We all understand Adam and Eve as the primary ancestors and as the symbol of mankind. Adam and Eve also symbolize the ideal of man. For individuals to be perfected, they must emulate the model of Adam and Eve. A true model must be established and emulated for an ideal world to be manifested.
The realization of the ideal world lies in mankind receiving the true Adam who has inherited Heavenly Father’s spirit as well as the body. Thus, our whole purpose in life is to become like the true Adam and Eve. But we don’t have the automatic right to be like them just by having them in our midst.
Knowing that, when you think about the circumstances that surrounded the Garden of Eden, it is interesting to note one point God is accused by some of not fulfilling uncertainty. When Adam and Eve were in the position to become the physical representation of God, they were in a position of uncertainty: they could either fall or not fall.
Once you understand the Will of God, however, that concept of uncertainty is the essential element through which mankind can become like God. Why is that? It is because man is object to God, in the position to reciprocate love with God. For God to have a reciprocal object, in all that He desires and all that He wills, the object must possess God’s qualities. Simply put, the object must be god-like. Within him must come the ideals of true love.
Due to the factor of uncertainty, all kinds of directions were possible. God is omnipotent. Under this circumstance of many possibilities, God chose the ideals of love. Man must also, through his own volition, make the choice that will unite with God’s choice of the ideals of love. That is a very important element in perfecting mankind.
Many people have criticized God: “If God is almighty, why is He so helpless?” It is not that God is helpless, but that uncertainty is a necessary element in realizing the creation of God.
Temptation is one of the possibilities; however, it is not the ideal possibility as it will not lead to the creation of the ideal world. The only way we can create the ideal world is to unite with the ideals of God. In the absence of God, the ideal world of eternal peace joy, happiness, and harmony will never manifest itself. We must have God present. That is the essential element. Man has failed to understand this.
Think about it. Adam was uncertain, thinking, “Why did God tell me not to take the fruit of good and evil?”
There was some other entity giving him this notion, different from God’s direction: “Hey, if you take this, you won’t die, but in turn, you will become godlike. So, forget His ideas. You follow me.” Satan “revealed” this other notion to mankind. However, based on his free will, man could have decided to choose God’s way. Through his reasoning, he could have given himself the answer to unite with God.
Uncertainty is necessary
Now that was the key. That is why God was, in a way, powerless. To create and ultimately substantiate the world of love, there has to be a substantial being who can represent God. He must have within himself the abilities which God possesses.
Within God came the ideals of love, so must the ideals of love be found inside of man’s heart! That is the most important thing to know. Uncertainty is a necessary part of creation. That is the key that is going to silence those voices that mock God for being powerless.
Understanding the whole creation concept will truly liberate us. Ultimately, we have to become Adam-like. Why must I unite with Father? Why must I unite with True Parents? Why do I have to go through this kind of suffering course? What is the reason behind it?
You must find the answer within yourself. Why do I, Hyo Jin, have to unite with my father? He never tells me why I must unite with him. I try to give myself all the reasons why I should persevere onward and overcome all the difficulties.
Why do I have to follow my father?
Because I love him. If that is not good enough, then, because I am a man, I must do something constructive with my life. I cannot just live and die. Even animals leave something behind them, skin or meat, that will benefit others. I’m much more than the animals I’m a man. I love Father. I came from him. He’s my origin. No matter how great I am, without my parents’ love being consummated, I would never be here.
The reason our church has not excelled has been because we depended so much on others to inspire us.
That is the wrong concept. Sooner or later, man must become responsible. It is understandable that when you are a child the parents should take care of you and provide certain basic things. In the same regard, I can understand your spiritual parents rearing you, and giving you the necessary things for you to grow and mature your spiritual body. But there comes a time when you have to take responsibility yourself.
You too must become Adam-like. Take the model of Adam and Eve and become it. Up to now, we didn’t want to take the responsibility onto ourselves. You like independence. That means you have to take responsibility into your hands, based on what is right.
The basis for unity
Although we have this great truth, we haven’t propagated it because we have failed to realize this key point: the importance of responsibility. The key is understanding what is true and uniting with Parents. You are a unique and individual being.
However, how so many diverse people can unite comes only through the concept of True Parents. There might be some trouble among the brothers and sisters in a family, but if there are solid and stable parents, the family will stay together. You must have the kind of body in which all the different components can be harmonized.
