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Mar 28, 2015
The World Peace Blessing
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1. The Meaning of the Blessing
1) The Three Great Blessings
“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Genesis 1: 28
Be fruitful To grow to maturity as an individual
MultiplyMarry, have children and raise a loving family
Take dominion over the creationExercise a loving stewardship over the material world
(a) The Pair System and Give and Take Action
ObjectSubject
giving receiving
receiving giving
Forces for existence, development and reproduction.
Mind
Husband
Elder
Parent
Teacher
Leader
Body
Wife
Younger
Child
Student
Follower
The subject and object each exist for the sake of the other.
Nothing exists independently. Everything is created to exist through reciprocal relationships as part of a pair system.
God
ObjectSubject
Union
(b) The Four Position Foundation
Origin
Division
Union
i. Be Fruitful
God
BodyMind
True Self
Subject Object
Subject
Object - Partner of love for God
God dwells in the individual whose mind and body unite in a life of love for God and others.
(c) The Three Great Blessings
ii. Multiply
Object - God dwells in the family where husband and wife live for God, each other and their children and where the family lives for the society, nation and world.
Family
Society
Nation
World
God
WifeHusband
Children
Subject Object
Subject
iii. Take Dominion over the Creation
Object
- partner for God to loveObject
God
Environ-ment
Human Beings
Ideal World
Subject
2) The Four Great Realms of Heart
(a) Heart
The emotional impulse to strive for joy by finding and loving an object
The essence of God‘s nature= =
Subject ObjectJoy
Love must have an object partner – we are God‘s partners
To love is to live for the sake of others,sacrifice and take responsibility for love.
(b) The Four Great Realms of Heart
God
Children
Husband
Wife
Brother
Son
Sister
Daughter
Parent realm of heart
Conjungal realm of heart
Brother and Sister realm of heart
Children’s realm of heart
3) The Five Life Roles
1. True Man and Woman
2. True Husband and Wife
3. True Parent
4. True Teacher
5. True Owner
A Family-Centred Message
The Family Federation for World Peaceand Unification
1……1……
2……2……
3……3……
4) The Definition of the Family
Grand Parents
Children
Father MotherParents
i. The Family should be thought of as having at least three generations
1.
2.
3.
Current society tends to ignore the elderly
True True LoveLove
God
True Life True Life Children
True True LineageLineage
Husband Wife
ii. The Family is the starting point of Love, Life and Lineage
iii. The Family is the basic unit of the
Heavenly Kingdom
Building the Kingdom of Heaven in this physical world through true families.
The Family is the foundation of the Kingdom of Heaven.
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16: 18-20
2. What went wrong?
The Reality of our World
Conflict Race, religion, nationality, resources
Starvation
Disease
Ignorance
Births Outside Marriage
Sweden – 50%
France – 35%
U.S. – 30%
Ideal and Fall
God
Man
Perfect Person
Ideal and Fall
God
Man
Perfect Person
God
Man
Fallen Person
Ideal and Fall
God
Man
Perfect Person
God
Man
Fallen Person
God
ManSatan
God
BodyMind
Person
God
Love in the Family extended to the world
WifeHusband
Children
God
CreationPerson
World
SatanSatan SatanSatan SatanSatan
The Human Fallloss of Love, Life and Lineage
“I set before you this day a blessing and a curse” (Deut 11:26)
Spiritually mature,a person of true love
Responsible mastery and dominion of the
natural world
Expulsion from paradise
Masaccio Fresco 1427 Florenz - Santa Maria del Carmine
The Content of the Fall
Illicit love starting from the false parents, Adam and Eve
God
Illicit Love
False Family
False Father
False Mother
EveAdam
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
John 8: 44
The Fall is the cause of Human Misery
A contradictory nature
A tendency to indulge their physical desires
A selfish desire to misuse nature and material things
Ignorance of God and spiritual existence
Fallen human beings have:
God
Christ
ManSatan
I am the way , and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me
John 14:6
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil
I John 3:8
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men; the man Jesus Christ
1 Timothy 2:6
Salvation
