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Y. A. C. Moon: Address to World Summit 2014
Written by Prof. Yeon Ah Choi Moon, President, Women's Federation for World Peace International
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Address to World Summit 2014, Seoul, Korea, August 9-13, 2014
It is my privilege and pleasure to be here with you today at the time of the second seonghwa anniversary of the passing of our beloved Father Moon, the co-founder of our worldwide movement to bring about a world of lasting peace.
This conference is being held in South Korea, a land representative of the pain felt throughout the world. As brothers and sisters who have worked together with our True Parents, we will take responsibility to resolve these hurts from the past.
I have learned so much over the past two years as I have watched our Mother Moon taking responsibility to fulfill the lifelong goals of her husband for world peace. The love of a woman’s heart and wisdom, that is, women’s leadership in this process of healing and peacebuilding is key. With my warm heart I wish to welcome you to my homeland.
Everyone knows what needs to be done. We do not need more information. How can you make these tangible? Father Moon showed us how to do it, and he has already done it. Let’s take a minute to reflect on his words:
“Throughout my life I dedicated myself to efforts for peace. Any time the word peace comes out, I become emotional. I choke up. It becomes difficult for me to swallow my food, and tears begin to well up in my eyes. I am moved immediately just to imagine the day when the world becomes one and begins to enjoy peace. That is the measure of peace. It makes people who think differently, are of different races and speak different languages. Our hearts yearn for this world and harbor a hope that it will be realized.
“Peace is concrete action. It is not a vague dream. Building a movement for peace has not always been easy. There have been many difficulties, and it has required a large sum of money. I have not done this for my own honor nor to make money. All I did was to invest my full effort so that we can have a world where a strong and true peace takes root. This is because ultimately peace is the desire of every person in the world.
“It is strange, though. Even though everyone wants peace, it has still not come. It is easy to talk about peace, but to bring peace is not easy. This is because people push aside the most elementary truth needed to bring about a world of peace. They pretend not to know this truth is there. Before we talk about peace among individuals or among nations, we must talk about peace between ourselves and God.”
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