Speeches of Hyo Jin Moon 2006-2008
Delivered Sunday at Belvedere Estate in Tarrytown, New York
Hyo Jin Moon Speaks on Prosperity, Page 285

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Prosperity

May 6, 2007

Good morning. (Good morning.)

Does everybody want to be prosperous? What is prosperity?

Do you want to be prosperous? (Yes.) In what way? (Laughter.)

Money? Money way?

I'll cut right to the chase. To me prosperity is a perception, a perception of how one thinks about one's own contentment. So, when are you satisfied? Because prosperity equals satisfaction? That varies. How do you see prosperity? It's a perception of how you think about your own self contentment.

Look at the televangelists today. These people are doing very well. They put on a great show. They package themselves very well. It's an event when you go there. And events have, I guess, certain kinds of appeal or expectation. For instance, like on a commercial level, you create an event to sell your product. In politics you create an event, make budget promises, and ask for your vote. (Laughter.) At times, in religious circles, you have an event and make a statement, make a proclamation of some sort, representing the divine. And it's how you use that kind of stuff to draw attention that makes the event highly successful or not. Right? (Yes.)

And pretty much, that's how we communicate with one another on a larger scale. Otherwise, it's one-on-one. You have to literally build things one-on-one. And because of modernization, we can afford that kind of large scale give-and-take using those kinds of situations, because we all have that kind of situational awareness of how things work.

Especially when the people who put on those kinds of things have certain expectations. They try to make you listen better to what the point is, and then they'll try to get you to stick to it, whether they're selling the right product. But time will tell, right? Eventually you see whether it's a good politician or not, or whatever. Time will tell.

But anyway, in the end, what is all that for? Why is it necessary? You have to ask yourself, ultimately in the end, can we find something that is universal? What is that universality in which we can all share in contentment? That's important. Because when you talk about being prosperous most people are thinking about the physical mind and body. I guess people get stuck on a physical level because that's all they understand. Maybe it's environmental or whatever.

Some types of people are kind of stuck on the intellectual level. They pretty much give their whole life in pursuit of creating that and getting greater and greater satisfaction in terms of expanding intellectually. And finally, spiritually. In spirituality it goes the same way but that's a very broad kind of reality. How do you find satisfaction, unless you have a telephone, a direct line to God, a red telephone, like Batman's phone. (Laughter.) It's very difficult. If something is tangible or if something is intellectual, at least you can feel it because there is give-and-take you can perceive and determine, and analyze it or whatever. But how do you go about doing that? How do you analyze and define a perception when it comes to having a relationship with God? How do you ultimately feel that satisfaction?

So, you have to take a leap of faith, right, and try to predict how God will think in terms of satisfaction. Not you! Not you first, but how He would think of the satisfaction. What would He feel? What would God think that will make God satisfied, make Him feel contentment?

When you chase after that notion, the feeling of God, it's not something you can determine based on yourself. That would be foolish, wouldn't it? You have to think about how He would perceive it. That's the leap of faith we have to take. What would make Him content?

He wanted us to procreate and proliferate like all the stars in the universe. What would make Him satisfied in the end? What would make Him happy? Because anything that gives contentment has all that stuff in there, prosperity, happiness and all that stuff that you want. But in the end, if you want to chase God, that's what you have to do. You can't ask for things just for yourself, you have to ask what would make Him contented. That's the only way, because you have no idea.

Do you truly know what makes you feel satisfaction yet? You're still chasing it aren't you? At least I am. I'm not going to live that long. I'm still trying to figure out what, to this person, defines contentment. Only then can you truly feel prosperous in my point of view.

Give a bunch of candy and French fries to children and they think that they're in prosperity. (Laughter.) When they grow up, that perception changes. That's about it, isn't it? 

It's true. I still think like that. I don't know about you. In my own way, in my own stupid way, I do. The desire keeps you pushing on to try to expand to try to ask questions, what is more than I have? 

Before I talk about giving, I have to know what I've got. What more do I have? Then comes the part about giving. That's the choice. It's the choice that made us fall. It's the choice that can make us successful too. Heavenly choice. If it has to come from your responsibility, me and you, then that determination ultimately falls on you, and you have to expand your limitations. If you don't, you can never be prosperous. You're going to make a big booboo. (Laughter) It just might be criminal.

So, prosperity is in you. It's how you perceive seeing your limitations, but at the same time, don't let the notion of limitations bind you. You can expand. The world has boundaries, sure, but expand, right? Unconditional love has conditions, right? (Laughter.) Know yourself and that answer lies in you. Nobody else can give it to you. And if we can be the church that can understand more than just the kind of prosperity stuck on the body or the mind ... maybe a little higher. Hey, let the best man win, right? That's about it, isn't it?

We'll attract people because that's how we think, that's how we live and if we can showcase those more in confidence, trust me, it will be beautiful. And people are attracted to beautiful things. It can be done. Others can sort of do it. We can do it too. We'll certainly do it if we put our hearts and minds together in our efforts. Faith and effort, hey, to start, that's all you have. But you have to believe. God still believes that this world can become an ideal world. We have to believe, right? Otherwise we will all perish, right? We can't let that happen, right? That's not an option. 

So, let's see what we got! Okay?

I guess next week is Mother's Day. You guys going to be busy? (We'll be here!) I'll be here. (Much laughter.) I'll see you next week.