According to Reverend Moon, this present materialistic age will soon yield to a new age of spirituality, one based on the universal principle of unselfish service to others and a culture of God-centered families where people of all nations, cultures, races and religions will rejoice together. In the following sections, learn about Reverend Moon's life and work of eight decades to bring about this new era.
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
The life work of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, now in his 90th year, spans a time of dramatic global transformation from the two World Wars, the Cold War and the dawn of a new millennium. Media and historians record the major political, economic and social developments, disasters and crises, but there are other significant developments that are not given serious consideration by contemporaries. This is especially true of visionaries and founders of religious movements. The life and work of Rev. Sun Myung Moon is one such development that is not widely known. In the pages of this website, you will see evidence of the life of a true visionary, learn about his work to create a world of peace and learn about the profound appreciation for his work and vision by a global network of friends, allies and supporters of every religion, race, culture and profession.
Growing up in impoverished, war-ravaged Korea at the beginning of the 20th century, Reverend Moon began his young life desperately questioning why there was so much human suffering. Through a profound relationship with God, he determined to dedicate his life to ending human suffering and creating the ideal world that God originally planned. His life course includes imprisonment in four countries--North Korea, South Korea, Japan and the United States--enduring torture on three occasions and the worldwide persecution and misunderstanding often accorded a new religious movement. Today he is the leader of a worldwide movement with activities in 190 nations, the founder of organizations and institutions in nearly every area of human endeavor and the leader of a major interreligious peace movement.
Millions consider Rev. Moon to be the Messiah, the Second Coming of Christ. Testimony tells he was called by Jesus when he was child. Now Sun Myung Moon’s autobiography “A Life in the quest for peace as a peace-loving global citizen”, was translated in English.
Moon's autobiography was a best-seller in his native Korea. Even previously negative Christians testified how much reading it changed their perspective on this controversial religious leader, often portrait as a cult and sect in the past.
A biography of Sun Myung Moon, Becoming a World Figure through the Love of Peace, was released in South Korea few years ago and has become a bestseller. The book was published by a respectable publishing house, GimmYoungSa. Some prominent Christians in South Korea have denounced the book. Is the fact that this book is selling well an indicator that even a significant plurality of South Koreans embrace Moon's worldview.
The book was published now in English, gives Western readers the opportunity to learn more about a man whose actions and objectives are the subject of international attention to learn for decades.
Moon is famous for his role in ending Communism, his great success in bringing unity and reconciliation among different religions, and his support for family and moral values. Rev. Moon's teachings were a life-transforming revelation for many seeking the truth. According to Reverend Moon, this present materialistic age will soon yield to a new age of spirituality, one based on the universal principle of unselfish service to others and a culture of God-centered families where people of all nations, cultures, races and religions will rejoice together. In the following sections, learn about Reverend Moon's life and work of eight decades to bring about this new era.
Rev. Moon's memoirs have been selling well in Korea. Here are some excerpts from the foreword of the book:
A life in the pursuit of peace as a peace-loving citizens of the world
By the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
True love is a heart that gives and gives, and will continue to give. True love is a love that even forgets that it was already love, and love there again. I have lived my whole life drunk in such a love.
I wanted nothing apart from love, and I threw my whole being into the effort to share love with my impoverished neighbors. At times, the way of love was so hard that my knees buckled under me, but even then I felt glad in my heart, dedicated to loving humanity. Even now I am filled with love, that I still can not give.
It is a prayer that this love is a river of peace saturation of the drought affected areas and flowing to the ends of the earth, that I now in this book place in front of the world.
Recently, a growing number of people have wanted to know more about me. In the interest of those who are curious, I looked back on my life and took my honest recollections in this book. As with the stories that could not be included in this …
To bring a world of peace, I've spent my life going to the lowliest and most secluded places. I met mothers in Africa who could only watch helplessly as their children died of hunger, and I met fathers in South America who lived by a river full of fish but couldn't feed their children because they didn't know how to fish. All I did was give them a small amount of food, but they granted me their love in return. Intoxicated with the power of love, I cultivated forests and planted seeds. I cut down trees to build a school, and I caught fish to feed hungry children. I was happy even as mosquitoes bit me all over while I fished all through the night. Even when my feet were sinking knee-deep into mud, I was happy because I could see the shadows of loneliness disappear from the faces of my neighbors.
