Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) was a Korean religious leader who, together with his wife Hak Ja Han, founded the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church.
At the age of 16, on Easter morning in 1936, Moon experienced a mystical encounter with Jesus during deep prayer. In this vision, he was instructed to take up Jesus' unfinished work and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. Over the years that followed, Moon had numerous spiritual experiences in which he received revelations of the Divine Principle, a text that illuminates God's nature, his purpose of creation, and his work throughout history up to the present day.
Moon's teachings, centered on the Divine Principle, emphasize the importance of family, marriage, and restoring divine order. He is particularly known for the mass marriage ceremonies he conducted, uniting couples from diverse cultures in a symbolic act of promoting peace and unity.
In the late 1990s, the Unification Church officially became the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, refocusing its mission on global peace, human development, and interfaith dialogue. Moon also founded several NGOs, such as the Universal Peace Federation and the Women's Federation for World Peace, which hold consultative status with the United Nations and work on peace initiatives aligned with his vision.
Despite facing criticism during his lifetime, Moon's teachings and organizations continue to influence global peace efforts today.
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The path of following Heaven’s Will in a state of empathy with God is not one that many people can find through common sense. I would like to tell you, however, that a person who opens his or her original mind and exercises keen insight can discover a new consciousness by which to perceive the spirit world and the Will of God, who is alive and carries out His work in the world of reality.
There is nothing I do that my conscience does not know about; it sees everything. The conscience objects whenever the body schemes to do something wrong.
The more we approach God, following our conscientious minds, the more we can feel peace, happiness and fulfillment within our hearts. If we follow God’s love, which is the womb of peace, our internal organs will receive stimulation and vibrate with emotion. After living our lives in this way, we will end them gloriously and with confidence.
Although human beings are descended from the Fall, we were created originally with a dual structure, so that we can resemble the Original Parents and freely convey and enjoy vertical and horizontal love. Our mind, or heart, is our vertical self. To this day people live in distress because they do not have a correct understanding of the mind. Buddhism and Confucianism have struggled to clarify the identity of the mind and heart, however it is impossible to understand the heart without correctly understanding the identity of God.
It (Peace) depends on whether one can become a harmonious being, with mind and body in harmony and unity and one’s original mind at the center. When a person comes to have the heart of God and True Parents, he or she can begin to live fully for the sake of others and consistently lead a life where true love is at the center, a life in which the person can achieve true peace.
Because of this conflict, the ideal of the true human potential has been hidden away in a dense fog and trapped behind a high fence. We must generate a wind of truth and love that is strong enough to sweep the fog away. We must tear down the mighty fence between our mind and body that stands so high as to pierce the sky. The course of overcoming this struggle is our destiny.
When people are confident, they have a place deep in their hearts where the soul can feel comfortable. Your mind should find the way to this place. When it has slept away some of its fatigue, it will become sensitive again. If you use this moment to focus your mind without any other thoughts in your head, then you will be able to figure everything else out. Thus, you must meditate and pray.
Some people try to grow spiritually, develop their own spititual life and reach God through meditation, self-discipline, etc. This is very stupid. The one who goes to God fastest and achives the closest position is the one who loves others and witnesses to them in order to bring them to God. You can grow much faster snd develop much mor quickly. Don't just meditate for you own spirit. You may draw some spirits, but not God. No matter how much you pray, it doesn't do much good if you are only centered upon yourself. Allways love others.
God dwells where there is total unity. Where would you want to meet God? At the top of a hill? In New York? The place to meet God is in your heart and mind.
If you make yourself a dwelling place of God then you do not have to go to God; God will come to you.
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