History of Spiritualism Introduction v. 4.2 Short Vocabulary: CSG = Cheon Seong Gyeong, Holy Textbook CIG = Cheon Il Guk, Two persons become one, KoH CP = Cheong Pyeong, Spir. training ground Korea DP = Divine Principle LSA = Lord of Second Advent OT = Old Testament NT = New Testament CT = Completed Testament TF = True Father, SMM = Sun Myung Moon TM = True Mother, Hak Ja Han Moon UC = Unification Church See also extended Vocabulary: http://www.slideshare.net/bdp003/vocabulary-uc Physical World Spiritual World Spiritual Mind • Hearing • Seing • Touching • Smelling • Tasting Spiritual Body Physical Mind Physical Body • Hearing • Seing • Touching • Smelling • Tasting ”Second Minds” Two people in one Mind is the internal nature and body is the external form. Mind and body are two correlative aspects of a human being; hence, the body may be understood as a second mind. /EDP Spiritual Low Vibration: Evil spirit World Good Paradise KoH True Love & God ”Writing on the Wall” Rembrandts ”Belshazzars feast” painted c. 1635-38, Daniel Ch5 The Bible 1 Sam. 28:10-11 “Bring up the ghost of Samuel,” he (King Saul) answered. 12 When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed. Then she turned to Saul and said, “You’ve tricked me! You’re the king!” Prophecy of Messiah from Bethlehem But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. /Micah 5:2 The Bible Matthew 14:22-33 Levitation – Jesus walking on water The Bible Matthew 17:1-7 Elijah - Jesus – Moses Mount of Transfiguration NT – Spirits In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. /John 14:2 NT – Spirits • A group of Jews was travelling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, "I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!“ /Acts 19:13 The Bible Mark. 5:1-20 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. In the year 2009, anthropologists across the world came together to find out which event had had the greatest influence since the onset of human history and publicized their finding. According to their research, of the twenty events and figures that influenced humankind the most, the birth and life of Jesus was ranked in first place. Dante Alighieri, escritor fiorentino, author of La Divina Comedia 1261-1321 Description of Spiritual World Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. /John Milton 1667: Paradise Lost Spiritual light - Swedenborg “A Columbus of Spirit World” Swedenborg When the human body is worn out, it dies. But when the heart stopped beating and lungs stopped heaving, his/her inner self continues immediately his/her life in another existence. He/she is now a spirit and no one on this earth can with their bodily eyes see him/her. Swedenborg He/she has, however, in her new existence left a body that on the dot corresponds to the body he/she had on earth but in other for us unimaginable substance on the nature of Swedenborg himself is uncertain. He/she sees and hears and feels. He/she has the stomach, liver, kidneys, and even bladder and she hungers and thirsts. Swedenborg If the dead shall become alive first on the Day of Judgment? Were, are they then after death, asks Swedenborg. “Is Adam and Eve and all with them hovering in Space? What could be more wailing, lamenting and more difficult than such a wait? Can not their destiny be compared with prisoners, bound with chains and fetter? Swedenborg If man had such a lot after death were it not better to be born a donkey than a Human? Is not the body eaten by worms, rats and fish? ? And could a skeleton, dried out by the sun or decay into dust be introduced in a new body?“ (T § 693) Swedenborg's suggestion about a new life immediately after death is a classy counteroffer. Epic of the Afterlife: a Literary Approach to Swedenborg /Olof Lagercrantz Ann Lee 1736 –1784 leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or Shakers. Convinced (Spirit World inspired) that sin had begun with Adam and Eve's sex act in the Garden of Eden, Ann Lee insisted that sexual relations were the root of all sin. Men and women would achieve salvation only by overcoming this fleshly desire. Compare sexual interpretation with Sun Myung Moons Divine Principle: The Spiritual Fall and the Physical Fall God created human beings with two components: the spirit self and the physical self. Ann Lee The human Fall likewise took place in two dimensions: in the spiritual and in the physical. The fall which took place through the sexual relationship between the angel and Eve was the Spiritual fall, while the premature teenage fall which occurred through the sexual relationship between Eve and Adam was the Physical fall. Sun Myung Moon: All men and women alive on earth became Satan’s live poisonous snakes The male sexual organ is a poisonous snake that spurts poison at the female. The day you lose your purity, your whole clan will be ruined. That is why the snake was used as a metaphor. Do you have a sexual organ or not? An angry poisonous snake is waiting with open mouth, but would you put your hands in there? Would you insert your love organ into it? /SMM (272-37, 1995.8.30) 2006 If Jesus had married and shared his love with a woman who loved him more than he could ever love, would the devil be able to pull away the children they bore? God would protect them. Christians will say all kinds of things and raise a big fuss. What do you think would have happened if a pure Jesus, as a good man, welcomed a good woman and had a family that God could protect? 2006 If children of goodness had been born then, the world would already be unified within two millennia; it would have become one tribe. That wouldn’t even have taken seven centuries. /SMM 245-45, 1993.2.28 Source: (link) Book Eleven- The Root of the Universe Barricade on the rue Soufflot, an 1848 painting by Horace Vernet. Revolutions of 1848 - Spring of Nations • 1848 21 March, Birth of modern materialism - ”Communist Manifest” Karl Marx London • 1848 21 March, Birth of modern materialism - ”Communist Manifest” Karl Marx London • 1848 (40 days later) Birth of modern Spiritualism - Fox sisters Hydesville USA The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism: Leah (1814–1890), Margaret (also called Maggie) (1833– 1893) and Kate (also called catherine) Fox (1837– 1892).