Everywhere you look, especially in the arts, theme is very important a certain body that will unite all the different elements harmoniously. In a way, the theme to represent humanity is True Parents. They are the body that encapsulates all the individual, distinctive elements, causing them to unite into one body.
If the ideal union of man and woman was lost and an unideal world created, centered on Satan, we must have a substantial yearning within to completely recreate ourselves from scratch.
Many times Father talks about climbing from the servant of servant’s position to the true son’s position. What does that mean? The servant of servant’s position is the position of a fallen man. Angels are the servants of mankind, but because of the fall, we became their servants. From that position onward, we must resurrect ourselves back to the true son’s position.
When you first join the church what must you do?
You must go through a 7-year course of recreating the creation. Through fundraising you must restore the physical creation as well as gain three spiritual children, to restore the position of the angels. In other words, you must recreate the original creation environment. After you pass the 7 years, you are given the privilege of being blessed.
However, even after you are blessed, to fulfill the recreation ideal, you should have up to 7 years of separation. Why? Based on the first 7 years, you are blessed, and given the right to be part of God’s realm. Within that realm, within 7 years you must recreate yourself. Then, after 7 years of recreating yourself, you can start recreating the family. The final 7 years are dedicated to restoring the family. At least 21 years are necessary for you to become a true tribal messiah.
That is why each Blessing symbolizes a step leading up to the global foundation necessary for Heavenly Father and True Parents to unite all the people of the world. The people who are involved in this restoration process must realize the importance of these conditions as being necessary to separate from Satan.
One must sacrifice one’s physical body in the course of restoration to receive God.
This is based on the fall of man. God is a suffering God. You also must be responsible for your historical failures. We are all connected. Because of the concepts of isolation and individuality, people don’t take historical responsibility.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
Please understand that to create the ideal world of one global family, you must be responsible for the whole being of humanity.
Go beyond the individual level
I stressed in the beginning that you must become Adam-like or, in other words, become Godlike. God is the representation of all of humanity. Starting from yourself, you must resurrect yourself and magnify yourself in a manner to ultimately encompass humanity, the universe, and even God. That is your task.
Your responsibility does not just end with you doing certain routine chores; your responsibility ultimately lies in caring for humanity. You have to do something for the sake of humanity, to realize the Will of God.
Think about it. Starting from yourself, and realizing who you are takes time and dedication. That individual matures, gets married, and has a family. Having a family and creating unity within that family also takes time. You have to go step by step, up and up. You must ultimately be in a position of responsibility that can make a difference on the world level.
How are you going to raise yourself to do that when you are always dwelling in the individual realm, just concerned for your well-being?
When can you reach a point of taking responsibility for humanity?
Only then are you a true representation of Adam. If your concern is still shallow, and wallowing in your hardships, you have a long way to go! You cannot blame others for your irresponsibility. Everyone ultimately must fulfill these conditions.
To become a true tribal messiah, at least 21 years of condition is necessary. The perfection of man lies within becoming Adam-like, Eve-like. You must become True Parents yourselves.
Some early blessed couples have failed. Many left the church. That is why we have reserves like you. It is not a joke. Certain kinds of principled, numerical conditions are necessary to restore the world. Blessed couples are a symbolic base for each stage. The 124 couples represent the 120 Abel nations of the world. The 430 couples represent the restoration of Father’s nation. After 430 years of captivity under the Egyptians, the Israelites were liberated by Moses. The number 777 is the number of liberation and represents 3 levels of perfection.
Having the primary Adam-like nation is important. Why? Adam, the ideal model of God, must live within the midst of humanity so that others can become like Adam, thus becoming like God. In the same way, there must be an Adam-like nation as a model for each of the nations of this world. That is necessary. That is why all these conditions were set.
Having a substantial foundation to offer to Heavenly Father is necessary because, without that, God cannot intervene. In that way, God is powerless until the offering is made.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
After the 2,000 couples were blessed, you felt that Father was becoming lenient. It is not that. Although Father is giving you an opportunity, certain conditions were set making these positions necessary in restoring the world. But without the foundation of substance, you cannot separate from Satan. Uncertainty itself is part of the whole equation. We have to be responsible for perfecting ourselves. We have to understand what God and Father expect us to become and become it.
What can we do to restore America?
I want to share with you what I believe. What is the most difficult problem we face in America? You know that we need to increase membership in America. What’s the biggest, most formidable barrier that blocks us from fulfilling this goal? Individualism! That is the Goliath that we are faced with. Everybody is enraptured and tantalized by this Goliath.
