Sun Myung Moon Speaks to Unification Theological Seminary Students - 1988

No1J it is ‘\,c.rtime” and you kno1,1 what 1Jar is lit:: - one 1o1rong • ovc and thousands of people can get killed. Those ..,ho are :::e “)-year graduates from the Seminar:, :-aise your hands. There are many si~:=:1s. i-ny docs Father educate women? Yo~ get married, have babies ..• (laughte: · .

You saw in the beginning of 19iO’s, 15 years af~, ~hat an Oriental man came to this country and that is why you are here i:::1g whatever • issions you have today. So you should be equipped like Father:~ go to any country and restore and S?iritually re-educate that country. I~ :~at right?

Of the wooe: here, who has ever thought that they could like to be a Congresswoman o:- Senator? (T~o hands went up). You 5~vuld be thinking seriously about things like that, How many has the Se~:::.ary graduated? (Over 500). If all those graduates were totally united in tr.:: country today, you would have much 11 ;:-v’-·er.” This country is really decli::.:::.g - do you know why? (Going away from G.:>d, immorality). Even you “re-creat::’’ Americans - ._-hat is your value to God?

If Father Yere in the sace situation as you, do y:u think he could accomplish everything? (Yes) People outside this count:-7 have more respect for.Father than a::.yone in this nation. There is “no o::.: righteous person” in America; many c._~ debts that they cannot even pay b,:~. When the Church educated you it ex?ected much. Today you have not reac::ec the standard that Father had wanted for you,

Part of t~e time of t_hose 3 precious years that :,:-u were being educated Father was in Dao~~ry prison, If those 3 years would t£Te been diverted to witnessing insteac, we could have brought tens of thoc~£::.cs of people. Imagine if those of you -~o instead of studying in the last 5 y~;rs had witnessed, the results you cc~ld have brought. Suppose that over ;JO students •ho have graduated had gone out witnessing and “shouted out to :::e people” like Father has done. What c:uld have happened?

After goi~g to school and receiving 3 years of :==inary education, are you saying yo~ Yill sacrifice more for the Church - ~r were you thinking you would get a jc~ somewhere and make money? (Many g;£:uates are wor~ing for the Washingt~~ Times, the ~orld & 1, NY City Tribu::.~ and in businesses). Some of you are ri:ceiving ,;alarie.&-.· this is a serious ;:>int to thir:k about.

Remind yo~:-selves - in 197t’at Madison Square G~;:en ve fought the “fiercest battle.’’ Then Father divided 700 couples “i::. ::alf” and sent them out to the field. Then Father did “Yankee Stadium” ar:: “;.’ashington Xonument.” Why did Father decide to go through that incredibly di:::cult time? To pre- pare to restore a~C educate American young people. Amt::ca needs to be saved by other America~s. Father, an Oriental speaking pers:::., can’t do that you • . . ~eed to be ed~c~;ec ~o that yo~ caq re·educ~te:~our_o:~ :ountrx~en: Fa~her

-.., - had only that in mind: i! y:~ to out to the SO states of this~ “” : ~:~ and ed uc~:e (si’iritually) them, then _!_-:~:-ica ._,ould not be 1,: here it is no1.· .

(Angry) Father wa:-::E:: that kind of standard from you! \..-:-. ~: a:-e you now? You are to be leace:-~. Take some of the political people:: this~nati on they don’t have the clear ~c ral ideals that you have. Even the~~ \ ~ather has said that you would ~E :~e ones that would be le ading this c: ~~ try, ~h a t are you now?

Who is going to t.fre :-esponsibility for America no._,? (Fc: :, er has to go on to a worldwide prov:ce:-:ce). Which country should we atter:::: to restore no._., China or America? ;.-:-.:.c!i country is fated to perish faste:-’.’ · i.l~erica). How long has Father been :.:: this country - there is no war; to ce=·.- that he has given his effort, love, sweat and tears. Should Father stil:·continue to take care of America - -~at about the rest of the world?

Look at all you fe·.· ;raduates here - can you save Americc.: (Yes) Ho.,.· can you? Look how little you have witnessed - when have you p:-:~ed you can do that? Where arc the tears you have shed to save America? fc.:~er has been fighting a pragmatic and realistic “war,” but do you think that :.;:her will still continue to stay here after 1988, or will he go somewhere else? Out of all you 3-year (Divic!.:y) graduates not “orie soul” has come to Father’s standard.

If Father were to “;:,ull out” al 1 Japanese and Korean lei:ers and mer:ibers from America, what woulc: you do? (Fight on). You say “fight c::,” but ho.,.·? How and with what would you fight on? What is your guess, if F::her told all the Japanese and KorE.;:: members to evacuate, husbands and .:,ves, and Europeans, what’s left of our move~~=: in America? Haven’t the American ~~=~ers sometimes wished to be alone I sa;·:.:-.;, “Why do ._.e need these Japanese or T:.::-rean central figures?” Were there ever times that you treated those membe::-E the same as Americans? Be frank abc·..:: your answers - don’t you think they vent through much difficulty?

Korea, for a lon~ :ime, has been divided into North anc :outh. Once during a Civil War the t~iced States was divided in two. Can y:~ imagine how difficult it was for Father to leave Korea behind and to h:~e gone else- where. When Father came :o America did he just “take it easy” .:-r did he pour out everything and work ~o seriously? Father was very serious .;=d he as not working here as an indi,:c~al, but he was always in a public o~ representative position. Father was ve:-y serious and tried to nurture people, do you think it ever entered Father’s mind the urge· to “kick everybody out”: Instead every- day tather has been jus: trying to forgive and to forget.

All of you have c.:-.rplained, saying, “Listen to my diffi:: ·; lties,” but how many had thought abc~t Father, ho~ difficult it has been f:::- him. Many American members have c~.t?lained against Father, no~ for the f:::-st time, Father is “complaining” about t:.:e situation in America and against yc-·..:. Father has a definite “way” or cou:-se to go, but you don’t have “a way” l:ke Father. But Father has trained c.:.c prepared you, no._. do you think Fath:r still has the money and energy to •·.eep spending on America? (Yes). Th::’s .,,,.hat you think!

Which is “Cain” ,:.c which is “Abel”; are Oriental or Am;::-ican members Abel? Oriental members c.re Abel - Father left an Abel country :o co~e to . . ’

a Cain country to serve you. So F~:her decided to sacrifice Abel to serve Cain - to “inherit the elder sonshi?” or birthright. t-<ow what should Fa:~.e:- do? (Co to Korea). Yes, Father should return to the Adam nation that rc::-~- sents the “Garden of Eden.” Last year, as soon as Father •..:cnt b.1 ck to Ko~e.;,, he walked right into a fierce battle - an urgent effort to reunite thc~Ac.;,= or Abel country. Should you too help to restore the AdJm nation? (Yes!) When you come to Korea, shoulc “archangels” help you too? Fath e r c.;=c to America to restore it but he •.:as sent to Danbury. Amcric.:in clergymen res- ponded to Father when he was in prison and he helped them. But no one hel;cc Father, he had to do everything by hioself. Still in America some restoratio~ was made. After prison Father just didn’t leave right away to go back tc Korea; he stayed and set the “righr course” for America; sho…,ing you the ·.a·; and how to live and work. During that time Father sent 6ideo tapes to 70,0~0 ministers, educated 30,000 ministers, retired veterans, and politicians t\ro~gh CAUSA, and brought over 5,000 (goal 7000) ministers to ICC conferences i~ Korea. So you have plenty of cha~ce to observe -hat Fath~r was doing, he showed you enough that you can fig~re out the significance of it all.

Look at the Washington Post, they fear that Rev. Moon is getting “stronger” hut it should not be Rev, Hoon that is pregressing, but the Unification C~urch members that should be getting “stronger.” Father has emphasized this pci:1t from the very beginning. So who has ~restled to save this country? ~no ccc. save you? You, yourselves, can you save you?

So that’s the way it is no-. Should Father go about what needs to be done on a worldwide level - go to Korea? (Yes). For the first 6 or i years when Father first came here, you worked hard, but then you declinec. Who built the house (conference center) you are in? (Father). You’ve g~t to know yourselves - you say, “Yes, Father, we ••:ill save America,” but de-es that mean you .£!.!l? You have to present some proof. Just to complete one house like this would probably take you 10 years; on what grounds can yo~ say that you will save America?

You for instance, (speakin~ to a Regional Coordinator and Ph.D. grad- uate) can you explain how you will save America? (Follow Father’s words, pattern, and high standard), You · just don’t know at what a lower standarc or level are at now. It’s like working out a mathematical problem, to raise your standard, you have to have a formula. Father has done all that he Cc~ do about America. After this year, all the financial support and budget that he has been giving to this country, Father is going to divert it to anot~er country, into Chin~.

Any ideology that is Oriental cannot be fully digested by Wistern ?eople, they always misunderstand or resent it. Even a country where there has :.:>r.:ierl y been a communist ideology can digest an Oriental ideology better. Fathe:- wanted to experiment so 8 persons -ere invited from China to come to our Ee=inars and they really grew and developed internally. Father told the Chinese …-~c attended, “You can leave the ‘dialectic’ in your ideology the same, just change the ‘theory of conflict’ into the ‘theory of harmony’ and you have it. ,ney responded enthusiastically, “Great idea - maybe it works!” Father kno…-s it works.

