Speeches of Hyo Jin Moon 2006-2008
Delivered Sunday at Belvedere Estate in Tarrytown, New York
Hyo Jin Moon Speaks on Commitment, Page 385

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Commitment

March 9, 2008

Good morning. (Good morning.)

Is everybody here committed to something? (Yes.) When you think about commitment, what does it mean to you? Why do you want to commit to something? It's because it defines you. That's why you commit to something. Any kind of commitment that you make will define you, and ultimately you'll be judged. You know that life is about learning something and life is short. Very short. How about what makes you good, what makes you right? Even in business, if people give you money you have a responsibility, you have a commitment. You have to make them profit. Otherwise I don't think you're going to get another opportunity.

So, even just dealing with money, you're committed, that's what it is.

Now think about yourself. What are you thinking? What terms of thinking are you committed to? What are you reaching out to understand? Even if you do understand something, achieving it is very difficult. Now, take that to the next level, spirituality. How are you going to answer that question? You have to have spirit, mind, and body together to be perfect. That's crazy stuff! That's what you have to do, basically. So, where do you stand?

You don't want to look at the person next to you. Answer that for yourself. You ask that question to yourself and you answer it for yourself, and that's where you stand. Have I seen crap? Yes, I have. I'll probably see more. That's where I stand. And how do I get better? Following the basics, doing the basics, doing what is right, there's no other way. 

Do you feel big sometimes? Yes, but who cares if it isn't real? It's only then just about you. Do you think that anything worth living for is just thinking about me? That's not the lesson that we should be learning.

And that's the reason why this world sucks. It's not about me. It's about us. That's why it hurts. Because if we all start from "I," we have to understand "We." What is family anyway? Man and woman come together and make a family. What is that? Is it, "I" or is it, "We?"

And then you will die. No matter how great you think you are, you will die. Anything that makes you arrogant, keep it to yourself. Okay? I'm a very arrogant man. So, just keep it to yourself. If you love your children, if you have children, if you have a family, that's what you do to be a good parent. Everybody does that. So, try to be good and keep it to yourself. You want to be arrogant, keep it to yourself. You need commitment because it defines you, and in judgment you had better know what that is.

I'll be away for about two weeks. Okay? Okay.