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How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords

20 June 2024

Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D.

If there's one thing cult leaders do, it's talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members bonded, isolated and obedient.

Speak a lot to assert leadership 2:00

Use loaded language to push feelings 3:15

Use thought terminating clichés to suppress critical thinking 4:00

Encourage “Us vs Them” mentality 5:00

Create a lot of jargon to promote a sense of privilege for “secret knowledge” and again “Us vs Them” mentality 6:35

Incrementally alter the target's worldview ...

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(All the other memes I made..)

[whatisonthemoon]

The Real Issue in the Case of Rev. Moon (1984)

△ Pictured:  From left to right: Senator Orrin Hatch, Rev. Everett Sileven, Moon By Colman McCarthy

February 5, 1984

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder and leader of the Unification Church, is not everyone's idea of the Second Coming. I confess to having had a passing feeling of elation when in May 1982 he was fined $25,000 and sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion and filing false returns. An appeals court upheld the conviction.

I wasn't alone in that feeling. Polls have reported wide hostility to Moon. Perhaps it's his mysterious smile that irks us, because in fact he's as completely normal as any commie-hating, money-loving preacherman at the head table of the town prayer breakfast beating a pious breast when the cameras roll.

Unfortunately for me, I understood more the reasons that Moon was unpopular--his methods of programming recruits, the mass weddings, his real-estate holdings--than I did the reasons the government won its case. Last week, when Moon asked the Supreme Court to review his conviction, some reconsiderations were in order.

First Amendment principles of religious freedom are involved, as well as procedural questions on whether Moon's original trial before a New York jury was fair. What the appeals court described as "troubling issues of religious persecution and abridgement of free speech" has created a unification of believers that only amazing grace or love of the First Amendment can explain.

It is the latter. Some 40 national groups joined the appeal last week as friends of the court. These include the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Baptist Churches, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, the United Presbyterian Church and the National Council of Churches.

This is a Noah's ark of views and styles. Everyone is on board, not to express faith in Moon but to perform the good works of protecting his right to express his Unification beliefs. If his church is under unfair attack this time, someone else's may be next time. The First Amendment forbids the government from nosing into lawful internal church matters, regardless of how odd those matters appear to outsiders. The more bizarre, the more reason for protection.

Moon was prosecuted for not reporting as personal income--and paying taxes on--$162,000 earned as interest, mostly from a Chase Manhattan bank account. The critical question was who owned the money, the church or the church leader. Moon argued that he was the trustee of the money. It was given by church members to be used, through Moon, for their religious purposes. The members had decided, in a legal process, that this was the way they wanted their assets to be managed and used.

Laurence Tribe, a legal scholar and a professor of constitutional law at Harvard, is Moon's chief counsel. In the petition to the Supreme Court, Tribe argued that the religion clauses of the First Amendment are violated when the government decides it is wrong for a church leader to use funds that his followers want him to use.

In United States v. Moon, the government, Tribe writes, "simply proceeded with a theory that ignored Rev. Moon's relationship to his followers; a theory that Rev. Moon's ownership of the assets were in Rev. Moon's name and under his control, and that the assets had been used for what the government deemed Rev. Moon's personal investments and expenditures. This theory treated the intent and religious identity of the assets' donors as wholly irrelevant, and relegated Rev. Moon to the role of an 'ordinary high-ranking businessman'--the very image the government continuously conjured up before the jury."

The national concern generated by this case isn't wasted. Moon's unpopularity is unimportant. Even then, the personal attacks against him are similar in meanness and bias to those vented historically against Jewish, Christian and Moslem leaders when they were newcomers bringing a minority religion into the community. The Unification Church members I know are decent and honest citizens.

