87. Keynote Address at the Global Peace NGO Seminar
Hyun Jin Moon
July 6, 2007
Korean National Assembly Office Building
Seoul, Korea
Illustrious members of the Korean National Assembly, distinguished guests from abroad, family members, friends, ladies and gentlemen: It is a great and distinct honor for me to be here today. I wear many hats, but the hat I wear most proudly as I come before you today is as a proud son who is carrying out the work of his parents.
It is so fitting that here in the nation's capital of this peninsular nation of Korea, we have invited distinguished guests, leaders in politics, religion and society, and have welcomed them to this nation in order to share with them a vision of peace for this coming century.
I was born here in Seoul years ago. I followed my parents to America when I was a young boy, and I lived there most of my life. Yet I never really fit in there because, deep inside, my origins and roots were here.
Even so, I realized that the dream that my parents have cherished and yearned to see realized in their lifetimes is not the dream of just one family, or of one man or woman. It is the dream of all the people in this nation and of all the people in the world to build one family under God.
This dream came to my father as a result of divine ordination. While he was a young boy, among the windswept hilltops of what is now North Korea, on a cold Easter Sunday, he went into those hills yearning to liberate God from his suffering and anguished heart, His bereaved heart as a parent that has lost His children. There on a hilltop, while earnestly in prayer, Jesus came to him and gave him the mission to build one family under God. This fulfillment of this a mission is something all people have yearned for whether they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or Confucian -- regardless of their tradition of faith. To see all humanity as one peaceful family under God is a dream the realization of which humankind has yearned for since the beginning of time.
It was on that hilltop that this torch was passed for the sake of building one family under God. For many years, in absolute determination and dedication, in order to build this dream, he has sacrificed everything -- including his own family, his brothers and sisters, his parents, and the home that he knew in North Korea. He has sacrificed not only all those things we as people cherish, but he has sacrificed himself. He was unjustly imprisoned six times for his beliefs and for his conviction to realize the dream of building one family under God.
There were those nay-sayers who said it could not be done. There were nay-sayers who belittled him and demanded, "Who are you to have such big dreams? Who are you to say you are taking on the mantle of a great man, a divine man such as Jesus Christ? Who are you to say you are taking on the mantle of building one family -- a vision and dream that the likes of Buddha, Moses and Mohamed undertook? Who are you?"
Yet he had tenacity and hope. He had the audacity to rise up to take up that challenge -- the mantle and the cross -- of bringing this dream to the human family, so that it could be our dream. We stand today on that proverbial mountaintop where this dream is no longer just a fleeting concept or ideal but is something firmly rooted in the hearts and minds of great men and women around the world as well as in this nation of Korea.
We are planting seeds. We are planting the seeds of hope in creating one family under God in the hearts of men. As the seeds germinate there, as they truly take root, one person at a time, peace can be realized on the earth.
More importantly, centered upon this dream of building one family under God, my father has touched upon principles universal to all humanity, especially to those who are faithful and devout and who want to serve God in the realization of this dream. These are principles that can unite us, that can bring us together and allow us to elevate ourselves, to liberate ourselves from the narrow boxes of our own faith traditions and our own "isms." These allow us to unite upon a platform of eternal principles that are rooted in God's divine principle of true love, of living for the sake of others and of building God-centered families.
Is it not in the family that we learn about peace, love, brotherhood, parenthood, the relationship between husband and wife and all the important relationships within the family? It is said that if you have a friend -- a dear friend -- and you want to emphasize how close this friend is to you, you use a simile in familial terms, to establish the intimacy and closeness that cannot be described in any other way. You would say this friend is like my brother; this woman is like my sister; this elder is like my father or my mother; this youngster is like my son or my daughter. It is that intimacy that we learn within the family. And it is a God-centered family -- a family rooted in the divine vertical order of love, where God can dwell -- that allows us to have an individual as well as a collective awareness as to what is right, what is good and what is divine.
The dream of changing the world through blessing together in marriage people from enemy nations is a dream that no one has spoken of until this time. Yet it is a dream that is being realized and is unfolding before our very eyes. We witnessed a beautiful expression of this yesterday in the Holy Blessing Ceremony of one thousand six hundred couples in Cheonan, and thousands upon thousands of couples worldwide. Through true love and building ideal families, we are slowly breaking down the walls and the barriers that separate people from each other.
You know this is a vision that has been too long in being actualized; yet it has come and settled upon the earth through the vision and the work of my parents, the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.
What is more impressive is that this vision is so enrapturing. You know it is said that the hardest converts are your own children. Yet in 2006, the whole Moon clan, three generations, took on the mantle of this great vision, visited almost every nation in the world, bringing a message of peace and hope. That message was about the creation of ideal families through investing true love.
This was an unprecedented tour and an unprecedented event. I am proud that I took part in it. I know that many of you gathered here today in this illustrious building, the center of power in this nation of Korea -- especially our international brothers and sisters -- have come to celebrate this vision of peace based on true love and the creation of true families. We have come as one family, stripping ourselves of our pretensions and evoking the spirit of harmony, unity and peace that only comes from the divine love of God, which we know to be true love, expressed in living for the sake of others.
In Hawaii, in March, my father presented a tremendous vision for the twenty-first century. I was astounded by that vision. As we all know, the twentieth century -- a century rooted in the Atlantic sphere, was a century of untold violence, war and conflict. More people perished in wars during that century than in all the previous centuries combined in the history of humankind. Untold crimes were committed during the course of that century. It is not a distant memory; it is an all too familiar memory as many of us were born in that century of strife and struggle.
As we entered the twenty-first century and a new age dawned, there were those who said that the twenty-first century would be a century of peace. Yet shortly thereafter, in 2001, came "9/11," and the world was once again embroiled in chaos and confusion as the great superpower, America, embarked on a war against terror that had religious connotations and geopolitical ramifications. Yet even the most powerful nation in the world could not find a solution, even after six years of conflict, turmoil, death and violence.
This is an age where peace cannot be found by military means or through a political solution. My father has always believed that politics is rooted in self-interest. Where can you find God in a system rooted in self- interest? We first need to focus our attention back on God and what His will is for humanity. If we were to ask all those people of faith in the world today, "What is the vision God has for humanity?" there is not one that would deny it is the vision of building one family under God.
