True Mother’s Video Message for Chung Pyung Participants

Gi Seong Lee
May 20, 2015

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The 10th Purification Azalea Festival for the Inheritance of Heavenly Fortune was full of grace with the blessing of True Parents, Heung Jin Nim and Dae Mo Nim and the passionate hearts and prayers of all the members. Also, there was a time to listen to True Mother’s words that made a video specifically for the participants of the Purification Azalea Festival despite her busy European schedules.

The following is True Mother’s speech:

“Beloved blessed families! Warm greetings to blessed families from around the world participating in this Purification Azalea Festival. In commemoration of fifty years of mission work in Europe, I have come to Europe to encourage all members here for their hard work.

In order to do so, I am praying here high in the Alps with True Father so that members worldwide can become one in heart and purpose in achieving God’s providential Will, which is the realization of one big family, a world that our Heavenly Parent and the seven billion people of the world have hoped for.

As I look at the beautiful scenery here, I imagine the beautiful nature where you are in Chung Pyung and contemplate on how we can make Korea, which can become the homeland of our faith and God’s homeland, even more beautiful – to the extent that blessed families worldwide would want to live there.

I am offering conditions, thinking of the future in Korea where people can fully experience and enjoy the atmosphere of True Parents’ love. As of tomorrow, I will begin my official schedule of meeting European members.

I sincerely hope that all of you who have gathered in Chung Pyung can fulfill your tribal messiahship responsibilities and as blessed families who have lived in the same era as True Parents, become true filial sons, filial daughters, loyal patriots, divine sons and daughters, saints and true owners as blessed families who have lived in the same era as True Parents.”

Let Us Bring the World Back to God

True Mother shared hoondokhae with more than four hundred members on the morning of May 11, the day after the event that celebrated half a century of outreach in Europe, at the hotel in which that event had taken place. European members greeted her with sustained applause. This was her message on that day.

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Did you enjoy this morning’s hoondokhae? True Father loved nature. He particularly loved the sea. In order to resolve the food crisis that humanity may face in the future, he invested a lot of time into sea-related efforts. We will present the Seonhak Peace Prize on the third anniversary of True Father’s ascension. Please continue to study and research in the future because you must enlighten humanity. A crisis is drawing near on earth.

I climbed several high mountains in the Alps and even explored an ice cave. This ice cave had actually been melting since the days of the Roman Empire. It was quite dumbfounding. This phenomenon is not happening only in the Alps. Alaska is going through the same situation. The ice is melting while the sea level keeps rising. Increasingly, human beings will face threats to their survival. The earth is being destroyed because of bad human habits; this must be stopped. We must stop it. The earth must be saved. We must enlighten people to return to nature.

Our Heavenly Parent created the heavens and the earth, dreaming of loving humanity. Can we let earth be destroyed when we have not even been able to bring it back into God’s bosom? We cannot do that. Hence, those who become aware of this first, must educate others so that such a thing does not happen. You must attend True Parents. Neither present day laws nor systems can solve this. Just as I mentioned yesterday, we must carry out a movement to attend and serve God, the true owner. You must attend True Parents. Only through this path can humanity and the earth’s ecosystem survive. The True Grandchildren as well as you probably know this: Do you remember the Disney movie, “Finding Nemo”? True Father watched many videos on coral reefs and would reflect on how the sea could be saved. Today, the coral reefs in the sea are all being destroyed due to human ignorance. Many have died and only a few survive. If coral reefs are destroyed, some fish species cannot survive. In other words, man’s survival is also effected. Do you understand?

Let us look at Europe today. Each country is competing against one another. Racial conflict is a problem. Religious people fight one another; they kill and destroy one another. What will you do about this? The result is clear if you just allow it to happen. There is no future. Right? Will you just stand idle and watch this happening? You must inform everyone in the world that True Parents have come. You should tell them, Brothers, we should not fight among ourselves. Let us all become one under our True Parents’ shade.

This path alone can save the nation and the whole of Europe. The entire world will be able to live together in harmony. These days, no matter what situation you may be in, you can use different kinds of methods. We live in an age where everyone connecting in a second through the internet is possible. Those who are old enough but do not have much power to move, can do it through the internet. Because of their love for humanity, True Parents worked hard beginning from the very bottom to realize a future free of misery and a secure and happy world. Now that Satan’s worldwide realm has been restored through indemnity, the doors have opened wide to the realization of a peaceful world but this depends on the capacity and the responsibility of those who know and attend God. Only when everyone joins in this effort can we live. We should all live together. Will you do that? I believe it will not be possible to conclude this event unless I sing. That is a fun but sometimes difficult tradition./

The UN at Seventy: Toward a Resolution of Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Hak Ja Han
May 11, 2015

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True Mother gave this speech on the afternoon of May 11 at the Vienna International Center, on the seventh floor of the UN Office at Vienna, Austria.

Ladies and gentlemen: I send my warm greetings to you all.

It has been seventy years since Korea’s independence, seventy years since the establishment of the United Nations and seventy years since the end of the Second World War. All these dates are no mere coincidence.

If we see them as results of Heaven’s providence, we can also say that the efforts of the United Nations during the seventy years after its founding did not result in a world of harmony and freedom only. We must know the truth: There is a limit to human thought and action. Man is also part of the creation.

This implies that there is a creator. Hence, you must know the absolute God. What was God’s ideal for his creation? Why didn’t that ideal come about? Though the number of member nations in the United Nations has increased to 193 today, the United Nations has not been able to guide all member nations in one direction.

From this standpoint, it is necessary that we know what is true. A movement to attend God, in particular, must take place in the United Nations.

True Mother seated between Thomas Walsh, president of UPF international and Peter Haider, president of UPF Austria in the hall where she spoke that day

True Mother seated between Thomas Walsh, president of UPF international and Peter Haider, president of UPF Austria in the hall where she spoke that day

Within the creation, God is the parent of mankind. No matter how many siblings there may be, they can all become one if they attend and serve the parents. We must be able to find such a path. The purpose of the two-thousand-year Christian history was to welcome the returning Lord in the Last Days. Who is the returning Messiah? The returning Messiah is the one who is to become the True Parents.

God wanted to become the True Parents through the first human ancestors after the Creation. Once that had happened, the world would have naturally become one large family under God. Can war exist in such a world? What about religious conflict or disputes over territory between nations?

Hence, the problems that are arising around the world and afflicting pain today will all be resolved if we attend parents at the center. Moreover, I believe that the United Nations should take the lead in letting the whole world know this truth. The problems of the Korean Peninsula, Asian issues and every conceivable problem in the world can be solved.

We should all participate in this endeavor toward one world. We, humanity, should no longer wander in providential history, but should work toward realizing a world where we can all live sincerely and according to our original nature, for eternity.

