True families create true people

True families create true people


My Wife, Hak Ja Han Moon

The first time I saw my wife, she was a young girl of fourteen
and had just graduated from elementary school. She was
a quiet girl who never raised her voice and never sought
to bring attention to herself. She always took the same route to
and from the church. When she was first introduced to me, I was
told she was the daughter of one of our church members, Mrs.
Soon Ae Hong.
“What is your name?” I asked her.
“My name is Hak Ja Han,” she answered with a clear voice.
In that moment, before I knew what was happening, I said, “So Hak
Ja Han has been born in Korea!” I said this three times in repetition,
and then prayed, saying, “God! Thank you for sending to Korea such a
wonderful woman as Hak Ja Han.”
I then looked at her, and said: “Hak Ja Han, I’m afraid you are going
to have to do a lot of sacrificing.”
All of these words came out of my mouth spontaneously. Later, Mrs.
Hong told me that she thought it strange that I would say the same
thing three times after meeting her daughter for the first time. My wife
has told me that she also remembers that first, short meeting. She told
me she remembers everything that I said then as if I had delivered a
sermon just for her, and she kept it in her heart. She said she felt like
she had received an important revelation about her future that she
could not forget.
Her mother was from a faithful Presbyterian family, so she was raised
in a Christian home. Her hometown was Jungju, which is my hometown
as well, but she had lived in Anju until coming to South Korea during
the Korean War. When Mrs. Hong first began attending our church, she
lived a very faithful life in Chuncheon and raised her daughter strictly.
My wife attended a nursing school that was operated by the Catholic
Church. I am told that the rules of this school were so strict that it was
as if she were living in a convent. She had a gentle character, and during
the time she was raised by her mother, she never went anywhere except
to school and to our church.
I was forty at the time, and I sensed that the time had come for
me to marry. All I needed to do was wait for God to tell me, “The
time has come, so get married,” and I would do as I was told. Seung
Do Ji, an elderly woman in our church, began an effort in October
1959 to prepare for my engagement, even though there was still no
bride-to-be. Another church member who had been praying for
seven years about a wife for me told me one day that she had had a
dream in which she saw that Hak Ja Han was my wife.
Another church member, Mrs. Ji, told me about a strange dream she
had. “What kind of dream is this?” she exclaimed. “I saw hundreds of cranes
come flying. I tried to wave them away with my arms, but they kept coming
and they finally covered you with their white feathers. Is this some kind of
omen for the future?” The “Hak” in Hak Ja Han is the Chinese character
for crane.
Then, Hak Ja Han had a dream in which I appeared and told her,
“The day is near, so make preparations.” My wife later told me that in
her dream she said to me in a humble tone, “I have been living until
now in accordance with the will of God. In the future, as well, I will
follow God’s will as His servant, no matter what that will may be.”
A few days after my bride-to-be had this dream, I asked Mrs. Hong
to bring her daughter to me. This was our first meeting since I had
been introduced to her at age fourteen. That day, I asked this young
lady many questions. In every case, she responded with composure
and spoke clearly. In this meeting, I asked my wife to draw a picture.
Without hesitation, she picked up a pencil and started drawing on a
sheet of paper. When she had finished and placed her picture before
me, I was very impressed by what I saw. I then looked at her face, and
her shy expression was very beautiful. Her heart was as wonderful as
the picture she had drawn.
We were engaged on March 27, 1960, and had our marriage ceremony
barely two weeks later, on April 11. I did not set a date at the time but when
I called Miss Han several days later, I told her, “Tomorrow morning, we
will have a marriage ceremony.” She responded simply, “Is that so?” and did
not ask any questions or try to speak in opposition. She seemed incapable
of opposition. That was how pure and gentle she was. Then as now, when it
comes to the will of God, she has a strong determination.
I wore a samo-kwandae, the formal dress of court officials now
commonly used in traditional wedding ceremonies, and she wore
traditional Korean attire that included a jok-dori bridal tiara. My
bride, who was seventeen and more than twenty years younger than
I, looked confident and radiant with her tightly closed lips and
pretty face.
During the ceremony, I told my bride that she was about to embark
on a difficult course.
“I think you are already aware that marrying me will not be like any
other marriage. We are becoming husband and wife to complete the
mission given to us by God to become True Parents, and not to pursue
the happiness of two individuals, as is the case with other people in this
world. God wants to bring about the Kingdom of Heaven on the earth
through a true family. You and I will travel a difficult path to become
True Parents who will open the gates to the Kingdom of Heaven for
others. It is a path that no one else in history has traveled, so even I
don’t know all that it will involve. During the next seven years, you will
experience many things that will be difficult to endure. Don’t forget,
even for a moment, that the life we live is different from others. Don’t
do anything, no matter how trivial, without first discussing it with me,
and obey everything I tell you.”
She responded, “My heart is already set. Please do not worry.”
I could see in her expression that she had made a strong determination.
Her difficult challenges began the day after our marriage. The first
difficulty she faced was that she could not see her mother. My wife, her
mother, and her maternal grandmother were all only daughters. As a
result, the relationship between mother and daughter was particularly
strong. In order to take on her public mission and develop the proper
focus, I asked her to live what amounted to an ascetic life for three years.
That meant she could not see her mother or any of her relatives for three
years. She lived in a room rented from a church member. She came to
the church no more than once a day, usually in the evening. So as not to
create disruption, she left through the back door. I was often involved in
worship services or praying through the night and was rarely at home,
but the separation was not for practical reasons. The separation was to
establish a spiritual condition of unconditional devotion to her mission.
As the outrageous rumors about me continued to circulate, this
separation from her relatives and me made it even more difficult for my
young wife to endure.
At the time of our marriage, the Unification Church already had
been established in 120 communities around Korea. Even in our
church, however, there were those who were critical of our marriage.
Some envied her, some hated her, and many stories circulated.
As if that were not enough, she lived in someone else’s home. Older
women of our church followed me everywhere I went. Eventually, my
seemingly cold treatment of my wife brought an end to all the criticism
and envy against her. In fact, people began to sympathize with her. For
example, many members criticized me when I couldn’t go to see my
wife even though she was suffering postpartum illness and was shivering
in an unheated room after the birth of our first daughter. Some of
them said, “How can he even call himself her husband?”
“You’re going too far, sir,” I was told. “If you married her, you should
live with her. What are you doing, making it difficult for her even to see
your face?”
The people who had been criticizing my wife one by one began to
take her side instead.
In spite of her young age, it was necessary that my wife receive
harsh training. During the time we lived together, her environment
was relentless. She never had even a single free moment for herself.
She constantly was on edge, as if she were walking on a thin layer of
ice, wondering, “Will today be peaceful? Will tomorrow be peaceful?”
Because she had to attain God’s standard of motherly love, I corrected
her for even a single wrong word. Sometimes even her affection for
me had to be curtailed for the sake of her eternal mission. It was all
necessary for her to become True Mother, but I am sure it caused much
grief in her heart.
I might say a word in passing and not think much of it. She, however,
had to harmonize herself with my every word, so I am sure her suffering
was great. It took us seven years to conform ourselves to each
other. I relate these things because the most important thing in a marriage
relationship is trust. It is what makes it possible for two people to
become as one.

