Why we are here… The Unification Church - Witnessing pamphlet - New Life Workshop - Washington DC

What is our philosophy?

When was the Unification Church founded, and what was the motivation for starting it?

How widespread is the movement in America?

What are the characteristics and methodology of the Divine Principle movement?

Why is this movement so attractive to Americans?

What are the obstacles to accepting the Divine Principle?

What are the ultimate goals of the movement?

Philosophy Through the law of polarity, ,werything exists in two into the material world, creating Man In His total image: complt1men tary m odfls: active-passive, posWve-nfl(Jatiw, hleling and reason within man’s hsert, hesrt and body to form wbj«t-obJ«t, masculin.-.feminine. All fflel’gin i’n the univerM thfl ;ndividUIJI, and male and female to complflte God’s image. derive from the intt1r11Ction betwtJen these two rnochs; Bnd The ffrsr human beings were bom as infants, both tl(J;rit· sine; em,rgy Is nectn$8ry . for existencl!, each mode needs the uaJly and physically, and could not yet share God’s deepest orher. God and Creation interact like mind and body to pro- love. Love doesn’t 1Nant to be divided, but to be one. God is · duce energy for ttxistence and growth. Thu,, God is neither lonely witllout His bBlov«J chlldrsn, and ~nts them to grow pure ac~ a, traditional theism maintains, nor pun, potency,; as to faw, Him so intfnntly that they will be united With Him nolutionary naturalism WJ11111ffl-rather, Ht1 exisr,s in both foreVfN’. If th8 first humen coup/8 had grown to matufitY and l’11{lde$. The,,w {)f polarity iB th, /Jasi$ of aH BXistanu; BVBn become one with God in lo,.., He could h111t1 bla#d th.m in God dtM nQt exi1t apart from it, Mtd fJIJtf’t of Hi, Sting is rhU8 DivinB Marriage, with thfl whole uniwlr,a as their w,dc/lflg ,ubjfct to ~ t y. (or law}. God’s freedom of will and action present Even God Himself ‘would have bfJlongtld to th,m, and dffiVfl from Hw inner sssence, or HNl’t, which camim of with Him 11xi1ting at th,,. very csn• of their m.rritld life, th’flY Lmte {Cl’tHltiw act} and Wisdom frfl!CtlfJtivtl potMcy). God’s woold hav• been th6 r,,_ Pffllnts of mankind. Their childntn LtwB Md Wndf>m interact to ·g;w, birth to creative dff/ns. God would havrt befm bom into • spiritual and ph)’Slcel tinvif’OII· 18 .not llltlsflMI m.1’9/y by the c:rutlon of a matwrlal univlirse- rnrmt filled with God’s love and joy, and BOCial fi’hJ on ..m wbich ~ only the ,ymbol _of Hir Being-but !#$1,w more than would havt1 btten bl-1 bttyond ffWf#U,-. But whilt1 still In th8 ~ etu to eJ<p(ll’/enc. · His OM> Heart r,fl«:ted in the period of irnm.turity, the lint man and woman centfrtld ,,,.Ir CfNtioll. Thn{Qre, a& the culminatiorl and crowning flory of /(Pie Q/1 ffdt orh,r,reth# than on God, 1111d ~ thttm· ~ ~ f 1 ! 1 Wbrk .of ~ - (i(Jd ln.fuM/ hi1 ~ _,*• from Him, forming tM S..,,ic family unit. · God felt ’ I ,,p]• ;

