The Miracle in Mindanao

As Mr. Man Hee Lee, the chairman of HWPL, spreads his message of peace, the people of the global community are starting to respond to his message in their own ways. Although they may not be able to travel around the world like Mr. Lee to spread the message of peace, they are changing the community that they live.

It is hard for one small stream to change a lake, however, if a lake, which holds the source to the water, it is able to change all the streams and rivers that it supports with water. As the world is starting to recognize the need for peace, especially after the WARP Summit, people are taking charge in changing their communities.

For the case of people in Mindanao, after the agreement between the two religious communities, the people in this community hosted peace walk and also built the peace monument. We hope to see more communities in the world following the example of the community in Mindanao.

News Links
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/03/21/1436015/korean-peace-group-erect-peace-monument-maguindanao

http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/05/26/maguindanao-unveils-peace-monument-courtesy-of-korean-peace-advocates/

http://www.maguindanao.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:peace-monument-unveiled-in-maguindanao&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=78

Peace Advocate, Man Hee Lee's Visit to New York

The City of New York is considered to be one of the greatest cities in the world. In addition to the people with different ethnic backgrounds living in the city, the headquarter of United Nations is also in New York City. This was an interview of Chairman Man Hee Lee with a reporter from Africa, who asked the Chairman about peace. One of the questions to the Chairman was "How would you fulfill your mission for peace?"

The Chairman answers, "There must be an answer for peace. And with the information, I have been travelling around the world. And not only that there has been the WARP Summit in South Korea, and even before that I traveled around the world 14 times, in order to meet leaders of different groups and make them aware of the vision of the Summit. In the WARP Summit, many previous and current presidents and judges agreed to reenact the international law in front of the divine Creator and the members of global family. Most wars are caused by religions, and we agreed to become one as a religion in the WARP Summit. Now we have conclusion left. In order to start the second step after WARP Summit, I visited New York."

World Alliance of Religions, Peace Summit and HWPL Day in South Africa

The Peace Movement of HWPL is reaching out to different continents. I hope that this peace movement becomes the last peace movements that will conclude and end the continuous wars around the world.

Interview: Chairman Man Hee Lee

This interview with Chairman Man Hee Lee, the peace advocate who has been actively travelling around the world to promote world peace and end of war, summarizes the vision and the thoughts of the Chairman. Even though the translation is in German, I hope to share a quote of Chairman Lee that stood out to me.

"The divine being promised in the scriptures on how He will bring peace to the world for thousands years."

-This is the main vision of HWPL WARP Offices. HWPL believes that there must be a comparative studies on religious scriptures based the prophecy regarding peace. This is the purpose of WARP Office. It is to find the true will of the divine being, who created the world, so that we may be able to find an understanding in between religions.

HWPL: Donations for Nepal Earthquake

A peace movement does not only consists of messages of peace. It also consists of action. Peace can be simply defined as love for our neighbors. The act of charity that HWPL showed towards the victims of the recent Nepal Earthquake is a proof that HWPL and Chairman Man Hee Lee also walks the path of love. They do not only speak, but also act to achieve peace. Although HWPL may not be financially strong, it is great to see that they made great effort to support the fellow mankind, who suffered from a natural disaster. All wars result with victors and losers, but peace results with all victors. We all become winners in our path towards tolerance and understanding. It was great to see the world becoming one to empathize the pain and the suffering of the victims of Nepal Earthquake. I hope that our bonds grow stronger even in these hardships.

Link: http://www.thevoicebw.com/2015/06/23/donations-for-nepal-earthquake/

We are ONE people

"Researchers have proven scientifically that humans are all one people...The color of our ancestors’ skin and ultimately my skin and your skin is a consequence of ultraviolet light, of latitude and climate. Despite our recent sad conflicts here in the U.S., there really is no such thing as race. We are one species—each of us much, much more alike than different. We all come from Africa. We all are of the same stardust. We are all going to live and die on the same planet, a Pale Blue Dot in the vastness of space. We have to work together."
—Bill Nye, Rutgers University Commencement, 2015

In terms of race, we are not different. We all came from one ancestor and one Creator. Just like Bill Nye says, we are more alike than different. Instead of noticing our similarities, we only notice our differences and conflict over it. We need to start noticing our similar we are. For example, even though it may be in different form and structure, we all look for a divine being. Our minds do not stop only in the physical world, but also in the metaphysical world. This is one similarity that we share.

We are the World

The song "We are the World" is sung by multiple artists, which include Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Lionel Richie. The message of the song is expressed clearly through its lyric. The title of the song unites all singers and the listeners to one group "we". We are no longer defined "I am....", but as "We are". Just like other writers and famous figures in the world, who wrote about peace, the title is defining all of us as one as it says "We are the world".

The lyrics of the song alerts its listeners of the gravity of the war, in which it causes death. It calls out to people to give help to those, who we do not call strangers, but as family. This is why we are the world and we are the ones who can alter our day and life. And most definitely, we are able to make a better day, if we all work together and start to give. What can we give? We can give our love and throw away hatred, because of a small difference. As we start to identify ourselves as one, then peace will come.

"We're The World (USA For Africa)"
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We all are a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know,
Love is all we need

[Chorus:]
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Our Legacy

"What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?" Pope Francis asks a question that was asked by Chairman Man Hee Lee. We need to make peace for the sake of our future generation. We need to leave a better world to our future generation as an inheritance. We need to think about how will we be evaluated by them.

