Farewell Address on leaving for Danbury Prison

Sun Myung Moon
July 20, I984
Translator, Col. Bo Hi Pak
East Garden

East Garden, July 20, I0 p.m., Father waves goodbye to his family, leaders and members. Front left: Noon Sook Nim and Jin Whi Nim.

"This is a glorious and victorious, historical day," Father said in his last address before he left for Danbury prison. Two hundred members from the New York area had come to East Garden to see Father off.

The message he gave on that evening was most powerful and hopeful, truly inspired by the living God Himself. Mother mentioned on the following Sunday that this speech should be our guide until we win the victory.

My faith will not change, wherever I go! When you say your faith will never change, it means that your mind will never change. By the same token, the world that I am pursuing will not change either. Wherever I go, whether to a high place or a low one, my life will be the same life.

Since we do not have much time today, I would like to give you a very short and simple lecture. The work of God is to make unity. If there had been no fall, then men and women would all have their minds and bodies united. Then with the unity of men and women, the ideal would be achieved. However, the world in which we live has not become one yet. The world is nothing more than the extension of individual men and women -- the macrocosm of men and women. Almost no one you ask could claim that their mind and body is always united. Therefore the world in which we are living is not the world God wanted. It is the fallen world.

Since there are no individual men and women united perfectly in mind and body, there are no families which are perfect, no societies, no nations and no world which is perfect. Whenever a person becomes completely united in mind and body, God wants to deal with that person as one individual. When men and women become united, then God becomes the subject or center of the two. If a certain tribe becomes totally united, then God becomes the center of that particular tribe. Therefore, it makes no difference how large the population becomes, God wants to be the center and subject of everybody.

The Unified World

At that point, the unified world comes into being. Within the unified world we would have unified nations, unified communities, unified tribes, families and so forth. Do you think God would like to travel around the world to sight-see once that unification has been achieved, or would He like to do that at some intermediate stage, say, the level of unified tribes or nations? What do you think? Certainly God would want to wait to travel the world until it is completely unified. God knows that Reverend Moon understands His mind.

What is the path I am walking? My ultimate mission as the son of God is to bring about the unity of the entire world. I want you to understand that if there had been no fall, God would never have had any problem in visiting this world. People would have become perfected and would have automatically welcomed and attended God. It would not have mattered how many billions of people were born; they would all have been incorporated into the unified world.

If Adam and Eve had not fallen, they would have automatically created that unified family, clan, tribe, nation and world. If that was the reality, then God would be free to travel throughout the world in total joy, experiencing unified families, tribes, nations and the whole world. Wherever He would go, He would have unity and He would have His people.

But because of the fall, division came into being on every level. Barriers came into the world on every level. God has to deal with a divided world. That is the tragedy of God and man. God is not at the center of this compartmentalized, divided world; instead, Swan is at the center and is running it. Incredible conflict exists on every level of this world, first of all on the level of individual mind and body. The mind and body oppose and conflict with each other. Throughout history, no one has come to eliminate the roots of conflict in this world.

There is conflict between individuals, between families, between tribes, and between nations. There is conflict between East and West. Satan is the champion of division; he knows precisely how to divide the world. Therefore, a Godly man must appear who has the power of bringing unity, according to God's will. If such a man should appear, with the ability to bring about unity and overcome the power of divisiveness, how much joy would that bring to God!

Many saints lived throughout history and they were always unifiers; they tried to bring unity in the face of adversity and never allowed themselves to become divided. Among the many saints, the greatest of all was Jesus Christ. Jesus was the son of God and he came to unite the world, with the greatest power of unity that anyone had ever seen. He brought unity among different races and cultures. Even his enemies, the forces of Satan, could be brought into unity by him. I want you to understand that Jesus prayed for his enemies on the cross because his purpose and mission was to bring unity to everyone.

However, when Jesus was bearing the cross he was a single, solitary person. Jesus was alone. Judaism as not supporting him; the chosen nation was not supporting him; the Roman Empire was not supporting him. But today, what am I doing? I came in this modern day to bring about unity. I am a unifier -- casting fire to bring about unity. Thus, no matter what we face, we will succeed. The forces of Satan are trying to divide the Moonies; they are trying to divide Christianity, but they cannot do it.

Tears of Unity

The entire world is watching the Unification Church and Reverend and Mrs. Moon. Many people are curious about Mrs. Moon and how she is taking the recent turn of events.

Also they are wondering if the Unification Church is shattered into pieces. But on the contrary, under these difficult circumstances, the Unification Church has found itself most powerful. If Mother sheds tears, they are not tears of tragedy or defeat; they are the tears of unity, tears for bringing hope to the future. God's method has always been that of being hit, and then restoring it, over and over again throughout history. Thus, we can sometimes weep knowing that our tears will bring greater determination, greater hope within ourselves to allow us to march forward to the great victory. But if we become defeatists we will never become the people who can receive the ultimate blessings from God. Those ultimate blessings can come only to those who endure being hit and never falter, just continuing to move forward.

Even if I were opposed by the entire United States, I would never be defeated. I am ready to receive the blessing that goes far beyond any blessing of the United States. We are growing every day. Today we are greater than yesterday; tomorrow we will be greater than today. If God provides the way for me to bring about the unity of the 4.5 billion people of this world, I will not hesitate an instant to take that path.

When the Supreme Court rejected our review on May I4, I never wavered in asking God, "What way are You willing to lead us?" Since then, in the past two months virtually all of Christianity has become united. Today I am going the road of incarceration and I am asking God, "What is Your next chapter for me? Let Your will be done and bring the unity of all humankind, centering upon the True Parents." I know that no matter where I go, I will find people who will follow; strangers will follow, even beyond the Unification Church. All the unified families, tribes, nations and world will all follow after me.

When I walk over the hill, the unified world will be waiting there to welcome me. Billions of people will become united into one. There is a way for the dwelling of God to be with mankind. For the first time, unity between God and man will be achieved.

Therefore I walk the road of the cross with hope and a totally victorious mind. Here we are together, people from all different cultures, five different colors of skin. You must follow me in the manner of unity. All you blessed couples must follow with your entire family united. All the members throughout the world must follow in unity; that is the only way you can follow me. Because of this historical day, there is great hope for unity, starting from Mother and myself, the East Garden family, and the entire membership of the Unification Church, as well as for the rest of humanity. Because of this day, unification will become a reality. It will continue to grow, further and further.

This is a glorious and victorious, historical day. For that reason, I don't want you to send me off in tears. If you have tears automatically streaming down your face, they must not be tears of tragedy; they must be tears of determination, telling me, "Trust us. We are going to bring a hundred times greater victory in the days to come." I want you to understand that if you have sadness in your heart today, there is only one way to alleviate it. On the day that I return, you must be able to share with me about all the many people who became united. That is the only way you can heal your sadness.

I am going the road of confinement for the purpose of unity. Inside the prison I will work even harder to bring about greater unity within the Unification movement and the Christian community. Also I am working to bring unity between the Unification movement, the Christian community, and other religions. That is the purpose of my going to prison today. Therefore, I want all of you to unite. When you are united, every door will be opened to you. That is the God-given territory of ours.

When Jesus was crucified, he went into hell and opened the doors there first of all. Today I am bearing my cross, but I will not die; I will open the doors of hell as a living person. From that point on, resurrection and Pentecost will come. That is the way I understand today's meaning.

Become Unifiers

The living God never dies. Therefore, my cross will only bring unification and victory. The doors to I20 nations will be opened from today forward, depending upon how much you move. Today I am going as a champion, to bring the unification of all of humanity, as well as the unification of heaven and earth.

You are the children of live Parents; thus you must inherit my spirit and tradition. That means you must also become unifiers. Become united among yourselves and help others to unite. Our mass weddings, such as the six thousand couples, are symbolic examples of my work of bringing unity between people from all the six continents, with different languages, cultures and skin colors. The Unification Church members are one in mind. Our goal is to fulfill the will of God. The will of God is to bring the unity of humankind. We are marching toward that goal!