The conviction of their leader represents a brick knocked out of the wall of separation between church and state. Every church, and every leader of one, will be more at the mercy of the state if Moon's conviction is allowed to stand.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/02/05/the-real-issue-in-the-case-of-rev-moon/ad8c3905-ccda-4854-a3d5-1a403177dcc1/

Note on this article: This editorial by Colman McCarthy in the Washington Post portrays Rev. Moon as a victim of oppression. This may appear to be a defense of religious freedom but on closer examination, the biases and class interests become evident. The media is not a neutral and impartial observer, but rather an active participant in shaping public opinion and promoting the interests of those in power. The emphasis on religious freedom in the Rev. Moon case should be seen as part of this larger pattern of deception and propaganda, rather than as a sincere defense of religious liberty. The media, including the Washington Post, is not a neutral and impartial observer of events but rather an active participant in shaping public opinion. The media is dominated by large corporations and the wealthy, who have a vested interest in promoting their own views and interests. Media outlets often focus on stories and perspectives that align with the interests of their owners and advertisers. In the case of the Rev. Moon, the Washington Post editorial emphasizes the importance of religious freedom, and the diverse support from civil leaders that Moon received in his struggle for freedom, but fails to mention the financial interests of those who benefited from his release. The fight for Rev. Moon's freedom was not just about religious liberty, but also about the interests of those who financially supported him and the organizations that advocated for his release. This was not just the forming Religious Right and Evangelicals, but also included Democratic politicians, former Civil Rights leaders, the ACLU, the National Council of Churches, as well as other political and civil leaders. They were all paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, in some way or another. 

None of what was said in this editorial addresses the constant abuses and mismanagement of funds by religious organizations, which often go unnoticed and unscathed, and how Moon’s victory would likely ensure that they remain unscathed. The emphasis on religious freedom can distract from these important issues and create a false impression of the reality of the situation.

The Washington Post is part of the bourgeois establishment and represents the interests of those in power. Its support of religious freedom can be seen as an attempt to protect the interests of religious organizations, which have significant influence and resources, rather than as an impartial promotion of religious liberty.

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how sushi became popular in the US

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On Nature and God

Cyprus Troodos Mountains northeast of 1,950-m (6,400-ft) Mt.Olympus / Khionistra, March 1987(picture taken with cheap Yashica fixed-focus camera) From my diary Tuesday 4 July 2023: Today, as I was in the forest up the hill behind our house with our dog Hana, I thought of my relationship with nature – our natural environment – and God. As with almost all humans, our favorite pets are predators…

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Sun Myung Moon, father of ostensibly one of the least perfect families ever known in public life, died of pneumonia complications in September 2012, leaving his wife to lead his church and businesses, and reclaim her children's carved-out chunks of them as her own.

"Zealot: A Book About Cults" - Jo Thornely

[gulongming]

이번 생도 잘 부탁해 SEE YOU IN MY 19th LIFE (2023)

[seriallover]

I’ve noticed that Jyestha and Shatabhisha are common nakshatras among famous people who have incredibly loyal fan bases (some of them batshit crazy); the kind that stick by them through anything— giving off that “we ride at dawn” energy.

Jyestha’s symbols, the amulet🧿 (or evil eye) and the umbrella ☂️, are both connected to protection, so their supporters tend to act as a shield for them.

E.g. Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Osho, Nicki Minaj.

Shatabhisha, with its symbols of the circle ⭕️ and the veil, represents protection as well, but also exclusivity, creating a kind of cult or elite vibe around them.

E.g. Rihanna, Michael Jackson, Sun Myung Moon.

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Upcoming Kdrama August 2024 🌈

2/8: Bad Memory Eraser with Kim Jae Joong, Jin Se Yeon, Lee jong Won. 16 episodes; rom-com.

10/8: Romance in the House with Ji Jin Hee, Son Na Eun, Choi Minho. 12 episodes; melodrama, romance.

12/8: Your Honor with Son Hyun Joo, Kim Myung Min, Kim Do Hoon. 10 episodes; thriller, law, crime.

14/8: Perfect Family with Park Ju Hyun, Yoon Se Ah, Kim Byung Chul. 12 episodes; thriller, family.

14/8: the Tyrant with Cho Seung Won, Kim Seon Ho. 4 episodes; sci-fi, fantasy.

16/8: Black Out with Byun Yo Han, Go Jun, Kim Bora. 14 episodes; thriller, mystery.

17/8: Love Next Door with Jung So Min, Jung Hae In, Yun Ji On. 16 episodes; rom-com.

17/8: DNA Lover with Choi Siwon, Jung In Sun, Lee Tae Hwan. 16 episodes; melodrama, rom-com.

