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25) Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Twenty-sixth President of the United States
-Only when you realize the truth about God's work can you know the significance of peace for humanity-
I was very envious of the other former American presidents who reported before me, and I am very grateful and joyful to have an opportunity to also pass on my message to earth. On earth, I became the youngest president in American history, and so I had more progressive inclinations than the others. When I listened to lectures on Rev. Moon's Divine Principle and Unification Thought here in the spirit world, I was so moved that I feel an ever-growing urge to be resurrected on earth every day.
That is because American leaders of today look down on moral values, waste material resources of various kinds on unreasonable projects, provide a declining level of education in matters of morality and character and cannot come up with a clear solution to the chaos of this time. Rev. Moon's Divine Principle and Unification Thought are far superior to the doctrine that America is founded on. Consider the current situation of Israel. Are they serving Jesus Christ and closely following his teachings?
At present, great secrets of heaven are being revealed through the Divine Principle and the Unification Thought. Do you know that an eternal world where people live truly exists? It is a pity that the words I speak cannot fully express the strong emotions and admiration I feel for Rev. Sun Myung Moon's teachings. I am really very grateful to Rev. Moon. Even if he is not the Messiah or the Savior in religious terms, when we consider his doctrine, it is more than enough for us to acknowledge him as the leader of the world.
People of the United States! I implore you to serve the true teacher of humanity and to accept his theology so that you can remain forever as the people of the greatest nation in the world. Rev. Moon has the answers in many different dimensions regarding the establishment of an eternal world of peace. When I see his projects for realizing a world of peace, I cannot hold my head up, because as someone who received the Nobel Peace Prize, I am too ashamed. Only when the American people follow his teachings can America remain as a great nation of prosperity and peace in front of the world. And only when you properly realize, in this time, the truth about who God is can you know the significance of peace for humanity. This is the main point of my message that I want to convey to you from my heart.
Theodore Roosevelt; July 14, 2003
26) William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Twenty-seventh President of the United States
-The Unification Principle is the new truth that can revolutionize the consciousness of today's youth-
People on earth, regardless of who they are, would like to leave their view of life and of the world for posterity. I was not free from this kind of desire while living on earth, but as I left my body, entered the eternal spirit world and directly experienced it, I came to understand how absurd I had been in my writings. There are no words that could explain how embarrassed and puzzled I felt in my heart. People on earth can never imagine how things are in the spirit world.
The most important thing people should know is that the spirit world exists as vividly as the physical world does. My authority and honor as the president of a nation didn't carry any significant meaning here. How can the people on earth understand with their limited way of thinking that we can send out messages from the spirit world to the physical world?
I was quite shocked to learn the fact that God is the parent of all mankind. I believe it is indeed a shocking issue for the entire human race of this age. Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the one who declared this truth to the entire world. Amazing and shocking facts don't just stop here.
There are books on Divine Principle and Unification Thought. Though there are billions of books on earth, can anyone really find a concrete solution to liberate humanity from suffering and misery in any one of them? Those of you living on earth must study the Divine Principle. It is the book that introduces the new truth discovered by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a man who has gone through all manner of hardship and privation. The book explains the creation, the ideal world, the purpose of life, the fall of man, the beginning and the process of human history and God's sorrow. I feel sorry that I haven't been able to record all the things I wish I could tell you here.
I believe that the Divine Principle will completely revolutionize the fallen consciousness of today's young people. When I examine my own achievements as America's 27th president, I feel nothing but remorse and shame. I hope that people on earth will deeply study the reason God was revealed as the parent of all humanity in this age.
William Taft; July 16, 2003
27) Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Twenty-eighth President of the United States; Advocated the establishment of the League of Nations
-Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the light of the human race and his teaching is the good news for us all-
Most people want to live healthier and longer on earth. However, when I came here to the spirit world, my earthly life felt just like a passing shower in the middle of a summer day. Although this brilliant and radiant life in the spirit world was waiting for me, during my earthly life I thought that life on earth was everything there was. I truly regret that my life on earth was false and in vain. Yet I came to understand that the physical life bore fruit in this eternal spirit world. I also came to understand that my position in the physical world as president of the United States didn't have anything to do with the kind of fruit I needed to bear in this world.
