1) Different from This World

What is the Unification Church? What kind of word is the word "Unification"? Until now, the things that we thought about were different, what we talked about was different, how we acted was all different. Whom should we try to resemble? We should try to resemble our subject. We are to resemble God. (1976 March 28, Belvedere Training Center)

How can you tell at once whether the Unification Church is a good church or a bad church? How can you tell whether it is a church in which you can have a relationship with your original nature that is not your fallen nature, the original nature of we human beings? Do we have to act like the people of this world? Is that so? How can you tell? Must we be the same as this world? (No.) We must differ from this world. How much should we differ? We must be 100 per cent different. (1971 May 7, Central Training Institute)

The Unification Church did not emerge in this world to follow suit and become one with this world. Something must differ. Therefore, it must emerge with something to pursue with the original mind of mankind, with an ideal standard. The final destination that man should pursue is to be restored as man before the fall in the Garden of Eden and to settle there and live. Thus, even though man fell, the original mind constantly pulls him toward that place. (1968 July 14, former Headquarters Church)

When we view things in terms of the theory of the Unification Church, the world that we are pointing to is not the world of Satan. It is the Kingdom of Heaven, the world that God aims for. The world that God desires is essentially different from the Satanic world. The quality is different. If one heads west, the other must go east. If one goes south, where must the other go? It must go north.

If we think about men and women, the logic that women ought to do what men do and men ought to do what women do also makes sense. People eat and sleep, but we must work; while people play we must battle, and while people go take a rest, we must be conscripted. Do you understand conscription? It is being required to go and serve.

As this world is a world of resentment, we will never compromise with the way that these resentful people believe is good; rather, the Unification Church will go the opposite path. The Unification Church is the opposite of this world. You must know that. We will frantically go the way of this world, is that right? [No.] Then what will we do? We will frantically go the opposite way. When others sleep, we will? [Not sleep.] When we don't sleep? [We will work.] (Laugh) Take a look. In this world, people eat and sleep, etc., but if we eat and sleep like these people, we won't be able to restore things even after 6,000 years.

Thus, you must all think about this. Those who wish to eat and live like others while going this path are truly mad persons. That means externally insane. Externally. \Don't eat while others eat, don't sleep while others do, but accomplish more quickly. This is Father's style. Do you understand? (May 31, Central Training Institute)