Control over oneself
However, I don’t see this individuality as a barrier impeding our progress. When we look at world affairs we note that the concept of democracy is now being propagated globally.
The basis of democracy is individualism, giving freedom and liberty to each individual.
That means each person has a certain authority and dominion over their destiny.
The reason it has been so difficult in the past is that people’s environments influenced them not to take courses other than what had been traditionally prescribed and allowed. Environment and tradition have been the greatest factors deterring mankind from separating themselves from the satanic way of living.
Until recently no other religion could enter the Middle East. For example, if you did missionary work in certain countries, you were thrown into prison; if you criticized the ruler, you were executed. Under those circumstances, how can anyone expect mankind to change? To restore humanity, individuals must change.
But when the environment is forbidding you to change, how can you ever hope to change?
That is why individualism and democracy are presently spreading out on the global level. It is a crucial event, meant to happen. It is a sign of the end of the world.
Every individual is now becoming the controller of his destiny. This is where we come in with the Word of God. The challenge now is how to feed God’s words to people who are so strongly individualized. That is why we must tap into what mankind naturally desires.
Physically and spiritually, man desires happiness. The only way to obtain eternal happiness is to unite with God. However, you can obtain temporary, physical happiness by relating to physical things. Because man desires happiness, having some kind of physical offering that will excite them and bring them happiness is the key to opening their hearts. That is why the cultural medium is so important.
Satan realizes this and, based on mankind’s desire for happiness, he is feeding them his odeals. We have been losing because we failed to recognize Satan’s strategy of utilizing these things.
Music, graphic arts, and literature all bring us joy because different elements harmonize with one another. Whether one perfects himself in the art of speaking, writing, music, or whatever, we must utilize these media in spreading the words of God. Based on words, man will manifest the ideals of God through his reasoning.
We must apply words to fit with the developmental phase of humanity. In the formation stage man is physically oriented. Joy is derived from reciprocating with physical things. In the growth period, it is more intellectual. It is like the original creation process.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
First, the physical world was manifested, and then individuals were erected on it. Ultimately individuals, perfected centering on understanding the ideals of God, were to unite with Heavenly Father.
Restore emotion to Cod’s side
So in the first stage, you are enriched by physical give and take. In the second stage,ge you are more stimulated by intellectual things.
Utilizing your intellect brings you greater joy and greater fulfillment than just doing physical things. In the final stage, before you pass into the spiritual world, you get more involved in internal aspects. Spiritual and internal things bring greater joy rather than just physical or intellectual things.
We must focus on the formation and the growth strategy to have dominion over the future. That is where Adam fell, in the growth stage. And how can you expect the right growth period without building the right formation stage? You must focus on the formation stage as well as the growth stage.
Beyond a certain age, from your 20s up to your 40s and 50s, you like to get involved intellectually; but man is also an emotional being. To influence mankind, things must have an emotional quality. Although communism was based on half-baked facts, it became popular because they were emotionally charged facts.
Communism excited and stirred up people. To truly influence someone, ideas must be emotionally packaged. Words or music must evoke one’s emotions to bring about change. If our objective is to influence the world toward God, then we must tap into man’s emotions. If we don’t have the tools to stir up man’s emotions, our endeavors will be futile.
American culture has deteriorated, especially the young generation. Why? The answer disturbs me a great deal: because pop culture thrives on the emotionality of man. The only way we can truly have control over this influence is to gain dominion over the emotional media. Because of the indemnity course, Father could not focus on these things; now, Father is giving us the freedom to do it. But the subject and object union must be realized every step of the way.
The unity of Abraham’s family through Jacob realized the foundation of substance; then it took 2,000 years to prepare a tribal foundation for John the Baptist. Based on that foundation of a pure tribe, Jesus came. After his unity with that central tribe, Jesus would have united all the tribes of the nation, and then gone on to unite the nations of the world. Uniting the world has to happen within the central figure’s lifetime. That is why so much preparation was necessary.
If John the Baptist had united with Jesus, he would have become the King of Kings. The Bible said Jesus came as the King of Kings but would be rejected by the world. John the Baptist failed to unite with Jesus, so he was rejected by the world and had to start from the servant of servant’s position-receiving and overcoming all of the suffering.
Essentially, he had to restore the position that had already been prepared for him.
