Family Values

Hyo Jin Moon
August 13, 2006
Belvedere
Unofficial Notes: Joseph Kinney

Here are my notes from Hyo-Jin-nim's speech Sunday 13 August 2006.

My ability to convey what was actually said is limited. These at most convey some sense of what Hyo-Jin-nim said and are not a verbatim record.

Joe Kinney

Rev. Andrew Compton is the MC. All welcome Hyo-Jin-nim and offer a bow. (Hyo-Jin-nim bows to the audience as he approaches the stage)

Please sit down.

Good morning.

Everything is kind of chaotic isn't it?

There are no overnight solutions.

I want to talk about something that we can focus on.

What do you think is Democracy's problem?

Democracy gives us more options and choices that we can make, and it guarantees you the least amount of obstruction from authorities. That's pretty much the attraction that Democracy has.

I think that the main problem in dealing with democratic society is that we fail to recognize a reality that is not in just democracy alone, but is in any kind of society whether it is a theocracy or a dictatorship.

There is a certain structure where individual can belong; no man is an island, right? So you can group together in certain packs loosely based on relationships or your occupation, or some common interest, but it's likely based on occupation.

Especially in Democratic society you will belong to some for of tribe or another based on your occupation. Even with in a so called "corporate family" setting there are labor and management interests or tribal relationships.

Just to sustain your livelihood you are involved in these tribal relationships and that is a source of conflict because of self interest. You may have a kind of hostile rivalry at times.

Because business is essentially competitive you are going to have the kind of situation where there is some form of rivalry and rivalry becomes tribal rivalry. Any kind of larger conflict in our society begins with this kind of tribal rivalry. This is because self interest is at the center of this relationship.

So in Democratic society to avoid the emphasis being on these tribal type rivalries based on self interest we have to shift the interest to something else. That is to shift the interest from individual value to family value. This is the key to changing or restoring democracy. It has to be done through that kind of orientation.

When you set the premise on family rather than individual values that is the only realistic way in which you can actually transform democracy. You can start with the protection of children's rights and values.

You can emphasize this more and more, even in politics, family values and the protection of children's rights. There are so many crazy people and so many dangers out there that threaten children. That is something that everyone can relate to and something that inevitably will lead to a greater awareness of family life and values.

That's something that we can do successfully, because ultimately we must make these kinds of family values clear. That standard has to be articulated clearly otherwise we can't really transform democracy and we can never change the situation of this hostile environment.

Why? Because if we don't take the focus and emphasis off the individual you can never address the reason which creates the conflict to begin with which is self interest. Only then can we actually expect to do something.

Father wants us to move this nation from selfishness to unselfishness right? How are we going to go about achieving that? How is this actually doable? How can we actually do that with our lives? Well, we can try, but we have to have some form of direction. The basic guiding principle is to put greater emphasis on family values. We can start with things that everybody can relate to.

If you have a family there is a tremendous threat to your children, whether they are at home surfing the internet or when the walk out the door onto the street. Why? Because there is no absolute value put on family values.

(In the US Constitution or Law) There is an absolute value placed on individual rights and individual existence, but there is no absolute value placed on the family rights or existence. We can substantially restore American society when we can bring the acceptance of an absolute standard of family values and make it accepted and implemented.

If you do this there will be no room for those crazy people who use God's name to blow you up. Their excuse is that this is an immoral country and that the culture is corrupt and it is destroying the value of our future, which are our children. If you think about this it does, in a way, make sense, but killing people is not the way to go about making changes in society.

Killing people is wrong, but there are people who are trying to kill in God's name every day and it's going to be like this for a while longer. But how are we going to stop this? The first thing is to have an absolute sense of Family values and that the first thing is that we are going to protect the family.

It's not going to start at the maximum. We can start at something just above the level of individual values and develop this over time into a substantial solution. You can't expect a Band-aid or overnight solution, because society doesn't change that way. Even you don't change that way.

What's missing is family values and based on understanding what is missing we can do something about it and change the world. And then it's possible (to build the kingdom). I believe that we have to put that kind of value into the (law) book sometime for the sake of America, and for the sake of democratic nations all around the world.

Only then can you guarantee the basic microcosm of society itself. If you are a hypocrite to your self you will still be a hypocrite so we still need to address our own self interest and find out why those things are the way they are and change them.

