Author: Richard Urban

The Question Is Whether Our Members Can Unite Among Themselves

If you stand in a position where you cannot fulfill your filial duty to True Parents, you should offer those things that you wanted to devote to them to the members instead.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1141

    What kind of a being is Satan? Particularly those who believe in Jesus must explain clearly Satan’s identity in relation to God. Who is Satan? He is an adulterer, the adulterer of love. That wretched being Satan beat the father to death and raped the mother. And the children who were born from this are all of you. Don’t you feel bad about this? If you cannot believe it, try praying to God desperately, as if your life were at stake, and ask him whether my words are true or not. (38-175, 1971.1.3)

Study the Human Fall

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1239

    The Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church is not simply a wedding through which a man and a woman come together and form a family. Until now, all weddings were solely for the sake of the people getting married. But our wedding ceremony is significant and necessary to set a condition to indemnify the past and return joy to God. Therefore, we conduct our ceremonies in a sacred and splendid manner. Divine Principle clearly explains to us that our wedding ceremony alleviates God’s bitter grief that was caused by the Fall of Adam and Eve. It goes beyond the standard of husband and wife, which Jesus was unable to attain. (22-212, 1969.2.4)

Prepare to receive the Blessing

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Tradition and Daily Etiquette of Blessed Families

Summary

A truly complete and happy family requires having siblings of all kinds—older and younger brothers and sisters—who represent the four global directions and form a unified, three-dimensional foundation for peace that God will protect. Parents naturally desire for their children to love each other even more than they love their parents, and putting a sibling’s needs first brings great joy to a mother and father. In fact, loving your brothers and sisters as deeply as you love God and your parents is the simplest and quickest path to heaven, and this unselfish care is considered a magnificent spiritual offering. Ultimately, when you struggle to show direct devotion to True Parents or God, dedicating that love and service to your fellow church members instead opens the way to eternal life, making your siblings the absolute best guides for reaching the highest levels of heavenly love. Continue reading “The Question Is Whether Our Members Can Unite Among Themselves”

Difficulties Develop Character In Children

Iron gets stronger by being heated. This principle should be considered when educating children.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1645

    Even the microorganisms, which practice their own forms of love, take pride in the fact that they were also created to play their part within the same realm of the ideal of creation, which is represented by the universal pair system. They are proud of the fact that although you are big and they are small, if they can unite with you and give you a part of themselves, they are more than willing to share themselves with you for eternity. They are different from fallen human beings. The creation of one chemical substance signifies that the plus and the minus elements have found and become one with each other. How silly human beings are by comparison! They are in fact essentially disharmonious, and this is the problem. (209-189, 1990.11.29)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1438

    Why are tribal messiahs necessary? If there are no tribal messiahs, then all the families cannot be connected between themselves. Without this, you cannot have your hometown. I have my own hometown but you do not have one. After restoring all the families, there will come the age of registration in the future. Once the age of registration comes, tribal formation will take place. The order in which you register will determine your position. Those who register first will be the elders and a new system will be developed so that they can be attended in the same manner as you attend your ancestors. Only when the whole world is transformed accordingly, will the heavenly kingdom on earth be realized. (210‑273, 1990.12.25)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Tradition and Daily Etiquette of Blessed Families

Summary:

Faith education is far more important than regular school education because having true faith and putting it into practice naturally develops your creative power. Children of Blessed Families should receive an education of the heart to build true character, learn standard moral norms to become proud chosen people, and use specialized gifted programs to fully express their God-given talents for God’s will. When students feel tired of studying, it is usually because they are being selfish; instead, they should study with a life-or-death seriousness, believing that learning a single new word or sentence can save millions of people. To make children strong and resilient, parents should consider putting them through trials and harsh discipline—just like tigers raising their cubs or iron being hardened by heat—rather than spoiling them. Ultimately, even if poor parents cannot provide material wealth, giving deep love from the marrow of their bones teaches children to be unselfishly devoted and loyal, which explains why the most loving and filial children often come from humble families.

Continue reading “Difficulties Develop Character In Children”

You Should First Become the Standard

Then your children can reach such a position.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1212

    First there is the foundation of faith, next comes the foundation of substance, and then comes the foundation for the Messiah. The lineage is the problem. Centering on Abel’s victorious realm, we must overcome the opposition from the United States and win over the opposition from any country in the free world. Even if the whole world is against me, I will not be driven back by that opposition. You have the Principle, so can you act arbitrarily? The Principle is like an ironclad bastion. Since God has approved this theory, you cannot do anything about it. Unless you have made a condition of loving even your enemy’s nation, even the devil himself, you have no qualification to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So, do you know why Jesus asked God to forgive the Roman soldiers who stabbed him with a spear when he was dying on the cross? This was not something personal. Rome was upsetting the world. However, today Christianity seeks salvation on an individual basis, doesn’t it? (182-285, 1988.10.26)

Study the Unification Principle to understand about the Foundation of Faith, Foundation of Substance and Foundation to receive the Messiah.