I want to put a challenge to you today. If we were to hold a referendum in the United Nations on the existence of God, do you not believe that referendum would pass unequivocally and by a great majority, because the people of the world whether Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or of any other faith tradition believe in God and recognize that there is an eternal father we need to be aligned to? If we can understand the vision that He has for us, truly we can find a way to peace. Because the vision that heavenly parent would have for humanity would be one of peace, reconciliation and unity.
My father, although considered to be a religious leader, is first and foremost a man of God who has taken on the mantle of the great mission of building one family under God. He is not a religious leader in the sense we usually understand religious leaders. He did not embark on this great quest of building one family under God to create a new religion or to offer a new theology. He came with the mission and explicit purpose of bringing the will and purpose of God to humanity and making it humanity's purpose and will -- the will to build one family under God!
Korea stands in a historic watershed moment. I believe in the Pan-Pacific era vision that my father outlined in his March speech in Hawaii. It encapsulates so beautifully the history of humanity and explains how, as we shift from the twentieth century to the twenty-first century, there is hope here in the Pan-Pacific region. Korea stands right there in the center of that region, bridging the continental system of Asia and the island nations of the Pacific. It is a peninsular nation bridging those two worlds together to offer humankind a vision of peace.
My father initiated the Mongolian Peoples Federation that represents 74 percent of the world's population. The resources of the Pacific Ocean and the island nations are abundant. The world's greatest ocean and largest land mass, holding the greatest number of people, are in this Pacific sphere. Thus, if there is unity between the continental and island regions, and if the people can truly become the owners of this vision of one family under God, world peace can be realized in our lifetimes.
Today I believe that in one sense, we're planting seeds -- planting the seeds of peace. If we can plant the seed of peace in our hearts today, the seed of one family under God... Can we all say together, "One family under God?" If we could plant the seed of one family under God in our hearts today, in this illustrious setting, a building that represents the nation of Korea, in this era of the Pan-Pacific Rim, in this providential moment in time, with this great vision of building one family, truly, truly, truly, amazing things could happen!
Thank you very much. May God bless you and your families.
86. World Cultural and Sports Festival Chairman's Address
Hyun Jin Moon
July 4, 2007
WCSF 2007 Grand Opening Ceremony
Korea
The speech that follows is Hyun-jin nim's first as Chairman of the WCSF Organizing Committee, a position Father appointed him to earlier this year. During the course of WCSF 2007, Hyun-jin nim spoke at many of the major events, including at two new initiatives organized by the Youth Federation for World Peace-the Global Peace NGO Seminar and the Global Peace Festival.
Members of the Universal Peace Federation's Presiding Council, esteemed leaders of Cheon Il Guk and Ambassadors for Peace representing 120 nations, youth leaders from all the world's faith traditions participating in the Inter-religious Peace Sports Festival, delegates from YFWP and World CARP, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Welcome to World Culture and Sports Festival 2007, a festival of peace for heaven and earth. This is truly a momentous year in the history of God's providence, as it represents the seventh year of Cheon Il Guk. Accordingly, the founders of this event, the Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon, the True Parents of Heaven and Earth, have declared this year to be a "Jubilee year in God's providence... the likes of which humankind has never experienced."
As you are well aware, in the Book of Genesis, God created our first human ancestors and all things in six days and rested on the seventh, declaring it the day of Sabbath in celebration of His divine act of creation and the hope of establishing a true family centered on true love, true life and true lineage. However, because of the fall of Adam and Eve, mankind spiraled away from God and His original dream. This dream, which has eluded humanity for thousands of years, was brought to light on a cold, windswept hilltop in North Korea when my father, deep in prayer on an Easter Sunday, felt the anguished heart of God and was anointed by Jesus to carry on the messianic mission to create one family under God.
I am proud to announce that my father has stayed true to this promise to God and Jesus those many years ago, and upon the foundation of untold sacrifices and blood, sweat and tears, we stand at this watershed moment in providential history. Therefore, the theme for this year's festival, "Advent of the Era for the Beginning of a New Universal Civilization of Peace," is not only fitting but a necessary goal for this year. It represents a turning point in God's providence where the yoke of satanic dominion is lifted through the ushering in "of a new sovereignty of goodness, in which humanity can attend God as the central being."
Humanity has endeavored throughout the ages to create a world of lasting peace, yet peace has eluded us. To live in a world without war has been the dream of every good man and good woman since the beginning of time. You who have gathered here today, who have come to compete and contribute, are being tasked with the responsibility of developing your character, along with your athletic skills and intellect so that you may be the peacemakers of tomorrow.
During the Seoul Olympics in 1988, my father proposed the holding of a World Culture and Sports Festival. He envisioned a global festival that included sports, the arts and culture, academic conferences, and an inter-religious and international celebration of marriage and family.
It was his feeling that many sports competitions and international festivals have become overly commercialized and often political, losing the greater vision of peace upon which they were founded. Unable to live up to their lofty visions for peace, many succumbed to the worst attributes of market capitalism and unchecked competition, which only exacerbated the divide between political factions, ethnic groups, races and nations. For this reason, the World Culture and Sports Festival is being held as a venue for fostering harmony among the peoples of the world and thereby engendering the creation of a culture of true love, a culture of heart, rooted in the dream of building one human family under God.
Begun in 1992, the World Culture and Sports Festival is now being held for the twelfth time. It is an umbrella festival covering several related activities, all of which are affirmations of humanity as one family under God. These include the International and Cross-Cultural Marriage Blessing Ceremony, the Inter-religious Peace Sports Festival, the World University Students Assembly the Mr. and Miss University Pageant, and others -- making this a sacred gathering of God's extended family. The goal of everything we do is to realize a world of true peace and a culture of heart -- a dream cherished by humankind throughout the ages.
The International and Cross-Cultural Marriage Blessing, or "World Peace Blessing" is the spiritual center of this festival. Young couples pledge to join their lives together for the sake of true love and everlasting peace. Along with couples who are already married, they will dedicate themselves and their lives in the sacred bond of trust that is a God-centered marriage, not only for their own personal happiness, but for the sake of building a world of peace for all humanity one family at a time.
Throughout history God has spoken in different voices, revealing the appropriate faith tradition to the different cultures and peoples of the earth through their religious teachers, but firmly rooted in His eternal principles. In organizing the World Culture and Sports Festival, we recognize that every religious tradition honors certain universal principles that come from an absolute, unique, unchanging and eternal creator. Rooted in "the way of the Heavenly Father," these principles are rooted in the divine act of true love, or living for the sake of others and the creation of God-centered families, where three generations live in harmony and love, establishing the three great kingships and the four great realms of heart.
