Hoon Dok Hwe at East Garden with True Parents, August 2, 2010
NOTE: (These notes are taken from a simultaneous translation. Simultaneous translation is done in summary form and depends greatly on the translator’s ability to communicate the essence of the message. These cannot be published as definitive texts and should never be used in the future as an “official” publication on Rev. Moon’s words. However they do provide a good idea of the “spirit” of the message.)
[Dr. Chang Shik Yang gave the opening prayer and continued speaking from the lecturn. In his prayer, Dr. Yang thanked God for the three weeks True Parents could be with us and for the conditions True Parents were setting to fulfill God’s creation through His Word, with True Parents as the center of His Providence, to plan the upcoming event of proclamation on August 16th in the First Israel, and to re-establish the Garden of Eden here on earth.]
Report by Dr. Yang
True Parents want to complete the events proclaiming the Substantial Word in the First Israel. True Parents spent 21 days in America and set the conditions to secure the 2nd Israel: America. Father has been reading all the speech books from the late 50’s and 60’s very carefully and has been focused on the mission of Jesus and the fact that John the Baptist could not understand who Jesus was. Jesus was the Substantial Being of the Word. If he had been supported by John, and later by Israel, he could have restored a bride and a family. The mission of the Holy Spirit is to give birth to humankind and bring the children to the Father and then together go back to God. There were no True Parents established at that time. Therefore, the second coming must occur. Jesus anointed True Father to inherit the responsibility.
However, Christianity did not receive True Parents. Because of that, the United Nations (UN) did not become the foundation for God to bring peace to the world. The ideal situation would have been that the UN Secretary General would be connected to True Parents. Were that the case, there would have been no need to create an Abel UN. That didn’t happen, and therefore an Abel UN had to be established. If True Father had found faith among religious leaders after World War II, he could have been proclaimed as True Parent within seven years. Jesus died at age 33. So, True Parents, because of rejection (not being accepted by age 33), had to go through the suffering course.
In 1960, True Parents could be blessed. Then they had to go through an indemnity course to realize the True Family. When True Children were born, the (God-centered) four position foundation was established for the first time in human history. Everyone should study the course True Parents walked from 1960 to 1967, which was the first 7 year course. Only in 1968 could God’s Day be proclaimed.
In 2001, the Coronation for God’s Kingship could be realized and Cheon Il Guk was established. This began the 12-year course. Then in 2003, the Coronation of True Parents was held on the family level. Later, the Coronation of the King of Peace occurred on the Global scale.
True Parents’ mission is 1) To liberate God and dissolve the pain of God. 2) To restore humanity back to God through the 8-stage course. Father had to reestablish the path back to God through the Blessing which must be secured through absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience. Basically, Father has been giving the Blessing as his central mission. The 3 couples were first (in 1960), then 33 (in 1961, considered the 36 couples together with the first 3 couples). (There were many Blessings after the 36 couples.) Later were the 3.6 million and 36 million combined at Robert F. Kennedy stadium (RFK in Washington, D.C) and the 360 million couples. The RFK Blessing was a tremendous battle centering on the second Israel. After that victory the Blessing was much easier to give. On this foundation the blessing could then be given in the spirit world, with Heung Jin Nim guiding. When ancestors are Blessed, they come under the dominion of God. This foundation allows them to become absolute good spirits. The Pal Jung Shik ceremony was held in Kodiak in 1989. In that way, our True Parents laid the foundation to realize the fulfillment of the eight stages both horizontally and vertically. On the next day Father could establish the Declaration Day for Heavenly Parentism – resolving all Cain and Abel divisions. This spiritual condition made it possible for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Just after this declaration, Communism did fall. In 1999 the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace was created, then in 2005 the Universal Peace Federation was created. 194 flags of nations were exalted in the creation of the Abel UN in the Manhattan Center. In 2009, the Coronation Ceremony for the Liberated Authority of God as the King of Kings was held in Korea and in New York. At that time, the providence centered on Las Vegas, the dungeon of hell. True Parents voluntarily took upon themselves strenuous spiritual conditions of indemnity, going without food and without sleep. In a way, the Las Vegas course was more difficult for Father than the course at the Danbury Federal Prison. In Las Vegas, Father holds Hoon Dok Hwe (HDH) at any time of day. It could begin at 12 midnight, 2 am or any time. Many times the HDH lasted 12 hours or more.