I want to encourage young people to go into creative areas like medicine and all kinds of engineering, something creative. Be a preacher too! That's creative (laughter) it's a pain in the butt, but it's creative.

I feel the natural change can also come about based on what Father's teaching and the blessing and through children like you, the 2nd generation. When you actually venture into it, going through all those quote/unquote trials is going to make the difference.

It's not about being pretentious; you are what you are; you are going to shine. Only you can answer to your selves and I hope that I turn out to be right.

We have put a great deal of emphasis on the blessing and we have to create great models in every area so that all those tribal realities in a democratic society can be changed by the example of your living model.

That's the way to do it. That's the only way to do it realistically speaking. It's going to take some time. It's not going to happen over night and the key is in your hand, especially you young people.

Your parents have sacrificed for you to be here and to rear you as best as they can to send you off to society to have a greater understanding so you can become what you want to be so you can find your calling make the difference later.

To transform society we need some sense of permanence and that is through your (inheritance of the mission)

OK?

Well it was short! (Laughter)

But that all I had to say today.

I'll see you 2 weeks from now OK? Not next week but the week after.

OK?

My Story

Hyo Jin Moon
August 6, 2006
Belvedere
Unofficial Notes: Joseph Kinney

Here are my notes from Hyo-Jin-nim's speech Sunday 06 August 2006.

My ability to convey what was actually said is limited. These at most convey some sense of what Hyo-Jin-nim said and are not a verbatim record.

Joe Kinney

Rev. Andrew Compton is the MC. All welcome Hyo-Jin-nim and offer a bow. (Hyo-Jin-nim bows to the audience; he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium.)

Every time I do this kind of stuff (I believe he is referring to touring with True Mother.) I have to learn a lesson.

I have to do some soul searching.

I want to share with you my story.

What became really apparent to me is that Father really cares about Cain's children.

You may not feel it, but…

There is a formation growth and perfection. That is the way things are done. The manifestation of some new foundation that is the proper way to actualize it.

Any time when you have an Ideal based on a vision you have to have a plan and that plan has to be meticulous. It has to be absolute.

Whether you like it or not, because of the circumstances of the situation that we're faced with if we're really going to try to make it work is has to be based on something that will last beyond our selves.

You and me, we'll die in 100 years, to say it nicely. So based on that kind of cursory observation something is done; the ideal is done.

Of course that why you wait for the test of time. What we can see is what we can see as we struggle to influence it.

You have to do some soul searching. When you really want to understand ideal stuff. It's not just about you. You're not that important, you're not the subject of the matter. That's the first thing one has to recognize before you try to understand what the ideal is.

Then how would you understand if someone tells you, hypothetically that you only have ten years left and that the ideal will not be realized by then. Does that truth become non truth just because you don't feel it.

Just because of what ever you feel at that moment can the truth no longer be the truth? You really have to think about that. And what gives you that right to evaluate the truth based on your view point and decide which way to go in your life?

What gives you the right to make the right or wrong decision? That choice will define whether you are false or you are true, whether you have failed or you have succeeded.

Remember success is relative as well as is failure. It will depend on you and what you recognize. Success is making it to the next level. A lot of people just want to get out of the neighborhood that they're in.

I just want to get out of my neighborhood or out of my country. But just because you made that escape it doesn't automatically give you the right to say that you have the right to be in possession of eternal wisdom.

What you make of what goes on in the world and how do you put yourself in a position where you can actually make a difference?

Forget about somebody else. Just think about you and me. To believe in the ideal, you actually have to be in the position to stand in the ideal. There will be a process there will be a point of growth into perfection. You have to know how to expand this process on your own.

Otherwise you can say you're the child of God but it doesn't mean anything.

Do you understand how we want to be in formation. We want the ideal; that's a process. How can we overcome the challenge the challenge of our goals?

Whether you like it or not, you will face it one way or another. It depends on what you're chasing what your vision is. What you're going to make your life to be. What YOU make it. I'm going to die for this. That's what you're going to die for. Trust me. I'm going to die for something that you're not.

You make a determination based on your will as to what you are and you cannot blame anyone else. You can't blame anyone for what you don't like in me. That's just the way it is.

Unlike any other time some people, the quote / unquote Cain-type elders, that my folks love them more than me. When you talk in terms of subject and object and you put the emphasis on elder sonship, Father and Mother are subject. That's about it.

