Address at the Holy Ground Dedication Ceremony, Tokyo, Japan
After walking the path of tears, today, we are able to celebrate the dedication ceremony of the holy ground where all of you are participating; then, this is the result of my going through the road trod with tears. This came about because I went through the way of shedding blood and tears. This is the place where no matter how much you cry you cannot stop your tears, and is the place where no one can comfort and stop my wailing and sobbing.
How can you attend such a place?
To do that, you must understand what I hold in the depth of my heart, where I keep my secrets that no one knows.
If you understand the secrets in my heart, instead of offering anything external, you offer something of limitless value, billions and billions of times over, for God.
This means that you will resolve deeply in your hearts to take responsibility to bring about the complete liberation of God's deepest anguish and bitter pain. Once this resolve permeates the center of all of your hearts, Heaven will come down and talk about His 6,000 years of suffering and pain with you.
To US and International Leaders, September 20, 1976, Belvedere, Tarrytown NY
Even though I have suffered, I am determined to suffer still more. Even though I will be misunderstood and accused even more, I will endure this treatment without protesting or responding until I go to the spirit world. I continuously nurture this tradition, and eventually, our way of life and our truth will prevail. I know it.
The work will never stop, whether I am here on earth or up in heaven.
Thus it is immaterial whether or not I can unify the world within my lifetime. This work will go on. Whether I am here on earth or in the spirit world, I will be the center of this work. My ideology, my strategy, my philosophy, my tradition, and my heart will inevitably unify the world. Even after my death, as a spirit man, I will appear to you any time until we have achieved the complete kingdom of God here on earth with the same tradition. This is the strategy under which I am operating.
I do not expect this to happen in ten years or even in my lifetime but in eternity. It is not a problem whether I am here on earth or up in heaven.
I know the spirit world so well. I know its system and organization inside out. At present that world is invisible to you. Soon the new heaven and earth will open up in front of you. I know that timetable so clearly. It is coming, and it will bring a new world and a new way of life.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
When I was 20, I had nothing. I had absolutely nothing. From there, I built up this foundation. You, on the contrary, have all the foundation you need, so there is no reason why you cannot do far better than I have done. You have materials experience and confidence, and my example to follow. I have worked like a slave myself for the past 30 years. I enslaved myself and abused my entire body. I enslaved myself beyond your imagination. However, I did not look upon myself as a slave in the sight of God.
I saw myself as a champion, a pioneer of the kingdom of God. I suffered in a communist labor camp, literally in chains. I saw the millions of people both here on earth and in the spirit world, who are in chains and crying out at this very moment. But the important point is this: I worked like a slave and I suffered in chains in the prison camp, not as a slave but as the son of God. In that capacity, as a son of God, I took the role of the lowest slave. Therefore, you never need to express how proud you are of your efforts, history will testify to you in due time.
When you whip a son of God and treat him as a slave, without realizing he is a son of God, the consequences will be grave and history will judge you, severely. First, you must realize that you are sons and daughters of God. Only then must you work like slaves. Do not be discouraged, because this is a most holy and sacred responsibility. You must go forth by holding onto your dignity inside yourself.
First of all, you must restore Japan. You must love Japan more than I do. Love the world more than I do. Love our Heavenly Father more than I love Him. If I collapse in front of you, do not cry cringing to my dead body. Who loves Heaven whom I love in my stead? Who will take responsibility for Him? In this situation, you must not lament and despair over my demise to God.
This is what Rev. Moon wants to leave behind for you. Please understand that you must pioneer the path of judgment in this age and under this circumstance. We are the ones who must awaken humanity and who must be judged. Should you wake the people after you die or while you are still living on earth? Once you understand the fact that this is the path to salvation that people must follow even if casting out everything, you must become the ultimate victors by sparing no effort to give your tears, blood, and sweat to save them all.
By so doing, although you perish before achieving it on earth, you are surely the ultimate victor in Heaven. I pray that you march forward with the conviction that even against all difficulties in the state and destiny of this world if you establish the firm foundations – the dimension of unification – in all the nations in the world, this world will without doubt, be re-created and resurrected.