The World Culture and Sports Festival is a celebration of what humanity could accomplish together if it is to realize the dream of building one God-centered family. Let us break down the walls of separation and division through the embrace of true love on the athletic field or in the conference halls and in our very homes. Let us become the owners of this "jubilee year" during this providential age of Cheon Il Guk and pioneer the path to establishing lasting peace in our lifetimes. Remember, everlasting peace can only be realized within a family where the vertical order of love centered upon God unlocks the doors to our individual and collective conscience, where we could find contrition, forgiveness, understanding and -- most of all -- true love.
Ladies and gentlemen, today, we stand on that proverbial mountaintop looking to new horizons, which could be our reality tomorrow if we are bold enough to take that first step. Will you raise your aspirations today to the highest of peaks and dream the greatest of all dreams? Let us stand together as the owners of God's dream to build one family under God, Aju!
Thank you very much, and may God's abundant blessing be upon you and your families.
85. Address to International Leadership Conference
Hyun Jin Moon
June 2, 2007
Chairman, International Leadership Conference
New York, New York, USA
In the company of members of the international diplomatic community, I must begin by expressing my heartfelt appreciation to the United Nations. I would not be here today if it weren't for the UN. All Koreans love and respect the UN -- even more so with the appointment of Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. We have our national sovereignty today, due to the courage of the men and women of the United Nations, led by the United States, who fought and died to liberate my homeland from totalitarianism.
As some of you may know, my father was in a North Korean concentration camp at Hungnam when the Korean War broke out. It was the UN forces that liberated the prison camp and made it possible for him to live his eventful life as a peacemaker, by allowing him to carry on God's providential mission of building One Family Under God.
While I have the greatest respect for the extremely difficult work of the United Nations, I also join with many people who are expressing ways in which the UN's ability to be an instrument of world peace can be strengthened.
Human progress has been a series of steps, new discoveries and new ideas that have gradually elevated our collective conscientiousness.
The first step in building a community of nations was a series of international peace conferences in The Hague at the turn of the last century. The "Hague Confederation of States" as some called it, was founded on the idealism of the peaceful settlement of disputes through arbitration. The concept of a peaceful community of nations was continued with the League of Nations after World War I. That desire for conflict resolution, still driven by idealism, was further refined as the League of Nations, which in turn gave way to the creation of the United Nations at the end of World War II.
All these transitions, stepping stones, have been part of our learning experience. The UN has many programs and activities, all directed toward the same purpose -- to secure peace. At the threshold of a new millennium, many are now asking, "Where does the UN go from here?"
Peace is God's unchanging ideal, even more than it is the ideal of all good people. God's desire for a world without conflict guides the providence of history. Therefore, we might find common agreement that the United Nations' noble goal of achieving world peace would benefit from formal recognition of the existence of God and by allowing a venue for the voices of providence to be heard in its chambers. That would be the beginning of the answer to the question people are asking.
My father has proposed that the UN create an interfaith council that would deliberate global issues with an eye toward spiritual values that are universal, such as giving priority to the greater good, rather than purely political solutions. The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Hon. Jose de Venecia, a member of the Universal Peace Federation's Presiding Council -- and others -- have added their public support and leadership to this idea embodied in several General Assembly resolutions.
We do not live in a secular world. Religious beliefs are dearly held by billions of people in every part of the world, including most of the people in this room. It seems appropriate, and even necessary to include the respected opinions of believers of all faiths -- as partners in solving the world's most difficult problems.
I think when most people think of what "interfaith" means, they tend to imagine a gathering of people from all faiths celebrating their diversity -- in essence, their different practices, their different customs and costumes, etc.
But more important, interfaith should be an affirmation of our oneness as sons and daughters of God. Interfaith should uplift the universal principles that guide the lives of all God-affirming people.
Recently I have been touring America carrying a message of peace from my father which has been shared in 185 nations across the world by all three generations of his extended family. Even at 88 years of age, Rev. Moon is engaged in a tireless quest to see the guns fall silent and be replaced with peaceful means of conflict resolution throughout our world. The essence of that message is that all of us in this room are members of one family under God, regardless of who we are, where we came from, or by what name we call God.
"One family under God" is something people hear me say frequently. I usually add the word, "aju," a Korean expression that means "I will take responsibility to do it." It's a promise made to God: I will take responsibility to be, and to live, and to accomplish in my life one family under God, aju!
Would everybody say it with me please? One family under God, aju!
Recently, I was in the Middle East. I met in the Knesset with members and also with Palestinian leaders. As important as the political process is, dialogue and cooperation among the faith traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is essential to reach people, heart to heart. I believe if religious leaders would join together courageously and cooperatively, without reservation, they would initiate a peace process more powerful than anything the world has ever seen. Only by working together, can we truly make a difference.
A spiritual orientation, to augment the political, would also contribute to the fulfillment of the UN's esteemed Millennium Development Goals. The eradication of poverty, AIDS, and malaria, the empowerment of women's contributions throughout society, and the formation of creative partnerships to address problems are complex issues that require the application of all human spheres -- political, social, economic -- and spiritual. The Universal Peace Federation and our global Ambassadors for Peace network are committed to standing with you to achieve these noble goals together with our widespread network of NGOs and other member state partners.
To address conflict in the world's hot zones, the Universal Peace Federation, which co-sponsors this conference, has created a number of projects. The Ambassadors for Peace are men and women of conscience who come from the arenas of public policy, private business, academia, religion, and media who are committed to world peace and cooperation between religious faiths; they are opinion leaders in their communities.
I work with a number of organizations aimed at encouraging young people to find joy in the service of their community and world: organizations such as Service for Peace, Youth Federation for World Peace, Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, and Religious Youth Service take an interfaith approach to character development and fostering a culture of peace.
The Washington Times Foundation, also a co-sponsor of this conference, is the charitable arm of The Washington Times newspaper and supports a variety of initiatives to resolve human conflict and strengthen peace through building bridges of understanding and cooperation.
The Washington Times recently celebrated its 25th anniversary together with key parliamentarians, NGO's representatives, and global leaders, including Washington's diplomatic corps. We were grateful that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a personal greeting to the event, as did President Bush. His father, the first President Bush, delivered the keynote address, and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher greeted us from London by way of video.
This International Leadership Conference series will continue to address a range of pressing global issues. This type of conference, designed for senior diplomats, is one that should continue. The principles of effective leadership include an understanding that the solutions to war, clashes across racial and cultural lines, the challenges of global development in lesser developed countries, and environmental sustainability must be worked out on the global stage, beyond the narrow confines of politics.
