1. THE ATTITUDE THAT A MINISTER SHOULD HAVE WHEN GIVING GUIDANCE

1) A Minister Must Shed Tears

The only way that a public figure in the Unification Church can help this world, full of tears, to make a transition into the Kingdom of Heaven is by possessing the heart of restoration and shedding tears.

Now, all of you understand, a true member of the Unification Church is someone who sheds tears, and a true leader is someone who sheds tears. Since there was much shedding of tears at the Fall, restoration requires tears to be shed, and in doing so one should not be centered on oneself, but should cry a lot for the sake of God and humanity. The more one sheds tears, the closer one will be to the realm of God's heart, and according to the laws of cause and effect this is how it must be.

So where is the cause of the tears? Since they originated from an individual, then the tears are on the individual level. Based on the victorious foundation of that, they should progress to the family level, and centering on victory at the family level they must be further developed out towards the clan, people, nation and the world. Do you understand what I mean? [Yes] You have not been thinking about this. However, as you find it to be true by listening to these words, those who pledge to shed tears for the sake of humanity and follow the heart of God with tears raise you hand. Please put them down. (94-324)

The eyes of the church leaders should never be dry from lack of tears. Those that are really pitiful in this world are the church leaders. Church leaders are always in sorrow. When you think about the heart of God and the course of the providence for restoration, then you would often feel that God is really miserable. When you think about what you should do to follow the path of restoration, when you think about how you cannot but walk this road because you are like that, you will often experience overwhelming sorrow and misery. Sometimes it is so overwhelming that you feel like you are going to faint. Without this kind of heart you cannot become someone who can live and work for the sake of God. When you see something bad, as you are walking around the village, you should become someone who can think, "This time I am passing by without doing anything, but just wait until the next time. I will clean up this place with my own hands." (46-298)

Your eyes must not be dried of tears. The eyes of leaders must always be filled with tears. Think about it. If you really understand me clearly and think about me, can your eyes be without tears? I was not supposed to go through suffering. I am suffering like this because the time was not ripe and the people did not fulfill their responsibility. (33-118)

Have you ever shed tears of gratitude? You should weep tears of gratitude to the extent that they flow down endlessly, falling down all around you and giving the impression that the spot that you are standing on has just been rained on. (1988.10.3)

You who have gathered here must never lose this perspective, because you are in charge of the regions. You may sometimes unconsciously feel lonely. At those moments you should realize that the loneliness is not your own loneliness but the loneliness that God is suffering through, the loneliness that the angelic world is experiencing, and the loneliness that our ancestors are going through. Every time you have this experience, you should cry on their behalf so that you can penetrate into their heart. (14-9)

Among you, there must be those who wept without other people knowing it. You may have wept grabbing onto the grass roots, pleading to God, "Oh God, please help resolve my aggrievement," or when caressing a rock cry out, "There is only You who understands it." You must know God's dreams for which He created this universe, you must understand the agony of God at the time of the Fall of Adam and Eve, and you also must know that it was the angel who had seduced them to fall and what kind of enemy he is for God. (14-10)

Before doing anything else, a patriot will wail on behalf of the people. You have to understand this; are you clear? When a patriot looks at the people, the first thing that happens to him is shedding of tears. When a filial son thinks about his parents, his eyes will swell with tears. When one buys presents for the parents, if one's tears fill their eyes as they choose the gift, then no matter how evil a parent is, he will be melted by the tears of the filial son. Isn't this how it is? True love between brothers also follows the path of tears. This is how it works.

Therefore, a religious worker cannot be short on tears. You should experience shedding tears of joy as a member comes to visit you. Then see if his shadows will disappear from the grounds there. It will not disappear. This is an indisputable reality. Those who possess love will first shed tears before anything else. (50-317)

There is only one path of survival for this nation. It will turn around when the thirty million people weep loudly and shed tears. There is no way to survive without weeping. Then who is going to move them to tears? The history of our past, when we were fighting with dripping sweat, this historical material will move them to weep. Why? Countless people have beat us, driven us out, did all sorts of evil things, ordered us around as slaves according to their whims. When the time comes, the thirty million people will come to the realization that they cannot but support the Will of God because of this fact. If ten of us went through suffering in some village, then the ten people will talk about the past. As they report to all those who gather around, "Our past experience in the village was like this. Some grandfather chased us out like this, and so and so beat us brutally with a stick...," the people in the village will break in tears, and from this moment on, the road to rebirth will be opened. (155-330)

Your eyes lack tears. You who claim to be walking the path of filial son and patriot, facing Heaven and attending the Father who is alive and full of emotions, have eyes that do not shed tears. This is not how it should be. (155-34)

Are you like that? Is your church like that? Chilly, filled with cold air, and completely dried up... This is no good. This is because you yourselves are like that. Then the leader has to repent, facing the village, saying, "You so and so village! Did you receive blessing or have you been receiving harm?" You yourself understand best your own nature. You should be having a prayer in which you ask, "The basic Principle is living centering on the way that the Teacher has taught and the way of the universe and Heaven, yet since I have not been living like that, how miserable are You who are relying on me to seek the way of Heaven. Nevertheless, wouldn't it be all right if we can look for the common course that can lead us to Heaven while you drive me on and we learn from each other?" Have you ever tried it? You should never ever have the thought when someone comes, "Oh, he is someone that will make donations; will he give generous alms? Who can be useful for me?"

I once went to Pusan for a tour. When they heard that I was coming all the young came running up to me, and the tall ones... However, behind them were some eighty-year-old grandmothers. I saw how the eighty-year-old grandmothers were following behind them weeping and wishing, "How nice would it have been if I had met the Teacher as a young person." They thought that I would give some talk that night. But I did not give it. I was up all night talking to this one grandmother. All that I talked about was... This kind of heart, this is the heart of God. This is the heart that all of you should possess. (81-327)

Your eyes are dry and without tears. While you are walking the way of faith, you must go through the experience of crying with tears, with drippings from your nose and your mouths joined together and hanging down like noodles, weeping violently and panting heavily. Do you understand ? [Yes] When you wail like that your lips will swell up. You have to shed such sad tears to the extent that the inside of the mouth all swells up. (56-36)