Even though our earthly lives cannot surpass a hundred years, our lives in the spiritual world are eternal. Our God is an absolute, eternal and unchanging being. Will you reject the course to become God’s sons and daughters? I sincerely hope everyone becomes God’s child. My desire is that you all take the lead not only in resolving the Korean re-unification problem but also in bringing peace to the world.

True Mother brought the Little Angels to Europe as a means of bestowing grace upon our members and all the people of Europe.

True Mother brought the Little Angels to Europe as a means of bestowing grace upon our members and all the people of Europe.

Let Us Bring the World Back to God

Hak Ja Han
May 11, 2015

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True Mother shared Hoon Dok Hae with more than four hundred members on the morning of May 11, the day after the event that celebrated half a century of outreach in Europe, at the hotel in which that event had taken place. European members greeted her with sustained applause. This was her message on that day.

Did you enjoy this morning’s Hoon Dok Hae? True Father loved nature. He particularly loved the sea. In order to resolve the food crisis that humanity may face in the future, he invested a lot of time into sea-related efforts.

We will present the Seonhak Peace Prize on the third anniversary of True Father’s ascension. Please continue to study and research in the future because you must enlighten humanity.

A crisis is drawing near on earth. I climbed several high mountains in the Alps and even explored an ice cave. This ice cave had actually been melting since the days of the Roman Empire. It was quite dumbfounding.

This phenomenon is not happening only in the Alps. Alaska is going through the same situation. The ice is melting while the sea level keeps rising.

Increasingly, human beings will face threats to their survival. The earth is being destroyed because of bad human habits; this must be stopped.

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We must stop it. The earth must be saved. We must enlighten people to return to nature.

Our Heavenly Parent created the heavens and the earth, dreaming of loving humanity. Can we let earth be destroyed when we have not even been able to bring it back into God’s bosom? We cannot do that. Hence, those who become aware of this first, must educate others so that such a thing does not happen. You must attend True Parents. Neither present-day laws nor systems can solve this.

Just as I mentioned yesterday, we must carry out a movement to attend and serve God, the true owner. You must attend True Parents. Only through this path can humanity and the earth’s ecosystem survive. The True Grandchildren as well as you probably know this: Do you remember the Disney movie, “Finding Nemo”? True Father watched many videos on coral reefs and would reflect on how the sea could be saved.

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Today, the coral reefs in the sea are all being destroyed due to human ignorance. Many have died and only a few survive. If coral reefs are destroyed, some fish species cannot survive. In other words, man’s survival is also effected.

Do you understand?

Let us look at Europe today. Each country is competing against one another. Racial conflict is a problem. Religious people fight one another; they kill and destroy one another. What will you do about this? The result is clear if you just allow it to happen.

There is no future. Right? Will you just stand idle and watch this happening? You must inform everyone in the world that True Parents have come.

You should tell them, Brothers, we should not fight among ourselves. Let us all become one under our True Parents’ shade.

This path alone can save the nation and the whole of Europe. The entire world will be able to live together in harmony. These days, no matter what situation you may be in, you can use different kinds of methods. We live in an age where everyone connecting in a second through the internet is possible.

Left: Peter Zoehrer, national leader of FFWPU AustriaRight: Dieter Schmidt, leader of FFWPU Germany

Left: Peter Zoehrer, national leader of FFWPU Austria

Right: Dieter Schmidt, leader of FFWPU Germany

Those who are old enough but do not have much power to move, can do it through the internet. Because of their love for humanity, True Parents worked hard beginning from the very bottom to realize a future free of misery and a secure and happy world.

Now that Satan’s worldwide realm has been restored through indemnity, the doors have opened wide to the realization of a peaceful world but this depends on the capacity and the responsibility of those who know and attend God. Only when everyone joins in this effort can we live. We should all live together. Will you do that? I believe it will not be possible to conclude this event unless I sing. That is a fun but sometimes difficult tradition.

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The purpose of the 2,000-years of Christian history is to welcome the Returning Lord

Hak Ja Han
May 11, 2015
Vienna, Austria
Keynote address at the Celebration of the 70 years of the United Nations

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Ladies and gentlemen, I send my warmest greetings to you all. It’s been seventy years since the independence of Korea, seventy years since the United Nations was established and seventy years since the end of the Second World War. All these dates are no mere coincidence. If we see them as results of Heaven’s providence, then we can also say that the efforts of the United Nations during the seventy years after its founding, did not result only in a world of harmony and freedom.

We must know the truth: There is a limit to human thought and action. Man is also part of the creation. This implies that there is a creator. Hence, you must know the absolute God. What was God’s ideal for His creation? Why didn’t that ideal come about? Though the number of member nations in the United Nations has increased to 193 to date, the United Nations has not been able to guide all member nations in one direction.

From this standpoint, it is necessary that we know what is true. A movement to attend God, in particular, must take place in the United Nations. Within the creation, God is the parent of humankind. No matter how many siblings there may be, they can all become one if they attend and serve the parents. We must be able to find such a path.

The purpose of the 2,000-years of Christian history is to welcome the Returning Lord in the Last Days. Who is the Returning Messiah? The Returning Messiah is the one who is to become the True Parents. God wanted to become the True Parents through the first human ancestors during His creation. Once that happened, the world would have naturally become one big family under God. Can war exist in such a world? What about religious conflict or dispute over territory between nations? Hence, the problems that are arising around the world and afflicting pain today will all be resolved only if we attend Parents at the center. And I believe that the United Nations should take the lead in letting the whole world know of this truth. The problems of the Korean Peninsula, Asian issues and every conceivable problem in the world can be solved. We should all participate in this endeavor toward one world.

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We, humanity, should no longer wander in the providential history, but rather, we should work toward realizing a world where we can all live in sincerity and according to our original nature, for eternity. Even though our earthly lives cannot surpass 100 years, our lives in the spiritual world is eternal.

Our God is an absolute, eternal and unchanging being. Will you reject the way to become God’s sons and daughters? I sincerely hope everyone becomes God’s child. It is my desire that you all take the lead in not only resolving the re-unification problem of the Korean peninsula but also in bringing peace in the world.

Crane Club Europe Let Hope Become a Lighthouse

True Mother
Austria Center, Vienna, Austria, May 10, 2015

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I am glad to see you. You are the first ones to be born as pure water in six thousand years. Do you realize that? Your parents had to go through the providence of restoration so their Marriage Blessings were quite complicated, but that’s not true of you. Do you understand that? You should be grateful for it.

