Speeches of Hyo Jin Moon: Episode 64

Speeches of Hyo Jin Moon 2006-2008
Delivered Sunday at Belvedere Estate in Tarrytown, New York
Hyo Jin Moon Speaks on Birthday, Page 251

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You can't force people to change. You can't force people to learn something when they don't want to learn. How do you go about doing that? Can you create some kind of art or entertainment that is so rich, so high in standard and quality, that people will change just by being part of it, just by being in the presence of it? Can that be done? It will be extremely challenging.

Can you find a truth that is so evident just by hearing it that you can clarify many, many things that you might be questioning about life itself, and the purpose of your existence?

If we can find something like that it would be very provocative, wouldn't it? Even in the minds of arrogant people I've seen it all. The ones who think, "I've been there. I've done that," the ones who are jaded to the hilt. I'm sure that you can open the door for them wanting to learn more again. Because once they did.

No matter how arrogant you are. No matter how confident you are to put it nicely, if you can see a greater quality you can go back to humble again if something is presented to you and you can see the quality. This is something. The quality of this is better than what I've got. That's a stimulation, no matter how arrogant you are.

Being able to present that case, that moment, to one who is arrogant, making that change is difficult because you need to present it. It has to be real to that person. It has to touch them in a real way physically and mentally. I don't know if that person will understand spirit yet, but at least that first part is a challenge. We must do that at least, and it will take a collective effort, not just one man's genius, because everything in the world stands on the shoulder of something, ultimately God, right?

How can you be arrogant to begin with? It should be impossible, because you can never be satisfied if you live a creative life—even in a religious life, contentment is a killer. Even in the world of art you are only as good as the last one that you did, and you have to keep it coming. You can never be content. You can never be satisfied because it is suicide. It is a suicide position. It is a suicide action actually if that is the chosen path that you are taking. You can't survive. You can't compete. You're dead by your own self-admission.

You can never be satisfied. You have to want to do more, more, more. That's reality. Why, because God is like that. Don't you want to emulate Him? Do you want to imitate Him or do you want to emulate Him? I don't know. (Laughter.) Or do you want to be Him? Oh Boy! I don't know about that. (Laughter.)

And when Father says up to 12, up to 35 years, you have to symbolically rebuild creation. The number six he owns and the number seven. And the other five days? He does think, "Numerically five times seven is 35 years." Maybe perhaps then you'll reestablish his name around the world substantially, not symbolically. I believe it will take 10 generations or more. It can't happen that fast.

Look people, come on! A lot of people come and they put their hands out for all sorts of reasons. You can't trust politicians, period. Right? How can you trust those guys? Some religious people, I question them too. It is very difficult. I know that a lot of people come, especially when you present things in a certain way, they do come expecting something. That's not good. That's not how you transform people. That's not how you change the world. 

It might have some symbolic sense. It might have some temporary functional effect to galvanize people to do something more. But eventually what is that? Members fundraise and you spend it on what?

Having the kind of leverage we need for a 21st century church is based in multimedia, because this is the way of 21st century ecumenism. It's going to take time to develop that stuff.

More importantly we need to develop our own people. You can't just use hired guns. It will never work. It will never work in any case, in any situation, in any organization. In any system it will not work. Money is never a solution, nor power, never.

The only way to motivate people, like I said last week, is either you do it with money or sacrifice. That's the only way. Money is always a temporary measure. The long-term thing is always sacrifice. I'll sacrifice more than you. That's the only way. I'll do better than you. I'll show you a greater product. That's the only way to motivate. If you motivate the person that way it lasts MUCH longer than money! Trust me, that's the only way to do it.

We need our people who really care and can become good at something. There are so many ways in which you can become valuable, if you're good at research or even art or whatever. Even if you don't have an outgoing personality there are many, many ways that you can be invaluable in that system, because we need to compete that way to survive. That's the only way. I sincerely believe this.

I've been saying it for a long time and I believe it with all my heart and this is how I'm going to go out. There is no other way. 

Please if you want to put anything into a stupor, put your arrogance into it.

Take care of yourself. I'll see you next week.