TODAY’S WORLDDECEMBER 2005 International President’s Message Dr. Kwak Chung-hwan Universal Peace Federation: The Way Forward Dr. Kwak's report on November 29, at Hannam-dong ello, everyone. I hope you have been well. Before I asked him to shorten the time for testimonies, and were scold- begin my report I cannot help but thank True Parents ed. When we listen to the speech we feel that after five min- for remaining so healthy despite a speaking tour that utes he speaks as if he is being pulled by some force, wholly Hdeserves to be recorded in the Guinness World Records. I devoted to it. He has said that even if he wants to speak just would like to offer applause in gratitude to True Parents, who for a short time he cannot. I do not even need to mention the have been victorious in planting grace in the world. Shin-joon pressure this exerts on his legs and indeed his whole body. nim has not arrived here yet, but after thanking True Parents, Most notably, Father’s legs swell up. There is little time to rest we have to thank Shin-joon nim. The family ideal of three and much stress and strain, but Father and Mother conceal generations has been emphasized and practiced even amid the their difficulty and devote themselves completely. Please feel tight schedule and significant accomplishment: He has been in your hearts how hard they are working, though you are sharing in the suffering and joy. Just think about it; he is not already praying for them. even two years old yet, but he has kept up with our relentless Before we began the tour Father explained the significance schedule. He had to wake up at dawn, and he attended all and content of the tour, but after travelling around I could the gatherings. He clapped harder than any others so he must learn more; Father taught me more. have gotten tired, don’t you think so? He expressed the filial In summary, this historic tour is, first, to proclaim the estab- piety of giving honor to True Parents. We should offer our lishment and settlement of the Universal Peace Federation (the gratitude to him when he comes. Without Shin-joon nim, we Abel UN), followed by proclaiming the substantial foundation would surely have been even more harried than we were. He in 120 selected nations and making that foundation stable…. made a great contribution whether the occasion was official or We have to complete everything by 2013. The practical unofficial. True Parents always longed to see him, and Shin- work we have to do in each nation within that period is to joon nim was also one in heart and body with True Parents appoint thirty times the number of ambassadors for peace as throughout the tour…. there are members of parliament or congress. Then thirty men Each morning, hoondokhwae takes at least two hours, and women ambassadors for peace can internally guide each sometimes four hours; so that itself can be very strenuous for lawmaker, centering on God’s worldview, and, externally, Father. However, Father gives his speech at the official event cooperate, assist and become the base for establishing the pivot and at other times he does not rest but offers conditions. His of the nation. After that each nation should select a number of speech is his teaching, which he put together word by word; ambassadors for peace corresponding to one and a half times Father reads it several times a day. How much time is that the number of lawmakers, from among those already selected. all together? Everyone, just think about that. With setting These will be the Abel-type and model ambassadors for peace, conditions like that, along with doing hoondokhwae in every who will create the peace council on the national level. country, there are times when they cannot have breakfast These people can organize the peace council at the provin- before getting on the plane and other times when they go to cial, county and district levels. Between five and seven mem- the airport immediately after breakfast. Right after they arrive bers of the national-level peace council may then be selected to in a country there is the evening event, which varies according establish the peace council at the continental level. After that, to the local situation. Despite the tension and the unremitting one or two model and representative ambassadors for peace schedule, he gave a speech which could be read in forty min- from each country may be selected to create the world-level utes in an hour and twenty minutes and an hour and thirty peace council—and this will be the Abel UN. In other words, minutes in two places where the event was broadcast live. they create the peace council of the Universal Peace Federa- Apart from that, it was rare for him to finish within two hours. tion. This will be like the General Assembly of the United The longest time Father spoke was five hours, in Ireland. Nations. He spoke for three hours and fifteen minutes in Hong Kong Father announced that the general assembly of the Abel UN yesterday. He continues on such a tough schedule. We rashly is the body in which one or two representative ambassadors CONTINUED ON PAGE 14....INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 2 Today’s World December 2005 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 10 TODAY’S THEWORLD PROVIDENCE MONTHLY True Parents & True Family Annotated Dispatches ...............................................................21 Those who virtually toured with True Parents through the The Eighteenth Foundation Day dispatches being sent out got a sense that UPF will be a plat- for the Cosmic, Unified Nation .................................................4 form for increased activity of public figures. We used the dis- patches as a basis to highlight a few of the people who have Korean Text of “God’s Ideal Family— accepted the role of ambassador for peace. The Model for World Peace” ....................................................10 Father has been pouring out his heart through one speech in Breaking New Ground in Yeosu............................................34 nations around the world for more than three months. Real- Father has been the inspiration behind a project that will izing that many of our readers would have trouble obtain- develop an area near the sea on Korea's south coast. The ing the text in its original Korean, we have included it in its president of the company carrying the project out explains entirety. how some local citizens reacted to this. International President's Message Revival of Nations The Universal Peace Federation: The Way Forward Something to Take Away with Them....................................27 A report on remarkable events during the world tour.........2 Father’s appearance in a country was a happy interruption of our settled lives. For many of us it was a refreshing chance Walk of Faith to exercise spiritual “muscles” we hadn’t used in a while. Become an Everyday Mediator.................................................32 Island of Turmoil and Liberation...........................................29 Many of us have liberated ancestors, but how many of us Father came to nations at different points in their develop- have had experiences living with them? Here is the experi- ment. In Palau, he stirred up the whole island including the ence of someone who set out to coexist with her absolute national leader’s extended family. good ancestors and the results that followed. A Win–Win Situation ................................................................30 Bridges A decade and a half ago, Father matched Western and East- ern European countries. Originally Father had been slated to Dispatches from the Heart.......................................................16 go to either Italy or Romania, the country it was matched to, The character of this world tour is significantly different but not both. One couple would feel like winners either way. from ones True Parents have done in the past. One differ- ence is in the immediacy and the intimacy of the reports we Guide to Volume 26....................................................................38 are receiving. In an article based on an interview with the Ten years from now, if you want to find that article on source of those reports, we touch upon the oft-considered Unificationist burial practices or the one that included the but impossible “If only I were you.” story of a member who survived a boat capsizing, the yearly index is the place to start. Let's Keep In Touch! Please don't hesitate to contact us with your thoughts or opinions; all our contact details are below. We love hearing from readers. Also, if you have had an experience that was meaningful to you, it may powerfully affect another reader half a world away. Please submit your story by mail, e-mail or fax to the magazine today. Cover Photo: True Parents with the vice president of Taiwan, Lu Hsiu-lien, in Taipei on November 30; inset: the event in Cambodia PUBLISHER: Dr. Kwak Chung-hwan TODAY'S WORLD is a publication of the international offices of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU). Founded in EDITORIAL ADVISORS: Rev. Kim Zin-moon 1980 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Today's World is published mainly for members and associates of FFWPU. A source of information, insight Kaye Allen and inspiration for its readers, and a forum for the exchange of news and experiences, the magazine facilitates a sharing of heart among Family MANAGING EDITOR: Julian Gray Federation members and friends. (The views expressed are therefore not necessarily the official views of FFWPU or its founders.) ASSISTANT EDITOR: David Beard DESIGN & LAYOUT: Alireza Alhoui Members and close associates of the Family Federation generally address or refer to Rev.