Blood lineage is continuity. Blood lineage is never ending. The reason that you get into this stupidity is because of a disconnect. That's why you get into "I'm the eldest something, I'm the subject." You have to follow whether man or woman even your mother. The basic concept of family that is broken is that you literally separate what is the family.

If you need all that stuff for the continuity of the family that the concept of subject is OK. That's why you can get into an addiction to power and money and stuff that gives you a sense of well being. Because you are subjective is very addictive.

Why to you want to be subjective? Why do you want to take over a title? What is the point? What can you actually put into the picture?

In Central Africa on Mount Kilimanjaro it is absolute fertile. I was incredible. We think about inches of top soil, there they talk about meters. If you practice basic cultivation and farming techniques you can grow crops forever.

Any time you want to create something, you can't just jump to high tech; you have to master the basics, food clothing and shelter that kind of basic stuff. You don't want to aggrandize your self; you have to find something that is usable, what is actually applicable to your circumstances. Go for quantity, quality and numbers.

If raising pigs works then raise pigs. Every time they give birth they have nearly a dozen and they do this two or three times a year. They are omnivorous and you can make an organic garden using their waste as compost.

Look, if you have the will you can do it. The reason or kind of excuse that I got from the people that I met there is that even though the land is so fertile yet they are not farming is that they have resentment to the colonialism of the past, that this and that happened in the past.

That's BS. I don't care what color you are. Anybody that wants to make it better for themselves better go ahead and do it. For $100.00 you can buy a pig and you can buy a sow and there will be exponential growth year after year. In terms of basic knowledge all information required to be successful (in farming) is available.

We need basic stuff. The Washington Times and Father's rallies bring results. That's pretty much it. You gather politicians; so who cares, they come for a reason.

I realize more through my soul searching that the essence of what Father is saying will really work in the end.

Look! People are killing each other. We have one Bible and out of it came three religions and they are fighting a holy war each in the name of God for whatever reason. America always provides a reason. The Freedom country allows freedom as long as you don't directly hurt someone. It is OK to do things that are detrimental in the long run, like pornography.

Unless America restructures its constitutional thinking, it will fuel the fire (of hatred from Muslim nations) forever.

We know that pornography is not good for our children and as long as you protect it based on the guise of freedom, some body is going to hate you based on their religion and they will attack you in the name of God. Any Christian Church condemns pornography.

Militarily the United States cannot completely defeat militants unless they are willing to use nuclear weapons and kill millions of people. There is no way this will happen. It's not possible.

The terrorists will play the game of war by different rules than ours. If you feel like someone is sitting in an ivory tower telling you what to do then you'll take your chances won't you?

Christianity has something that has stood the test of time that has meaning for humanity.

My last time I was in Zambia where Milingo is from. If the religions are trying to kill each other, then is married priests really an important issue?

These three religions believe in one God so I guess we all believe in one God. Those who wage holy wars ultimately do so for revenge, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. They can't for give so they have to kill.

You can't do that stuff, you have to over come that kind of feeling. You have to understand why things are this way until it gets better somehow.

The Ideal is very simple if you are an Ideal person. Who are you going to blame if you are not an ideal person? My Father and Mother? My sisters and brothers? My dog?

I realized. I had to do some soul searching. My father always puts me into a narrow lesson. I had to figure it out. Finally its just people there and we have just to reach out to them and change them.

I'm just sharing my feelings with you. If it helps you, so be it. I can see the possibilities. I believe it can be done.

OK Take care of your self. (Starts to leave and pauses)

Hey It can be better.

I saw people starving in Africa and I can't believe why.

Ask your self, "What can I do?"

Finally we have to find the way.

Bye

See you next week.

To Die For

Hyo Jin Moon
July 16, 2006 7:00 am
Belvedere
Unofficial Notes: Joe Kinney

Here are my notes from Hyo Jin nim's speech Sunday 16 July 2006.

My writing speed and ability to convey what was actually said are limited.

These at most convey some sense of what Hyo Jin nim said and are not a verbatim record.

Joe Kinney

Rev. Andrew Compton is the MC. All welcome Hyo Jin nim and offer a bow.

(Hyo Jin nim does a half bow to the audience; he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium.)

I thought I was going to leave earlier (to accompany True Mother in Africa) but the schedule changed so I am here. (Hyo Jin nim will be leaving later today)

My topic today is "To Die For"

When somebody says they would die for something it seems to sound so terrible and tragic.