 Cheon Seong Gyeong  1020

    I am at a loss for words before a devoted person. As leader of the Unification Church, when I am considering which of two people is better, I do not take into account who is handsome, but rather I look at the direction of their mind. In other words, I see whether their mind is public or personal. (31-260, 1970.6.4) Continue reading “You Should First Become the Standard”

Parents Should First Practice Accordingly

The parents should be a model of loyalty to God’s will.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1894

    There is a gorgeous fish called the striped bass. This fish is more delicious than tuna. It is very sweet when served as raw fish. The meat has resilience and a sweet taste. Japanese people say that toro the part of a tuna’s stomach where most of the fat is found) is the best. However, once they taste the striped bass, they will all rush to it. Even so, True Mother does not like sushi. At first, it feels as if you are chewing snake meat. It also slides out of your mouth when you are chewing. It is the same as snake meat. However, after having tasted the striped bass, True Mother has been saying, “Sashimi! Sashimi! Striped bass sashimi…” When I tell True Mother to get ready for fishing, she says, “Oh, really?” and she follows me, knowing that we are going to fish for striped bass. This is why it is so interesting. This is the reason why fishing is exciting and sensational. (192-152, 1989.7.3)

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1410   

    The 120 followers of Jesus represent the number twelve. The 124 Couples were blessed in order to organize and establish a model of tribal and national leadership worldwide. In actuality, 124 couples were blessed, four being extra. These four were already married couples. Why were they included in the Blessing? Had they not, there would have been no way to save other already married couples from that time on This number four represents gates facing the four cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west. Based on the four couples, therefore, the way must be opened through which all already married couples can be resurrected. Hence, I blessed 124 couples. (158-170, 1967.12.27)

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Tradition and Daily Etiquette of Blessed Families

Summary

To pass down the heavenly tradition, parents must lead by example and live a dedicated public life, as children naturally discover their values and copy their parents rather than relying on school education. Blessed families need to create their own strict rules and educational standards so they can guide their household properly, but parents must first practice what they preach before they can expect their children to follow. If children see their parents ignoring church responsibilities or failing to follow headquarters’ directions, they will notice the hypocrisy and reject their parents’ guidance. Ultimately, everything parents do must model absolute loyalty to God’s will and the ways of the Unification Church, mirroring how True Father only teaches what he has already practiced and successfully established. Continue reading “Parents Should First Practice Accordingly”

God Intervened to Create Your Meeting

Because of such a connection, if you should feel misery, then God feels the same misery.

Cheon Seong Gyeong 2317

    You should be able to think: “We are the ones who have come forth in search of the people of hope. We are the ones who are needed to revive the nation of hope. The day we set to work will be the day when the citizens who can become constituents for reviving the nation will be revived. We are the ones who have inherited the traditional ideology of this nation and stepped forward to rebuild the nation of our desire. Therefore, we should unite with them through this traditional ideology and find the right nation. We are the ones in charge of recruiting such a group.”

Cheon Seong Gyeong 1088

    The Shimjung Candle was created on January 5, 1961, and was given to Blessed Families. The Shimjung Candle symbolizes True Parents and is therefore used when one prays in order to comfort God’s heart and to commit oneself to the fulfillment of God’s will.
    After Adam fell, he lost the source of his true life and love, shimjung (heart). Humankind has continued to fail You in heart. Because of this failure, You have had to engage in restoring fallen people. Keeping in mind Your hard work, each of us has lived with the hope of rising to the position of the restored Adam. Please bind us further in our determination to restore all things.
    Whenever these Shimjung Candles are lit, may the flame they produce comfort Your heart and remind You of our commitment to accomplish Your will. Whenever we burn them and pray, may we further strengthen our determination in this time of restoration.

Cheon Seong Gyeong
Selections from the Speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Book 7
Etiquette and Ceremonies
Chapter 4
Tradition and Daily Etiquette of Blessed Families

Summary:

To build a harmonious marriage, a woman should maintain her hygiene and appearance by changing her clothes, washing her hair, and using makeup or hairstyles to bring joy to her husband while also engaging his mind through arts, music, and literature so he feels completely comforted by her. Once married, a couple must remain united through every trial, moving together as embodiments of God’s dual characteristics to capture His divine love. Parents must remember that their children and their marriage were created for a public, heavenly purpose designed by God, meaning that any misery they feel is shared by Him. Ultimately, we are in an age of family salvation where blessing comes from spouses tuning their minds to one another, and wives are called to follow heavenly law through absolute obedience and devotion to their husbands, which guarantees their ultimate liberation and eternal life together in the spirit world. Continue reading “God Intervened to Create Your Meeting”