Duk Moon Aum was a classmate of Sun Myung Moon at Waseda University in Japan prior to 1943. Later he met up with Rev. Moon and joined him in the early 1950s.

Although I had never studied Christianity, sometimes when I was riding on a train or walking along a street, I had heard some Christian missionaries speak. These passing encounters had never attracted me to stop and hear more; but as I listened to the contents of Father's speech that night I thought to myself, "If this is the essence of Christianity, I wouldn't mind being a Christian."

No doubts entered my mind as I listened to Father speak; rather, I accepted everything completely. I had been close to Father since our student days, and I knew him to be very sincere, totally honest, and very studious and diligent. Therefore, I had no trouble believing what he said. Besides, his talk was so wonderful. In other words, knowing Father's character had prepared me to believe what he told me. Also, I had trusted Father so much that I had once asked him to choose a mate for me. One day, two days, three days, four days, Father talked to me about Principle, and I felt myself changing spiritually. It seemed like I was walking on the clouds-it was a totally new experience. I couldn't hold it all inside myself, so I had to share it with somebody. It seemed selfish to keep this wonderful message all to myself.