23/8: Pachinko 2 with Lee Minho, Kim Min Ha, Noh Sang Hyun. 8 episodes; historical, melodrama.

23/8: The Frog with Go Min Si, Yoon Kye Sang. 8 episodes; thriller, mystery.

24/8: Cinderella at 2 AM with Shin Hyun Been, Moon Sang Min, Yoon Park. 10 episodes; rom-com.

26/8: No Gain, No Love with Shin Min Ah, Kim Young Dae, Lee Sang Yi. 12 episodes; rom-com.

Many new shows coming up just in time for my vacation!!!

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July 2022. Inset: Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, in 1984.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

On the last morning of his life, Shinzo Abe arrived in the Japanese city of Nara, famous for its ancient pagodas and sacred deer. His destination was more prosaic: a broad urban intersection across from the city’s main train station, where he would be giving a speech to endorse a lawmaker running for reelection to the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. Abe had retired two years earlier, but because he was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, his name carried enormous weight. The date was July 8, 2022.

In photos taken from the crowd, Abe—instantly recognizable by his wavy, swept-back hair; charcoal eyebrows; and folksy grin—can be seen stepping onto a makeshift podium at about 11:30 a.m., one hand clutching a microphone. A claque of supporters surrounds him. No one in the photos seems to notice the youngish-looking man about 20 feet behind Abe, dressed in a gray polo shirt and cargo pants, a black strap across his shoulder. Unlike everyone else, the man is not clapping.

Abe started to speak. Moments later, his remarks were interrupted by two loud reports, followed by a burst of white smoke. He collapsed to the ground. His security guards ran toward the man in the gray polo shirt, who held a homemade gun—two 16-inch metal pipes strapped together with black duct tape. The man made no effort to flee. The guards tackled him, sending his gun skittering across the pavement. Abe, shot in the neck, would be dead within hours.

At a Nara police station, the suspect—a 41-year-old named Tetsuya Yamagami—admitted to the shooting barely 30 minutes after pulling the trigger. He then offered a motive that sounded too outlandish to be true: He saw Abe as an ally of the Unification Church, a group better known as the Moonies—the cult founded in the 1950s by the Korean evangelist Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Yamagami said his life had been ruined when his mother gave the church all of the family’s money, leaving him and his siblings so poor that they often didn’t have enough to eat. His brother had committed suicide, and he himself had tried to.

“My prime target was the Unification Church’s top official, Hak Ja Han, not Abe,” he told the police, according to an account published in January in a newspaper called The Asahi Shimbun. He could not get to Han—Moon’s widow—so he shot Abe, who was “deeply connected” to the church, Yamagami said, just as Abe’s grandfather, also a prime minister and renowned political figure in Japan, had been.

Investigators looked into Yamagami’s wild-sounding claims and found, to their alarm, that they were true. After a quick huddle, the police appear to have decided that the Moonie connection was too sensitive to reveal, at least for the moment. It might even affect the outcome of the elections for the Upper House of the Diet, set to take place on July 10. At a press conference on the night of the assassination, a police official would say only that Yamagami had carried out the attack because he “harbored a grudge against a specific group and he assumed that Abe was linked to it.” When reporters clamored for details, the official said nothing.

After the election, the Unification Church confirmed press reports that Yamagami’s mother was a member, and the story quickly took off. The Moonies, it emerged, maintained a volunteer army of campaign workers who had long been a secret weapon not just for Abe but for many other politicians in his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which remains in power under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Later that month, the Japanese tabloid Nikkan Gendai published a list of 111 members of parliament who had connections to the church. In early September 2022, the LDP announced that almost half of its 379 Diet members had admitted to some kind of contact with the Unification Church, whether that meant accepting campaign assistance or paying membership fees or attending church events. According to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun, 290 members of prefectural assemblies, as well as seven prefectural governors, also said they had church ties. The rising numbers exposed a scandal hiding in plain sight: A right-wing Korean cult had a near-umbilical connection to the political party that had governed Japan for most of the past 70 years.

The Japanese were outraged not just by the appearance of influence-peddling but by a galling hypocrisy. Abe was a fervent nationalist, eager to rebuild Japan’s global standing and proudly unapologetic for its imperial past. Now he and his party had been caught in a secretive electoral alliance with a cult that—it soon emerged—had been accused of preying on Japanese war guilt to squeeze billions of dollars from credulous followers.

