
God chose America to take the main role in building the Kingdom of
Heaven on earth.
However,
the Christian spirit is collapsing and waves of worldliness are rising here.
Without a great spiritual change or reform, America will not be able to
complete her mission. I have come to set alight a new fire in the heart of this
country's withering spirit, and I intend to bring about reform that will revive
the Christian spirit. I arrived in Washington on December 18, 1971, the same
day that we actively started to expand our movement in America. The day you
awaken to the reason I came to America will be the day of true hope for
America. I came by God's order and with God's word.
In
order to spread God's word, I intend to hold large public lectures in the major
cities in America. I plan to do this in at least seven cities. This is the
start of my course of publicly proclaiming God's word. I also plan to hold such
meetings in Germany and England. This is my third global tour, so I must speak
in person. I have been waiting eagerly for this day.
We
have to make a Japanese mobile team. At least four hundred people have to
mobilize before I go back. Four hundred and eighty people. And they have to
master the Divine Principle over the next six months. I mean actual training. They
will do street witnessing every day. They should witness on the streets, and
they should go house to house, too. They should be trained in every area. They
should spend two months studying each section of Divine Principle. It should be
divided into three sections, and they should learn each section. If they don't
get more than a 70 percent average, they shouldn't be allowed to go to the next
section. The people who do not go through this course cannot become central
leaders in the future. I'm making the top leaders, Mr. Oyamada and Mr. Kuboki,
go through this course, too. You should also go out to raise funds sometimes.
A
hundred and twenty members this year, and a total of four hundred members over
the next three years are to be mobilized to America. Four hundred members. What
will they do during this time of mobilization? They can't speak the language.
The Japanese members have gone to America and started doing cleaning work. That
is why we are operating a real estate business. We buy a house cheaply and
completely renovate it. They clean it up, and paint it and then sell it again.
Since Japan is the Eve country, it has to fulfill its mission as the mother and
work for the people of the world. That is why they are responsible to feed the
world. My plan is to set up the Japanese to represent Asia and establish a
tradition. England, which has only fifty members, promised to send a hundred
members to America. So, since there are 150 members in Germany, you have to
send three hundred. If that happens, it will become quite interesting. The
European and American teams will compete.
A Mobile Team in Korea
(June
1, 1972)
Three
hundred and how many are on the first mobile team? [It's 360.] Those people
represent the days in a year. If you think of it in this way, you all have a
common responsibility. The mobile teams will spend a week in each area. They
should continue even if there is no one left behind in the churches. They do
not come under the Unification Church administration. They're directly
connected to me. I am declaring that the mobile teams are in Abel's position.
It is the mobile teams that will determine victory or defeat in a nation, such
is the authority I am bestowing on them. The week-long revival mobilization of
the mobile team is our main force.
Then,
what should the mobile team members do? You have to sell books. You have to
sell our Divine Principle book or Communism: a New Critique and
Counterproposal. You have to sell as many Divine Principle books as possible.
Buy thirty and distribute them to thirty people. You can give them to thirty
people once a month; you can lend them the books for a month.
The Threat of Communism
When
we look at the world's current situation, we can sense that the democratic
world is facing quite a pressing crisis. We are well aware that communism
threatens to sweep the entire world away. Moreover, we know all too well that
today's Christianity does not have a system to surmount the communist threat,
practically speaking, and that Christianity is not actually working to defend
society or the world.
Founding
of the Unification Thought Institute (October 1, 1972)
We
have already laid a foundation to move our global teams, so whenever they are
given the order, they can carry out whatever they are told to do, even if it
means going to the ends of the earth....
That's
why I am doing things now that you cannot understand. As a part of that, I have
established the Unification Thought Institute. Unification Thought is a
systematic exposition of the Principle, by which we can deeply analyze all the
false philosophies and ideologies that shape the world today.
Since
Little Angels is now well known, they are performing at the White House,
currently the home of the Nixon administration. They have performed in front of
the Queen in England, too. In Japan, the Little Angels are also scheduled to
give a performance. This time on their tour in Europe, England made a special
request for a period of two months. We also visited Germany, Spain (briefly)
and France. People involved in booking acts in those countries made requests
knowing that they would not suffer a loss if they welcomed us.