I would like to see the International Leadership Conference series strongly support the United Nations and emerge as a key partner in every region and nation -- in Brazil, Japan, Ethiopia, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe -- all working together with a global foundation of Ambassadors for Peace who understand they are one family. We hope all of you will give us your input and advice as we move forward on this.
Each of you are the kind of leader who plays an essential role in helping this world become the world of harmony and co-prosperity that we all aspire to achieve.
As I said, this conference for the diplomatic community is one of an ongoing series. We are committed to supporting your good efforts. If we are willing to work beyond the barriers of our nations, cultures, and even faith traditions, the result -- sooner or later -- will be a mutually supportive and peaceful world.
One family under God!
May God bless your families and our efforts for peace together.
Thank you.
84. Ambassadors For Peace In Action
April 13, 2007
Peace Tour IV participant:
I used to have a dream when I was a child. I imagined a gigantic, heavenly, gentle tornado sweeping around the world mixing everyone up and plopping people down in places completely foreign to their original home. This was my childish solution to having us realize that we are all basically the same internally, all having similar hopes and desires in life.
I was very excited to participate in the recent Peace Tour IV because it seemed to be the fulfillment of my dream! 174 American Ambassadors for Peace traveled to many parts of the world assisting Father and Mother Moon to disseminate their peace message.
The Ambassadors for Peace came back as different people. That was essentially the testimony I heard over and over again, amongst the Ambassadors for Peace (AFPs). The simple words "global family," came to have a more profound meaning.
Father Moon asked his son, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon to journey across America to 12 major cities, on a speaking tour and to gather these stories of transformation and reflection on the AFP"s overseas travel. This was yet another sincere gesture of caring from Father Moon that many AFPs acknowledged directly to Rev. Moon’s son. The AFPs said that the 12 city Tour gave them a sense of accomplishment and closure to their experience, helping them to further digest their experiences and determine the direction of their future peace work. The AFPs were further energized and transformed, the tour instilling new energy into their lives and missions.
In each city, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon gave a public speech after which he honored the AFPs who had traveled on behalf of peace, presenting them with a beautiful memento. The next morning in each city Dr. Hyun Jin Moon shared breakfast with the AFPs, listening to their stories and encouraging them further in their work for peace. Here are some of those stories.
83. One Family Under God
Hyun Jin Moon
February 25, 2007
Cheon Il Guk Leaders Assembly, Chung Pyung, Korea
Distinguished Cheon II Guk leaders: we have gathered here as representatives of the blessed central families of the world to offer congratulations to our True Parents on their birthday, True Father's eighty-eighth birthday, and to participate in the Cheon II Guk Leaders Assembly to clarify our direction, our guidelines for the remainder of 2007 and 2008 and to set our strategy and goals in order to fulfill the will of God and True Parents.
From the time of the Coronation Ceremony for the Kingship of God in January 2001, until now in the seventh year of Cheon II Guk, our True Parents have accumulated numerous accomplishments. Of these, the most meaningful have been the Entrance Ceremony of the True Parents, the King and Queen of Cosmic Peace, into the Cheon Jeong Peace Palace and the world blessing and speaking tour carried out by the three generations of the True Family.
I would like to take this opportunity to offer to all leaders and blessed central families my heartfelt gratitude for your tireless efforts. With hopes that all of you will make a new beginning, aligning with the providence to fulfill the dream of God and True Parents, I would like to introduce, briefly, my activities that have been reported to True Parents thus far, and the providential tasks that need to be accomplished. Before I begin, please understand that the content I will cover does not include the entirety of True Parents' providence. For security reasons, some details cannot be fully explained.
God's dream and True Parents' legacy
All of my public talks begin with God's dream and conclude with that same dream. This is because God's dream is the purpose of our existence and is also our ultimate goal. God's dream is the original ideal of creation that God wanted to accomplish through Adam and Eve at the outset. It was also Jesus' dream, which was only finally brought to fruition through the establishment of True Parents. If we were to sum up this dream in one phrase, it would he "One Family under God, Aju"
We introduce the many accomplishments of our True Parents before the world, but I will not hide that the True Family itself is indeed the greatest legacy of our True Parents. This is because, with the settlement on earth of the True Family through three generations, God and humankind can have true hope that the ultimate dream of God will be fulfilled. Therefore, the ideal of the True Family; which our True Parents have established, is our vision of how to substantially realize a world of One Family under God, Aju.
Our mission until 2013
What must we do to transcend the individual, family and tribal levels and substantiate God's dream in your nation and worldwide? To accomplish this, what have our True Parents promised in front of Heaven to accomplish by 2013?
Our first mission, inherited from True Parents, is the establishment of the substantial sovereignty of Cheon Il Guk. We need to take the lead in bringing about the unification of North Korea and South Korea, and establish sovereignty based on the ideal of God on the Korean peninsula. Centering on True Parents, we absolutely must take the lead in bringing about North-South Korean reunification and establish the sovereignty of God on the Korean peninsula. If we cannot establish God's dominion on the Korean peninsula, we must fulfill God's will even if it means we must raise up the most prepared nations in place of Korea in order to establish the sovereignty of God.
Our second mission is to build a substantial United Nations foundation centered on God, through which the establishment of Cheon Il Guk can spread to the world. Centering on the Universal Peace Federation, the existing secularized UN must be transformed into a God-centered UN so that it can contribute to the realization of eternal peace.
Our third mission is to accelerate and fulfill the ongoing endeavors of our True Parents' providence, including the establishment of the four Cheon Jeong Peace Palaces, the World Culture and Sports Festival and International Cross-Cultural Marriage Blessing, the spirit world providence centered on Chung Pyung, the establishment of the Yeoido World Headquarters, the Bering Strait World Peace King Bridge and Tunnel and World Peace Highway project, the Yeosu ocean project, the Gimpo Aviation project and others.
First and foremost, I am asking all of you to focus on these missions, demonstrating leadership and bringing about organizational teamwork. All our blessed central families, wherever they go, should unite their three generations and live focused on the following three missions.
Three overall strategic initiatives
Distinguished leaders, in order to accomplish the mission True Parents have given us to fulfill by 2013, we must advance centering on the following three strategic initiatives:
The first strategy is the movement for the unification of North Korea and South Korea unification through the Northeast Peace Initiative.
