Father Speaks To UTS Graduates (b) - Original Document

FATHER SPEAKS TOUTS GRADUATES (unofficial excerpts)

Grand Ballroom, New Yorker January 28, 1993

UTS graduates should be leaders in the Heavenly Kingdom. A Kingdom needs leaders. The Unification Church is a Heavenly Army, but without leaders an army has no meaning, it is irrelevant.

In the human body there are two kinds of cells, red blood cells and white blood cells. Red cells are like the police, white cells are like the army. They protect the body from any foreign invasion. Members of the Unification Church are like policemen, protecting the movement against alien intrusion or foreign elements. UTS graduates are like the white blood cells; they are the army of our movement, the fighters. They have a higher position, a greater responsibility. When the armed forces of any nation, including the U.S., are going down, that country will be attacked. This applies to the human body as well as the Unification Church. Therefore this is the time that UTS graduates must stand up and fight to win this battle.

You have no idea how much persecution Father went through to create UTS. Father won the most miserable battle - he never gave in, creating UTS and setting the tradition. Before 1990 students were given full scholarship. So many members sacrificed for your education -you are indebted to them. Especially many women suffered and sacrificed.for you. They did not sacrifice themselves just for your sake, but for the country, for the sake of mankind, so that you could become a leader in the movement. Father has called UTS graduates here today to reassure you that he looks at you as leaders in our movement, the white blood cells of the body. You are truly the elite for the public, heavenly cause. You are being called to make yourself a sacrifice for the greater victory of Heaven. Now is time for self-reflection, to correct your past, to look at the present situation in your life of faith. What is your future? What should your future be as a “white blood cell?”

In 1975, Father needed all the elite Unification Church members for world foreign missions, but because Father thought UTS was more important for the sake of the future, he spared key leaders and sent them to UTS instead. Your position is awesome, fearful in a way. Before you, many champions, many heroes went out and brought victory to Father. Your mission is an awesome and fearful one. You are the cadre, the central leadership which is directly connected to True Parents. You are the special contingency belonging to True Parents, taking orders directly from them. Do you follow? Those who understand Father, his heart inside, raise your hands please.

January 29, 1993

Father would like to speak especially to UTS graduates - stand up please. How much do you know Father? You are trying:to understand in your own way, but how much do you really know him? You know Fathet according to your own experiences, your own observations and concepts. This is the same with your perception of Divine Principle and of true love too. The True Children also each understand Father in their own way. Therefore, how can we come up with one concept? This is a very, very important matter. There are two sides to human beings - the difficult and the joyful. People generally pursue the joyful side. If you go out with your friend, you want to have fun. But you don’t really know the depth of that person. When you observe that person in difficulty, the true side of that person will emerge. The most noble person will not compromise his principles in the face of great adversity. In this way he can show his divineness. If there is a God, He must be looking for that kind of person. In pursuing that ideal of God, incredible danger may come to your family - will you back off and tum around? God will never retreat or change His mind. He is looking for people with similar character. God goes beyond death. There is no-failure, everything is perfection. Even in the fallen world, if a person has unchanging commitment he will never fail. That person will eventually succeed. God’s way is the public way. Satan faces death centered on himself. He can retreat and give up. The satanic world has limits? es~ially in the moment Satan ~ himself in danger. That is the difference between dotl and Satan: I

Father feels a special affinity towards UTS graduates. In the beginning, Father drove 2 1/2 hours everyday to see you. If one day he didn’t see you he felt something was missing. Father went so often to Barrytown in order to teach the right tradition to the first classes. Father was thinking he has to create path finders with whom he can set up the proper tradition. Now Father doesn’t _go everyday. The first graduating class has unforgettable memories of Father pushing them into the water t~ go carp fishing! Father stayed up all night with the students, making the nets by hand. Father created Ocean Church with the most important purpose of giving you an· unforgettable memory, to teach you sometlµng about tradition. “Father was with me - in the cold, late at night, making nets with me.” A new tradition for the sake of posterity. How many of you alumni really value those days? Father was thinking that he had to prepare for the day to provide leadership for a declining America. America today is now in a very miserable situation but still it must be saved. The young people are dying. One time Jesus went through a grove of trees, cursing the fruitless tree. Father thinks the same way, walking down the street - cursing the lack ofleadership in this country. Father’s 21 years in America cannot have been spent in vain. When Father leaves America how many of you will bear fruit in America? There is a certain price and sacrifice needed to save this country. Father cannot be here permanently. He must go to Asia, there are 3.2 billion people waiting to be ~r saved. Father wants to know, how many of you will say “Father go. We will become like Rev.

Moon and save the U.S.” Father’s purpose in coming here today is to bundle you up, to bind you together in word, promise and deed.