You graduates, you educated persons, you make the decision: if Father .l should now put effort and money into China, would he get a greater spiritual

vi.etc:::: or result? ‘,.,1,y \Jould Father no1.1 -.·c:: : ::o divert all effort into ,\si.1 ? It is ~ecause three/fifths of the 1.1orld’s ~=~~lation is i~ AsiJ. S0 do you 1.1ar.:: :o stay here •.dth “dec.1ying” America, c:: go to Asia’.’ (Go to As ia). You ._-c~ t to go and give up this “mess of ;~;;::~ca”? l don’t think anyo}lc 1.1ould spea~ against or object to Father leaving :~is countr v , … ould they? Should Fathc:: stay here longer - should he 1.1ork tc ,=.,·e Ameri~a· or the …,orld’.’ (The 1.1orlc). \,,’hi.ch is about to p~rish - Ar.Jeri.cc .:-r the 1,,orlc’.’ Actually it’s both - sacly America is not thinking about the -.·: ::ld, only tr.e:::sle ves - how could sue~ a country save the \Jorld?

So what are you going to do? (Follc~ ?ather). Can you, with your Amer- ica~ culture, influence the Orient to1.1ard c ~etter or more I ideal wav? • (faintl ,v - yes). Look at yourselves! You have a c~s:oc or tradition that if there is sc~ething bothering you, you keep it tc y.:-~rselvcs - you always keep silent. Can you change and act in such a way that ;£:;le can learn from you? The heaYe~ly 1.1ay is not to “please everyone.” ~e …,ay Fathe~ has been going and · the ._-.;y that American members think they f: i:wolve “t-..·o different ideas.” Constant complaining goes directly a…,ay f:::: Father’s thinking. If you want to go to the Orient, would you become Fatr.£::’s burden, or could Father be inde~ted to you? Can you make Father’s b~:::en lighter or heavier - raise you~ hands if lighter (almost all hands ar£ raised). Father doesn’t believe it.

Wouldn’t it be simpler if Father j-..:~: ._.ent his o-..--n way, and you go you:- O’wl’l way? Now the Korean members are s;.ying to me in unison, “We will follo-..· you!” If you compare yourselves tc ::!1e Korean ce::bers, who is the -~ stro~ger, what do you think? They are me::£ serious - that is true. So what are you going to do? Why did Father comet~ America in the first place? You understand “restoration through inde::i::it\” 1 11 he wanted to win over or res::,re “Cain.” But now there are provice:.:i~l and unexi’ected things going on i~ Korea; because God is working there. Our Father’s spiritual battle is afaint Kim 11 Sung in North Korea, the ~GE and the Politburo. Awhile back the Sorth Korean KGB made the decision to cssassinate Rev. Hoon, so Father’s life is always in danger.

So you have your husbands and wive5 :nd children, would you still want to go? You haven’t finished your responsi~ility in this nation. Father propheF~e~ beicre he came here, that if you didn’t f~~fill your re5ponsibility in this nation, that in the future you would not ~e able to sleep peacefully through the night: execution, being killed, Fathe~ made the foundation, but look at you here in America, did anybody obeyF=.:~er truly? You always complained, “I c.;n’ t do more than I am doing, to do m.:~e is not my -..·ay” When Father heard th~: he didn’t say anything, but he knew i: ~as time for him to leave America. Fat~er hadn’t accomplished everything the:. and wanted to finish, but now he is ::elling you what can happen. Father h=.: never spoken about this - he has jus: .aited and persevered. Father feels :::at America is one place that he will never beg to come to again. If some::.e comes to th(s country to be a parasite, you could understand why they v:~ld be treated this way. But Father was treated the “lowest of lo-..·est” and he: .·as a truly a giving person.

But Father has to keep a place in “:::eaven’s dignity.” He regrets and really feels sorry that he brought all t~c Japanese mecbers here and made the: work so hard. How persecuted they t,~e been and ho…, much they have suffer!~. Yee all o…,e them a debt. Do you know ho._- ::-Jch this country owes them and Fa:::er a “debt”? You can’t d·o anything r.: ·.· - you are in such hope less shape, Do :-·~u unders,tsnd?’ Do you follow what Fc:-::er is’ frying. to point out •to. you?· Wh~: is it tha~ Father is trying to say t: you? (Our indebtedness).

So what are we going to do about it? Any da y ~~~ Ctomorro~) Father is leaving this country • what arc we going to do a~c~: our situJtion? After l9SS, Father ~~11 not continue to invest everything l~ ~e this no~ - he will net continue to support financially - but will withe~~~ fro~ this countrv all finances a~c manpower. If Father had done in Ko~ca ~has he has d6ne.or given her, ir:ia~ine what that country would be like nc·.·.· ·..ny did Father cor.ic to ;.’”Jerica? Fii~her truly loved America more than his c·.-n children or famil y or native country. But what more can Father do? l.:io: more exactly is it that Father ca~ do here? Father sent you to seminar y for 3 years hoping he would not ha\·e to face this kind of day. What about your ancestors, ho.,_. do you think they feel about this situation and what yo~ are doing?

Shall I praise you or scold you? Father eve::. sold property and did many things to finance the movement in America • wha: ha\·e you done? When Father goes to Korea this time, should he return? ~e have to save Asia from no._. on. In mocern business and progress all Western countries today are looking to the East. Fifteen years ago no one could have believed that ~esterners 1,:ould “look to-..-ard the East.” Father has been sayin~ that this country ,,.’ould decline - you ~ouldn’t believe it - but now you are beginning to see it’s true, When Father goes back to Korea what “word” sh _o uld he leave behind him?

“Business” is not Father’s purpose - it is o::.ly to save the people. It coesn’t really matter about the money here - it is Father who has invested billions of dollars to save people. In 1984, Father instructed you with the “1-1-1 motto” for witnessing - did anyone fulfill th=t? Are these just empty words? What if Jesus had instructed Christians to co ._-hat you are doing no”’’ restoration through indemnity? So in your own count~, you had better prepare your 0”7n founcation. If all of you work many times harder that Father h~s in these last 15 years then you can support yourseh·es. Your 0’-’11 cross you have to carry - haven’t you heard that Father is at the world…,ide level? Then you should take the national or church-level re~ponsibility. Jesus felt that he shoulc feed the people, and the people expe~:ed it, but the people should have fed Jesus. Jesus lost his life because he had to do ciracles like healing a~d feeding the people. But Father kcc-s that you have to do your share of responsibility.

(Fathe: speaks to Mr. Kamiyama in Japanese) Father is saying to Mr. Kamiyama, “Do ,.-ell in 1988.” Father will say “goocbye” now, but he will still continue to ta~e responsibility . for the American ch~:ch for 1988. You Barry- to\J’T\ grads must take responsibility - Father is trou~les over you that you have not acco~?lished so much. So be independent - don’t pray that Father will come back to you, but do your responsibility tc-ards America.

Each o::.e of you must re-determine yourselves at this moment, 1988, and continue ~o show new hope, or there will no locfcr be any hope for America. If right no- Father would continue to try to take all the responsibility and help this cou~try more, then America ~ill just peris~ faster. So Father says that you ha,·e to do your responsibility and then Aoc:ica •.:ill not be destroyed. You can cry tears and miss Father when he is gone, =~t you must do your res- ponsibility. If you say you will take responsibili:y, then Father will con- tinue to helj:’ for the rest of 1988. Those who want to say “I ‘-’ill do it!” raise your ha~ds. (All hands go up).

You ca~ understand how Father felt 15 years a~o when he ca~e here by himself to 2!0 million people in this country. No c~e understood what F~thcr was .doing. Father is s~U_l .p_l~nceri.ng .his f:’”’fl.-. p,ath .- ou.r li,fe. ~s . never. an

easy life - we always !-,.; ·, c to star.cl o:, the “front lines” - r .;.: :- er a1’,.·,3 ys docs and so should we, So ye~ oust un~erst.Jnd now what you must ~=- Father has to take c.Jrc of the “p::::ile::s” in Kcrea - this -..•ill 1;0 on f c :- :~rec years until 1992 - then Fathe: ~ill wit~dra~ everything frcrn the ~e ~:cr n hcmj sphc rc. Father has opened a ne~ ~ay to the East - the way we can go - : ~c ‘’Pacific Era” (Korean, Japanese, .;nd Chinese prosperity) is cocii ~g , sc :akc this ro.Jc seriously.

America should !ielp in Rev. ~loon’s noble effort in tr·: ::-.;: to reunite North and South Korea. Our IRFF (International Relief Frie~~s ~i p Foundation) can help gather surplus agricultural products from this cour.::y and give to and feed the “Cain ene=:: “ of North Korea. Mr. Kamiyama and J:-. Durst will you organize that? (Ea: - Yes, Father). Our friends, s~~e =::-:isters and congressmen and senatc:s can help - Army/Navy veteran fricnco can help. Our publications can initi.;:e the move::e:,t of “relief foods’’ tc _!_;::a. If you do it no.., in the future you could be in charge of a “Relief !-’.: ·,ement” there.

You need to restore your “Elder son’s birthright” by H:ving “Cain” and then someday you c,:-: go back to your hometowns and “serve” there too . If you really take action, how lucky is God, But you must ~::ness to the “second gene rat ion” (ycung people in college) first, then ye:; can go to your relatives and friends you know, your parents. Save your ho=~:own. Why must you go to your hometo--:ls? You oust “build your temples” lfre the Israelites, build a “marble churc::” in your own hometo’Jtl. Go to your h.:-=c - revive the church - teach, re-e~ucate your parents and relatives and revive your tribe, nation, and connect to many people. There are three basic .;:eas to which you are to ..,itness: 1) second generation, 2) your relatives .;jd friends, and 3) churches and schools.

