Chapter 12 Trip to Washington

     After the spiritual trip to the Ninth Heaven I was determined to find out more about JeungSan Do.  Even under scientific assumptions, the world claimed by JeungSan Do was definitely within my reach.  Often I felt proud that I might hold the key to a new understanding of our universe.  And within this vast context, I slowly began to grasp a sense of who I was and what I must do here in the U.S.  I strongly felt there were people in America waiting to meet me.  Sometimes the need to understand my place in the U.S. overwhelmed me.  I knew there was work to be done by me in America.  I had to find out. 

     Shortly after I graduated I started working for a local department store in New York.  There, people from all over the world came to buy merchandise.  The JeungSan SangJeNim had said that new material wealth was a gift from heaven.  He had said they were to help humanity in furthering human achievement.  When people purchased a product, they did more than simply buy a needed product; they bought material projections of their wishes and desires.  They were fulfilling their unresolved lifelong and ancestral desires.  Yet among the mountains of products, there was not a single product that satisfied my desire to find the truth.  I felt it was waiting for me out there in this vast land of America.  After about three months after I began working, I asked for a long vacation and ventured a journey to find out what it meant to be 'Kan' in America.

     I hopped on a Greyhound bus in New York and started for Washington.  I had been in the U.S. for over ten years but I had not yet seen Washington.  I was excited.  I needed not know what waited for me out on the road.  I only needed to know that something out there requested my presence.  And I was certain there were people waiting for me to come to tell them of the JeungSan SangJeNim's Words. 

     Once I was out of the city the road opened up.  There were not many people on the bus; those who were looked worn out.  There was one woman wearing a blank expression on her face, sitting across from me and holding a baby. Why and to where was she travelling?  Another tragedy unfolding from a shattered home due to a divorce?  The baby looked peaceful enough in its sleep, unaware of the journey it must embark in its lifetime. 

     Americans are always on the move, I thought.  Uprooted, they seek their origins that they once abandoned or were forced to abandon.  Black teenagers were singing the latest pop music in the back seat. 

     Behind my seat an old man sat peacefully, a pensive look crinkling up his face as if it were a malleable hand puppet.  His hands rested atop his cane standing in front of him.  For some, the ease of motion slowly withers away, but the journey still continues. 

     We came to a stop in a small town.  As the bus stopped to pick up more passengers, I spotted a mobile home village on the outskirts of the town.  Houses on wheels!  People on the move.  There are no more frontiers left; yet, the wide open prairies await them.  If it weren't for barbed wire, would they still be roaming?  Roaming to find what?  Is there a pot of gold waiting for them at the end of the journey?  Gold diggers - that's who they are, I thought.  Imagine having gold in the atmosphere, inhaling the glittering dust and never letting it out.  Is there truth in gold-dust?  We passed two more small towns that looked exactly like the others with the ubiquitous Golden-Arches on the main street.  People walked around, smelling the gold dust falling from the Golden‑Arches.  Lovers holding hands drove by our bus in their long cars.  Cars in America do not run on gas.  They run on passion; passion for the glitter of gold. 

     By the time I got to Washington the sun was setting.  The outskirts of the town was glowing with golden dusk. The bus pulled into its station.  Massive buildings surrounded me.  I went to a cafeteria and grabbed a bite to eat.  I walked around the bus station but I could not find a cheap motel.  The outside was getting dark.  Under the setting sun, Washington looked like a huge monument, seeming like a prominent headstone.  Massive stone buildings were scattered around.  On the horizon I could see an especially tall tower piercing the sunset.  I walked around the streets trying to find a place to spend the night.

         Once the night came the town became quiet.  I could see a line of people walking in one direction.  I walked up to them.  They were four or five black men with shoulder bags.  It looked as if they were walking home from work.  I asked them if they knew of a cheap motel where I could spend a night.  They raised their eyebrows, watching me oddly, and motioned me to follow them.  Forming a line, I marched with them.  All of a sudden the magnificent stone architectural monuments disappeared from my sight.  Passing a couple of run‑down low‑rise buildings, I spotted a foggy light shining from a building that reminded me of my old school building in Korea.  I saw many people entering the building.  Our group marched into the building as if it were their home.  I hesitated a while in front of the building, not having a clue to where I was.  It was getting a little chilly outside, so I ventured in. 

     A huge black man was sitting behind a desk in front of a staircase, reading a magazine.  He looked up when I stepped in and ran his eyes over me. Quickly, he blurted out, "Second floor," and returned to his magazine.   Receiving his unquestionable order, I walked up the stairs.  There were many doors; there was one open door to my right so I coyly walked in.  It was an endless open room with bunk beds lined up in sixteen rows.  I thought, "So this is the shelter for the homeless!"  I found an empty bed near the door.  I put down my sack on the bed and took my shoes off. The man sitting on the bed next to me looked at me quietly for a while and then told me to keep my shoes on the bed or otherwise they might be stolen overnight.  I smiled at him appreciatively and hid the shoes under the blanket near my feet.  I could hear people snoring loudly.  I spent my first night in the Nation's Capital at its shelter.  I complemented its hospitality to the city's mayor.