An Incomparable Inner Beauty

My wife and I made a promise to each other after we were
married. We agreed that no matter how upset or angry one
of us might become, we would not allow anyone to think,
“It looks like Reverend and Mrs. Moon had a fight.” We agreed that no
matter how many children we might have, we would not let them see
any sign that we might have had a fight. Children are God. Children are
God with very small hearts. So when a child says, “Mom!” and calls, you
must always answer, “What is it?” with a smile.
After going through such a harsh course for seven years, my wife
became a wonderful mother. All the gossip about her disappeared, and
a peaceful happiness came to our family. My wife gave birth to fourteen
children, and she has embraced each one with so much love. When she
is away from home on our speaking tours and mission life, she sends
letters and postcards to our children every day.
While it was difficult for her to raise fourteen children over the
course of over forty years, she never complained. Several times I had to
be overseas when my wife was about to give birth. She had to bear such
times alone. There were days when I could not do anything for her. Once
a member wrote me about her difficult financial situation. There was
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concern over whether she was getting sufficient nutrition. Even then,
my wife never complained about her difficulty. Because I sleep only two
or three hours a night, she has dutifully done the same throughout our
life together. These sorts of matters pain me to this day.
My wife has such a tremendous heart of love and care that she even
gave her wedding ring to someone in need. When she sees someone in
need of clothes, she buys that person clothes. When she comes across
someone hungry, she buys the person a meal. There have been many
times when we have received presents from others that she would give
away to someone else without even opening them. Once we were touring
the Netherlands and had a chance to visit a factory that processed
diamonds. Wanting to express my heart of regret toward my wife for all
her sacrifices, I bought her a diamond ring. I didn’t have much money,
so I couldn’t buy her a large one. I picked out one I liked and presented
it to her. Later, she even gave away that ring. When I saw the ring wasn’t
on her finger, I asked her, “Where did the ring go?”
She answered, “You know by now I can’t keep something like that
when someone has a greater need.”
Once I saw her pulling out a large wrapping cloth, and she was working
quietly to pack some clothes. “What are you going to do with those
clothes?” I asked her.
“I have a use for them,” she said.
She filled several wrapping cloths with clothes without telling me
what she planned to do with them. When she was finished, she told me
she was getting ready to send the clothes to our missionaries working
in foreign countries.
“This one’s for Mongolia, this one’s for Africa, and this one’s for
Paraguay,” she said.
She had a slightly self-conscious smile that made her look so sweet
when she told me. Still today, she takes it upon herself to look after our
overseas missionaries.
My wife established the International Relief and Friendship Foundation
in 1979. It has done service projects in numerous countries, such as
Zaire, Senegal, and Ivory Coast. The foundation gives food to impoverished
children, medicine to those who are sick, and clothing to those in
need. In Korea, she created the Aewon charity organization in 1994. Its
activities include managing a canteen serving free food to the poor and
supporting low-wage earners, the handicapped, children taking care of
families in place of parents, and others. It also provides aid to the North
Korean people. My wife has also been active in women’s organizations
for some time. The Women’s Federation for World Peace, which she
established in 1992, has branches in some eighty countries and is in
general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations as a nongovernmental organization.
Throughout history, women have been persecuted, but I predict this
will change. The coming world will be one of reconciliation and peace
based on women’s maternal character, love, and sociability. The time is
coming when the power of women will save the world.
Unfortunately today, many women’s organizations apparently believe
that standing in opposition to men is the way to demonstrate the power
of women. The result is an environment of competition and conflict.
The women’s organizations my wife leads, on the other hand, seek to
bring about peace on the principle that women should work together,
take initiative, and empower one another across traditional lines of
race, culture, and religion to create healthy families as the cornerstone
of the culture of peace.
The organizations she works with do not call for a liberation of
women from men and families. Instead, they call for women to develop
and maintain families filled with love. My wife’s dream is to see all
