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Korea and Japan
True Mother was the keynote speaker at rallies of the Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP) in 21 cities in South Korea in 1992, beginning in Incheon on May 11 and ending in Jinju on June 2.
The title of her keynote address was “Women Who Will Take the Leading Role in the Ideal World.” To establish a national foundation in Korea, following that tour, from June 10 to June 30, she held an additional 40 rallies throughout Korea. Following this, from September 24 to October 6, True Mother spoke at WFWP rallies in ten major cities in Japan.
1. Throughout my entire life of more than 70 years, I have built a foundation for the Will. Yet, over the last seven months, I bequeathed all of it to True Mother. In just seven months, I passed to her my entire 70-year foundation for the sake of liberating women.
I began this process on April 10, 1992, and will end it in December when the rallies for the Women's Federation for World Peace that have been taking place throughout May, June, July, August, September, October, and November conclude. I desire to liberate all women; they must be liberated. (239-201, 1992/11/25)
2. We are now in the middle of the 21-city speaking tour in Korea for the Women's Federation for World Peace that began on May 11, one month after the WFWP Inaugural Assembly. When I said that all the arenas in the 21 cities must be filled, no one believed that it was possible.
Some members said, “In our rural area, everyone is busy with rice farming at this time of year. How could Father give us a direction to hold the event in this season, unless he intends to embarrass us?”
But in one city, just 10 blessed families brought 17,000 women for their city's event. Do you think that it was their achievement? It happened because of the work of the spirit world.
Now is spring, when people have to plow their fields and sow their seeds. We also have to use our springtime wisely. We have finished sowing the seeds in the fields of rich soil right outside our front gate.
Now we must also sow seeds at the tops of the mountains and in the remote valleys. This is what all of you can do.
You can sow seeds wherever there is even a small piece of land.
(231-128, 1992/06/02)
3. We have held rallies for the Women's Federation for World Peace in 21 locations so far, and Mother will host rallies at 40 more venues among the 250 cities, counties, and districts of South Korea.
Mother will continue to hold rallies every day for days. Once she completes those 40 rallies, you must take her work forward and hold rallies at the remaining locations, investing every ounce of energy.
You need to work like this to save the nation. Nations are not restored without trying. To restore a nation, you have to pay the price.
(231-128, 1992/06/02)
4. The mother is an object of beauty according to men, who represent the archangels. Just as the archangel followed Eve around in the Garden of Eden, men are in a state where they cannot resist Mother. That is why Mother toured 60 locations, including 21 cities, and no men opposed her work.
If men welcome Mother, it means they are entering the realm of the archangel on God's side, where they cannot oppose her. Furthermore, Mother has an excellent reputation. So when men stand on the stage, they just sing her praises. Mother's appointment as president of the WFWP means that she has emerged as the woman who represents all the women of the world.
Hence, a movement is taking place where all women in the spirit world and on earth are competing to attend her as the queen. (231-335, 1992/07/01)
5. When God directed me to work for women's liberation, I organized rallies for the Women's Federation for World Peace and accompanied a Mother, attending her.
When I was in America, I returned home to East Garden at 11:00 p.m. after one particular WFWP event.
After speaking to the members who were gathered there, when I looked at the clock it was already 12:20 a.m. I was exhausted, but I went straight to the next venue so that I could arrive there by 3:30 a.m.
Do you think my life is the path of the Lord or the path of a servant? Why did I leave to go there at such an early hour in the morning darkness? I could have slept that night and left in the morning at a comfortable hour.
My car almost had an accident on the way and could have rolled over.
What did I gain by pushing myself like this? I was setting an example to teach all men of the world how to serve and attend to their wives.
I knew that the time had come for women to stand in an equal position with men and to play a major role in the fulfillment of God's Will, so I wanted to establish a tradition for women to settle into their rightful position. That is why I am doing all these things. (232-055, 1992/07/01)
6. On September 24, 1992, 50,000 people gathered at the Tokyo Dome for the first rally of the Women's Federation for World Peace in Japan. This event was not in Korea; it was in Japan.
When the members heard that True Mother would speak in Japanese in the heart of Japan, they could not believe it. But as Mother began to speak, they realized that her pronunciation was obvious, and after she spoke only a few lines, they broke into applause.
They knew that Mother did not know Japanese. They read the printed speech to follow along with her words, wondering the whole time if she would ever falter.
