As our True Mother, the mother of peace and the only begotten daughter, wishes to see the reunification of the Korean peninsula, asking the FFWPU Korea to concentrate substantially on this providential will of Heavenly Parent, we bring you a series of True Parents’ words (in 28 parts), especially for those who are seeking internal guidance from True Parents. Reading these words will help us to understand better the worldwide conflicts of today. If you wish to order the book “Way of Unification”, please click here.
Part 30 (Earlier installments are available for reading.)
Chapter 5 – Communism And the Two Wings
Section 6. Headwing Ideology for Unification (Part 1)
1. Existence Of God
One of the agonies that people throughout the world in the latter part of the 20th century are faced with is whether God truly exists. Most people insist that God does not exist. For this reason, half of these people are praising mammonism centered on humanism, and the other half are praising communism centered on materialism. We need to have a clear understanding about God. Please do not forget what I am saying right now. Certainly, God is alive. (4/26/1981)
Had humans not fallen, it would not have been necessary to ask the question whether or not God is alive because one would know the answer through his or her original mind. In other words, had the human ancestors not fallen, but instead, had established a true family as the parents of goodness in this universe, multiplying that family in this world, such a discussion would not have been necessary. Because they would have been connected to God through their blood lineage, they would have known God’s existence immediately even through their bodies. Like a tree, no explanation would have been required. Had God created humans in a way that they could understand Him only through explanations, one could say that something is wrong with His creation of humans. Originally, humans did not need an explanation. But the humans who should have started their history, transcending explanations, due to the fall, started history alienated from God on the level of an individual, a family, a tribe, a nation, and the world. They ended up living in a world where they discuss whether God exists.
Without the fall, had humans been born from good parents with their original nature fully developed, it would not have been necessary to question whether God truly exists. From their birth, they would have known it naturally. Isn’t a baby in the womb born knowing how to suck its mother’s breast? As soon as a baby is born, if breasts are shown in front of its eyes, it knows how to suck automatically. Likewise, had humans not fallen, they could have known their relationship with God, and they could have known how to resolve any problems, and could have understood the right path to follow. However, due to the fall, they forgot all about this. As a result, they came to the point where they created a world in which they doubt the existence of God. This is indeed a miserable situation. (120-306)
The most serious problem that took place on earth was the appearance of communism. Why is this such a serious event? It is so because it states that God is dead, although God is truly alive. What is the most serious sin or crime? It is to lie, saying that someone does not exist when he or she clearly does. When a certain person is alive, if someone tells a lie that he or she is dead, that person will become his or her greatest enemy. If your parents are alive, if you say that they are not, there is no greater sin. (22-126)
At an early age, I experienced the essence of all religions. The first issue of all religions is whether or not the absolute God truly exists, and this is the most important question for humans. Does God exist? His existence as a being with absolute value determines the value of humans, who are finite and are in a relative position. Therefore, we must resolve this matter clearly. However, none of the saints and sages, philosophers, and religious people, who came to the earth and passed away, resolved this matter clearly before humanity. Today, humans cannot find an ultimate solution to the challenge of communism, which states that God does not exist. Actually, even that problem is due to the failure of democracy, which cannot clearly answer the questions related to God. Furthermore, all the phenomena taking place at the end of this century are also due to the failure of religions today, which cannot resolve the same questions related to God. (4/25/1981)
Many people are living in this world. In today’s world, problems do not remain a stranger’s but are our own. Such is the world where we are now living. Whether we are living in the world of democracy or of communism, people are anxious to realize the world of God and they seek for the world of peace. Yet, to establish such a world, we come to realize that humans cannot do it alone. We know that we came to a point where we cannot, in the true sense, build a unified world of peace, with power, wisdom, culture, or anything else done by humans alone. From this perspective, what is the central issue for resolving all problems of the world? To answer this question clearly, the issue of the existence of God is more important than anything else. If all humans come to clearly understand that God truly exists, they will clearly come to understand where His will is heading, and then this world will become one unified world of peace, an ideal world.
