Speeches of Hyo Jin Moon 2006-2008
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Hyo Jin Moon Speaks on Change, Page 307

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Change

June 10, 2007

Let's talk about "Change."

Let me ask you a question. If you had one wish for a change, what would it be? Let's say that I have 100 million dollars. That's a lot for one man, yet it depends on the location. But on average you can buy someone a house for a quarter million dollars. So, I could buy a house for only four hundred people and the money would be gone. Something like that means something to those people. But, if you expand it, it's not enough for most people. That's reality. So, if you add a zero and now you have a billion dollars, it too would be gone just like that. That's all it's worth. You add another zero, that's all it's worth.

So, where does it end? There's more than four hundred people in the world, right? That's the problem. That's why it's difficult to change. No matter how much and how good your intentions, and however you want to do good and you try, that's about it. It depends on individuals. And you have to somehow unify people who have that same desire, that same need. It can be basic, because it's practical, because it's physical. You have to think about yourself in a physical way, and you will think about yourself in an intellectual way, and hopefully if you have that under control you then have a time to be spiritual, right?

But the problem is, that most people struggle where? You tell me. That's the problem. I'm thinking about sending my children to school in some other place, maybe back to Korea during a certain period of time in their maturation. I'm thinking about it because it's very difficult to process all that unless we have something that we can provide, some kind of security that is somewhat guaranteed. But, there is no guarantee that you will not die of accident or disease. 

So, how do you change? In what way do you want to change? Let's say that you have something that is important to you. Then what would that be as a single individual, or as a family? You want to have some kind of property that you can build equity in, and ultimately you want to be productive within it. And on top of that, in the same way, you want intellectual property, and spiritual property and then align the physical and the mind and the spirit. Those things are important to you because it grounds you. You can't really change unless you have something that you're sure of. You have to be absolute to have real change. If you don't have something absolute, change doesn't mean anything. Because you'll always change and you'll never have anything. You'll have change that is meaningless. And what good is that?

You have to ask: "What kind of change do I want? What kind of change can I do for myself before I give it to others?" If you don't question yourself in that way, and answer yourself and know that you have the answer, change doesn't mean anything. You'll always change, but it won't mean anything. That's the problem. Of course, you want to be self-sufficient. I don't want to go to daddy for anything. You want to be a tough guy, macho man. There's a reason for that kind of stuff, there's a reason for manhood and womanhood. That's a different topic and we'll talk about it some other time. But let's say that you have something and want to create something more. You want to give to something more in a time and place. If l have money, I can build a beautiful studio everywhere around the world, one step at a time, one place at a time. And it will be a functional one. To me, productivity matters. If you have property, if you have equity, yes absolutely I want to have the best stuff in the world, but it's going to be productive. Not just for me, for everybody hopefully. But there's no guarantee it can please everyone. But it will be as functional as it can be. And it doesn't have to be just for that purpose only. It can be for people in general even if you don't do what I do—if we're connected, sure.

The thing is, ultimately in the end, I believe that multimedia is very important. I absolutely believe it's important. If we have just two dozen blabbermouths that can think on their feet, we can start. You have to have something because it's about getting your message out there. That's what church is for, especially in this chaotic situation, in this world of confusion. Multimedia is very, very important, and it has to be constant. It has to literally tick with the clock 

Even when you talk about yourself, or talk about giving, or talk about self-sacrifice, you have to see it as putting yourself in a sphere first and then see yourself against a vertical axis and horizontal axis. As you draw away and expand your audience, if you do it right, it will also raise their expectations. Of course, you will suffer, and that cycle happens over and over and over and over. That's the sign of infinity, right? But that's how to expand, that's how you expand. Not just with yourself, but with others. Who cares if you exist alone? God doesn't care. That's why He created us, right? That's the essence of growing.

You want change, that's growth. Some things don't change, yes, because there are boundaries. You cannot have freedom without boundaries and consequences. The thing about unconditional love is that it has conditions, okay? You want a change, any change, that's difficult. I'm just here to entertain you in your mind, but I'll be here as long as you're here. But it's difficult. That's how it goes. That's what's normal, because I believe that's the ideal. Okay, I'm done. I've got nothing else to say.

See you later.