[1] The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Founders of the movement: 1700s Emanuel Swedenborg – a philosopher of the Spirit 1800s Justine Kerner - supernormal and magnetic therapeutics Margareta Fox demonstrated Mediumship in N.Y. Spiritualist Medium, Mrs. Maria Hayden, in England N.Y. Supreme Court Judge. John W. Edmonds Founders of the movement: (Cont) • Late 1800s – Andrew Jackson Davis – 'Nature's Divine Revelations' • 'John the Baptist' of Modern Spiritualism – First Lyceum opened by Mr. J. Hitchcock • in Nottingham England – Dr. A. Russel Wallace • co-discovered the Theory of Evolution – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • founded the Theosophical Movement Sir William Crookes Florence Cook, the famous physical medium investigated by Sir William Crookes, had seen spirits and heard voices from childhood Sir William Crookes Some scholars of the psychic field have declared the series of experiments that Crookes conducted with the famous medium Daniel Dunglas Home (1833–1886) to be the first strictly scientific tests of mediumistic ability. Sir William Crookes Of one such test, Crookes stated that Home went to the fireplace and after stirring the hot coals around with his bare hands, took out a red-hot piece nearly as large as an orange, and "putting it on his right hand, so as to almost completely enclose it, he then blew into the small furnace" he had made of his hand “ until the lump of charcoal was nearly white hot," and then drew Crookes's attention to the flame that was "flickering over the coal and licking round his fingers." Founders and Events in Spiritualism: • Late, late 1800s – Daniel Dunglas Home discovered his Mediumship in US • Developed his Mediumship in England – James Martin Peebles - 'the spiritual pilgrim' • Surrounded by what he called his 'band of angels' – Alfred Russel Wallace • Wrote to the N.Y. Times regarding Spiritualism and Science – The Society for Psychical Research was started The levitation of Daniel Dunglas Home at Ward Cheney's house interpreted in a lithograph from Louis Figuier, Les Mystères de la science1887. Important events: • Early 1900s – Professor William James, MD, taught physiology and philosophy – Spiritualists National Union Limited formed – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proclaimed his belief in the teachings and truth of Spiritualism. • called the 'St. Paul' of Spiritualism – International Spiritualists Federation formed Recent events in Spiritualism: • 1900s (Cont.) – Arthur Findlay's trilogy published • "On the edge of the Etheric'‘ • "The Rock of Truth" • "The Unfolding Universe" – Ernest Oaten broadcast by BBC about Spiritualism – Lord Dowding - in command of the RAF provided convincing evidence of survival of “dead” troops during WW II More Recent events in Spiritualism: • Late 1900s – Eileen J. Garrett - established the New Yorkbased Parapsychology Foundation – Ena & Harry Twigg, sitting with canon John Pearce-Higgins • A discarnate voice asked her to switch on a tape recorder … The spirit voice belonged to the missing Bishop Pike who had been dead 24 hours September 4, 1969. – 'According to the modern catechism the Church has decided not to forbid anymore to dialogue with the deceased ... this is as a sequel of new discoveries within the domain of the paranormal.' This is so beautiful. Written by Henry Scott Holland (27 January 1847 – 17 March 1918) He was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford 1912/1922 THE BLUE ISLAND EXPERIENCES OF A NEW ARRIVAL BEYOND THE VEIL Communicated by W. T. STEAD On April 10, 1912, William T. Stead boarded the S.S. Titanic bound from Southampton to New York, to take part in a peace congress at Carnegie Hall. On the morning of April 15 the ship struck an iceberg and Stead, along with hundreds of others, drowned. At that time his daughter, Estelle, an actress and also a spiritualist, was on tour with her own Shakespearean company. Amongst its members was a psychically gifted man named Pardoe Woodman, who foretold the disaster as they sat talking after tea. Through Woodman’s clairvoyant powers W. T. Stead was able to communicate the messages contained in The Blue Island THEOSOPHY THE REAPPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST 1948 Bailey; Her vision of a unified society includes a global "spirit of religion" different from traditional religious forms and including the concept of the Age of Aquarius. p. 15 In any acceptance of the teaching that Christ will come, one of the difficulties today is the feeling that the teaching has been given for many centuries and nothing has ever happened. THEOSOPHY THE REAPPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST 1948 p. 15 The world to which He will come is a new world, if not yet a better world; new ideas are occupying people's minds and new problems await solution. (end of 2nd WW) p. 66 The works and teachings of Christ will be difficult to accept for the christian world, But in spite of this still be accepted in the Orient. He will be a World teacher and not just a Christian teacher. THEOSOPHY THE REAPPPEARANCE OF THE CHRIST 1948 p. 69 "the time of decission", as it is called in hierarchical circles, was in the time of fullmoon in June 1936 and full moon in june 1945. The time of decision covered only 9 years ( a relatily short timeperiod); and resulted in the decision that Christ should return or become visible on Earth as soon as possible, and much earlier that planned. William Branham 1909-1965 An American Christian minister, usually credited with founding the post World War II Divine Healing Movement. During a 1933 baptismal service at the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, Indiana, a SUPERNATURAL BEING appeared before hundreds of people saying to him, "As John the Baptist foreran the first coming of Christ, you will forerun His second Coming." This picture is displayed today at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. 