But it's kind of like the saying about the glass being either half empty or half full.

It all depends on how you look at it. To die for sounds terrible, but to have nothing worthy of dieing for is worse.

We feel that achieving perfection is very difficult and not many people are successful at achieving it, so we focus on living.

You will die anyway.

Yesterday I drove past a cemetery with my son. He asked me "Daddy what is that?" I told him it was a cemetery where they bury you when you die.

He asked me "Why do we die?"

Many times it is difficult to face what we are doing wrong.

Even with someone else that you know you don't want to deal with the things that are wrong with them so you don't face up to them and just hope that these issues will just go away.

It's not easy caring for someone's limitations.

You want to be optimistic, to reach up to the stars, to become stars.

You want to get your small time of exposure to become a star. (Your 15 minutes of fame)

What do you live for?

In a free society the thing that sticks out, and I believe that America is freer than any other nation that I've been to; the thing that sticks out is that you have the freedom to fail.

How many people try to think freely about every question that comes into their life?

What is the result of free and deep thinking?

When you go to college, you are kind of forced to go to college. That is the only place that you are really encouraged to think freely and deeply.

So you get a degree and then you get a job and go to work and come home tired and turn on the TV and let somebody else do your thinking for you.

So where is your deep thinking?

That is your reality. So how many people in a free society really speak out and make their voices heard?

So how do you think deeply and really have your own thoughts?

What do you have that is worth dieing for?

You need to think freely and deeply about what that is.

You need an opportunity.

How can you say that I live for my family, my society, my nation and for God?

To what degree of greatness are you willing to live and die for?

So what is the greatest purpose that you can live and die for?

Which is harder or more difficult receiving or giving to others?

Giving is harder so it must have more value.

Every free moment you have to think about this.

I struggle about this as much as you.

Because of the position and duty that I have, I can only help you here in this moment. (Speaking Sunday mornings at Belvedere.)

You have to think for your self.

I hope that everyone can make it to the ultimate goal.

Some people give up.

Change is inevitable, everybody changes.

Possessing something that is unchanging is the most valuable thing.

Unchanging love is the most precious thing.

I can't tell you about that because I'm not there yet.

If I get there I'll tell you, but most likely I'll be dead. (big laugh)

So this is something that you have to do for yourself that nobody else can take responsibility for.

You have to figure this out for your self.

So I wish for all of us to be successful.

I'll see you in a few weeks.

Bye!

Compassion

Hyo Jin Moon
July 9, 2006 7:00 am
Belvedere
Unofficial Notes: Joe Kinney

Here are my notes from Hyo Jin nim’s speech Sunday 09 July 2006.

My writing speed and ability to convey what was actually said are limited.

These at most convey some sense of what Hyo Jin nim said and are not a verbatim record.

Joe Kinney

Rev. Andrew Compton is the MC. All welcome Hyo Jin nim and offer a half bow.

(Hyo Jin nim does a half bow to the audience; he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium.)

How are you doing?

Good morning.

Today I want to talk about compassion.

What the heck is compassion anyway?

It is very important to live with compassion and true love in your daily life.

Compassion comes from two Latin words meaning suffer together.

You have to have this feeling for others who are suffering that you want to help them, to reach out.

Before we talk about compassion, let’s talk about our basic self.

What is generosity? You don’t think about it. It just happens.

You think that you have more than you need and you share it.

(Some one’s cell phone rings and Hyo Jin nim says Hello? Hello?)

So I have a little more money than I normally need so I give something.

Compassion is different. You have to feel something. You have to feel the other person’s sorrow.

You have to feel the plight of others before you give.

Generosity is formation stage.

Compassion is growth stage.

Love is perfection stage.

Compassion is very important for you to understand love.

If I were to make a documentary and try to find out who is really giving to people; it is hard to find. Most charities only give about 50% of what they take in to people. Charities that give 70% or 80% are hard to find.

That’s why it’s important to teach your children about compassion and why it’s important to be generous.

Warren Buffet gave 31 Billion to the Bill Gates foundation. If you have a few Billion you are well off.

You can give a lot and make a difference, usually in the medical field.

You can take care of (fund) 30, 40, or 50 operations (foundations) with just the interest on 20 billion.

In the end it’s our creativity that matters. We need to be involved in something and to create.