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such agony and grief that He withdrew from the univerw. With new power he received from this deep8f’ relationship, he MIS this separation, both God and Man experienced suffering for able to appear to his disciples in a spiritual form. Over a period the first time. · of forty days after the crucifixion he encouraged and in- Through the Fall of Man God lost everything, and all things struc18d them to build a worldwide foundation to receive the lost God. These cannot be restored until a perfect man Messiah when he comes again. In this way, the history of the appears, who has completely united his mind and body with Christian Church began. God. For this man to be the universal Messiah, he must expand Today is the end of the New Testament age, when the Lord his mission of restoration from the individual to the family, of the Second Advent must come to end God’s suffering by national, international and cosmic levels. revealing His Heart to mankind and completing Jews’ mission For thousands of years God inspired many chosen individ• of univel’S,a/ restoration, By receiving God’s blessing in Divine uals to create a foundation to receive the Messiah. Finally, He Marriage, the Lord of the Second Advent and his Bride will chose Israel as the central nation in which to begin the world- become the True Parents, throu~ whom all mankind will wide restoration movement Jesus of Nazareth was the man t1ventually be restored to God. For the first timfl in human born to be the Messiah. Because his own people rejected him, history, mankind will become one family, and earth will be the and even his disciples deserted him in his time of crisis, both Garden of Eden where God and His children will dwell to- God and Jesus were power/ea to prevent crucifixion at the gether forever in love. hands of Satan. This broke God’s Heart again. Until the end, Jesus’ dedication to God remained unshaken. Because he was prepared to sacrifice even his physical body to salvll{ll6 his mission, JBSUs grew even closer to God. With the

U nification .church The Unification Church was founded in 1954 in Seoul, Alf religious philosophit!S represent different aspects of South Korea, by Sun Myung Moon. Bom in 1920, Mr. Moon God’s self-revelation to man. The Divine Principle transcends spent seven years-beginning at age sixteen-in intense prayer, and absorbs these earlier revelations without contradicting meditation and study, during which period he received the their essential doctrines, but rather explains and resolves Divint1 Principle revelation. At this timB, he also studied en• fundamental phifosophical problems. Many problems and gineering in Japan. questions in traditional Christian theology-especially those concerning the nature of God, Christ, and salvation-are Hit primary purpose in beginning his mission \’118s to relieve answered by the Divine Principle. Our new interpretation of the suffering of both God and mankind Since a church is the the Old and New Testaments, using modern terminofogy, dis- safest and most recognized form of soc/al organization, Mr. solves the barriers to understanding between the hundreds of Moon founded the church in 1954 in order to have the different sects and denominations. Because of this inclusive greatest freedom of action. In 1959 the first missionary arrived nature of our philosophy, we are not a new sect, except in the in the Unitrld States, Miss Young Oon Kim, who was pre- same sense that early Christianity was when it absorbed and viously a profetsor of New Testament and comparative religion transcended traditional Jewish thol.l{lht. at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul. Since America is the Our application of the Divine Principle is well expressed in most advanced communications tenter in the world, it is an the Unification Church motto: ideal base from which to make our message available to the “To restore the world, let us go forth with the Father’s world. heart in the shoes of a S8f’VBnt, shedding tears for man, sweat A/thou;, the majority are younger people in their twenties, for earth, and blood for heaven.” In other words, be a living there are alto many older members. $8Crifice. In our group, we are all voluntary, unpaid workers.