Once people come to know God’s existence, both the democratic world and the communist world will be able to find solutions for all the problems that they face. Once they know God’s existence and His will, all humanity will have no choice but to follow God and His will. Until the present time, numerous religions have existed, but no religion could clearly present evidence of God’s existence, the most fundamental question of all mankind. Nor could philosophy do it, although that is what they have been trying to pursue. Therefore, rather than pursuing God in a vague and ambiguous position, Rev. Moon believes that we should deal with the questions of God from practical viewpoints. (151-131)
What will the Unification Church do in front of all humanity who are groaning at the limit line of this despair? One of the things that the Unification Church should do for them is to answer the question of God’s existence. (33-226)
1) Proving God’s Existence
The most important task for our VOC activities is to prove the reality of God’s existence. Although as VOC members our hard work is important and appreciated, we should show the real existence of God to communists who deny it. However, unless we strongly feel His existence ourselves, we shall not be able to have the conviction that we can defeat communism. Let me give you an interesting example to explain to you the existence of God. Before I do, first, I would like to ask you a question: what part of your body do you love the most? I am asking you this question, dealing with visible things since the mind is invisible. Then what is it? Is this not an interesting question? Someone might say it is his ears, saying that they are “ears of fortune” in the belief that they will bring fortune to him or her. Someone else, for the same reason, however, might say that it is his or her nose. Also, another person might say it is his or her eyes, saying that they are like that of a Chinese phoenix, etc. There will be all kinds of people who will come up with all kinds of reasons as to their preferences.
However, the most important part of our body is our face. That is why people normally do not talk about someone’s body whether it is handsome or ugly, but do talk about his or her face in terms of its beauty or ugliness. The reason is because it is the most important part of the human body. However, what is most important in a human face is the eyes. This is because, although all other parts are fixed and cannot move, eyes can move in all directions, while engaging themselves in various activities. Further, the first part that comes into being even with animals is the eye. If you pay a close attention to a tadpole that is being born, you will notice that the first part that is being made is eyes.
What does this mean? This means that, in this universe, there is a central being who has been existing, like these eyes, even before any other beings came to exist. That is why our eyes symbolize God. On the other hand, our noses symbolize humans. It is the last to develop of all of the body parts of human beings. When a baby’s nose is kind of flat, but as he or she grows, it grows big and protrudes around the age of his or her teens. The reason is that at the time of God’s creation, humans, which are symbolized by the nose were created last. The nose was created last. When a human inhales, air goes in through two nostrils, but later, it goes through only one nostril, meeting at one point.
Here, two nostrils symbolize a man and a woman, respectively, and like a nose, they eventually become one. Then, what does a mouth symbolize? It symbolizes all things. That is why humans have 32 teeth, which symbolize the entire world, which consists of four directions and eight directions (4 x 8). That is, it symbolizes all things in the universe. Then what about ears? They can communicate with four directions of north, south, east and west. From this viewpoint, we can understand that the closest and the most familiar organ of the human body is our face. That is why we look into our face after washing it in the morning, at which time, people normally only think of the external look of their face.
However, let us, for a moment set aside the external look, and think about the root of eyes in particular. The eyes did not know the existence of sun before they were born. If any ancestors of humans or other creations with eyes are asked a question whether they knew the existence of the sun before their births, they will be unable to answer this question. Thus, eyes themselves were born into this world without knowing that sun exists. Also, when you look at eyelashes, why were they made? I personally think that they were made to prevent dust from getting into the eyes, already knowing that there is dust in the air. Then, when eyelashes first came into being, did they know that air and dust exist in the world? We cannot say so.
Nevertheless, how did they come into being? Furthermore, we have tear ducts in our eyes. Do you think that the eyes knew in advance that the water in the eyes would evaporate due to the sunlight? They did not know. Nevertheless, as if a water pipe was installed for a water faucet, our eyes have tear ducts. If we didn’t, within 30 minutes our eyes would have turned red. Even if we think of only one part of the body, the eyes, in our face that we look at daily, we find them a palace of mystery. But come to think of it, the fact that eyes were made in preparation for the sun, without even knowing that the sun exists in the universe, and the fact that eyelashes came into being even without knowing that air exists, and dust exists in the air is truly amazing. Further, when eyes blink in order to prevent the dryness of the eyes, the fact that a tear duct is attached, is truly remarkable as well.