I deeply respect Rev. Sun Myung Moon. How could I respect someone whom I never met during my life on earth? Right here, I discovered his amazing truth. He had to go through enormous suffering to find the truth. Even now, in his old age, he works very hard to realize a world of peace. I don't think we can find a greater person than him in all of history. He is an absolutely unique individual in relation to bringing humankind into peace.
The Divine Principle testifies that Rev. Moon is the Lord of the Second Advent, Messiah, Savior and True Parent. I feel sorry that I cannot find still nobler names to call him. He is the light of all humanity, and his teaching is indeed good news for us all. People on earth may not feel that God is actually the parent of the entire human race, but the time will come soon when people experience the truth in concrete ways. The Divine Principle is something everybody must read. I highly recommend that not only Americans, but all the people of the world read this.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson; July 19, 2003
28) Warren Gamaliel Harding (1921-1923)
Twenty-ninth President of the United States
-If we practice the teaching of the Divine Principle, the whole human race can be united as one-
It was God's sorrow as well as a tragedy for the human race that the beginning of human history turned out badly and that God couldn't maintain his position as the parent of humanity. Reflecting on history, no one can deny that it has been full of misery due to such things as war, sickness and starvation.
I have come to understand Rev. Sun Myung Moon's idea of peace by participating in a Divine Principle seminar. After coming to know the true identity of Satan, I fell into a deep rage. How could this fact remain hidden as a secret throughout history? When I realized that sin, crime, war, disease, starvation and all human suffering were caused by our first ancestors' having gone astray from the path of true love, there were no words to explain the shock and surprise I felt. The entire human race must understand the teaching of the Divine Principle before tomorrow comes, reveal the true identity of Satan to all of heaven and earth and gain the wisdom necessary to liquidate all kinds of misery and disasters caused by Satan throughout history.
In short, God lost his position as our parent because of our ancestors. I can't simply explain all that here. Without the Divine Principle, there can be no true life. The Divine Principle is a guide to the basics of life. Many other presidents have already expressed their feelings. I agree with them absolutely. In order to pull out the root of fundamental human evil, we must reveal the true identity of Satan and his false love. At the same time, we must practice true love to change the way people reason and think.
We need to understand what kind of suffering and hardships Rev. Sun Myung Moon had to go through to discover the Divine Principle. If we all practice the teaching of the Divine Principle, the human race can be united as one, transcending racial, religious and national differences. There have been numerous teachings in history; yet only through the Divine Principle can humanity be led to the eternal world of peace. I sincerely pray that we, all humanity, serve Rev. Sun Myung Moon as our True Parent and practice the Divine Principle and Unification Thought so that we can live as one family of brothers and sisters.
Warren Gamaliel Harding; July 23, 2003
29) John Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Thirtieth President of the United States
-God moves our original mind and is the embodiment of truth, beauty and goodness-
Many former U.S. presidents participated in a Divine Principle seminar and gave their impressions. I came to learn various new truths. I would like to mention one of them. America must realize that the entire human race is at a crossroads where it must make a decision and set off in a new direction. America is universally recognized as the most powerful nation on earth, but I see that America lacks the generosity and compassion to spiritually and materially give to other nations. The powerful can have true power only when they take care of the weaker. Because all people are brothers and sisters with a common parent, God, we must help, understand and depend on each other. That's God's long-standing wish. Even if we leave God out of the discussion, it is certain that man's original mind wants to live for the sake of others. Only then can people experience true joy and peace. Where does the activity of the original mind, which every person has, originate?
In the spirit world, I came to know many things by participating in the Divine Principle seminar. Most impressive was the teaching about the relationship between God and humankind. If each person did not have an original mind, this world would fall into utter confusion. The original being, the force leading the original mind, is God. God moves the original mind and is the embodiment of truth, beauty and goodness. He is also the parent of all humankind, so he guides people to lead a life of goodness. This is indeed an amazing fact.
Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the one who revealed this new truth. If America wants to keep its position as the most powerful nation on earth, she must accept this new truth and be willing to be guided by Rev. Moon.
John Coolidge; July 24, 2003
30) Herbert Clark Hoover (1929-1933)
Thirty-first President of the United States
-When there is harmonious interaction in every aspect of human society, all suffering and misery will disappear-
I am intimately grateful to those who convinced me to participate in the Divine Principle seminar. The Divine Principle applies universally, not only in the physical world but also in the spirit world, without any exception. Even so, we almost never realized that fact while living on earth. I can say that this is a viewpoint the many presidents participating in this seminar shared. What I was deeply impressed with was the Divine Principle topic on dual characteristics and relationships.
