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October 2003 UnificationUnification NewsNews $2 Volume 22, No. 10 T HE N EWSPAPER OF THE U NIFICATION C OMMUNITY October 2003 INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL Inaugural Assembly: Founding of the IIPC GRAEME CARMICHAEL by Robert S. Kittel practices for addressing critical global City where 304 delegates, problems by being the leader in the including 52 guests from he Interreligious and Inter- moral or spiritual conscience in lead- the United Nations-all togeth- national Peace Council ership governance." She further explained er representing 149 nations- (IIPC)," said H.E. Debbie that the eternal values derived from attended the 4-day Inau- H. Remengesau, First Lady religious teachings not only establish gural Assembly with the of the Republic of Palau, a strong moral value system for this theme, "Global Governance ‘T"can improve existing methods and life, but also prepare people for a New Realm of Peace." for the eternal life in the The Interreligious and Inter- spiritual world. national Federation for World The IIPC was founded Peace (IIFWP), founded by on October 3rd in New York Rev. Sun Myung Moon, see IIPC on page 7 Interreligious and "PEACE UNDER ONE GOD" International Rally for Peace and United Nations October 3, 2003 Reconciliation Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York p. 10 Unification News FOUNDER’S DISCOURSE ON UNIFICATIONISM Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon This speech was given at the New Yorker Hotel, Founder's Address • Inaugural Assembly New York City, NY, USA, October 3, 2003. espected guests, over the past 50 years, as humanity has experienced many tri- als and wars, both locally and interna- The New Elimination tionally, it has placed its trust in the Unit- ed Nations as the only institution that GRAEME CARMICHAEL Rcould address these issues on a global scale. How- ever, the world we live in today has reached a point where the United Nations, as it currently exists, can- not successfully address this enormous challenge. Likewise, although the United States has emerged as the world's lone superpower, it does not have the capacity to deal with the crises that we confront today. We must conclude that political, economic, and military power, by themselves, cannot meet the critical challenges of the day. Today I would like to take this precious opportu- nity to speak on the topic " The New Elimination of Boundaries and World Peace" and convey to you Heaven's message for this age. Truly, this is a joy- ful, historic, and providential declaration before the hundreds of billions of human beings now living on earth and in the spirit world. Today, on every level, boundaries cause division and conflict. If we can eliminate all the boundaries in this world, a world of peace would inevitably come about. We must recognize who owns those bound- aries. Clearly, it is not God. It was the devil, Satan, who first created boundaries. are sure to become a key player in bringing about a Wherever a boundary exists, world of peace. C ALENDAR there is always the devil and Respected guests, when and where are bound- his cohorts. This is a result of aries formed? Boundaries first take shape within OCTOBER 2003 the Human Fall, when the first ourselves. They form in places where our hearts find 3 Foundation Day for the Nation of the Unified World (1988) human ancestors switched their something disagreeable, where our bodies find some- 4 Foundation for the Support of HSA-UWC (1963) lineage, and good and evil began thing disagreeable, where we find our own actions to diverge from each other. When to be disagreeable, and where we find our own words Day of Victory of Heaven (1976) we look at the division between to be disagreeable. When, in response to our five 5 Proclamation of Total Liberation and Unification between the East and the West, we see senses, our mind and body are in disharmony, bound- the Physical World and the Spiritual World (1998) that different cultural spheres aries of all sorts come into being. Please take a moment Sang Ship Jeol: Double 10 Day (1999) have led to antagonism at their to consider all the different kinds of boundaries, both 11 Father’s father’s Ascension (1954) boundaries and that the devil large and small, that fill our lives. is encamped there. It was Satan, If you are determined to practice the maxims "Don't Opening of Cheonsung Wanlim Palace Center (1999) not God, who created bound- have enemies" and "Don't create boundaries," there 13 Shin Myung Nim’s Birthday (9/8/86) aries, by digging