If you really take yourselves seriously with what yo:; have learned from Father, you can :-eally move around America. What do ye:; say, will you folio.., Father’s patte:-:i7 (Yes!) ,,,_nen Father goes to Korec ,;ill you miss him? (Yes) Actually ,.e should miss him as if “nothing is le:t.” You should know ho.., much Father searched and agonized to find God. Yo~ should miss Father so much that you ..,ill have “new determination.” You shoulc :eel “empty” - that is the way Fathe:- misses God - you should miss Father :~at much. If you don’t miss Father that much you can tell how low your s:codard is, How much can you pay to get Father back? (Nothing) If you think Father is an ordinary, normal person, then your thinking is wrong. For example, i! for 365 days you were really longi~g to see Father, then you would have t~ld someone where you could be called, and you would have never been late to t~is meeting.

America people never really know ho1J to serve each c:::er. You have to cherish and love c::c learn to “serve” in a vertical way. There are no concepts or words eve:: in American, like in Korean, to exp::~s truly what Father is saying. Ko~ean is no.., a worldwide language - Ja~.;~ese and Chinese are not the same - the Korean language expresses internal cc::cepts deeper than any other langu,ge. So do you “..,ant” or “i.•on’t” go to J:.orea? (Want).

How many of ye~ haven’t been back to your home to-~~ er countries for 5 or 6 years? (8 ha~cs are raised). Why? What are the re.;:ons? (Live in Australia, Austria, e:c.) You should go back to your home t~-..~s (or countries) and plant there a “tree of life.” Like the country of Bra::.l, they are really praying hard that Fc.ther vill come and live there. Do you k~ow the value of Father ~eing he~~-_0n earth a~ this time? Our spiritual eyes or senses

are very closed and we don’t see=~=~ bccJusc of Satan’s dominion, but : \::u; h love to~ard heaven that is so stro::~ then our spiritual eyes will be C?t:-.. Naturally, women can “miss” Father =-=>re •.:hen he is gone than the r..en “::-.:n1n 5 “ Father and crying. When Eve fell, she lost Cod, her husband and the el~t:- brothcr to fallen love - when can ~e restore that? So you should ore:: u~ your feelings and hide nothing spiritually. No matter ho~ deeply one ~c~ld research about these things, they ~ould not understand this concepts.

So you women when you are secrching for a husband before you are )les- sed, you will want someone like t::e “ideal.” That’s why Father is trci:-. ::-,s all these “ugly brothers” by maid::; them suffer. So your heart comes c::s”.!r to Father when you suffer. If yo~ start rejecting indemnity and suffe:-::-.~ t h en you are “f’1g hti ng aga i ns t f-•1. c. … er. II ..11en “H eung J’1n N’\ID “ came anc. ,, ::-.as- t.n.. .- tised’’ you - did you know what he ~cs doing? He was taking your in~e::::: v and suffering on his O\.ffi shoulders. So now there is word that HJ~; is c::;~sting so much of “restoration work” the: he cannot even eat or sl.eep. The \.:.:.:’.-:ington Post had an article about HJN ar.c “reincarnation” - they don’t kno•,_1 whc: they are talking about! That is not t~e case ~ith HJN - it is not rcincarr.c::c~ he does not have a “second body” - that is why Father “’oul~ot let HJ:, si’.’eak to or get near Hoon Sook Nim. lt is not a “reincarnated” or second boc·,· of HJN (only returning resurrection). You will remember that HJN was neve~ cen- tered on himself, always on Cod or True Parents. So HJN decided to cc=; to America, but many Americans had :a::y doubts, but Father gave the o.k. :::- him to come and Rev. Kwak’s office ushered HJN in.

Some of you may have chan~eled HJN, but experienced that soon ye;; could become self-centered. So there’s the chance that “HJN” could come to \·c;; .------. and it could belong to Satan - if he says, “Believe in him” then you r;;~s: watch over the spirit carefully tc see if he’s genuine -;;-not. So you =eed to warn yourselves, if you start :.elieving in “HJN” instead of True Pc:-e::ts then .you may have trouble. The s~irit world is so complicated, so you ~ave to be careful.

If you ever have good ne …·s or “good results” in your local or stcte areas, then you should not enJo: :~at first, you must always report yo~:- vic- tory to your central figure ~r to Father, then you can enjoy - that is S?ir- itual law. You cannot reverse tte order. That is why no one can chang: or give a personal assignment to ch~rch leaders - they must always report e~d chech things with CF or Father fi:-st. Even a National Leader cannot chcn 5 e a State leader, even if he does net like them, you must get approval o: Father before any of those changes, othe:vise, confusion arises.

~~at time is it? (2:30 a.=.) Do you have places to sleep tonigr.:: If you do not, you can stay over:.:ght here and have an “overnight praye:- vigil.” (Sigh) You should get more used t~ doing that. We are a group of people that are preparing for eternity, soc~:- cinds must come to love each other. A~d you want to hover around Father, :-eing the center of that “true love.” You must learn to feel really close tc each other; if we don’t feel like t~i: now, we must train ourselves to co~e to love each other. If there is 5c~eone you hate then you have to change :hat now. From now on, perhaps much o~:-e critically, you have to suffer fc:- America.

During the prayer vigil, you should try to stay awake if you ca=, but if you cannot help it then you m~Et sleep. We should really miss and y~arn for people and work much harder :~an our Asian members. … ·.-Ir.It** .. .

(Fa:\er continued speaking the next day a!:e: breakfas: - 9:00 a.m.)

uo you kno·-· what you must understa:-.-: about “cc::~:’.:ional indennit/’? If ::-.c inder.inity that has been paid in a ne:ion is jus~ “conditional” then the:e cannot be restoration in full depth. Therefore, even though the nation anc ;eople (and our church members) in Ko:ea have suf:e:cd. so much, still 1,,•e !’:eve the trouble of a divided nation. ~: communis:::i is defe.:ited in fi orth Korea and the North and South are united, t\cn what docs that mean to the worlc? Throughout human history there has ~een a battle (fighting) going on ‘:iet1,,·een God and Satan (good and evil) i:: order to es~ablish “indemnity conc:~ions” in man.

So this is ~hy Father has made inde=::ity conditions ~11 over the world. Eve:: though it is “conditional indemnity” c:1ce a condition is made then Satan cac ::o longer go against God. So should Fa~her go to Korea, yes or no? (Yes) Sho-.:lc! Father coce back to America or sea:,· in Korea? (Cor.ie, back!) (Father sciles) ~ell, _to visit, o.k. So you are Father’s children and just like a pa-:ent last night Father “hit” (scolded) you. The spirit 1,,·orld will help you ~ut you must be strong.

Father’s departure time is getting ::ear. (Surp:ise - he was leaving fo~ Korea this morning!) If you look back at yourselves there isn’t all that much that you did well, but if you work ve:y hard in the next year then you ca= get rid of all the “shame” and pay the indemnity. So you State leaders, CA..~ leaders and Seminary Divinity graduates: Father hes so much hope in you for saving this country, and that you will uphold the values for which Father foc;~t for by going to Danbury.

This is your time now - you are in charge - be s:::iall messiahs (SHM’s). Yoe ~ust take the responsibility instead c: Father. Re:::iember to be confident, ca~ you do that? (Yes) How? Father has raid the inde=:1ity conditions, in the ?ast he could not love and take care cf his o’wn fa=ily and relatives, but now the time has come. Father can do that now.

Now. you 3-year seminary graduates, you can do well as State and City leccers, but Father believes you will do ~etter by witnessing and restoring the “second generation” in America. So Fc~her is assifning all you (Divinity) grccuates as “Campus ministers.” You will go to uni\’ersity campus”?s and serve, wit::.ess and “minister” to the “second generation” young people. You can teach the: how God is .orking in this world.

You will get your instructions and leadership from Dr. Seuk as well as Jr. Durst. As “campus ministers” you c,e all qualified, aren’t you? (Yes!) If you work hard you may become “chaplains” or members of the Board of Directo~: in :he universities you are serving. So your big chance to take responsibility is co~ing. Is it true that you can’t do i:? (No. we can do it!) You can’t de it! (Can do it!) O.K. Those who feel confident, raise your hands. (All h.;. =cs go u p h i g h ) • [ Fa the r prays - th re e “oo n s e i ’ s I

(Fa:her left the hall. and Pres. David S.C. Kim stooc up and explained to the zraduates that Dr. Seuk and Dr. Durst would be meeting with them and makin~ the ;;structure” for the campus minstry.) “I 001,,• decla-:-e the ‘marching orders’ to :he Divinity graduates for campus minis:ry. Fathe: has given you the bless~~; to ~ring the rsecond generation’ to be the (spiritual) successors of this nG::on.”

(E•/eryone _was delighted and ‘surpr’is ‘e d . .,.,1,e·n fat-her came batk iRto the roe: with Mother £nd the children before leaving for t~e airport - to Kore~.)