The road of suffering will have no power over me. With my determination, I confront all difficulties and shatter them. I am opening up the highway to the horizon and beyond. All the way to the victory. Even unto my life, even if the time comes to give up my life, it will be given up for the unification of humankind. Then God would erect a monument to me as the champion of unity. Certainly anyone who died under those circumstances would be launched like a rocket directly into the bosom of God's heart. So do not worry.

As Jesus was hanging on the cross, he never told people to weep for him. Instead, he told them to weep for their own children, their own people and nation and the world. Jesus could see the misery that would come to the world, so he told people not to cry for themselves or for him but to cry for their posterity. I want you to understand that today there are only a few people here listening to me today, but there are many people around the world who are shedding their tears in prayer, pouring out their hearts for the sake of East Garden.

Have I been waging a battle for an impossible dream? No, I knew that the entire world would eventually rally around me in this battle. It is a dire emergency. From now on, you can go out and shout to the world and everyone's heart will be melted. Their consciences will be awakened. You can unite them with your heart.

As we are working for greater levels of unification, we will have greater levels of success; we will not decline. Make your determination to become the catalyst for the unity of the world. This is your moment of commitment. The Unification Church is not alone in the world. There are many other people and groups who are siding with us now. The time has come that people will stop mocking and scorning you for being Moonies. Now you will be admired and you will be recognized as having a great leader. This is our own time of unification. We must stand up and move forward and achieve our goals.

When morning comes in the east, a beautiful sunrise comes. I want you to understand that the Unification sunrise is now coming to the world. Now its sunbeams are becoming stronger and stronger and we will march forward forevermore. First we must ignite the sun of the individual; then the individual ignites the sun of the family; then the sun of the nation and ultimately of the world and the universe. This is how we will grow. Thus there is no time to rest and certainly no time to weep and despair. We have only one road to go -- the road of determination and marching forward. Why is that? It is because we are the champions who must liberate God. From that point of liberation, we can take our dominion over the creation. I know that from that point forward, the Kingdom of God on earth shall become a reality. That is the goal toward which I am marching.

So far, we have prepared a container; now we are preparing something to put into that container -- the results, the victory. I am on the forefront of the marching lines, carrying that container. I am merely standing in the front of that line and my body behind me is going the same direction, with the same purpose. We share the mission of world unification. That is the job we must do. I am going to open the doors of hell, so while I am doing that, you must take care of this world. Unification is your sublime duty and your goal. This is the beginning point for our march.

Those who are going to march according to my instructions, please stand up and shout Amen!

You Blessed children who have been participating in the workshop during these past few weeks have an especially important mission for this time. You are going to be united with the live Parents' children; be totally united and do not think about anything else.

Act Honorably and Responsibly

I have one piece of advice for all of you members. I know that you are feeling a desire to go to the prison and be near me, however we must conduct ourselves in an absolutely orderly fashion. Therefore, no one must come to the prison without having the express permission of Mr. Hyo Yul [Peter] Kim, who has been given the special duty of being near me. His telephone number and address will be available. You must never come to Danbury without permission because if anything unusual happens, it becomes my responsibility. Also, it can cause some shame to me. I want to be proud of you, so I want you to act honorably and responsibly. Do you understand?

I want you to understand that I am going to prison on the worldwide level at this time. I have already gone to prison on the individual level, the family and the national level. This is my destiny. That means you cannot visit me in the individual capacity; I am now on the worldwide level. Jesus told his people, if you want to follow me, follow me with your cross. Therefore, if you want to follow me, you must bear the worldwide cross. Once you are victorious with the worldwide cross, you can come to visit me. After you have been victorious in carrying your own cross, then I will be able to come out. I want you to understand that.

When I was in the North Korean prison, my mother came to visit me. She walked many hundreds of miles to visit me, all the way across the peninsula. The moment she saw me, she began to cry so strongly. At that point, I shouted out to my own mother, calling her by her given name, not 'Mother,' "I am not just your son. I have only come to this world through you. I am the son of God. I want you to think of me on that level; think that you have met the son of God. You must listen to me -- you gave birth to me, so you should be as great as your son. You cannot be a coward or weak. You must walk forward and be courageous, encouraging me."

Today I am saying the same thing to you. Do not ever behave in a weak or cowardly fashion. You must be proud and courageous. Even without your encouragement, I will follow the highest possible road of the son of God. Thus, instead of trying to come and visit me, go out to the battlefield. Go out and bring unity to the world. Do not waste your time coming to the prison. Bring the victory for God in the world. Even if you were killed by a runaway truck while working for God, that would be far greater than trying to come to see me in prison.

Therefore, only with permission can you come to visit me. That is the one instruction from me that you must obey. Will you obey?

Think of it, citizens from the entire world will want to come to visit me. How can I accommodate everybody? I only have one body. In two days, the people in Danbury are already overwhelmed by the presence of Moonies. Most prisoners are visited only once a month. So if you come every day and make a scene and are reported by the media, that is not what I want at all. I do not want you to spend your energy in that fashion. Also that would bring an enormous burden upon the prison officials and that burden would fall upon me. Don't you think so?

Holy Ground in Danbury

You can come to visit the holy rock at Belvedere. I will eventually instruct Mr. Kim to dedicate some area in Danbury as a holy ground where you can go to pray, but do not go near the prison. I do not want you to be stupid. Be wise.

Mother will probably come every other day to visit me, so you can find out about my situation from her. Also those who accompany Mother can share their experiences with you. Do you follow?

If you feel such a strong desire to come to visit me, here is a method. Close your eyes and open them. That is one visit. Do it anytime you want and you can visit me, even a thousand times. I thank you for your one thousand visits.

Now the only job remaining for you is to go out and fight the heavenly battle. Bring unification -- that is your job.

We will have a crusade. Thirty thousand video tapes of the Divine Principle will eventually be distributed. How many ministers are you going to contact and bring together? Even those ministers who are not members of our church are going to bring together ten churches, so you have to do at least ten times more. That means you must contact one hundred ministers. That is your responsibility. If you have fulfilled that responsibility, then I might allow you to come to see me.

Show your determination by standing and giving three cheers of Mansei. 

The Path I Am Walking

Sun Myung Moon
July 20, 1984
On Departing for Danbury Prison

My faith will not change, wherever I go! To say that your faith will never change means that your mind will never change. By the same token, the world that I am pursuing will not change, either. Wherever I go, whether it is a high place or a low one, my life will be the same life.

Since we do not have much time today, I would like to give you a very short and simple lecture. The work of God is to make unity. If there had been no fall, each man and woman would have experienced the unity of mind and body. Then with the unity of man and woman in marriage, the ideal would have been achieved.

However, the world in which we live has not yet become one. The huge world is nothing more than the extension of individual men and women. Almost no one can claim that their mind and body are always united, thus the world in which we are living is not the world which God wanted. This is the fallen world, instead.

Since there are no individual men and women united perfectly in mind and body, there are no families which are perfect, and no societies, nations or world which are perfect. Whenever a person becomes perfectly united in mind and body, God relates with that person as one completed individual. When such men and women are united, then God becomes the subject or center of that couple. If a certain tribe becomes totally united, then God becomes the center or the subject of that particular tribe. Therefore, it makes no difference how large the population becomes because God wants to be the center and subject to everybody.

When God becomes the subject and center of every individual, the unified world comes into being. Within the unified world we would have the unified nation, unified communities, unified tribes, families and so forth. Do you think God would like to travel around the world for sight-seeing once the unification of the world has been achieved? Or would He be content to do that at some intermediate stage, perhaps the level of unified tribes or nations? What do you think? Certainly, God would want to wait to travel through the world until it is completely unified. I am sure God is thinking now that Reverend Moon understands His desire quite well!

