons and daughters of Heaven, each person who received the blessing as a church member of this assembly in Yongsan Borough, should be able to take the lead representing the thousands here, and march forward singing, bridging the realm between life and death. Shouldn’t they, therefore, know that they should hurry and be determined not to be defeated in following that road, but stand up and march forward?
Yu Jeong-ok? [Yes!] Sing the song about the white stallion, with the hope that these people will go back to their hometowns with dreams of the future in their hearts, enjoy their weekend, pay their respects to their ancestors and become exemplary in the eyes of those in their tribes or clans. Where will the white stallion that has lost its hometown go? Let.s finish with that song.
[As Father is leaving, he passes the all-girl choir of Japanese second-generation members that had sung a welcoming song.]
Are these children from Japan?
[They are the Seonhak Choir. They’ve come from Japan.]
Girls, please sit down. These are young children in their teens. How many groups of young people like these are there in the world? Who will raise these youngsters? Who will teach them? In this wild and vast satanic world…
When I look at them, I want to stay with them; I want to become such a young person.
I am one who burned with passion, crazy about completing the providence, and wanting to do things for the sake of these people. Please don.t forget that my heart misses that era when I could show you such qualities, and that I am living with the pain that the summertime of my life has passed.
APRIL: From hoondokhae at Cheon Jeong Gung, Korea, on April 16
You must visit Christian churches and hold hoondokhae there. Because you have distributed Father.s autobiography, now you should do this.
In the future, we must hold workshops in the established Christian churches; this will be God.s word in the religious realm. The religious realm is not unified; Christianity, even, is divided into countless denominations that are fighting one another. They will not be able to go to Heaven if they continue doing this. There are no denominations in Unificationism.
Gyocha marriages are those arranged for one couple at a time but gyochae[4] marriages are those held for groups of people—if for clans, then, for example, between the Moon clan and Park clan; if for nations, then, for example, between Russia and China, and so forth. America and Russia, or America and China should hold (mass) exchange marriages. If close to 300 million men participate, that would be 600 million people, and if each of them were to connect five more people, that would be 3 billion people. That is how they can go to heaven and become citizens of Heavenly Kingdom….
When I place my hands on people who are sick, they get better. I have cured many people…. That was something I practiced while I was in prison.
[Towards the end of hoondokhae, Father called out Rev. and Mrs. Chung Su-won and asked them to sing their rousing “Thank you” song. Members of a church that had been prepared to receive the returning Messiah, the Holy Lord Church—of which Rev. Chung.s grandmother was the founder—used to sing this song.]
Do you know how wonderful this song is? When you can sing this song as you want, you are united with the meaning of these words. You have to understand that you must become people who can feel a depth of heart greater than that and lead your life while singing praises for a time when you can be blessed even more.
MAY: From Father’s remarks at the service commemorating the one thousandth Cheongpyeong special workshop, May 1
I think you each have a copy of this program and that you have already read it. In the title, what does the character 祝 [축—”congratulations”] signify? It has the radical[5] 示 [시—”to indicate”] on the left and 兄 [형—i.e, “older brother”] on the right. You need to know that this is what 祝 means. And if we look at 祝福 [축복—”blessing”], we see 福 [복] has the same 示 [“to indicate”] radical on the left. The right upper half of 福, 一 [일—”one”] plus 口 [구—”mouth”] means “big word” and below that is a cross [十]. So, it signifies a man standing on a cross.
What is a blessing [축복]? Congratulations [축] means that everything would have gone smoothly according to plan if the older brother had received the blessing [복], but the older brother could not receive that blessing.
The same is true within God. As you know, there is within God the God of the night and the God of the day, but they are not two gods. God is the God of the night and of the day. The Fall meant that human beings didn’t know this. They understand only those things pertaining to the day and not those pertaining to the night, because the things of creation have been unable to fulfill their purpose.
Do you say [in Korean] “day and night” or “night and day”? [We say, night and day.] Well, it seems you know already. The night comes first. Then does “upper” come first or “lower.” [Upper] I don’t know myself [Laughter], but if so many people say so, I should learn that. “Upper and lower” is the question!
If we look at East Asian philosophy or Confucian philosophy, upper–lower and left–right are the right order. If it is “upper then lower,” “right” should come before “left.” So why does “left” come before “right”? It should be “upper–lower, right–left and front–back” in order for everything to flow smoothly according to plan, but it is instead “upper–lower, left–right.” The center became reversed. This is the point….
So what is “blessing”? The blessing of the older brother was taken away. What did the older brother do? If there is an older brother and a younger brother, they make two. “One” needs to have “two.” If “one” does not have a partner, what will happen? “One” absolutely needs “two.” What “one” and “two” need is “three.” What “three” absolutely needs is “four.” What “four” absolutely needs is “five.”
The one thousandth commemoration becomes the ten thousandth commemoration, the one hundredth millionth commemoration and even higher. What comes after that? Is it the inheritance of heavenly fortune? Do we inherit heavenly fortune without also inheriting heavenly blessing? Which do you like better—heavenly fortune or heavenly blessing? [We like both.] Heavenly fortune is good, and heavenly blessing is good. Both are good. …
So would you like to have “Du-nim” or “Hana-nim?[6] [We like Hananim.] Well, if you say Hananim, it could be God with only a left hand. Are people born with just a left hand? People always have a left and a right, an upper and a lower, and a front and a back. But they do not know how to establish their position. If only the east wind blew, all the trees in the world would fall to the west and disappear, wouldn’t they? So the east wind blows, but there is also a west wind, a south wind, a north wind, an upper wind and a lower wind. For 365 days a year, the winds are blowing in all different directions, circulating. They keep changing compass directions, forming reciprocal relationships and having give and receive action. There is circulation, so there are no incidents. As long there is circulation, things do not disappear.