Everyone followed the whole talk with careful attention. When Mother finished her speech they exclaimed, “Mother did so well!” and gave her a standing ovation. That was the first rally. Thereafter, True Mother swept through the ten cities. It was moving. (238-345, 1992/11/22)
7. Why do you think Mother spoke in Japanese and English at the Women's Federation for World Peace events? It was because True Parents want to communicate with their sons and daughters in their hearts.
That is why Mother used Japanese and made the necessary preparations. Likewise, in English-speaking regions, she spoke in English because she was there to meet the representatives of her sons and daughters. Hearing a Mother speak their language, they would no longer feel orphaned, but, rather, like orphans who had found their mother.
Ever since the Fall, human beings have been like orphans, kidnapped by Satan and assimilated into his culture. However, here they could meet their mother again and be saved. The fact that True Mother spoke in Japanese to her children is wonderful.
From God's viewpoint, the Japanese people should sing Mother's praises. Mother wanted so badly to communicate totally with her children, who did not even know that they were orphaned, that she was willing to learn their language.
This would be impossible if Mother were not the original mother of humankind. Would a false mother make such efforts when she does not even speak the language?
If you recognize people as your lost children, you must teach them, even if it requires you to learn their language. That is the love found within the realm of a parent's heart. (239-116, 1992/11/24)
8. At the time of the Women's Federation for World Peace rallies at the Tokyo Dome, a dignitary who was one of the founding members of the organization in Asia came out to introduce Mother.
What is unique about Japan? What happens in Japan is often broadcast abroad. Other countries would rather not fall behind Japan. These countries do not wish to be outside the mainstream. That is why the Women's Federation rally in Japan received a lot of attention from countries around the world.
These other countries are especially interested when one of the foremost, advanced countries engages in a movement for women's liberation.
People involved in politics know that an organization like the WFWP could be attractive to them when it comes to expanding their foundation for an upcoming election campaign. So they all call us. Further, we became known on all the continents of the world because the Associated Press broadcast news of Mother's events all over the world. (237-079, 1992/11/11)
The United States, Europe, Asia, and Oceania
From October 20-27, 1992, True Mother spoke at the Women's Federation for World Peace events in eight US cities.
The following month, from November 11-18, she spoke in eight European cities, in Germany, Britain, France, and Italy. Mother spoke in Moscow on November 22 and in Manila on December 8. On December 23, she spoke in Beijing. At all these events, Mother gave a speech entitled, “Women's Role in World Peace.”
9. After World War II, Great Britain, America, and France, as the bride nations representing the Christian cultural sphere, should have welcomed and attended me as the Returning Lord and established a worldwide realm of unity. However, they missed this chance.
So, we had to indemnify this failure and try once again to engraft the Christian cultural sphere, representing the realm of the bride, to True Parents.
That is why Mother led rallies in 113 cities of the world during 1992. The purpose of these rallies was this engrafting process. Through that condition, the indemnity was paid so that the Christian cultural sphere could stand together with True Parents, centered on True Mother. Therefore, we need to stand with her in her attendance of God.
Once we go beyond the nation and the world, we will have to turn around and return to our hometown.
We need to recover about the first human beings had they not fallen, when God would have been able to travel back and forth freely. For this, we must return to our hometown. (244-310, 1993/03/01)
10. The leaders of our church in the United States heard and fully inherited Mother's teachings that she had previously presented at the Women's Federation for World Peace events in Japan.
When True Mother was speaking in Japan, the US church leaders from all 50 states, including state leaders and American Freedom Coalition leaders, listened to her speeches every day.
The local church members in all 50 states must listen to her speeches too. In addition, the missionaries throughout the world must gather and listen to Mother's speeches in the United States.
In this way, just as the Eve nation must inherit the tradition of Adam's nation, the archangel nation must inherit the tradition of the Eve nation, and all the nations of the world must inherit the tradition of the archangel nation.
There can be no objections to this. In this way, the Mothers speaking tour indeed became a worldwide workshop. (236-036, 1992/11/02)
11. A 1992 Women's Federation for World Peace event in Washington, DC generated a lot of publicity around Mother. Everywhere Mother went, many organizations honored her and presented her with plaques.
At the WFWP event in Los Angeles, True Mother was awarded a plaque engraved, “Mother of the World.” Although the attendees did not know the Principle, the president of an organization symbolizing women throughout America presented the plaque and praised the True Mother. (238-347, 1992/11/22)
12. Beginning in November 1992, we will launch Mother's WFWP world-speaking tour, starting with four European nations. I will not be going with her this time. I am placing Mother in the forefront so that people will be given a chance to attend her completely and thereby open the gate for women worldwide.