This is the reason why we must work for peace. All religious communities must gather together for the establishment of WARP office and advocate for the reenactment of an international law to end all wars in the world. This may sounds simple, but it is a difficult task that requires the effort of many different people. It could lead to world peace directly, but if it was an easy task, it would have been fulfilled already. This is because, we already saw many people with similar minds as Chairman Man Hee Lee.

It is not about what we are thinking, but it is what we are doing and accomplishing. Currently, Mr. Man Hee Lee and the members of HWPL are working to achieve world peace. They are hosting peace walks and inter-faith dialogue in different parts of the world for the sake of world peace. I hope that the Catholic Community under the leadership of Pope Francis would work with HWPL and Mr. Man Hee Lee, because there are so many similarities in their vision.

Source: http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/encyclical-from-pope-francis-poses-the-question-what-kind-of-world-do-we-want-to-leave-for-our-children/

Adahl: Pray for Korea, a song for peace

The song, "Pray for Korea" is written by Adahl, a Swedish CCM group. Although the song carries many Christian references, it talks about unity and peace in the Korean peninsula. The song talks about one nation divided into two, because of ideology. The conflict of ideology in 20th century was portrayed through the division in the two country. Consequently this turned into a conflict among men, who once called each other brothers in one nation.

I think we must not only wish for peace in Korea, but peace in the whole world. The God in the lyrics does not necessarily refer to the God of Christianity, but the God, who created this world. HWPL views that we are all from one divine being and we were not individually created by gods that we believe in. There is only one creator of this world.Let us think about the heart of the divine being, who created the world. What could have been His original purpose of creating the world? However, what would He think, when He looks at the world?

Instead of showing hate, we must show forgiveness and brotherhood. It does not only limit to the Korean peninsula, but to the whole world. Our effort to peace must continue until we see the whole world without borders. I hope that this new day will come soon through Chairman Man Hee Lee.

1.

I SEE ONE COUNTRY, DIVIDED INTO TWO. 

THE HEALING OF THIS NATION IS LONG TIME OVERDUE. 

I CAN FEEL IT IN MY SPIRIT WHEN I’M ON MY KNEES AND PRAY. 

OH, KOREA, GOD WILL SHOW A WAY.

2.

I’LL PRAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS. 

I’LL PRAY FOR BROTHERHOOD. 

I’LL PRAY FOR SOLUTIONS THAT WILL CHANGE THIS LAND FOR GOOD.

A COUNTRY WITHOUT BORDERS WITH NO FIGHTING MAN TO MAN

OH KOREA! YOUR FUTURE’S IN GOD’S HAND.

I ‘M GONNA PRAY FOR KOREA, PRAY ALL NIGHT!

JUST ONE NATION WHERE THE PEOPLE WILL UNITE.

LET YOUR SPIRIT BRING THE CHANGES ! 

LET A NEW DAY SHINE SO BRIGHT! 

I’M GONNA PRAY FOR KOREA, PRAY TONIGHT.

HWPL, The World Tours of Chairman Man Hee Lee

Since 2013, Mr. Man Hee Lee has been travelling around the world a total of 16 times and across 73 countries, in order to spread the message of peace to the global community.

The official mission of HWPL's World Tours are:
1. International Support for a drafting of an international law for the cessation of war.

2. Establish international offices for the alliance of religions, a place to dialogue about scriptural interpretations for peace.

In order to successfully accomplish these missions, Mr. Man Hee Lee has been working restlessly for the past two years and also for his whole life. The WARP Summit, which was hosted last year with the participation of over 1000 leaders from all over the world was the first step to gain support to draft an international law. Its purpose was to alert the leaders on the importance of peace and the end of war. This effort of Mr. Man Hee Lee and many members of HWPL, who hoped for true peace, is now being recognized by the world and they are volunteering to join and meet with people from different faith and background. One small light in the Korean peninsula sparked the whole world to join and form a greater light.

An Appointment as an Ambassador of HWPL

Few weeks ago, His Royal Highness Prime Minster Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa presented Youssef Buzaboon, the President of Bahrain Society for Tolerance and Religious Co-Existence with an appoint as an Ambassador of the Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light.

What does it mean to be an ambassador of HWPL?

The efforts to become one and understand each other are beginning to happen around the world. Wars happen by physical force, but peace is achieved through non-violence and inspiration. I hope to see more people joining the movement of peace with HWPL and Chairman Man Hee Lee.

Interfaith Dialogue For World Peace in Laos

Another WARP Office meeting was hosted in Laos in March. This meeting was to discuss and continue the vision and the spirit of WARP Summit. This meeting at University College of Medicine, Laos included 40 religious, women, and youth leaders.

In order to continue the efforts made at WARP Summit last September, the participants of the dialogue discussed about peace in the religious scriptures, so that all religious will reach to a common point. 

"What is the definition of peace in your religion?"

This is a question that leaves each person with a thought. Many people in the world lost faith in religion, because of their action against peace. Instead of working for peace and loving others, religion hates those who have different ideas and views. The question of what is peace in each religion guides the thoughts of the people of religion towards the original purpose of religion. This is the purpose of WARP Summit and the consecutive meetings for the establishment of WARP Office. It is to rediscover the meaning of religion, which is to achieve peace.

The effect that the WARP Summit led by Chairman Man Hee Lee motivated the people in the world to meet with people of different faith voluntarily to walk the same path. This is something that has never been achieved before.

(Chairman Man Hee Lee)