The second strategy is the interfaith peace movement through the Middle East Peace Initiative.
The third strategy is the movement to empower the United Nations to help bring world peace through the accomplishment of its UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG).
Why do we need to effectively focus on these strategies? At the present time, the division of the Korean peninsula and the Middle East conflict has become the most significant barriers to the realization of world peace. More fundamentally; the Middle East conflict is rooted in the fact of Judaism and Israel not having received Jesus. The result has been division and fighting between the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. That Christianity and Korea have not received True Father has also, providentially speaking, been the cause of the South-North division of the Korean peninsula. Therefore, it is no coincidence that today these two regions have become the two major axis that shake the foundations of world peace. Providentially, these issues must be resolved in order to establish peace on earth.
The beginning of the United Nations, it was something sacred, yet God was excluded. The UN then took on a secular perspective and has been controlled by the powerful nations and conflicting national interests, causing more disorder. The MDG that this UN is championing can only run into those same secular limitations. The UN MDG is a program for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), managed by the UN. Centering on UPF, every providential organization and every ambassador for peace should become an owner of the MDG. If we can substantially help the UN and the world to attain these goals, centered on True Parents' values, we can influence a renewal of the UN into a God-centered body that can finally be effective for world peace.
Providential focus for the remainder of 2007
This year, 2007, is a watershed year in the providence this is the year God and True Parents' liberation will begin. As blessed central families, you are all members of the extended True Family. Therefore, you must have ownership over the responsibilities our True Parents have shouldered thus far, and you must liberate our True Parents by inheriting their burdens as your own. Especially, we must unify with the marching order of "One Family Under God, Aju" and by 2008, prepare a solid foundation in order to successfully establish the sovereignty of Cheon II Guk.
I hope all of you will align with the three strategic initiatives and accelerate the establishment of the Peace Kingdom. With that, I would now like to explain the future direction of the Unification Movement and its providential tasks, centering on the areas I have been responsible for until now.
1. The role and functions of the International Foundation
In order to establish a global organizational system for Cheon II Guk an international foundation is being prepared that will manage and support all providential organizations. Furthermore, True Parents have given me the responsibility to ensure that all providential activities are aligned and advancing toward one goal.
Until now, our representative activities have been too separated by regions and as a result have not moved aligned as one. However, with the proliferation of the internet and advancements in means of transportation, we have entered an age where the walls between regions and nations have disappeared. It is necessary -- and now possible -- for the initiatives within our movement to move as one body. We need to do this not only to achieve our goals efficiently but also because the mistakes of one region can immediately have a destructive effect on the movement worldwide.
The foundation must assume the functions of clearly defining our representative activities and systematically consolidating and coordinating them. For this, I will be establishing strategy-planning meetings among our key leaders. Furthermore, I will improve our system of reporting from each nation, region and key providential organization and check the progress in each locality.
On one hand, even though we live in an environment where internet access is possible anywhere in the world, our internet sites have been scattered here and there, and we have not been able to consolidate or manage them. Moreover, we have not been able to utilize the opportunity to effectively create our image as an international Unification Movement through this new medium. In the future, the foundation's headquarters must enhance its IT systems and manage all the providential organizations' web sites.
We will develop a communication package so that our representative activities -- such as the movement for personal purity, the blessing and establishing true families, the culture of heart and living for the sake of others, the ambassadors for peace, and other activities -- can emerge as an integrated peace movement and take the lead in making cyberspace the place for proactive communication.
2. The Family Federation
At the time of my inauguration as the international vice-president of the Family Federation of World Peace and Unification in 1998, True Parents directed me to guide the second generation and establish the foundation for the youth and student movement. First, I established the internal leadership pipeline to align the second generation to the vertical axial line and to make them owners of the will of God. Namely, I created a system where the second generation will go through I-STF and Jr. STF and continue on to challenge the seven-year course that combines STF, CARP and our Missionary Training Program.
I have moved second generation education into being experience based education, not just a cognitive education. I have bequeathed our True Parents traditional training methods such as fundraising, witnessing, pioneering, etc., for their education and have developed experience based programs such as adventure workshops. From there I have invested in witnessing and outreach through CARP and Youth Federation for World Peace (YFWP) in order to go beyond our church dimensions and build a worldwide foundation of youth and students.
I will continue to guide CARP and YFWP to focus respectively on student and youth activities centered on witnessing and outreach, and now, I am also directing the Family Federation to clearly focus on witnessing by core members and the ambassadors for peace centering on the Hoondok Family Church activities. In particular, I will guide the settlement of the Hoondok Family Church Movement with special interest.
The Hoondok Family Church should become the vehicle for the Ambassadors for Peace Movement and for witnessing to build core members. However, like a double-edged sword, risk is involved. If, the Hoondok Family Church activities cannot he standardized, they will become a string of separate, individual movements created by members who haven't been trained. If that happens, we will not be able to carry out consistent strategies and policies, and the strength of the movement as a whole will weaken. Therefore, even as the Hoondok Family Church spreads in each region, our educational content and programs for church activities must be quickly and thoroughly standardized.
With the approval of True Parents, the existing Second Generation Department was changed to Seong Hwa Department in order to collectively educate and train all the young people of the Family Federation, not only the second generation. Furthermore, the … which was a means of bringing together blessed children, will be reactivated; and I will guide … to go beyond bringing blessed children together to socialize. It will instead become a means for blessed children to become owners of Father's dream as members of the extended True Family and to inherit the tradition of the True Family.
3. The Ambassadors for Peace Movement
For the past few years, under the direct leadership of our True Parents, the ambassadors for peace foundation, which has taken root throughout the world, has become the new force of the Unification Movement and has stimulated a great vision. Through the world tours, I have witnessed the ambassadors for peace from throughout the world respond to True Parents' vision and express their respect for True Parents.
Last October 22, with a Youth Federation rally held in Korea, True Parents expanded the scope of the ambassadors for peace to all ages, including elementary school students and gave me the important responsibility of the entire foundation of ambassadors for peace. Initially, I have directed that the Student Ambassadors for Peace Program be organized under CARP, and, eventually, they will be managed through the Student Federation for World Peace (SFWP). I have directed the YFWP to take responsibility for educating the youth ambassadors for peace and to organize programs for them. In the future, programs for middle and high school ambassadors for peace and kindergarten and elementary school ambassadors for peace will also be developed, centering on the Seong Hwa Department.
