Peace King

Oscar Fernando

Journalist, Sri Lanka

ost people today loath public discussion on the subject of God and spirituality; that the mass media abhors this subject is a foregone conclusion. Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon is taking the world by storm in discussing and propagating the subject of God and spirituality in open forums throughout the world!

It is well for media personnel to study the ethical tenets emphasized by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) so that these could be reflected in their writings with no inhibitions as to spirituality. The UPF speaks of God as the common Father of humankind; their projects encourage complete freedom for all participants in conferences and workshops to keep to their respective religious beliefs; what is expected is a dialogue to get to the core values of all religions for pursuit of world peace. Such values are put to pragmatic use in doing service projects that are often commenced with the participants’ own religious rituals and sermons.

Human beings must love their enemies and even go so far as to do good to those that hate them. Human beings must live for the sake of others; this law is as basic as, say, the law of gravity. Grave consequences have followed in the world by not living according to this law. With true love, prayer, meditation and spirituality we, the human family, must connect with God and become one family with true love shared by husband and wife, parents and children. Peace should be the natural relationship between fellow human beings, the environment and God. That human beings are not merely physical but also spiritual was a common belief at one time in history.

7 A VISION FOR PEACE