women raised as true daughters with filial hearts who can create peace
at home, in our communities, in our nations, and in the world. The
women’s movement being carried out by my wife serves the goal of true
families, which are the root of peace in all areas of life.
During one of the most intense periods of my public work, our
children had to live close to half the year without their parents. In our
absence, they lived in our home, cared for by church members. Our
home was always filled with church members. Every meal in our home
had guests at the table, guests who always received priority over our
children. Because of this environment, our children grew up with a
sense of loneliness that is not experienced by children in other families.
Even worse was the suffering they had to endure because of their father.
Wherever they went, they were singled out as sons and daughters of
“the cult leader Sun Myung Moon.” This suffering sent them through
periods of wandering and rebellion, but they have always returned
home. We were not able to support them properly as parents, but five
have graduated from Harvard University. I could not be more grateful
for their courageous accomplishments. Now they are old enough to
help me in my work, but even to this day, I am the strict father. I still
teach them to become people who do more than I do to serve Heaven
and live for the sake of humanity.
My wife is a woman of incredible strength, but the death of our
second son, Heung Jin, was difficult for her. It happened in December
1983. She was with me in Kwangju, Korea, participating in a Victory
over Communism rally. We received an international phone call that
Heung Jin had been in a traffic accident and had been transported to
a hospital. We boarded a flight the next day and went directly to New
York, but Heung Jin was lying unconscious on the hospital bed.
A truck traveling over the speed limit as it came down a hill tried to
brake and swerved into the opposite lane, where Heung Jin was driving.
Two of his best friends were in the car with him at the time. Heung Jin
cut the wheel to the right so the driver’s side took most of the impact
from the truck. By doing so, he saved the lives of his two friends. I went
to the place near our home where the accident had occurred, and the
black tire marks veering off to the right were still visible.
Heung Jin finally went to the heavenly world in the early morning of
January 2. He had turned seventeen just a month before. Words cannot
describe my wife’s sorrow when she had to send a child she had raised
with love to the heavenly world before her. She could not cry, however.
In fact, it was important that she not shed any tears. We are people who
know the world of the eternal spirit. A person’s spirit does not disappear
like so much dust, just because the physical life is lost. The soul
ascends to the world of spirit. As parents, the pain of knowing that we
would never be able to see or touch our beloved child in this world was
almost unbearable. My wife could not cry; she could only lovingly put
her hands on the hearse that carried Heung Jin’s body.
Shortly before the accident, Heung Jin had been betrothed to Hoon
Sook Pak, who was studying ballet. I had to speak to Hoon Sook about
his departure from this world and what she wanted to do.
I told her I knew it wouldn’t be easy or fair to her parents if she chose to
live alone. I told her it was best to forget the betrothal had ever happened.
Hoon Sook was adamant, however. “I am aware of the existence of
the spirit world,” she said. “Please let me spend my life with Heung Jin.”
In the end, Hoon Sook became our daughter-in-law fifty days
after Heung Jin’s departure. My wife and I will never forget the way she
smiled brightly as she held a portrait photo of Heung Jin throughout
the spiritual marriage ceremony.
It would seem that my wife would be devastated each time she faced
such difficult situations, but she always remained unshaken. Even in
the most difficult and unbearable circumstances, my wife never lost her
serene smile. She always crossed over life’s most difficult peaks successfully.
When church members ask my wife’s advice on raising their own
children, she tells them: “Be patient and wait. The period when children
wander is only temporary. No matter what they do, embrace them, love
them, and wait for them. Children will always return to the love of their
parents.”
I have never raised my voice toward my wife. This is not because of
my character, but because my wife has never given me cause to do so.
Throughout our life together, she has labored to care for me with complete,
loving devotion. She is even the one to care for my hair. So this
great saint of world affairs is also the best barber in the world. Now that
I am old I make many new demands on her, and she always responds.
If I ask her to cut my toenails, she will do it cheerfully. My toenails
are mine, but I can’t see them very well. She sees them perfectly well,
though. It’s a strange thing. The older I become, the more precious my
wife is to me.

