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Una Iglesia Aconfesional ÍNDICE Prefacio .......................................... 11 I. LA COMIDA ES AMOR .......................... 15 Aprendí lo que era la paz mientras mi padre me llevaba a cuestas .................................... 17 La alegría de alimentar a otros ........................... 22 Ser amigo de todos .................................... 26 Una buena brújula para orientar mi vida. 30 Un niño testarudo que jamás se daba por vencido. 37 Amar la naturaleza y aprender de ella .................... 42 Hablar del universo con los insectos. 49 Un estudiante apasionado .............................. 52 II. MI CORAZÓN ES COMO UN RÍO DE LÁGRIMAS . 55 Entre el miedo y la inspiración .......................... 57 Cuanto más te duela, más debes amar .................... 62 Un cuchillo que no se afile no cortará .................... 66 La llave para descubrir un gran secreto ................... 70 Como una bola de fuego ardiente. 74 Me hice amigo de los trabajadores compartiendo sus sufrimientos ....................................... 77 El tranquilo mar del corazón. 82 «No te mueras, por favor» .............................. 85 Una orden que debe ser obedecida. 90 Un grano de arroz es mayor que la Tierra ................. 98 El campo de concentración de Heungnam nevado ......... 103 Las tropas de la ONU abren las puertas del campo de concentración ...................................... 108 III. ENRIQUECIMIENTO INTERIOR GANADO CON ESFUERZO Y SUFRIMIENTO ............... 113 «Tú eres mi maestro espiritual» ......................... 115 El apuesto loco que vive junto al pozo. 120 Una iglesia aconfesional ............................... 124 Dos universidades expulsan a estudiantes y profesores ..... 129 De las ramas chamuscadas crecen nuevos brotes .......... 133 Aprendemos de nuestras heridas ........................ 137 Lo más importante es la sinceridad de corazón ............ 140 IV. INICIANDO NUESTRA MISIÓN MUNDIAL ...... 147 Sigo la senda de Dios sin pensar en mi propia vida ......... 149 Dinero ganado honradamente, y usado piadosamente ...... 152 El poder de la danza mueve el mundo ................... 155 Ángeles que abren paso por un bosque oscuro ............ 158 Gira mundial ......................................... 162 Último avión a los Estados Unidos ...................... 165 Nuestro futuro reside en el mar ......................... 170 Mi esperanza es que haya una nueva revolución en EE.UU. 175 La manifestación frente al Monumento a Washington, en 1976 . 179 «No lloréis por mí, llorad por el mundo» ................. 184 «¿Por qué mi padre tiene que ir a prisión?» ............... 187 FOTOS DE MI VIDA .............................. 191 V. LAS FAMILIAS QUE AMAN PUEDEN CAMBIAR EL MUNDO .................................... 225 Mi esposa, Hak Ja Han ................................. 227 Una belleza interior incomparable ....................... 232 Promesas que nunca deben romperse .................... 238 Amar es dar y olvidar .................................. 243 La familia pacífica es la piedra angular del Cielo ........... 246 Diez años de lágrimas derriten el corazón de un suegro .... 249 El auténtico significado del matrimonio .................. 253 El verdadero amor reside en una verdadera familia .............257 Dejando un legado de amor ............................ 260 VI. EL AMOR TRAERÁ LA UNIFICACIÓN .......... 265 El poder de la religión para hacer mejor a la gente ......... 267 El río no rechaza las aguas que confluyen en él ............ 274 «Permita la libertad religiosa en la Unión Soviética» ....... 278 La unificación de Corea traerá consigo la unificación mundial . 285 Mi encuentro con el presidente Kim Il Sung .............. 289 Se puede dividir la tierra, pero no a su gente .............. 295 Ni con pistolas ni con espadas, sino con amor verdadero ... 301 VII. EL FUTURO DE COREA ES EL FUTURO DEL MUNDO ................................. 305 La armonía mundial empieza en la península coreana ...... 307 De tierra de sufrimiento y lágrimas, a tierra de paz y amor .. 313 El objetivo de la religión del siglo XXI ................... 317 La cultura expresa la creatividad divina .................. 322 El señor de los mares y el futuro del mundo .............. 327 Grandes oportunidades en la era oceánica ................ 330 Un simple diente de león es más valioso que el oro ......... 335 La solución a la pobreza y el hambre ..................... 340 Algo más que caridad para acabar con el hambre .......... 345 VIII. UN NUEVO SUEÑO PARA LA JUVENTUD ..... 349 Descubrir vuestra meta cambiará vuestra vida ............ 351 Abarcad el mundo entero .............................. 355 Todo lo que tenemos nos lo ha prestado el Cielo ........... 359 La felicidad está en vivir por los demás ................... 363 Soñemos con un mundo en paz ......................... 