If all levels of ambassadors for peace are to align as one with the vision of One Family Under God, Aju, this base can become a tremendous foundation that can realize the dream of God.
3.1 The American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) Helping America to fulfill its role as the elder son nation
America, as the elder son nation, is directly responsible to support the entire worldwide providence. In particular, America is responsible to restore the UN, which is being reduced to a secular organization, thereby transforming it into a God-centered organization. In order to fulfill this mission, America must first be able to take the lead in making real the ideal of One World under God, Aju, based on its founding spirit as a Christian nation. With this goal in mind, I received the direction from True Parents to speak in twelve cities in the U.S. Through this speaking tour, unity was achieved, and we created the momentum to expand the activities of the American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC).
The ACLC must be a movement existing for the sake of revitalizing the Christian foundation of America. To do this, the ACLC should extend its foundation of faith and support in the black community that has been its heart and soul. It should also expand its foundation by working with the independent mega-churches. Ultimately the ACLC must find its audience in all the mainstream Christian churches. As with Korea's twenty-five thousand ambassadors for peace, if thirty thousand American Christian ministers can he organized as active ambassadors for peace; we can create a grassroots foundation that can move America. If we can move America like this, then we can build a substantial foundation that can move the UN and the world, and ultimately move Christianity in Korea.
3.2 The International Leadership Conference (ILC)
The reason for holding an International Leadership Conference (ILC) following the activation of the ACLC was to create the foundation for the American Leadership Conference (ALC) to revitalize America's political leadership. The first ILC, which was recently held in Washington DC, supported the Northeast Asia providence and became an effective starting point to re-launch the ALC in America. In the future, the participants who took part in the ILC will organize the ALC and counterparts in Japan (WC), Korea (KLC) and other counties.
These various national leadership conference groups will grow into a foundation of leaders from each nation that will be able to renew their country.
4. Global youth and college campus movements
4. World CARP (W-CARP)
Last year and this year, centering on the annual mottoes given to us by our True Parents, I presided over the kickoff for the year of the second generation. On January 10, at the forty-first anniversary celebration of W-CARP's founding, I made it known that we are ending what can be equated to our forty-year wilderness course. W-CARP was founded in 1966. With Cheon II Guk in its seventh year, and with forty-one years of W-CARP's existence, we are now at a point of new beginning. From this year, W-CARP will work together with the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA), the Teachers Association for the Research of Principles (TARP), and other organizations to mount a full-scale challenge to the pioneering of chapters and campuses in order to find a nation and move out toward the world.
To accomplish this, at a meeting of W-CARP leaders from around the world, four core goals were established to be achieved within the next 3 years:
First, W-CARP chapters are to he pioneered in all UN member nations and we are to build the largest student organization, which will move the world.
Second, each nation's W-CARP chapter will pioneer W-CARP centers in all the nation's college campuses.
Third, W-CARP will standardize the witnessing-education system according to the seventy-day education system developed by True Parents. In other words we will adhere to the two-day, seven-day, twenty-one-day, forty-day system and will multiply core membership.
Fourth, W-CARP will raise campus ambassadors for peace and will create a mass foundation for the Student Federation for World Peace.
4.2 Youth Federation for World Peace (YFWP)
From its founding, the Youth Federation for World Peace was the vanguard for our True Parents' providence, created with the mission to create new breakthroughs. In 1994, when South Korea and North Korea were bitterly confronting one another,
True Parents held a seminar in Russia for youth and students from North Korea, South Korea and their surrounding nations -- six nations in all -- launching YFWP and opening the way for reconciliation between South Korea and North Korea. From now on as well, the Youth Federation will be the emissary organization for our True Parents and must boldly carry the mission to pioneer new ground for the providence.
Since True Parents appointed me as the international president of the YFWP last year, I have been busy reestablishing the Youth Federation headquarters and the international foundation for its organization. Despite the fact that, in time, the Youth Federation will have to play a central role in the UPF providence, aside from Korea and Japan, its foundation had been nothing more than a name. However, the last Korean presidential election verified that the youth are determining the future by playing a deciding role in influencing politics, economics and society as a whole. Therefore, in order to accelerate the establishment of Cheon Il Guk and in order to advance our worldwide providence, we must have a world-wide foundation of youth.
In order to achieve this goal, I established an international headquarters, and on August 12, victoriously held a rally of twenty-five thousand international youth leaders in the Philippines. This launched the building of the organizational foundation of youth worldwide. In particular, I held this rally under the theme of the UN Millennium Development Goals, which are managed by the UN for the benefit of society
Through this rally I proclaimed that in 2008 a Million Youth Rally will held on each continent to build the momentum for the substantial restoration of sovereignty on the Korean peninsula centering on our True Parents. From the momentum of these 2008 million-youth rallies, we will go on to hold rallies of a hundred thousand ambassadors for peace on the Korean peninsula, in Seoul and in Pyongyang, thus opening the gates for the reunification of South Korea and North Korea. Already, concrete plans for the Million Youth Rally are underway centered on the Philippines, and they are attracting deep interest from various leaders, such as Philippine Speaker of the House Jose de Venecia.
To create this kind of change, and to organize the core youth leaders and educate them, I appointed youth ambassadors for peace at the October 22 Youth Federation rally last year. From there, youth VIPs were organized into think tanks within each nation centering on the three strategic initiatives, and the International Leadership Conference was held in Washington, DC, in order to begin renewing the nation and the UN.
4.3 Service For Peace (SFP) activities
Service For Peace has seen substantial growth during the past year in various countries. The Korean chapter, for example, has been registered as a non-profit corporation and we are seeing its rapid development as a member organization of the Korean Council of Volunteerism. In America as well, Service For Peace has developed to the point where it has been recognized as one of the six top service organizations living the ideals of civil rights pioneer Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.?
When True Parents launched the Middle East Peace Initiative, Service For Peace played a behind-the-scenes role, deeply touching the local leaders and opening their hearts. In the Philippines, Service For Peace greatly contributed to the Youth Federation rally last August by mobilizing the presidents, professors and students of the local universities. It is currently deeply involved in promoting the 2008 Million Youth Rally in that country.