What is the path I am walking? My ultimate mission as a son of God is to bring about the unity of the entire world. If there had been no fall, God would never have had any problem in visiting this world. All people would have become perfected and would have automatically welcomed God into this world. It would not have mattered how many billions of people were born; they would all have been incorporated into the unified world.

God has worked so hard to bring unity on the levels of family, clan, tribe, nation and world. But if Adam and Eve had not fallen, they would have automatically created that unified family, clan, tribe, nation and world. If that was the reality, then God would be free to travel everywhere, joyfully experiencing unity. Wherever He would go, He would be with His people.

Because of the fall, barriers and division came into the world on every level. Now God has to deal with this divided world and that is the tragedy of both God and humanity. God is not at the center of this compartmentalized, divided world; instead, Satan is at the center and is running it. Incredible conflict pervades every relationship, first of all between the individual mind and body. Throughout history, no one has been able to pull out and eliminate the roots of conflict of this world.

There is conflict between men and women, between families, tribes, and nations. There is conflict between East and West. As the champion of division, Satan knows precisely how to divide this world. Therefore, a godly man must appear who has the power to bring unity and overcome the power of divisiveness. How much joy that would bring to God!

There have been many saints throughout history and they were always unifiers. In the face of adversity, they never allowed themselves to become divided. Among such people, the greatest of all was Jesus Christ. Jesus was the Son of God and he came to unite the world with the greatest power of unity that anyone has ever seen. He brought unity among all different races and cultures. Even his enemies, the forces of Satan who tried to destroy him, could be brought into unity by him. I want you to understand that Jesus prayed on the cross for his enemies because his deepest purpose and mission was to bring unity to everyone.

However, when Jesus was bearing the cross he was a single, solitary person. His disciples were not supporting Jesus; the chosen nation was not supporting him and the Roman Empire was not supporting him. He was absolutely alone. But today, what is Reverend Moon doing? Reverend Moon came to this modern age to bring unity. He is a unifier -- he is casting fire to bring about unity. Thus, no matter what we face, we will succeed. The forces of Satan are trying to divide the Moonies and they are trying to divide Christianity, but they cannot do it.

The entire world is watching the Unification Church and Reverend and Mrs. Moon. Many people are curious about Mrs. Moon and how she is taking the recent turn of events. Also they are wondering if the Unification Church is now shattered into pieces and destroyed. But on the contrary, under these difficult circumstances the Unification Church has found itself most powerful. If my wife sheds tears, they are not the tears of tragedy or defeat; they are the tears of unity, tears for bringing hope to the future.

God's method has always been that of being hit and then restoring it, over and over again throughout history. Thus we can sometimes weep knowing that our tears will bring us greater determination and hope to allow us to march forward to the greatest victory. But if we become defeatists we will never become the people who can receive the ultimate blessings from God. Those ultimate blessings can come only to those who endure being hit and never falter, those who continue to move forward.

Even though Reverend Moon is opposed by the entire United States, I will never be defeated. I am ready to receive the blessing that goes far beyond any blessing of this country. We are growing every day -- today we are greater than yesterday and tomorrow will be greater than today. If God provides a way for me to bring about the unity of the 4.5 billion people of this world, I will not hesitate an instant to take that path.

When the Supreme Court rejected our review on May 14, 1 never wavered in asking God, "What way do You want to lead us now?" Since then, in the past two months great numbers of Christians have become united. Today I am going the road of incarceration and I am asking God, "What is Your next chapter for me? Let Your will be done and bring the unity of all humankind, centering upon the True Parents." I know that no matter where I go, I will find people who will follow; strangers will follow me, even beyond the Unification Church.

When I walk over the hill, the unified world will be waiting there to welcome me. The billions of people will become united into one. There is a way for God to come and dwell with humankind. For the first time, the unity between God and ourselves will be achieved.

Therefore I walk the road of the cross with hope and a totally victorious mind. We are here together, people from all different cultures and the five different colors of skin. You must be united as you follow me. You parents with children must follow me with your entire family united. All the members throughout the world must follow in unity; that is the only way you can follow me. Because of this momentous day, there is great hope for unity starting from the membership of the Unification Church and spreading out to the rest of humanity. Because of this day, unity shall become a reality. It will continue to grow, greater and greater.

This is a glorious, victorious and historical day. For that reason, I don't want you to send me off in tears. If you have tears automatically streaming down your face, they must not be tears of tragedy. They must be tears of determination, telling me, "Trust us. We are going to bring 100 times greater victory in the days to come." I want you to understand that if you have sadness in your heart today, there is only one way to alleviate it. On the day that I return, you must be able to share with me about all the thousands of people who became united while I was gone. That is the only way you can be worthy of your tears.

I am going the road of confinement for the purpose of unity. Inside the prison I will work even harder to bring about greater unity within the Unification movement and the Christian community. Also I am working to bring unity between the Unification movement, the Christian community, and other religions. That is the purpose of my going to prison today.

Therefore, I want all of you to unite. Unless you have that internal unity, you are inviting hell to come in. When you are united, every door in the world will be opened to you. When Jesus was crucified, he went into hell first and opened the doors there. Today I am bearing my cross, but I will not die; I will open the doors of hell as a living person. From that point on, resurrection and Pentecost will come. That is the way I understand the meaning of this day.

The living God never dies. Therefore, my cross will only bring unification and victory. The doors to 120 nations shall be opened from today forward, depending upon how much you act. Today I am going as a champion, to bring the unity of all of humanity, as well as the unity of heaven and earth.

You must inherit my spirit and tradition. That means you must also become unifiers, becoming united among yourselves and helping others to unite. Even our mass weddings, such as that of the six thousand couples, are symbolic examples of my work to bring unity between people from all the six continents, with different language, culture and skin colors. The Unification Church members are one in heart. Our goal is to fulfill the will of God and the will of God is to bring the unity of all people. We are marching toward that goal!

The road of suffering and the cross shall have no power over me. I confront all difficulties and shatter them with my determination. I am opening the highway to the horizon of hope and beyond, all the way to the victory. Even if the time comes to give up my life, it will be given up for the unity of humankind. Then God will erect a monument to me as the champion of unity. Certainly anyone who died under such circumstances would be launched like a rocket directly into God's heart. Therefore, do not worry.

When Jesus was carrying the cross, he told people not to weep for him. Instead, he told them to weep for their children, their own people and nation and the world. Jesus could see the misery that would come to the world. I want you to understand that although there are only a few people here listening to me today, there are great numbers of people around the world who are shedding their tears in prayer, pouring out their hearts for the sake of God's will.

Have I been waging a futile battle? No, as I struggled for this seemingly impossible dream, I knew that the entire world would eventually rally around me. From now on, you can go out and shout to the world and everyone's heart shall be melted. Their consciences will be awakened and you will be able to unite them with your heart.

As we work for greater levels of unification, we will have greater levels of success; we will not decline. At this time, I am going away and you must stay here. This is your moment of commitment to become the catalyst for the unity of the world. The Unification Church is not alone; there are many other people and groups who are siding with us now. The time has come that people will stop mocking and scorning you for being a Moonie. Now you will be admired and you will be recognized as having a great spiritual leader. This is our own time of unification. We must stand up now and move forward to achieve our goals.

When the morning comes, the beautiful sunrise can be seen in the eastern sky. I want you to understand that the sunrise is now coming to the world. Now the sunbeams are becoming stronger and stronger and we will march forward forevermore. First we must ignite the sunshine of the individual; then the individual ignites the sunshine of the family and then the sunshine of the nation, and ultimately of the world and the universe. This is how we will grow.

Thus there is no time to rest and certainly no time to weep and be despairing. We have only one road to go -- the road of determination and marching forward. Why is that? It is because we are the champions who must liberate God through unification. From that point of liberation, we will be able to take true dominion over the creation. From that point forward, the Kingdom of God on earth shall become a reality. I know that to my bones. That is the goal toward which I am marching today.