Complex problems in various aspects of human life with respect to the individual, family, nation and world come about because there is no harmonious interaction between different parties. If interaction is smooth on the various levels of life, there will not be any struggle, conflict or trouble in the life of an individual, or in a family or society. Furthermore, there will be no conflict or war between nations. That's the original way of life. When we understand the Divine Principle, all of this comes to us so clearly and simply. However, as individuals, we all struggle. The original God-centered mind and the self-centered mind struggle against each other. The mind and body struggle against each other as well. Therefore, when the mind and body become one centering on the God-centered mind, a person can be in control of him- or herself. Nevertheless, interaction has been cut off, distorted and abandoned in the most fundamental relationship in the cosmos--the relationship between God and man.
On earth, we have never clearly understood the fundamental truth that all things in the physical world and the spirit world exist in pairs (e.g. male and female). There is nothing in the world that doesn't exist in partnership with something of an opposite nature. God exists as a unified being of dual characteristics. In addition, the Divine Principle reveals with clear logic the purpose of life, the fall of man and the course of the restoration of humankind. The Divine Principle is the new truth of this age. The Divine Principle, which was discovered by Rev. Sun Myung Moon, is a unique guide to realizing world peace. The Divine Principle reveals that Rev. Moon is, according to the Christian expression, the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord of the Second Advent--and the True Parent of all humanity. I am incapable of describing all of Rev. Moon's achievements and ideas related to world peace, but I certainly have faith in him.
I would like to sincerely speak to all people on earth from here. All of you must actively be involved and interested in Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his teachings. If God is the parent of all people, we are brothers and sisters to one another. Yet humankind has lost its one center (True Parents), is in conflict and struggle, and people are fighting wars against one another. I absolutely respect and believe in Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who, as God's representative, is trying to bring all humankind to the point of being brothers and sisters under one parent, God.
Herbert Hoover; July 26, 2003
31) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Thirty-second President of the United States; Served four terms as president; Promoted the New Deal Policy in an attempt to solve the Great Depression of the 1930s
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Prayer
Heavenly Father!
I think I am too bold to call you Father. Dear Father, you are so miserable! You are a God of great grief and bitter pain. What can I say to bring you words of comfort, Father? I am Roosevelt. At one time, as the president of the United States, I invested all my energy for the welfare and prosperity of the American people, but I didn't guide them in any way to help them prepare for life in the eternal spiritual world. It is this point that has caused my heart to feel untold suffering. Heavenly Father, please forgive me.
And dear God, please lead the American people today to the right path. Most of them are caught up with excessive self-praise and egoism just because they are citizens of the strongest power on earth. They are unable to display tolerance and humility toward the third world countries, they take their own future lightly, their own view of God is deviating from the true path.
Heavenly Father, please shake and wake up America. I pray earnestly for our American people. Heavenly Father, I beg for forgiveness that I was unable to teach them that you are the parent of all humankind. Heavenly Father, I will invest all my energy and prayers here in the spirit world until the day when all the American people become God's true children.
The new truth of the Divine Principle is moving my heart deeply, and is making me repent about everything in my past life. It is the first time in my life that I have had such deep feelings. I realized so many things through the Divine Principle, and the only thing that I can do at this time is lament loudly with tears of repentance.
Heavenly Father, please protect and preserve the throne of the True Parents, Rev. Sun Myung Moon who worked so hard to find and reveal this new truth. Father, I know that this prayer is presumptuous and impolite, but unless I pray and repent in this way before you, I will not be able to endure. I want to offer this prayer to you, dear God. Please accept it.
God's child, Franklin Roosevelt; July 26, 2003
32) Harry Truman (1945-1953)
Thirty-third President of the United States
-"God is my parent, I am God's child." This is my favorite motto-
As one in a line of successive American presidents, I want to declare from the spirit world a shocking truth before not only the American people, but also the whole of humankind, including all those connected to the United Nations. It is the amazing fact that "God is the parent of humankind." Until today, all humankind has not been able to become one, and people are still suffering from war, disease and poverty. The advanced nations have too many resources, while the people of the third world are dying of starvation. In the Divine Principle, I discovered the fundamental solution to the problems of war, disease, and poverty, the disparity between the rich and poor, and the problem of human rights.