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Since it's not forbidden to marry and have kids in sects (Tang Bo was married and the Hwayoung dude had a son). Could I ask for Chung Myung getting caught by someone with his s/o?

I will not do anything smut related but I will write about the reader and Chung Myung having quality time with the baby and the rest of the sect. Enjoy this little drabble!! Sorry if it's short!!

Chung Myung froze. He knew it wasn’t forbidden to have children or be married when in a sect, but he was still nervous. He turned around to see who it was that was standing there and found Yoo Iseol. Her eyes focused on the baby in your arms. “Is that your son?” she asked. Chung Myung nodded his head and smiled softly. “This my son.” He said, turning around to face Yoo Iseol. She made her way over to the both of you and looked up at you. “May I hold him?” She asked. You released the breath you were holding but nodded your head. You carefully handed your baby to her and watched as her eyes completely softened.

“What’s his name?” She asked. You looked at your husband before smiling. “Tang Bo. We named him after an old friend of Chung Myung’s.” You said, a sad smile appearing on your face. Chung Myung felt a pang in his heart but found it beautiful that his wife wanted to name their baby after his best friend. Yoo Iseol gently smiled before handing the baby back to you. “You should show the others the baby. They would love him to the moon and back.” She said, moving to leave the small room she had entered.  She stopped in the doorway and turned back to them. “Please come out and show the others. They need a little one-on-one time with the young baby.” She said before disappearing just like she had appeared. 

Rolling his eyes, Chung Myung stood from the bed and carefully helped you stand up. “I guess we can’t keep the others waiting.” He mumbled, glaring at the door. You giggled before walking closer and pressing your lips to his cheek, making him lose the scowl and look at her with surprise written on his face. “What was that for?” He asked. You giggled and walked towards the door. “Just to calm you down. They won’t do anything to harm the baby Myung.” You said his name in such a gentle tone that it made his heart swell with so much love that it would burst if you said something sweet like that again.

“Alright fine. They can see the baby but I will kill them if they don’t hold the baby like Yoo Iseol did.” He mumbled under his breath and you both left the room and walked towards the training grounds of the Sect. You giggled before the warmth of the sun hit your skin. You turned to your husband as he started yelling like he normally did around them. You shook your head and laughed but you were soon surrounded by the others. BeakCheon bowed to you and with a bright smile smile asked, “May I hold the baby please?” You smiled at his politeness and gently passed your baby to him. “What is the baby’s name?” He asked. You smiled. “Tang Bo. After Chung Myung’s best friend.” You answered.

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Don Diligent’s Message to Sun Myung Moon and Neil Salonen: admit the UC is a CIA operation!

Re-posting from WIOTM Archive - a Don Diligent archived post from August 8, 2016, titled, “Mr. Moon! Just tell us the Unification Church is a CIA operation! Tell us now! You too Neil Salonen! Tell us now!”

Interview With Reverend Moon - Frederick Sontag - 1977

Sontag: Outsiders seem to detect a sense of conspiracy about the church and its activities. Why does it arouse this suspicion about its activities?

Moon: You know the Unification Church does not have any secrets. Many people think it is surrounded by secrets, like some sort of super CIA-type operation…I do not have anything to hide…we operate in the open.

Cults, Anti-Cultists, and the Cult of Intelligence by Daniel Brandt From NameBase NewsLine, No. 5, April-June 1994

Given the CIA’s resources, it is reasonable to expect that a commensurate interest in the cult phenomenon has secretly persisted through the years… A CIA interest in cults is far more ominous than the phenomenon of cults by themselves, because intelligence elites have the resources and mind-set to manipulate large populations.

The first example of such links is the Unification Church (UC) of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Today it is too well-established to be considered a cult; the list of their front groups and businesses in NameBase runs to 28 pages with 667 names. The UC no longer recruits on U.S. campuses the way they used to – they don’t need the money that Moonies would earn from selling flowers at airports, and they don’t need this sort of publicity. Instead they buy universities: in 1992 the UC plunked down over $50 million for the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and one of the UC’s new trustees there is Jack E. Thomas, who was assistant chief of staff for U.S. air force intelligence for six years, and then special assistant to the CIA director for nine years.