The world is not in its normal state. The desire of the wild olive tree is to become a true olive tree, but a wild olive tree cannot become a true olive tree on its own. The owner must come and engraft it. This is reality. The wild olive tree must deny itself and be engrafted onto the true olive tree, this is the purpose of the Holy Marriage Blessing. Do you understand that?

Human history has been under Satan’s authority until now. That’s why True Parents have opened a new world. How grateful are you? How hard must it have been? It took six thousand years. Human history itself actually took longer but providential history, as recorded in the Bible, took six thousand years. Think about that. For you to focus for one or two years is difficult, isn’t it? How hard must it have been for God? God invested His whole heart in creating human beings, expecting that the next day would be the day that all His hopes and dreams would come true. Yet what happened?

The first humans shattered God’s hope. God gave them the responsibility of a great blessing, but they failed to fulfill their responsibility. God said wait. I will bless the two of you in marriage when the time is right. Until then, your responsibility is to have absolute obedience, to share one heart, one body and one mind-set with Me. If they had fulfilled their responsibility, all would have been well. So why did they become so ambitious before the time was right?

I named this club the Cranes Club. The crane is the national bird of Cheon Il Guk, but everyone should look to the crane’s life as a role model. The crane is the longest living creature in the Orient and receives the most love. Chinese people often talk about dragons but a dragon is an imaginary creature. As you know, the crane is without greed. Sparrows will keep eating even though they are full. Perhaps that is why they are not very big. Yet the crane will always only eat 70 percent of what it can eat, which is why it can fly so high and live so long. You need to become like the crane. Greed is bad in all forms. That is why we emphasize living for the benefit of others.

Many religions around the world talk about love. Nevertheless, no one has taught how to practice this and how to live it. True Parents perfected, completed, and finalized God’s providence of restoration for the first time in six thousand years. You are the result, pure water made through True Parents. If you go where the water is muddy, you have to purify it. You have to purify it with your pure water wherever you go.

I am saying your root is different. Original root! Original root! Your roots are different. If you live life practicing True Parents’ teachings, what will happen to the environment around you? It will become cleaner, and that clean environment will spread wider, and in the end all clans will become one, all tribes will become one and the whole world will become one.

History will show the value and importance of you and your parents, who live in the same era as True Parents. Hence, you have a lot to learn. I began this European tour to meet you and to train good leaders that can bear good fruit. It would be wonderful if you were all able to be in that position, not only for True Parents’ sake but for your tribe and your country’s sake.

Europe has an especially good culture within the Christian providence but lacks purpose. There is no purpose. The start was unclear so they did not know why the Messiah should return nor why the returning Lord should hold the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Christians do not understand. Nobody knew that the true owner, true God, Heavenly Parent, is our parent and owner. True parents taught us that.

The best position to be in to create one world is to situate yourselves where you can closely receive True Parent’s tradition. God is our parent, and if True Parents are the True Parents, you have to know True Parents’ teachings. That is how the world can become one.

I visited Switzerland before coming here. We could not climb the highest mountain there, but I climbed one that was over three thousand meters tall and prayed deeply. There, we met a person who welcomed us because we are Asian and who began to talk with our group. He said he could speak foreign languages, including some Korean. He mentioned that he likes Korean because it is easy to learn. That is true. Many languages do not have a written form. They can speak it, but they have no alphabet. In some countries, people are using hangul as their alphabet. [In October 2013, the London-based Economist magazine reported, “Cia-Cia, an ethnic minority in Indonesia, has adopted hangul to record its Malayo-Polynesian language.”] Hangul is the ideal; it is scientific and can represent any sound.

No Western alphabet is able to render sounds similar to the sounds of animals, but hangul can express them accurately. God prepared this tribe through providential history for a long time in order to send True Parents. You cannot refute this, can you?

Is there anyone who attended the Little Angels performance yesterday or today? Aren’t those children pretty? They have ballet in the West, and True Father founded the Universal Ballet Company, but Eastern dance, Korean dance, has something deep. It tells a story. The more you learn about Korean culture, the more you would say, Wow! Heavenly Parent could not help finding this country called Korea.

Learning comes quickly at your age; if you commit yourselves, it is quick. Many students at Sun Moon University received Wonmo scholarships. They have only been studying Korean for eight months, but they wrote me beautiful letters that overwhelmed me with tears. Think about it. You can do that, can’t you? They were such beautiful letters.

Many second-generation Unificationists from around the world have come to study in Korea. What do you think will happen when they spread out across the world in a year or two? Don’t you all think that the environment within our second generation is narrow? Even if we do nothing we will flourish. We will grow because we have ample nutrition. We know the start and the finish, and we know what the eternal world will be like after living here on earth.

It is not easy to live for more than a hundred years on earth. How old do you think I am? How old am I? I am much older than seventy. How old are you? You look, at most, around forty years old. Are there any brothers or sisters in their forties here? Anyone? Europe is a bit behind. If you think about Hyo Jin, he would already be over fifty. Many in our second generation are over fifty. What do you think the world will be like in fifty years? We will have to change a bit, won’t we?

I was in the middle of talking about cranes. White-naped cranes fly over the Himalayas. The Himalayas are over eight thousand meters high. How can such a small bird do that? Going over four thousand meters is hard, but they fly over eight thousand meters to prepare for winter. The white-naped crane is one type of crane.

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Do you know that monarch butterflies only weigh .5 grams? Without a compass, they fly over five thousand kilometers from southern Canada to Mexico to breed and reproduce. Think about it, who taught them how to do that? They did not learn to fly that distance from their parents. How do they know to fly back to their home? They are so small, not even three centimeters. Even with such small bodies, they follow God’s principle of creation. Only human beings erred.

After six thousand years, you are the first to be born without any connection to Satan. Therefore, you have to be different from others. Don’t be influenced by the secular world. You must become clear water that purifies the world. In order to do that, you have to know your original root. In relation to True Parents, you must be filial and loyal like Hyo Jin. In order to follow that path you must study hard, make great effort and develop expertise so you can create the culture of heart.

Your parents are over sixty or seventy years old now. You are our only hope for the future. Would it work for “hope” to wander around instead of becoming like a lighthouse? Small creatures know their path so clearly; you must be better than the monarch butterfly or the whitenaped crane. You can learn many things from nature. The natural world that God created did not fall. You must not break the laws of nature.

You have a lot to do starting now. Natural disasters are occurring all around the world now. Recently a volcano erupted in Chile. In Nepal, many casualties resulted due to the recent earthquakes. We have a large church building there, near the capital where the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred. Fortunately, all blessed families were out at a park for a Marriage Blessing Ceremony. Not one person died. Not one was even injured.

This is how God loves us. The Philippines and Japan were like that. Our church buildings and our blessed families were unharmed, except for one pastor who died in the Philippines. He had gone to check on the church building when a hurricane suddenly came. That happened while he was fulfilling his responsibility.