Fat~cr ~ill give you instructions about cc::~f :o KoreJ. SomedJy your grandchilcre:-. 1.:ill be able to say, “:•ly grandfathe:- .. :-. .: gr.rndmother participated in the reunification and restoration of Korea.” ~:c.::- ·: e Father ·-.:ill have some kind of ex.;= for members to be able to pick the “::.u: ones” to go. There are many tha: want to co • e to Korea from around t~E ~::-ld. ,

Tho!e seminary grads under Father who are~==-~ ~~~ at the ~orld & I, you will …,or~ only 1 or 2 days on weekends at the ;~~lication office and do your “campus ::iinistry” during the week. Even ou:- ::. ·..::~:-:csscs …,ere originally set up so t~a: members could witness to the pco?le ~= :heir co=unities. If you recei-.·e a salary you must always reflect !;f:~: :.:> the “church level” or averages that you needed before, and then spe~~ :~e rest of your salary on witnessi::;.

That’~ why Father has trained you to be pe.:~:e (ministers) who can do anythin;. Through “business” you can still b1.::.:;: “the kingcon of heaven on earth” - it doesn’t necessarily take theology. :-:-.E: Washing to:, Times and the World & I have always had their employees whc a:-e Vnification members or seminary iraduates witnessing somewhere. Our F~r~cse is not to do all “business.” The Abel people must now witness to “C;.:.=.”

You can’t say that you don’t like a “stree: ::.:.Esion” and expect to only work i=: business and publication - we’re all :.= the “same boat.” We must live fer the future and always be thinking h~~ :c witness to so many numbers of ?eople - you should make a pledge.

Duri::g the last two days have you “melted”:.=:.:> Father’s heart? (Yes) But you are not experiencing just Father’s heart, y~~ are experiencing the reflection cf God’s heart. The worldwide society ~:~ld not like that, would they? Suppose that a dazzling, brand new world (t:.=;~om) were coming - so different froc the past - so that after a long “c.:E::.:c Winter” you could see a new Sprin~ and new “sprouts” coming out? Wait i;=:il these “ne1.• sprouts” grow - that’s us!

No…, Father is wondering when he will be ba:k ~e:-e. So ~ork hard and witness anc all the money you. make in America Fat:.~:- ·.-ill not allow that to be used for ~ny worldwide purpose or taken to anc:::.er place. But you must “lead” this country well and still support Fathe:- :..= :is Asian cission. This summer Korea~ professors will again be visiting ;.m~r:ca - they ~ill be coming here for se~inars and education in “Godism” ideol::b:’, Later Father will assign those professors to burroughs and villages in KorE~ s.:> that they can educate and train people in ·voe and Godism (counterpropos.a: :.:> communis::i). The professors are quick to learn because they have already reac ~~=: books.

Actcally Father could just stay at East Ga:-:~= and assi~~ them and they would c~ey - but I …,ant to be with them. He~ ~.:=derful if American scholars and profess~rs would respond like that, If they c:.c ~ould America perish; would it “liYe” or “die”? (Live). Can you belieYc - 700,000 prcfessors will be lecturin; and teaching in Korea, teaching “Goe:.,::.” - how po.,,erful! [So here’s wherE the World & I comes in. All teacher! sh.:~ have ccpies of the W & I. Whe-:. you grads get your college assignrne:.:E, :,ou should bring the W & I to yo~:- college. Mr. Joo, you must sell 15:,:: copies of W & I to make a profit.]

Afte:- ~eeting with Father last night and t~:! ::.orning do you feel . that . t.he .”wo,:-ld is irt ~he mi3king’.’.? What . does all tha: :;:~er has.been s_aying really

mean? It means the: “God is entrusting you with respons~::.~:y for A::iericJ.” — And you will liter.:;11:.- become the (spiritual) leaders of -~--:i,:-icJ. After thJt the Unification Chur:!i doesn’t have ‘to “exist.” But you-.,::\ the “blessed root” vill then live .. n “ordinary” life, that will still~: “ c “rdigious” life. ,

After Father ~oes to the spiritual 1Jorld (he can pr::-:- ·: -:esy): “Eve:- yc nc …,ill experience a g,!:ct religious revival, the American C.::-:-. f:itution •.:ill be amended righteously and accordingly, God’s La~ will be ;:-.::-claimed here on earth and will be observed in the spirit world.” \,,’hy r:c~ Father planned so many diverse acti..-ities in the last 15 years? Why? Sc :-:.::-w each business has a “prayer room” er chapel. \.’herever you work, univers::.:~es, restaurants, or centers, your plcee of work will be your “church,” If r’E: co • e to live in the “kingdom on e=rth” then …,e will not need any separc:e category as “reli· gion,” it will be life itself. \,,’e will not Just “close c ·.;:- eyes and pray” “1C will “work and p:-ay.” Cod in the beginning had createc,e\’erything to be that way (the ideal) .. nd we are ~orking toward the same t~~:-:f,

It is sad anc a shame that just as Father was finally becoming “aclimi· tized” to America a~c can now speak English that he has tc ~o back to Korea. Where “10uld you like for your final “resting place” to be: (Korea) Ho-..: can you say that when yo~ don’t even know the language? (lau&~=~:-) You have to learn the language c: the country you are “missionaries” t::- in order to ,.,,in over spiritually, ot~en.rise, if you don’t understand the 1~~guage you will be defeated. You an;st learn Korean if you want to work i~ Korea.

Father has 5 :inutes before he has to leave for the airport. Father really loves you.

(All members there stand outside and ..,ave goodbye Father and ~other as they leave).

(Unofficial ~::-~es by Shirley Stac~lhofer)

. FATHER. $PEA.JCS TOUTS CJlADUAlKS DIRIJIC ROOK/June 29, 1988

How long has it’been since Father was here last? (Last year at graduation). Since then Father hae spent most of his time in Korea. Father’a motto, “Unification of the Fatherland,” has been in effect for several years. But no one laid a foundation for the motto to happen so Father had to go back and make it. Korea is the “Third Israel” so it needs to be restored. No one understands this there except the people who are spiritually open. So Father had to go back and lead the people to make a foundation for the reunification of Korea.

Even among politicians in Korea, no one else had Father’s vision about that country, so Father became the “front-runner.” S9meone has to lay the foundation for reunification of South and North Korea because that small nation is the “center point” to connect the worldwide restora- tion and to bring the spiritual world to meet the physical world on this earth. You know from Divine Principle that without the Fall then there ·could have been an ideal “Adam and Eve,” ideal tribes, nation and world. But because of the Fall everything went down the drain. Father has been working to bring back the worldwide ideal; the only way to do that is to restore the world.

We have one good symptom in the world at this time that means progress in restorations there is much spiritual phenomena that is taking place in Russia and other Communist countries. We can see what’s happen- ing in Korea also. This year the 1988 Olympic games will take place there. People are all busy paying attention to all the participating athletes, but there are religious phenomena going on also. There has to be a religious focus also eo Father is making a spiritual foundation for the reunification of Korea. Do you follow? Father feels you may understand the words, but feels that there is no way in which you can comprehend the providential meaning.

Tomorrow is the 12th UTS graduation. If you had done a good job of witnessing in the past then we could have had 120 graduates tomorrow instead of 47. So you have to understand what kind of mistakes you made. From now on we must think in terms of “500” graduates.

How many American graduates are there among you? (13) You American graduates, what kind of future do you think America will have from now on? The next American president will have a very important role. Do you think that Father’s work is evident in the. American elections? (Yes). The time is here now for the work of CAUSA and AFC. Father has already laid the grassroots foundation in order to reach National and State poli- ticians. If we had enough Seminary graduates we could “~obilize” -them a . lot. l

Fifteen years ago people in the movement didn’t really understand, but now they will have to carry the ~ross because of that unpreparedness. Nov Father has to reconstruct everything. The difficulty that Father is facing is how to expand to · the worldwide level, but because of the present situation in America he has to step back instead of going foward. That’s why Father has to focus on Korea - to develop Korea as the . “f.ront- . . runner” 4ind a’t thla t ·ime to. -i~ave other · countries alone. · ··

We have to clearly understand that originally American leadership was to support and vork with the government of Korea. But both govern- ments failed to do this. So now Father has encourage these governments to vork together to expand their unity. As you remember without Father’s blessing, Pres. Reagan could not have become the President of America. Tl\_en when Father was sent to Danbury Prison, the President did not help Father. But Father didn’t blame him, Father Just vent back· to Korea to try to work on the foundation of restoration there. But the American President will have to pay indemnity for that, that is the situation now, do you follow? Of couree, Korea now hae Pres. Roh, but in reality there is not really any president there. Others consider Father to be in the vanguard of vhat’s really happening in Korea.

So your responsibility is so important. You must go out into the field and help elect the “right” president. Bush is having a hard time now and he needs Father’s help. Who will become the running mate of Bush? That’s the key to victory now; so he needs Father’& help. That’s the main reason Father returned to America. Without Father what will happen? Any conditions that will affect Korea will first fail here.

The providential timetable doesn’t stand still, so we have to catch up with the time lost. You must _k-;,ow that Father’s “7000 Minister” education in Korea will be over this month. That project was not an easy task but it was truly an historical event. Just think about it: Germany, Great Britain and America have been the central countries of Christian culture for the last 1000 years and Korea’s Christian history is only 120 years old. Yet think of what a wonderful miracle took place. -;-…__ Seven thousand American Christian ministers visited and respected the tiny nation of Koreaf

Now the essential thing that will determine the providential future of America will be in getting those 7000 ministers to reach out to and help 350,000 religious leaders in this nation to understand what is happen- ing in God’s providence today. Look at the Danbury focus - how Father when he was in prison managed to educate Christian ministers and pastors by sending out 350,000 tapes and books. We have to continue the “Danbury focus,” with ministers and pastors, still trying to “turn them around.”