Before the Unification Church was incorporated in the U.S. in 1963 by Bo Hi Pak, Moon had the support of the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA). The expansion of the cult into the U.S. was conceived as a means of influencing U.S. politics. Four of Moon’s early followers were young army officers close to Kim Jong Pil, the founding director of the KCIA and chief strategist for the Park regime. Bo Hi Pak was the KCIA liaison to U.S. intelligence at the time, stationed in the Korean Embassy in Washington. Today he is one of Moon’s top aides and president of the Washington Times. In 1962 Kim made a two-week official visit to the U.S., and Lt. Col. Bo Hi Pak arranged meetings with CIA director John McCone, defense secretary Robert McNamara, and Defense Intelligence Agency director Gen. Joseph Carroll. On his way home, Kim met with some of Moon’s followers in San Francisco. Pak’s other duties at the Korean Embassy included frequent liaison trips to the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland. Moon… has received political and financial support from Yoshio Kodama, Ryoichi Sasakawa, and other powerful Japanese right-wing figures. In 1970 the Japanese contingent of Moon’s organization sponsored the annual conference of the World Anti-Communist League.

Church Takeover Of University Now Complete Hartford Courant August 07, 1992 By KATHERINE FARRISH  

The Unification Church’s takeover of the struggling University of Bridgeport is now complete with the election of 16 new trustees, including several of the most prominent Americans in the Unification movement. Leading the list of trustees elected Wednesday by the 15 current trustees are Neil Albert Salonen…New University of Bridgeport trustees nominated by the Professors World Peace Academy: Jack E. Thomas, a retired Air Force major general, former special assistant to the director of the CIA, trustee of the Washington institute.

On the referenced ‘NameBase’ NameBase is a web-based cross-indexed database of names that focuses on individuals involved in the international intelligence community, U.S. foreign policy, crime, and business. The focus is on the post-World War II era and on left of center, conspiracy theory, and espionage activities. Founder Daniel Brandt began collecting clippings and citations pertaining to influential people and intelligence agents after becoming a member of the Students for a Democratic Society, an organization which opposed US foreign policy, in the 1970s. With the advent of personal computing, he developed a database which allowed subscribers to access the names of US intelligence agents.

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"psst-" "...?" "chung myung-ah! come here." He tilted his head at the voice, seeing the head of his senior peeking out of the window. He would've cursed the person out if it were anyone else, to be honest. But, it was his senior, one of the few people in Mount Hua who tolerated and even loved him like a younger brother despite his attitude. He couldn't even see their face, only staring at their eyes with confusion. It was late at night, and everyone was asleep. Why was his senior, the most well-behaved disciple in the entire sect doing outside his window at such a weird time? Surely they're not drunk, or hoping to attempt something strange. His senior wasn't the type to do something like that. ...Or were they...? Reluctantly, he walked closer towards the window, the only source of light in the dark room. Finally, he sees his senior's face, their bright smile evident on their face. They weren't drunk, he could see now. "...?" They only ushered him over to move closer to the window, passing him a box of items once he was deemed close enough. As he looked down upon the mysterious box, they used this opportunity to pat his hair, chuckling softly at the touch of scarred fingers against fluffy hair. They had always wondered, how did he get his hair to look like that? "i hope this makes you happier, sajae." They said, smiling gently. In the midst of the darkness, he felt as if the sun reflected it's rays on his senior's face instead of the moon, for it brought a sense of warmness into his heart in this cold night. His hands held onto the box tightly, as if scared to drop something so sacred to him. For a moment, he felt as if the room had brightened up lightly, as if a person's presence could bring this much light to a place. Before he could even thank them, they had disappeared, leaving behind the fragrance of plum blossoms in the winter, a scent so strong yet so faint at the same time. His eyes slowly trailed to the box in his hands, opening it slowly to reveal beautifully made mooncakes, packed neatly as if the person took great care in their art. A smile graced upon his lips as he took a bite out of the mooncake, feeling the soft yet slightly tender texture of the delicacy he loved so much fill his mouth with joyful goodness. Immediately his day brightened up, and he had forgotten the reason why he was so frustrated even when it was late at night. The salty and sweet taste plagued his senses, and he wondered how his senior knew. However, even if he spent the night awake thinking about it, he would never get a definite answer. After all, it's his senior. Someone who knew how to cheer someone up even in the darkest times.