I even directed Mother to make preparations to speak at an event in Russia. Following this, she will continue with lightning speed even to China and North Korea.
When women fight, they can reconcile after shedding tears, but men are liable to continue fighting to the point of bloodshed. That is why women must be in the forefront. The world of peace begins with love; for this reason, we must have women in the lead. (236-256, 1992/11/08)
13. Women's Federation for World Peace events were held in eight cities in America, and I am planning to hold these events in eight European cities as well. In Western society, America is the subject partner and Europe is the object partner.
Your suggestion to hold events in only four or five cities in Europe shows that you do not understand this relationship. Although Europe is a continent comprised of numerous nations, we should consider it as one nation.
When I speak of Europe, I do not mean only Britain, France, and Italy. So, just as we held events in eight cities in America, we must hold events in eight cities in Europe as well, to match America.
This year, we must make our way even to the Soviet Union. All enemy countries must unite and then fulfill their duties as filial children, patriots, saints, and divine children.
On this basis, we should lay the foundation for the liberation of the fatherland. When the history of strife among enemy nations is recast into a new tradition centered on God, God will be able to reign over them. (236-121, 1992/11/04)
14. Mother created a sensation worldwide when she held rallies for the Women's Federation for World Peace. In Rome, Mother received giant plaques from four different organizations.
Now women throughout the world should completely unite with Mother. The whole world must be like one string of pearls. Accordingly, we must accomplish what Jesus, the Bridegroom, and Judaism, the bride religion, could not do, which is to unite and then bring unity on the world stage. (238-018, 1992/11/19)
15. Once Korea, Japan, and America restore the authority of the elder son centered on Mother, all that Germany needs to do is follow America. The same goes for the rest of Europe. Why is Mother holding WFWP events in Europe?
The reason is that right after World War II, when America and France were in the Abel and Cain position and Britain was the Eve nation, these three nations did not attend the True Father. Therefore, God did not have a victorious foundation on which He could start His new providence on the world level.
Why then must we have events in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, four providential European nations? During World War II, Japan, Germany, and Italy were the Axis Powers.
If I give the blessing to Japan and Germany, it would not be right to exclude Italy. If Italy were excluded, we would not be able to connect all the providential nations. So, to make things equal, I have to work in that nation as well.
Following the same principle, this is also why True Mother is required to tour Europe as well as America.
Providentially speaking, I am responsible for settling all accounts on the world level. Centering on Mother, I am holding events in these countries to restore the Cain-Abel relationship. (235-340, 1992/10/26)
16. The era in which we do outreach work to individuals has passed. We have to reach entire families. We have to turn them around to fulfill the Principle through the Blessing.
To turn the family around, we must first turn women around. Since the first family became Satan's beginning with Eve and then expanded to the world, according to the principle of restoration through indemnity, to turn this situation around, Mother must take the lead in the world. She has to transform women around the world so that they will be able to turn their families around.
For that purpose, through the WFWP, Mother swept through Korea, Japan, the United States, and Europe.
In the future, she will make a trip through the surrounding nations and major cities of all six continents. It will soon be said that Mother, as the woman who initiated world peace and is its strongest advocate, is the world's foremost woman. Sons and daughters naturally connect to their mothers.
So when Mother achieves that level, Satan's world will turn around 180 degrees and follow her. (238-076, 1992/11/19)
17. Mother took many outfits with her for the events in Europe, but when she returned she did not have any of them. She gave them away to the members. I think she even gave away her wedding ring because she did not have it when she came back.
When I asked her about it, she said she was not sure what had happened to it. You have to forget about the things you have given away. The person who gives her life and love and forgets having given is the one who can be closest to God.
(238-153, 1992/11/22)
18. No one can easily understand the man who gave the direction that Mother must go to Moscow to hold an event there with only one week's notice. No one can easily understand Mother who, when she received that direction, willingly went to that distant place, knowing that she had to go.
Think back three years to the time we held our first events in Moscow. What kind of place is it? Yet just one week in advance I gave directions to hold a WFWP event there. That is the actual history of God's providence. Yet, this was the way we had to hold the event in Russia. (239-319, 1992/12/09)
19. Who has worked harder than I have for Russia? I brought the sons and daughters of high-ranking Russians to America and educated them; they are now on the side of True Parents. That is why, when Mother was concluding the WFWP event in Milan, Italy, I called her and asked her to hold an event in Moscow.
I gave this direction just a week before the event. What was worse, we could not find a venue until just 16 hours before the event, the day before. All the preparations had to be made in 16 hours.