So far, we have prepared a container; now we are preparing something to put into that container -- the victory of God. I am at the forefront of the marching lines, carrying that container. I merely am marching in the front of that line, but everybody behind me is going in the same direction with the same purpose. You and I have the same mission of world unity -- that is the job we must do. I am going to open the doors of hell so while I am doing that, you must take care of this world. Unification is your sublime duty and your goal.

I want you to understand that I am going to prison on the worldwide level at this time. I have already gone to prison on the individual level, the family and the national level. This is my destiny. Jesus told his people, if you want to follow me, follow me with your cross. Therefore, if you want to follow Reverend Moon, you must bear the worldwide cross. Once you are victorious with the worldwide cross, you can come to visit me. After you have been victorious in carrying your own cross, then I will be able to come out of prison. I want you to understand that.

When I was in the North Korean prison, my mother came to visit me. She had walked many hundreds of miles, all the way across the peninsula, and the moment she saw me, she began to cry very strongly. At that point, I shouted out to my own mother, calling her by her given name, not mother, "I am not just your son. I have only come to this world through you. I am a son of God -- you gave birth to me, so you should be as great as your son. You cannot be cowardly or weak. You must walk forward courageously and encourage me."

Today I am saying the same thing to you. Do not ever behave in a weak or cowardly fashion. You must be proud and courageous. Even without your encouragement, I will follow the highest possible road of a son of God. Thus, instead of trying to come and visit me, go out to the battlefield. Go out and bring unity to the world. Do not waste your time visiting me at the prison but bring the victory for God in the world.

Now show me your determination by standing and giving three cheers!

Farewell Speech

Reverend Sun Myung Moon
July 20, 1984
East Garden
Translator - Bo Hi Pak

My faith will not change, wherever I go! To say that your faith will never change means that your mind will never change. By the same token, the world that I am pursuing will not change, either. Wherever I go, whether it is a high place or a low one, my life will be the same life.

Since we do not have much time today, I would like to give you a very short and simple lecture. The work of God is to make unity. If there had been no fall, each man and woman would have experienced the unity of mind and body. Then with the unity of man and woman in marriage, the ideal would have been achieved.

However, the world in which we live has not yet become one. The huge world is nothing more than the extension of individual men and women. Almost no one can claim that his mind and body are always united, thus the world in which we are living is not the world which God wanted. This is the fallen world, instead.

Since there are no individual men and women united perfectly in mind and body, there arc no families which are perfect, and no societies, nations or world which is perfect. Whenever a person becomes perfectly united in mind and body, God relates with that person as one completed individual. When such men and women are united, then God becomes the subject or center of that couple. If a certain tribe becomes totally united, then God becomes the center or the subject of that particular tribe. Therefore, it makes no difference how large the population becomes because God wants to be the center and subject to everybody.

When God becomes the subject and center of every individual, the unified world comes into being. Within the unified world we would have the unified nation, unified communities, unified tribes. families and so forth. Do you think God would like to travel around the world for sight-seeing once the unification of the world has been achieved? Or would He be content to do that at some intermediate stage, perhaps the level of unified tribes or nations? What do you think? Certainly, God would want to wait to travel through the world until it is completely unified. I am sure God is thinking now that Reverend Moon understands His desire quite well.

What is the path I am walking? My ultimate mission as the son of God is to bring about the unity of the entire world. If there had been no fall, God would never have had any problem in visiting this world. All people would have become perfected and would have automatically welcomed God into this world. It would not have mattered how many billions of people were horn; they would all have been incorporated into the unified world.

God has worked so hard to bring unity on the levels of family, clan, tribe, nation and the world. But if Adam and Eve had not fallen' they would have automatically created that unified family, clan, tribe, nation and world. If that was the reality, then God would be free to travel everywhere, joyfully experiencing unity. Wherever He would go, He would be with His people.

Because of the fall, barriers and division came into the world on every level. Now God has to deal with this divided world and that is the tragedy of both God and man. God is not at the center of this compartmentalized, divided world; instead, Satan is at the center and is running it. Incredible conflict pervades every relationship, first of all between the individual mind and body. Throughout history, no one has been able to pull out and eliminate the roots of the conflict of this world.

There is conflict between men and women, between families, tribes, and nations. There is conflict between East and West. As the champion of division, Satan knows precisely how to divide this world. Therefore, a godly man must appear who has the power to bring unity. If such a man should come with the ability to bring unity and overcome the power of divisiveness, how much joy that would bring to God!

There have been many saints throughout history and they were always unifiers. In the face of adversity, they never allowed themselves to become divided. Among the saints, the greatest of all was Jesus Christ. Jesus was the son of God and he came to unite the world, with the greatest power of unity that anyone had ever seen. He brought unity among all different races and cultures. Even his enemies, the forces of Satan who tried to destroy him, could be brought into unity by him. I want you to understand that Jesus prayed on the cross for his enemies because his deepest purpose and mission was to bring unity to everyone.

However, when Jesus was bearing the cross he was a single, solitary person. Judaism was not supporting Jesus; the chosen nation was not supporting him and the Roman Empire was not supporting him. He was absolutely alone. But today, what is Reverend Moon doing? Reverend Moon came to this modern age to bring unity. He is a unifier - he is casting fire to bring about unity. Thus, no matter what we face, we will succeed. The forces of Satan are trying to divide the Moonies and they are trying to divide Christianity, but they cannot do it.

The entire world is watching the Unification Church and Reverend and Mrs. Moon. Many people are curious about Mrs. Moon and how she is taking the recent turn of events. Also they are wondering if the Unification Church is now shattered into pieces and destroyed. But on the contrary, under these difficult circumstances the Unification Church has found itself most powerful. If Mother sheds tears, they are not the tears of tragedy or defeat; they are the tears of unity, tears for bringing hope to the future.

God's method has always been that of being hit and then restoring it, over and over again throughout history. Thus we can sometimes weep knowing that our tears will bring us greater determination and hope to allow us to march forward to the greatest victory. But if we become defeatists we will never become the people who can receive the ultimate blessings from God. Those ultimate blessings can come only to those who endure being hit and never falter, those who continue to move forward.

Even though Reverend Moon is opposed by the entire United States, I will never be defeated. I am ready to receive the blessing that goes far beyond any blessing of this country. We are growing every day - today we are greater than yesterday and tomorrow will be greater than today. If God provides a way for me to bring about the unity of the 4.5 billion people of this world, I will not hesitate an instant to take that path.

When the Supreme Court rejected our review on May 14, I never wavered in asking God, "What way do You want to lead us now?" Since then, in the past two months great numbers of Christians have become united. Today I am going the road of incarceration and I am asking God, "What is Your next chapter for me? Let Your will be done and bring the unity of all mankind, centering upon the True Parents." l know that no matter where I go, I will find people who will follow; strangers will follow me, even beyond the Unification Church.

When I walk over the hill, the unified world will be waiting there to welcome me. The billions of people will become united into one. There is a way for God to come and dwell with mankind. For the first time, the unity between God and man will be achieved.

Therefore I walk the road of the cross with hope and a totally victorious mind. We are here together, people from all different cultures and the five different colors of skin. You must be united as you follow me. You blessed couples must follow me with your entire family united. All the members throughout the world must follow in unity; that is the only way you can follow me. Because of this momentous day, there is great hope for unity starting from Mother and myself, the East Garden family, and the entire membership of the Unification Church, as well as for the rest of humanity. Because of this day, unification shall become a reality. It will continue to grow, greater and greater.

This is a glorious, victorious and historical day. For that reason, I don't want you to send me off in tears. If you have tears automatically streaming down your face, they must not be tears of tragedy. They must be tears of determination, telling me, "Trust us. We are going to bring 100 times greater victory in the days to come." I want you to understand that if you have sadness in your heart today, there is only one way to alleviate it. On the day that I return, you must be able to share with me about all the thousands of people who became united while I was gone. That is the only way you can be worthy of your tears.

