The End of Communism

1. Today the world is divided into the two camps of communism and democracy, representing Cain and Abel on the global level. The fight between Cain and Abel has brought about endless struggles, causing enormous pain and suffering.

To clear this up, communism, and democracy should not stand as divided camps fighting each other. If they remain in that position, we cannot establish a kingdom of peace on earth, or see the reign of the Parents of peace.

The sovereignty of God, who is in the position of the Parent over a unified world, can emerge only when the communist and democratic worlds, in the position of Cain and Abel, become one. (056-353, 1972.05.18)

Why is communism a problem?

2. The democratic world and the communist world stand at opposite poles. While the democratic world seeks Heaven, the communist world goes the opposite way. While the communist nations follow materialism, the democracies follow ideals.

The democratic world gives precedence to the individual, but in the communist world, it is the Party that rules.

The democratic world values freedom, love, and peace, while the communist world rules by force using threats, guns, and swords. Today these two worlds have split and are heading in opposite directions. (107-210, 1980.05.01)

3. The democratic world seeks the world of the mind. At a minimum, it has compassion and hope for the future. Further, it seeks peace. However, the ideology of communism teaches struggle, based on dialectical materialism.

It asserts that the course of struggle provides the elements for development. In that ideology, there can be no peace. Indeed, it leads to the opposite.
(47-116, 1971.08.22)

4. The world today fights for the body and material things. Yet, despite advances in the fields of economics, science, and philosophy, these cannot bring peace to humankind. It is through the movement of Heaven that the world of the mind must emerge, equipped with a new teaching that re-evaluates the physical body and material things.

Unless such teaching appears in this historical era of the Last Days, this world will come to ruin. Now we have arrived at the final era, when God must secure the one center. How can we, who are living in this era, resolve, and clear up all the issues of our time?

This depends on where we stand about the two streams of thought that divide our world – the materialistic or the spiritual view of history. We will perish if we proceed based on materialism and the physical body.

That is why we have to clear things up together with God. We have to place the mind in the forefront. Who is the subject partner of our mind? It is God.
(011-023, 1960.12.11)

5. Democracy and communism, each in its own way, are trying to attain a world of peace. However, we are now entering the age when communism will be completely banished from the earth. From the providential and historical perspective, this is inevitable. What will happen to democracy when communism is gone?

The democracies think that when communism falls the age of democracy will come, and democratic leadership will come to rule the world. It believes that democracy is the hope for the world. But, when communism falls, democracy will also quickly plummet. (218-288, 1991.08.22)

6. Democracy and communism have thus far co-existed in a state of continual discord, struggling against each other. They could not co-exist in peace. Yet, there must be a fundamental solution to the struggle between the materialistic and the spiritual perspective.

How can we resolve this issue? We must first clarify where we stand, and based on that stance we must deal with all issues that arise. (37-121, 1970.12.23)

7. I have to stand on the foundation of having united Cain, the communist world, and Abel, the democratic world. I have to make the two become one. The democratic world and the communist world are the extensions of the mind and the body.

One is the world that centers on the mind, the other is the world that centers on the body. We cannot open the door to world peace unless we unite these two worlds. This is a law. This is how we can be connected as physical beings from the individual to the family, society, nation, and the world. (120-218, 1982.10.16)

8. The logic of communism states that an ideal world can be achieved only through a process of struggle. The directions of the Party are regarded as absolute, and all other ideas are rejected. That would be true if communism stood on the side of goodness, which brings freedom, happiness, and peace.

But if you look at the core of communism, it is ruthless beyond imagination. Communists will use any means or methods to reach their goal. If their parents, their country, or their comrades stand in their way, they cut them down. During its history of seventy years, communism has emerged as a global challenge.
(135-270, 1985.12.15)

9. What is the communist world aiming for? It is a world of peace through struggle. Such a world is different from the peaceful world that democracies pursue. Communists purge everyone who disobeys their ideology, labeling them as reactionary elements.

If they cut off and remove all these elements, they call it a world of peace. Today the Soviets claim they want peace, but that peace is based on Marxism-Leninism. It refers to a state where all the reactionaries who disobey those in power have been purged. (168-164, 1987.09.20)

10. What is communism? It does not recognize God as the subject partner, it does not recognize object partners and it has no direction or purpose. If you agree with even one of its points, everything falls apart. Communists see the relationship of subject and object partners as one of struggle.