Art is so cryptic that I don’t encourage you to focus on it unless you are willing to die for it. I would encourage you to go into engineering, architecture, medical science or the like. It is better.

In the end we need to be involved in something creative. Our children need to be involved in these fields because it matters.

I have a good accountant. He is an outside guy who did the books for some famous people. In the end he needs to believe in something. I have to be responsible for him because he is my guy.

When you teach your child about compassion, think about what would put a smile on your face.

(Hyo Jin nim addresses the young people from the ILTP, International Leadership Training Program that are attending.)

Your little brothers and sisters know when you have something and they want some of it. Then the drama begins.

What does the big kid do when they have something that the others want?

You know how a comic book superhero story should end.

You have to teach them how to be generous, not talk about compassion yet.

You can’t give unless you have something.

Why do you give?

You have something (a foundation) to work with and you can go to the next level, compassion.

Before you think about true love you had better know what you think about why you give and your motivation for giving had better not be self-centered.

You can’t think about your self when you give to others.

Otherwise it is not an act based on compassion.

If you say I want to give sex and give and give, that is not compassion.

Please don’t take certain things just based on convenience.

In the end you have to be willing to die for it (what you have compassion for).

It doesn’t matter what others think or even what you think if you are not willing to die for what you give.

If you want to live, then you have to make the people that you love as part of you. If not don’t say it (that you love them) because it is not true.

(In tears, long pause)

We have to understand compassion before we understand love.

You had better be willing to die for something or don’t ever talk about compassion or love.

(Long pause, Hyo Jin nim is in tears)

You have to grow in whatever way works. You have to deal with the situation realistically.

Don’t talk about big ideas unless you are willing to die for them.

It’s not that simple.

We have to believe in God.

We have to fight and win.

Let the best man win.

Do you have any idea how difficult that is?

Formation stage is generosity.

Growth stage is compassion.

Perfection stage is love.

Love is very difficult. You have to give up all your premises. (Pre-conceptions)

You kids have to learn about compassion because it is better than playing video games.

Everybody wants to be good. In the end everyone can be happy.

I believe this.

(To the young people from the ILTP)

Do you want to marry a handsome actor and get divorced a couple years later?

Excuse me old people. I want to talk to the young folks.

How about school? Who is there? Jocks, pretty boys and nerds. You have to respect nerds because they excel at something.

You can say that you have 36,500 days. Until the day you die you have to create something every day; learn something every day.

Create something or learn something each of these 36,500 days.

Do something with your life.

It isn’t that simple.

Hey kids! Do you understand that?

You got me?

You want to talk about love? Let’s not talk about love, unless we understand what is less than love.

I understand, but it can be done if we do the basics and have uniformity. (Keep a standard)

We can make the changes in the world.

It’s all perception in the end because the information network is already out there.

You can’t change it. You have to accept it and yourself.

There is no other way.

Start with compassion.

Think about what makes you better.

There is no other way but to suffer and invest yourselves.

I don’t care who says that it won’t work. It will work. It (restoration) can happen.

So be generous and compassionate.

Its better when you give something when you have nothing.

I’m going to be away for…for…

I don’t know.

(Hyo Jin nim will be with True Mother in Africa)

See you when I get back.

You all take care of your selves. OK?

Love

Hyo Jin Moon
July 2, 2006 7:00 am
Belvedere
Unofficial Notes: Joe Kinney

Here are my notes from Hyo Jin nim’s speech Sunday 02 July 2006.

My writing speed and ability to convey what was actually said are limited.

These at most convey some sense of what Hyo jin nim said and are not a verbatim record.

Joe Kinney

Rev. Eric Ersting is the MC and says "Lets all welcome Hyo jin nim" and everyone offers a half bow.

(Hyo Jin nim does a half bow to the audience; he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium.)

This week’s topic is Love.

This past week some elder member came and asked for counseling about marriage and such. He was struggling about his marriage.

Every time you go to church some how you have to talk about love because everything else sucks!

I’m going to try to talk about love.

Individually we all have three basic propensities, physical, intellectual, and spiritual.

Somehow you have to figure out how to manage and control these three propensities.

Of the many problems we face dealing with these three propensities is the main cause. Dealing with other people exacerbates these problems.

So then how do we go about managing these three propensities?

The number ten is the number of perfection.

