November 2, 2008
The Hero’s Journey - Should Obama Win

November 6, 2008 side remark:
Well, that’s President Obama now, from Jan. 20, 2009 onward. Click here to read some more remarks.
And concerning the actual topic of this article: The first threshold of our hero’s journey has been crossed. We wish him all the best and everything he needs.
 

The Hero’s Journey is a mythical journey described by Joseph Campbell in his book ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces.’ Campbell studied myths and legends from many, vastly different cultures and abstracted certain patterns which he used to construct the Journey.

Many consider the stations of the Hero’s Journey as universal, reflecting patterns woven by life itself. The Journey in all its details may thus teach us lessons to understand and master the challenges that life puts before us.

Here follows an application of these stations to the life of a fictional Moonie whose value system may be challenged by the upcoming presidential elections. The story is completely invented, does not refer to any living or dead people, does not represent any views of the movement or is not supposed to describe any concrete situations that took place in time and space.
 

I apologize in advance for feelings I might stir up - if any.

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Direct Dominion - What’s it like?
According to Unification Movement teaching, every human being will at some time enter Heaven, the realm of God’s direct dominion. The details of what that is are kind of foggy, nobody experienced it. Check the Teaching section for theoretical details.

However, a picture says more than a thousand words - so check out this Scene From Heaven.

July 19, 2005
The Bering Strait Bridge Idea
For decades Sun Myung Moon has talked about a highway around planet earth. Such a street across all racial, cultural and political boundaries is for him just one little step towards his goal of forging the world family of mankind. Now he joins the group of visionaries that see a bridge across the Bering Strait. A small logical step in the grand picture.

Chung Pyung
The movement’s holy ground in Chung Pyung, Korea, has been attracting ever greater crowds over the last decade. Recent projects like a hospital, a school and an old people’s village begin to attract even people from outside the movement. The roots of this place are deeply spiritual and could make for a great mystery movie.