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    Unification Thought Supplementary Materials
    Unification Thought Supplementary Materials
    Unification Thought Supplementary Materials
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    Unification Thought Supplementary Materials

    By Jennifer P. Tanabe

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    Collection of materials supplementing texts on Unification Thought by Dr. Sang Hun Lee. Unification Thought is the philosophical system derived from revelations received by Sun Myung Moon, and systematized and applied to the traditional fields of philosophy in a novel and intriguing way. This volume, edited by Dr. Jennifer Tanabe, includes clarifications given by Dr. Sang Hun Lee on a number of points in answer to questions raised by participants in Unification Thought seminars.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781300622253
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      Unification Thought Supplementary Materials - Jennifer P. Tanabe

      Unification Thought Supplementary Materials

      UNIFICATION THOUGHT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

      Edited by

      Jennifer P. Tanabe

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2013 Jennifer P. Tanabe

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN 978-1-300-62225-3

      INTRODUCTION

      I decided to prepare these materials while teaching a course on Unification Thought at the Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, New York. Courses on Unification Thought had been taught there before, but my hope for this course was that it would reach a new level, based on the 21-day seminar that Dr. Sang Hun Lee had given for Unificationist scholars in the summer of 1989. That seminar left us with the draft of a new text on Unification Thought (Fundamentals of Unification Thought) and slides for most of the lectures. But more than that, we had come to know and love Dr. Lee, the person commissioned by Rev. Moon to develop and teach Unification Thought.

      As in studying Divine Principle, it is not enough to read the book(s) over and over, we also need to study the speeches and life of Rev. Moon himself. Although Unification Thought is the thought of Rev. Moon, and Dr. Lee is the first to make this clear (he absolutely will not accept any personal credit for this philosophical system), in order to understand Unification Thought it is also necessary to understand Dr. Lee. Therefore, in this collection I have included not only further materials directly discussing Unification Thought, but also some of Dr. Lee's speeches, including his testimony of his 21-day fast. Also in this Introduction, I would like to give my own testimony of my ex­perience with Dr. Lee.

      The First International Seminar on Unification Thought and VOC Theory for Special Lecturers was held at the Unification Theological Seminary, Barrytown, New York, from July 23rd through August 12th, 1989. Over thirty Unification scholars participated in at least part of the 21-day program. Twenty of us completed the program and graduated, receiving certificates signed by Dr. Sang Hun Lee, President of the Unification Thought Institute, and Dr. David S. C. Kim, President of the Unification Theological Seminary.

      Before the seminar I am sure all of us had some apprehension. The initial plan had been 120 days of training in Korea, and we were not quite sure what would happen in 21 days! I had never met Dr. Lee, but what I heard from those who had experienced a previous Unification Thought seminar did not reassure me too much. It seemed that his style of lecturing was to speak in Japanese, followed by English translation by one of his staff, and not to have any give and take with the audience. Questions were to be submitted in written form and few, if any, answers would be received. Also I heard that there would be tests every second evening!

      When it finally happened, the seminar was a beautiful experience. There was a warmth of love as though we were all one family under our True Parents. In our classroom the unity between Dr. Lee and our beloved president of UTS, Dr. David Kim, was a beautiful catalyst to this spirit of harmony. Dr. Kim provided all the external support necessary by hosting this seminar at UTS, and really invested his heart to provide the foundation for us Western Unification scholars to receive the teachings of Unification Thought. When we saw our two elder brothers so deeply committed to this seminar it was easy for us to invest our own hearts and minds. This is the way education should be!

      And the lectures - yes, Dr. Lee speaks Japanese without looking at the audience, but the translation time allows plenty of time for taking good notes! His lectures are by no means boring or just factual, but they are filled with personal testimonies of his life of faith and his experiences with Father. Dr. Lee's sincerity and conviction comes through loud and clear.

      Questions and answers? Yes, we had a question and answer period before lunch each day. Dr. Lee tried very hard to answer our questions, although of course sometimes the answer was that it would be covered in the next lecture! And sometimes he spent almost a whole lecture answering a question. One of my questions resulted in a whole new set of diagrams being produced, at the cost of his staff losing sleep that night to work on them! Even if Dr. Lee was not available directly his three staff members patiently listened to our questions, and our sometimes heated discussions over lunch, reporting our comments to Dr. Lee. The bottom line, we realized, was that we had set the time limit on the seminar by not being available for the original 120 or 40 days. Had we been willing, Dr. Lee would have spent more time with us.

      The experience of hearing Dr. Lee himself was a rare and precious one which I will never forget. His determination to understand Father's thought and present it to the scholars of the world moved me to tears. He gave his testimony of the fast he did in order to understand God's heart, because as a man of intellect he had been unable to shed tears for fallen humanity and for the creation, and did not feel God's suffering heart. That and other testimonies he gave showed us his intelligence and his dedication to truth, and yet his humility and absolute faithfulness to Father. I felt that this man is truly qualified to develop and teach Unification Thought. At East Garden, where we were invited to lunch at the close of the seminar, Father confirmed this, saying that he chose Sang Hun Lee to develop Unification Thought because he was the most serious person he found, serious enough to die if he could not find the truth, like Father himself.

      So, apart from all the intellectual discussions, what do I cherish as my memory of this workshop? When Dr. Lee commented on the lectures we gave, his face was shining when he said

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