366 Prefacio na lluvia persistente de primavera cayó durante toda la noche, poniendo fin a la sequía invernal. Me alegró tanto ver la lluvia que estuve toda la mañana paseando Upor el jardín. Del suelo venía ese fragante olor a tierra húmeda que había extrañado todo el invierno, y en los sauces llorones y en los cerezos aparecían claros signos de nuevos brotes primave- rales. Podía escuchar los sonidos de esa nueva vida, que brotaba aquí y allá por todo el jardín. Mi esposa, que había salido detrás mío sin que yo lo notara, recogía pequeños brotes de artemisa1 que habían logrado asomar sobre la hierba seca. La lluvia de la noche anterior había convertido el mundo en un fragante jardín primaveral. Por mucha confusión que haya en el mundo, cuando llega marzo la primavera está a la vuelta de la esquina. Cuanto más mayor me hago, más valoro que en la naturaleza la primavera siga al invierno y traiga consigo flores en todo su esplendor. ¿Quién soy yo para que Dios haga nacer flores y caer la nieve cada año, para hacerme sentir feliz por estar vivo? Un desbor- dante amor surge desde lo más recóndito de mi corazón y la emoción me invade. No puedo contener las lágrimas al pensar que todo lo que es verdaderamente valioso me ha sido dado gra- tuitamente. 1 Arbusto con propiedades medicinales. 12 Sun Myung Moon: una vida consagrada a la paz A lo largo de toda mi vida, he dado varias veces la vuelta al mundo, esforzándome por lograr un mundo de paz, pero es aquí, en este jardín primaveral, donde puedo saborear la verda- dera paz. Una paz que también nos fue otorgada por Dios, pero que hemos perdido en alguna parte, y que ahora nos pasamos la vida buscando en los lugares equivocados. Para lograr la paz en el mundo he pasado mi vida yendo a los lugares más humildes y retirados. Conocí a madres africa- nas que sólo podían contemplar con impotencia cómo sus hijos morían de hambre, y me encontré con padres sudamericanos que vivían junto a ríos repletos de peces, pero que no podían sustentar a sus familias con la pesca. Al principio, lo único que hice fue compartir con ellos mi comida, pero a cambio ellos me brindaron su amor. Embriagado por la fuerza del amor, empecé a plantar semillas y a cultivar bosques. Juntos pescamos para alimentar a aquellos niños hambrientos y usamos los árboles para construir escuelas. Era feliz pescando toda la noche, aunque los mosquitos me pica- ran en todo el cuerpo. Era feliz aún con mis rodillas hundidas en el lodo, porque veía desaparecer la sombra de la desesperación del rostro de mi prójimo. Buscando el camino más corto a un mundo de paz, me he con- sagrado a inspirar cambios en la política y en la forma de pensar de la gente. Me reuní con el entonces presidente Gorbachov, de la ex Unión Soviética, como parte de mis esfuerzos por lograr la reconciliación entre el comunismo y la democracia, y me entre- visté también con el entonces presidente Kim Il Sung, de Corea del Norte, para discutir a fondo la manera de poner paz en la península coreana. Fui a unos Estados Unidos sumidos en plena decadencia moral, y actué como bombero en una emergencia, intentando revivir el espíritu puritano. Me consagré a resolver numerosos conflictos en el mundo. En mi trabajo por la paz entre musul- manes y judíos, no me detuvo el terrorismo reinante en la zona. Como fruto de esos esfuerzos, miles de judíos, musulmanes y cristianos se unieron en manifestaciones y marchas por la paz. Prefacio 13 Por desgracia, los conflictos aún continúan. Sin embargo, veo con esperanza que está a punto de empezar una era de paz en Corea, mi patria. La península coreana ha soportado sufrimien- tos interminables y una trágica división, pero ahora siento en todo mi ser que aquí hay una poderosa energía almacenada a punto de estallar. Igual que nadie puede impedir que llegue de nuevo la primavera, ningún poder humano impedirá que la for- tuna celestial llegue a la península de Corea y se extienda por el mundo. La humanidad ha de estar preparada para alzarse con la marea de la fortuna celestial cuando llegue. Soy una persona polémica. La sola mención de mi nombre genera revuelo en el mundo. Nunca he buscado dinero ni fama, me he pasado la vida hablando únicamente de paz. Sin embargo, he sido etiquetado con insultos, rechazado y apedreado. Muchos no están interesados en saber lo que digo ni lo que hago, sólo buscan oponerse. He sido encarcelado injustamente seis veces en mi vida, bajo el colonialismo del imperio japonés, por el régimen comunista norcoreano de Kim Il Sung, durante el gobierno de Syngman Rhee en Corea del Sur e incluso en los Estados Unidos; a veces fui golpeado con tanta saña que mi carne se desgarró. Hoy, sin embargo, no guardo ni la más pequeña herida en mi corazón. Las heridas antiguas desaparecen fácilmente en presencia del verdadero amor. Hasta los enemigos desaparecen sin dejar ras- tro cuando hay amor verdadero. El verdadero amor es el impulso del corazón de dar, dar y querer seguir dando. El verdadero amor se olvida incluso de lo que ya dio, y vuelve a dar. He vivido toda mi vida embriagado de ese amor. No he deseado nada que no fuese amor, y he dado todo mi ser para compartirlo con mi prójimo empobrecido. A veces, la senda del amor ha sido tan difícil que mis rodillas no me sostenían, pero incluso entonces me sentía feliz amando a la humanidad. Todavía hoy me siento lleno de un amor que aún no he podido dar.
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