UTS must initiate the save America movement. “We will take care of this country Father.” The flame of UTS has been burning. I want it to burn among you. I want you to become the savior of this nation. You were trained personally by Father. No one else can speak that way. You can give the heart of Father to others. Each graduate can multiply himself by 3 people who go to UTS; in this way the torch shall be handed down to others. With that heart Father bas assembled you today. The resurrection among the people of America shall begin with you. Someone has to ignite it. Father is looking to you.

1995 will mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of UTS. By that time there will be over 1000 alumni. These are the forces that will ignite this moral revolution. The good seed must be taken and spread. Father cannot imagine you will be lesser than your own children. You are the inheritor’s of Father’s tradition and spirit. If you keep that pledge, America shall not decline. You must lead your juniors and your children. UTS is the monument - the embodin1ent of the spirit. You have to recruit people for UTS and create a volcanic explosion in America. You should think, I will be the central figure for that movement. As much as Father has loved you and UTS you shall love others and UTS. Let’s make another great time for UTS. Action is much more visible than your words. Words are cheap, whereas action is expensive. It is what you have done that counts.

This meeting is very historical for UTS. Every God’s Day UTS graduates should be reminded to bring 3 people to UTS. Not only students - you should give a donation of $10,000/year - $7500 for tuition, $2500 for building restoration. People and money. When a letter comes from President Kim, don’t complain - you should feel it is an intimate letter. If you don’t want to receive such a letter raise your hand. You can skip 1 meal a day to sponsor a student. When Father went to school he walked 11/2 miles everyday, saving a 5 cent train fare in order to give to poor people. When Father went back to Seoul he retraced this path he bad walked as a student and found everything changed except for one tree which still remained - he went up to this tree and hugged it like a long lost brother. The tree testified to what Father did.

Father spent the prime of his life in the America - 21 years. Father must show the world how to live and prosper. Everyone must be ready. Strive today to be prepared. If you are lifted up to heaven you will find everything Father said to be true. But if you did not live it how would you feel? Are you thinking “Father is an Asian man with an interesting teaching”? Did you shed tears for the sake of your country? You inherit those tears. If you as the children inherit Father’s tradition, you will not be outcast. Tears are the best way to inherit that tradition. Father has picked this time to meet with you because Clinton is in the White House. It is an emergency time - you must invest your bones and flesh for the sake of this tradition. This

country is in trouble, the cultural sphere has no direction. The only hope is Father. No one can take responsibility except Unificationists. In order to prepare for this day I raised you. You are the defenders of this tradition. It is the time for action. We have to rouse this country with a new spirit of life and restoration. Last year Father initiated United to Serve America and completed 2,500 rallies. This year Father wants to reach young people with correct moral values. We have to win the high schools. When the Jewish people left Egypt they should have each taken 1 Egyptian with them. The 600,000 would have become 1.2 million. If they had done so it would have been a completely different exodus. All of you under the age of 47 are in the chosen, second son position. In 1968 Father installed God’s Day, he was 47 years old. He felt so young with so much power then. Today Father is launching a new crusade.

To become an Olympic champion-you need rigorous training. ·The same is true for spiritual Olympic champions. Would you like intense or mediocre training? You’re not stupid! Lefs train ourselves. Father wants to mobiliz.e high level people, knitting them into an organization, in all different areas - media, politics, universities. Father wants to create a flxing IOWC using a 727. But first you must become champions. Father would like to have an explosive conference where this truth is spoken. We have to fight back the drug culture, the homosexual - culture. Homosexuality is the worst crime in God’s eyes. Father already has a great network with political, educational, religious leaders. Many are awaiting Father’s order. As so01fas they hear a UTS graduate trained by Father is coming they will be excited: Father has a special place for the-workshop - the Diamond Mountains in North Korea! Kim Il Sung asked Father to create an elegant resort there. At first Father said he would think about it, but then sigile<l papers and said YES! So he will do it. Maybe Kim Il Sung will come and give the opening remarks and talk on bow to become a spy! He’s an expert! We can use his knowledge for good.

You need to map out your own course - your youth only comes once - now is the time to prepare. Father is always preparing for the future - be prepared for Russia i1 years, for China 34 years. You are armed with Father’s vision, you have real patriotism. In the face,:o( insurmountable opposition Father started from scratch. You don’t have to wait - the foundation is already made.

Become an influential person, command votes, become a person who is sought after by your senator and congreS&nan. Have a showdown, turn the tables upside down! When.you have correct purpose, you can be strong and make a big commotion - TAKE ACTIONF Have hope and conviction - go around and visit every home as your home, as Father did. Father always proclaimed you should become a good troublemaker. Those harboring big ambit-ion have to learn how to manage your body. When you do so, Father’s foundation will become your realm.