The content arranged here are 1. Internal guidance by True Parents or early members, 2. Cheonwon Church’s Sermons and 3. English translations of a series of lectures that Dr. Jin Sung-bae gave at the bi-weekly Peace Forums here in Korea. Dr. Jin has developed a theory of the heavenly unified Korea. The content explores Korean history and culture and thus provides background for the subject of Korean reunification — viewed through the eyes of a native Korean professor. As such, those seeking to understand a Korean academic approach to the issue of Korean reunification will find a rich source of information and insight here. Please click here to access more content on the Hyojeong Academy’s website.
- State Failure and Non-State Peace Projects
… True peace, the opinion piece argues, begins when governments are willing to reclaim that role ‒ so that big ideas no longer have to enter politics through the backdoor at all. - President’s Own Party Drawn into Lobbying Claims
… The newspaper report had the long headline “Yoon Yeong-ho: ‘Tens of millions of won in Unification Church funds were delivered to Democratic Party lawmakers.’” It contains allegations that the governing Democratic Party will not find easy to respond to. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 33
… what is Godism? It is an ideology that is based on spirit. If questioned regarding Unificationism, it makes these two, the Headwing and Godism into one, making a wholesome person. For this, a clear distinction should be made. Therefore, the Unificationist should be welcomed before God while living on earth, and also, wherever they go, in whatever position or situation they may be, they should be able to cope. - Holy Spirit Movement for Korean Reunification
… Many Christians who were moved by the Holy Spirit participated in the March 1 Independence Movement. Among the 35 national representatives who wrote Korea’s Declaration of Independence, 16 of them were Christians. About 200,000 Christians, equivalent to 1% of the Korean population, participated in the independence movement. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 32
… the question is how we can connect humanism and religions. Otherwise, secular humanism or nationalism, for example, America or France which promotes its own country to be the best, cannot be overcome. Through this, what conclusion do we arrive at? Communism should absorb the idealism that accepts spirit, and humanism should also pursue world-ism or an ism that is higher than that, transcending a nation, and religions should also transcend their own denominations and participate in harmonizing all humanity, by bringing them to one religion for all humankind, not for religions them, selves. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 31
… what does that mean to be saved through attendance? It is not alone eating but with parents. Isn’t it remarkable? Even when you go sightseeing, you do not go alone, but with parents. You must understand how great but fearful it is to live a life in the attendance of heaven and earth. On the day when you come to realize this vividly, there will be no one who will not surrender or give up. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 30
… 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. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 29
… As you know, you are facing the confused phenomena of the world. Some people call this time the age of No-Ideology and the destruction of value. When we see the present age groan, owing to the desperate situation, we can feel that this is the age of revolutionary change. This is the same for the people of Korea as well for people of America who are leading the democratic world. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 28
… Although today’s world is still under the influence of humanism, humanism cannot be the thought which would bring a hope to mankind. Today, communism, which betrayed humanism, has emerged and has influence all over the world. These phenomena are showing the gloomy prospects for human’s future. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 27
… Even if you look at subject and object from the viewpoint of mutual purpose, unless one can receive more plus points and greater purpose from a partner than one would receive by being alone, one doesn’t want to have give-and-take with that partner. Once again, if a good result doesn’t come, there won’t be any give-and-take. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 26
… Originally, there was value in people doing things centered on God; but because all that was denied, the world became a world of materialism. Therefore, it is easier to eliminate one person than it is to destroy one house. If there is a choice between the destruction of one house or the killing of 10 people, the latter will be chosen. There is even no problem with getting rid of many people. This kind of “ism” is now swaying the world. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 25
… the action of love is given for the sake of the other person. The direction of love is for the sake of the other. Only a direction for the sake of the other person can develop each person to become higher. Moreover, everything is formed by the purpose of living for the sake of each other. Therefore, action has dual characteristics, direction has dual characteristics, and purpose also has dual characteristics. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 24