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The River Does Not Reject the Waters That Flow into It Selfishness is rampant in the world. Ironically, however, the individual is destroyed by this,

The River Does Not Reject the Waters

That Flow into It

Selfishness is rampant in the world. Ironically, however, the individual

is destroyed by this, and not just the individual, but those

around him and the nation as a whole. The greatest obstacle to

the world of peace is avarice in peoples’ hearts. It starts in individuals,

expands to the nation, and hearts stained with avarice cause division

and conflict at every level. Countless people throughout history have

shed blood and died in conflicts caused by avarice.

To eliminate such conflicts, we need a great revolution to change the

erroneous values and thinking that are widespread in the world today.

The complex problems our societies face today can be resolved quickly

if there is a revolution in peoples’ thinking. If each individual and nation

begins to look out for the other first, working together with the

other, the problems of modern society will be resolved.

Throughout my life, I dedicated myself to efforts for peace. Any

time the word “peace” comes up, I become emotional. I choke up, it

becomes difficult for me to swallow my food and tears begin to well up

in my eyes. It moves me deeply just to imagine the day when the world

becomes one and begins to enjoy peace. That is the nature of peace.

It links people who think differently, are of different races, and speak

different languages. Our hearts yearn for this world and harbor a hope

that it will be realized. Peace is concrete action; it is not a vague dream.

Building a movement for peace has not always been easy. There have

been many difficulties, and it has required large sums of money. I have

not done this for my own honor, nor to make money. All I did was invest

my full effort, so that we can have a world where a strong and true peace

takes root. For as long as I have been doing this work, I have never been

lonely. This is because, ultimately, peace is the desire of every person in

the world. It is strange, though. Even though everyone wants peace, it

has still not come.

It is easy to talk about peace. But to bring peace is not easy. This is

because people push aside the most elemental truth needed to bring

about a world of peace. They pretend not to know this truth is there.

Before we talk about peace among individuals or among nations, we

must talk about peace between ourselves and God.

Each religion today thinks of itself as the highest, rejecting and

looking down on other religions. It is not right to build fences against

other religions and denominations.

A religion is like a wide river flowing toward an ideal, peaceful

world. The river flows for long distances before it comes to the

wide expanse of peace. On its way, many streams flow into it. The

streams cease to be streams from the point they meet the river.

From that point, they, too, become part of the river. In this way,

they become one.

The river does not reject any of the streams that flow into it. It

accepts them all. It embraces all the streams and forms a single flow

as it continues toward the ocean. People in the world today do not

understand this simple truth. The streams that seek out the river and

flow into it are the numerous religions and denominations of today.

Each stream traces its origin to a different spring, but they are all going

to the same destination. They are seeking the ideal world overflowing

with peace.

Peace will never come to this earth unless we first tear down the

walls between religions. For thousands of years, religions have grown

in alliance with particular ethnic groups, and so they are surrounded

by high cultural walls. Tearing these down is an extremely difficult task.