1933 William Branham USA had been hearing voices since he was seven years old. Finally, in May of 1946, Branham was commissioned by an angel from God to be the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ. One of the more radical beliefs of the group is that of Serpent Seed which states that the first sin committed occurred when Eve engaged in sexual activities with the Serpent in the Garden of Eden thus causing "the fall of man." 1946 1946 “What did he do? He begin making love to Eve. And he lived with her as a husband. And she saw it was pleasant, so she went and told her husband; but she was already pregnant by Satan. And she brought forth her first son whose name was Cain, the son of Satan. Comment: In June 1946 TF went to Pyong Yang to search for the prepared Spir. groups. It seams like that Heavenly mission "spilled over" to US. Korea 1950 Jesus formed by korean clouds during the Korean War "During the four years I lived in Seoul church, under the same roof as Sun Myung Moon. At one point, I returned to clean my own home for a week. Someday when I brushed the entrance, so appeared, he suddenly in spiritual form, full size in front of my door. I had never before seen such a vibrant spirit before. He told me that he woke up every morning and looked out over the Han River, and longed for my return. He missed me and wanted me back would live in the church, even though I only been gone a week. " Ref: Dr. Young Oon Kim's Testimony from the book Blessing Quarterly, Winter 1987, pp. 27... A MYSTERIOUS CLOUD On February 28, 1963, over in Arizona, U.S.A., a constellation of seven angels appeared to Reverend William Marrion Branham in the form of a ring shaped-Cloud. 1963 These seven angels came from the presence of God revealing to him the hidden mysteries of the Bible which were sealed in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation yet were ordained to be unveiled at the end time. A MYSTERIOUS CLOUD 1963 Many pictures were taken of this peculiar Cloud, some appearing in Life Magazine (May 17, 1963 issue); some in Science Magazine (April 19,1963 issue), along with a scientific report of how it was scientifically impossible for such a cloud to exist. The highest clouds form at about 10 miles, but this phenomenal cloud was 26 miles up, at which altitude water vapor does not exist. The original glossy prints reveal the full face of the Lord Jesus Christ as the picture is viewed from the right side angle "like unto the Son of Man, His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow" (Rev.1:13). 1970s The next time I came, they led me to the study room and gave me a book written by Dr. Young Oon Kim, introducing the Divine Principle revelation. When I read the passage about the similarity of the time of Jesus’ birth and the Second Coming, I started to joke about this “nonsense.” In the next moment, I was stunned. I saw Jesus pass through the room, saying, “I am in this place!” Then he disappeared as he had entered. A wave of peace settled around me. 1 In the following days, I was so concerned not to make a mistake. When I knelt down to pray to ask if this was really the truth, it was ringing from all sides, “Yes! Yes!” and God chastised me gently, “Why do you ask me again? This was my answer.” 1 From that time on, I started to study the Divine Principle and Reverend Moon with a calm mind and the assurance that God and Jesus had led me there. /Testimony of Barbara Grabner 2008 January 1, 1976. As a young church member, I was always curious as to whether Father Moon could heal people. Then in 1982, I got the answer through a direct experience. 2 I had injured my right hip during a martial arts training accident one Saturday afternoon and had to be carried out. I did not want to go to the hospital, because I did not want to miss our early 5:00 A M service, even though I was in excruciating pain. “I will see a doctor after service,” I thought. But during the night Father Moon came to me, looking very serious, and touched my right hip. He pointed his finger at me with that look in his eyes, as if to say, “You doubting Thomas,” and then he left. 2 I was awakened at 4:30 AM, and my thoughts went to my injured hip. Suddenly, a voice said, “Get up,” which I apprehensively did. To my amazement there was not an inkling of pain. Everyone was shocked when I walked into the room. After service I gave my testimony. / Richard J. Francis At the end of twenty-one days, I watched a video of True Father (Reverend Moon) for the first time. 3 As he appeared on the screen, I started to hear angels’ voices singing a song I had sung every Easter with my church choir back in Minnesota: “The King is coming, the King is coming, I can hear the trumpets sounding, and soon his face I’ll see.” 3 With uncontrollable tears streaming down my face, I again felt embraced by Jesus and the Holy Spirit and received the revelation that Sun Myung Moon was God’s son (Messiah). I realized that everything in my life had prepared me for this. /GINGER NICHOLLS 1980s 1974: I found myself walking in a dark corridor, at the end of which I saw a light. Getting closer, I saw in that bright light the face of Jesus. Then Jesus’ face changed into Sun Myung Moon’s face. I had the strong feeling that it was the same heart; only the external appearance changed. I felt profoundly happy! 