In the beginning, when ministers first received their tapes and books many of them threw them away. Since the 7000 are coming back from Korea now they show more interest and many are starting to see their tapes and read their books. Now more and more Christian ministers are wanting to visit Korea. This is an indication that without telling any- on~ they have been studying their tapes and the 7000 that have come back from Korea_are talking to them about it.

You may not know it but a “fire” ls spreading among Christian ministers and they are going up to a _higher le_vel! (clapping) But after the fire, then what is left? The ground will be bare·: so for the Christian i ministers you have to “plant seeds ·of-new life.” The seeds -must sprout into the hearts of Christian ministers and their congregations. That’s the phenomena taking place now. Let’s say we have 350,000 Christian leaders in this c.ountry and about 1/3 or 100,000 respond. Then if UTS has produced 500 graduates up to this point, and each graduate works with 200 ministers, that’s 100,000 isn’t it? If that happened then it would be possible to work with 300,000 Christian leaders. You graduates .are the “gold-plated” key to bringing them bac1~ - .to mediate for Father. . .. . .. . ·. ’

Recently, Father restructured the Unification Church leadership, especially the Ph.D,’s and lTTS graduates, in order to utilize their edu- cation and knowledge for the frontline work of the movement, What kind of “frontline”? Thia time your frontline miuions will be your “home- to\itls,” According to common religious practice, people leave their hom~- to\itl& and go out into the vorld. But this time Father is sending reli- gious leaders back to their hometowns. This is a precious time.

Therefore, when you go back to your hometowns, you can utilize all the church organizations that already have been established, CAUSA, PWPA, ICC, CARP, etc., for your restoration work. The foundations of these organizations are substantial and you have to connect with and work with them, helping them to reach people from the Christian culture, patriotic conservatives, and retired military personnel and veterans.

The Unification Church is already a frontrunner of the conserva- tive movement in this country. Some of you may not know it but in Wash- ington, D.C. Reverend Moon is considered the mainstream leader of the conservative movement. Look at the facts, Father is not even a citizen of the United States, yet when he goes to Washington they say, “You are the number one conservative leader in this country!” (clapping) But when God says, ·”Yes I you are” then that’s when I am. ( laughing)

So from now on, hov America is progressing is what is important. Those people who are working with the ICS (International Security Council) clearly understand the critical value of Father’s work. But you don’t comprehend, do you? If you had understood you would have helped Father. ?---.. Think about the time that Father first announced the “African Project.” No one understood Father’s purpose and goals behind starting that mission. But now those working in ACC can see the value of it and understand.

When the news of Father’s “African Project” first reached the ears of Washington D.C. and the national leaders, they were shocked. They reacted like it was an “atom-bomb explosion.” Now they see that it is the only way we can save this country. We are the only movement this nation can work with to bring victory. Think about that.

Now our foundation is so strong that Col. Pak can easily meet with George Bush and President Reagan. Who gave that direction to Col. Pak? American religious leaders? No. But they know who is behind Col. Pak. In 1982 they knew from whom they received help in the presi- dential campaign. Now Bush is saying, “Can I get some help?” But after Father helped Pres. Reagan .he didn’t keep hi~ promises, so now Fat~er is saying “no” to George Bush, “ ••• unless you set some conditions.” Who has made that foundation? You? (No, Father) Not just Father, but God.

Do you like Father? (Y~I) Do you like or love Father? (Love Father) What ‘.s the purpose of likin_g someone? Is “like” some tangible thing? What’s~the meaning of “being-good”? It’_s very ambiguous. _What comes after-ideology? (Practice) Suppose that we established a good ideal world, what would you do with it? Well, for most concepts there are no substantial substitutes, but what about “love”? Is “love” a pure concept, or is it some reality? (Reality) Of course, love is a reality. When you really love someone, it’s not just a concept, all your five

physical senses must be invested and love becomes a substantial “material” reality.

Thia is the greatest concept and reality that the Unification ; Church has come up with. Tola love reality is making this entire world become united and resonating with true love. True love is like a tuning fork in ita resonance, in the 1piritual and physical worlds if you strike one world with true love, the other will resonate with the same sound. Who is the center of true love? (Cod) God has the right equipment that strikes the “true love” sounds and on the earth it resonates first with True Parente. , If you have Cod, who is the “True Parents” of true love in the spiritual world, and True Parente of true love in the physical world, where would the two meet to become “one”? The cosmos is so huge, both the spirit and physical worlds, if you have True Parents ~ith true love, where should they meet? You have to find a point. Where? (In Seoul, Korea) Korea is not a human being. (laughter) Nobody knows the answer? If a woman who has had a hard life asks the question, “Why am I a woman, why am I not· a man?” Or some man asks, “Why wasn’t I born a woman?” Then the answer to these questions can only be in knowing that if Cod exists then there is a purpose why things are created the way they are.

How much do you need love? You need love more than the universe and more than True Parents - you need it that much. What kind of life do you want to live? (With true love) I don’t believe you; you cannot have any doubts. Why are human beings born needing love? One of the most famous sayings in Korean is, “Man is the most important creature in the world.” Why? Well God created true love for the entire cosmos, not for Himself. Therefore, humankind is originally (born) a product of that true love. So now we can draw the conclusion that we can say that “true love existed as the essence of Cod in the beginning before the creation.” If you draw a circle, wherever you make a point on that circle, 270 or 280 degrees, true love is always on top of that circle. That is why human beings are the “Lords of creation” and the universe. It’s because we are originally from that true love, so we are above every- thing else that is on the earth.

Plants and animals were created to be “objects” of mankind. With- in plants and animals there are dual characteristics. If you have two flowers for instance and one is “subject” and the other is “object,” where does true love dwell? God didn’t have any choice but to place true love right in the middle or center - there can only · be one point of true love. The center of true love cannot be two points, it baa to be “one.” Tlrnre is only one focal meeting point between Cod and a man and a woman. That is where the vertical true love from God meets with the hor~~ontal true love of a man and woman.

God has:mind and bo~y just like human_beings, then is true love in God different than or the same as true love in a man and a woman? It’s the same true love. ls that clear? Then who is God? God is our “Vertical True Parents”; that means God is the original heart. Then how does true love from God meet at the same focal point of true love between a man and woman on earth? (Father makes a diagram on the table by moving around glasses Qn the table) Wouldn’t a man and a woman have • : • • .-

to move to the center towards God at the same speed in order ~o connect? If one moves faster than the other then they would fight (laughter). What an uncomfortable situation that is - this i1 a very serious question. How will God 1 a man and a woman meet at the same time at exactly the ; same point? Think about it.

Even if you are UTS graduates and you don’t understand this con- cept, you still will be left out. There are former Seminary graduates floating all around who still do not understand this truth about true love. We must all find the Unification 3-way path to be united in only “one point.” Th is is the fund amen ta 1 key to a 11 problems and quest ions 1 if we don’t make this point really clear to all members there I could be a division in our movement. Well, do you want Father to give you the answer? (Yes) Don’t you think that God has already thought this idea all out?

Well, first of all, you have to get rid of self-centered thinking. Man lives only for the sake of a woman, and a woman lives only for the sake of a man. Mankind lives for the sake of Cod, and God lives for the sake of mankind. A man or a woman cannot aggressively grab the true point center for themselves. But if a man should grab the true love point before the woman, but it is for the sake of the woman and to achieve perfection of true love,then that it o.k. (and vice-versa) The great truth here is to get rid of self-centered thinking. If you “grab” for the true love point for the sake of the other person and God, then you will gain two things, the woman (the man) and Cod. But if you insist on staying self-centered, you will lose both the woman (man) and God.

You have to understand this concept of the marriage relationship and true love. Thie focal point ls at the heart of all historical prob- lems and questions. After parents raise their children, then they stand behind them - we see this kind of practice all over the world. True Parents have been up front paving the way and guiding you, but now Father wants to stay behind you and support you. The reason is that if on a horizontal line Father keeps “pushing” you, then if you ever stop or hesitate the line will crumble. When you were younger spiritually and Father kept pushing to the true love center, then if you accepted that push, a great foundation could be made.

True love can never be lost if Heavenly Father and True Parents keep on pushing the Unification Church, but at the same time the outside world has been pushing you in the opposite direction. In a way, persecu- tion is good for us, right? It is the same principle when Father does something here in the Unification Church and America keeps on persecuting Father, then he can go much further. So is persecution good or not? (Good!) The reason that Father accepted going to prison without protest was that he knew the secret of the paradox of persecution. Those who used to persecute Father are now humbling themselves to him and respecting him.

Father matches you couples and then Blesses you, right, but if Father tells you to go out and work for the nation and the world, then you must go. If you do that, then you can create out of that indemnity a great nation and world. When Father was in prison he did not think

about resentment but created a campaign to save this nation. When Father did this, do you think that Cod would pr.a he him, or would He say, “Ummf I he’• doing something vrong”7 (Praise youl) ,, Tomorrov will be your 12th graduation at UTS, this “true love point” and your “right in authority” la your armor 1 and then you will be returning to your hometovne. Clear? (Ye1I) Everything should be the “Principle” and from there will come the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. When ve really reach this horizontal/vertical focal point of true love you can “see” everything fr0111 any angle. Through this point, the spirit- ual and physical worlds not only meet but cross each other. From this true love focal point nobody vlll be able to oppose you. Everything boils down to that one point. How great it is • a simple’ truth but every- thing evolves around this simple point.