Do you know about Mission Butterfly? Many people sacrificed themselves, but that was necessary indemnity to purify the fallen world. Yes, we have grown these past fifty years. We have planted deep roots, haven’t we? So, you healthy and bright young people need to unite with your parents and take responsibility for True Parents and our Heavenly Parent’s will.

To True Parents, the world’s seven billion people are our children. We are True Parents. I know that you cannot understand some things in the True Parents’ Family. Our children, born of True Parents, also have responsibility, as did Adam and Eve. They are responsible for their own growing process. They have to unite with True Parents. If they cannot do that, they will have failed their responsibility. Tradition centers on True Parents, so before I am their physical parent, I am the True Parent of the world’s seven billion people. Isn’t that right? I follow the way of the Divine Principle, because I am the True Parent. I am not partial to even my own family. You have to understand that.

True Parents never existed in history. Your responsibility is to become a filial son or daughter of True Parents. I prepared this place because I want to embrace all of you as my filial sons and daughters.

(It is hard for you to understand, but because I am over seventy years old, standing too long hurts my knees.) I hope you become a light for the world. When I look at you, I hope that all the world’s people, whether they be in the first or second generation or generations to come, follow your bright light and become people of Cheon Il Guk who are part of True Parents’ providence.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Unification Movement had no foundation. Do you know what True Father said at that time? He likes mountains of course, but he likes the ocean more. Father suffered a lot in Busan in the early days and did a lot of historic work there. Whenever he went by the ports (and they were especially big in Busan and so many large boats came in) he would say to the members, Wait and see; the day is not far off when people from all around the world will come here to see the True Parents. Try to imagine it.

I am building the Cheon Ji Seon Hak Won (Museum) in order to fulfill that desire. It will have the most advanced architecture and a cutting-edge design. People will forever come and enjoy it; they will be able to see it exactly as it is for the next one thousand or even two thousand years. I will use this masterpiece to introduce True Parents to the world.

That is possible in Korean culture. How? Paintings need restoration as time goes by. However, Korea has na jeon chil gi [a jewelry box]. They paint it in various colors, lacquer it and inlay mother of pearl. The lacquer is permanent, lasting a long time. Only Asian cultures have it; only Korea and Japan, but it started in Korea. If we build a masterpiece of that type, many artists and anyone curious will come one by one to see it. I am making a place that people cannot help but visit.

I want you to help me. Please, develop your talents and expertise. Protect your purity. Grow up healthy and beautiful. Become the beautiful fruit of our Unification culture. If you do these things, I will feel so happy to have come and spoken to you. Heavenly Parent has been suffering for six thousand years, wandering around after having lost His and Her children; I am carrying that inside me. I want you to comfort me. Will you do that? [Yes]

Therefore, I will reemphasize that you have to center on your elder brothers Hyo Jin and Heung Jin. Heung Jin went to the spiritual world first. He was the son that went on adventures at such a young age to protect Father during the Cold War. The security guards at East Garden know this story. He was the one that tried more than anyone else did to protect his parents.

During the Cold War, a critical moment arose when Korea could have become a communist country. At that time, Father organized the National Victory over Communism to Express Indignation Rally. The last venue was in Jeolla Province, Korea. Many Unificationists that were praying for the event told Father, It is dangerous! The communists have a plan. Please avoid going to that speech, Father.

However, was Father one to compromise with the world? No, he was not. I will tell you a secret about Father: Whenever he gave a speech, he pinned his necktie like this. On that day, I gave him a diamond necktie pin to wear, and he lost it.

Yet, I do not think Satan was satisfied with a diamond necktie pin. At that moment, in America, Heung Jin was in a car accident. He had the steering wheel so he could have been fine, but he was thinking about the other second-generation Unificationists riding with him, so he turned the wheel the other way. In that single moment, his action killed himself and saved his brothers. Do you understand that?

That is why he is working in the spiritual world as the heavenly commander-in-chief. You have two brothers to be proud of. They could not do everything while on earth. You must be healthy and take on responsibility for all the areas they could not accomplish while alive. You must be a light for the world. You will do that, won’t you? [Yes.] Can I trust you? [Yes.]

What were you the first of to be born as in six thousand years? Pure water. Pure water cannot become muddy water. To prevent your becoming dirty water, you must keep flowing. By “flowing,” I mean, “keep developing.”

Of course, take care of your health, including that of your mind and of your faith. Take care of all aspects. You can do that, can’t you? [Yes.] That’s weak. You can do that, can’t you? [YES!] Okay, I will trust you. Should I stop speaking now? [NO!]

I have an appointment with some Elder Unificationists this evening, the ones that participated in Mission Butterfly and some others who did world mission work. I told them to come so I can treat them to dinner. I am feeling rather tired with such a full schedule today. Nevertheless, you would like it if I spoke more, wouldn’t you?

[Laughter] Ah! The more I look at your faces the more my heart goes soft. I will sing for you. [Applause].

Report by FFWPU Austria Welcoming True Motherto the 50 Year Anniversary Celebration of the European Movement

Vienna, Austria, 10. May 2015

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For Europeans the year 2015 is marked by a list of anniversaries: It has been 200 years since the Vienna Congress, in which Europe’s political leaders aimed at bringing peace and stability to the continent; World War II ended 70 years ago; and most significantly it has been 50 years since True Father came to Europe for the first time and since Unificationist missionaries were sent to pioneer various European countries.

While many nations honored Mother’s Day on Sunday, the 10th of May, our European family warmly welcomed True Mother to celebrate with us the 50 year anniversary of the European Unification Movement in Austria’s largest conference hall, the Austria Center Vienna. Over 2,400 friends and members from all over Europe came to attend the event in a country that has recently been designated as a new providential nation on December 4, 2014.

Czech and Austrian Second Generation music groups brought us all into a celebrating mood and the uplifting song “People Get Ready” led the audience

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over to the main program, starting with an exciting video presentation that conveyed historical impressions from the last 50 years of our movement’s various activities in Europe. The program was emceed in a gentlemanly fashion by the Vice-President of FFWPU Europe and National Director of the UK, Jack Corley, and opened by the Cheon Il Guk Anthem and a spirit-filled prayer given by the National Director of the FFWPU Germany, Dieter Schmidt. “The olive tree is a tree that can survive anything since it has powerful and deep

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roots. Likewise, our European movement, being rooted in God and True Parents, has been overcoming opposition and persecution, only to become stronger in spirit,” the president of the FFWPU Europe, Rev. Young-shik An, said in his welcoming address. While we reflected on our precious memories and the highlights of the past at this occasion of our movement’s 50 year anniversary, we could sense that the wind of change is blowing and we can confidently state that in some countries we already have become contributors to the mainstream culture.