If you break down formation, growth, and perfection each into three stages then three stages of growth plus three stages of formation plus three stages of perfection plus one for completion equals ten (3 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 10).

Life is about controlling these phases.

If completion is ten stages then we have to manage ten stages.

There is always a standard.

On the formation level you have to overcome body (physical) mind (intellectual) and spirit (spiritual).

The stages go like this:

Physical, physical
Physical, intellectual
Physical, spiritual

Intellectual, physical
Intellectual, intellectual
Intellectual, spiritual

Spiritual, physical
Spiritual, intellectual
Spiritual, spiritual

Perfection

Look at those ten stages as having to be repeated three times, once for body, once for mind, and one for spirit.

So finally you have to go through about 30 hoops. (steps or stages)

Even when you go through the first ten steps this is just completion of the formation (or physical) stage.

You are just ready for conjugation.

You are in puberty.

To raise your children to perfection on the physical level you can think "if you play together you stay together." You need to spend time doing things with your kids.

Start with say, cooking. Then your kids can help you cook. While you’re doing this you can talk to your kids. You can have give and take. That is an important tool to raise your kids.

Next go beyond physical into intellectual.

Then go beyond intellectual into physical.

Every phase has three stages.

Formation, growth and perfection, correspond to body, mind, and spirit.

It is important to recognize this as such and to teach your children as such.

If not the temptations of the multi-media society will control your kids according to their agenda.

Their agenda is to become powerful and rich.

Even Bill Gates acquired enough material wealth that he finally feels like he has enough to give back to society. This is the highest standard based on the physical world.

These people control the multimedia and use it to indoctrinate you to gain wealth and power. Then they give with the same agenda.

Do you believe that all these folks really want to help us?

Who is next? Oprah. She says so many good things but she is very rich too and she has an agenda too. She knows that she has reached her end.

She knows "I controlled the past and present, but I know that I cannot control the future." That’s when to retire.

America is a great fighting force, but when you lose your teeth it hurts to chew.

When you look at your kids you can see that they struggle with physical-physical, physical-intellectual and physical-spiritual.

Next are intellectual-physical, intellectual-intellectual, and intellectual- spiritual.

The next phase is spiritual-physical, spiritual-intellectual, and spiritual-spiritual.

You know when your kids get into that (spiritual) stage that they try very hard to include you (their parents) in that stage.

They think about what you have told them over the years.

There comes a point where their intellect internalizes this and they figure it out.

If you know what’s right and wrong…

Everyone has a place to begin, how to begin to realize what right and wrong is.

That place might be in hell or on a high plateau. It does not matter.

God knew about right and wrong from the beginning but he gave us a choice.

The irony is that there is no choice.

Finally there is only one choice.

Finally you have to look at that guy in the mirror and determine how far and how high you will go.

We have to know who we are and not get ahead of ourselves.

It doesn’t matter if you think that you’re the greatest. According to who’s standard?

On American Idol (a very popular American TV show where there is competition to be a singing star) you can become a star.

In reality the producers of the show make so much money by making people stars.

Think about the time when people only listened to radio. If a singer just sounded good it wasn’t enough. A select few controlled the radio stations and they had the agenda to make money.

Now in the multi-media world on the face of it might seem like open competition but control of all the multi-media is still about politics.

All social wrongdoing can bleed into multi-media and affect society.

The big boys just know how to play the game.

I believe we can do it, but it takes investment. I believe that we have the wherewithal to do it.

Just go down the list: Physical-physical, physical-intellectual….etc.

If we have the qualified people just like the outside multi-media then we can do it.

How did FOX do it? They started out with a couple hit programs, Married with Children, The Simpson’s, then step-by-step they became a multimedia giant.

If we can invest billions into print media then we can do this.

It’s not about me becoming a star; it’s about us becoming a family.

I don’t think that there is anybody that knows me who will accuse me of that stuff. (Wanting to become a star)

What is past is past. We have to move on.

Wouldn’t it be great if every step that we took was the right step in the eyes of God?

Every choice we made was the right choice?

That should be our goal.

Hey! Take it or leave it.

It’s not to say that I don’t give up trying to build my self up from scratch.

What you see is what you get.

I’ll do my best and never lie to you and see what we can move.

We’ll see what more can happen.

(Hyo Jin nim pauses for a very long time, eyes closed with much emotion)

Take care of your self. See you next week.