They assert that everything becomes one through struggle. Where on earth can you see such a thing? They claim that men and women become one through struggle and that the mind and body become one through struggle. And when it comes to subject and object partners, they say that material existence comes first, not the mind.

They say that the mind is an offshoot of the body. In this, they turn everything upside down. By saying that their direction is a struggle, they take the direction toward conflict, not peace.

They also say that unification requires bloodshed. This violates the basic principles of the progression of history and the existence of the universe.
(108-068, 1980.06.22)

11. The law of dialectics says that everything becomes one through struggle. If the capitalist world were to be replaced by a communist system, what would happen to the goal of struggle? Would a world of peace automatically come about? If the communist world remains as it is, we can never think that an ideal world will emerge.

If the communist world reached a state of saturation, and it became clear that it could not possibly realize the ideal, the divisions within it would become more serious. Suppose that kind of world came about.

Communists do not believe in or teach about the spirit world, but even so, do you think the spirit world would just let them be? If God truly exists, what would He do?

If the world was to become communist, religion would disappear. Do you think that God, who has been relating to human beings through religion to this day, would stand idly by and do nothing about it?

The goal of communists is not only to defeat capitalism, it is also to defeat God. That is why for them, religion is an object of struggle. (097-241, 1978.03.19)

12. Communism holds a concept of peace that is different from ours. Communists use strategic language. When we in the democratic world refer to peace, although we may have different positions about how to attain that goal, we try to find common ground on which we can cooperate and unite. That is peace.

This is how we can become one. However, communists do not see it that way. They have to completely purge all the reactionary elements; no one who opposes them can stand before the authority of the dictatorship of the proletariat. To them, to reach this point is to achieve peace. (170-152, 1987.11.15)

13. Communists have already infiltrated the U.S. government, the army, and the churches. They are proclaiming an atheistic Christian movement in broad daylight.

These Christians have structured their system based on materialistic communist thought. We cannot expect anything good to come from it.

We cannot expect a solution from the government, the army, or the churches; neither from the scholars nor the university students. In conclusion, we must inevitably start a movement based on a religious teaching that can confront communism. We have to raise this issue globally to offer hope for the future.

That is the best thing we can do. The Communist Party does not want to pursue the ideal world based on a natural course. They want to pursue it through violence. They do not care what means or methods they use to attain their goal.

You need to understand that we must fight against their worldwide foundation. This is my role, and it is also the role of the Unification Church. We must turn their ideology on its head. We must turn around their everyday emotions and guide their actions toward a new direction. (107-222, 1980.05.19)

14. The Communist Party, like all evil, always attacks when it is stronger than others. There can be no peace with it. In light of this, I built a gun factory in Korea. This was to set a fire in the hearts of the youth in the Unification Church and have them pledge from the bottom of their hearts to fight the communists in the future, if necessary.

Force must sometimes be met with force. Of course, I do not mean that we would attack them. Satan's core nature is such that he constantly strives to invade when the other side is weak.

Talking about peace and the like is just one of their strategies. What should the Korean people do when they are beset by rapidly changing circumstances? The time has come when they must arm themselves with an ideology that gives them life-or-death resolve to protect themselves. (50-227, 1971.11.07)

15. How did communism originate from materialism? It began with the internal struggle rooted in the body, which has only material existence, and expanded that to the world level. It applies materialism to the world.

Meanwhile, idealism which represents the mind in the mind-body struggle has emerged on the world level in the form of democracy. Today these two camps confront each other.

Just as the body strikes the mind and dominates it, in the Last Days, materialism pervades the mind-centered philosophies to a dangerous degree. Although we ought to bring about a world of peace in the twenty-first century, first we should consider how to bring about peace and unity deep within our minds.

The conflict between mind and body is the cause of all problems. Because it is the origin of the problems, unless we resolve them at, nothing will succeed.
(143-045, 1986.03.15)

16. Throughout the world, the communists are fighting in three ways. They are fighting through ideology, intelligence, and propaganda. The United States is a huge and powerful country, but it does not have clear policies or measures to fight and overcome the communists.

Some U.S. politicians are reluctant to fight the communists; they are making concessions to them and retreating again and again. As a result, communists are manipulating the nations in South America that neighbor the United States, to the point that they threaten the peace and freedom of their neighbor to the north.

What will you do if the communists take control of your country? Do you think they will guarantee the freedom and peace you enjoy today? Surely such a thing can happen, even in the United States.