Congratulatory Addresses and Introduction of True Mother

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Mr. Corley introduced two distinguished guests, who gave heartfelt congratulatory addresses. Dr. Werner Fasslabend, who served as Austria’s minister of defense from 1990 to 2000 and as Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2007, explained how he first came to know our movement a few years ago at a UPF conference on the relation between the Western world and Africa. He warmly welcomed True Mother, as the person who together with True Father founded a broad variety of initiatives in the field of peace and security, family values, youth programs, and social and humanitarian projects. He explained that Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon is not just by chance called ‘Mother Moon’, and her personality and engagement is highly esteemed within and beyond our organization.

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Dr. Ursula King, a Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol, has studied our activities from an academic point of view for many years and become a friend of our movement. She deeply appreciates the value we put into family relationships and she reflected on her experiences at various conferences of our movement, such as ICUS, the God-conferences, or conventions on interfaith dialogue. “I am deeply grateful to the Unification Movement for love and friendships, and for having had the privilege for meeting the True Parents several times at these conferences,” Dr. King said. She especially appreciates True Mother’s insight, that “our global problems cannot be solved by power anymore. We need the logic of love, the logic of the heart!”

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The opera singer Kaeko Onoda delivered two congratulatory songs, titled Sanyuhwa (The Flowers in the Mountains) and Nella Fantasia (a song based on Ennio Morricone’s theme Gabriel’s Oboe), accompanied by Aseo Friesacher on the piano.

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After a video presentation that featured True Mother’s words spoken during the last three years, the International President of the FFWPU, Mrs. Sun-jin Moon, introduced True Mother in an elegant and deeply respectful manner.

Sun-jin Nim states about her physical and spiritual mother that never “in the history of humankind has there ever been a more beautiful, more loving, gracious and compassionate being on earth.” She explained how True Father would often describe the inner beauty his wife’s kind and loving heart that brought him so much joy. She said that “True Mother has taught me two Korean expressions that can lead us to true peace and joy. These are: ‘Kamsahamnida’ and ‘Saranghamnida’, meaning ‘thank you’ and ‘I love you’.” Sun-jin Nim continued to testify how True Mother was protected by Heaven throughout her life during the oppressive Japanese occupation of Korea, during the chaos and misery of the Korean War and how she encountered True Father. As the one person who completely fulfilled the course of restoration of woman, she attended True Father with absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience for more than 52 years. True Mother has mastered her mind-body-relationship through her true love for Heavenly Parents, True Father and humankind. Sun-jin Nim admits that even for herself as a young person, it is not easy for her to keep up with her mother’s intense schedule and sacrificial lifestyle. She explained that True Mother has come to Europe in order to guide us in realizing our portion of responsibility in the building process of the Nation of Cosmic Peace and Unity, Cheon Il Guk.

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Following Sun-jin Nim’s introduction, True Mother was welcomed to the stage with a powerful, rousing and warm standing ovation by the European family and with flowers presented by the second generation couple M and E H.

True Mother’s Keynote Address

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True Mother was wearing a long, sparkling spring green blazer with a silver brooch in shape of an Edelweiß. In her keynote address True Mother congratulated the European movement to its 50 year anniversary and spoke about the providential history of changing wild olive trees to true olive trees through connecting humankind with True Parents through the Blessing. For an olive tree to grow its roots in desert land it may take 15 years. Likewise, the history of God’s providence moves forward since 6,000 years. Even though Jesus was tragically crucified, Christianity has been able to expand to the world over the last 2,000 years through the European

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continent and humanity could receive resurrection through salvation by the cross.

True Mother explained that today we are living in an era that goes beyond the New Testament Age. We have passed the Completed Testament Age and are entering the age Cheon Il Guk. True Parents came as the returning Christ and his Bride, and centering on True Parents as our root we as Blessed Families shall prosper as true olive trees. True Mother asked us, if we are confident to make the next 50 years victorious by forming deeper roots and creating a new cultural revolution. For all those who wish to meet the Second Coming of Christ, True Mother promised to prepare the Cheonji Seonhakwon, a museum that testifies to the life and works of True Parents.

“As Blessed Families, please become the lights of hope to others, reveal your identity and become successful Tribal Messiahs! Let us reach out to the world and lead a dedicated life of which our descendants can be truly proud of,” True Mother appealed to the audience.

Offerings and Awards

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Commemorating the past 50 years of the European Unification Movement a special history book has been compiled and was offered to True Mother by Mr. Tim Miller and Mrs. Carolyn Handschin, Vice Presidents of FFWPU Europe. Representatives of Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria offered national gifts to True Mother.

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True Mother then presented awards to the Special Emissaries of Europe, Dr. No-hi Pak and Dr. Lan-young Mun, to second generation members who have been engaged in providential organizations, to elder members who have been faithfully attending True Parents and serving the movement already for fifty years, to the members who have pioneered the Communist nations of Eastern Europe through the underground project of Mission Butterfly and to the missionaries that were sent out in 1975. Two nations, France and Albania, received a special One-million-Euro award fund to establish a CARP Center for the education of the youth.

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True Mother and Sun-jin Nim cut the victory cake while all the 2,400 participants cheerfully sang “Happy Victory to You”, accompanied by a buoyant Hans Campman on the piano. Dr. No-hi Pak conveyed his deep gratitude to True Mother and her entourage of the True Family, and led a toast for the victory of Heavenly Parents, True Parents, Cheon Il Guk and the European Unification Movement in the upcoming 100 years. The following luncheon was accompanied by some musical pieces by the Cranes Piano Quartet and lovely performances by the Little Angels. The event was formally concluded with a group picture, three rousing cheers of Og-Mansei and a Kyungbae-greeting to True Mother, led by Italy’s National Director of the FFWPU Italy..

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Historical Background (Selections)

While Peter Koch came to Germany as the first Unificationist missionary to the European mainland in June 1963 and already as early as August 1954 David Sang Cheol Kim came to Wales as the first Unificationist overseas missionary, True Father visited Europe for the first time in July 1965 as part of his first worldwide tour through 40 countries. On that occasion Paul Werner drove True Father and his entourage across Europe in his Volkswagen bus for the purpose of dedicating Holy Grounds by planting Korean soil and stones in various cities such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris, Geneva, Vaduz, Vienna, Rome and Athens. In the same year Austria, Italy and the Netherlands were pioneered by Paul Werner, Doris Walder and Teddy Verheyen respectively. Thus, the year 1965 marks the beginning of the European Unification Movement.

