Why do you like Reverend Moon when you meet him? Why do you feel that way? You feel that way because through him, more than through your spouses, your national leaders and your other teachers, you feel you get closer to the heavenly principles. It's not his human accomplishment; it's just the way of truth. Love must precede education. There was love before the Creation. That is the truth. All things, including human beings composed of all things, want to return to God's love. That's the truth. All of you are like that too. Which do you prefer, to die in God's love or to die without it? Which do you prefer? [To die in God's love] You will choose to die in God's love. So, do you feel confident about dying in God's love? [Yes] Raise your hands if you believe that. If you believe it, your flesh and blood will be the flesh and blood and energy sources of your people. Isn't that so? All good leaders want to die for love. What is the most important lesson to teach in education? The most important lesson is: "If you have to die, die for love." This lesson is more important than a degree from Harvard University. Do you understand what I am saying? [Yes] What do you think we the Unification Church should do? What do you think we should do? "Let's die for the highest love, the love for God and humanity;" that's what we should do. The movement was put into motion, and the direction set, for this purpose. Men and women were created for this purpose, fathers and mothers began everything for this purpose, sons and daughters began everything for this purpose, everything in the universe was given as a gift of love for this purpose. This is the only lesson there is in our education. There is no more. If you live by this principle, you will stand firm before God without shame. Do you understand this? [Yes] Now, God is in Heaven, an ideal Heaven. Who can live in Heaven close to God? One who is like God himself. If God says love your enemy, then the person who does everything to love his enemy is the one who sits close to God in Heaven. How is it, isn't that so? [Yes, it is so] Don't you like that? How about that? (laughter) Looking at it this way, what is the most important lesson in education? What is the most important cultivation of mind? In all education and the cultivation of mind, we must learn and cultivate to love the enemy. That's the only conclusion. Patience in Chinese character consists of a dagger above a heart. Did you know that? That's the meaning. If you want to accomplish a large task, you must endure the dagger hundreds, thousands, and millions of times.
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