Father has taught us that we are now in the Children's Course. For this age we also need a model to follow. Without a prototype, fallen people cannot reach their goals. Therefore God always gives us an example. Our first models are our True Parents. Now God has given us another prototype-Heung JinNim. He is the living model for us to follow in the Children 's Course. He has shown us how to live, how to love True Parents and how to love other members. He offered himself not by words, but by deeds to show us we should live a sacrificial life.
After Heung Jin Nim went to spirit world, many people received the revelation that the new age had come to this earth. Many things are changing now, not only in the spirit world but on the earth as well. I am working now in Europe. Much spiritual phenomena is occurring in that continent at this time, and I feel it is my responsibility to convey it, because these things are happening not only for Europe, but for the benefit of all members throughout the world.
We learn about the spirit world through the Principle. On many occasions Father has also talked about the spirit world, although he does not convey everything. He does not want us to focus only on that world; Father wants us to do our work on earth. However, without understanding the spirit world, we cannot have a true life of faith. We must realize that the spiritworld is our eternal home. Without knowing our homeland, we cannot have a true life of faith.
I believe most people are interested in the spirit world. Many books are written on this subject. Through reading these books one can gain a good understanding of spirit world. Yet no matterhow many books one may read, without understanding the Principle, a person cannot really understand the spirit world. An understanding of the Principle is the foundation necessary to understand the spirit world.
Many of you come from Europe, or have worked there. As you probably know, Germany is a very difficult place to witness about religious and spiritual matters. German people are quite intellectual; if they don't believe something you say, they want to check its validity using scientific methods. Yet we know that spirit world cannot be discovered by science alone. Therefore, spirit world is a difficult thing for many Germans to understand. When a person talks about the spirit world, Germans have a hard time believing what they hear is true.
To have such spiritual phenomena occur, it is necessary to make many conditions. Without conditions of Tang Gam, the spirit world cannot work. For a spiritual being to come, a certain atmosphere must be created. When we have negative feelings or disharmony in our center, even if good spiritual beings want to , come, they cannot. Heung Jin Nim told us this. Fallen man is constantly changing-uplifted one day, depressed the next. For this reason, even if a spiritual being comes to assist one time, it may be difficult to visit a second time.
A good spiritual atmosphere is essential for the spirit world to work with us. A high spiritual atmosphere can be created through having a harmonious life. If one member does not have a good relationship with other members, the atmosphere suffers. One should be spiritually high and have an open heart to accept the assistance of good spirits. If one has doubts about the spirit world or is skeptical that spiritual phenomena can occur, it is very difficult for them to come.
I would like to relate some of the events which occurred on the 25th of March in Munich, Germany. A German brother by the name of Hans-Jurgen Heuer has been working in the United States for a number of years. Several years ago he received a revelation; the late President Eu asked him to have his mother (a member) read the Divine Principle book to a person in the spirit the world by the name of Father Rupert Meyer, a German priest who died in 1945. He had his own church, and because he was such a good person he had many followers and was quite famous. During the time of the Nazis he opposed Hitler, and because of this was put in a concentration camp for one year. Hitler actually wanted to kill him but because so many people respected and followed Father Meyer, Hitler moved him from the concentration camp to an ordinary prison. He stayed in that prison four years and after the war was over, was released. But because he had suffered so much in prison he soon died, in November 1945. Because his whole life had been dedicated to God and Jesus he now lives in a good spiritual realm.
Erika Heuer, the mother of Hans, now lives in Munich and on her son's request, began two years ago to read ten pages of Divine Principle to Father Meyer every day. She did not read more than ten pages, for if we read too much, spiritual people cannot understand so many things at once. Perhaps you think that when you go to the spirit world, you can know everything. This is not true. You go to the spirit world with the knowledge you acquired on the earth. That consciousness cannot be changed suddenly. Likewise, spiritual persons do not change their faith immediately. It is difficult, and takes time. It is our responsibility to teach the people living in the spirit world about this new truth and our True Parents.