Hyo-Jin Moon Speaks At Sunday Service

June 25, 2006 7:00 am
Belvedere

Here are my notes from Hyo-Jin-nim’s speech Sunday 25 June 2006. My writing speed and ability to convey what was actually said are limited. These at most convey some sense of what Hyo-Jin-nim said and are not a verbatim record.
Joe Kinney

Rev. Michael Jenkins is the MC and says "Lets all welcome True Parents, by welcoming our older brother Hyo Jin Nim who is representing them here today." All welcome Hyo Jin Nim and everyone offers a half-bow.

Hyo Jin Nim does a half bow to the audience; he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium.

How are you doing?

Nice to see you again; today I want to talk about leadership.

Let’s talk about what I experiences during my absence during these past few weeks.

It was interesting.

I did go beyond. Based on this same premise (purpose that I give these talks every Sunday) I did share with people that I normally don’t share with.

To get ahead that is what you need to do. (Go beyond your limitations.)

All I can say in front of you is what I feel. That’s the only offering that I can give. That’s about it.

I didn’t expect Michael (Jenkins) to be here today because I was planning to talk about him. It’s very uncomfortable to talk about someone who is sitting in front of you.

He took on the mission to become Unification Church President. Prior to that he had a successful business and he had other problems to conquer and issues to deal with. As he became president he gave all that up.

That attitude of sincerity and commitment is very important.

The purpose of whatever we are struggling to overcome today is to understand something great based on common sense.

That is enviable and admirable. It is enviable to separate yourself based on dedicating to public life.

That is beyond the ordinary.

If you want to lead that is what you have to do.

If you look at all the monotheistic religions they all have a certain aggression based on their confidence that they have the truth.

They have used holy wars in the past.

Moslems are still into this way of thinking and look at the Jews in Israel. Christians are the same, just a little milder. They still want revenge against the Anti-Christ.

There is no end to revenge and violence. It will never solve anything.

I am a violent person. I had to fight my way through school. I had to fight to hold onto my name. If someone would attack me because of my name, I would strike them down.

You want to make it on your own, right? That is the American way.

How can we communicate with those that still exist based on revenge and violence? It’s doable, but it’s like opening Pandora’s Box.

You try to do good; You say I followed father all my life.

When you try to do things and take care of a certain responsibility, it is because of you, not Father.

If you mess up, then it's your own fault.

Just tears alone will not wash your mistakes away.

People like me have no choice (but to be connected to father). But that having no choice ironically gives me freedom. That is the paradox.

"Do not eat of the fruit…" This command from God raised so many questions. Still you can’t get away with it. (Violating the command)

How do you define obedience? It is to be true to something greater than yourself.

Nobody has that kind of prerogative. (of disobeying God’s command without suffering consequences.)

Nobody wants to be a King. That is crazy.

My Father lives in a Fishbowl that is the size of a molecule, maybe the size of a neutron.

There are all kinds of people floating around him with all kinds of charges floating around and people kissing up to Him. Finally He is responsible.

People should understand and try to help this poor miserable man. (Hyo Jin Nim is in tears)

Let’s talk about leadership.

What makes a good leader? You want your leader to stand out front and lead the way; do or die, hell or high water.

If the cause it that important, then that is what you expect.

Any monkey can sit behind a desk and tell people to do what is seemingly right from a position of power and authority, but you have to lead so that the misery of the followers is not forsaken.

If I use bad language, I apologize and ask your forgiveness. That is sincerity.

Dedicating to what you believe in...You have to have some kind of dedication. If not then you are not truly sincere.

You really don’t care about anything but your self if you don’t do that.

You have to think, "perhaps I’m not as lost as that person. Maybe I can help that person.

If you count all your offerings or calculate your reward, then you are just working for your self.

I’m talking to those kids here, not just you old folks. You can’t base your life on this bla bla bla bla world.

"I know you want to be my brother." That is where it should start. Let someone else measure the time and count the offering. Fellowship is what truly matters.

I understand the importance of propriety. Don’t judge me if I ignore that sometimes. I can choose to regard propriety or not, but the core is what is important. Don’t make fun of me.

Let’s use the vertical argument. Your up and down is very small.

I don’t want anyone to be hurt or to go to jail for doing stupid things but if you don’t know then it can really hurt you.

How long can you persevere? We’re talking about universal value, to be someone righteous so you don’t fear judgment.