The first Western missionary to the United Kingdom was Sandra Pinkerton, who arrived there twelve years after David S. C. Kim in 1966. As in the case of Sandra, many of the early missionaries to Europe were sent from the U.S. and had experienced the personal guidance of Dr. Young Oon Kim, a former professor of theology at the Ehwa Women’s University and one of the Unificationist pioneers to the U.S. It was Dr. Kim’s translation of the Divine Principle from Korean into English that served as an important medium to convey True Father’s thought and spirit.

A significant number of missionaries in the pioneering phase of the European movement were provided by our German and Austrian brothers and sisters. From Germany Ursula Schuhmann was sent to Spain in 1965, Reiner Vincenz to France in 1966 and Ellen Kocher together with Kirsti Laaninen to Finland in 1972. Norway and Sweden were each pioneered in 1969 by Ingrid Schneider and Friedhilde Bächle. The Austrian missionaries Bernhard Maierhofer, Emilie Steberl, Harald Unger, Chrisine Schönenberger, Beate Paul, Robert Brandner were sent to pioneer Switzerland (1968), Czechoslovakia (1968), Turkey (1969), Belgium (1969), Denmark (1969) and Luxemburg (1969), respectively.

In the early 1970s, more than 500 European Unificationists were sent to Japan, Korea, the U.S., and other nations as international missionaries of the International One World Crusade. In 1975 True Father sent missionaries from the U.S., Japan and Germany to 120 countries. During the Cold War Europe was divided between the Communist East and the Democratic West. In order to reach the young people suffering under Communist regimes and to nurture their souls that were thirsting for the meaning of existence with the life-giving word of the Divine Principle, Peter Koch initiated the underground outreach operation Mission Butterfly. From 1980 to 1992 missionaries from Austria were secretly sent to the Communist countries in Eastern Europe and to the Soviet Union. The sacrifice and endurance of those pioneers have been exemplary in the history of our worldwide Unification Movement.

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Victory Celebration on Monday, May 11, 2015

By 6:30 a.m. the room of the Hilton hotel in which the Hoon Dok reading was scheduled for 7 a.m. was already full to the brim. True Mother entered the room on time together with her entourage to a warm welcoming applause. Flowers were presented by the second generation couple Bogdan and Yoshiko Pammer, followed by a prayer by the FFWPU National Director of Albania Gani Rroshi. The Hoon Dok reading from the Chambumo Gyeong was delivered by Jack Corley.

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After the Hoon Dok reading the Continental Director of FFWPU Europe, Rev. Yong-shik An, reflected on the past 50 years of the European movement by concisely listing the most important milestones in the European providence. He started with explaining about True Father’s first world tour in 1965 that also marked his first visit to Europe, where he arrived in Lisabon, Portugal. During the European leg of the tour True Father dedicated 19 Holy Grounds. At that time the continent was suffering from the threat of communism and Christianity was weakened to its division into various factions. Thus, True Father offered a special prayer in the Vatican for God to bless and unite Europe. Since Christianity was able to blossom centered on Rome, Europe became a central region in God’s providence and from here God’s word could spread to the world. In 1978 True Father initiated the Home Church providence during his stay in England. Starting from 1981 True Father invested into the heavy machine industry in Germany and shared technology with Korea.

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Vienna was the gate to Eastern Europe. From here Paul Werner sent the first missionary to Czechoslovakia [Emilie Steberl], who learnt the Czech language and witnessed to twelve people. By 1973 there were 30 pioneer centers in Czechoslovakia and about 100 members. However, the movement soon became a target of the police and almost 30 brothers and sisters were imprisoned. Rev. An shared about the tragic fate of Marie Zivna, who died at the age of twenty-four years under tragic circumstances in prison on April 16, 1974. True Father declared Marie as the “first martyr of the Unification Movement”. Peter Koch initiated the underground operation “Mission Butterfly” in 1980 and secretly sent young brothers and sisters to the Communist countries of Eastern Europe, most of whom had never even met True Parents before. Those missionaries sowed the seed of democracy and freedom in the Communist bloc and shall never be forgotten.

During the Cold War the providence moved tremendously in Europe. During the PWPA conference held in Geneva in 1985, the “end of Soviet Communism” was declared. This event was followed in 1987 by an international CARP-rally in Berlin led by Hyo-jin Nim’s passionate spirit. It’s motto “Die Mauer muss weg!” (The wall must go!) was realized two years later. At the celebration following True Mother’s speech in the UK in November 1992, she sang the famous song Santa Lucia with authentic Italian pronunciation to the great amazement of brothers and sisters. On July 1995 the Schengen Convention was fully implemented by twelve European countries. Unfortunately, True Parents’ names were put on the so-called “Schengen List” and as persona non grata were prevented from freely traveling into and between Schengen countries. During 2006 True Parents were touring the world and met high-level political leaders in Albania. In 2007 the Schengen ban was finally lifted after 12 years. In 2009 True Father held the Peace Cup in Spain, an international high profile football tournament. After the proclamation of Foundation Day on February 22, 2013 (13th day of the 1st month of the 1st year of Cheon Il Guk), True Mother offered devotions in Switzerland and ascended 12 different peaks.

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Following Rev. An’s summary, Caroline Handschin, Vice-President of FFWPU Europe, shared her reflections on the 50 year anniversary. She expressed her gratitude that the early missionaries and pioneers to Eastern Europe could be publicly recognized. “I felt that healing could happen for all the sacrifices they have been through,” she said. Mrs. Handschin further thanked True Mother for setting a real example of woman leadership that gives more attention to details, strategy and the logic of love.

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Peter Zoehrer, National Director of FFWPU Austria, testified about the grace of receiving True Mother to his country. He explained that Dr. Werner Fasslabend, who gave a congratulatory address at the main event, has been one of the most popular and longest serving Ministers of Defense. Mr. Zoehrer thanked the many brothers and sisters who worked in the background to prepare five successful events, especially Peter Haider, President of the Austrian branch of UPF, and the sisters that are engaged in the Women’s Federation. Their many years of constant investment laid the foundation for connecting many VIP’s to our movement. Among those was the head of Austria’s Islamic Faith Community, Fuat Sanac, who also attended True Mother’s speech. A few years ago he was blessed together with his wife at an interfaith event of UPF. Mr. Zoehrer said that this year he was able to achieve two important goals: First, to invite True Mother to Austria and second, to receive a legal status for the FFWPU as a “registered confessional community” by the government. In 1966, the Unification Church was first registered as an association, only to be dissolved by the Interior Ministry in 1974. After 40 years the name of our movement can finally be rehabilitated: A few days before True Mother’s visit a high-ranking government representative has verbally confirmed our status as a confessional community. Moreover, a meticulous academic study on the history of the Unification Movement in Austria has been conducted by Dr. Lukas Pokorny, an Austrian scholar of religion. Thus, the public image of our movement is gradually shifting.