The signs are already appearing in all parts of the world. South American countries have begun to recognize that only Rev. Moon and his teachings offer hope for their future. Henceforth, Unification Church members in the United States must make the American people understand this situation. (130-286, 1984.02.07)

The fall of communism

17. I knew through Heaven's law that communism could not last longer than seventy-three years. I waited and waited for this. Kim II Sung had plotted with the government of the Soviet Union to kill me in December 1987.

The FBI in America informed me of this plot, which was revealed when twenty-five Japanese Red Army agents were arrested and interrogated in New York.

However, now that Soviet leaders have studied the teaching propounded by the Unification Church, they recognize it as a wonderful truth that can give hope to the Soviet Union. (201-153, 1990.03.30)

18. I gave a direction that the end of the Soviet Union should be declared before August 15, 1985, at the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The declaration was made in front of 350 scholars and Soviet experts that were gathered there from all over the world. If I had not made that condition, the Soviet Union would not have declined. (135-321, 1985.12.15)

19. To bring about the end of the Soviet Union, I chose the theme “The Fall of the Soviet Empire” for the PWPA conference. This was when the Soviet Union was at its peak. It was 1985, and the Soviet Union had a plan to infiltrate the United States. But it could not do so because of me.

When Dr. Kaplan visited me in Danbury Prison, he suggested that we should not bluntly declare “the fall of communism” but rather use the word “perhaps.” But I said to him, “What if the Soviet Union collapses within five years? Will you take responsibility for the consequences of not declaring it? Just wait and see!” Finally, he followed my direction and made this declaration. Afterward, indeed, it collapsed within five years! (262-154, 1994.07.23)

20. No progress ever comes through struggles or fighting. When there is fighting, both sides suffer. Communism, which teaches that things develop through struggle, did not last more than seventy-three years. I had already predicted this as early as the 1950s.

I said, “If communism lasts longer than seventy-three years, you can burn my fingers!” But it indeed collapsed after exactly seventy-three years. Anyone who instigates a struggle surely brings destruction upon himself. He causes his situation to worsen. The concept that struggle brings progress is illogical. Struggle cannot take us beyond our current level. (262-072, 1994.07.23)

21. I fought for forty years based on Unification Thought and the theory of Victory over Communism. I knew that the Communist Party was destined to collapse. When the people discard communism, what will they replace it with?

They will cling to whatever the Communist Party most vigorously opposed. That is the only thing they can do. Whatever the communists opposed will become the start of the period of transition. That is why, without any hesitation, I have relentlessly fought against communism, even as the communist world and even the free world so desperately opposed me.

When I went to Moscow recently, I declared that communism would collapse and I introduced God. I said that for the Soviet Union to find God in the future, they would have to rely on my teachings.

My words are fundamentally different from the views expressed in the Orthodox Church and other established churches. They are words that bring God into the center of our lives. From that perspective, I made a historical declaration.
(201-242, 1990.04.28)

Vision of an Age Beyond Ideology

22. If an ideology or teaching appeared on the earth that could earn the gratitude of countless generations, from the first ancestors to the myriads of future descendants, it would be able to guide the world.

If it touched the hearts of many saints and sages of the past, such that they were grateful for it, those in the spirit world would also cooperate. Surely, all people would appreciate such a teaching and be touched by it.

That teaching would not belong only to the present era. It would be able to connect the past, present, and future. What content would be so inspiring? The Unification Church asserts that such a teaching could only be based on a deep heart.
(159-050, 1968.01.28)

23. If we take a comprehensive view of history, we see that the Hebraism that led to the Roman papacy failed, the humanism that led to democracy failed, and the Hellenism that led to communism failed as well. So I considered, what if there were an international, worldwide ideal based on a view that integrated Hebraism, humanism, and Hellenism?

The age we are entering requires a philosophy that can integrate all these ideas, and at the same time lead to the merging of all religions. We need such a philosophy, but it should be based on a religious perspective. This is because we need something that goes beyond ourselves.

A human viewpoint alone is not enough. The historical and political trends of the world are going in this direction, and the Unification Church is striving to integrate all of them. Thus, I am introducing head-wing thought. (162-100, 1987.03.30)

24. In the future, a new world will appear, which is neither communist nor democratic. We need a world that is based on the heart, with God at the center. We need a world that transcends the death of the body, a world of hope that our hearts long for, to appear on this earth.