I am going the road of confinement for the purpose of unity. Inside the prison I will work even harder to bring about greater unity within the Unification movement and the Christian community. Also I am working to bring unity between the Unification movement, the Christian community, and other religions. That is the purpose of my going to prison today.

Therefore, I want all of you to unite. Unless you have that internal unity, you are inviting hell to come in. When you are united, every door in the world will be opened to you. That is our God-given territory.

When Jesus was crucified, he went into hell first and opened the doors there. Today I am bearing my cross, but I will not die; I will open the doors of hell as a living person. From that point on, resurrection and Pentecost will come. That is the way I understand the meaning of this day.

The living God never dies. Therefore, my cross will only bring unification and victory. The doors to 120 nations shall be opened from today forward, depending upon how much you act. Today I am going as a champion, to bring the unification of all of humanity, as well as the unification of Heaven and earth.

You are the children of the True Parents; thus you must inherit my spirit and tradition. That means you must also become unifiers, becoming united among yourselves and helping others to unite. Even our mass weddings, such as that of the six thousand couples, are symbolic examples of my work to bring unity between people from all the six continents, with different language, culture and skin colors. The Unification Church members are one in mind. Our goal is to fulfill the will of God and the will of God is to bring the unity of mankind. We are marching toward that goal!

The road of suffering and the cross shall have no power over me. I confront all difficulties and shatter them with my determination. I am opening the highway to the horizon of hope and beyond, all the way to the victory. Even if the time comes to give up my life, it will be given up for the unification of mankind. Then God will erect a monument to me as the champion of unity. Certainly anyone who died under such circumstances would be launched like a rocket directly into God's heart. Therefore, do not worry.

As Jesus was hanging on the cross, he told people not to weep for him. Instead, he told them to weep for their children, their own people and nation and the world. Jesus could see the misery that would come to the world. I want you to understand that although there are only a few people here listening to me today, there are great numbers of people around the world who are shedding their tears in prayer, pouring out their hearts for the sake of East Garden.

Have I been waging a futile battle? No, as I struggled for this seemingly impossible dream, I knew that the entire world would eventually rally around me. From now on, you can go out and shout to the world and everyone's heart shall be melted. Their consciences will be awakened and you will be able to unite them with your heart.

As we work for greater levels of unification, we will have greater levels of success; we will not decline. At this time, I am going away and you must stay here. This is your moment of commitment to become the catalyst for the unity of the world. The Unification Church is not alone; there are many other people and groups who are siding with us now. The time has come that people will stop mocking and scorning you for being a Moonie. Now you will be admired and you will be recognized as having a great spiritual leader. This is our own time of unification. We must stand up now and move forward to achieve our goals.

When the morning comes, the beautiful sunrise can be seen in the Eastern sky. I want you to understand that the Unification sunrise is now coming to the world. Now the sunbeams are becoming stronger and stronger and we will march forward forevermore. First we must ignite the sunshine of the individual; then the individual ignites the sunshine of the family and then the sunshine of the nation, and ultimately of the world and the universe. This is how we will grow.

Thus there is no time to rest and certainly no time to weep and be despairing. We have only one road to go - the road of determination and marching forward. Why is that? It is because we are the champions who must liberate God through unification. From that point of liberation, we will be able to take our dominion over the creation. From that point forward, the Kingdom of God on earth shall become a reality. I know that to my bones. That is the goal toward which I am marching today.

So far, we have prepared a container; now we are preparing something to put into that container - the results, the victory. I am at the forefront of the marching lines, carrying that container. I am merely marching in the front of that line and everybody behind me is going in the same direction, with the same purpose. You and I have the same mission of world unification - that is the job we must do. I am going to open the doors of hell so while I am doing that, you must take care of this world. Unification is your sublime duty and your goal.

Those who are going to march according to my instructions, please stand up and shout Amen!

You blessed children who have been participating in the workshop during these past few weeks have an especially important mission for this time. You are going to be united with the True Parents' children; be totally united and do not think about anything else.

I have one piece of advice for all of the members. I know that you are feeling a desire to go to the prison and be near me; however we must conduct ourselves in an absolutely orderly fashion. Therefore, no one must come to the prison without having the express permission of Mr. Hyo Yul Kim, who has been given the special duty of being near me. His telephone number and address will be available. You must never come to Danbury without permission because if anything unusual happens, it becomes my responsibility and it can bring shame to me. I want to be proud of you, so I want you to act honorably and responsibly. Do you understand?

I want you to understand that I am going to prison on the worldwide level at this time. I have already gone to prison on the individual level, the family and the national level. This is my destiny. That means you cannot visit me in the individual capacity. Jesus told his people, if you want to follow me, follow me with your cross. Therefore, if you want to follow Reverend Moon, you must bear the worldwide cross. Once you are victorious with the worldwide cross, you can come to visit me. After you have been victorious in carrying your own cross, then I will be able to come out. I want you to understand that.

When I was in the North Korean prison, my mother came to visit me. She had walked many hundreds of miles, all the way across the peninsula, and the moment she saw me, she began to cry very strongly. At that point, I shouted out to my own mother, calling her by her given name, not Mother, "I am not just your son. I have only come to this world through you. I am the son of God - you gave birth to me, so you should be as great as your son. You cannot be cowardly or weak. You must walk forward courageously and encourage me."

Today I am saying the same thing to you. Do not ever behave in a weak or cowardly fashion. You must be proud and courageous. Even without your encouragement, I will follow the highest possible road of the son of God. Thus, instead of trying to come and visit me, go out to the battlefield. Go out and bring unity to the world. Do not waste your time coming up to the prison but bring the victory for God in the world. Even if you were killed by a runaway truck while working for God, that would be far greater than trying to come to see me in prison.

Therefore, only with permission can you come to visit me. That is the one instruction from me that you must obey. Think of it, citizens from the entire world will want to come to visit me. How can I accommodate everybody? I only have one body. In two days, the people in Danbury have already been overwhelmed by the presence of Moonies. Most prisoners are visited only once a month, so if you came every day and made a scene and were reported by the media, that would not be good at all. I do not want you to spend your energy in that fashion. Also that would bring an enormous burden upon the prison officials and that burden would fall upon me. Don't you think so?

You can come to visit the holy rock at Belvedere. I will eventually instruct Mr. Kim to dedicate some area in Danbury as a holy ground where you can go to pray, but do not go near the prison. I do not want you to be stupid. Be wise.

Mother will probably come every other day to visit me, so you can find out about my situation from her. Also those who accompany Mother can share their experiences with you. Do you understand?

If you feel such a strong desire to come to visit me, here is a method. Close your eyes and open them. That is one visit. Do it anytime you want and you can visit me, even a thousand times. I thank you for your one thousand visits!

Now the only job remaining to you is to go out and fight the Heavenly battle. Bring the unification - that is your task.

At the leaders' conference the other day, I instructed them to rally 30,000 ministers. If each of those ministers can reach out to ten churches, then 300,000 churches will be united. We organized everything for a crusade. 30,000 video tapes of the Divine Principle will eventually be distributed. How many ministers are you going to contact and bring together? Even those ministers who are not members of our church are going to bring together ten churches, so you have to do at least ten times more. That means you must contact 100 ministers. If you have fulfilled that responsibility, then I might allow you to come to see me. Is that OK?

Now show me your determination by standing and giving three cheers of Mansei!

The Time to Build and Consummate Our Foundation

Sun Myung Moon and Angelika Selle
July 19, 1984
Leaders' Conference
East Garden

One day after Father's motion for a reduction in sentence was denied, he called international leaders of our movement to a conference at East Garden. Among them were the ten Korean regional leaders and the ten evangelists. What a painful and sad occasion to go and see Father. I thought: what should our attitude toward Father be? How will he and his family feel? With these thoughts and emotions swelling up inside I arrived at East Garden at 7:00 a.m.