Then the special event for the Proclamation of the Word was held on July 8th (of this year) in the Third Israel, on July 24th in the Second Israel, and (it will be held) on Aug 24th in the First Israel, to proclaim that the Substantial Being and Embodiment of the Word will be established. The holy ground of where God will reside must be moved from Israel. Even now in Jerusalem the three Abrahamic Faiths are there, but in Jerusalem, less than 5 percent of the people are Christian; there, the weakest (religious) foundation is (that of) Christianity. Even today, Jesus has no place to stay there.
To indemnify this course the 120 churches took down the cross – this was not easy. Then they went to Israel and reconciled with Jewish rabbis. Archbishop George A. Stallings is here today. Archbishop Stallings’ church is on Capitol Hill – he was the first to take down the Cross. The ACLC Clergy went forward with absolute faith during this time and joined together with Jewish leaders in the historic Jerusalem Declaration. Taj Hamad and Rev. Kwak did a good job at educating the Muslim world. All faiths have been embraced. In our work in America, Minister Farrakhan and our movement joined for the Million Family March with True Parents’ blessing and it was a great victory through which Minister Farrakhan became a close ally and friend to True Parents. He showed utmost respect to our True Parents. He has expanded his leadership of the Nation of Islam to embrace all people. Taking down the Cross was such a difficult direction. I asked Archbishop Stallings to take down the cross, and he said, “If it is Father’s direction, then I will absolutely follow.” He did, and that became the foundation for our work in the First Israel.
True Father’s Words
Who is the father of Lucifer and Adam and Eve? God. Father had to overcome Lucifer from Adam’s position. America does not know this. I am making things known about Lucifer. At the time of the Second World War there was a religious foundation of Christianity, but Christians didn’t receive True Parents. That began a problem that several American presidents couldn’t resolve. The American President cannot resolve these things. You have no way of knowing how God and Satan were at war during the years of the administrations of Nixon, Carter, Ford and Reagan. These were stages of different enemies. Without True Parents they could not have been standing. I am an expert and no one knows the spiritual battles that were going on at this time.
There are some people trying to put me in the closet and do things on their own. They may go ahead and do so, but they know nothing about the Providence. Let’s see what will happen. I came to America with Dr. Bo Hi Pak but he is not the Substantial Being. John the Baptist must be united with the Messiah, not the other way around. I’m the only one who knows the providential conditions.
Jacob had 72 followers. And Jesus had to have 72. If Jesus had 72 from his own family, everything would have turned out differently. Jesus wasn’t meant to be just King of Israel but King of all Kings and to bring the Kingdom of God on earth.
Here in America there is incest and so many evil things. There is so much free sex going on. In the universities, students think that free sex is something cool. They do all kinds of things and even when there is pregnancy they abandon the baby and try to do everything on their own. Such people want to get rid of me. The song Rev. Im Do Soon likes to sing is a song with lyrics that could only be written by true patriots that gave up their lives completely to liberate Korea.
Korea is divided between the West Sea and the East Sea. I started the Marine business and built the first boat called “Heaven’s Victory.” About 450 years ago a Korean wrote the Jeong Gam Nok, in which True Father’s coming was clearly prophesied. The Moon clan is not some ordinary clan. In the prophecy, there is a big table figuratively that supports God (this is the based on the image of the Chinese character for Moon: 文). The altar is huge and it should symbolize the time of peace and prosperity – representing the four directions of North, South, East and West. (At the time the prophecy was made,) the world was thought to be flat. Confucianism taught that husbands and wives should have a proper relationship. It teaches part of the Principle. Adam and Even are like the division of God. God is an absolute being – he is to be the absolute owner of the Universe. The teachings about God in some religions are not completely right.
Adam and Eve came as a pair. Adam and Eve’s creation took millions of years. If you think God just created human beings instantly, then you are totally wrong.
In the villages of Korea, there were traditions of family that were beautiful. They would have a festival and grandma and grandpa would go out and be part of the festival. Shin Jun Nim as my grandson really knows naturally how to attend his grandfather. He is a very smart boy and he knows when his grandfather is not feeling well. He shows such respect. It is so beautiful and he has become my teacher. As a little boy I was well known as the boy with very small eyes who would appear in the village, and I would attend my grandfather in the same way. 7 years before I was born, my grandfather, Chi-Guk Moon, knew that I would be born as his grandson.