4 My challenge to all true Christians is to pray and ask Jesus to appear in their dreams. Ask Jesus about the identity of Reverend Moon. Remember Matthew 7:7. If you sincerely ask, definitely the reply will come, even faster than you expect. 4 Since the time I first met the Unification Church, which is now known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, I have had many dream encounters and many other spiritual experiences. These, along with the clarity of Divine Principle, became the foundation of my belief, faith, and trust in God. /Elisabeth Ciacciarelli Schneider Italy One year later, in 1971, I began having dreams every morning at around 5:00 AM. For exactly three years, I would dream of an Oriental man who would appear to me in what appeared to be a huge stadium filled with people. Two weeks later, I met one of the Japanese missionaries from the Unification Church and was invited to the church center. While waiting for the lecture, I curiously opened a Divine Principle Book, and I saw the picture of Father Moon. The book immediately seemed to turn to gold, and a blinding ray of white light from Father’s picture came out at me. 5 Prof. Young Oon Kim Often people ask how I was able to accept the Divine Principle. There were several contributing factors. One of them is because I was greatly influenced by the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg and still treasure them deeply because they have continued to have lasting value in my spiritual life. According to Swedenborg, there is a correspondence between what takes place on earth and what occurs in the other world. "The human fall took place not by breaking any promises but through the blood lineage. Therefore, the fall, which happened through the blood lineage, must be corrected through the blood lineage. God's purpose to restore the True Parents has always been the same. The Messiah is the True Parents. Therefore the essence or purpose of Christianity, Judaism and the Unification Church is the same. What is the Completed Testament Age? It is on the cosmic level. Its goal is to have even the spirit world receive the True Parents. It is on a different dimension. 1984.04.29 Why is it important to know about the Laws of Spiritual World! ”The internal character is invisible to the physical senses and yet it is responsible for the behavior of the external reality that is observed, directly or indirectly, by humans. The implication of this is that the invisible inner world of creation is causal and therefore more important than the world known to human senses. Yet little is known about the internal, spiritual, dimension of reality. This is due, in part, to the fact that it is a realm intangible to the five senses of the body and beyond the reach of scientific instruments; consequently its study has remained the province of religion, which is the object of considerable skepticism in the modern, scientific world.” Since the body is needed to provide vitality elements for growth of the spirit, the growing process to spiritual maturity is to be carried out on earth. Men and women who do not reach the completion stage on earth have to continue their efforts to grow as disembodied spirits. This is unimaginably more difficult than growing while on earth, since on earth an individual has a body to give vitality elements to his spirit directly. Once detached from his or her body, a person can gain the benefit of vitality elements only indirectly, by serving men and women still on earth. /Essentials Of The Unification Principle - Thomas Cromwell Analogy: Life in the Physical Body is like bicycling You are the Spirit Body, not the bicycle (Physical Body) You need it to get far and fast (spiritual development) Once you discard the bike (die) It takes so much longer/slower to travel (develop spiritually) You can borrow another bicycle (returning resurrection) but now you are two people on the same bicycle = slower! From Spirit Body/World 1 Yang 3 2 1 Yang 2 Yin From Natural World From Physical Body Yin • You should know that you are like two people in one. DP: Christ conceusness is a matter of mental warfare against the lower evil thoughts (vibrations) • That’s why Jesus as Christ was controversial • That’s why DP (Divine Principle) and LSA (Lord of Second Advent) are controversial! Eph 6:12: “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities (rulers), against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Apostle Paul instructs us to put on our spiritual armour because our battle in this world is a "spiritual" one. A warfare that involves the trickery and power of the devil, as opposed to a human battle. All major Religions teach a similar message Man survives physical death To a life in spirit world – like a ripe fruit falling to the ground OT – Spirits The silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12.6-7 OT – Spirits Abraham - Angels Genesis 18:8 Aert de Gelder (c. 1680–85) OT – Spirits ”Writing on the Wall Rembrandt's Belshazzar's Feast (1635) King Belshazzar's Arrogance and Affront Against The Most High God (Daniel 5) Three Wise Men Spiritually guided NT – Spirits • Jesus met with Moses and Elijah at the Mount of Transfiguration Luke 9:30 Islam – Spirits Jerusalem God created the seven heavens in harmony. Qur’an 71.15 It is We who give life, and make to die, and to Us is the homecoming. Qur’an 50.43 Islam – Spirits You prefer this life, although the life to come is better and more enduring. All this is written in earlier scriptures; the scriptures of Abraham and Moses. Qur’an 87.16-19 CT – Spirits Jesus & Sun Myung Moon 1935 2000 year of Spiritual preparation for the 2nd Coming of Christ Many Prophecies ”1920” St John of Patmos Theosophy 1800 1930s M Luther (1483-1546) Nostradamus 1503-1566 R. Steiner Antroposophy Swedenborg 1688-1772 Fatima Ford Tagore Vanga Yeats Korean Phophecies Publ. 1998 In Italy we were connected