For thousands of years, each religion has surrounded itself with such

high walls, insisting that it is the only correct religion. In some cases,

religions have expanded their influence and entered into conflicts and

fights with other religions, using God’s name in places that had nothing

to do with His will.

The will of God lies in peace. A world fragmented by differences in

nationality, race, and religion, where people attack and fight one another

and shed one another’s blood, is not what God wants. When we

shed blood and fight each other in His name, we only cause Him pain.

A world torn to shreds has been created out of the desires of people to

promote their own wealth and glory. It does not represent the will of

God. God clearly told me so. I am only His errand boy, receiving His

words and carrying them out on Earth.

The path to bring about a world of peace, in which religions and

races become united, has been exhausting. Many times, I was rejected

by people, or my own abilities fell short, but I could not put aside this

mission. When members and colleagues who worked with me would

cry out in anguish because of the difficulty of the task, I would even feel

envious of them.

“If you decide this path isn’t for you, you have the option to stop and

turn back,” I told them. “Or if you try and try and still can’t accomplish

it, you have the option to die trying.”

“But you should pity me,” I said. “I am a person with no such options.”

There are some two hundred countries in the world. For all these

countries to enjoy peace, the power of religion is absolutely necessary.

The power of religion is in the love that overflows from it. I am

a religious person whose role is to convey love, so it is natural that I

would work for world peace. There is no difference between Islam and

Christianity in their commitment to bring about a world of peace. In

America, I lead a movement for peace, bringing together twenty thousand

clergy who transcend denomination. Through this movement, we

discuss ways that Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and all faiths

can come together. We devote our full efforts to change the hardened

hearts of people.

My purpose is the same today as it was yesterday. It is to create one

world with God at the center, a world brought together like a single nation

without boundaries. All humanity will be citizens of this world, sharing a

culture of love. In such a world, there will be no possibility for division and

conflict. This will mark the beginning of a truly peaceful world.

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The Rally to Support the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind On Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 True Parents began a nation-wide tour in Korea. More

The Rally to Support the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind On Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 True Parents began a nation-wide tour in Korea. More than 7,500 people from throughout the Gyeonggi Province attended the kick-off rally held at Kintex, in Seoul’s suburb of Goyang. During the rally, True Father said, “This year will be a huge watershed for the Korean peninsula and other major countries. The Korean people, as God’s descendants, have the mission of saving humankind. We must overcome this crisis and make a huge change in the history of civilization by fulfilling the ideal of One Family under God.” The day’s event was hosted by the Ambassador for Peace Association in Seoul, which was represented jointly by Dr. Minha Kim and Rev. Sun Jo Hwang.

This tour, which is being covered by Korea’s Segye Times, is called (unofficial translation): “Korean People’s Rally to Support the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind for the Sake of Korean Unification and World Peace.” Segye Times reports that the meaning of the tour is to encourage peace leaders to begin the year 2012 with a determination to push forward in the New Year through efforts for the sake of Korean unification and world peace.

Another event was held Jan. 9, 2012 in Cheongju (North Chungcheong Province), at the Ramada Plaza Grand Hall. On Jan. 10, 2012, True Father will speak in the Expo Convention Hall in Daegu (North Gyeongsang Province). On Wednesday, True Parents will travel to the Hoban Indoor Auditorium in Gangwon Province. On Thursday, the tour will go to the Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju (South Jeolla Province), where 12,000 people are expected to attend. Hongseong Gymnasium in Daejeon (South Chungcheong Province) will be the site for Friday’s event and the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO), representing South Gyeongsang Province, will host Saturday’s event. The grand finale of the tour will return to Kintex on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, this time with the guests invited from Seoul and Incheon rather than from Gyeonggi Province. Preparations are being made for 10,000 people to attend the final event.

According to Rev. and Mrs. Hyung Jin Moon’s Twitter account, at today’s rally, “True Father, before beginning his prepared speech, said: ‘I am not standing here today to tell you about rebirth and resurrection. I stand here to tell you that this land is God's fatherland.’” Rev. and Mrs. Moon also twitted a quote from today’s Hoon Dok Hwe meeting with True Parents: “The final destination of our lives, the position where the heart of Heaven meets the moral principles of humanity, is none other than God.”

Sources:
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Also, according to Rev. and Mrs. Moon’s twitter account, early during his speech at yesterday’s rally, True Father said, “Many people in the world have put labels on me to make me look like a bad person. However, even though I have been unjustly labeled, I have not paid any mind to such labels and instead said, ‘Time, go by!’ I have had to bear unimaginable pain on this course.”

