11) THERE ARE PLENTY OF WAYS TO WITNESS

There are lots of ways of witnessing. Do you have to rely solely on Principle lectures? You can blow a trumpet or fight on the street. Fighting is witnessing. By doing so, you can gather people around you and... Was I wrong or right? A man should put forth an evidence based on righteousness and live for the sake of righteousness. Don't you have plenty to say about the youths and leaders of this nation? Why do you just sit still and wish, "It would be nice if people come to listen to the Principle lectures"? What is that? No one will come to you under those circumstances.

In such times, you should go fishing, go to places like the Hudson river and catch a carp. If there is someone watching you, then you can witness to that person by giving the carp as a present. This is better. Especially if you are a woman, then as you get a hook up if you call out to a man near by and request his help, telling him, "Oh, please help me. I do not know how to fish," he will without fail rush to help you. Then, he will ask you, "Can I try fishing now?" and you can become friends. After that, if you invite him to dinner at your house that night, he will certainly join you.

Our ladies can ride motorcycles. You can also ride motorcycles, right? How exciting is that? It is a lot of fun, you should try it. When you go to the motorcycle store, there are many young people there. You should then sit on a motorcycle and ask them, "Are you a good rider? How fast can you ride?" and then you can brag, "I can go a hundred or a hundred and fifty miles. Do you want to ride with me?" This is witnessing. For the sake of witnessing... When you go to a restaurant, you should order barbecue spare ribs or something like that and wait... This is witnessing. How funny is that? After eating, if you sit on a higher place and do this, then wouldn't they pay attention to you? You can say to yourself, "You have fallen into my trap in this small place," and laugh with content. (laughter) If you make the determination, "I can make everyone pay attention to me" and immediately put this into action, then all will go as planned. Is that right or wrong? Would you be successful or not? [We will be successful] Then, when the audience laughs out loud, you should shyly do this... (laughter)

If we end like this it is not so exciting; it is boring, right? What should I try to do now? Yes, yes, that is how it is. Then you can first listen to all the personal problems and then attracting their attention you can have plenty of opportunities to give sermons and lectures. If you have a fat person, then you can say that at certain time in the past you went to this place and such a fat person... And add that in comparison, he or she can be considered still pretty slim. You can make that kind of joke. This is how you do witnessing. (77-25)