Father also lost that John the Baptist position. His history is filled with John the Baptist figures. There were so many religious groups prepared to receive Father, but they ultimately failed because of their interpretations of the revelation.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
Selfness got involved and perforated the revelation. The key is in knowing that one has to negate oneself; for true love is sacrifice. To obtain love there must be a subject and object. The Word itself was the initial action of God in formulating the creation. If Adam had united with the Word, that oneness would have caused a reaction. Cause and reaction give momentum in bringing life to God’s ideal world.
Develop your subjectivity and objectivity
In becoming an individual being–you must understand the position of subjectivity as well as objectivity. Why? Because although God is almighty, He is also an object to love. That is why He suffers.
If you had the power to control all the situations in your life, would you want to suffer? No.
Having subjectivity and objectivity perfected within yourself is the key to becoming an ideal person. I stress these positions because all of these conditions were necessary iforFather to make a foundation. All these circumstances had to be restored, for he ultimately has to restore the world.
At every stage, the foundation of substance has to be present. Father had to start from the beginning because that spiritual foundation was lost. When it is lost, it must be done over, because God will inevitably perfect His ideal world. He has chosen the ideal of love, He is the almighty God, and He will perfect it. What makes it difficult is that man is also a key figure.
When man disunites with God the realization of the perfection of creation is delayed, for its completion depends on man’s yearning for perfection and his effort. God did His part and has only given man a little condition to prove himself worthy to become godlike.
He created everything, but you need one condition: to create yourself based on the ideals of God. Then, you can have everything. Many people reject the concept of restoring the world based on heavenly kingship; but this makes mankind unite into one body, allowing everything to be done more efficiently. In a democracy it is very difficult to unite; however, I believe in the ideal world there will be monarchism based on love and sacrifice.
The king will invest for the sake of the people. Because of his presence, everyone will be united and everything will be invested for the sake of the whole.
Historically, even Satan tried to create his united kingdoms. However, they were all based on selfishness and it is the selfishness that we must eliminate.
Recapping what I said, there are certain conditions you must lay down to complete your tribal messiah mission. Although you have not fully attained that position, you must have the understanding that “I will become the tribal messiah of my Oribe, starting from my own family. I will realize unity within myself, based on my spirit. I will unite with True Parents and I will unite my family centering on my Blessing. I will unite my relatives centering on the example of my family.” That is how we multiply and the idea we must focus on. Each person must understand their responsibility.
Just as True Parents are trying to unite the world, you must at least try to follow in their footsteps by practicing Father’s course in your own life. That is the beginning.
There will come a time, when all these foundations are ready, to spread the word.
The reason that Father is now giving you the freedom to go out is to spread the word however you want within the context of the Principle. He is giving us the freedom to choose certain tools, based on what we are good at doing and using our judgment. Why? Father said, “I have completed the condition of indemnity. I have walked the course of the cross. I have laid 40 years of pure indemnity conditions and have regained all the lost conditions. Now, I am giving you the right and the freedom, based on my indemnity, to do whatever you see fit in spreading the word.”
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
We were restricted in the past because we were still walking the course of indemnity and had to go that way of suffering. Now that the indemnity has been paid, we can go the right and natural course in propagating the message. We can control our environment because Father has already paid the indemnity.
How can we control the environment?
We have to work through all the cultural mediums.
The effectiveness of the news media is not all-encompassing, but limited to certain factions of society. We must also use the cultural media: arts and entertainment.
Overcome the satanic environment
Music is important because it carries words.
Why is it so effective with young people?
Because it is a harmonious physical phenomenon and gives us joy. Through music, we could give a message, to “sugarcoat the medicine.” Up to now, Satan has sugarcoated poison and fed it to young kids to create his ideal world. All the dictators in the past have understood the art of propaganda to affect mankind through emotionally charged issues.
We have to utilize these things wisely. Music, literature, media, documentaries, drama, and everything the arts have to be combined to create an ideal environment.
I believe this to be my responsibility: to secure all the foundations Father has erected, making them grow and prosper based on Father’s ideals. On May 15th, our group, Ancestors, will be playing in Carnegie Hall. It is our first debut in the public domain. We can’t go out without certain preparations; we have to be ready. Of course, our purpose is to perfect ourselves or anything that we are involved with, which we will do. But you have to start somewhere, and I feel now is the time to initiate the beginning of restoring this satanic environment.
If you are using a certain tool to get the message through, then you have to understand what strategy the enemy is using within that particular medium. That is why preparing how to produce a good sound and having competent players are essential. The band itself is a particular body and that unique body must also be perfected. You cannot go out based on just a concept and expect it to happen; you must have the body perfected to the degree that it can carry out certain functions.