Dreaming of a Peaceful World For years I have called for a world where all religions live together as one, all races live as one, and all nations exis

Dreaming of a Peaceful World
For years I have called for a world where all religions live together
as one, all races live as one, and all nations exist as one. For
thousands of years history has seen the continuous increase of
divisions. Each time a different religion was adopted or a new regime
came into power, more boundaries were drawn and wars were fought.
Now, however, we live in an age of globalism. For the sake of the future
we must become one.
One way I propose to facilitate that is through the International
Peace Highway, a huge undertaking. It will link Korea and Japan by
an undersea tunnel and create a bridge across the Bering Strait that
separates Russia and North America. These great links can unify the
world. When the highway is completed it will be possible to travel by
car from Africa’s Cape of Good Hope to Santiago, Chile, and from London
to New York. There will be no roadblocks; the entire world will be
interconnected as if by capillary vessels.
The world will become one integrated community, and everyone will
be able to travel freely across international borders. Borders that give
free passage to anyone will lose their significance as borders. Something
similar will be true for religion. As the frequency of exchanges among
religions increases, greater mutual understanding will arise, conflict
will disappear, and the walls of separation will crumble. When different
types of people live together in a single global community, barriers
between races will come down. Interaction between races will occur
despite differences in appearance and language. This cultural revolution
will bring the world into one.
The Silk Road was not simply a trade route that people used in order
to sell silk and buy spices. It was also a vehicle for the peoples of the East
and West to meet and for Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity to meet.
These different cultures intermingled and gave rise to a new culture.
The International Peace Highway will play a similar role in the twentyfirst
century.
Rome could thrive because all roads led to Rome. This illustrates the
importance of roads. When a road is built, people use it to travel. It is
used to transport culture and ideology. That is why when a road is built
it changes the course of history. When the International Peace Highway
is completed, the world can be physically bound together as one. The
road will make this possible. I cannot overemphasize the importance of
bringing the world together. Some may think that this is an idea ahead
of its time. Religious people, however, foresee the future and prepare for
it. So it is only natural that we are ahead of our time. The world may not
understand us and may cause us to suffer, but religious believers must
persevere to lead the way to the future.
Completing the International Peace Highway will require the
cooperation of many nations. China, which was a victim of Japanese
aggression, may not welcome the idea of being connected to Japan by
a highway. Japan and Korea, however, cannot connect to the rest of the
world without going through China, so we need to make efforts to win
China’s trust. Who will do this? Those of us who will take spiritual ownership
over the International Peace Highway in the twenty-first century
need to take the lead in this effort.
How about bridging the Bering Strait? It will cost a great deal, but
this should not cause concern. The amount of money that the United
States has spent in Iraq would be more than enough to build such a
bridge. We must stop waging war and forcing people to suffer. It is
perverse to start wars and squander hundreds of billions of dollars. The
time has come for us to beat our swords into plowshares and our spears
into pruning hooks.
The International Peace Highway is a project to bring the world
together as one. To become one means more than simply connecting
continents by tunnels and bridges. It refers to an equalization of the
world’s standards of living. When someone monopolizes a technology
and keeps the profit for himself, the balance of the world is upset. The
International Peace Highway will rearrange the current inequality by
creating access to existing natural and human resources. This will bring
about a leveling of wealth. Leveling means that a little is taken off places
that are high and added to places that are low. As a result, the two have
the same height. This will require sacrifice from those with greater material
possessions or knowledge. Building a world of peace cannot be
done with one-time charitable acts or donations. Only sincere love and
continuous sacrifice is capable of creating a world of peace. We must be
willing to offer everything.
Building the International Peace Highway does more than just provide
the world with a physical means of communication. Human beings
are created so that their mind and body become one. Something similar
is true for the world we live in. The world can be completely unified
only when there is both physical communication and communication
of heart.
The United Nations has done much for world peace. More than sixty
years after its founding, however, the United Nations is losing sight
of its original purpose and is now an organization that works for the
interests of a few powerful countries. The U.N. was created to solve
the conflicts that arise in the world, so it must put the world’s interests
before the interests of one side or the other. It only leads to further
conflict when a powerful country insists on its own way and uses force
to pursue it. Unfortunately, the U.N. today is unable to do much about
such situations.
In this light, I have proposed a restructuring of the United Nations
as a bicameral institution. In addition to the General Assembly there
would be a religious, or cultural, assembly or council. This body would
consist of respected spiritual leaders in fields such as religion, culture,
and education. The members of this interreligious assembly would need
to demonstrate an ability to transcend the limited interests of particular
religions and cultures and to speak for the spiritual and moral purposes
of all humanity. I maintain that the two chambers, working together in
mutual respect and cooperation, will be able to make great advances in
ushering in a world of peace.
Some may oppose this, saying, “Why should religious people become
involved in world affairs?” My answer is that the world today is
in a period when the participation of religious people is crucial. Those
who have achieved deep self-awareness through religious practice are
needed now more than ever. It is only truly religious people who can
stand up to the unrighteousness and evil of the world and practice true
love. It is only when the knowledge and experience of political leaders
are combined with the wisdom of interreligious leaders that the world
will be able to find the path to true peace.
Again today I set out on my path with renewed determination to
achieve that goal. My prayer is that every person on earth will be reborn
as a peace-loving global citizen, transcending barriers of religion,
ideology, and race. Biserica unificarii, Unification Church,Церковь Объединения, 통일교회, 統一敎會, Sun Myung Moon, Messiah: AS A PEACE-LOVING GLOBAL CITIZEN R E V E R E N D S U N M Y U N G MOON:

