1) Examples of Life

When I went somewhere, you used to follow me however far away it might be, didn't you? One day a member carried rice cakes containing mugwort on his shoulder and came to the headquarters to give them to Father. He had made rice cakes three months before and he had wrapped them up with white papers in order to keep the dust off. When he opened the gift in front of Father, the rice cakes were getting musty. Although he had brought the rice cakes unfit to eat, they were worth hundreds of millions of won. It is because he had brought the rice cakes to Father with all his heart.

One day, an old man who lived in Young-Do Island near Pusan went to the Jagarchi fish market on board a small ship. He saw a large ship sailing near his small ship. He said to himself, "How wonderful it would be if we could receive Father on that ship," and he sincerely wished that it could be realized soon. He had tears in his eyes, with his hand on the tail of a fish. The old man looked somehow foolish, but he had true love within him. Love sometimes looks foolish, as one does not care about one's appearance when one loves. When you love someone truly, you don't mind being watched by others, do you? If you care, your love is merely love within a limited circle. With true love, you sometimes look foolish or are foolishly honest.

One day, another old man brought the roots of bellflower which he dug out from a remote mountain and offered them to Father with tears in his eyes. These are the examples of a life of attendance. With such lives of attendance, those people will be liberated and go to a higher place when they go to the spirit world.

You cannot imagine how much the members of the Ho-Bin Ho group did their best to attend Heaven with their sincere heart. With their sincere attendance, they had to liberate the 6,000 years of sorrows and resentment in the prince of Heaven, the True Parents of humankind, whom all of humankind had waited for through history. They were given such a mission, and they were taught to do everything by God. Thus, they prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day so as to receive the Lord whenever he came. Their sincerity cannot be expressed in words.

How many bows did they make? Usually they made three thousand bows, sometimes seven thousand bows a day. It took ten hours to make seven thousand bows and they did that from dawn, without meals. The Ho-Bin Ho group, however, could not follow God's providence to the end and finally collapsed.

Thus, the historic foundation that God prepared collapsed. It was God's hidden providence behind history. You should not forget such historic attendance, and you should attend God by inheriting their sincerity. Father walked the way of restoration with all his sincerity, and you also should walk the way of restoration, paying indemnity ten times or a hundred times more than that. You should attend God with such determination as to invest all your flesh and blood, cells and bones. This should be the way of life for Unification Church members. (23-301)

2) You Should Carry True Parents' Picture with You

Whose picture is this? (It is Father's picture.) What is this? (It is the ID card of membership in IFVOC with Father's picture on it.) Why do you carry Father's picture with you? It is because your ancestors in the spirit world will help you, since we are in the age of God's dominion now.

When the Israelites were to leave Egypt, they could avoid the calamity of the smiting of the first-born by painting the blood of a lamb on their doorposts. In the same way, you can avoid evils if you carry Father's picture with you. Spirit world can recognize the picture even if it is in your pocket. If the picture is very small, it is the same as if the Israelites did not paint the blood of the lamb or stopped painting halfway. Then, which do you prefer, a big picture or small one? (A big one!) Japanese people are embarrassed by the big picture of Father.

They are suspicious and say, "What on earth is Sun Myung Moon?" Japanese members, however, think that Father's smile is as mysterious as that of the Mona Lisa. They are confident that the mysterious figure of Father, who looks different in hundreds of thousands of ways, helps them spiritually. They actually have such spiritual experiences. Spirit persons know Father well. Are they glad to see Father's picture or not? (Yes, they are.) They will come to the picture. Thus, your ancestors are united with you through the medium of the picture.

If you carry Father's picture with you, you will not have an accident; but, if you don't, you may have one. Such things will often occur you. If you put the picture by your bedside, you will dream a happy dream. Do you believe it? (Yes, I do.) \Dr. Joseph said, "God works in mysterious ways." Father is a mysterious man. No one can fully understand Father, however deeply he or she may study him. What kind of man is the Reverend Moon? (He is a mysterious man.) That's why God accompanies the Reverend Moon.

You have learned that Father is the mediator between spirit world and this world. When a woman sees Father's picture, sometimes she does not want to see her husband. This does not mean, however, that she has moved away from her husband. Rather, she has really come closer to him.

Then is it good for you to carry Father's picture with you or not? (It is good.) Do as you like. Thus, I directed our members to carry the ID card with them. Do American people have such an ID card? Do the American people have an ID card with the president's picture on it? This kind of ID card as has never been seen in history. Did Jesus see it? (No, he didn't.) (132-190)

Now, the Reverend Moon's fame has reached the four corners of the earth. I heard that many people put the Reverend Moon's picture on the wall of their room and pay respect to it. Do you put the Reverend Moon's picture on the wall of your room, Dr. Se Won Yoon? Do you make a bow to it everyday? Do you kiss it everyday? You should kiss it passionately. It is not impolite for you to do so. When you kiss the picture, you are doing so on behalf of your father, your mother, and your ancestors. Then they have the right to participate in the same place as you are. If you want to establish such a connection through kissing the picture, God will not blame you. Don't you think so, Dr. Yoon? (Yes I do.) (171-239)

It is good for you to carry Father's picture from now on. It will protect you, whatever difficulty you may encounter. In the Old Testament Age, Moses led the Israelites away from the Pharaoh of Egypt by showing three great miracles. At that time, all the first-born of the Egyptians were smitten while the Israelites avoided the calamity with the blood of a lamb on their doorposts. Thus, spirit world is watching you, and it can protect you. (1984. 2. 7, 130-290)