with God through the Divine Principle and Sun Myung Moon Franco Ravaglioli July 1970 This spirit told many people what to expect and gave many particulars about this man's mission. A few months before I came in contact with Divine Principle, the spirit said that very soon I would learn something about this man. In fact a few months after I was introduced to Divine Principle... As I read the book I felt that this was the truth. I was certain that this was, finally, the manifestation of the Christ. Extraordinary Messages from´Heaven One of the mediums from Moderna was very different. This woman, Lidia, was blind. I put into her hand a bell from Father's wedding cake and asked her what it was. She looked most perplexed as she began to receive heavenly messages. Extraordinary Messages from Heaven …at first she could not believe the messages as they were so incredibly unusual, then she said, "Yes, God has a basis on earth through this man; divine marriage; no one can stop him." Then I questioned her about Father and she told me in detail about the origin of sin Father discovered. Baba Vangas’s prophecies made her famous; probably not as famous as Nostradamus, but still, for a humble, illiterate, blind Bulgarian she made headlines all over the world. Ex. The New York Times, April 5, 1995 Baba Vanga mentioned a new religion that will take the earth by the storm: The White color associated with that new religion is often associated with the White Brotherhood, but is more possibly representing a religion coming from Korea, known as the people of the white clothes. "Christ will Return as a peacemaker" and unify all religions. Vanga promises that the prophecy in the Bible concerning the Second Coming of Christ will come true. She described him as a peacemaker who comes to our time and "will sign the eternal peace". In Vanga's words God is one and religions will soon find a common purpose and the whole humanity will come to believe one truth. The new religious leader, coming from the East as the Messianic figure to guide humanity towards peace will unite all religions; CT – Spirits Parallell: 1984 All of a sudden, one corner of this glass cover cracked, and the line of the crack formed a small letter "h". CT – Spirits Parallell: 1984 All of a sudden, one corner of this glass cover cracked, and the line of the crack formed a small letter "h". We had not put any hot dish on that corner; in fact, all the food we were eating for breakfast was cold. But when I touched the place where the glass cracked, it was very hot. CT – Spirits Parallell: 1984 All of a sudden, one corner of this glass cover cracked, and the line of the crack formed a small letter "h". We had not put any hot dish on that corner; in fact, all the food we were eating for breakfast was cold. But when I touched the place where the glass cracked, it was very hot. Both Walter and I were certain that it was some kind of spiritual phenomenon. Soon after that, we received the sorrowful news of Heung Jin Nim's Seung Hwa. /Dr. Zin Moon Kim CT – Spirits Parallell: 1984 • 1984 exactly the same time HeungJN died in a car accident NY, there was an atemmpt to asasin SMM during a Korean, VOC rally. CT – Spirits Heung Jin Nim 1966 -1984 CT – Spirits Dae Mo Nim HakJaHans Mother in Spirit World CT – Spirits Cheong Pyeong Korea Spiritual Center 1985 - … CT – Spirits Sung Han Lee Remarkable Messages from the Spiritual Realm 2 Bodies in One ! From Spirit Body/World 1 Yang 3 2 1 Yang 2 Yin From Natural World From Physical Body Yin • You should know that you are like two people in one. Yang From Spirit Body/World From Natural World Yang Yin From Physical Body Yin • You should know that you are like two people in one. • Your inner man is like a mirror, clean and bright. Yang From Spirit Body/World From Natural World Yang Yin From Physical Body Yin • You should know that you are like two people in one. • Your inner man is like a mirror, clean and bright. • When the inner and external men are perfectly aligned you feel joy and power. This is happening every day within you. Yang From Spirit Body/World From Natural World Yang Yin Yang = is provided From Physical Body Yin Yin = requires effort • You should know that you are like two people in one. • Your inner man is like a mirror, clean and bright. • When the inner and external men are perfectly aligned you feel joy and power. This is happening every day within you. Reincarnation untrue - but explained as Returning Spirits! After all, the inhabitants of the spirit world are the souls (Spirit Self) of people who formerly lived on earth. From this perspective, the spirit world is not so different from the physical world. /SMM 2 March 1986 Dreams – Half Awake – Reality! Physical Parents Liquid + fetal membrane Life in 3 World => Mother Earth => ”1st death” ”1st birth” ”Seong Hwa” Air => God Heavenly Parent => Love ”2nd death” ”2nd birth” ”Seung Hwa” + air membrane + love membrane Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. /John Milton: Paradise Lost God is a creator of Law and Order! Quote SMM 1965: ”We should realize that the World of Spirit is also a Creation of GOD – and God created the Spirit World in his PRINCIPLES God is a creator of Law and Order! Quote SMM 1965: So this Spirit World is not a mysterious world this is a world of PRINCIPLE the World of Spirit. God is a creator of Law and Order! Quote SMM 1965: Therefore, if we discover the PRINCIPLE we certainly have the ability to understand and cope with the World of Spirit.” 1/10th to Public = Gods purpose God Blesses YOUR 9/10th Father has said: … "Tithing is a basic duty of the chosen children. When you offer the portion of the number one, that is, the number of God, you set up the condition of having offered the portion of the number nine. Therefore, you must think more of this one tenth than of the remainder.” The 8th and last unknown continent! 