     At the crack of the dawn, we were driven out from the shelter into the street.  With shoulder bags hanging on their shoulders the unanimously black crowd marched into the Nation's capital.  I followed them timidly.  Some of them went into dinners for breakfast.  Some of them wandered around the streets.  Some of them went into grocery stores to get some food. 

     After getting some breakfast I wandered around until I arrived at the Smithsonian Museum.  Inside the building I encountered the culture of the native American Indians.  The way the Indians used to live was pictorially depicted there.  It looked familiar in more than one way.  It almost made me feel as if I were in a farm village in Korea. 

     I found the traditional Korean straw shoes there; the sign said that the shoes were discovered around Arizona and they were proven to be about 9000 years old according to the carbon test.  The favorite Korean game of Yut, a game in which one throws four sticks to determine the moves of pawns was depicted there by the Indian dolls.  The sign said it was the popular game among all Indians of North America.  On the wall it said that American Indians came to America from Central Asia around 12000 to 6000 years ago by crossing the Bering Straight, covered with ice at that time.  Then I remembered the traditional Korean history told by the Master Teacher KyungJeon Ahn in his book The Truth of JeungSan Do.

     According to the Master Teacher Ahn, Koreans held in our possession nine thousand years of history since our Great Ancestor AnPaGyun (meaning heavenly chief father) HwanIn (meaning the attained one) gained the knowledge of the Truth of the Divine Trinity.  Nine thousand years of Korean history since AnPaGyun HwanIn was recorded in the book call the 'Hwan Dan Go Ki'.  During the Japanese occupation of Korea, this book was burned when every book at the palace library was burned by the Japanese in their attempt to shorten Korean history.  The Japanese, in their attempt to give a justifiable reason for Korean occupation, fabricated Korean history into three thousand years of colonial history.  The Japanese changed Korean history such that from the very beginning, Korea was founded by Japanese as a colony of Japan three thousand years ago.  This they claimed and taught in all schools in Korea for over forty years, despite the fact that in their own legend it says that Japan was founded by a heavenly princess that came over to Japan across the sea. 

     It is a well known historical fact that the princess was an ousted Queen of Shilla (a Korean nation 3500 years ago).  Yet the distorted version of Korean history was propagated to the world by the Japanese and in American High School I had to learn of Korean history in that distorted form.  During 1980's the 'Hwan Dan Go Ki' book resurfaced in village towns of Korea and in China.  Also in Soviet Union, numerous books on Korean history that dates back to six thousand years ago have been published by the Far-East institute.  

*   The JeungSan SangJeNim said following words regarding Korean history, "I worry that the ancestors of Korean people - HwanIn, HwanWoong and DanGun - are losing their places in the minds of their descendants.  Beware of those who deny their own ancestral roots.  Please listen to me and respect your ancestors.  HwanIn, HwanWoong and DanGun are your roots"  (p.224).

    Following is a summary of nine thousand years of Korean history according to The Truth of JeungSan Do book.

     Our current Humanity of Homo Sapiens Sapiens was born on earth 50,000 years ago. The first known humanity of 3,700,000 years ago of Homo Habilis or Homo Erectus of 1,500,000 years ago are the people of previous civilization - previous Cosmic Years.

     According to modern science the Homo Sapiens Sapiens mysteriously appeared on earth about 40,000 years ago - at the start of this year's Cosmic Spring Time.  The previous generation of Neanderthalers became extinct about 70,000 years ago - at last year's Cosmic Winter Time.  There does not appear to be a gradual evolutionary change between them.  That is because Homo Sapiens Sapiens were brought forth into existence during this year's Cosmic Spring Time.  The Neanderthalers were of last Cosmic year's people.

     About 12,000 years ago there was a sudden change in earth's axis when the Cosmic Summer time started.  Due to this change, the southern civilization of Atlantis and Mu disappeared into the sea.  Then, about 9000 years ago our current civilization prepared its birth at the Tien Shan mountain.

     The Tien Shan mountain was the center of all old civilizations.  The mountain, by its location, divided the ancient four civilizations.  To its Northeast, there was Mongolia.  To its East, there was China.  To its South, there was India.  To its West, there was Mesopotamia.  The Mesopotamian civilization gave birth to Christianity and Islam.  The Indian civilization gave birth to Buddhism and Hindu.  The Chinese civilization gave birth to Confucianism and Taoism. 

     About 9000 years ago, our Great Ancestral Father AnPaGyun HwanIn was awakened to the Truth of the Divine Trinity.  He was selected by the people as their Great Ancestral Father.  He opened the first civilization at the TienShan Mountain and ruled the neighboring people by dividing them into twelve nations.  Following is the list of the twelve nations:  1) Bi-Ry-Guk(nation)  2) Yang-Un-Guk(nation)  3) Gu-Mak-Han-Guk(nation)  4) Gu-Da-Chun-Guk  5) Il-Gun-Guk  6) Ur-Guk  7) Gaek-Hyun-Han-Guk  8) Gu-Mo-Al-Guk  9) Mae-Gu-Yo-Guk  10) Sa-Nap-A-Guk  11) Sun-Bi-Guk  12) Su-Meri-Guk.  There were total of seven HwanIns (HwanIn is the title); AnPaGyun, HyukSe, GoSiLi, JuWooYang, SukJeIm, GuWooLi, JiWiLi.  Their ruling lasted for over 3000 years.