Seeking the shortest path to a world of peace, I devoted myself to inspiring change in the political process and to changing people's ways of thinking. I met then President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union as part of my effort to bring reconciliation between communism and democracy. I met then President Kim Il Sung of North Korea for a serious discussion on how to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. As if I were a fireman responding to an emergency, I went to a morally declining United States, where I worked to reawaken the Puritan spirit. I've dedicated myself to resolving various conflicts in the world. For the sake of reconciliation between Muslims and Jews, I did not hesitate to go to Palestine at a time when terror was rampant. I've brought together thousands of Jews, Muslims and Christians in forums for reconciliation, and I've organized peace marches. But conflict continues.
I see hope, though, that an age of peace is about to be inaugurated in Korea. The Korean people have been trained through endless suffering and the tragedy of division, and I can feel in every cell of my body that a powerful energy has been stored here and is ready to burst out. In the same way that no one can stop spring from coming, no human power can stop heavenly fortune from coming to the Korean peninsula. The people of Korea need to prepare themselves so that they may rise with the tide of heavenly fortune when it arrives. I am a controversial person. The mere mention of my name causes trouble in the world. I have never sought money or fame but have spent my life speaking of peace. The world, though, has associated many different phrases with my name, rejected me and thrown stones at me. Many are not interested in knowing what I say or what I do. They only oppose me.
I have been unjustly imprisoned six times -- by imperial Japan, in Kim II Sung's North Korea, by South Korea's Syngman Rhee government, and even in the United States. At times in my life, I have been beaten so hard that flesh was torn from my body. Today, though, not even the slightest wound remains in my heart. Wounds easily disappear in the presence of true love. Even enemies melt away without a trace in the presence of true love. True love flows from a heart that gives and gives, and wants to continuing giving. It flows from one who loves, forgets having loved, and loves again. I have lived my entire life intoxicated in such love. I wanted nothing aside from love, and I threw my entire being into the effort to share love with my impoverished neighbors. At times, following the path of love was so difficult that my knees buckled under me, but even then I felt happy in my heart, which is dedicated to loving humanity.
Even now, I am filled with love that I have not yet been able to give. It is with a prayer that this love will become a river of peace saturating the drought-stricken land and flowing to the ends of the earth that I now place this book before the world. Recently, a growing number of people have been seeking to know more about me; interest apparently increased around the world following the near-tragic helicopter accident last year. For the sake of those who are curious, I have looked back on my life and recorded my candid recollections in this book. As for the stories that could not be included in this volume, I hope there will be other opportunities for me to convey them.
I send boundless love to all those who have put their faith in me, remained by my side, and lived their lives with me; and to my wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, to whom I am deeply grateful for struggling alongside me to scale the most difficult peaks.
Biography of Sun Myung Moon Congratulatory Messages
The President's Speech Problem Why did Bush win the hearts of the people if he is so "unable to speak"? I tell you why; Because he was speaking from his heart; because Bush was sincere.
The President's Speech ridicules Bush of not being able to speak, but is that true? I remember the day when I realize how evil and manipulative this accusation is. It was the day after the debate between Bush and Gore. Gore really failed with speech. Truth is, people unanimously, left and right, loved the way Bush presented himself.
Isn't that surprising. But guess what happen the next day. After reporting that Bush had overwhelmingly won the hearts of the people, the very next day all left media, which by the way is 95% of the American media, started viciously attacking Bush for not being able to speak. They were ridiculing him for making such small mistakes.
I'm sure they could find few occasions when Gore messed up with pronunciation. And wasn't it more appropriate after Gore's defeat the night before to talk of his bad speech, and why he couldn't win the hearts of the audience? No, because it is all about leftist propaganda.