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Imagine Chung Myung waking up next to Chung Mei the night after and just starts thinking about how lucky he is to have her

I wrote this and forgot to post it oops-

The moon retires as the sun rises to take its place. Light slowly spills into the bedroom as it perches over the horizon, and the morning air is crisp. Anyone would want to sleep in on a frigid morning like this, but out of habit, Chung Myung is the first to wake up.

He starts to stir, and when his consciousness shifts back into reality, he notices there's something different about how he slept last night. He isn't the only person lying in this bed, and when his eyes start to open, he notices that he's not even in his own bed. Chung Myung realizes that he's not even using a pillow, but whatever he's lying on is still plush and soft. He looks over to see what he's sleeping on, and it's none other than his beloved Chung Mei's bare chest.

His cheek is settled on one of her boobs, and she's gently holding his head while he wraps his arms around her like she's a stuffed animal. The sleeping position is surprisingly normal for Chung Myung besides his legs being crossed and hanging off of the bedside. This is really nice, but how did I end up here? He asks himself before noticing that she's also lacking bottoms. Ain't no way- he thinks before looking under the covers and confirming that he is also stark naked.

So it wasn’t a dream? He thinks and notices Chung Mei shiver in between her quiet snores and nonsensical murmurs. Neither of them have a decent tolerance for the cold, and the air on Mount Hua is especially frigid to her despite her built-in insulation. Chung Myung rearranges his legs so they'd be in a proper spooning position and drags the covers up to their shoulders. He wraps his arm back around her and scoots closer, so now they can share body heat.

As both of them start to warm up, Chung Myung's mind starts to wander. This is the random woman who literally ran into his life so many years ago and, despite everything she's been through, still carries on. Even when Chung Myung was seen as just a random scrawny beggar who wanted to join Mount Hua, she did her best to support him. After all of these years, his high and lows, and her own highs and lows, she still stays by his side. In this current lifetime, he has yet to come across anyone who's as loyal as her, and he appreciates her more than she'll ever know. He wants to be by her side for the rest of his life, and the next, if they're lucky enough to get another one.

He tucks her hair behind her ear and admires her as her torso slowly rises and falls with each breath she takes. Chung Myung readjusting himself accidentally disrupts her sleep, and she slowly rolls onto her side and faces Chung Myung as she stirs. Blue eyes flutter open but quickly cringe when the light hits her eyes. After blinking a few times, she looks over and notices who's in her bed. Her eyes widen, her face becomes flushed, and she doesn't know what to make of her current situation.

“Um, good morning,” she says in a low groggy morning voice. His eyes soften, and a genuine smile appears on his face. Seeing him make such a loving expression makes her heart flutter.

“‘Morning,” Chung Myung replies and pulls her closer to him. He gives her a small kiss on her forehead, and her lips curl up subconsciously. She's always thought that forehead kisses were the sweetest, so he knew right now would the perfect time to plant his lips there. The room is quiet as neither of them know what to do during a time like this.

Chung Mei goes back and forth on whether or not she should say something. The silence is comfortable, so she decides to let it drag on and nuzzles into Chung Myung's chest. He can't see it, but he feels that her lips are still stretched. No one can see her smile, so he knows it's genuine and not performative. The sincerity makes him fall for her even more.

“Y'know, we should probably get up soon. It's almost time for training,” he reminds her of what time it is, and her smile drops. She looks up at him with a slight frown as she begs,”Do we have to? It's so warm here.” “Yes, we do.” “Are you sure about that?” She asks before pressing her naked body onto his. Chung Mei buries her face into his chest before mumbling into it,”Just five more minutes, please…”

[tetelbierg]

Brief account of my experiences in the Unification Church - now Family Federation -etc.

Unification Church members gathering at Tarrytown upstate New York in early 1975. Adapted from a story originally written for the Facebook group Unification Church under the Microscope (*) I’m from Luxembourg but I met and joined the Unification Church in the United States – twice, in 1975. The first time was during its teaching workshops in Barrytown (on the Hudson River in upstate New York,…