     The civilization of 9000 years ago started at high mountain tops because at that time the plains were often flooded - it was during the Cosmic Rain Season.  Then about 6000 years ago, the plains started to dry up and the last HwanIn - JiWiLi HwanIn - saw that there were many people living in the plains.  Yet they were ignorant of the Truth of the Divine Trinity.  Thus one day he called in the head of all twelve nations and instructed them to go down the mountains and teach the Truth of Trinity.  He gave each one of them a seal to mark them as his messenger to the people.  And he gave them following instructions, 'Lead onto Brightness', 'Provide with Love' and 'Benefit humanity'.  Receiving his 'Words', the twelve nations dispersed into twelve directions to Manchuria, Siberia, America, China, India, Mesopotamia, Norway and Africa.

     The two nations called Sumer-Guk(nation) and Ur-Guk(nation), which lived on the western side of the TienShan Mountain, moved into Mesopotamia.  They settled near the Euphrates river and built Sumer and Ur nations.  With them they carried the Divine Truth of Trinity.  And their first God was called 'An' - meaning the Heavenly Father.  They built high mounds and placed their ancestral Sky God 'An' at the top in order to remember their heritage and history.  They had black hair and they called themselves 'the people from the eastern mountain'.  Their language belonged to the Ural Altai group, the same as Mongolians and Korean.  They also carried with them the first known writing system similar to the ancient Chinese writing system. According to the renowned Sumer anthropologist, Dr. Kramer, Sumerians had achieved high civilization with their own writing systems, schools and governments and their concept of gods laid foundation to Judaism and Christianity.

     5884 years ago, the direct descendent of AnPaGyun HwanIn, the BaeDal HwanWoongChunWang (meaning the Holy Bright King of Heaven), came to Manchuria and constructed the BaeDal nation.  There were eighteen HwanWoongs (HwanWoong is the title); BaeDal, GuBaLi, WooYaGo, MoSaRa, TaeWooYi, DaYiBal, GuoYeon, AnBuYeon, YangWoon, GalGo, GuoYaBal, JuMuSin, SaWaRa, JaOhJi, ChiAet, ChukDaRi, HyukDaSe, GueBulDan.  The second HwanWoong - GuBaLi HwanWoong - ordered to gather and organize writing systems.  From the prevalent writing systems that were used at the time to mark the 'Words' of HwanIn, the original forms of Korean alphabets and Chinese characters were developed.  Today even the Chinese admit their writing system (the Chinese Characters) originated from the nation of Eun, one of the known ancient Korean nations.  The BaeDal nation lasted for 1565 years.  At B.C. 2333 DanGun - a direct Ancestor of the Korean people and the direct descendent of HwanWoong -  married the daughter of the Bear Clan Chief living in north of Korean peninsula and founded the 'Chosen' Nation in Manchuria and Chosen ruled Asia for 2096 years.  There were forty-seven DanGuns (DanGun is the title); 1) DanGunWangGum, 2) BuRu, 3) GaRuk, 4) OhSaGu, 5) GuUl, 6) DalMoon, 7) HanYul, 8) SeHan, 9) AhSul, 10) NoYul, 11) DoHae, 12) Ahan, 13) HolDal, 14) GoBul, 15) DaeYym 16) WyNa, 17) YuWool, 18) DongUm.  19) JongYeon, 20) GoHul, 21) SoTae, 22) SaekBulRu, 23) Ahul, 24) YunNa, 25) SolNa, 26) ChooRo, 27)DuMil, 28) HaeMo, 29) MaHu, 30) NaeHu, 31) DungHang, 32) ChuMil, 33) GamMul, 34) OhMunRu, 35) SaBel, 36) MaeRuk, 37) MaMul, 38) DaMul, 39) DuHol, 40) DalYum, 41) YumCha, 42) YulWooJi, 43) MulRi, 44) GuMul, 45) YuRu, 46) BoWul, 47) GoYulGa.   

     After seeing the American Indian exhibits in Smithsonian, I wanted to see how the Indians lived.  I thought that by seeing their lives, rituals and customs I could understand the nine thousand years of Korean history much better.  It was possible that the remnants of the teachings of HwanIn were still preserved among American Indians.  After all, Koreans call our father 'apa' and among American Indians 'Apache' means the Great Chief Father; and it was possible that the names came directly from AnPaGyun.  And even if some American Indians were not direct descendants of AnPaGyun, it was possible that secrets of human history were preserved among them.  It was very possible that some American Indians came over from the Mu continent that had submerged into the pacific when the Cosmic Summer Time came.  It was possible that they had the critical knowledge to understanding the Cosmic Cycle of Time.         

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