Return to the Innocence and Purity of a Child

The other day we had a beautiful ceremony in our South London Peace Embassy. The atmosphere was so extraordinary, so united and sacred; thanks to Franklin, Cecilie and all the sisters and brothers who helped prepare everything. That Sunday morning the rain poured down after so little had fallen over the last 2-3 months; I felt it was a blessing to our community. After the gathering, we arrived home and the sun came out, creating a rainbow which to me represented the renewal of God’s promise and a symbol of His eternal love.

Some friends asked if I could share a little of what I experienced that Sunday morning, October 16th.

I did not feel well prepared during the previous days due to long working hours, worries over my beloved’s health, how to pay the bills etc.… pretty normal stuff for me I’m afraid. As a matter of fact just the day before I had been clearing out the slurry in the pig barn as the drains had gotten blocked.

Very smelly and very down to earth, for sure. Later that evening we had a “no show” for night duty at the farmhouse so not much sleep. (I work at a residential home for adults with learning disabilities; adjacent to the home is a working farm where supported individuals from several homes come every day to help with a variety of tasks.) I am giving this brief introduction just to convey that I was struggling greatly and not feeling at all spiritually attuned or prepared for the momentous occasion of the inheritance of the four holy items. Perhaps that is why God decided I needed a little encouragement! Having reflected on it over the past week I also felt it could be of some value to my brothers and sisters in how to approach this special time and fully inherit all the love and blessings God wants to empower us with by Foundation day, 2017.

Early Morning Sunday 16th October 2016

As I began to awaken I found myself not in our bedroom but in a sunlit grassy meadow; there was a gentle breeze and birds singing and flying about in the nearby trees; I also noticed a sweet smell like that of honeysuckle even though I didn’t see any flowers. I could not tell if I was awake or asleep only that this place seemed so vibrant with life and consciousness. Presently I saw a group of people sitting in a close-knit group on the grass and decided to join them. I recognised several of them as friends who had gone before me into the next world and in particular a very old friend from CARP USA Kizashi Takamura who I had thought was still living on earth; it seemed that both of us had been called to this place for some purpose even though neither of us had any idea what it was, but as we were getting reacquainted a warm light descended and Father was now sitting among us. Father looked so natural and just as I remembered him during those early days in America, wearing an open- necked shirt, sitting with crossed legs on the grass. Father looked around at our little group and smiled; thanking us for coming, he began to teach. I realised several things now at the same moment that are hard to describe and even may not make sense to some of you; anyways I’m just trying to explain how it seemed to me. The first thing was that Father was not actually speaking aloud even though we all could hear his voice clearly inside ourselves. The second thing was that I was acting as a translator so that the Korean language became English instantaneously for each person listening.

I was wondering how it could be as I have been a very poor student of Korean, just ask Bruno! The third thing was that Father suddenly became so serious and conveyed God’s anguish and tears over the seemingly endless providence in which He, Our Father, Our Heavenly Parent experienced all humanity’s suffering as His own. He explained the importance of inheriting this Parents’ heart and our responsibility to restore all the failures especially of the last 4000 years of the 1st and 2nd Israel. He shared about Noah’s time and the importance of our family unity again now, how each couple must leave the fallen world completely behind as was symbolized by Abraham and Sarah’s journey towards Canaan and the

sacred covenant they made with God, how we need unity now more than ever to restore the failure of the people to support Moses, despite all the sacrifices he made for them, conveying to them for the 1 st time God’s Words. But most of all Father explained it is now the time to restore the heartbreak of Jesus and of Our Father God at that time. “Have no doubt that I and Mother are one, that all Mother is doing she is doing together with me, in oneness, remember Jesus said “on that day you will realise that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

Whoever has my commands and obeys them is the one who loves me…he who loves me will be loved by my Father and I too will love him and show myself to him…if anyone loves me he will obey my teaching; my Father will love him and we together will come to him and make our home with him.” Now it is the time that Our Heavenly Parent and True Parents will come to you and dwell in your hearts and in your families and communities, if only you truly humble yourselves, repent of the past and allow us to be with you. If you allow it, Heaven can guide your every step and heal your wounds; if you allow it. You still don’t know in your heart how much we truly love you; during this special time please return to the innocence and purity of a child and trust your Heavenly Parent absolutely. Parents suffer greatly because of the disunity of their children; please leave behind theologies and divisions and see through your heart and through My eyes, brimming over with tears. Only you have the power to turn these tears to tears of joy through coming home to Me. Please join this circle and encourage everyone to join this circle; all you need to do is humble yourself and receive the Grace and forgiveness which is Heaven’s love for you.

I have one more teaching for you; that is do not come to this table seeking a place in Heaven or thinking “I am chosen, therefore I am saved”; so many religious people have done this but you must be different, seeking to make others the owners of love by serving them and forgetting; That is the way Jesus lived and the way True Parents are living now. Trust me. Trust Mother. Remember Jesus’ teaching about the sheep and the goats, “…the King will say to those on his right, come you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to visit me….”

Pray without ceasing. Live for others.”

I have done my best to express the main content of what Father was conveying which I emphasize once more was communicated heart to heart and in concentrated time so I’m sure my words are rather clumsy and inadequate, never the less I hope and pray this little testimony can be of some value to many of you, sincerely yours, Ashley.