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Мечта о бесконфликтном мире - Мун Сон Мен - Человек планеты, любящий мир

Мечта о бесконфликтном мире - Мун Сон Мен - Человек планеты, любящий мир:

Мечта о бесконфликтном мире

На протяжении многих лет я выступал с призывами к миру, где все религии гармонично сосуществуют, где люди всех рас живут как одна семья и где все народы живут в единстве. Тем не менее, за тысячи лет история видела лишь непрекращающийся процесс все большего разобщения людей. Каждый раз при зарождении новой религии или приходе к власти нового режима между государствами вырастали новые границы или вспыхивали войны. Однако сейчас мы живем в эпоху глобализации, и ради будущего нам обязательно нужно объединиться.

Именно ради этой цели я предложил построить Международное шоссе мира — грандиозный проект, который соединит Корею с Японией посредством подводного туннеля. В этот проект также входит строительство моста или туннеля через Берингов пролив, разделяющий Россию и Северную Америку. Эти международные шоссе помогут объединить наш мир. Когда они будут построены, вы сможете проехать на машине от африканского мыса Доброй Надежды до чилийского Сантьяго и от Лондона до Нью-Йорка. На этом пути не будет никаких преград: весь мир будет связан между собой подобно системе кровеносных сосудов.

Наш мир станет единым сообществом, где люди смогут свободно путешествовать по разным странам без всяких границ. Границы, сквозь которые может свободно проехать кто угодно, потеряют всякий смысл. Нечто подобное произойдет и с религиями. По мере увеличения взаимообмена между религиями улучшится и взаимопонимание между ними, все конфликты прекратятся и все разделяющие их барьеры просто рухнут.

Когда самые разные люди будут жить вместе как единое сообщество, границы между расами также исчезнут. Люди всех рас будут строить взаимоотношения, несмотря на языковые и внешние различия, и эта культурная революция поможет миру объединиться.

Великий шелковый путь был не только торговым маршрутом для людей, продававших шелк и покупавших пряности. Этот путь служил средством общения для народов Востока и Запада и помогал сближению буддизма, ислама и христианства. Все эти культуры смешались и дали рождение новой культуре. Международное шоссе мира сыграет в XXI веке такую же роль.

Рим достиг процветания благодаря тому, что «все дороги ведут в Рим». Эта пословица свидетельствует о важности дорог. Если дорога построена, люди начинают по ней путешествовать. Дороги нужны для распространения культур и идеологий. Вот почему строительство дорог меняет ход истории. Когда строительство Международного шоссе мира будет завершено, мир физически объединится и станет единым целым: именно дорога поможет нам в этом.

Невозможно переоценить важность объединения мира. Кто-то может подумать, что эта идея бежит впереди эпохи, однако религиозные люди способны предвидеть будущее и начинают заблаговременно готовиться к нему. Поэтому вполне естественно, что мы опережаем время. Возможно, мир не всегда понимает нас и порой вынуждает нас страдать, однако верующие люди должны стойко переносить трудности и открывать путь в будущее.

Для строительства Международного шоссе мира потребуется сотрудничество многих стран. Китаю, который когда-то стал жертвой японской агрессии, может не понравиться идея соединения с Японией с помощью автострады. Тем не менее, Япония и Корея не смогут соединиться с другими странами, минуя Китай, поэтому нам необходимо приложить усилия, чтобы завоевать доверие Китая.

