Let Us Look to the Future

The recently appointed Chairman Moon (of the World Martial Arts Federation for World Peace) gave the following remarks to welcome the UPF delegates to a banquet on the second anniversary of True Father’s seonghwa, which was held at Cheon Jeong Gung on 7.17 on the heavenly calendar (August 12).

Note: This message has been translate and edited by TP magazine team, and published in September 2014 issue of True Peace magazine.

Your Excellencies, Distinguished World Leaders:

It is a special privilege and an honor for me, and my entire family, to have the opportunity to

share this day with all of you.

Thank you for being here. I want to thank all of you for attending the World Summit and this

seonghwa anniversary luncheon.

I am quite amazed by the extraordinary quality and diversity of the World Summit delegates,

including many heads of state, heads of government, first ladies, United Nations officials and

religious leaders. There is a great deal of power and capacity assembled in this room, and we

sincerely hope the UPF World Summit can be a catalyst for peace, stability and prosperity

throughout the world.

This morning’s program was very significant, and it means a great deal to my mother and my

entire family that you participated in this second anniversary of my Father’s seonghwa, or

While I was growing up, my father and mother always taught us about the importance of God

and the true meaning and purpose of our lives. While each of us was encouraged to try to excel in

school and to develop our God-given talents, we also were repeatedly reminded that our ultimate

destiny is not in the physical world. Our ultimate home and final dwelling place is in the spirit

With this in mind, my parents always reminded us that what we call death is really a time of

“birth” or “ascension.” It is a time of transition from the physical world to the spiritual world.

Each and every one of us will one day pass into the spiritual world. Even when we speak about

one family under God, we do not mean only this world but also the spiritual world, where all our

ancestors dwell. For this reason, as much as we all miss my father, we also look forward to the

day when we will meet with him again.

What is most important about our lives on earth is that we develop ourselves morally and

spiritually, so that when we finally enter the spiritual world, we are people who have developed

the capacity to love God and one another. If we live selfish or corrupt lives during our earthly

lives, our spirits do not develop correctly. If we have been hurtful to others or have misused

money, we will not want to lift up our head in front of God and our ancestors.

Therefore, on this day, we are not simply looking to the past. Rather, we are thinking of the

incredible love and the lifelong labors of my father; how he dedicated every day of his life, every

minute, every hour, to try to carry forward God’s providence. He always talked about living our

lives without casting any shadow, as at “high noon.” That is how he lived. The same is true of my

I am so proud of my mother. Even though she has experienced a very sudden and incredible loss

of her husband of fifty two years, she has immediately stepped forward to carry on the mission

she and my father started as True Parents.

So, while this is in some ways a day of remembering the past, more importantly it is a day of

looking to the future. Many of us are thinking about the ways in which we can work harder to

achieve the goals that my parents devoted their lives to fulfill. They have wanted nothing less

than to try to help God, our Heavenly Parent, build a world of universal peace, happiness, unity

and true love: one family under God.

I truly hope we can work together toward this goal. If we work together, we can transform the

world. That is our hope.

Once again, I welcome you here on this special seonghwa anniversary day. May God bless each

one of you, your family and your nation./