Why did the suffering and unhappiness of human beings begin? It was because the start of human history was wrong, because their master and center changed. The fact that human history is a false history might sound strange to those who are not interested in the view of Christian history according to God's providence.
What sort of existence is God in relation to humankind? God was the parent of humankind from the very beginning. But after God created Adam and Eve, it was the Archangel Lucifer who took care of them. However, the archangel Lucifer tempted them and established an immoral relationship of love with Eve while she was in the period of growth. He acted as though he were their master and parent and he came to control this earth.
Unfortunately, human history started from this immoral, sinful blood lineage. This sinful blood lineage has been passed down from generation to generation throughout human history. And the result of this was that human society became an unprincipled society that God never wanted. From the very beginning, humankind lost the ideal world of God's creation which was to center on God's love. People lost their own humanity. The archangel Lucifer disguised himself as God, and has been controlling human history until today. Accordingly, human society is full of all kinds of sin and evil, and things reached such a state that materialistic communism even declared that there was no God. The original world of peace and love that God had intended has become a world where sin and evil are rampant. It is an unprincipled world with unceasing poverty, disease, conflict, struggle and war. This is the reality of the world today.
Today, humankind must clear up this unfortunate history and live together as brothers and sisters attending God as their parent. When this happens, then for the first time humankind will be able to be freed from disease, struggle, war and so on. This is the kind of world that God had planned at the beginning of creation.
It took a long time for me to realize this fact. I cannot emphasize enough the truth and greatness of Rev. Moon's Divine Principle. The Divine Principle contains God's ideal of creation and the blueprint for a world of peace. In short, the Divine Principle is the unique truth of humankind. It is the guidebook for a true life. The more you research the Divine Principle, the more you come to feel new life and new inspiration. Today, the final goal of humankind is to reveal day by day more about Satan's evil and to completely clear up the inheritance of sin and evil. When this is done, then for the first time a world of peace will be built centered on God's true love. And an ideal world of the Garden of Eden where all people live as brothers and sisters will be able to be realized.
People of the world! Brothers and sisters! Let us, centering on our True Parents, take part in the Unification Movement, spreading it to the whole cosmos. Let all humankind attend Rev. Sun Myung Moon as our True Parent and let us become the central people to build a world without poverty, or war and the like. Let us work to build the Kingdom of Heaven, the eternal world of peace, freedom and love. Then God's glory will become even more visible. The American people in particular should try harder than any other nation to comfort God's heart when he looks at all his children suffering in sin and evil.
"God is our parent, we are God's children." I want to suggest to all humankind that we take this to be our motto. This is both God's hope and our hope. I sincerely hope that the intelligentsia will not be lazy in studying the Divine Principle.
Harry Truman; July 28, 2003
33) Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Thirty-fourth President of the United States
A letter to True Parents
Most respected True Parents, I am Eisenhower.
True Parents, you love humankind so much! I realized many things after I learned that even in your aging body you endure all kinds of suffering and adversity for the peace of humankind. In this place here, centering on Sang Hun Lee, all the American presidents have determined in their minds to guard and protect America today.
Life on earth appears like that of the satanic city of Sodom. As time passes, even though there is change, no one is clearly aware of what is wrong. And I know that there is no difference between God's heart and the heart of True Parents when they look at the lives of people living on the earth. When I see the faces of True Parents, who are always taking great pains to re-establish the Garden of Eden of God's ideal at the time of creation, I feel so ashamed.
There are still many things in True Parents' plan that are left to be realized and we are all doing our best to help you in the physical world. True Parents, please make the foundation for us so that we can resurrect on the earth to help your work! We all deeply realize that without True Parents' Divine Principle and Unification Thought there would be no future for the world. Please allow us a foundation where we can work, receiving your orders.
Today, the United Nations and America are confronted with the situation where they absolutely need the ideology of the True Parents. Let the American people take part in the movement to realize world peace and lead all humankind so that they can become one through the ideology of the True Parents. Every time God sees his true son fighting alone, his distressed face is covered by dark clouds of worry. I really feel such sorrow. Now, even if it is in this place, the presidents of the United States are resolved, centering on the ideology of True Parents, to actively take part in the movement for the settlement of world peace. If you look at our solemn and resolved faces you will receive comfort. Please forgive me for daring to write this letter to you.