The family is so important. We should not divorce in Unification Church. Pak Bo Hi studied hard and became top in the army. The students of his school were immediately appointed to the front line of the battle when the Korean War broke out. Many Americans died in Korea during the war.
When I was three or four years old, I learned the grandmother flower song from my grandmother.
My great-grandmother obtained books from middle and high schools for my father because my father was not able to graduate from the Osan School. In this way, my father was able to study at home.
I learned a lot from my grandfather. I understood many things from Confucianism that I did not put into the Divine Principle. There are many good points in Confucianism that really clarify the difference between good and evil. Confucianism teaches that father-and-son relationship is pivotal. They understood that the father-son relationship is vertical and the husband-wife relationship is horizontal. The earth is amazing. Because of gravity we don’t fall off the earth. The earth rotates and we are upside down! However God made it so that the earth holds us from all angles.
My grandfather didn’t teach me anything that he thought might make me betray the nation. He said I was too young to understand many things. He knew many secrets that he didn’t tell me. I went to Osan school at 15. I gradutated in 3 years. I had to learn English and Japanese there. My grandfather said, “Japan is our enemy, so don’t use the Japanese language.” My grandfather was a patriotic fighter. He had to go to prison for 2 years and 8 months. He worked so hard to bring Korean independence.
Even when I was a young boy, people realized that they needed to listen to me. I taught people a lot about exercise and Judo. I taught my friends the three balance points. When someone was sick or hurting – they might have pain in a certain part of the body – I knew that if I push certain parts of the body then I would be able to heal them.
People that caused problems in the past must be restored. I went to Osan school and caused problems there because I challenged the leaders there. I asked difficult questions. I became a patriot there. People knew from my early age that I was not an ordinary person. There is the invisible God that has been raising me.
Today there are only 935 days left until 1.13 by the Heavenly Calendar in 2013. Today is 6.22 by the Heavenly calendar but August 2nd by the Gregorian Calendar. Adam and Eve were restored through indemnity. All kinds of ancestors now can be mobilized – even spirits of gangsters and Yakuza.
There are two parts of God – the invisible and the visible. Each has a different role to play. I know things that many people do not understand. You must absolutely follow and obey. You must go back to the original state (of human beings before the Fall). This world can be governed by the heavenly heart. Not just the human heart and material heart. Even material things (all things of creation) and humans all have a heart (/feelings). All are made in pairs.
We should not only focus on Washington (the capital city). We must focus on places like Chicago and Las Vegas as well to deal with the problems there. If all these things cannot be put in order when I am around, it will be a huge problem. When Adam and Eve made a mistake of the convex and concave organs it made the entire world a mess. People misuse sex in America. They drink coffee and even have casual sex under the table – all because Adam and Eve fell!
After divorce I had to bear an incredible cross of love.
The ideology of Rev. Moon is like a fearful pillar. You must recognize this teaching and discard other teachings that are not true. When I went to Danbury – inmates respected and followed me.
All spirits and ancestors must be resurrected – its not just your ancestors – or just white people or black people – it is all must be resurrected. That is why white and black must marry together. I overcame and survived every attack. God wanted to do it (save humanity) – but he had to allow man to fulfill his portion of responsibility. Rev. Moon did this (saved humanity) and fulfilled. God can’t leave me alone because I fulfilled man’s responsibility. Who is going to win between me and all 6.5 billion people of the earth? Rev. Moon is going to win. For the establishment of goodness.
Hyo Jin Nim’s sons and Heung Jin Nim and Hyung Jin Nim’s sons have to be united. Shin Jun Nim calls True Father “King Daddy” and True Mother “Queen Mommy.” He calles his own parents Book Daddy and Book Mommy. At the age of two when he saw second generation children he could discern very profound things. He actually is like a teacher to me.
I have no problem – I can live anywhere – I lived in prison and still maintained weight. I am very quick at walking – you may be slow but I’m fast. I only lift my feet three inches and take short steps. Though I take short steps, I am very quick. Everything here comes together. There are pillars on the door here that were designed by True Parents and then all spaces for wires and so many things here were considered. Mr. Aum designed East Garden and did well. He also designed the capitol in Korea. He made mistakes, and I corrected him and he was skeptical but as he checked it out – he found I was correct.