“You must be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt 5:48“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12
Jesus sets the pattern of the First Blessing – being like God
God
BodyMind
Person
God
Inheriting the true love of God and extending it to the
world - a pure lineage
WifeHusband
Children
God
CreationPerson
World
Jesus, as a ‘Second Adam’
Spiritually perfect,a person of true love in whom God dwells
A world where human beings and nature are
in harmony
Jesus provided the model of the ideal individual
but was prevented from fulfilling 2nd & 3rd Blessings
We must fulfil our responsibility
Towards God follow God’s word = fulfil the 3 Great Blessings
Towards our spouse absolute love and purity
Towards our children spiritual and physical care,education and sacrificial love
3. The Blessing and
the True Family Movement
1) Rev. Moon and the Blessing Providence
(a) Adam, Jesus, Christ when He returns: all three
come to fulfil the Three Blessings
(b) God’s unchanging Will, based on a True Family
(c) Rev. Moon’s mission and meeting Jesus Christ
(d) Receiving the Blessing from God
(e) Sharing the Blessing with all Humanity
Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han MoonRev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon
2) Origins of the World Peace Blessing
The World Peace Blessing movement started amongst The World Peace Blessing movement started amongst Rev and Mrs. Moon’s own religious followersRev and Mrs. Moon’s own religious followers1960 – 36 Couples Blessing 1960 – 36 Couples Blessing
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Expanded to become Inter-Religious through FFWPUExpanded to become Inter-Religious through FFWPU1992 - 30,000 Couples in Seoul Olympic Stadium 1992 - 30,000 Couples in Seoul Olympic Stadium
The Universal Peace Federation
Reached opinion leaders and appointedReached opinion leaders and appointedAmbassadors for PeaceAmbassadors for Peace2001 – 210 Couples, United Nations, New York2001 – 210 Couples, United Nations, New York
The conditions to receive the Blessing
Determination to respect one’s spouse and keep one’s love pure
Determination of husband and wife to be faithful to each other
A heart to become a true parent
A heart of living for the sake of others
4. The Blessing Ceremony
The Components of the Blessing
Holy Wine (Nectar) Ceremony(Symbolizing a change of lineage)
The Components of the Blessing
Indemnity Ceremony(Symbolically healing past resentmentsbetween men and women)
The Components of the Blessing
Blessing Ceremony(A solemn yet joyous wedding)
The Blessing Ceremony
Sprinkling with Holy Water
Recitation of Wedding Vows
Exchange of Rings
Blessing Prayer
The World Peace Blessing Vows
To resemble the nature and loveof God in marriage
~To be faithful to each other
~To raise children to maintain purity before
marriage~
To help other families do the same, beyond racial, national and religious boundaries
The Components of the Blessing
Separation Period(Spiritual renewal and purification)
40 Days Separation A time of sacrifice (making holy) and purification
As in the great religious traditions of fasting, Lent, Ramadan or Passover (Pesach)
By ‘giving up’ their sexual relationship for forty days, the will to have the physical serve the spiritual is demonstrated
The couple can prepare to enjoy intimacy as husband and wife on a more profound and higher level
The Components of the Blessing
Three-Day Ceremony(The rebirth of the couple’s relationshipin holiness – spiritually and physically)
At the end of the 40 Days Separation A time to experience spiritual and physical joy
together – love reborn and purified Symbolically ‘restoring’ the way in which love itself
was tainted and become self-centred
You are invited to attend a time of special education to explain this area more fully
The Components of the Blessing (recap)
Holy Wine (nectar) Ceremony(Symbolizing a change of lineage)
Indemnity Ceremony(Symbolically healing past resentmentsbetween men and women)
Blessing Ceremony(A solemn yet joyous wedding)
Separation Period(Spiritual renewal and purification)
Three-Day Ceremony(The rebirth of the couple’s relationshipin holiness – spiritually and physically)
Blessed Family Tradition
Blessed Family Associations
Contribute to public life, beyond the family
Faith in the home
Workshops for children
Marriage preparation
Support for couples and family life
The World Peace Blessing