Today, communists assert that the universe exists naturally. However, when you took at the universe, existing so scientifically, no matter how minute some part of it may be, we cannot say that it just exists automatically. Let us yield to them 100 percent. Yet their assertion “natural or automatic” is not a blind “natural or automatic.” Then we cannot help but to come to a conclusion that the “natural or automatic” is a result of a nature with an inherent sense of direction and purpose. From this perspective, it is for sure that someone must have known that the sun existed even before eyes came into being. Likewise, even before eyes came into being, someone must have known that there is air, and in the air, dust exists. We cannot say that they came into being automatically when no one knew about it. Then who could know it? Ladies and gentlemen, who claims the superiority of humankind? Could it be the eyes themselves? Our eyes, nose, and ears, respectively, are considered to be a palace of mystery. But, as evolutionists say, do you believe that they came into being automatically based on such an unscientific theory? They say that living things came to be as they are according to the laws of mutation.
But that is nothing but a theory that is used as a means to defend evolutionism with its many contradictions. It is a serious matter for us to understand this question. Before I and my eyes knew, the fact is that someone first knew that the sun and dust exist in this world and prepared us with eyes and eyelashes, with incredible knowledge. Then, who can that being be? When seen from this perspective, it is only logical that we can conclude that a central being, a subject, who can have dominion over humans, exists in the universe. It is all right to say that the subject is a concept, a thought, or a cognition as put in today’s academic language. However, because such subjects created humans with knowledge with incredible depth that goes beyond the material dimension, humans came to have systematic forms and relations. This, we cannot deny.
To exist, nothing comes into being without a purpose. It just does not happen. Then, why does direction exist? Direction exists where there is a purpose. Otherwise, we can conclude that it does not exist. Ladies and gentlemen, you came to Belvedere early this morning. Why? Did you say to yourself, “Just go in that direction, without a reason or a purpose?” Because you intended to listen to the words of Rev. Moon, you came to visit Belvedere. Then we can conclude that a direction comes only with a purpose. Well, let me ask you the question of whether or not an amoeba has the ability to invest power or energy beyond its own ability, and to present a direction and a purpose? What do you think? [No.] It is impossible. It is illogical. It is just nonsense. Nevertheless, communists try to justify their theory of dialectics. But it just does not work. The theory of dialectics cannot be logical because it teaches that a direction can be presented even without a purpose. Without a purpose, everything is destroyed.
Still, such a question is asked, and people do not know. So, since it cannot be done within itself, we can say that something was added or invested in it. That is what happened. When viewed from this perspective, it is only sensible to think that there is a motivating being in existence. Such a theory is scientific. Then what do you mean by “scientific?” When something hypothetical fits with reality, it is called “scientific.” If someone says that energy comes into being automatically, it is not scientific. In order for energy to be generated, either heat or an injection should be given. Then, it works. A magnet is turned to the south, it is directed to the north. What has that directional nature? Why? Can material itself, nature itself possess such an active inclination or characteristic? No. It cannot.
Being scientific means that it fits a theory. And the theory should be in line with its hypothesis, proof, and reality. They should be based on the same principle. From this view, God is the causal being of the universe. He is the causal being of all these functions. He is the causal being who adds such energy. He is the causal being who gives direction and purpose. Therefore, it is inevitable to conclude that such a causal being exists. Further, we call him the being of character. Why? Because He presents a purpose with a direction always centered on motivation, and because He keeps this position without wavering. That is why one can say that we travel to the world of purpose via a direction through a cause. When viewed from such a perspective, the causal being of the whole is called God.
Why do we lead a life of faith? It is to invest in a higher form of energy that transcends us as individuals. Then where is that direction headed? Towards the world of a higher realm, not the fallen world in which we are now living. Isn’t that right? That is why a theory that God does not exist is groundless. The cause and the effect always match. Right? [Yes.] The more complicated the process is, the more complicated the cause and the purpose are. That is why it is more valuable. The broader the width the more valuable the process is. (89-74)
Even when seen from the perspective of how the conscience works, we cannot say that God does not exist. God exists. Those who deny the existence of God must also deny the function of conscience. By the same token, as long as we absolutely admit it, God absolutely exists. For this reason, we cannot deny the existence of God. (56-166)
Our belief in the existence of God is not merely a theory. When viewing it from the principled relationship of subject and object, our position is not only that it is inevitable that God must exist, but that even before I came into being, and even before I was able to think, did not God exist first? Did God not have dominion over everything about me including my senses? Coming to realize this point is more important than anything else. Is it not a principle that we come to understand after recognizing it first? It is not the other way around. We do not know this cold climate first before feeling it, but we feel the cold weather first, and next we understand the feeling of being cold. Likewise, if God exists, we should feel his existence first, with our own cells. The level of feeling Him is the question. In other words, the question is how we can confirm our actual experiences. (58-29)
2) God Should Be Invisible.