[Father takes off his watch.] I designed this watch. What happened to the jewelry company? It was sold. This was not good. I just gave and gave and gave and didn’t complain. As long as you are in the position of giving you will never perish. Those people who receive will eventually bow down. Those people who knew me cannot forget me. When I was coming to America they would not want me to leave. All the way to the end they cannot say that I didn’t fulfill my responsibility. I went to Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Monaco – I set conditions there. Dr. Lee is one of the top professors of math in the world, and she is at the University of Maryland – if she had received the right teaching of Divine Principle she could be fulfilling a much greater role.
Rev. Sun Myung Moon cannot be excluded from the core of Korea’s history. People have gone into mountains and prayed sincerely. They are ready to offer their fortune to me, but I will not go out and seek them. Instead of giving their fortune to me, they should treat beggars. I can take care of the Bering Strait tunnel and Korea-Japan tunnel myself. Through the tunnels we can promote the exchange marriage program between Russia and America. We should promote this. People that have the Mongolian birth mark can be united as one.
Oyamada, Kamiyama ? (They went to Korea) I developed the boat providence. Those who live well in America should go to the (40-day) ocean leaders training workshop in Yeosu. We are now holding the 50th workshop for this.
I have made a lot of money in my life. I could have easily been the number one finance person – it is most difficult to become the number one religious person. When in school, I prepared questions and could guess the questions which would be on the test – I could tell what questions were being emphasized for the test. People who studied with me had no problem passing tests.
Some thought I was trying to destroy things and they were afraid of me – but I have come to restore everything. I always move fast. I walked distances that normally took 1 hour and 30 minutes in one hour and five minutes. I was always on time for school as a boy. We would walk to school in those days.
I went hunting and no one could beat me. I went hunting with Bo Hi Pak and he caught 7 animals when I caught 17. So who won? I knew how the birds were flying and how to lead them in the gun sights (how to estimate their flight paths and shoot at the right angle to get hits).
When I see someone, I can see if that person is having a bad thought. A signal comes right out of the person’s face.
(In 1992,) I trained 2500 Japanese women at a time in Cheju Island (an island south of the main Korean peninsula). The training center was only large enough for 800, but we educated 2,500 people at a time, making it so that people had a hard time finding space to move around. Altogether, I trained 170,000 women there.
I received so many secrets from heaven and earth. I received special tapes from Russia that I was told that I could have made millions of dollars from. But the person I gave them to keep for me misplaced them so now there is no way to use them.
I am constantly doing God’s Will. I am the one trying to build houses and schools and so forth – we should do that for others – that is how we should live. If can help people gain houses cheaply that is so good. So many assassins tried to catch me but I know how to get around.
Some people wondered what I am doing – I’m living for all people – in the North, South, East and West.
When I see different races and nations – I can see how important it is that we all unite and work together.
If you do not listen to me and follow me – the ancestors will take you to the spirit world.
Now I want you to learn the Grandmother Flower Song – Halmi-Kot (할미꽃). This song is about a flower that is bent over like a grandmother. When I went out, my grandmother would teach me. You should be so sensitive to know your path ahead. You should know when there is someone ahead who wants to harm you. You should know how many hills you have to go over, how many things must be done (to attain your goal), etc. If you become that sensitive, then thousands of years of restoration can occur so quickly in a short time on earth. How do I know these things? I know them because I know the spirit world. I also know the God of the Night and the God of the Day.
Kook Jin Nim, Hyung Jin Nim and many sons and daughters went to Harvard – but they do not know what I know. If you sing this song (Grandmother Flower Song), then a pretty grandmother will show up. If you are really praying and taking time I will constantly teach you and guide you.
[Father called Su Kyung Chapman to sing the grandmother song. She sang the song.] Don’t forget this song.
Thousands of generations have been waiting for this day. If you go the right path then you will not perish and your nation will not perish. Even if you go down, you will rise up again. Don’t waste your time on unnecessary things.
[The three True Grandchildren who were with True Parents in the helicopter at the time of the helicopter crash (on July 19, 2008), whom Father calls “the three musketeers” came out and sang the Grandmother Flower song with True Father, and sang other songs as well.)
(Thanks to Rev. Michael Jenkins for his notes.)