We are a lay mowment, in which everyone it a mlrtister, Both our philosophy and our ~y of life have rremendOU$ ,e,v/ng others. Most chutches focus only on their SUnday appeal to Amerlcan idealism, practicality, and desire for ad- ltm’~ but i,w art1 acdve all day, ewry day. For this, maturity wmturou, challenge. Most importarmy, our clew concept of Md i.1mwo1k · is of primaty Importance. Many of I.JS I/YB in God and man 111tin• thfl g,wt spiritual hu,,,.r In’ y_oung , community -centers in order to Tftfl/wl IJ]IJCi11/ training: Americ,,ns. When Pfi)l)/e hear the Divine Principl•, ‘fMY think.’ $tfldylng and ~arning to tsach th11 Principle, deepening cur “I can h11Ve a direct personal re/Jdomhip with’ God-how tJPiritual prayBr life, leaming bB$ic administn,tive techniques valuable I am!” For God, the individual ha6 ,upr,me vslue. and ant/,Cc,mmun/$t thflOtY. We oppoae Communism becllUSI! There may be small ba”iers to undemanding and atJctJptirtq It ;, a fahtl ldtKJlaw which blocks men from God and tfulir our tll#Ching. Some theologiBM and Chrisrfans may initially bit QIO, l:il.O-i/N~Jll/4~U,,lNVRl4fu/lL. — ~ In our t:fflter8, there is no sex, drugs, drinkTng or smok· ing, a/thou;, we have no rules or teaching about thi& It is a the ~rmintilt,gy, th,y will an ~-…-rJIJl&q,~Jf d. ~~ ~natif for7:,, personal ucrifiet1 may fn,it,en some people, while at the sa~ ,,-nonal decision. Yet everyone stops-partly btJcat1$11 of the time they want to accept the chaHllft~- whole group, partly becau• of our phllo80phy. Through th,, There are four main reasons why all religions can be unified Divine Primjp/11, one can discover true meaning and purpasf} in In the light of the Divin,, Principls. liftt--why waste our value and damage our /itltl$7 We are also A. The Divine Principle tran,cends and absorbs all previow strongly concerned about our natural environment and the religious philosophies, yet could not hil1lil been l’BVIIBled need for conservation of resources. People exf)Bfld so much wt’th<Xlt the foundation thfl’/ established. The seed is splrltuBI and physical energy on ussless and wastsful activiti~ Judaism, the plant is Christianity, the fruit is the Divine that benefit no one. Princi1’Je.

8. God is absolutely universal, and created man as a uni- this way, we can totally transform the world- not just versal being. Whether you are Hindu, Jewish, Christian, ‘the religious aspects, but also the political and economic. Moslem, Buddhist, black, white or yellow, the essence of D. We are not primarily interested in gaining converts, so your heart is the same, and was made to be one with existing churches needn’t feel ‘threatened by us. We God. By applying the Divine Principle in your life, you don’t want to steal denominational Christians away from can find God’s love existing everywhere, so all bam”ers ‘their churches,· we only want to inform them how to must eventually come down. establish an ideal world based upon God’s universal C. In the past, God revealed Himself somewhat differently principles, ‘thus fulfilling the purpose of both Jesus and to different nations because of cultural, hereditary and Christianity. Even if they accept our teaching, they can geographical conditions. These differences are now dis- stay in their churches if they choose. In Korea last year, solving because of mass communication and high-speed 900 Christian ministers received special group training in travel. However, since all cultures are based on only the Divine Principle. Many ministers, in both the East partial truths, cultural diffusion alone will not restore and the West, incorporate the Divine Principle philos- the world to God. A new universal culture based on a ophy into their sermons. new truth must appear, which establishes God as the We have three main goals: higlunt valuB in life. This is now happening in the Divine 1. Unification of religion. Principle movement. An outward expression of this was 2. Creation of the True Family of Man, beginning with the the largest mass wedding in hktory in October 1970, in establishment of God-centered families, transcending all Korea: 777 couples from 10 nations, all Unification racial, national and cultural boundaries. Church members. In our group, Buddhists, Christians, 3. Unification of the spiritual and physical worlds. Jews, Shintoists, Hindus all live as one global family. In

What you have just read is not an idle dream: The Unification Church is today making it actual reality!

Do you care enough to help? If so, (A) Please contribute as generously as possible to our work; (8) Come next weekend to a New Life Workshop at your local Unification Church Center.