We had to decorate the stage at the rented venue, print the brochures, and hold the assembly. Nevertheless, 7,000
People came to the hall, which had a capacity of only 4,000 seats; so 3,000 people had to stay outside. It turned out to be a successful event despite the adverse circumstances. (243-139, 1993/01/03)
20. Mother will be leaving for China to hold a meeting of the Women's Federation for World Peace. I am saying that we will hold the event in China, a communist nation. Can we say the word “God” in that nation? Neither the Communist Party nor the military authorities will permit it.
The Communist Party officials spent a week going over Mother's speech. Yet, we included all the key points about God that Mother has been delivering wherever she speaks. This is not a dream; Mother is speaking in that communist nation. (241-141, 1992/12/20)
21. Mother will go to China to hold an event for the WFWP there. This is no easy feat. It is something not even the Korean government can do. We have overcome all kinds of adversities to make it happen, but we are surely going to hold this event. It will take place in the Great Hall of the People, where the Communist Party holds its national conventions.
We are trying to arrange for the participation of the most prominent women in China and Chinese women who speak English to participate. We have already held an event in Russia and will hold this one in China soon; so, next, we must hold one in North Korea. It is women who must accomplish this. (241-027, 1992/12/19)
22. The WFWP event in China faced many challenges from the start. The content of the event was religious, and that made it a problem for the military authorities and the Communist Party.
We were told that China did not want to allow it, yet we pursued it anyway. They raised the issue that the word “God” was mentioned not just once but throughout the speech. Nevertheless, we still managed to hold the event, with Mother giving the speech in the Great Hall of the People.
That in itself may be a revolution. In the future, all young people will read the speech, and word of it will spread all over China. In this sense, it was a revolutionary event. (241-157, 1992/12/23)
23. One of Deng Xiaoping's sons is disabled. He is the head of the Chinese Disabled Persons' Federation.
One day before the Women's Federation for World Peace event took place in Beijing on December 23, 1992, his representatives invited our representatives to a welcoming reception. They rejoiced in meeting Mother, and in that amicable atmosphere, they exchanged remarks about the process of holding events in that country.
That evening, the National Women's Union of China sent Mother an invitation for dinner. Presumably half a billion people – China's population is around 1.3 billion, and around half are women – belong to this organization. It has existed for about 40 years and is very influential. It is an impressive organization.
In communist organizations, the vice president is usually the one who does the main body of the work. It was the vice president who welcomed Mother to the dinner. According to the report, I received, that event went very well.
Initially, there was some awkwardness in the atmosphere, since the Chinese women were not familiar with events of a religious nature. However, by the end, they became comfortable with us, and we sang songs together. I am sure they attended the event today with great interest and expectation. (241-158, 1992/12/23)
24. We held events for the Women's Federation for World Peace in seven nations, including the United States and Germany. We also held an event in Russia. Now we must do the same in Oceania. Even if I do not go, Mother alone should be able to do well and connect all the nations of Oceania.
As a result of Mother's achievement, the responsibility in front of the Bridegroom that Christianity failed to fulfill 47 years ago was finally accomplished, through the victorious completion of the Bride and the Bridegroom's responsibilities. Thereby, the entire free world can be revived. (239-307, 1992/12/09)
25. The Women's Federation for World Peace event in the Philippines was a national-level event. Among the 500 people who attended were core government officials and key members of the government.
About 70 current and former cabinet ministers and their wives attended. It seems that almost the entire government of the nation attended. They already knew about what we had been doing. Their embassies throughout the world thoroughly studied our previous events, which started with the one in Japan. This is the era that we are now entering. (239-297, 1992/12/09)
26. For the event in the Philippines, I took a flight from New York to Los Angeles and then to Manila. I fell asleep briefly during the flight and had a dream that I was nursing a baby.
The baby was beautiful, with clear eyes. In the dream, I thought, “Why am I having a baby at my age?” But the baby wanted to be fed, so I fed it. Then I arrived at the Manila Airport.
I had forgotten about the dream until I learned that day was a Catholic holiday, the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was the day that Jesus' mother Mary received from the archangel Gabriel a revelation that she would conceive through the Holy Spirit.
Our event was thus being held on the very day that the Catholic Church was commemorating the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary.
One of the distinguished guests attending the assembly saw a poster of me in a yellow hanbok (a traditional Korean dress) and said, “This woman is fulfilling Mary's mission.” I later heard that she was deeply moved by the event.
(True Mother, 1992/12/10)
Sun Myung Moon