This precious truth that Father has been giving you, don’t throw it in the wastebasket. It’s not only for use in the religious world, but is for practical use also. Do you clearly understand? If a man wants to seek for true love, he absolutely needs the woman, and the most important need for a woman in her life is in finding the man. If women don’t have husbands, what can they do about children? If there were no women in the world, after one generation there would be no more mankind.

But in today’s modern America does a woman really appreciate the value of a man? She sees a man with no more value than a pebble on the seashore. (laughter) Modern woman (nor modern man) do not understand the eternal value of each other. A woman or a man must see their spouse like their “second god.’’ inviting them to reach “true love.” According to this truth, does an American woman (or man) need to be married twice or three times? (No) NOi They just expose themselves to anyone who comes along! God will have a punishment for this kind of lost America that will be severe. God’s true law is only one man and one woman forever - that’s all. Is a woman’s breast for the sake of herself? No, it is for the sake of her babies. Are women’s and men’s organs for the sake of themselves? NOi They are for the sake of each other in true love. If someone asks you, ‘twhy were you born?” What is the answer? (Woman) “I was born for the sake of a man and God.” (Man) “I was born for the sake of a woman and God.”

(Father makes diagrams again on the table with glasses again) This man and this woman unite together at the focal point, centered on God, to become total “one.” Why do they have to meet at the focal point? It’s ·the purpose for which they were born. We say in Korean, “Their eyes have met.” This means that they are in love; after kissing and hugging then the love affair begins, from the eyes to the mouth to the arms and on down. But this kind of love goes through the formation, growth, and perfection stages downward, instead of upward like the Prin- ciple. (laughter_) r-

What is love? No one knows - just you yourself know when you are in love. In the material world there is a physical law that the input must be bigger than the output. But in true lov~ the output is bigger than the input. Love in the spiritual world takes a superior position to physical love, but when you are really serious about seek- ing for true love your 5 physical senses become united into one. So

can we tolerate tho11e American people “enjoying” their lives in their own way? (No) No! America will automatically decline and die if it does not obey (or know) the Principle! You have to know this and you ; have to care about others and teach them.

Thia same principle applies to the animal world. No one teaches a sparrow how to build a neat, yet a sparrow in Korea will build the same nest as a aparrow in America. Just think about the fish, the sal- mon, after it goes to the ocean or large rivers it will travel 7000 miles to return to the same place that it was hatched. But man who has a higher intelligence than any birds or animals, doesn’t even know what kind of life he should live - how shameful! When a salmon comes’back it sacri· fices its own body for the sake of the next generation.

From now on we- must understand and live this princ’iple clearly. Man and woman were born for only one relationship, not many. Do you know what I mean? (Yes, Father) This is clear education for you for the future. This is not “natural” law, but it is “true love” law that you must _live by. Otherwise, there is no hope.

Will you go into the world and become true husband and true wives? (Yes, Father!) It will take a revolution for you to completely do that. You don’t clearly understand the spiritual world. Father would like to teach you all about the spiritual world, but I’m afraid that if I did that you would just “fly away!” (laughing) Instead of working through the pit of the satanic world and digging your way like Father did up through a “ho le in he 11” you would be tempted to just take the easy way. And there is no easy way for world restoration.

As of this month of June 1988 it is a culminating point in history. Father is opening the Heavenly Kingdom wide open. He has been paying indemnity for the last 43 years. I am giving you the instructions and “order” to go back to your hometovns and establish your course there. Up to this point you have needed a messiah, but when you go to your home- towns you don’t need a messiah because you will become the leader. Once we restore our hometowns then the whole nation will be restored.

Now it is lunchtime. Father may not come here for your graduation tomorrow. Do you know the reason? On the outside, all the public knows about the graduation ceremony at Barrytown tomorrow - all the press, and news media and TV stations. We have received a report from the CIA that a member of the --,Japanese Red Army got · caught coming through at the New Jersey Turnpike. So Fa~her for the sake of everyone has to be very careful about appearing in official public gatherings. Father has receive~_ information from intelligence agencies all over the world, warning him about danger. This danger may be over in a couple of years, bu~ not now. So please . understand, for Father and Mother may or may not be here. l

(E~eryone stands up and sings in Korean “Tan Shitn Ga” and gave three “monseis 11 ) (Unofficial and unedited notes not for public distrib,oion) Shirley Stadelhofer ,(fj I

FATHER SPKAKS TOUTS GRADUATES

DIRIRG ROOM/June 29, 1988

How long has it been since Father was here last? (Last year at graduation). Since then Father has spent most of his time in Korea. Father’s motto, “Unification of the Fatherland,” has been in effect for several years. But no one laid a foundation for the motto to happen so Father had to go back and make it. Korea is the “Third Israel” so it needs to be restored. No one understands this there except the people who are spiritually open. So Father had to go back and lead the people to make a foundation for the reunification of Korea.

Even among politicians in Korea, no one else had Father’s vision about that country, so Father became the “front-runner.” Someone has to lay the foundation for reunification of South and North Korea because that small nation is the “center point” to connect the worldwide restora- tion and to bring the spiritual world to meet the physical world on this earth. You know from Divine Principle that without the Fall then there could have been an ideal “Adam and Eve,” ideal tribes, nation and world. But because of the Fall everything went down the drain. Father has been working to bring back the worldwide ideal; the only way to do that is to restore the world.

We have one good symptom in the world at this time that means progress in restoration: there is much spiritual phenomena that is taking place in Russia and other Communist countries. We can see what’s happen- ing in Korea also. This year the 1988 Olympic games will take place there. People are all busy paying attention to all the participating athletes, but there are religious phenomena going on also. There has to be a religious focus also so Father is making a spiritual foundation for the reunification of Korea. Do you follow? Father feels you may understand the words, but feels that there is no way in which you can comprehend the providential meaning.

Tomorrow is the 12th UTS graduation. If you had done a good job of witnessing in the past then we could have had 120 graduates tomorrow instead of 47. So you have to understand what kind of mistakes you made. From now on we must think in terms of “500” graduates.

How many American graduates are there among you? (13) You American graduates, what kind of future do you think America will have from now on? The next American president will have a very important role. Do you think that Father’s work is evident in the American elections? (Yes). The time is here now for the work of CAUSA and AFC. Father has already laid the grassroots foundation in ord~r to reach National and State poli- ticians. If we had enough Seminary graduates we could “mobilize” them a lot.

Fifteen years ago people in the movement didn’t really understand, but now they will have to carry the cross because of that unpreparedness. Now Father has to reconstruct everything. The difficulty that Father is facing is how to expand to the worldwicie level, but because of the present situation in America he has to step back instead of going foward . • That’s why Fathe.i: has to _focus on K~rea - .. to <!,eveiop ISorea <?s ,_t;he.”fiont- runner” and at this time to lea·ve other countries · alone~ ..

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We have to clearly understand that originally Americ•an leadership was to support and work with the government of Korea. But both govern- ments failed to do this. So now Father has encourage these governments to work together to e x pand their unity. As you remember without Father’s blessing, Pres. Reagan could not have become the President of America. Then when Father was sent to Danbury Prison, the President did not help Father. But Father didn’t blame him, Father just went back to Korea to try to work on the foundation of restoration there. But the American President will have to pay indemnity for that; that is the situation now, do you follo w? Of course, Korea now has Pres. Roh, but in realit y th er e is not really any president there. Others consid e r Father to be in the vanguard of what’s really happening in Korea.

So your responsibility is so important. You must go out into the field and help elect the “right” president. Bush is having a hard time now and he needs Father’s help. Who will become the running mate of Bush? That’s the key to victory now; so he needs Father’s help. That’s the main reason Father returned to America. Without Father what will happen? Any conditions that will affect Korea will first fail here.

The prov idential timetable doesn’t stand st~ll, so we have to catch up with the time lost. You must know that Father’s “7000 Minister” education in Korea will be over this month. That project was not an easy task but it was truly an historical event. Just think about it: Germany, Great Britain and America have been the central countries of Christian culture for the last 1000 years and Korea’s Christian history is only 120 years old. Yet think of what a wonderful miracle took place. Seven thousand American Christian ministers visited and respected the tiny nation of Korea!

Now the essential thing that will determine the providential future of America will be in getting those 7000 ministers to reach out to and help 350,000 religious leaders in this nation to understand what is happen- in g in God’s providence today. Look at the Danbury focus - how Father when he was in prison managed to educate Christian ministers and pastors by sending out 350,000 tapes and books. We have to continue the “Danbury focus,” with ministers and pastors, still trying to “turn them around.”

In the beginning, when ministers first received their tapes and books many of them threw them away. Since the 7000 are coming back from Korea now they show more interest and many are starting to see their tapes and read their books. Now more and more Christian ministers are wanting to visit Korea. This is an indication that without telling any- one they have been studying their tapes and the 7000 that have come back fr om Korea are talking to them about it.

