Preparing for the Il Shim Ceremony

Choosing to Become a True Son or Daughter of God Topic 1 Choosing to Become a True Son or Daughter of God

Choosing to Become a True Son or Daughter of God Building a Relationship with God Prayer Faith and Experience A Real Sense of God’s Presence

Choosing to Become a True Son or Daughter of God Learning about our Identity as “Second Generation” To whom do I belong? Receiving True Parents in my heart Inheriting the lineage and receiving the ‘baton’ from my parents

Fallen Nature and Original Nature Developing your character is like weeding and nurturing your inner garden Transform yourself with love and care

Fallen Nature and Original Nature Being Selfish and Mistaken Loving and Understanding as God Does Being Insecure and Irresponsible Confidence in being God’s Child; Rejoicing in Being Loved

Fallen Nature and Original Nature Being Bossy, Rebellious, Arrogant Giving and Receiving freely and properly Complaining, Blaming Doing great things – Being an Inspiration to Others

Summary Divine Principle 1 Failure to Love Others from God’s Standpoint Being Selfish 2 Being Irresponsible Leaving One’s Proper Position 3 Reversing Dominion Being Rebellious 4 The Multiplication of Evil Stirring up Trouble

God’s Great Love for Us! The Prodigal Son

He lost his way and ended up in misery What is the purpose of our lives? How does a human being become happy? What is your goal? To embody God’s love?

God’s Love Comes to Us in the Three Great Blessings Fulfilling them brings happiness to us because it’s according to our original mind (goodness) Ignoring the purpose of our life leads to emptiness and suffering (evil) Living against this ideal leads to abuse and addiction – in an attempt to artificially fill the void meant to be filled by True Love

What does this mean in reality? Multiply Good Develop your skills and talents Reading Writing Sport Art Speaking Inventing and Creating Making Friends; Celebrating Worshipping, Studying, Caring Recreation in Nature Personal Grooming Homemaking; Cleaning, Cooking, Building, Repairing, Sewing, Childcare Music and Dancing Entertaining guests with heart Enjoying togetherness This is shimjung (togetherness) culture These activities awaken the senses & give happiness

What does this mean in reality? Multiply Evil Neglect your Original Nature Neglecting your health and appearance Laziness Smoking Drinking alcohol and takig drugs Too much TV/Movies/ Video games Poor quality diet (‘junk food’) Superficial and distant relationships Poor quality entertainment (also ‘junk’) Pornography Dating Premature sexualisation of relationships This is a destructive culture (at best, superficial) It deadens the senses after over-stimulating them

How Much is Too Much TV? According to Dr. Nick Baylis (Scientist of Well-being at Cambridge University) in his book “Learning from Wonderful Lives” chapter on “What can slow our progress” pp.152-163: “Television should be a nutritious meal we share together, not fast-food we gulp down addictively so as to anaesthetise our hunger for activities and relationships missing in our real life.” * more than 2 Hours a day is too much * It is “Illusion Learning” * Too much T.V. paralyses the brain, body and ambitions

Transformed into a True Olive Tree “Did your birth take place under the true parenthood or the false parenthood?” “Externally, a bud on the false olive tree looks just the same as one on the true olive tree – in fact, it might even look a little better, since it receives so much nourishment.” Can we penetrate all the thousands of years of customs in the satanic world and bring a revolution? from “True Parents and I” June 15th 1986

So… it’s time to: Give the thumbs up to positive, shimjung lifestyle! Carefully discern what is good and what is evil, and decide to dedicate to the good! Enjoy being part of the solution to societies problems