About half an hour later, Father and the oldest True Children descended the stairs and assembled for breakfast in the dining room. Father behaved as naturally as ever, but Mother was rather quiet, and one could sense that her heart was disturbed. Around 9:00 a.m. all the Blessed children were called from their 21 day workshop at Belvedere to come and see Father. As soon as they arrived, Father rose from the table and rushed over to the main room to greet them. For one and a half hours he poured out his heart to them in Korean.

Watching the faces of the Blessed children, they were totally focused on Father, sometimes with tears in their eyes, sometimes laughing; it was clear they have a special connection with our Father and he with them, undeniable and beautiful. According to the translation of the Korean sister sitting next to me, Father spoke about building a complete new historical foundation, which has to be erected by the Blessed children themselves. He urged them to waste no time...and to unite with the Tine Children as well as among each other.

After a break, all the leaders assembled in the living room, and the regional leaders spoke about the rallies for religious freedom which had been held throughout the nation during the previous weeks. Again, Korean was spoken. About twenty thousand ministers had signed a proclamation for religious liberty and two thousand ministers have pledged to spend seven days with Father in prison for the sake of religious freedom.

A few days later, on July 21, the Interdenominational Conferences for Clergy (ICC) founded in Washington, D.C. the so-called Common Suffering Fellowship Institute [Tong Go Hwae] for those ministers who wanted to spend one week in prison with Father. Instead of physically going to the Danbury prison, these ministers could spend one week together in one of their churches, praying, singing, and demonstrating publicly for religious freedom. Also they would have a chance to come to know the real Rev. Moon, his teaching, philosophy and projects, by watching video tapes and listening to lectures.

Thus the spirit for saving America and reviving the spiritual foundation of this country and the discussion about religious liberty would be upheld, rekindled, and multiplied throughout the nation. Community service and fellow- ship among Christians and Unificationists is the type of tradition Father wants to establish. The first seminar was held on July 26 under the chairmanship of Rev. James Stewart, chairman of the St. Louis NCCSA chapter.

Father also advised members to study meticulously the Principle chapters on the Second Advent and Predestination.

He said that if members teach these well enough Christians would be able to understand and accept the entire Principle.

At the end Mr. Motoo Furuta shared about the movement in Japan. He started out by apologizing to Father in tears for what had happened to Father and repented that the Japanese movement had not done enough to help him. Then he reported about the heavy persecution members receive there from the communists and other groups.

On the other hand, Mr. Furuta said that the movement there is very successful in all areas, but not because they use certain techniques or methods, but rather because of applying internal principles and tradition. Another reason was also the purity and dedication of each member. Father afterwards asked all members to say a special prayer for Mr. Furuta every day. "This is the time to build and consummate our foundation until 1985," Father said.

The meeting ended around 5:30 p.m. with a special three cheers of Mansei for determination, commitment and love for Father. We all know that Father is not concerned about his own situation as much as he is concerned about us, and America's future. He trusts us completely to take on the burden for this nation and fulfill our missions, especially while he is gone. May we welcome him back from prison as soon as possible with all our accomplishments, and may God be our helper!

Statement by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon about going to prison

July 19, 1984

I am innocent of any wrongdoing; on the contrary, I am the victim of government abuse and persecution. Thousands of clergymen around America have protested the government's persecution of me and have pledged to commit one week of their lives in prison with me in the name of religious freedom.

In 1971, God called me to come to America and lead a movement to revive the fervor of Christianity and restore the founding spirit of this nation. He sent me to bring about a dramatic spiritual awakening at a time when a dark spirit of atheism and religious intolerance is found in America.

I myself suffered nearly to the point of death in a communist prison camp. I am willing to suffer in an American prison if it will serve God's purpose of awakening America from its spiritual sleep.

Today the state is encroaching more than ever on the affairs of the church. There are now several thousand cases in the courts which involve church-state conflicts. How can we in the United States criticize the Soviet state for imprisoning Sakharov, when ministers are jailed here in America?

I have had just one goal for this nation: to strengthen the moral fiber of America and to enlarge her capacity to fulfill God's Will. For this purpose the Unification movement has spent several hundred million dollars in America for the sake of this nation. We have funded:

The International Religious Foundation
The International Cultural Foundation
The National Council for the Church and Social Action
The International Relief Friendship Foundation
Project Volunteer
The Washington Times, and numerous other projects.

When you understand the scope of my work, can you really believe that I came to America to defraud the United States government of an estimated $25,000 in taxes?

From the very beginning this was not a tax case. It has been an invasion by the government into the internal affairs of religion.

I stand convicted for no other reason than my religious beliefs and practices.

I will now move the worldwide headquarters of my church to Danbury Prison, where I will pray and work for this country. I thank God that He is using me as His instrument to lead the fight for religious freedom and to ignite the spiritual awakening of America in this most crucial hour of human history.

May God bless America.

Prayer of Blessing for 250 NCCSA Trucks

Sun Myung Moon
July 12, 1984
East Garden

Loving Father,

We thank You for remembering our movement and working on earth throughout history for the protection of Your children.

We also thank You for remembering the pitiful Korean people. How long have You been suffering in order to educate Your children in Korea to honor eternally the names of the True Parents of the cosmos? Throughout history this people has been a worthless, miserable one who did not deserve even Your sympathetic love; but You remembered the sacrificial blood of its past generations, came down to share its misery, and enabled it to become a nation with five thousand years of history behind it.

You have called, guided and pushed me since my childhood. You have suffered so much to arrive at this time, the apex of Your providence. Thank You for Your protection along my rugged path. Your suffering has always been greater than mine. Through difficulties and disappointments You have always sent people to support and even protect me.

America has been called to work as the central nation for the worldwide providence; but is failing to fulfill that mission because Christianity, which was supposed to guide this nation, did not have a strong enough foundation. I thank You again for Your concern for America's situation, and for sending me to this land more than ten years ago. Thank You for letting me come to have today such a secure foundation, after overcoming many stormy ordeals and marching incessantly forward to expand Your foothold on the earth.

The Unification movement has become something that neither America nor Christianity can continue to despise. I know that American democracy came into existence to help Christianity unite with the Unification movement, and to expand this unity into the worldwide Cain-Abel relationship. Father, now You witness Christian ministers, united with the Unification Church, leading the battle for religious liberty which can awaken all Americans! ask You to here exert Your power of re-creation, to better prepare the environment, and to enable us to transform this world into one over which You will have dominion forever.

In order to prepare for such a time we created NCCSA. Now is the moment in history when we can pour gasoline on dry firewood and set it ablaze. My court case has become the rallying point for people concerned with religious liberty. Therefore, in order that we not lose this chance, but use it for uniting the Unification movement, this American nation, and world Christianity, we have purchased 250 trucks, upon which I ask Your blessing.

Whenever any of those 250 trucks represented by this one here appears on a highway, or in a city, let it be surrounded by Your mysterious power. Let the young drivers be welcomed not only by the mountains, streams, flowers and trees, but also let all the people meeting these trucks and drivers be overwhelmed with joy and united to establish Your kingdom of heart on this continent. Then, let this country have a unified religious community. Let them wave the flag of one united world, and become champions who satisfy Your will and thereby heal the bitter suffering which You have endured throughout history. Let them march forward together toward one world under God.

Please be with each of these trucks wherever they may go. The drivers may very often have to work despite physiological or environmental difficulties. They need Your protection so that they can proudly show all that You are truly with this movement. Father, may those who operate these trucks praise You, respect You, love You, enjoy the world of heart, discuss Your heart with everyone they meet, and distribute not only foodstuffs but also Your blessing, Your heart, and Your gifts.