Of course, I am thinking about all the things that might happen going out in public. We will take a lot of flak from the satanic world, but we will overcome it.
The reason why people rejected Father, and why they persecute us, is because they do not know what we are all about. Well, we are going to give the true information.
Give and take is very important. Having a physical entity that can unite with humanity is the beginning of change. Change comes when things are physically united. In the same way, we have to meet with outside people. That’s why Joe Longo looks the way he does-just to initiate the bonding process. Afterward, perhaps he will cut his hair off on national T.V. Do they like Joe’s music just because of the way he looks? No, it is what is inside that makes the person.
So there has to be physical interaction first for change to happen. Because of the indemnity that Father paid, we can go the natural way.
What are you going to do?
You have to help change something! Become a good speaker, a good writer, a good artist, a good scientist, a good organizer of business, or whatever is necessary.
Utilize your talent in your business. You must perfect your “body.” Try to be the best at everything! We all have special talents but even go beyond those because we have the task.
Restoring humanity.
You should excel in your field, be respected by all your peers, and then use that foundation as a means to deliver the word! Whatever you do, find a way to spread the word.
To unite people centering on True Parents, we must expand ourselves to take greater responsibility and greater hardship. It will bring you glory, but don’t do it for the sake of glory! You never have to ask what is due to you it will come to you. Look at the standard Father has set and try to emulate that. Capture Father’s essence. To understand Father, you have to sacrifice. Do you think I should have to erect everything again from the beginning? No.
However, I’m not complaining or blaming you for having to do what is necessary. It has to be done and I have chosen to do it, so why should I complain? If I’m going to do it anyway, why should I put myself into self-made misery? You are in control of your destiny.
True wisdom, true love
Father is the wisest person that I know of throughout all of history. He walked the course, no matter how difficult it was, with gratitude. That is wise. Father was given the mission to restore humanity and he took it with a wise heart and a wise mind. However, he transcended just “wiseness” by truly loving humanity and God.
That is my next target. I might be wise, but I must invest concern and love in everything that I do. For example, I am speaking to you because someone has to do it. Sooner or later I will come here to speak and love doing it. Quite honestly, I don’t love it now; it’s difficult when I have so many things I need to do!
But my ultimate goal is to love whatever I have to do. That is why I try to be as humble as I can. Just because I speak loudly or criticize you does not mean I’m not humble. I’m just concerned for Father and our work. As a leader, I must keep my humility for I’m not the only creation of God. If I’m to love Heavenly Father, I must love not just myself, but everything else. I have to realize the beauty in all the objects that I am connected with.
I try to see the value, the “Abel-ness”, in all the people I meet. That’s the only way I can become a good leader and truly possess all the creation. Is the whole creation ME? No. A part of creation can be seen in each of us. Everyone shares in God’s creation. That’s the concept through which I try to mature myself. I believe that it is right. I will try to do my best. Am I wrong? (No). If I am, set me straight. That is why we have to work together. This is a great opportunity!
Hyo Jin Nim
Father is giving us the important freedom to bond. Blond-haired, blue-eyed people, or brown-haired, green-eyed people, or whatever, can share the words of Father with the American public and the world. You can share your experiences and your wisdom. The time is coming, so we need to be prepared. Go and master the art of speaking or writing. Excel in it for the sake of God, not for yourself.
For the sake of Father, I want to become the best. I don’t care about glory. Authority is something I don’t enjoy as much as other things, but I’ll assume it for the sake of Father. The point is I want to do my best to bring joy to Father. I know I have my work cut out for me in the future, for there is so much to do.
I’m going to have the kind of mind necessary to deal with it and to accept the difficulties. I’m going to accept the concept of suffering by taking Father’s course as my model. I will try to use only Father’s course as a point of assessment of what is right or wrong in my life. I will cut through all the satanic temptations and barriers which will lie ahead of me. I know that’s inevitable because Father will struggle to the end.
However, I will be victorious. As long as God has people who are willing to walk like Father there is no place here on earth for Satan. I believe that. That is the essence of the Principle. I will be the foundation of substance to God. I will be the foundation of the substance of love. I will love my Father more than anybody. That’s the kind of spirit I will grow in. I will try my best. I expect you to do at least as much as I am. I won’t ask for anything more. Let’s all do it with love and dedication for True Parents. Thank you for coming. God bless you.
Hyo Jin Nim