5. Human resource development and scholarship activities
In 2007 and 2008, we must develop a comprehensive proposal for the management of human resources and leadership development and must consistently invest effort toward this development. Currently our institutions for developing talent, especially Sun Moon University; Chungshim Graduate School, the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS), have been decentralized. I will help these institutions specialize in order to match their qualities with the tasks to be done. UTS in particular, must be renovated centered on the new vision of becoming an interfaith seminary,
5.1 A new vision for UTS: becoming the first interfaith seminary
True Parents have given the direction that UTS is to become the "Mecca of the interfaith movement" and must influence the religious spheres of the world. This "interfaith" toward which UTS will be aiming, does not come from the existing concept of recognizing the diversity of thought within each religion and, all together, learning and understanding them. True Parents' vision of "interfaith" is focused on God's universal will and uplifting the shared principles that God has pursued through each religion. In other words, True Parents' vision of interfaith is recovering the vision of One Family Under God, Aju from within each religious tradition, transcending the walls between religions, aligning to the will of God and standing at the forefront of substantializing world peace.
UTS, centering on this vision, will develop into an interfaith seminary for the people of the world, where religious leaders of every faith can come, receive an education and become interfaith-oriented ambassadors for peace who will be active in realizing religious harmony and peace for humanity In the future, UTS will expand branch schools into each continent and these will become the vehicles for the global interfaith movement.
The world will open its eyes to see and understand True Parents' vision of interfaith and will take an interest in an educational institution that raises true interfaith leaders. Therefore, UTS must be quick to prepare for this new providential time.
Furthermore, I would like to emphasize one more important role for UTS. In order for the Hoondok Family Church movement to spread, one of our pressing tasks is to develop standardized educational programs and content for our Hoondok Family Church activities, centered on the Family Pledge and True Father's peace messages, and to reeducate our field leaders and educators. UTS will work with the Family Federation, UPF, International Education Foundation (IEF) and other organizations to fulfill this role.
5.2 Reviving the Heung Jin Moon Scholarship Fund
The memories of my older brother Heung-jin nim are still alive in my heart. Raising those of our second generation to become leaders like my older brother is, I feel, a deeply meaningful project that will honor my older brother, who is actively working in the spirit world and will connect the second generation to him in heart. True Parents created the Heung Jin Moon Scholarship Fund for this purpose. This year, I will revive the Heung Jin Moon Scholarship Fund. It should not only provide monetary support but must raise and support the character and values education of the great second generation members who are inheriting the tradition of the True Family.
6. Media-related Issues
With this new year, we will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Washington Times and the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of UPI.
6.1 The Washington Times
Particularly at this time, the Washington Times has a great opportunity to build a significant media enterprise both in the U.S. and abroad.
Moreover, with our True Parents' investment over the past twenty-five years, the Washington Tunes has acquired a national brand that other local newspapers do not have and enjoys a solid reputation overseas as well. If the Washington Times can increase local distribution by improving its quality and can increase readership both nationally and abroad through an effective internet strategy the Times will uncover completely new opportunities. On the internet, the Washington Times regularly records 30 million hits a month. It has been recognized by the Newspaper Association of America, which monitors newspaper internet trends, as being among the newspapers showing the fastest online growth.
Now marking its twenty-fifth anniversary, the Washington Times will take its place as the leading newspaper in America and throughout the world.
6.2 United press International (UPI)
United Press International is a news agency with a long history, of bringing international news to America. Many of the most respected names in American journalism got their start at UPI. The existing brand of UPI as a general newswire agency has been in the process of being transformed into a digital media brand. We have access to a great depth of global news and information sources, through our network of affiliated organizations such as the UPF ambassadors for peace and CARP on the college campuses of the world.
The vision for UPI is that it be a definitive, one-stop source for unprocessed, first-hand news from all corners of the world through utilizing our movement's worldwide foundation. In terms of the demand of news today; there is a growing desire from media outlets for direct, unfiltered information from primary news sources as readers tire of processed and overly commercialized news. The internet site YouTube, which was recently purchased by Google for $1.6 billion, offers unpackaged, unprocessed video content and it has been tremendously successful. Likewise, UPI will become a major newswire agency based on direct news gathered from all corners of the world.
Conclusion
There are still many areas of my responsibility that I have been unable to cover in detail today. Distinguished Cheon II Guk leaders, we have entered the age of Eog Mansei for the Sacred Reign of Peace in Cheon II Guk, the Realm of Cosmic Peace. As you have been born anew through the grace of our True Parents, go back to your youthful spirit, full of conviction and ambition, and go forward courageously to substantiate God's sovereignty on earth. Aju! Thank you very much.
82. We Are One Family
Hyun Jin Moon
February 25, 2007
Cheungshim Youth Center, Chung Pyung, Korea
Anyeang haseo. Konichiwa.. Good afternoon. Bonjour. Hola. Gutten Tag. Which language have we missed today? Nihao. Sawatdi. Who else? Who else? ... (Konichiwa.) I already said, "Konichiwa."
It's good to see all of you here today. You are here as one family; I'm very happy to see all of you here together as one family. Let's think about it -- in the whole world, the Unification Church is in the Abel position, so we should show the path for Cain to follow. All our leaders are here from the whole world; we should he united in front of God and in front of True Parents. We have to work to achieve a true family. We should show a vision to the world. What would the world he like if we gave it a vision? Please participate with that heart, at the Cheon II Guk Leaders' Assembly; become leaders throughout the world. Can you do it? (Yes!) I can't hear you! Can you do it? (Yes!) I can't hear you! Can you do it? (Yes) Wow! Good.
I don't have a long time. I've reported to True Parents. I write a report to True Parents every month. I have so many responsibilities, so I have a lot of assistants. Every month I have so much to report, but I can't give every report myself in front of you guys. I lived in America for a long time, but I don't think as Americans do. I'm more familiar with Koreans and am closer to them. So, if I make a decision, I only see what I've decided -- like a cow. I cannot listen to others. If I make a decision, I stay on that path. My personality is very... A man should be like this, have masculine characteristics. If I didn't have to speak, I'm not a person who would speak a lot. If I have to speak, especially with Unificationists (You are my family; we are here today as a family.), I want to share what I do with you guys. Do you want to know? I prepared a report; Kim Young-jun, the vice -chairman, who is a handsome second-generation member, will read the report I gave to True Parents. It's edited, and I rearranged it. Please listen closely. (The vice-chairman reads the report.)
Hyun-jin retakes center stage. Pointing to his watch and referring to the time limit given to speakers at the Assembly; he resumes his message. I have only fifteen minutes, right? I can see you so closely I'm so happy to see you here.