Кто этим займется? Те из нас, кто примет на себя духовную ответственность за строительство Международного шоссе мира в XXI веке, должны будут взять на себя и ведущую роль в этих усилиях.

А как насчет проекта моста через Берингов пролив? Он обойдется нам в астрономическую денежную сумму, но об этом не стоит беспокоиться. Того количества денег, которые Соединенные Штаты потратили на войну в Ираке, с лихвой хватило бы на строительство моста. Мы должны остановить войны, из-за которых гибнут и страдают люди. Бессмысленно разжигать войны и выбрасывать на ветер триллионы долларов. Настало время перековать мечи на орала, а копья — на серпы.

Международное шоссе мира — это возможность объединить мир в единое сообщество. Объединение — это нечто большее, чем просто связь между континентами с помощью мостов и туннелей. Это означает утверждение единого уровня жизни для всех людей. Если какая-то страна монополизирует свои технологии и забирает себе всю прибыль от их использования, мировой баланс нарушается.

Международное шоссе мира призвано изменить нынешнее неравенство, открыв доступ к существующим природным и людским ресурсам, и благодаря этому добиться единого для всех уровня благосостояния. Единый уровень благосостояния означает, что часть богатств состоятельных государств будет передана бедным странам, чтобы их благосостояние выровнялось. Это потребует определенных жертв со стороны стран, располагающих большими материальными благами или знаниями. Построение мира на земле невозможно с помощью одних лишь благотворительных акций или единовременных пожертвований. Только искренний вклад любви, когда человек готов непрестанно жертвовать собой, способен служить построению мира на земле. Мы должны быть готовы отдать все, что у нас есть.

Строительство Международного шоссе мира — это нечто большее, чем просто обеспечение мира физическими средствами коммуникации. Люди были созданы с тем, чтобы их душа и тело пребывали в единстве. То же касается и мира, в котором мы живем. Мир сможет полностью объединиться лишь тогда, когда наряду с физическими средствами коммуникации объединятся и сердца всех людей.

По этой причине я много лет назад задумал реформирование и обновление Организации Объединенных Наций. Да, эта организация внесла очень важный вклад в дело мира, и все корейцы благодарны ей за то, что во время Корейской войны она трудилась ради сохранения нашей свободы. Однако сейчас, спустя более шестидесяти лет после своего основания, ООН, кажется, вот-вот утратит свою первоначальную цель и станет организацией, поддерживающей интересы лишь нескольких влиятельных стран.

В 2005 году в Нью-Йорке я основал Федерацию за всеобщий мир и сразу же после этого отправился в мировое турне по сотне городов, чтобы донести до людей послание мира о будущем для ООН и всей земли. Организация Объединенных Наций была создана для того, чтобы разрешать конфликты, возникающие в мире, поэтому она должна ставить интересы всего мира превыше интересов той или иной стороны. Когда могущественное государство настаивает на своих собственных интересах, да еще и использует для их достижения военную мощь, это лишь усугубляет конфликт. К сожалению, современная ООН оказалась не в состоянии что-либо сделать в данной ситуации.

Именно поэтому я предложил реорганизовать ООН как двухпалатную структуру, состоящую из верхней и нижней палат. В дополнение к Генеральной Ассамблее должна появиться религиозная, или культурная, ассамблея или совет. В эту организацию войдут крупнейшие духовные лидеры и деятели из сфер религии, культуры и образования. Членам этой Межрелигиозной Ассамблеи предстоит выйти за рамки интересов отдельных религий и культур и высказаться в защиту духовных и нравственных ценностей всего человечества. Я уверен, что эти две палаты, сотрудничая друг с другом и проявляя взаимное уважение, смогут реально приблизить построение всеобщего мира на земле.

Кое-кто может возразить против этого — мол, зачем нужно вовлекать верующих людей в мировые проблемы? Однако сейчас в нашем мире наступила эпоха, когда участие верующих людей, достигших глубокого самосознания благодаря религиозной практике, становится критически важным.

Именно искренне верующие люди могут встать на борьбу с несправедливостью и злом, воплощая в жизнь истинную любовь. Лишь в том случае, если знания и опыт политических лидеров соединятся с мудростью межрелигиозных лидеров, человечество сможет найти путь к истинному миру.

Каждый день я снова и снова иду вперед с обновленной решимостью достичь этой цели. Я молюсь о том, чтобы каждый житель Земли смог возродиться, выйти за рамки религий, идеологий и рас и стать «человеком планеты, любящим мир».

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