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NEW LIFE WORKSHOP

January February 19-21, 1971

FRIDAY 7:30 Registration, Introductions 7:45 Introduction to the Divine Principle — Jeff Tallakson 8:00 frinciple of Creation — Helen Ireland 9:00 “The Purpose of Creation” — David Stadelhofer, Mark Whitman, Susan Hughes, Pamela Stockwell 10:00 A Time for Sharing and Prayer 11:00 Return to Family Houses for the night

SATURDAY 8:00 Rise; exercise period 9:00 Breakfast 10:00 (At Church Center) Man’s Deviation from the Principle — Gregory Novalis The Mission of Jesus, Christology — Pamela Stockwell 12:00 Group Discussion 1:00 Lunch Free time 3:00 Folk Dancing Susan Jacobsen 4:00 Consummation of Human History, Resurrection Justin Fleischman 5:00 Free time 5:30 Dinner Singing 7:~0 History of Restoration: Adam to ~oses — Justin Fleischman Moses to 1920 — Leslie Elliott 10100 A ~ime For Sharing and Prayer 11:00 Return to Family Houses

SUNDAY B:JO Worship Service at Lake Merritt (Condition of Silence) — Randy Berndt 9:45 Breakfast 10,30 The Second Advent, Dawn of the New Age — Helen Ireland 11i30 Conclusion

WORKSHOP DIRECTOR — Justin Fleischman WEEKEND COORDINATOR — Jeff ~allakson STAFF — Mary O’Brien, Maryellen McCabe, Susan Hughes, David Stadelhofer

Sponsored by the Unified Family, members of the Unification Church 2955 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, Cal. 94705 848-7492 or 843-3515

Note: This “New Life” workshop took place in “NEW LIFE” WORKSHOP Berkley California 2600 Warring Street April 16, 17, and 18, 1971

FRIDAY EVENING SESSION:

7:30 Registration and Introductions 7:45 Introduction to the Workshop~ Hugh and Nora Spurgin 8:00 “A Unifying Principle: An Introduction Lecture” - Hugh Spurgin 9:30 Media Presentation 10:00 A Time for Sharing and Refreshments

SATURDAY SESSION

7:30 Rise 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 “The Origin of Suffering” - Nora Spurgin 10:30 “The Life and Mission of Jesus” - Gregory Novalis 12:00 Group Discussion 12:30 Lunch 1:30 “The Goal and Process of History” - Gregory Novalis 2:30 Folk Dancing 3:30 “The Meaning of History: :Part I 11 - Helen Ireland 5:00 Free Time 5:45 Dinner 7:30 A Time for Informal Games, Sharing, and Prayer - Nora Spurgin

SUNDAY SESSION:

8:00 Rise 8:30 Breakfast 9:30 Worship 11:00 “The Meaning of History: Part II” - Helen Ireland 12:30 Lunch 1:00 Final Session “New Life” and Concluding Remarks - Nora Spurgin

Workshop Coordinators: Hugh and Nora Spurgin

Lectures and Discussion Leaders: Gregory Novalis and Helen Ireland

Music and Fellowship: Dan Fefferman

Cooking Staff: April Palmer and Cindy Efaw

Unification Church BERKELEY CHAPTER 2600 Warring Street Berkeley, California 94704

Dear Friends:

Enclosed is a brochure announcing New Life Workshop. Sponsored by the Berkeley Chapter of the international Unifi.cation Church, New Life Workshop offers an integration of intellectual understanding with a living experience. The content of the Workshop sessions is a presentation of the ideas of the Korean spiritual leader Sun Myung Moon.

In his search for answers to questions about the nature of God, man, and the universe - - and of the relationships which bind these three together - - Mr. Moon discovered a series of basic principles. These principles clarify the basic content and organization of God, man, and the universe, as well as explain their interrelationships, thus bringing to the surface the deep mysteries of religion and science.

Around these teachings, called the Unification Principle, a worldwide move- ment has formed. The members come from all different backgrounds: Christian, Jewish, Confucianist, Buddhist, Shinto, agnostic, etc. These members, whatever their experiences, are united by their dedication to the establishment of a new world of peace and brotherhood centered around the Unification Principle.

New Life Workshop provides an opportunity to study and challenge the Unifica- tion Principle while living it with us over a weekend. It is our hope, as Work- shop Coordinators, that you will be able to attend one of these sessions. For additional information, please contact Hugh or Nora Spurgin, Workshop Coordinators, by calling 841-3445. Thank you.

Hugh D. Spurgin