7 Physical Continents + The Spirit World 8th Jesus Sun Myung Moon Dante, Robert James Lees, Hurkos, A Ford, E Cacey, Branham, Xavier … and many more were channels/bridges to Spirit World Lourdes France Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes said to have occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous. Fatima Prophecy The year 1916-1917 Jesus mother Mary, appeared in a revelation, for the three portugise children Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, outside Fatima Portugal. On the 13th of July they received a message that was to be given to the pope in the year 1960. (Comment: 1960 was William Branham USA had been hearing voices since he was seven years old. Finally, in May of 1946, Branham was commissioned by an angel from God to be the forerunner of the Second Coming of Christ. One of the more radical beliefs of the group is that of Serpent Seed which states that the first sin committed occurred when Eve engaged in sexual activities with the Serpent in the Garden of Eden thus causing "the fall of man." 1946 Fletcher: The Jesus of Galilee will not return - it is not necessary. The Christ who manifested through him is the Eternal – he will manifest again. Mr. Moon in deep meditation can project himself and be seen just as Jesus has been able to project himself and be seen by the saints. This is one of the marks - of the messiahs always. /Arthur Ford sitting 1965 Mr. Moon reminded me that in the Book of Revelation 1965 there is a picture of the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down out of the heavens. And there was a door on the east and a door on the south, a door on the north and a door on the west – and when the teacher comes, he always has to come through the eastern gate. In the Holy City of Jerusalem there is an eastern gate long since sealed and blocked. It will never be opened until the new teacher comes. /Arthur Ford sitting 1965 The Hebrew name of the Golden Gate is Sha'ar HaRachamim ( ,( שער הרחמיםGate of Mercy. In Jewish sources the eastern gate of the Temple compound is called the Shushan Gate., this would make it the oldest of the current gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls. I can only repeat the vision of John, that when the New Age comes, the Eastern Gate will open, and not only man - but Revelation – will flow out of that gate. /Ford-Fletcher According to Jewish tradition, the Shekhinah (כינה Divine Presence) used to appear through the eastern Gate, and will appear again when the Anointed One (Messiah) comes (Ezekiel 44:1–3) Comment : Divine Principle claims Messiah comes from the East, Korea! Our God My Cosmos My World Me! Live for others! My Nation My Family My Tribe “Living for Others” /SMM "Therefore all things whatsoever would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them“ /Jesus. Source: The Good guy Language in Spiritual World Source: The Good guy All speech (no matter what the language) has its origins in the ideas and emotions of our intellect and heart. In the spiritual world—which is closer to the origins of our being and mind—individuals communicate their ideas and affections directly to others (forgoing terrestrial words). There are Absolute Laws of Harmony: Did Mozarts music maybe come inspired from spir. world… That would make him the worlds greatest musical medium. Genius Music Mozart 7yrs old Marconi Popov Tesla • Many scientists say they were spiritually guided (Spirit World, God) or inspired in their findings of new understanding at a similar time. Marconi Popov Tesla • Many scientists say they were spiritually guided (Spirit World, God) or inspired in their findings of new understanding at a similar time. • Similar discoveries were made almost simultanously be far away scientists: Radio by: Marconi Italy, Popov Russia, Tesla Austria-Hungary (todays Kroatia) Marconi Popov Tesla • Many scientists say they were spiritually guided (Spirit World, God) or inspired in their findings of new understanding at a similar time. • Similar discoveries were made almost simultanously be far away scientists: Radio by: Marconi Italy, Popov Russia, Tesla Austria-Hungary (todays Kroatia) • Or scientific solutions dreamed Periodic table: dreamed by Mendeleyev and August Kekulé Chemical transmision of nerve impulses: Otto Loewi Mathematics intuiton+dreams: Srinivasa Ramanujan The son of an Orthodox priest, Tesla was a mystic who had out-of-body experiences from the time he was seven years old. As a child, he saw a photograph of Niagara Falls and prophesied that one day he would harness the power there. Nikola Tesla spent last 10 years of his life In Hotel New Yorker Nikola Tesla He came up with his idea for alternating current (AC) in a vision he received while watching a sunset in a park in Budapest. Another example of one of his prophetic ideas was his realization that matter and energy were interchangeable, an inspiration he received years before Einstein demonstrated the same idea with his Theory of Relativity. He is a person some would describe as “spiritually open.” Nikola Tesla I feel an affinity for Tesla because I believe he was a mystic who was being inspired by the spirit world. In my view, many great scientific inventions have come as revelations from heaven. I believe that heaven was working through Tesla, and others like him, to advance God’s Providence. Tesla was very idealistic and hoped that his inventions would be used for the benefit of all humanity. Spiritually Inspired In 1990, J. K. Rowling was on a crowded train from Manchester to London when the idea for Harry Potter suddenly "fell into her head". Spiritually Inspired In 1990, J. K. Rowling was on a crowded train from Manchester to London when the idea for Harry Potter suddenly "fell into her head". Rowling gives an account of the experience on her website saying: "I had been