So why did Bush win the hearts of the people if he is so "unable to speak"? I tell you why; Because he was speaking from his heart; because Bush was sincere - that's why. In fact, each time I listen to Left propaganda I sense how fake and insincere it is.
I was surprised to hear so many times by left media about how wrongly pro-communist, leftist environmentalists were persecuted wrongly during the Cold War. Well, why wrongly - they were pro-communists? The end of the cold war came thanks to right, conservative presidents. All of them; Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George Bush, played a vital role to end this evil totalitarian regimes.
What did the leftist do in their presidencies? Fact is, they helped, one yaw or the other, for the Communist totalitarianism regimes to expand and expand unhindered.
Why did left presidents proved to be so helpful for the Communism to grow? Of course, they have the same, left, humanist philosophy. It was this very same philosophy that Marks systematized and brought this monstrous excuse for killing 150 million people in peaceful times.
In fact it was another man, unable to speak English, who helped this killing machine be stopped. The Korean Religious leader, Rev. Sun Myung Moon. His English speech is real bad, but he founded Washington times in a time when there was not even one conservative newspaper in the Capital of US. Washington Times became the newspaper that uncovered what Communist do to take over the world, but also, which American politicians support that.
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Mystery of 4-year-old’s Out-of-Body Experience: Religion or Science? A Child in a Out of Body Experience The mystery of 4-year old boy. He recounted rising up out of the operating room. Several studies found that NDEs are quite common
Is there a scientific explanation? Around 20 percent of heart attack survivors report events such as moving toward a bright light, feelings of peace and joy, or profound spiritual experiences.
Several years ago, when Colton Burpo was 4 years old, he underwent cardiac arrest and was resuscitated during emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. Four months later, Colton started saying strange things to his father, a Nebraskan pastor named Todd, and his mother, Sonja, about his near-death experience (NDE).
Colton recounted rising up out of the operating room, looking down on the doctors and his praying parents from above, and floating away to heaven, where he met his dead grandfather, his unborn sister who had died in a miscarriage, Jesus and God. In the New York Times bestseller "Heaven is for Real" (Thomas Nelson 2010), Todd Burpo tells the story of his son's trip to heaven and back.
Judging by book sales, this young boy's out-of-body experience in the operating room has given a great deal of encouragement to many people's religious beliefs. But what about those who don't believe in the Christian idea of heaven, but who also don't feel comfortable calling a 4-year-old a liar? Is there a scientific explanation for what happened to Colton?
Recent research seems to show that there is.
Several studies, such as a study by Slovenian researchers published in the journal Critical Care last year, have found that NDEs are quite common. Around 20 percent of heart attack survivors report events such as moving toward a bright light, feelings of peace and joy, or profound spiritual experiences.
According to the study, that subset of patients also had elevated levels of carbon dioxide in their blood compared with patients who did not have NDEs, a condition that causes ”anoxia,” or oxygen deprivation in the brain.
Anoxia, in turn, causes euphoria, visions of light tunnels, hallucinations and other typical symptoms of NDEs. In other words, anoxia is likely what causes the phenomena.
That may not be the end of the story, however.
A research collaboration called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), led by Sam Parnias at the University of Southampton in the U.K., is studying NDEs and out-of-body experiences in the hope of learning more about consciousness and the relationship between the mind and the brain. In 2009, Parnias told the press, "At least 10 to 20 percent of people who have been brought back to life will tell us they had consciousness present, and a proportion of them will tell us they were able to see doctors and nurses working on them as if they’re looking from above.
"When people have died, their brain goes into a flatline state, so consciousness shouldn’t be present. But it could also be that [doctors] did something amazing to get blood into their brains.”
Parnias is also testing the possibility that the mind really does momentarily separate from the brain during death. He has initiated the placement of boards with symbols on them in intensive care units in 21 hospitals worldwide. The symbols are unobservable to people in hospital beds, but they are visible to observers looking down from above. Over the next three years, Parnias and his colleagues will collect data on whether or not patients who have out-of-body experiences report seeing the symbols.
The researchers hope to provide a definitive answer to the question of whether out-of-body phenomena are real, or merely hallucinations arising in oxygen-deprived brains.
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