Throughout my life, while facing the spiritual battle, I prayed as follows:
"God! I know that humanity has been committing all sorts of crimes against You throughout 6,000 years of God's restoration history. Please let me shoulder the 6,000-year history combined into the next six days!
Or, "Let Satan hit me instead of the 3.2 billion people on earth as well as all the ancestors who are in the spirit world. Have all machine guns shoot me instead! Let him hit me. I don't care if I become crippled. Keep me just alive to continue Your work. I don't care about my future, let him beat me instead!" I used to pray such prayers. I had no other way but to do this to establish conditions to save humanity. This never changes even now.
When Rev. Moon started going this path, I cannot remember how many times I must have determined to die going forward could it be several thousand times or tens of thousands of times? I am still facing the same life-or-death situation even today. However, what I am most afraid of is not dying. What is most dreadful to me is my concern about what could happen after my death. No one will know what God's providence is all about. On top of it, who will then be responsible for fulfilling the providence? No one can take this responsibility. This is what I fear most. Of course, I know the reality of the spirit world very well. Sure, where I will go never changes even if I go today, tonight, or a thousand years later. It is clear.
But, what is going to happen to this world or humanity?
Without Rev. Moon, there will be no one who can be responsible for it. This is my concern. This is what I am afraid of most. Even if I say fearful, it, is not I fear this for myself. I am talking about humankind. If you tighten your belt and determine that you will tackle the tasks in front of you risking your own life centered on God's purpose, then I am not afraid of dying anymore.
When you receive Heaven's mission while standing firmly for God's Will, even if you lose your arm being beaten because of this, it is a symbol of real happiness.
Leaving unforgettable scars on your body will take you under the brilliant light in the eternal world of light. It is the cause of praise. Rev. Moon always thinks about these things. Therefore, even if I was dragged into jail and was being beaten and vomiting blood, I looked at the situation and rejoiced because finally, a great time was about to come. If I miss this opportunity, I will waste the history that was prepared. Or, all sacrifices and efforts of good ancestors will be in vain. This would cause the national foundation to crumble. Knowing these, when I face such tense moments, the circumstance surrounding me is not a problem. Rather, I must be keen and serious within myself. Then, I resolve myself to follow God's Laws.
With such determination, when you surpass the seriousness of the historical figures facing similar situations, then your victory is already determined.
I must push forward the new ground risking my life more than tens and thousands of times. I did not think casually that I would succeed since I started this path. I am always determined. The longer I go forward, the harder I must struggle.
If I reach where God can recognize me and if I become one in heart with God at a certain destination, I will become the victor in the end. I continue pushing myself with this determination. When you face a mountain pass of indemnity that blocks you, you must break through and go over the pass.
Do you avoid the obstacle and go around the hill? If you avoid and go around it, then you can never establish a complete indemnity. Someone must pioneer the wild land of the complete indemnity. In this situation, you must make your body like a bullet and shoot yourself at one focal point. You must tackle it head-on.
When you jump into it, you may think you will die doing it, but you will never die. Thinking that it is a moment of your death when you open your eyes, you will know that you already overcome the obstacle. When you gain a victory resulting from such a battle, you would shorten the path of historical indemnity by tens and hundreds of years. The spirit world will praise your victory.
Along with angels, all good ancestors will praise you. Why do they have to welcome you? Such a victorious foundation can expand to the world and usher others into the world stage. Because of your victories and foundations, all ancestors of the spirit world can come down to the earth and work in all races and nations.
Rev. Moon has experienced many sorrowful situations, extreme agonies, and indescribable sufferings. However, I am in a position where I cannot pray asking for consolation and relief from God. Why is this? Adam received everything from God, yet he forsook everything and betrayed God. Therefore, I must stand in a position to indemnify that; and I must receive the blessing from God again.
This is Heavenly Law. When you push into a boundary of indemnity, you reach a point where you would rather die. You cannot do anything, not even pray. In such a position, you are vulnerable to Satan's attack; however, God cannot do anything about you.
Excerpt from the Address at the Second Workshop, July 6, 1967
Do you know how many tears I shed for God? One time, I wept for three days, straight. Through such experiences, I touched the depths of God's Heart. Even now when I think about the experience – reaching the indescribable tenderness and loneliness of God's heart through investing my entire mind and spirit I have to think deeply about how sorrowful and anguished Jesus was. I also live in a place of solitude even lonelier than him. Do you need such a lonely teacher? (Yes.) Put yourself at the pinnacle of solitude! There, God will welcome you.