writing almost continuously since the age of six but I had never been so excited about an idea before. I simply sat and thought, for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who did not know he was a wizard became more and more real to me." Spiritually Inspired • C.S: Lewis 1898-1963 • Land of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7 Books written 1949-1954 about the fantastic life of 4 children Spiritually Inspired • C.S: Lewis 1898-1963 • Land of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7 Books written 1949-1954 about the fantastic life of 4 children • adapting numerous traditional Christian themes, the books freely borrow characters and ideas from Greek, Turkish and Roman mythology as well as from traditional British and Irish fairy tales The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states which are located primarily in Europe 1951 saw the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which was declared to be "a first step in the federation of Europe“ 1957 EEC 1967 EC 1993 Maastricht Treaty Spiritually Inspired 12 stars Spiritually Inspired • The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen, Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation in 1949. It was adapted into a Hollywood film in 1954 There are absolute physical laws: • Gravity F = GMm/R2 F = ma • Force • Relativity E = mc²+½mv² • THE SUM O ENERGY IS CONSTANT Galileo - 1610 Genius Physics There are absolute physical laws: • Gravity F = GMm/R2 F = ma • Force • Relativity E = mc²+½mv² • THE SUM O ENERGY IS CONSTANT Galileo - 1610 Marie Curie - 1903 Genius Physics There are absolute physical laws: Genius Physics • Gravity F = GMm/R2 F = ma • Force • Relativity E = mc²+½mv² • THE SUM O ENERGY IS CONSTANT Galileo - 1610 Newton ’Principia’ 1687 Marie Curie - 1903 There are absolute physical laws: Genius Physics • Gravity F = GMm/R2 F = ma • Force • Relativity E = mc²+½mv² • THE SUM O ENERGY IS CONSTANT Galileo - 1610 Einstein 1905 Newton ’Principia’ 1687 Marie Curie - 1903 Spiritually Inspired First PC Keyboard, screen and computer, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founders of Apple all in one packet integrated. “The whole vision of a personal computer just popped up in my mind” he sais. “The same night I started drawing on what was to become Apple I. /Wozniak Spirit World Inspiration! (?) – Internet+PC needed for coming CIG Internet Spiritually Inspired They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. /Isiaah 2:4 • ARPANET Started as a military defense system during “Cold War” era. • Later converted to University Network, and then to the Internet, Google, Facebook,Twitter,Youtube,Skype … we have today Internet – Facebook – Youtube - Skype –Twitter One World under God and TP All Spiritually Inspired For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man./Math 24:7 • Internet + Optic Fibres= Providentially important for the time of Second Advent of Christ. – Global Communication of Gods Providence – DP Lectures 1st,2nd… Gen Matching and Communicating Spiritual Genius So there are also Absolute spiritual laws: • True Parents • Blessing=Forgiveness of Original Sin Sun Myung Moon & Hak Ja Han Moon B. The mediator and the center of harmony of the cosmos spirit self physical self spirit world physical world DP:The Realms of Indirect and Direct Dominion of God God Growing period (night) all (morning) things love love beauty human beauty beings Completion stage autonomy and * + human governance of portion of the Principle * responsibility Growth stage Formation stage (evening) all things symbol God human beings image Realm of God’s direct dominion Realm of God’s indirect dominion or realm of dominion based on accomplishments through the Principle Divine Good Spirits Dominating Evil Spiritual World 3rd Adam F-S-S FoodObesityCommon Base = Selfish desires One thing is for sure: the highest religions have maintained that people must control their desires: the desire to eat, F-S-S Food-Sleep Obesity-Lazyness Common Base = Selfish desires One thing is for sure: the highest religions have maintained that people must control their desires: the desire to eat, to sleep and. F-S-S LOSS OF CONTROLE Food-Sleep-Sex Obesity-Lazyness-Promiscuity Common Base = Selfish desires One thing is for sure: the highest religions have maintained that people must control their desires: the desire to eat, to sleep and to experience sexual love. /SMM Jan 1984 Most difficult is to controle the desire to experience sexual love. Original Sin being multiplied Evil spiritual Gravity! Because that is directly related to the Fall of Man And connects Man to the evil fallen angelic world! Matthew 5:28 Jesus “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” The World is in need of a 100% pure Person = The Messiah, who can totally control himself and the evil Spiritual world: The Messiah/Christ/New Adam 9-11 NewYork Antidepressant medication has doubled since year 2000 /BBC Nov 2013 The World sickness is Spiritual rooted and in need of a permanent Solution=Salvation! A born sinner ? ? ? ? A born sinner! Yes, accordning to the Bible and Christian teaching All Mankind inherits Original Sin at conception after the Fall of Adam & Eve Jesus casting out demons! KoH opened! – follow True Parents! Live for Others – Completed Testament Paradise opened! – follow Jesus Christ! Indemnity still needed – New Testament Law and Indemnity needed! Eye for an eye – Old Testament Personal Law of Indemnity Exodus 34:7 • Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. Global Law of Indemnity Cain & Abel • Mind/Body struggle • 2000 years Judaism • 2000 years Christianity & Islam • 1st WW • 2nd WW • Communism – Democracy Born killers the distinction of being the first-born or the second justified their respective positions of Cain and Abel /DP 73 2.3 The Providence of Resurrection for Spirits 2.3.1 Purpose and Way of Returning Resurrection Spirits ________________________________________ Physical self Earthly people We call this process returning resurrection (p. 145). 