If you are able to give love toward Korea that can transcend the world, then that love will never disappear. It will never be that when we go out to the world we won't have any more left to give. When you start out by giving love beforehand, the bundle of love will continue to put more out, because it is able to multiply by thousands to the world. So, love is limitless. Do you understand? [Yes] The more you give love, the more love will be generated. It will never be exhausted. So there will be room enough to give more each time. The difference is that money, knowledge, and power all will come to an end. All human affairs of the world, and all that are based on humanity will come to an end, but eternal true love will never be exhausted no matter how much you tire. What is surprising is that there will be an eternal continuation of the inner content that will allow you to increasingly approach the infinite. So we arrive at the conclusion that this power is more than enough to run the universe. [Yes] The important question is whether or not you are expanding the crucial right to possess that which is centered on God's love. You must understand clearly. You should understand that it is an issue of such seriousness that you should be willing to even kneel down for the rest of your life and be determined to not get up or pass away unless you can find a resolution to it. If you cannot do it yourself, then it must be done through others, so that the people should be able to testify, "He is your loving son who has lived to such standard." You will be recognized through this testimony. If not directly, you must be recognized indirectly. Why? This is much like as in the providence of restoration for God to reclaim the Cain position, the Cain figure must acknowledge that the Abel figure is "the loving son of God" or "Abel." Only after that, can God accept him. Striving to get recognized indirectly if you cannot do it directly is the path of the church leaders of the Unification Church of today. I have recognized you and have placed you in the position of loving son of God and myself, but this is not enough. If you cannot bring resolution to it yourself, then you must do it indirectly. Through these dual paths, you must make a determined attempt to secure the recognition. Do you understand? [Yes] Thus, wives are not your own wives. There still remains before you the task of exercising the right to determine to go out in love for the sake of children. Because these tasks still remain unfulfilled, you cannot yet become the subject. If you follow my above directions the church will develop. If it does not flourish, then what I told you is false. Try it out and see. Have you ever had the experience of waiting for the other members to come and share your meager meal, not eating it yourself even though you are starving? Have you ever waited through the sleepless night for the members who have not yet come back from their work? This is the love of parents. You should not just talk about it, but also live it. (121-242) Therefore you must repeatedly set such a foundation. It must become a habit. Do the habits of the fallen world lead you to think of Heaven wherever you go? Do you think about it when you are sitting down, or eating? Are you centered on God 24 hours a day? How is it? You all understand yourselves. When you think of True Parents you should be experiencing your bone marrow melt and your legs shake heavily while walking on a road. This is what happens when heaven and earth draw their attention to you who have not fulfilled your responsibility. They would say, "Shame! How can children of such a noble Unification family behave that way?" You should have the heart that is ashamed to see grass on earth and flowing streams, and should cry out to dogs in the village as they bark at you, "Go on and bark harder; toward someone like me, dogs should bark." Only when all of you can pass through such experiences can the agony of Heaven which is hidden deep in the history of the universe one day be erased. Due to whose efforts? Due to your own efforts. As the descendants of the fall trying to follow after Heaven and serve the Parent in Heaven, your eyes should always be drenched in tears. The reason that the church cannot progress is because we have not become one on this issue. It will never be so unless all that you think, hear, and feel as well as your eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and your life-style are all in line with it. You must long for the members to come. You should yearn for them more than for your own wife and children. Try it out. If you make an excruciating effort and get not even a second of sleep, you will be able to see clearly a vision of what they are doing. At this moment, all of the good ancestors of the members will be linked up and help you. When a member finally comes, you should be able to tell him, "Such and such things happened yesterday." Do you understand? Is that how it is? You false ones! After you pray, you will be able to say what time in the morning he will come. You will know all this. Even the time of the visit. If you declare he will come, then he will without fail. This is how great the power of love is. Do you understand? The heart of yearning and adoration is great. (171-31) The realm of the heart means God's right of dominion which firmly stands at the center of the connection by love of the Kingdom of Heaven in heaven and the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. This must be set straight in theory. Then there is no room for Satan to invade. He will automatically submit and you can scold him, "You bastard, where do you think this is..." The universe will protect it. Why is the universe providing the protection? Since it is the ideal subject of all things, then all will try to be a part of it, not take something away from it. Accordingly, it will remain under protection. What can you use to measure whether or not your church is making progress or not? With this basic principle-by seeing whether or not your church is in line with it-see where the problem is. If it is not set straight, then no matter how much you try, it will not work. It is a great sin to consider the church foundation as the stage of your own life and think of everything in terms of your own convenience. You must represent the world and the nation. Isn't this true? Isn't the world larger? What do I have to do to move forward toward the world? I myself must sacrifice my individual self to be linked to the family, sacrifice the family to be connected to the nation, and then sacrifice the nation to move toward the world. Then when you return, you do not return in a straight line. You will have made a full circle. (171-16)
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