all sorts of may come a time when you will need to pluck out 14 6000 Couples’ Blessing (1982) traps and enmeshing people in one of your own eyes. This is because it is possible 16 In Sup Nim’s Birthday (9/11/72) racial discrimination and evil to have two kinds of eyes. If you have an eye that 21 Shin Eh Nim’s Birthday (9/16/89) cultures, histories, and tradi- says, "This is nice, and that is nice, too," and likes tions. God's desire is for a world everything it sees, good and bad, then a huge bound- 777 Couples’ Blessing (1970) of goodness and unity -- a world ary will form in that eye, separating how that eye 23 Shin Mi Nim’s Birthday (9/18/77) of oneness in which all human- sees the world from how God sees the world. The Shin Ok Nim’s Birthday (9/18/89) ity lives as one great family. same is true with our hearing. On the one hand, we 25 Hwa Yun Nim’s Birthday (9/20/77) Boundaries have no place in like listening to words of goodness and truth, while such a world. In a world with- on the other, we also listen to the evil words of the 27 Young Jin Nim’s Ascension (1999) out boundaries, there can be world and conform ourselves to them. When we do 29 Shin Pal Nim’s Birthday (9/24/98) no enemies. The concept of this, we create boundaries in our ears. 30 6500 Couples’ Blessing (1988) "enemy" entails the existence When I initiated the Unification Church, I did not of boundaries. forbid our members from listening to popular songs NOVEMBER 2003 When we love our enemies even though many Christians banned such music. 3 Daemo-nim’s Ascension (1989) and make oneness with them, The issue is not whether the music is a popular or 5 True Children’s Day (10/1/60) the boundaries between us will classical piece, but whether the person singing a par- 8 Shin Sun Nim’s Birthday (10/4/90) collapse. That is why God's ticular song is able to digest its content correctly. 10 Shin Hoon Nim’s Birthday (10/6/94) strategy and tactic has always Good and evil are not determined by genre. The ques- been" Love your enemy." There tion is whether singing a particular song eliminates 11 Yun Ah Nim’s Birthday (10/7/78) can be no greater strategy for an existing boundary or creates a new one. If a per- 18 Shin Ha Nim’s Birthday (10/14/98) peace than this. Throughout son is able to build a bridge of true love that is pleas- Shin Chool Nim’s Birthday (10/14/99) history, this incredible fact has ing to God, then it does not matter what kind of song 22 Jin Whi Nim’s Birthday (10/18/63) escaped humanity's under- he sings, whether it is a popular song or even a song Shin Young Nim’s Birthday (10/18/86) standing, and it has yet to be whose words are in some exotic language. grasped even in modern times. From this perspective, the fact that the bound- 23 Tiempos Del Mundo Established (1996) Today, I tell you clearly that aries found in your environment are the result of 27 Heung Jin Nim’s Birthday (10/23/66) God's strategy and tactic for sensations received through your five senses as well 28 Hye Shin Nim’s Birthday (1963) human salvation is to love your as everything that has been passed down to you 29 3.6 Million & 36 Million Couples’ Blessing (1997) enemy. You and the members through the ladder of historical tradition means that of the Unification Church who it is not by your own choice that you find yourselves DECEMBER 2003 have followed me until now are belonging to Satan's domain. In other words, if there 1 Declaration of the Opening of the Gate for the Blessing of the representatives of history were no boundaries in our lives, we could stand on the Spiritual World (1997) as well as of the current world God's side. Please remember that Satan is a king 4 Opening of Columbia Road Church (1977) who now know Heaven's incred- who has used every means possible to create bound- ible secret. Our responsibility aries in our lives, and that God is the King who hates 14 Shin Pyung Nim’s Birthday (11/11/96) now is to inherit this principle, boundaries more than anything else. 18 Summit Council for World Peace Inaugurated (1981) put it into practice, and become As you know, the Korean peninsula where I was 22 35 Previously Married Couples’ Blessing (1976) a true human being. If you born is still divided between North and South near 26 Un Jin Nim’s Birthday (11/23/67) accomplish these things, you the 38th Parallel. Those who like having this divi- Unification News FOUNDER’S DISCOURSE ON UNIFICATIONISM Interreligious and International Peace Council of Boundaries and World Peace sion along the 38th Paral- ating a true family.
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