Father, please place Your hand in blessing upon the entire system starting now with this program. We are working also on getting 250 mobile homes. Please help those working on this project to be united into one, forming a pipeline for the distribution of foodstuffs and spiritual nutrition to people in need, and to fulfill their missions as ones sent by You.

Father, I thank You for receiving my prayer over this truck, representing the 250, on this day when we also celebrate the birthdays of both Kook Jin and Sun Jin. I offer You everything in this prayer in the names of the True Parents. Amen.

Unification Theological Seminary and the Leadership of the Church

Reverend Sun Myung Moon
July 12, 1984

This is an excerpt from Father's talk to the seminary candidates at East Garden on July 12, 1984 from notes taken by Shirley Stadelhofer.

From now on our Church is going to need more leaders many, in fact, in many different areas. There is one thing which is in common in the universe and that is the need for "thought, ideology, ideas...the foundation of all thinking." I want to train you this way and if Father needs someone in another field he can just interchange you from one area to the other. Father wants sometimes a special or independent department in spiritual discipline and education thought a department which deals with the thought needed in educating people of many different backgrounds.

Every time in the Church when you may change you job or mission, you will have a chance to train yourself or grow spiritually, but this is the inferior way. The superior way is to go to the Seminary and be trained in basic principled thought and education. The primary function of Unification members is ultimately to educate people. You are too precious to just be involved in finances, newspapers, campaigning, etc.; you need the basic foundation of "thought".

Take a look at the spirit world; it is involved only in thought. If there is one person who is teaching everyone else about thought, everyone goes to that person to ask their advice. This exists in reality in the spiritual world. Today in the secular world there is no such thing as a consistent standard. The result is that the society is unbalanced and not coordinated.

So the experienced and older members of our Church must assume this responsibility in the future not just in the United States but worldwide. Then people who are trained in this position of spiritual education and thought must be the ones to teach mankind how to live.

Loss of spirit

In outside jobs or physical missions in the Church you can keep yourselves constantly busy, and become highly skilled and highly admired, but Satan takes your spirit away. So this is what Satan has done to man, and what Father is trying to restore and put back: the foundation of spiritual and principled thought. You are going to need this kind of guidance in your lives, i.e., thought consistent with a broader principle. The more ideal way, of course, would be to stick to one job, the longer the better, but there first needs to be the spiritual discipline and thought. Just working day after day for the sake of "bread winning" makes no sense at all.

Take one of your fingers on your hand, for instance; it's alive, it moves, it has blood circulating in it, but unless it is connected to a nervous system which also runs through your finger, your finger does not have any ideal or purpose or goal. You should have both. So this is the principled view of what a society should be like just external action and "jobs" and busy occupations make no sense without an internal belief, ideal, ideology, philosophy or thought.

Father has in mind the people who have been in the Church the longest; these older members should be in that position of having received the foundation of philosophy and thought, not just the young members and newcomers. Father doesn't want you wondering always what you are going to do, no matter what department in the Church you are assigned to. He wants you to be trained and educated so that you can express our ideology and other philosophies and thoughts in many different ways. Do you understand what Father is trying to say?

Now that we are creating an ideal world, you must first strengthen your thought and your spiritual life and be able to educate others. So have you come to realize now that going to the Seminary is best?

If you say to someone that your job is the most important thing, what will you do when you go to the spirit world? There should be a balance a balance between the training education of the spiritual side of your life, as well as the training in skills for the body. This is man's basic desire to exist eternally so ultimately the purpose of our lives is what we should strive to work for. If you increase your expertise in "thought" and spiritual life, even if you go to a secular position or mission, you can still work toward and establish your ultimate purpose of life. So the unity and balance between "thought" and physical skills is the "marriage of life," just like subject and object, man and woman, and the ultimate purpose of marriage is ideal love.

Today the American society completely lacks this "marriage of life" or balance between internal philosophy and external skills. Interestingly enough, when we observe the communist societies, they have the right "form" balancing ideology and work but the content is wrong. This is a typical example where you can see that evil takes a step ahead of goodness and sets up the pseudo-form or pattern in advance. Eventually a totally principled world and life will come into existence, but the communist world (Satan) is trying to execute the false pattern first.

Seminary learning

Father is thinking, when he urges you to go to the Seminary, about the more basic potential in you. If you really live a principled life, then God is with you whether you invite him or not. You might say to Father, "Oh, Father, you have sent me to one department and I have become skilled and then you send me to another mission. I'm always changing, so then which is my main job?" But let Father ask you one question, "Wouldn't you like to have 'spiritual sovereignty' rather than a lot of other jobs or just skills?" (Yes.) Then this is why Father is always seeking out and lining up college graduates to go to the Seminary.

So by going to the Seminary you can better learn and gain this principled thought and philosophy. This is the same advice to ordinary members as well as to Church leaders. In the future how are you going to educate your children? You need this kind of education don't you think that when you fulfill this kind of world here on earth, that it will continue in the spiritual world?

To make up your mind, you don't need any kind of judge or teacher; your conscience is your best guide no one needs to tell you what's best. No one tells Father. It's a simple concept what Father has been telling you, but it is the "essence of human life." This has taken only about forty minutes to explain, but what Father is now saying will provide you with the right "spiritual posture," e.g., an education so that you can educate others. Do you understand? (Yes.)

You might say, "Father, I have my Abel figure and I'm indispensable in this position." Father understands that, but not one trainee for the Seminary from this movement could be selected out of 10,000 competitors on the outside. In the future people are not going to be as lucky as you; they will have to be taught the thought and ideology even though they will never see Father.

Father feels very strongly that America needs this "center of spirit," and only the Unification Church can provide this unique education. Therefore, Father is really making haste America needs this "thought", so this great country can continue being "great". Without this ideology and basic foundation, America will perish. Without this "thought", can America be abundant and healthy? No! The "instant gratification" principle that now exists in this nation is simply connected to hell; persistent "instant joy" is evil. You have to create a principled world this country without a "soul" will perish!

So you can make up your mind now after hearing that this is why Father is sending you to the Seminary. You don't need advice from anyone else. All you need is the "father/son" or "father/daughter" relationship everything else is Satan! (Laughter.) No matter how many difficult physical ailments Father has had, this "thought" has healed him Father's life proves that. Otherwise, he would have passed away a long time ago. So maybe any of you who have a physical problem can be cured by "Father's way." But for the rest of you, Father feels that it is best for you to go to the Seminary. You can't solve everything before you go if you were to drive down to New York City and you had an accident and were to die, for example, would you still have a spiritual problem?

Talk To Seminary Candidates

Rev. Sun Myung Moon
East Garden, New York
July 12, 1984
(Unofficial Notes)

From now on our Church is going to need more leaders - many in fact, in many different areas. There is one thing that there is in common in the universe and that is the need for "thought, ideology, ideas... the foundation of all thinking." I want to train you this way and if Father needs someone in another field he can just interchange you from one area to the other. Father wants sometimes, a special or independent department in spiritual discipline and education thought - a department which deals with the thought needed in educating people of many different backgrounds.

In today's world money plays a common role in the standard of value, but in reality it is "thought" that is the basis of everything. Take one among you for instance, Bob Spitz, his specialty is in the newspaper business, but he needs more education in "thought" in order to function in his own specialty much better. Between the body and mind, "specialty is the body" and "education is the mind." To make a simple analogy the physical body is the object and the mind is the subject. This is a common basic point that brings creativity in life. Even though Bob Spitz may change jobs many times in the future, his basic ideology and thought will be well organized and oriented.

Every time in the Church when you may change your job or mission, you will have a chance to train yourself or grow spiritually, but this is the inferior way. The superior way is to go to the Seminary and be trained in basic principled thought and education. The primary function of Unification Church members is to ultimately educate people. You are too precious to just be involved in finances, newspapers, campaigning, etc.; you need the basic foundation of "thought."