2.3.2 The Returning Resurrection of the Spirits of Israelites and Christians __________ __________ __________ __________ _____________ _ _ _ _ _ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ After the advent of Jesus, the form spirits of the Old Testament age ( ) all returned to earth and assisted faithful people on earth ( ) to attain the level of life spirit. 2.3.2 The Returning Resurrection of the Spirits of Israelites and Christians __________ __________ __________ __________ _____________ _ _ _ _ _ ( __________ ) _ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ Growthstage returning resurrection By this, they too received the same benefit: they entered Paradise together. We call this growth-stage-returning resurrection. 2.3.2 The Returning Resurrection of the Spirits of Israelites and Christians __________ __________ __________ __________ _____________ _ _ _ _ _ ( __________ ) _ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ Growthstage returning resurrection After the Second Advent, the life spirits of the New Testament Age ( ) will all return to the earth to help faithful people on earth ( ) to attain the level of divine spirit. 2.3.2 The Returning Resurrection of the Spirits of Israelites and Christians Moses ( Heavenly Kingdom CIG Elijah __________ __________ __________ __________ _____________ _ _ _ _ _ Jesus ( __________ ) _ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ __________ __________ __________ __________ ___________ _ _ _ _ __ Growthstage returning resurrection Completionstage returning resurrection By this, they too will receive the same benefit and enter the heavenly kingdom together. We call this completion-stage-returning resurrection (p. 146). ) A True Story Twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Needing intensive care, they were placed in separate incubators. Kyrie began to gain weight and her health stabilized. But Brielle, born only 2 lbs, had trouble breathing, heart problems and other complications. She was not expected to live. Their nurse did everything she could to make Brielle’s health better, but nothing she did was helping her. With nothing else to do, their nurse went against hospital policy and decided to place both babies in the same incubator. She left the twin girls to sleep and when she returned she found a sight she could not believe. She called all the nurses and doctors and this is what they saw (refer to the picture above). As Brielle got closer to her sister, Kyrie put her small little arm around her, as if to hug and support her sister. From that moment on, Brielle’s breathing and heart rate stabilized and her health became normal. From then on, they decided to keep both babies together, because when they were together they kept each other alive. And today (2011) they are 15 years old. Comment: Force of Gods Love, Life- + human vitality-elements Swedenborg Umbillical Cord => Mouth => Silver String Emanuel Swedenborg was one of the first practitioners to write extensively about the out-of-body experience, in his Spiritual Diary (1747–65). http://new-birth.net/books_life_after_death.htm • Dr. Sang Hun Lee's Teachings from Spirit World • Dr Sun Myung Moon Earthly Life and Spirit World I & II …1998 2010 Film Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (also known as Nosso Lar) is a 2010 Brazilian drama film , based on the book by alleged medium Francisco Cândido Xavier. Unification Disciples 2011 Anslie H Abraham Unification Disciples Ron Pappalardo giving Lectures on Spiritualism SOME CONCLUSIONS: • • • • Spirit World exist is HERE and NOW inside/outside ALL of us Prayer is important April 2013 A powerful witness that there is great new hope on the horizon. "On Easter I had a spiritual experience that I would like to share with you. At one point, when I closed my eyes, I saw True Father in front of me. He was so lively, and beaming with happiness. He wore a light beige coloured suit, a white shirt and a light coloured tie. April 2013 He was standing very relaxed, putting his weight more on one hip. Then I saw that True Father was holding hands with Jesus, who was standing to his right. True Father was so blissfully happy. Jesus was dressed in a white cotton gown, with a red and blue stripe going down from the top to the bottom on each side of his neck. This is the first Easter that True Father and Jesus are together in the spiritual world. /Barbara House Dream of Jesus and True Father in Spirit World 2014 Jan Nelson Mandela from the spirit world: "Dr. Moon was the first person who met me when I came over here!" Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJl3Kw79_8s Peace on Earth The Kingdom of Heaven Age of Cheon Il Guk Aju! 2006 2014 Artist Benny Andersson Sweden Ancestor Liberation How many ancestors! Reference: Divine Prnciple 2005 Color Version www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/DP2006_Color_Version/ Material for an Education on Spirit World (also including external resources) www.truelove.org/indexsp.htm Earthly Life and Spirit World Vol 1, 2 Publ. 1998 www.unification.org/ucbooks/HDH/index.html Cheon Seong Gyeong Publ. 2006, 2014 Book Five - Earthly Life and the Spirit World Book Six - Our Life And The Spiritual Realm.pdf www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/csg/eng%20CSG%202006/ CSG14-07 Earthly Life and Spirit World http://www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/csg/eng%20CSG%202014/ Ref cont.: My own inspirational Resources: www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/PPT/SundaySchool/ Wikipedia , several pictures List of some Spiritual World Books: http://new-birth.net/books_life_after_death.htm End