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Before True Mother gave her address, five beautiful songs were presented by Nora Waldmann (Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World, Van Morrison’s Crazy (Holy) Love, backed by Simon Cook on the guitar and Hans Campman on the keyboards) and another sister (Alright), as well as Sun-jin Nim with In-sup Nim (Part of Your World from the Disney movie The Little Mermaid) and Yeon-ah Nim with Hoon-sook Nim (Top of the World, accompanied by a jazzy Hans Campman).

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True Mother then shared about how God created nature in order to sustain and bring joy to humankind. However, because fallen people do not know the true value of nature, we are to become the true owners, who will save and protect the environment and its resources for the survival and well-being of humankind, by following True Parents’ example of living for the sake of others. True Mother concluded her brief talk with two songs: Santa Lucia and Saranghae.

We wish to express our deepest gratitude to True Mother, Sun-jin Nim, In-sup Nim, Yeon-ah Nim and Hoon-sook Nim for their visit to Vienna and for the blessings they have bestowed upon us during these short and intensive days. We will continue to invest ourselves so that we can fulfill the hope that True Parents see in us.

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Your Root Is Different

Hak Ja Han
May 10, 2015
The launching of the Cranes Club in Europe
Austria Center, Vienna, Austria

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I am glad to see you. You are the first ones to be born as pure water in six thousand years. Do you realize that? Because of that, isn't your blessing simple? Your parents had to go through the providence of restoration so their blessings were quite complicated, but that's not true of you. Do you understand that? You should be grateful for it.

The world is not normal. The desire of the wild olive tree is to become a true olive tree, but a wild olive tree cannot become a true olive tree on its own. The owner must come and engraft it. This is reality. The wild olive tree must deny itself and be engrafted onto the true olive tree, this is the marriage blessing. Do you understand that?

Human history has been under Satan's authority until now. That's why True Parents have opened a new world. How grateful are you? How hard must it have been? It took six thousand years. If we look at the real history of humankind it actually took longer. This is just the providential history recorded in the Bible–six thousand years–think about that. For you to focus for one or two years is difficult.

Isn't it? How hard must it have been for God? God invested his whole heart in creating human beings, expecting that the next day would be the day that all his hopes and dreams had come true. Yet what happened?

The first humans shattered God's hope. God gave them responsibility for a great blessing, but they failed to fulfill their responsibility. God said, Wait. I will bless the two of you when the time is right. Until then, your responsibility is to have absolute obedience, to share one heart, one body and one mind-set with me. If they had fulfilled their responsibility, all would have been well. So why did they become so ambitious before the time was right?

I named this club the Cranes Club. The crane is the national bird of Cheon Il Guk, but everyone should look to the crane's life as a role model. The crane is the longest living creature in the Orient and receives the most love. Chinese people often talk about dragons but a dragon is an imaginary creature. As you know, the crane is without greed. Sparrows will keep eating even though they are full.

Perhaps that is why they are not very big. Yet the crane will always only eat 70 percent of what it can eat, which is why it can fly so high and live so long. You need to become like the crane. Greed is bad in all forms. That is why we emphasize living for the benefit of others.

Many religions around the world talk about love. Nevertheless, no one has taught how to practice this and how to live it. True Parents perfected, completed, and finalized God's providence of restoration for first time in six thousand years. You are the pure water made through True Parents. If you go where the water is muddy, you have to purify it. You have to purify it with your pure water wherever you go.

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I am saying your root is different. Original root! Original root! Your root is different. If you live life practicing True Parents’ teachings, what will happen to the environment around you? It will become cleaner, spread wider, and in the end the clan will become one, the tribe will become one and the whole world will become one.

History will show the value and importance of you and your parents, who live in the same era as True Parents. Hence, you have a lot to learn. I began this European tour to meet you and to train good leaders that can bear fruit. It would be wonderful if you were all able to be in that position, not only be for True Parents’ sake but for your tribe and your country.

Europe has an especially good culture within the Christian providence but lacks purpose. There is no purpose. The start was unclear so they did not know why the Messiah should return nor why the returning Lord should hold the marriage supper of the Lamb. Christians do not understand.

Nobody knew that the true owner, true God, Heavenly Parent, is our parent and owner. True parents taught us that.

The best position to be in to create one world is to situate yourselves where you can closely receive True Parents’ tradition. God is our parent, and if True Parents are the True Parents, you have to know True Parents' teachings. That is how the world can become one.

I visited Switzerland before coming here. We could not climb the highest mountain there, but I climbed one that was over three thousand meters tall and prayed deeply. There, we met a person who welcomed us because we are Asian and who began to talk with our group. He said he could speak foreign languages, including some Korean. He mentioned that he likes Korean because it is easy to learn. That is true. Many languages do not have a written form. People can speak these languages, but they have no alphabet. In some countries, people are using hangul as their alphabet.

[In October 2013, the London based Economist magazine reported, “Cia-Cia, an ethnic minority in Indonesia, has adopted hangul to record its Malayo-Polynesian language.”] Hangul is the ideal; it is scientific and can represent any sound.

No Western alphabet is able to render sounds similar to the sounds of animals, but hangul can express them accurately. God prepared this tribe through providential history for a long time in order to send True Parents. You cannot refute this, can you?

Is there anyone who attended the Little Angels performance yesterday or today? Aren’t those children pretty? They have ballet in the West, and True Father founded the Universal Ballet Company, but Eastern dance, Korean dance, has something deep. It tells a story. The more you learn about Korean culture, the more you would say, Wow! Heavenly Parent could not help finding this country called Korea.

Learning comes quickly at your age; if you commit yourselves, it is quick. Many students at Sun Moon University received Wonmo scholarships.

They have only been studying Korean for eight months, but they wrote me beautiful letters that overwhelmed me with tears. Think about it. You can do that. Can’t you? They were such beautiful letters!

Many second-generation members from around the world have come to study in Korea. What do you think will happen when they spread out across the world in a year or two?

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Don’t you all think that the environment within our second generation is narrow? Even if we do nothing we will flourish. We will grow because we have ample nutrition. We know the start and the finish, and we know what the eternal world will be like after living here on earth.

It is not easy to live for more than a hundred years on earth. How old do you think I am? How old am I? I am much older than seventy. How old are you? You look at most around forty years old. Are there any brothers or sisters in their forties here? Anyone?

Europe is a bit behind. If you think about Hyo Jin, he would already be over fifty. Many in our second generation are over fifty. What do you think the world will be like in fifty years? We will have to change a bit, won’t we?