When I was imprisoned, I stood in such a place. Then, God witnessed to people, and through the help of the spirit world, they came to believe in me. The spirit world directly testified who I was and, thus I gained my disciples there. With this conviction, wherever I will go, there is nothing that I worry about. If I were taken to the southern tip of Africa, the furthest place from here by helicopter right now, I would have absolutely no problem with the cultural environment – with eating, sleeping, and clothing. You must gain such confidence.
What do you have to worry about? When you stand in the realm of God's Heart, place yourself in a position to receive God's compassion, and go out and obey Heaven. Then, there will be no one who will not obey and follow you. To create such people, I tell harsh things to you. Are you all right? Let's do it. (Yes.) Now, I will trust in you one hundred percent. As I place my trust in you, you must offer results worthy of this trust to Heaven!
One of the highest peaks of Korea is Baekdu Mountain. On the top of this mountain, there is a lake called Cheonji. This is a big lake – its perimeter is 16 kilometers. The lake is always full of water. The water that comes out of this lake will become two major rivers in Korea Dumangang River (図們江, 두만강) to the east and the Amnokgang River (鴨緑江, 압록강) to the west.
I was hunted down and chased, and at last escaped to the top of this highest mountain, Baekdu. I cultivated and planted near Cheonji Lake and fed my followers. I cultivated sandy ocher and planted peach trees. In such a miserable atmosphere of doom, there was one female follower who pledged to be absolutely loyal to me to the end, no matter what – telling me she would never leave me. I thought that she had the faith and determination that backed up her pledge.
Then, one day, while we were on a boat, we experienced a heavy storm. The boat was damaged by the winds and started sinking. The captain of the boat told us, "This is the end. Let's make the final effort. But, be ready for the last moment." He said this as his last warning. At that moment this young lady thought of only her situation, saving her own life. When a larger boat came near our boat, she begged to be saved, totally ignoring me. She was saved, but, I had to remain in the boat all by myself, desperately keeping the boat float. This was how she left me.
However, compared to her, your determination to follow me seems weak and shallow. Can you make an even stronger commitment than her? Even with such a great commitment, she left me at this critical moment. I have witnessed similar events with my own eyes over and over again. I heard such grandiose promises to never leave me with my ears, countless times. Yet, so many wonderful men and women walked away from me.
Imagine a wife waiting for her husband to come home, after several years have passed since he left to go to his mission. Can you imagine how desperate is her longing for her husband? When it rains, her heart will long for her husband who may be in the rain. You should experience such a heart of longing for God at least two or three times every 3 days. In other words, you must experience such a yearning every day. When you are walking a city street, you are overwhelmed and overcome by your emotions, longing for God. Then you have to stop walking but are unable to stand by your power so you embrace a telephone pole and cry out to God.
Have you ever experienced such a longing and loving heart?
Even if there are many lovers in this world, none has ever experienced such a compelling and over-powering feeling towards their lover. Have you ever experienced such an intense hunger for God? Have you longed for Jesus, the Lord? You must have this kind of faith – not faith that can be exchanged for a piece of bread.
I wept and cried continuously for over one week. My eyes were so soaked with tears, that I felt that my eyes had turned into the inside of a ripened pumpkin. I could no longer look at the sun for it was too bright. So, I spent hours without being able to open my eyes. Through such an extreme experience, I pioneered the way to discover the Divine Principle. You cannot even imagine what I went through. Yearning to recover the true life value that is hidden deep inside human beings, I pioneered this path. This, after I had wandered the vast spirit world, trod a bloody path of suffering, and passed through indescribable tribulations.
If you can connect to the spirit world, you will realize that the value of the Father is immeasurable. God will order you to give your utmost sincere devotion to me tens of thousands of times over. Do you know all spiritual mediums throughout the world are now my disciples? Why is this possible? I realize that to walk this path I found, through shedding countless tears, you must go forward even risking your own life. You should be ready to risk your life over and over again, thousands and tens of thousands of times. I will never retreat from walking this path.
Dr. Sun Myung Moon
