Michael Balcomb
October 18, 2013
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Following is another report from our International Headquarters about an important meeting of young leaders with True Mother during her speaking tour in Japan. Please share it with your families.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Balcomb
President
Young Japanese Leaders in Tokyo Meet with True Mother
October 17, 2013
Approximately 90 second-generation Unificationists from the Japanese church and CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles) were treated to True Mother’s guidance in Tokyo on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Present were several of True Mother’s family members, including her daughter, Sun Jin Moon, son-in-law In Sup Park, her daughter, Yeon Jin Moon, and her daughter-in-law, Yeon Ah Choi. In addition, 11 out of 12 Blessed couples who had formed the church in Japan in 1958 attended the assembly. True Mother spoke longer that day than at any other occasion.
True Mother leads a toast at the luncheon for the young Japanese leaders.
In her speech, True Mother said, "A shortcut to becoming rich is to do witnessing." She emphasized the value and significance of witnessing by saying, "Being rich on earth is temporal, but the path to become eternally rich in the eternal spirit world is to do witnessing."
She also said, "Today, by listening to the testimonies of the Japanese second-generation who hold public missions, I feel that the future of the Unification movement is bright, and we have hope." She then explained the meaning and importance of "creation of environment," which was the first thing she taught church members after True Father's Seonghwa.
Another theme of her speech was about the background and the purpose of holding the "Top Gun Workshop" in Korea for second-generation leaders, parallel to the workshop given for the missionaries sent out to the world in the 1970's. She said the main point of the workshop was "Before you can hope to control the cosmos, you must learn to control yourself."
She earnestly asked the participants to establish a new tradition of attending to and going together with first-generation members while inheriting the heart and tradition established by the first generation.
True Mother addresses an assembly of more than 90 young Japanese leaders in Tokyo.
Her purpose of visiting Japan this time, she explained, was to establish Japan as a nation that would accomplish its responsibility for the sake of the world and be loved and respected by the world. She encouraged them by saying the future of Japan would be very bright when Japan could establish indemnity conditions in a right way so that it can be united with Heavenly Parents and True Parents. She also said it is the Second generation, Third generation and the Blessed families of the Unification Church that hold such an important role.
She concluded her message with: "Japanese people and their leaders must realize it is a great honor and source of pride for them to have the Japanese Blessed families, second and third gens." She emphasized that the members must make all efforts so that Japan can become a nation for the world and enjoy love and respect from the world, not only through the external success of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 but also with the internal victory of Vision 2020.
Note: The words posted above constitute a translation of True Parents’ talk on Oct. 15, 2013. The text cannot be published as a definitive text and should never be used in the future as an "official" publication of True Parent's words. However, they do provide a good idea of the "spirit" of the message.