You may not know it but a “fire” is spreading among Christian ministers and they are going up to a higher level! (clapping) But after the fire, then what is left? The ground will be bare, so for the Christian ministers you have to “plant seeds of new life.” The seeds must sprout into the hearts of Christian ministers and their congregations. That’s the phenomena taking place now. Let’s say we have 350,000 Christian leaders in this country and about 1/3 or 100,000 respond. Then if UTS has produced 500 ·graduates up to this point, and each graduate works with 200 ministers, that’s 100,000 isn’t it? If that happened then it would be possible to work with 300,000 Christian leaders. You graduates are the ‘!gold-platad’!• _key to hringing_ them _back -:- to m~~ia_te for -fath~r,: •

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Recently, Father rest rue tu red the Unification Church’ leadership, especially the Ph.D. ‘sand UTS graduates, in order to utilize their edu- cation and knowledge for the frontline work of the movement. What kind of “frontline”? This time your frontline missions will be your “home- towns.” According to cormnon religious practice, people leave their home- towns and go out into the world. But this time Father is sending reli- gious leaders back to their hometowns. This is a precious time.

Therefore, when you go back to your hometowns, you can utilize all the church organizations that already have been established: CAUSA, PWPA, ICC, CARP, etc., for your restoration work. The foundations of these organizations are substantial and you have to connect with and work with them, helping them to reach people from the Christian culture, patriotic conservatives, and retired military personnel and veterans.

The Unification Church is already a frontrunner of the conserva- tive movement in this country. Some of you may not know it but in Wash- in g ton, D.C. Reverend Moon is considered the mainstream leader of the conservative movement. Look at the facts, Father is not even a citizen of the United States, yet when he goes to Washington they say, “You are the number one conservative leader in this country!·” (clapping) But when God says, “Yes, you are” then that’s when I am. (laughing)

So from now on, how America is progressing is what is important. Those people who are working with the ICS (International Security Council) clearly understand the critical value of Father’s work. But you don’t comprehend, do you? If you had understood you would have helped Father. Think about the time that Father first announced the “African Project.” No one understood Father’s purpose and goals behind starting that mission. But now those working in ACC can see the value of it and understand.

When the news of Father’s “African -Project” first reached the ears of Washington D.C. and the national leaders, they were shocked. They reacted like it was an “atom-bomb explosion.” Now they see that it is the only way we can save this country. We are the only movement this nation can work with to bring victory. Think about that.

Now our foundation is so strong that Col. Pak can easily meet with George Bush and President Reagan. Who gave that direction to Col. Pak? American religious leaders? No. But they know who is behind Col. Pak. In 1982 they knew from whom they received help in the presi- dential campaign. Now Bush is saying, “Can I get some help?” But after Father helped Pres. Reagan he didn’t keep his promises, so now Father is saying “no” to George Bush, “ … unless you set ·some conditions.” Who has made that foundation? You? (No, Father) Not just Father, but God.

Do you like Father? (Yes!) Do you like or love Father? (Love Father) What’s the purpose of liking someone? ls “like” some tangible thing? What’s the meaning of “being good”? It’s very ambiguous. What comes after ideology? (Practice) Suppose that we established a good ideal world, what would you do with it? Well, for most concepts there are no subst.;ntial substitutes, but what about “love”? Is “love” a pure concept, or is it some reality? (Reality) Of course, love is a reality. When you really love someone, it’s not just a concept, all your five

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physical senses must be invested and love becomes a substantial “material” reality.

This is the greatest concept and reality that the Unification Church has come up with. This love reality is making this entire world become united and resonating with true love. True love is like a tuning fork in its resonance; in the spiritual and physical worlds if you strike one world with true love, the other will resonate with the same sound. Who is the center of true love? (God) God has the right equipment that strikes the “true love” sounds and on the earth it resonates first with True Parents.

If you have God, who is the “True Parents” of true love in the spiritual world, and True Parents of true love in the physical world, where would the two meet to become “one”? The cosmos is so huge, both the spirit and physical worlds, if you have True Parents with true love, where should they meet? You have to find a point. Where? (In Seoul, Korea) Korea is not a human being. (laughter) Nobody knows the answer? If a woman who has had a hard life asks the question, “Why am I a woman, why am I not a man?” Or some man asks, “Why wasn’t I born a woman?” Then the answer to these questions can only be in knowing that if God exists then there is a purpose why things are created the way they are.

How much do you need love? You need love more than the universe and more than True Parents - you need it that much. What kind of life do you want to live? (With true love) I don’t believe you; you cannot have any doubts. Why are human beings born needing love? One of the most famous sayings in Korean is, “Man is the most important creature in the world.” Why? Well God created true love for the entire cosmos, not for Himself. Therefore, humankind is originally (born) a product of that true love. So now we can draw the conclusion that we can say that “true love existed as the essence of God in the beginning before the creation.” If you draw a circle, wherever you make a point on that circle, 270 or 280 degrees, true love is always on top of that circle. That is why human beings are the “Lords of creation” and the universe. It’s because we are originally from that true love, so we are above every- thing else that is on the earth.

Plants and animals were created to be “objects” of mankind. With- in plants and animals there are dual characteristics. If you have two flowers for instance and one is “subject” and the other is “object,” where does true love dwell? God . didn’t have any choice but to place true love right in the middle or center - there can only be one point of true love. The center of true love cannot be two points, it has to be “one.” There is only one focal meeting point between God and a man and a woman. That is where the vertical true love from God meets with the horizontal true love of a man and woman.

God has mind and body just like human beings, then is true love in God different than or the same as true love in a man and a woman? It’s the same true love. Is that clear? Then who is God? God is our “Vertical True Parents”; that means God is the original heart. Then how does true love from God meet at the same focal point of true love between a man and woman on earth? (Father makes a diagram on the table by rno’!in_g around glasses on the table) Wouldn’t a man and a woman have • ,•

to move to the center towards God at the same speed in order to connect? If one moves faster than the other then they would fight (laughter). What an uncomfortable situation that is - this is a very serious question. How will God, a man and a woman meet at the same time at exactly the same point? Think about it.

Even if you are UTS graduates and you don’t understand this con- cept, you still will be left out. There are former Seminar y graduates floating all around who still do not understand this truth about true lo ve. We must all find the Unification 3-way path to be united in only “one point.” This is the fundamental key to all problems and questions; if we don’t make this point really clear to all members there could be a division in our mo ve ment. Well, do you want Father to give you the answer? (Yes) Don’t you think that God has already thought this idea all out?

Well, first of all, you have to get rid of self-centered thinking. Man lives only for the sake of a woman, and a woman lives only for the sake of a man. Mankind lives for the sake of God, and God lives for the sake of mankind. A man or a woman cannot aggressively grab the true point center for themselves. But if a man should grab the true love point before the woman, but it is for the sake of the woman and to achieve perfection of true love,then that it o.k. (and vice-versa) The great truth here is to get rid of self-centered thinking. If you “grab” for the true love point for the sake of the other person and God, then you will gain two things: the woman (the man) and God. But if you insist on staying self-centered, you will lose both the woman (man) and God.

You have to understand this concept of the marriage relationship and true love. This focal point is at the heart . of all historical prob- lems and questions. After parents raise their children, then they stand behind them - we see this kind of practice all over the world. True Parents have been up front paving the way and guiding you, but now Father wants to stay behind you and support you. The reason is that if on a horizontal line Father keeps “pushing” you, then if you ever stop or hesitate the line will crumble. When you were younger spiritually and Father kept pushing to the true love center, then if you accepted that push, a great foundation could be made.

True love can never be lost if Heavenly Father and True Parents keep on pushing ~he Unification Church, but at the same time the outside world has been pushing you in the oppo~ite direction. In a way, persecu- tion is good for us, right? It is the same principle when Father does something here in the Unification Church and America keeps on persecuting Father, then he can go much further. So is persecution good or not? (Good!) The reason that Father accepted going to prison without protest was that he knew the secret of the paradox of persecution. Those who used to persecute Father are now humbling themselves to him and respecting him.

Father .matches you couples and then Blesses you, right, but if Father tells you to go out and work for the nation and the world, then you must go. If you do that, then you can create out of that indemnity a great nation and world. When Father was in prison he did not think

about r e sentme nt but created a camp a ign to save this nation. When Father did this, do you think that Cod would praise him, or would He say, “Ulll!Df! he’s doing something wrong”? (Pr a ise you!)

To morrow will be your 12th g raduation a t UTS, this “tcue love point” and your “right in authority” is your armor, and th~n you will be r e t u rning co your hometowns. Clear? ( Yes!) Everything should be the “Principle” and fr olil there will c ome the Kin gdom of Heaven on e a rt h . Whe n we re a lly re a ch chis hor i zontal / ve rtical fo ca l point of true love you c a n “s e e” everything from any angle. Throu gh this point, the spirit- ual and physical worlds not only meet but cross each other. From th is true love focal point nobody will be able co oppose you. Everything boils down to that one point. How great it is - a simple truth but every- thing evolves around this simple point.

This precious truth that Father has been giving you, don’t throw it in the wastebasket. It’s not only for use in the religious world, but is for practical use also. Do you clearly understand? If a man wants to seek for true love, he absolutely needs the woman , and the most important need for a woman in her life is in finding the man .. If women don 1 t have husbands, what can they do about children? If there were no women in the world, after one generation there would be no more mankind.