… On the other hand, democracy is “mindism”. Democracy includes sympathy and concern for the future and discusses peace. But Communist ideology insists on the struggle of the dialectic. They say that the process of struggle is the cause of development. But if this were true, there could be no peace. The Communist ideology is false. Communism is Satan’s Pandora’s box in the Last Days. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 23
… Communism does its utmost to destroy democracy and Christian-based family values. They lure the young with drugs and stir them with anti-authority values to bring disharmony to family life. They also alienate men and women from each other. In this way, Christian authority is ruined. The Communist arrow is shattering our civilization. We must stop this. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 22
… What are the Communist strategies and tactics? None other than to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat through a surprise attack. That’s their main idea. For their flanking operation, they go on a peace offensive. Their diehard strategy is to get the bourgeois class intoxicated and to dance to their tune, and then at the opportune moment go for the decisive blow. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 21
… God must feel miserable to see the world-level decline of Christianity. Who will take responsibility for this? The Unification Church should take responsibility for this. What is the next difficult thing for God? It is Communism. Communism is the most difficult problem for God and the world. Because Communism has an ideology centering on materialism, they say that God doesn’t exist, that religion is the opiate of the people, and that they intend to destroy religion at its roots. I should be responsible for this problem. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 20
… Love does not originate from myself. Without an object, we can never find the love and ideals that are more precious than life. We haven’t realized this point until now. Only through a reciprocal partner can you receive precious love and realize your ideal. That’s why God had to set up the principle of living for others. We must remember this one thing. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 19
… Without unity, there is no happiness. Don’t mothers and fathers become one to be happy? Parents and children must become one to be happy. What happiness can we find in a family in disarray? What happiness is in a family that quarrels among themselves all the time? They don’t know what happiness is. There is no unity without love and no happiness without unity. How can we attain happiness? - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 18
… Everything starts from one, and unless we lay the foundation of unity from that one, the unification of the whole is not possible. The standard of unity in the midst of confusion lies in myself. The unity achieved by love between my mind and body can always connect with the unity of love in my family. The loving couple of a harmonious family can connect with any family in their clan. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 17
… Unity can be attained by love. The human being is composed of dual characteristics. One is upper, namely the mind; and the other is lower, namely the body. When they resonate together, love appears. When mind and body become one, God will be with you. This is a fundamental principle. Why would God be with you at that time? Love begins when the mind and body become one. For love, subject and object are necessary. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 16
… The way of unification, the principle of unification, begins with the individual and proceeds to the family, then on to the tribe, the nation, and finally the world. This pattern begins with the coming of the Lord. Today, to establish one world, the ideal world, God needs to have His blueprint on the levels of individual, family, tribe, nation, and world. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 15
… What is the Fall? It means to lose unity. Mind and body became divided, and natural law, heavenly law, and the whole Logos became divided, and all people divided. In order to bring these divisions into unity, God has for generation after generation conducted His providence of bringing about unification centered upon a certain tribe or nation. - Canada: Viewing The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea From Within
… The idea of a two-state solution was suggested, as was the idea of a confederation of the two states – each maintaining its political and ideological systems but sharing a greater degree of cooperation on many levels, including culturally and economically. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 14
… Because it is related to the history of God’s providence, Korea is the place where life and death should be decided. Because the history of restoration through indemnity is restored in the same way we lost it, we should know what is happening in Korea now. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 13
… Human minds and bodies were divided because of the Fall. Then we were divided between the West and the East, heaven, and earth, and then broken up into nations. So, we can conclude that if we make an internal culture, we can bind the external culture together. We can say that if we make a central religion then we can bind together all the external religions. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 12