Take a look at the spirit world; it is involved only in thought. If there is one person who is teaching everyone else about thought, everyone goes to that person to ask their advice. This exists in reality in the spiritual world. Today in the secular world there is no such thing as a consistent standard. The result is that the society is unbalanced and not coordinated.

So the experienced and older members of our Church must assume this responsibility in the future; not just in the United States but worldwide. Then people who are trained in this position of spiritual education and thought must be the ones to teach mankind how to live.

To have a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) position in the outside (like Janet Merkley, for instance) is very important, but what is more important is what basic thoughts dominate your work. Principled thought is very enduring even more than any financial occupation. By going to the Seminary your thought will be more in the framework of what it will be like in the spiritual world - nontemporal and everlasting.

What we need in our society in the future is this enduring and eternal "thought" which is the central part of "being." Once we leave our physical bodies, the training we have had in wisdom, ideology or thought is what we have left. Take this one sister for instance, she may be an expert in her field (CPA) but without training in Unification thought and wider knowledge in spiritual areas, she can never be subject in her field. But if her expertise has both thought and technology then she can have a more perfect give-and-take-action.

In outside jobs or physical missions in the Church you can keep yourselves constantly busy, and become highly skilled and highly admired, but Satan takes your spirit away. So this is what Satan has done to man, and what Father is trying to restore and put back; the foundation of spiritual and principled thought. You are going to need this kind of guidance in your lives, i.e. thought consistent with a broader principle. The more ideal way, of course, would be to stick to one job, the longer the better, but there first needs to be the spiritual discipline and thought. Just working day after day for the sake of "bread-winning," makes no sense at all.

Take one of your fingers on your hand for instance; it's alive, it moves, it has blood circulating in it, but unless it is connected to a nervous system that also runs through your finger then your finger does not have any ideal or purpose or goal. You should have both. So this is the principled view of what a society should be like - just external action and "jobs" and busy occupations make no sense without an internal belief, ideal, ideology, philosophy or thought.

Father has in mind the people who have been in the Church the longest; these older members should be in that position of having received the foundation of philosophy and thought, not just the young members and newcomers. Father doesn't want you wondering always what you are going to do, no matter what department in the Church you are assigned to. He wants you to be trained and educated so that you can express our ideology and other philosophies and thoughts in many different ways. Do you understand what Father is trying to say?

Now that we are creating an ideal world you must first strengthen your thought and your spiritual life and be able to educate others. So have you come to realize now that going to the Seminary is best?

If you say to someone that my job is the most important thing, what will you do when you go to the spirit world? There should be a balance; a balance between the training education of the spiritual side of your life, as well as the training in skills for the body. This is man's basic desire, to exist eternally - so ultimately the purpose of our lives is what we should strive to work for. If you increase your expertise in "thought" and spiritual life, even if you go to a secular position or mission, you can still work toward and establish your ultimate purpose of life. So the unity and balance between "thought" and physical skills is the "marriage of life," just like subject and object, man and woman, and the ultimate purpose of marriage is ideal love.

Today the American society completely lacks this "marriage of life" or balance between internal philosophy and external skills. Interestingly enough, when we observe the communist societies they have the right "form," balancing ideology and work, but the content is wrong. This is a typical example where you can see that evil takes a step ahead of goodness and sets up the pseudo-form or pattern in advance. Eventually a total principled world and life will come into existence, but the communist world (Satan) is trying to execute the false pattern first.

Because the spiritual or principled way is the original or ideal law, then in the "free world" nobody has to force or threaten people to follow it. In the creation every existing thing would like to follow original law; this is a universal law. So the original mind or heart of every individual would like, without being told, to live this universal way that is expected by God. It's only after you understand this philosophy and thought that you understand your original purpose of life and you can eventually teach others. If you can continue living these basic principles than in the spiritual world this will become your foundation. If you have a rich spiritual life on earth it will be the same and continue in the spiritual world.

If you have this basic foundation then no one has to say, "Do this and do that," or "Don't do that," but we don't have this kind of world yet. If you lived in a society that tells everyone what to do, is that good? No! It is so tedious, monotonous and oppressing! When there is a situation that you have the right basic "thought" and you want to do something - that is freedom. Now do you understand Father's position and appreciate it better? Father is thinking, when he urges you to go to the Seminary, about the more basic potential in you. If you really live a principled life then God is with you whether you invite him or not. You might say to Father, "Oh, Father, you have sent me to one department and I have become skilled and then you send me to another mission. I'm always changing, so then which is my main job?" But let Father ask you one question, "Wouldn't you like to have "spiritual sovereignty" rather than a lot of other jobs or just skills?" (Yes.) Then this is why Father is always seeking out and lining up college graduates to go to the Seminary.

Now for example, take Bob Spitz, after working for many years in the newspaper he knows that something is missing, that something is internally wrong. Even the "newspaper" needs a person as a staff member who has been trained and educated in spiritual thought and basic philosophy; having people like this goes towards making a better newspaper. Even the "newspaper itself would say that it would want to be created or made by that kind of man." Do you think that the Empire State Building is proud that it was constructed by only skilled, but not principled people? No - even that building wants to boast, "I belong to God!"

So by learning this thought we can better make and build God's kingdom. Then whatever you would do with that kind of principled foundation, it can still be carried on to the spiritual world. So this is the reason why Father is sending the selected ones to the Seminary. In the future Father wants all of the departments of the Church to have a "spiritual guidance section" - a section that will be for the education and furthering of "thought" and philosophy.

So by going to the Seminary you can better learn and gain this principled thought and philosophy. This is the same advice to ordinary members as well as to Church leaders. In the future how are you going to educate your children? You need this kind of education - don't you think that when you fulfill this kind of world here on earth, that it will continue in the spiritual world?

To make up your mind, you don't need any kind of judge or teacher; your conscience is your best guide - no one needs to tell you what's best. No one tells Father. It's a simple concept what Father has been telling you, but it is the "essence of human life." This has taken only about forty minutes to explain, but what Father is now saying will provide you with the right "spiritual posture," i.e. an education so that you can educate others. Do you understand? (Yes.)

You might say, "Father, I have my Abel figure and I'm indispensable in this position." Father understands that, but not one trainee for the Seminary from this movement could be selected out of 10,000 competitors on the outside. In the future people are not going to be as lucky as you; they will have to be taught the thought and ideology even though they will never see Father.

Father feels very strongly that America needs this "center of spirit," and only the Unification Church can provide this unique education. Therefore, Father is really making haste - America needs this "thought," so this great country can continue being "great." Without this ideology and basic foundation America will perish. Without this "thought" can America be abundant and healthy? No! The "instant gratification" principle that now exists in this nation is simply connected to hell, persistent "instant joy" is evil. You have to create a principled world - this country without a "soul" will perish!

Wherever you go, whether it be far or near, if you live the principled way of life then God is near you. Imagine if on a hot day like this you went up on top of a mountain and looked around you and if you had become victors of "principled thought" and way of life, then you could say to the whole creation, "You waited for me didn't you?" Then the creation would answer, "Yes!"

Whether Father goes to prison or not, it doesn't matter if he has this "victory of thought." So what Father is doing with you members, is it good? Yes - it's wonderful, it's great! This principle applies the same to everyone, high office workers or laborers. If you follow this way, then the spiritual world will say, "Thank you for your hard work."

So you can make up your mind now after hearing that this is why Father is sending you to the Seminary. You don't need advice from anyone else. All you need is the "Father/son (daughter)" relationship - everything else is Satan! (Laughter.) No matter how many difficult physical aliments Father has had, this "thought" has healed him - Father's life proves that. Otherwise, he would have passed away a long time ago. So maybe any of you who have a physical problem can be cured by "Father's way." But for the rest of you, Father feels that it is best for you to go to the Seminary. You can't solve everything before you go - if you were to drive down to New York and you had an accident and were to die, for example, would you still have a spiritual problem? (Laughter and clapping, "Thank you Father.")