True Children & Us

From the principle understanding, we know that the very goal of restoration history is the appearance of True Parents. That position is the central axis of the universe, the very blueprint of God’s creation. That is, Adam and Eve had to become God’s only begotten True Son & Daughter, ultimately become the True Parents of humanity and stand in the position of God’s substantial body. However, A/E failed to fulfill their responsibility and as a result, they didn’t accomplish what they needed to become and God’s purpose of creation wasn’t achieved.

Only after 6000 biblical years, that God found and sent Father & Mother Moon who were able to stand on that position as True Parents restoring all the historical failures starting from the bottom of hell until the time of their victorious emersion on all levels and even reaching the position as God’s substantial representatives.

True Parents are God’s immeasurable joy and the greatest hope who appeared from the deep lonely valley of suffering life and thorny path as they carried the mountain load of work in the course of restoration by following the way of the Principle.

Part of that Principle they have to go through is to love CAIN first before their own children and family. This is to restore the different levels of heartistic pains in history. For this reason, our True Parents have raised up, loved and saved the members first especially the elder and the pioneers before they could take care of the true children. What is more painful was, even until before True Father died they didn’t get the chance to really invest with their children personally & intimately.

We know this by testimonies of the True Children directly and from elders. They followed this very difficult part of the Principle without any idea of self. Everything is selflessly giving off themselves for the sake of God and humanity. Their painful course was the condition for our salvation through the blessing.

That sorrowful path of blood sweat and tears of our True Parents was actually the PAYMENT for our OWN SALVATION. However, we forgot this very important point. True Parents’ sacrifices are conditions for our salvation that includes sacrificing the True Children.

I wasn’t a parent the time I came to know this truth and I felt so sorry for the True Family for undergoing such pains and a deep longing to be with their own parents, longing to feel their parents’ warm embrace and longing to experience being loved & taken care of by their parents directly. If we could place ourselves in their shoes and tried to reach out to that kind of situation, we would surely have a repentful heart because we have grabbed True Parents’ love and time depriving the True Family of their rights and ownership.

Many of us forgot this very important issue in the lives of the True Family and just selfishly enjoy our relationship with and the many moments we have with True Parents. This caused a lot of pains & problems during the growing period of the True Children that resulted to many unfavorable circumstances involving them. We failed to see who they really are and their position in front of us.

Now that I’m a parent, I could feel the pain of True Parents for not being able to do what they wanted & needed to do with their children because they have to follow the Principled-life and prioritized the inevitable course they were called for by Heaven. How excruciating pain that is.

Seeing this in parental point of view, I could say that our 2nd generation are luckier than the True Children in many aspects because we have all the chances and opportunities to be with our children, to guide them directly, give them better education, a better environment and more… Our 2nd gens have the shoulders to lean on when they needed it. They can hear often our voices, our parental concern and experience parental love and embrace in their growing period and personal moments of affections. So how can we complain in front of heaven while in reality there are people who are in pains because of us?

True Parents were not able to educate and guide their children directly. That’s a proven fact. We all know that the growing period especially the adolescence age is very crucial in the development of mind & emotion of individuals. They know that very clearly nonetheless they sacrificed their children for our sake. Especially the heart of True Mother who bore their 14 children and just left them all in the care of somebody. How agonizing that is. They only prayed and hoped for that even in that unfortunate condition, the True Children would grow towards the standard and level of God’s expectation.

Because True Parents prioritized to give their lives to us first. They have invested in us first. Therefore it is our filial duty to take responsibility for the people and things they set aside because of us.

Then how can we stand before True Parents with pride that we fulfill our filial duty if the True Family is in this turmoil? During the Assembly with President Sun Jin Nim, she mentioned that all of them (true children) will not have the face and confidence to meet Father in the spirit world if Mother dies while the True Family is in this unfathomable situation. For me that is the very heartbreaking part of her speech. It pierced my heart and couldn’t hold my tears… Because it’s true! We are all UNFILIAL and UNGRATEFUL children if that would happen. We need to see this as our problem not only “theirs”.

It’s not only that the True Children are responsible for their actions because they are grown-ups in their 30s and 40s, (of course they should face the consequences of their actions too) BUT equally important to this problem is WE - our attitude and the fulfillment of our roles as their partners. Part of this chaos in our community lies in our irresponsible attitude, arrogance, and faithlessness to see who the CENTER really is that give so much encouragement to the children to do that disgraceful thing in front of their parent. This is our biggest problem. We ourselves have shown how rude and disrespectful we are in front of the True Parents. This is the most unfilial act! This is UNFORGIVABLE in history.

Did we guide them to understand True Parents, the principle, the course of the providence and their path being the True Children which True Parents were not able to do? Have we offered sincere devotion for their well-being which True Parents were not able to and unable to even pray for their children until before the proclamation of the Cosmic Sabbath in 1997?

We failed in many ways in this regard. However, True Parents still take responsibility for our failure, they never blame us even how painful this reality is, they never hate us instead they continue to embrace us more and still hoping that we can be successful in fulfilling our own responsibilities in attending Heavenly Parent & True Parents’ providence.

Placing ourselves in the position of True Mother, will we be happy if many follow us and yet our very own children betray us? Will we be happy because what we want to accomplish are being done before our eyes and yet our own children are in disobedience to our wishes? Where can True Mother’s happiness as a mother really be found? As parents ourselves, we know the answer.

We need healing before reconciliation for unity & harmony to come a requirement to achieve Peace. Healing starts in the environment of NO SELF, completely empty and absolutely zero. Only in this realm can we be able to listen to God’s words and comprehend them seriously. In this realm, we can be able to feel God’s heart and our senses will be opened. In this process, all kinds of Solutions centering on God & True Father in heaven will surely come to guide us along the course of achieving God’s dream

President Sun Jin Nim said, they can’t face God & True Father in heaven if this problem still persists, NEITHER ARE WE.

We need to do our best to support True Parents in bringing back the True family in its right form and place. This is our filial duty towards heaven and I’m sure this is God’s expectation from us too.

We are the extended family of the True Parents. Each of the True Children is being partnered with us. They stand as Abel and we can’t go to heaven as Cain alone. We need to cling onto them. We are one BIG FAMILY of True Parents representing Cain & Abel. We couldn’t afford to lose anybody and just enjoy life ourselves. They are our twins, they are our family! We have a shared- responsibility with them.

Let’s all stand as matured and responsible children of True Parents. xxx ---------