… How did the western culture develop by going through the peninsula city of Rome to eventually bear fruit in England? Is that mysterious to you? An island nation is longing for the continent. We can regard the continent and the island as a man and a woman respectively. God’s providence of restoration is to establish the realm of an ideal bride. In other words, God has been looking for one woman. This is the reason that a Christian nation should be established in God’s providence. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 11
… How can we be victorious in the ordeals that our race must suffer to indemnify all the sins of history? You must pray, “This race was chosen as a clan on the side of goodness for the sake of a new world and to establish the Kingdom of Heaven with a new ideology. Please let us sacrifice to indemnify the sins of history.” Why has God let us suffer ordeals for hundreds of years? This is a terrible thing on the surface, but God has made this altar of sacrifice for us to give us a blessing. God has been training us. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 10
… The end of the year is coming soon. If you have a plan to do something in early January, can you confidently say at the end of December, “I finished my work according to plan, and have done so successfully!”? Many situations can arise in the course of a single year, so even if a man is strong it does not mean that by himself he will have the ability to overcome the difficulties of each situation, which may result from the changes in the nation or in the world. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 9
… You must be God’s warriors. Satan invaded God’s ideal many times. We must take revenge for God’s tears and mistreatment. We must say, “Satan! You are the enemy of God. God is my father. This earth is mine. You are my servant and enemy.” Today there are many religions, but they have not solved this problem. We cannot have peace unless we solve it. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 8
… We need the thought that can unify religions and rally the chosen people. Because the realization of God’s ideal of creation is universal, the chosen religion and people have to keep the thought which corresponds to the ideal of creation. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 7
… Historically, when we received such tremendous pain, it was not because we did something wrong, but because we are surrounded by powerful countries. In that perspective, Korean people are the true representative of suffering people who had many invasions. Even today, the fact that we are facing the confrontation of North and South, and Eastern and Western culture, is not, by any means, motivated by Korean people. Through historical change, we are suffering in the confrontation of Communism and democracy. This is, also, a suffering course, on the worldwide level. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 6
… Humankind and, of course, all created things that have their origins in God are longing for God’s winter season to end and God’s spring season to begin. But the problem is who will melt that winter season? Both God and humankind want that, but we have to ask what is required to melt that winter season. Only absolute love, unchanging love is capable of doing that. Only such unique love is capable. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 5
… On the way of restoration you have to worry about the nation when you leave home every morning, you have to worry about problems of the world beyond nations, you have to worry about the Will of God. We must go forward thinking how we can accomplish the providence as soon as possible. Then the unified world will come soon. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 4
…. The organization that the Communists hate most is the Unification Church. They seduce young people with their propaganda, encouraging them to dance, play, and make love. But no matter how loudly they speak Unification Church members ignore them. First of all, you have to experience God’s vertical love. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 3
… The Pilgrims had a different motive from other emigrants in leaving their homeland. They left in pursuit of a nation that could save the world and be a fatherland of faith. This was a great thing. This idea was in accordance with God’s hope, who wanted to save the world beyond the Roman Catholic Church. So God could not help but bless them. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 2
… The only way to restore the first son’s position, which had been claimed by Satan, was through the second son. Unity between Cain and Abel would have laid the foundation for unity between their parents Adam and Eve, and they all could have returned to God. - Peace & Unification
…. If a person commits a crime, they go to jail. Even in prison, you’re still provided food three times a day, clothed, and treated if you get sick. It’s free too. If you hear that you can eat, wear, sleep without paying, and go to the hospital for free, you might wonder, among the citizens of the world, who would not want to live in such luxury? But if that place were a prison, you would think differently. - The Way of Re-Unification – Part 1