I was in the middle of talking about cranes. White-naped cranes fly over the Himalayas. The Himalayas are over eight thousand meters high. How can such a small bird do that? Going over four thousand meters is hard, but they fly over eight thousand meters to prepare for winter. The white-naped crane is one type of crane.

Do you know that monarch butterflies only weigh .5 grams? Without a compass, they fly over five thousand kilometers from southern Canada to Mexico to breed and reproduce.

Think about it, who taught them how to do that? They did not learn to fly that distance from their parents. How do they know to fly back to their home? They are so small, not even three centimeters.

Even with such small bodies, they follow God's principle of creation. Only human beings erred.

After six thousand years, you are the first to be born without any connection to Satan. Therefore, you have to be different from others. Don't be influenced by the secular world. You must become clear water that purifies the world. In order to do that, you have to know your original root. In relation to True Parents, you must be filial and loyal like Hyo Jin. In order to follow that path you must study hard, make great effort and develop expertise so you can create our culture.

Your parents are over sixty or seventy years old now. You are our only hope for the future. Would it work for “hope” to wander around instead of becoming like a lighthouse? Small creatures know their path so clearly; you must be better than the monarch butterfly or the white-naped crane.

You can learn many things from nature. The natural world that God created did not fall. You must not break the laws of nature.

You have a lot to do starting now. Natural disasters are occurring all around the world now. Recently a volcano erupted in Chile. In Nepal, many casualties occurred. We have a large church building there, near the capital where the 7.8 earthquake occurred.

Fortunately, all our church members were out at a park for a Blessing Ceremony. Not one person died. Not one was even injured.

This is how God loves us. The Philippines and Japan were like that. Our church buildings and our church members were unharmed, except for one pastor who died in the Philippines.

He had gone to check on the church building when a hurricane suddenly came. That happened while he was fulfilling his responsibility.

Do you know about Mission Butterfly? Many people sacrificed themselves, but that was necessary indemnity to purify the fallen world. Yes, we have grown these past fifty years. We have planted deep roots, haven't we?

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So, you healthy and bright young people need to unite with your parents and take responsibility for True Parents’ and our Heavenly Parent's will.

To True Parents, the world’s seven billion people are our children. We are True Parents. I know that you cannot understand some things happening in the True Family. They are children born of True Parents but they also have responsibility, as did Adam and Eve. They are responsible for their own growing process. They have to unite with True Parents. If they cannot do that, they will have failed their responsibility.

Tradition centers on True Parents, so before I am their physical parent, I am the True Parent of the world’s seven billion people. Isn't that right? I follow the way of the Principle, because I am the True Parent. I am not partial to even my own family. You have to understand that.

True Parents never existed in history. Your responsibility is to become a filial son or daughter of True Parents. I prepared this place because I want to embrace all of you as my filial sons and daughters. (It is hard for you to understand, but because I am over seventy years old, standing too long hurts my knees.)

I hope you become a light for the world. When I look at you, I hope that all the world’s people, whether they be in the first or second generation, follow your bright light and become people of Cheon Il Guk who are part of True Parents’ providence.

In the 1950s and 1960s, we had no foundation [members]. Do you know what True Father said at that time? He likes mountains of course, but he likes the ocean more. Father suffered a lot in Busan in the early days and did a lot of historic work there. Whenever he went by the ports (and they were especially big in Busan and so many large boats came in) he would say to the members, Wait and see; the day is not far off when people from all around the world will come here to see the True Parents. Try to imagine it. I am building the Cheon Ji Seon Hak Won in order to fulfill that desire. It will have the most advanced architecture and a cutting-edge design.

People will forever come and enjoy it; they will be able to see it exactly as it is for the next one thousand or even two thousand years. I will use this masterpiece to introduce True Parents to the world.

That is possible in Korean culture. How? Paintings need restoration as time goes by. However, Korea has na jeon chil gi [a jewelry box]. They paint it various colors, lacquer it and inlay mother of pearl. The lacquer is permanent, lasting a long time. Only Asian cultures have it; only Korea and Japan, but it started in Korea. If we build a masterpiece of that type, many artists and anyone curious will come one by one to see it. I am making a place that people cannot help visiting.

I want you to help me. Please, develop your talents and expertise. Protect your purity. Grow up healthy and beautiful. Become the beautiful fruit of our unification culture. If you do these things, I will feel so happy to have come and spoken to you. Heavenly Parent has been suffering for six thousand years, wandering around after having lost his children; I am carrying that inside me. I want you to comfort me. Will you do that? [Yes] Therefore, I will reemphasize that you have to center on your elder brothers Hyo Jin and Heung Jin.

Heung Jin went to the spiritual world first. He was the son that went on adventures at such a young age to protect Father during the cold war. The security guards at East Garden know this story. He was the one that tried more than anyone else did to protect his parents.

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During the cold war, a critical moment arose when Korea could have become a communist country. At that time, Father organized the National Victory over Communism Rally to Express Indignation. The last venue was in Jeolla Province, Korea. Many members that were praying for the event told Father, It is dangerous! The communists have a plan. Please avoid going to that speech, Father.

However, was Father one to compromise with the world? No, he was not. I will tell you a secret about Father: Whenever he gave a speech, he pinned his necktie like this. On that day, I gave him a diamond necktie pin to wear, and he lost it.

Yet, I do not think Satan was satisfied with a diamond necktie pin. At that moment, in America, Heung Jin was in a car accident. He had the steering wheel so he could have been fine, but he was thinking about the other second-generation members riding with him, so he turned the wheel the other way. In that single moment, his action killed himself and saved his brothers. Do you understand that?

That is why he is working in the spiritual world as the heavenly commander- in-chief. You have two elder brothers to be proud of. They could not do everything while on earth. You must be healthy and take on responsibility for all the areas they could not accomplish while alive. You must be a light for the world. You will do that, won't you? [Yes.] Can I trust you? [Yes.]

What were you the first of to be born as in six thousand years? Pure water. Pure water cannot become muddy water. To prevent your becoming dirty water, you must keep flowing. By “flowing,” I mean, “keep developing.”

Of course, take care of your health, including that of your mind and of your faith. Take care of all aspects. You can do that, can't you? [Yes.] That's weak. You can do that, can't you? [Yes!] Okay, I will trust you.

Should I stop speaking now? [No.] I have an appointment with some older members this evening, the ones that participated in Mission Butterfly and some others who did world mission work. I told them to come so I can treat them to dinner. I am feeling rather tired with such a full schedule today. Nevertheless, you would like it if I spoke more, wouldn't you?

[Laughter] Ah! The more I look at your faces the more my heart goes soft. I will sing for you. [Applause]