Dwight Eisenhower; July 29, 2003
34) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963)
Thirty-fifth President of the United States
A Message to the United Nations
Those of you at the United Nations, I am John Kennedy!
I want to declare an extremely important thing to you today. The fact that Kennedy is sending a message from the spiritual world to the United Nations is something that cannot be imagined in your world, and it is very significant news. Through attending lectures of the new truth, Divine Principle and Unification Thought here in the spirit world, I have understood the direction and goal that the world must take today. I want to let the UN know the following.
The people of the world today must live as brothers and sisters, helping and depending upon each other. This is the most urgent and universal value. I want to convey to those of you at the UN this strong message showing our resolution and will, hoping that you will put it into practice. I declare the following:
1. God is the parent of humankind and truly does exist.
2. After people finish their life on earth, their soul continues on to live in the eternal world, namely the incorporeal world (spirit world) which is a reality.
3. Rev. Sun Myung Moon is the Messiah, the Savior and the True Parent of humankind.
4. All of humankind and the UN have to understand the ideology and works of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and they have to accept his leadership and guidance.
5. The realization of an eternal world of peace is only possible when we put into practice the ideology of the True Parents and practice love on the supra-religious, supra-national, and supra-racial levels. A world of peace cannot be realized through wars or through force.
6. The whole of creation, including humankind, exists in reciprocal relationships, namely, both internal nature and external form, and plus and minus (male and female).
7. The beginning of human history went wrong and this has to be restored according to the providence of restoration.
8. We have to clearly know the true identity of Satan (Lucifer) who left a huge stain on the beginning of human history.
9. The gap between the rich and poor is becoming more serious on the earth. The cause of ignorance, sickness, poverty and war has to be completely eradicated.
10. The Divine Principle and Unification Thought are the unique textbooks that can free humankind from suffering and unhappiness.
I sincerely hope that those of you at the UN keep these ten points in mind and in your own countries fulfill your responsibility in this age to lead humankind into a new future. Members of the United Nations, don't ask what the United Nations can do for you, ask what you can do for the realization of the eternal world of peace (the original founding purpose of the UN). I feel sorry to God that during my short term as president the UN did not fulfill its responsibility and, with a heart asking for forgiveness, I send this message.
John Kennedy; July 30, 2003
35) Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)
Thirty-sixth President of the United States
Who is God?
Each person among us has the desire to seek out goodness. Whether or not people believe in God, when they face difficulties, even though they may not recognize it by themselves, they are looking for some being who can help them. What being is that? I think the being that is the origin of that desire to seek and find--a desire that is settled deep within the original mind--is none other than God.
People of America! I have directly experienced God in the spirit world. One day, a brilliant light of unknown source surrounded me and I was whisked off to a very miserable place. In that place I could hear strange groaning noises and screams. And I myself involuntarily shouted out, "Help me, save me!"
At that time, the light began to swirl around my chest and a voice said, "Save America! Save humankind! Proclaim the existence of God! I am Jehovah, Lord of hosts * I am Jehovah, Lord of hosts * I am Jehovah, Lord of hosts *! I am asking you to save America, and thus to save the world." In that one moment, I was both enraptured and fearful. I felt that this place was hell, and the miserable people there were experiencing the manifestation of the fruits of their earthly lives.
My fellow Americans! What kind of being do you think God is? He is the creator of heaven and earth, and of humankind. Rev. Moon's Divine Principle clarifies that God is the parent of humankind. This discovery is a remarkable one. God definitely exists, and mostly appears to people in the form of light. If you receive the Divine Principle and the guidance of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, you will work this out in detail. Please put your brief earthly lives in order and prepare yourselves properly so that you can settle in a place full of light in the eternal spirit world. This is my desperate plea.
Lyndon Johnson; July 31, 2003
36) Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Thirty-seventh President of the United States
Proclamation of Resolution of Former US Presidents
MC: Dwight Eisenhower
Prayer: Franklin Roosevelt
Adoption and Proclamation of Resolution: Richard Nixon
Three Cheers of Mansei: Richard Nixon
Prayer
God our Father,
We, the former presidents of the United States, in the attendance and service of God and True Parents, hereby proclaim our adoption of the following 6-point written resolution. We all determine to actively volunteer our efforts and sacrifice for the sake of peace in the United States and peace for all humankind. For this we ask that you guide us all.
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