But in today’s modern America does a woman really appreciate the value of a man? She sees a man with no more value than a pebble on the seashore. (laughter) Modern woman (nor modern man) do not understand the eternal value of each ocher. A woman or a man must see their spouse like their “second god,” inviting them to reach “true love. 11 According to this truth, does an American woman (or man) need to be married twice or three times? (No) NO! They just expose themselves to anyone who comes along! God will have a punishment for this kind of lost America that will be severe. God’s true law is only one man and one woman forever - that 1 s all. Is a woman 1 s breast for the sake of herself? No, it is for the sake of her babies. Are women 1 s and men’s organs for the sake of themselves? NO! They are for the sake of each other in true love. If someone asks you, “Why were you born?” What is the answer? (Woman) “I was born for the sake of a man and God. 11 (Man) “I was born for the sake of a woman and God. 11

(F a ther ma kes diagrams again on the table with glasses again) This man and this woman unite together at the focal point, centered on God, to become total “one.” Why do they have to meet at the focal point? lt 1 s the purpo s e for which they were born. We say in Korean, “Their eyes have met.” This means that they are in love; after kissing and hugging then the love affair begins, from the eyes to the mouth to the arms and on down. But this kind of love goes through the formation, growth, and perfection stages downward, instead of upward like the Prin - ciple. (laughter)

What is love? No one knows - just you yourself know when you are in love. In the material world there is a physical law that the input must be bigger than the output. Bue in true love the output is bigger than the input. Love in the spiritual world takes a superior position to physical love, but when you are really serious about seek- ~ng for true love your 5 physical senses become united into one. So . .. . . . . .

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can we tolerate those American people “enjoying” their lives in their own way? (No) No! America will automatically decline and die if it does not obey (or know) the Principle! You have to know this and you have to care about others and teach them.

This same principle applies to the animal world. No one teaches a sparrow how to build a nest, yet a sparrow in Korea will build the same nest as a sparrow in America. Just think about the fish, the sal- mon, after it goes to the ocean or large rivers it will travel 7000 miles to return to the same place that it was hatched. But man who has a higher intelligence than any birds or animals, doesn’t even know what kind of life he should live - how shameful! When a salmon comes back it sacri- fices its own body for the sake of the next generation.

From now on we must understand and live this principle clearly. Man and woman were born for only one relationship, not many. Do you know what I mean? (Yes, Father) This is clear education for you for the future. This is not “natural” law, but it is “true love” law that you must live by. Otherwise, there is no hope.

Will you go into the world and become true husband and true wives? (Yes, Father!) It will take a revolution for you to completely do that. You don’t clearly understand the spiritual world. Father would like to teach you all about the spiritual world, but I’m afraid that if I did that you would just “fly away!” (laughing) Instead of working through the pit of the satanic world and digging your way like Father did up through a “hole in hell” you would be tempted to just take the easy way. And there is no easy way for world restoration.

As of this month of June 1988 it is a culminating point in history. Father is opening the Heavenly Kingdom wide open. He has been paying indemnity for the last 43 years. I am giving you the instructions and “order” to go back to your hometowns and establish your course there. Up to this point you have needed a messiah, but when you go to your home- towns you don’t need a messiah because you will become the leader. Once we restore our hometowns then the whole nation will be restored.

Now it is lunchtime. Father may not come here for your graduation tomorrow. Do you know the reason? On the outside, all the public knows about the graduation ceremony at Barrytown tomorrow - all the press, and news media and TV stations. We have received a report from the CIA that a member of the Japanese Red Army got caught coming through at ·the New Jersey Turnpike. So Father for the sake of everyone has to be very careful about appearing in official public gatherings. Father has received information from intelligence agencies all over the world, warning him about danger. This danger o ay be over in a couple of years, but not now. So please understand, for Father and Mother may or may not be here.

(Everyone stands up and sings in Korean “Tan Shim Ga” and gave three “monseis”) (Unofficial and unedited notes not for public distribYoion) Shirley Stadelhofer l}’j .. / • .

UTS 12th COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

June 30, 1988

REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON

Graduates, parents, professors, distinguished guests,

ladies and gentlemen:

I wish to extend my heurtfelt congratulations to you~

47 graduates on this joyful occasion of ·the 12th graduation ceremony of the Unification Theological Seminary.

You are graduating in the providential year of 1988,

ready to become, not simply graduates of a d e nominational

seminary, but religious leaders willing to take responsibility

for God’s will in solving the problems of humanity and the

Now, as we are gathered for this meaningful occasion,

I would like to share some thoughts with you concerning your

dispensational missions and the serious problems facing America

In Judeo-Christian history God planned to impart His

mainstream ideology and thought through faithful individuals,

societies and nations. Religious ideology is not just truth

or moral teaching but expresses the desire of human beings

to have something to depend and rely on absolutely. In God’s

plan, America represents all the free nations of the world.

A providential purpose has been given to this nation by God

since its birth 200 years ago.

When we look at America today we can see that it is

lacking a clear and unified ideology as well as unity of

value perspectives centered on God. Religious commandments

remain mostly unpracticed and much of the Judeo-Christian

teaching of universal love is generally ignored or rejected.

This is a nation full of contradiction, grcc1t confusion, injustice and corruption. If the confusion gets worse this

nation will face the danger of perishing.

The result of such a lack in ethical and.wholesome

ideals is moral decay. If a God-centered ideology, which

is supposed to direct the spirit of humc1nkind, loses its

function, then a nation will turn completely to lawlessness , and become a pool of violence and corruption. We can see

this in American homes and schools us the proper. order in relationships between parents and children and teachers and

students breaks down.

Naturally, if there is no clear ideology and moral

decay continues, there can be no clear direction to those who are lost, and to the future of this nation. This moral

disintegration and decadent thinking has brought about the

decline of ethical values in American life. Today America

is a nation of sin, conflict, and disbelief, bringing about

a cesspool of “free sex,” drugs, homosexuality and promiscuity.

We see this nation heading toward a society without religious

values; thereby becoming a spiritual vacuum of materialism

and secular “humanism” where there is no hope.

Where can we find the people and the organizations

who are seriously concerned about the present sick and cancer-

ous trend in this dying America? I dare say that, in the

whole world, you graduates and the Unification movement are

urgently concerned and vitally interested in doing something

about it for this nation. Thus, it is you people that are

the hope for the future of America and the world . .. .

What can we do to alleviate this alarming situation?

It is an absolute necessity that we make extra effort based

on a new attitude. We have to correct the lack of clear-cut

ideals and moral values, thus changing our American position

and attitude. How? You have to revive the “Original America”

in the Founding Fathers’ spirit of the JudeoLChristian heritage

in this country. You must be dedicated to the remaking of

the individuals, communities, this nation and the world accord-

ing to the original ideals of God.

We are at a crucial turning point in the history of

this nation with the unfinished tasks which need to be solved.

God expects dedicated young people like yourselves to be

responsible for them.

First of all, in order to find the true love, happi-

ness and peace desired by our original minds, you must plunge

yourselves into this troubled world and work there for God.

You do this by sacrificing yourselves through total investment

and commitment. Perseverance, self-sacrifice and the road

of suffering and puin is the only way to bring success in

your responsibility as religious leaders.

Secondly, you not only give help and service to others

in an unconditional way, but by this path of living sacrifice

you will inherit the course of “messiahship,” becoming small

messiahs in your homes and communities. If you ignite a new

spiritual and religious environment then you will become

the new hope for this nation.

Thirdly, you must give education and guidance to people

to not only believe in God’s will but to live it in their ;

everyday lives. We must develop a “practical application”

movement. Education should not only be ideology or theory,

but should include the testing of theory in practical living

and everyday experiences.

Your sacred mission is to educate others to become

your successors. Careful leadership training ancl seminary

education have been given to you at UTS in thought and theory,

so your responsibility is to carry out your successful, prac-

tical mission. This means educating a second generation

who will be heirs of the coming ideal world, thus ensuring

God’s will continues after you. Your success will not be

complete if you have no successors to take over your mission.

Therefore, your special effort must be to guide and raise

up a second generation in your lifetime.

To accomplish God’s will in this nation of America,

with extra determination and a new attitude, a movement toward

unifying all the different faiths of the world must be actively launched. How can we solve this urgent issue?

---Through the spirit of ecumenism and continued fellow-

ship among all denominations and religions, enhancing unity

and harmony and eliminating dogmatic biases.

---And through encouraging interfaith dialogue, cooper-

ation and mutual assistance, helping one another discover

ways to absorb differences and consider new direction toward

higher purposes. .. .

We have already been working toward developing inter-

religious and interdenominational harmony, through sharing

common ideals and concerns about the future of humunkind. ~

You have to continue the effort, and to aggressively initiate

further participation in ecumenism on the worldwide level.

In conclusion, since you have learned that success

in your mission can be obtained by unconditiona1 sacrifice

and loving service, becoming small messiahs, and educating

and training your successors with practical restoration work,

I am sure you will be victorious in reaching goals in harmony

with God’s will.

This nation of America should be renewed, not just

through a spiritual revolution, but through action concerned

with applying God’s will to the practical solution of its problems. If you accomplish this task you graduates will

become the pride of both your Unification movement and your

nation. You will not be simply ministers, leading secluded

lives, but men and women who will save this nation and world

according to God’s will and plan for restoration.

You are destined to fulfill the historical mission

of becoming true leaders of tomorrow, establishing a new

and higher tradition and future hl~tory for humankind and

God. Have confidence and put all your energy into bringing

about God’s ideal, never abandoning the heart of God who

desires to accomplish His will through you.

God’s fundamental reason for blessing America during

the last 200 years with material abundance, is so that this

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nation can help and serve other peoples of the world. So

you must bear the burden of ruising the moral standard of

America, thus restoring the “Original /\rnerica” ln the ideal

of the Founding Fathers of this nation.

Carry on God’s work with utmost faith and loyalty,

and keep marching towards the goal of making Go~’s world

of unity, peace, prosperity and happiness a substantial

Thank you and God bless you.