We
will go to Las Vegas when the performances in Hawaii are concluded. Las Vegas
is famous worldwide as a gambling city. The city brings in world-famous
entertainers and gives performances in order to draw the plutocrats of the
world. It thus absorbs enormous resources, with entertainment as the bait.
Therefore, to appear on a Las Vegas stage is set as the highest hope and dream
of entertainers. People in charge of entertainment in that famous place asked
the Little Angels to perform for a month.
Second Little Angels Team in Japan Gives 200 Performances
(November
9, 1972 -- March 4, 1973)
It
takes vast amounts of resources to put on the Little Angels' shows. Before
giving a performance, an enormous amount of funds must be invested. The media
needs to be alerted on a wide scale. A large number of people are required for
tasks of different kinds.
Why
do we need to do this, despite the difficulties? I am not doing it through
ignorance of the situation. In the future, the Unification Church in Japan and
the International Federation for Victory over Communism should open new doors
in the field of culture. With this in mind, we rented the Nichigeki Theatre in
Tokyo for forty days, the like of which has never been seen before or since. By
renting a theatre for forty days and nights and putting on performances, we
have set a record never seen before in history.
Seeing
this, people in the Japanese entertainment field called us insane. From their
professional view, it is hard to have the theater fully packed for just a week.
So, they concluded that people who would perform day and night for forty days
are daydreamers and abnormal people.
We
need to establish our foundation not only in Japan but also in Asia. In Tokyo
alone, we need to sell 170,000 tickets and 320,000 in the entire nation. How
many times the number of tickets we sold the year before last do we have to
sell? We need to sell eight times the number we sold then.
Recently,
the Shanghai Ballet Troupe of Communist China visited Japan, and the Yomiuri
Daily and the Asahi Daily carried pro-China articles. The Sankei Daily,
however, has maintained an anti-communism attitude until now, and it cannot
change its course suddenly. That is why, it wished to invite a performance team
that has an anti-communism stance. That was none other than the Little Angels.
The Federation for Victory over Communism is connected to it. Thus, the Sankei
Daily will take full responsibility.
Why
are we doing this? It is for Korea. That is to say, Korean residents in Japan
are getting involved in Chochongnyon and in propagating Kim Il-sung's Juche
ideology. So, at a time like this, it's clear that Korea is a cultural nation
and an ancient culture that even the Japanese are impressed by.
Buying the Korea Titanium Co. Ltd.
(October
19, 1972)
I
suppose you may not know about titanium. It is an absolute necessity in
everyday life. There is almost nothing in which this material is not present.
It is added when making rubber shoes, good books, paints and other items.
Was
it a good thing or a bad thing that we bought the Korea Titanium Co.? [It was
good that we bought it.[ When everybody was stepping back.... Well, in the
beginning, the company put it up for 280 million Won in cash. About eight
months to a year later, we offered to pay 120 million Won.
They
said, "Pay 150 million Won." In about six months, they said,
"Then, take it at just 120 million Won."
We
said, "We are afraid that it won't work out, so we are now unable to buy
it." [Laughter] So, the price went down again. "We can't offer more
than 60 million Won." [Laughter] So, a company worth 1.2 billion Won was
bargained down to 60 million Won. [Laughter] Isn't that wonderful? Time
bargained it down.
They
wanted the 60 million Won in one cash payment. We said that since we cannot
give the 60 million Won in cash all at once, we will pay 10 million Won in
installments. In this way, we paid six 10 million Won installments. So, without
having even a cent, and by just handing over one piece of paper a month and
still taking possession of the whole company, within six months we went into
the black.
Founding the Science Conference
This
autumn, I have to go to America again. I am going to hold a science conference
and make a global scientists' association and then a global economists'
association. I am going to select two of the greatest experts in Korea to go
there. I also instructed that someone be selected from Japan. At this seminar
with participants from ten nations, I should give the keynote address. I've
paid most of the expenses.
What
was I like when ICUS started? Dr. Yoon, do you remember? [Yes.] I was like an
office boy in a town office and Dr. Yoon was shining like the sun. It was not
so bad, though. I accepted it all.
You
know, after I gave my keynote address, the participant named Wigner shouted out
something against me and left the room. Did you know that? I received such
contemptuous treatment. I said what I had to say. Still, I didn't mind, and I
forgot about it. If you want to achieve something significant...
If
one becomes a high mountain, one has to expose oneself to wind and shoulder
snow, even in the summer.
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