The age when it appears, the very kingdom of peace that we have been eager to see, will be the age that Unification Church members call the kingdom of heaven on earth. (20-182, 1968.06.09)

25. The democratic world and the communist world have been fighting until now. Each views the other as the enemy, and each tries to defeat the other. Peace can never emerge in such a contentious world. So we need a new movement that centers on the unity of mind and body.

We need a new movement that teaches us how to subjugate the body completely to the mind and make a victorious foundation on this earth. It should be able to win over the democratic world and even win over the communist world.
(20-171, 1968.06.09)

26. Why did the left-wing and the right wing appear? What is the origin of these two positions today? Politicians did not give them these names just because they wanted to. They represent a historical course of indemnity that must reappear; otherwise, the liberation of Jesus will not be possible.

Only when those who represent the thief on the left and the thief on the right, together with those who represent Barabbas, all kneel in front of Jesus and together sing his praises, saying, “You alone are the glorious victor, the final victor,” will the gates open to the peaceful kingdom, the kingdom of heaven.
(50-225, 1971.11.07)

27. Looking at the way history has developed, we cannot help but lead a movement to unify religions and overcome communism. We have to leave behind evidence that we participated in a movement to unite the religions and to unify the communist world and the free world.

When you can stand as a Unificationist and say, “Here I am!” while holding the Divine Principle book in your right hand and the Victory over Communism book in your left hand, you will become God's son or daughter.

This is where the new ideal of the kingdom of heaven on earth begins. I am marching forward for that kingdom. If God asks me, “What have you achieved?” I will respond, “I have completed everything. This is the world of peace that we all wanted.” (123-304, 1983.01.06)

28. When considering the conflict between East and West, do not think that democracy has won. Democracy, as a mere political system, is nothing special. Because it has no solid ideological foundation, it is encountering a vacuum of ideas.

Therefore, we must educate the world about Godism, which is a head-wing thought. We need an organization that can systemize these two teachings, and an institution to lead the world. The Unification Church alone is not enough. If the church takes the lead, the teachings will become known as the doctrine of the Unification Church.

And if we center on the Victory over Communism organization, we will become a one-sided ideological group to oppose communism. That is why, to create a larger framework, I inaugurated the Federation for World Peace. The League of Nations was founded after the First World War, and the United Nations was founded after the Second World War. To create a new world, we need a new worldwide organization.

The Federation for World Peace should be able to relate to people from the political world and the intelligentsia. It has to offer a new teaching that can guide humankind to solve their problems. (203-118, 1990.06.23)

29. How is Unificationism different from democracy and communism? The United States, as the representative of democracy, promotes a one-dimensional humanistic idea, based only on horizontal relationships.

Communism also has come thus far in promoting one-dimensional world peace, which is only horizontal. The United States is considered to be part of the Christian cultural sphere, but it is not aligned with God as the absolute subject partner. Americans put God in the backroom, and some even claim that God is dead, while they place people at the forefront.

However, the Unification Church is multidimensional, both vertical and horizontal. Our purpose is not only to bring about a world of peace; that is only the starting point for the ideal of peace in the universe and even the cosmos. This is a very promising endeavor, but at the same time, it is daunting.

Through this, we can mobilize God. From the perspective of the Unification Church, world peace is just the starting point. But today's democracy and communism are one-dimensional ideologies that view world peace as their only goal. (129-233, 1983.11.06)

30. Communism and democracy talk about world peace and freedom in the realm of external form, but they do not know about world peace in the realm of internal nature. Although the realm of external form is forever changing shape, the world of internal nature does not change.

There can always be change and development in external form, but there can be no change in basic essence. Internal nature does not change. The Unification Church regards the desire for world peace and unification as the beginning point on the journey to a world of internal nature.

Therefore, we see that what the free world regards as the final destination is the starting point for entering the world of internal nature. (129-237, 1983.11.06)

31. Looking at the communist and democratic worlds today, the age of conflict between the two has passed, and we have entered the age of their integration. However, although the age has arrived when we can advocate peace, the way to realize that peace is unclear.

This world is in the midst of chaos and confusion, yet there is no vision as to how to overcome it. Communists attempted to bring about an ideal world, but all their dreams have collapsed.

It is the same with the democratic world. At present, the United States is leading the democratic world, but it is far from able to reach the destination of world peace.

On the contrary, in the current situation, Americans are losing hope. The country's future is bleak because it has reached the stage where its youths are corrupt; they are doing things that could bring humanity to an end. (229-262, 1992.04.13)