The question of whether God exists is a complicated one. If God exists, would you be happy or not if He is visible to everyone’s eyes, and can be met by anyone whenever he or she desires to? [We would be unhappy.]
God is absolute, unique, and remains at the very top. Therefore, people would like to possess Him alone. Nevertheless, if He is visible, what will happen? From this view, if God is in the midst of us, do you think that there will be anyone who would dislike God or not? [No one.] Of course, everyone would like Him. But since He is the only being, will there be competitions or not? [There will be.] Then, the one who has the strongest fist will possess God alone. [Laughter.] Then, the head gangster or a wrestling champion will make God his own. Have you ever thought of it? And when you look at the world, would the U.S.A. like God or not? [They would.] Then, would a communist country, such as Russia, like God or not? [They would.] Then each nation would fight to possess God on their side, wouldn’t they? [They would.] They would fight even with an atomic bomb.
Then who will stop the fight? Who can? If a handsome-looking God is in front of our eyes, everyone will continue fighting to keep Him on his or her side. Such a war will not be compared with the wars taking place in today’s world but will be much fiercer. Would God have thought about it or not? (39-154)
Is it good for God to be visible or invisible? It is good not to be visible. If God had been visible, how could He be free to act as God? Have you ever thought of it? For many thousands of years, how many times did nations fight to gain more territory for themselves on such a small planet, as earth? Further, these days, they are fighting to keep more people on their side. If a political party such as Republicans or others find someone useful, it fights to take such a person to their party. Right? If God, the master of the whole universe, is visible, would people not fight to keep Him on their side? There is no way of stopping such fights. It is good for God not to be visible to people.
If God had been visible, would there not be fights between the U.S.A. and Russia? There would. Then, who could stop them from fighting against each other. God is omnipotent, and knowing that such things will take place, He remains invisible. Is it good? [Yes.] For God to desire to be visible would be absurd. It is good for Him to remain invisible. If God dwells in your mind, would you know it or not? You surely do. If God dwells in your mind, you will be able to see through a wall. So will you see the inside of the Pacific Ocean. Such an ability can be given to a human being. (41-387)
Who will deny the existence of God? They will be stricken by lightning. It is impossible to deny God’s existence. If they do, they are Communists. (71-77)
2. Unification Thought
Today, in the world where we live, we are faced with problems from the democratic world and the communist world. We are witnessing right in front of our eyes a worldwide political climate that is confrontational, conflicting, and opposite each other. Then, what will be the ideology that will become the center of the world? This is the question. (66-19)
What is an ideology? It is not material. It is not visible but is a thought. An “ism” is brought about based on an ideology. Therefore, the term, ideology cannot apply to materialism. For this reason, an ideology that can replace it should appear.
In other words, an ideology that is based on complete truth should appear and should connect human ethics and religions, bringing unity between them. That truth should transcend time and space. And that truth should be in accord with what has been sought by all prophets, saints, sages, and patriots, and should also be in accord with what has been sought by all philosophers, politicians, and economists. Otherwise, we cannot build one unified world. Until now, such a system was externally established, but internally, the truth that can substantiate it did not appear. In other words, no revolution took place centered around the ideology that can bring forth the unification of the world.
When Jesus was crucified, the thief on his right side wanted to serve Heaven, but the thief on his left took a position of disbelieving Heaven. Likewise, today, the world is divided into two: There is a right-wing world that takes the position of the thief on the right side and a leftwing world that takes the position of the thief on the left side. That is why the left-wing world became a world that claims that it does not know God. Then, what should be witnessed to in such a world? It is true love. As people witnessed love in the name of Jesus, a religious country that seeks for Heaven should come and witness to true love. (4:247)
To Be Continued …