In the name “Cheongpyeong,” the first character, cheong [淸], has three strokes on the left arranged in vertical order. This is the radical meaning “water.” One, two three, and what you have next [referring to the upper part of the right side] is three horizontal strokes: Old Testament Age, New Testament Age and Completed Testament Age, or ancient times, the Middle Ages and the Last Days. These are all connected [with a vertical stroke]. So we have three people [represented by the three horizontal strokes] connected vertically. If you break off the top of the vertical stroke, it becomes the character for “master” or “owner” [主] centered on God. Then the lower half is the character for the moon [月], which symbolizes the wife, so you have the wife of the master. …[7]
Why is Cheongpyeong necessary? Why does the Unification Church need Cheongpyeong? God is here, people are here and nature is here; and God, people and nature all say they like Cheongpyeong. What would it be like if there were only nature here? What would it be like if there were only water? If there were only air? Or only dirt? Cheongpyeong has air, and on sunny days, there are clouds and the breeze blows. That is why Cheongpyeong is good. …
I want to say many things today. Congratulations! We are commemorating the one thousandth Cheongpyeong workshop….
So, today I am talking about inheriting heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing. Even if heavenly fortune can be inherited, it will not be of any use without heavenly blessing. Something given will die without the corresponding ability to receive. Without heavenly fortune capable of receiving blessing, the blessing will disappear without being received. Heavenly fortune has these two aspects. …
Cheongpyeong is located between the North Han River and the South Han River, and it has two mountains, Mt. Yongmun and Mt. Yu-myung. No matter how brightly the sun may shine, what good is it if there is not even a single mirror to reflect its rays? In that sense, even a small mirror would be worth so much that it could not be exchanged even for a thousand rays from the sun. It can reflect stars that are billions of light years away. Because it reflects, it can send light out that far.
What is Cheongpyeong? It is an original source that can cause such reflections. All the colorful rays from heaven and earth come here and are sent back out. They go out at an angle that is determined by the angle at which they come in, and nothing is ever cut off. If there is one place in the world that cannot be cut off, it is the Cheongpyeong that we speak of in the Unification Church.[8] …
The man standing here, Sun Myung Moon, was once known as Yong Myung Moon. The character “yong” means “dragon” [龍]. On the left side of this character, we have the character 立 [립—”to stand”] and below it is the character for the moon. The right is formed using the character 己 [기—”body”] with the character 上 [상—”upper”] on top of it. Below that, the three horizontal lines represent three sons. When you become a dragon, you can fly around on the clouds. You fly. Did you know there are different kinds of dragons? Black dragons, white dragons and yellow dragons…. When I was a child, I used to ride around on dragons. I rode black dragons, white dragons and yellow dragons. I rode many. I suffered a lot of persecution because I liked dragons. I would also fight invisible evildoers, dragons, in the air; I’d capture and kill them.
But what is my name today? After liberation from Japan, God told me, “Hey, stop doing what you are doing now and become a person who takes ownership over heaven and earth.” I had to do this in order to become an owner of the waters and the land. God said, “Your name is Sun Myung. Sun Myung.” Sun [鮮] is composed of the character for “fish” on the left and the character for “sheep” on the right. Sun Myung Moon! There is fish and lamb, so I should take dominion over the ocean and the land. Myung [明] has the character for the sun on the left and the moon on the right, so I should take dominion over the sun and moon. What is my surname? The character for the surname Moon [文] is in the shape of an offering table. …
The words “to inherit heavenly fortune” are written on today’s program. Are you going to inherit heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing together, or just heavenly fortune? [Father points to a copy of the program with his calligraphic message to commemorate the thousandth workshop] Here, did I write “heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing” on the left or on the right? [You wrote it on the left.] Why did I do that? You would think it would be good to write it on the right. This indicates that Satan still rules over heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing. Inheriting it means that God rules. If you cannot inherit heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing, you cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven. You cannot become an owner.
The one point I want to leave you with is very simple. If you live with heavily fortune and heavenly blessing and feed on these day and night to grow healthy, you will naturally become inheritors. You won’t become sick and will live a long time, so you will eventually become an inheritor.
This is the place that lets you inherit heavenly fortune and heavenly blessing.
Today, the king of kings and the ancestor of all ancestors—the fundamental ancestor—becomes one so that there is the God of night and the God of day. The God of day creates in the place of the God who created at night. But they are not different. God established him in His place. I am working in God’s place.
You all need to be educated at Cheongpyeong. Will you accept that education or not? [We will.] If you say you will, raise your hands and clap your hands to signify that promise. It will all be over in three years and six months. All that I’ve spoken of could be completed in a year. A person who really understands it could complete it in a week, not a year.
So stay well, don’t die; and become the heirs of the Heavenly Parents.
[1] The sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar in 2013 falls on February 15, thirty-three days after January 13.
[2] The Korean text says “Satan.”
[3] Yongsan Borough is the district of Seoul in which Cheon Bok Gung is located
[4] Father is explaining how he differentiates the words gyocha and gyochae (which have similar meanings of ‘interchange” or ‘exchange”) in relation to blessed marriages that are to heal historical pain or overcome cultural barriers.
[5] As used here, the radical is the semantic root of a character and provides a clue to its meaning.
[6] Hananim is Korean for God. Hana is Korean for one. Du-nim is an imaginary word Father is using to posit the idea of God based on the number two.
[7] Father did not speak at length about the second syllable of the word Cheongpyeong.
[8] In our church when we say Cheongpyeong we are usually speaking of the training center, though it is in fact the name of a nearby town.