This world today hopes for peace. All people dream of one unified ideal world. That ideal world cannot be realized unless it goes through each and every individual. That world cannot be achieved unless the individuals establish such an ideal foundation and the process of expanding such an environment takes place. When we understand this, from where shall we welcome the day of unification? Can we welcome such a day centering on the world? The conclusion is, we can't. Can we welcome such a day centering on a nation? It is also not possible. When we observe a society, it is full of competition and conflict. We know that people in a family also oppose each other. Moreover, when we understand that the mind and body of an individual is in struggle, there is no other way than to seek the path to unification and peace in the individual. We cannot witness the start of unification unless one person establishes the substantial unification representing the heaven, earth, nation, people, and family. When we understand the history of humankind, the problem is finding that one person. That person would possess a unified self and character representing heaven, earth, history, and the whole of humankind, and would stand in the central position. Without such a person, we cannot achieve the world of unification, ideals, and peace, no matter how much we long for it. Therefore, God is looking for that one center. How then can such a center be established? That center must first be established on the individual level before going to the world. We understand that God has been searching for this one central person as a representative of the world, through whom unification can start. The position of such a person is the position of Messiah. The historical desire and the purpose of the providence has been to find this one person. With the advent of this one person, the starting point on the individual level representing Heaven can be found and also provide the standard of unification. This person can unify the mind and body, and as he establishes a unified person a family can come through that individual. The start of one family can take place when a perfect person shapes the standard and the environment forms a reciprocal position centering on that standard. When looking at that family, the parents which represent that family can be the model representing the universe. The children born from those parents should be able to form unity with their parents. Numerous children may come to exist, but those children should be connected with the parents and set the standard for all children. In other words, the parents should walk the path that can establish the representative center and the children should walk the path that can set the representative center. Thus, the unifying fortune can expand on the family level by numerous families around the world following the standard of unity set between the representative parents and their children. We know that unless the progressive steps of unifying the tribe through the central family, the people through the central tribe, the nation through the central people, and the world through the central nation can take place, we cannot accomplish the historical task of unifying the world. Fallen people must first carry out the revolution of character before the revolution of politics or religion. If a person who did not undergo the revolution of character unified the world, then it would not be good news. It is because the purpose of that person's accomplishment would be to satisfy his own self-centered ambition or his own glory. History teaches us that even if the world is unified by someone's military force, that world would soon be destroyed by another person's military force. Such unification creates even bigger problems. America may want the unification of the world centering on herself, but it is impossible. It is because many nations would not want the dominion of the United States. Likewise, even if Japan tries to unify the world based on her economic power, we would arrive at the same conclusion. No power can unify the world. If there is a way to unification it would have to be through character. A great revolution is necessary if we are to unify the world; it would be the revolution of human character. That revolution of character cannot be accomplished by knowledge, money, or power, but it is possible only through true love True love refers to the most fundamental and original love which God has longed for since the creation of human beings. There is no solution to the world unless the revolution of human character centering on true love occurs. Korea being divided into the North and the South means the central position has disappeared. Where, then, should we find the center. The process of selecting the center must begin from one certain point. Especially when the land is tilted, an anchor is needed in order to find the central realm. Where then is the central focal point? That is the issue. Is it South Korea or North Korea? Where is a place where the whole country can be included? That is one point. What is that? That central point must be set from one individual. Then, a family can appear from that one central person. Therefore, through one individual representative, through one family representative, through one tribal representative, the whole 30 million people of Korea can be connected. The 30 million start from one individual, then the family, tribe, and so on. That realm expands from the close center. IsnOt that right? The nucleus is one, but centering on that center, the family, tribe, society, nation and world expand. It starts from an individual and gradually becomes greater and greater. Through the restoration of individual, family, tribe, people, and nation, the individual center, family center, tribe center, people center, nation center, and world center must be expanded. We talk about unification these days. The people of Korea earnestly desire unification. However, where will we find the plan for the unification? We do not find it in the 38th parallel. We must first bring unity in the 38th parallel that is inside our mind. That unification is more urgent. If we can bring that unification, then the national unification will take place automatically. If the direction of goodness and the value system based on goodness are firmly established, then there is no difference between people from Chung Chung province and people from Kyung Sang province. Where should the unification take place? It must first happen in my mind. Because two types of people were sown, one has borne fruit in the worldview based on spirit and religion, and the other resulted in the worldview based on material. The world today is the fruition of those seeds. That is why the Last Days are now. Where did the worldviews based on spirit and matter come from? They started from me, from a human being. IsnOt that right? Where is the origin? It is in my mind and in my body. The origin of conflict between mind and body resides in the individual, that is why individuals fight; families fight because such individuals form families; tribes fight because such families form tribes; nations fight because such tribes form a nations. Such individuals ultimately form the democratic world and the Communist world, because, the worldviews based on the spirit and based on the body are formed. So, from where will we end and resolve this conflict? The solution cannot come from Communism or from democracy. There is no other way for unification than to find the solution to the conflict between mind and body in an individual. We cannot solve the problem of the 38th parallel in the family if it is not solved in the individual. The 38th parallel in the society cannot be solved if it is not solved in the family. The 38th parallel for the people cannot be solved if it is not solved in the society
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