… What was the result of the fall? The human mind and body were divided, husbands and wives were divided, parents and children were divided, so they all struggled against each other. Since this world, centered on man, fell under the dominion of Satan, human history has been interwoven with division and struggle. Unity with God would have enabled human beings to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but since they failed to unite with God, they were pulled away by Satan. - Dispensational Meaning of Father’s Visit to North Korea
… North Korea, an atheist and totalitarian country that opposed Father, now wants to preserve his home as a shrine! So we already have a Holy Ground in Jeongju, North Korea. Kim Il Sung, as a prodigal son who came back, fulfilled a most wonderful filial son’s role. - North-South Korean Unification Joint Service
… There must be an earnest national aspiration for the reunification of the two Koreas. However, the path to inter-Korean reunification does not open just because of people’s wishes and dreams. Based on such a burning desire, we have to prepare. You can’t just wait for our wish to come true without making any preparations. - Integrated Sunday Service for Inter-Korean Reunification
… People need freedom to live. While enjoying that freedom, finding and owning many good, precious, and precious things is life, but the most precious thing to find is the love of parents. A mother’s love is known as supreme and pure love. It is like a mountain that is so high and lofty that you can’t reach it and you can’t climb it. Standing before such a mother’s love, she becomes infinitely smaller and humbled. But at the same time, she thinks that she wants to leave such a mother’s pure love to her children. - Lecture at Peace Forum 19
… the fundamental frame of liberal democracy and socialism is internal nature and external form based on the Shimjeong that we talk about in principle. It’s just a confrontation, a struggle, a contradiction based on that. In order for the value of internal nature and external form to be basically unified, you have to focus on your Shimjeong. The unity of liberal democracy and socialism can only be realized based on Godism, which is fundamentally based on the values of the mind. This is the Heavenly Unified Korean national ideology. - Lecture at Peace Forum 18
… At the center of the Korean Peninsula Peace Summit and this presidential election, there was the only begotten daughter, Rev. Hak Ja Han. We can all see the history of God’s miracle when we become one with Rev. Han, regardless of the power of the Democratic Party and the People’s Power party. You can see it like this. God gave us Godism, an ideology that can overcome left and right ideologies. - Lecture at Peace Forum 17
… The owner of the spiritual world is God. Then how can you attain the eternal world and be like God? Plato taught that we reach the world of Idea through reason and awakening like in Buddhism. However, that is not the case from the standpoint of Heavenly Unified Korea theory and Godism. To finally enter the realm and nature of God, one can live forever only through family. It is conscience and order centered on the family. This is the order of life we live today; this is co-righteousness. Right? - Lecture at Peace Forum 16
… The flaming passion of Godism is peace essentialism, the Godism in the declaration of Dr. Moon and Dr. Han at the time of the Watergate scandal, the message to forgive and reconcile even though President Nixon did something wrong. This rage of Godism is not hatred of the enemy, but the ethics of parental responsibility and Hyojeong where I take the blame. Beyond humanism’s moral anger and hatred, sacrificing and loving for the enemy with hatred toward myself is the life of Dr. Moon and Han, who have lived a life of peace essentialism. We can define this as a fact of Shimjeong. - Lecture at Peace Forum 14
… When you apply your conscience to some universal moral law and to the world based on this, the theory of permanent peace is realized. And this is the foundation for the creation of the United Nations or the League of Nations and the world international organization, United Nations. This is based on the World Citizens’ Law based on the moral law of conscience and the republican system based on the order of conscience. So, the United Nations is based on global citizenship laws based on reason. All this is based on the global citizenship law, Kant’s theory of permanent peace. - Lecture at Peace Forum 13
… What we call co-righteousness and Hyo Jeong ideology tells us that “I” am not only existing for my own survival and development, but that there is someone higher. - Lecture at Peace Forum 12
… Rev. Sun Myung Moon became a True parent with the mission of the second Advent and the dignity of a father. We cannot live forever without being blessed through our True Parents. The last thing Dr. Han said to world leaders and presidents this time was that world peace cannot be achieved without making a family through True Parents. - Lecture at Peace Forum 11
… True Parents were the one to use the word Shimjeong for the first time. Before True Parents used the concept of heart (Shimjeong), the life of True Parents must have existed, right? Let’s define that life as an event of Shimjeong. Then who coined the word Hyojeong? It’s not from any philosophy, not in the dictionary. - Lecture at Peace Forum 9
… Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, mind and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself. He’s a true human liberating ideology that can Embrace and help overcome the limitations of the human use of liberal democracy and socialism originally.