Sun Myung Moon
October 8, 1965
Compilation of Excerpts from Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Addresses in Japan
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When I go to some country and stay there at least two days, I feel like giving everything I have for the sake of that country. You realize that everyone is God's child, once you are connected in hearts. Human values cannot be determined by your cultural or historical backgrounds or even conditions of time. The cultural background does not determine who you are. Neither can human value be defined by your historical background or your customs or morays.
(Address at gathering to congratulate the completion of the World Tour, September 29, 1965)
I see many young people gathered here. If all of you young people commit to save Japan, it is no problem to restore Japan. Moreover, world salvation is no problem! However, some of you may be thinking, "Rev. Moon is a special person. His commitment to strive forward against all odds in the path of restoration inspires us all gathered here. Only Rev. Moon can do this. We are different from him altogether." Don't you think this way! I get really hungry if I skip a meal. I can sense keenly how hungry you feel, while talking to you. Why? I am very sensitive toward other people. I sense you get tired before you say so. I feel cold and hot weather intensely. I feel all that before you recognize them. Then, you may be thinking, "Aha, Rev. Moon is the only one who has such sensitivity. Rev. Moon has the mission from God, so he is like that. But I am not like him." You can't be loose and fast by saying that. The attitude that God wishes you to have is this. If Rev. Moon is like that, you who love and long for him, must try to do more than him. Then, the world would come around at once back to God. If you determine to endure working for God more than me, your action will make the world restored to God at once. Rev. Moon is thinking how to raise such young people.
(Address to members at Sosei-Ryo, Tokyo, October 8, 1965)
Members of Unification Church should not drink alcoholic drinks. Why? It is because I proclaimed it before Heaven and Earth. When you go out on a business trip, other business people who do not understand your commitment may ask you to drink, saying "Oh, just a sip of beer, right? Germans drink beer more than they drink water in their life. So why don't you taste it." But you must be resolute saying to yourself, "You guys go ahead to drink and enjoy it. But I will not drink any alcoholic beverage."
Question here is how can you get excited and joyful even more than those who get stimulated and cheerful by drinking alcohol? I can get such excited and joyful feelings all by myself without any artificial help. You must have such resolve. "Please drink and enjoy. (Father imitates a sound of pouring a drink into a cup) Ahhh, I feel great!" You must feel greater excitement without depending on alcoholic drinks. Unless you are able to do so, you cannot win over this world. "Let's enjoy together. Let's do it." What should you do? Let's sing a song. Do many things with more gusto than those who are drinking. You need stimulants – well this may be over the top – then you need to tap into the realm of stimulation.
It is human nature that the greater the purpose, the greater the stimulation. You need to get stimulation. Why do you need stimulation? If it takes ten years to fulfill your purpose, you need to get the power to operate, through stimulation every day, for the course of ten years. How can you replenish? I have a plan for tens of years in order to influence the world. You know this, right? Then a 40 year plan – "Go forward!" for at least 40 years. I am proceeding for my first 40-year plan. From this point of view, you must gain this feeling of excitement.
(Address to members at Sosei-ryo, Tokyo, October 8, 1965)