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Sun Myung Moon 2012 Life of Faith in the Era after the Coming of Heaven From “Selected Speeches of Reverend Sun Myung Moon” Unofficial Translation

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There is an adage saying, “Be constant from the beginning to the end.” However, that is not enough. So, you should not just follow the adage. You should follow this, “Start small and give increasingly to end up great.” Even though you start out small, you must end larger than what you started. This is my life philosophy. I don’t think it is difficult even if I face really hard challenges. If your root is shallow, when a Hurricane comes you will be blown away. You must deepen your determination for fulfilling your desire, so as to not be blown away no matter how strong the gusts bluster against you.

Members of Unification Church should not be limited by the adage, “Be constant from the beginning to the end.” Rather, they must follow, “Start small and give increasingly to end up great.” You must end greater that the beginning. In the ideal world, if you keep trying to give, you will get larger and larger. However, in the process of restoration, it is “Be constant from the beginning to the end.” Because the beginning and the end is the same, they can meet up. However, in our world, you should not get larger centering on your own sake alone. In the world of love, centering on true love, the end will be greater. We don’t need a world expressed by another adage, “Being with large dragon’s head but with tiny snake’s

Even if I was captured and put into a prison, I will never back away because of my philosophy of “Start small and give increasingly to end up great.” I will fight head on against a much larger enemy. Then, who will protect me when I will have a head-on collision? God will be my protector. God is our master and our subject partner.

Even if I am put in solitary confinement in prison, as long as I do not relinquish my heart to serve God — being in the prison or in the jaws of death — Heaven will pull me out of it and place me at a position of His object partner. Moreover, Heaven will open a path for the realm of my libration in all directions — east, west, north or south. You must know that this is Reverend Moon’s traditional life philosophy while he established the world-wide foundation, by preparing incremental and cumulative results.

Rev. Moon’s philosophy of life is to add one more step wherever I go. For example, when I climb a mountain and reach its summit, I will count from one, two, three from there. Then I will count eleven and twelve, as I step around. This one extra step that I take after reaching the final point is a condition through which new development takes place. In other words, if you make this one extra step, you will not perish. This is natural thinking as you compete against the satanic world.

Rev. Moon has established this foundation despite receiving persecution in this world. Then, what is my philosophy of life that has sustained me. My thought is there is no stagnation. I reached almost 80 years old, however, even today; my philosophy does not allow me to stop or stagnate. I cannot be outdone even by young people. What is development? Development can mean renaissance. Then it will bring prosperity and finally reach the Heavenly Kingdom.