I don't have much time, and I want to speak faster, so I'm going to speak in English. It's good to see all of you from all over the world! Blessed central families! Citizens of Cheon II Guk gathered here in Chung Pyung today. This is the hour where we substantiate God's sovereignty on earth. We have entered the seventh year of Cheon II Guk. The number seven represents the number of completion.
Although many of you look at me as being in the second generation, I have more affinity to the first generation, because -- (Applause) Wait! Wait! ... It's because from the day I was born until today, I have witnessed the trials and tribulations of my parents. Not from some far-off distant corner of a stadium but from the middle of the fight, on the frontline with no mask to hide behind, internalizing, experiencing together the tremendous sacrifice -- blood sweat and tears -- that was sown on the hallowed ground, this hallowed earth that had lost God, planting the seeds of hope for humanity so that humanity could be saved, to be united once again with humanity's original parents, God.
I have witnessed the life of a filial son -- not just a filial son -- a patriot -- not just a patriot -- a saint -- not just a saint -- a holy son and daughter of God. Someone who had God's dream etched deep in his heart, going back to the beginning of Creation, the beginning of time, unlocking secrets behind God's agony as mankind fell away from God, realizing that his dream was to realize in the world, a kingdom, where God could dwell as the parent of humanity.
Actually; the age of Cheon II Guk should not have started in 2000; it should have started in 1915. Gathered here are the blessed central families, the founders of Tongil Gyohae; in one sense, our history was not the original history intended by God for the work of True Parents. As a son, as I stand here before you to proclaim the age of Cheon II Guk -- the seventh year, the year of completion -- I realize that this is the culmination of a large detour because of the failure of prepared Christianity and the nation of Korea in not uniting with the will of God. And the precious life and years that should have been spent in the building of Cheon 11 Guk -- in the building of God's substantial kingdom and sovereignty -- were wasted in the wilderness because of the failure of humanity to receive True Parents.
Therefore, as we stand here today, gather here today; you stand as members of the extended family of True Parents, sons and daughters, Cain and Abel, as we celebrate the eighty-eighth year of True Father's life and the sixty-fifth year of True Mother's. Eighty-eight -- eight, eight -- representing a new beginning. This should be a time of new beginning, where the dream that was etched in the hearts of True Parents should be realized within the time frame ending in 2012. As the sons and daughters of True Parents, you hold the key to unlocking the tremendous burden that is on the shoulders of True Parents as you inherit God's dream of one family under God and substantiate His sovereignty on earth. Aju! (Aju!) Aju! (Aju!) Aju! (Aju!) Aju! (Aju!)
That is the conviction that we have to have in this hour. Aju. Can you do that -- yes or no? (Yes!) Can you do that -- yes or no? (Yes!) Can you do that -- yes or no? (Yes!) This is a time when we have to be reborn again like a young man or a young woman -- burning with the passion to realize God's dream on earth as owners that have inherited the dream of God, True Parents and the ideal family. Aju! Aju! Do you want to be young people again? (Yes!) Do you want to be young people again? (Yes!) Do you want to be young people again? (Yes) Do you want to be reborn again? (Yes!) Do you want to find that old self that had the passion to give up everything for the fulfillment of God's will on earth? Amen? No men? Aju! Everybody stand up and say Aju! (Aju!) Aju! (Aju) Aju!
It is said that Tongil Gyohae has found the fountain of youth. Let the message go far and wide that as the sons and daughters of God, whether you are the Cain-type or the Abel-type, you will he born again to carry out God's mission and his dream. Aju!
Before you wonder what all these young people are doing here -- these are ones I've trained. You go in here and you come out (through an arch formed by young members standing opposite one another with their arms outstretched and touching over the front row). You have to be reborn again as a young person, a teenager. (Singing lasts for about twenty minutes) Work hard. Number one! Number one! Number one! Number one! Number one! Number one! (Handing the microphone to Chang Shik Yang) Lead us in mansei. All of you are young people again.
81. Testimony of Hyun Jin nim's 12 City Tour
February 21, 2007
Hyun Jin Moon – June 6, 2012
Following Hyun Jin Nim's speaking tour was an amazing experience.
Before STF I didn't have any relationship with True Children, I never knew much about their life and what they've been through. To prepare for this tour I took time and made effort to study and pray to understand more about the True Family. Then, following Hyun Jin Nim, I could see substantially how he and the rest of True Family really do want to liberate God and their Parents' Hearts.
Meeting Hyun Jin Nim for the first time I felt inspired but also kind of scared. I think because it made me reflect on myself. How much do I really want to bring One Family under God? Do I have the passion that Hyun Jin Nim has? Or the strength to really bring about God's Will?
Looking into myself I realized that no matter where I'm at in my life of faith, I do believe in bringing about one world family under God and it's what I really want the most to do. In that sense Hyun Jin Nim is like the role model for my life. I want to grow to be like him. To not only just say I love True Parents and Heavenly Father but to take action in liberating God's Heart and bring True Parents joy. I want to inherit HJN's passion and also action to fulfill what he feels.
Seeing Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim everyday helped me to realize how much True Father invested into God's Providence. Even though they could be doing everything else that they want to do, they are here because they really do love God and True Parents. Seeing how busy their schedule is everyday and nonstop for 12 days, I just wanted to give Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim energy to keep going.
Our goal for attending Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim was to understand their heart more and to give them joy. To bring them all this spiritual energy so they can continue doing God's Will. I'm glad we were given the opportunity every morning to serve them, I'm sorry we couldn't do more. We always went to the event to HDH with the intention to serve and give to Hyun Jin Nim but as we leave each city I always felt that he gave me more than I gave.
I felt like after each event Hyun Jin Nim sparked a bigger fire in me to really want to bring one family under God!
I don't want to let HJN down. I want to make him proud and feel hopeful for 2nd Generation. That he doesn't have to do this alone. That he has us, that he has me to help True Parents and help God.
The day after an amazing day with Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim at East Garden, I was on a blitz and I was just thinking about the night before and that whole week before and how I missed it and I miss being with Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim. I realized that it was an amazing experience being together all passionate over one dream (God's Dream) but even when we're not together, that vision doesn't change and I said I believe in One Family Under God and now is the time to put it into action and practicing giving true love to all people no matter who they are or even how they act towards me.
I'll always remember yelling "One Family Under God Aju!" with all my heart with everyone and with that same passion I want to substantiate it. Even if it's tough, if I can think of how much Hyun Jin Nim, Jeong Sook Nim and True Parents are working for this I know I can keep going and keep striving go give true love. Thank you Hyun Jin Nim and Jeong Sook Nim!