I’m trying to live a righteous life so that I don’t need to fear judgment.

I was a very optimistic little kid before I became the kind of guy that you see here.

I just want to stand here to fulfill the (responsibility of wearing the) shoes of (the man standing behind) this platform.

I don’t care what you think about me. I just want to come back here and give again next week. (Crying)

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to be a leader?

What you see is what you get.

See you next week.

Rev Jenkins says thank you and asks someone to say a closing prayer.

Dr. Chang Shik Yang Speaks.

Hyo Jin Nim, Hyun Jin Nim and Kook Jin Nim are supporting mother’s tour.

Now Kook Jin Nim is traveling with mother to a different country in the former Soviet Union every day.

Father is supporting from Korea. True Parents should have time to be together after the opening of the palace. This is a tremendous Sacrifice.

Now I want to invite all of you that have time to join Michael Jenkins and me for breakfast at the Eldorado Diner across from the old Tarrytown Hilton.

Hyo Jin Nim's Speech At Chung Pyung

June 7, 2006
Chung Pyung

Hyo Jin Nim giving a speech in the main hall of Chungseong Wanglim Palace, Chung Pyung Heaven and Earth Training Center, June 7, 2006

10:30 a.m. in the morning of June 7, 2006, we were blessed with the grace of receiving words from Hyo Jin Nim in the Main Hall, Chungseong Wanglim Palace (Heavenly Palace), Chung Pyung Heaven and Earth Training Center. After the Hoon Dok Hae and the morning Session of Separation of Evil Spirits we were to attend a lecture by Hyo Jin Nim as a program of 'Cheon Il Guk Citizens' Education'.

Before the graceful speech from Hyo Jin Nim, Rev. Geun-sik Song, National Messiah, gave an opening prayer. In his prayers Rev. Song praised Hyo Jin Nim of his works through music and art to make God's culture, a culture for the 2nd Generations. That Hyo Jin Nim, the older brother of us, is giving so much love to all of us. Hyo Jin Nim gave a short yet powerful speech to the members gathered in the main hall for around 45 minutes. Through his speech he would joke around and relieved some tension in the main hall.

"True Parents is like a lighthouse, a guiding light showing a shining path to God's love, ideal and intention. True Father pioneered through the darkness and spread the light to mankind.

What's true love? It is basically to live for the sake of others. If you want to live like True Father you have to live for the sake of others and sacrifice everything, and when I say everything I mean everything. You must perform this everyday in order to follow and become like True Father."

Once you know your limitations, then you can improve and expand your self. When you are educated, are you educated to just follow? No, you must be independent and lead the Unification Movement.

Through his speech he touched everyone's heart that filled the main hall. The members who attended the lecture received much grace from Hyo Jin Nim.

Hyo-Jin Moon Speaks - Belvedere Sunday Service 2

June 4, 2006 7:00 am
Belvedere

Here are my notes from Hyo Jin Nim’s speech Sunday 04 June 2006. My writing speed and ability to convey what was actually said are limited. These at most convey some sense of what Hyo Jin Nim said and are not a verbatim record.
Joe Kinney

All welcome Hyo Jin Nim and everyone offers a half-bow.

This time I looked at Hyo Jin Nim when we bowed and I saw that he also does a half bow to the audience; also I noticed that he brought a small notebook and opened it on the podium. I was told that this is the 2nd week that he brought notes.

How are you doing?

I’m going to be away a few weeks. I’ll be going to China and Japan. I have something starting (MCS China) in China.

I’m leaving today. Please keep this in your prayers.

Today I’d like to talk about loyalty.

I often hear that people say that, "I’m only loyal to my self"

In the so-called enlightened world here this often.

Let’s get into the meaning of this boring stuff.

Why would someone want to be loyal to something?

Why do we need loyalty?

What is loyalty?

Loyalty is a concept that triggers certain things like piety or forgiveness..

It makes us bigger than ourselves.

So what is the opposite of loyalty? Selfishness.

Loyalty is a right of passage that guarantees something not within my-self.

There is a Korean saying "that underneath the lap is the darkest place" that is you don’t see clearly the thing that is closest to you.

So we don’t care to pay attention to the idiotically simple things that are fundamental truths.

Loyalty is a sense of objectivity; a proclamation of receiving a subject into my life.

"I am willing to connect to something greater in my life."

Even God based everything on love and loyalty.

The almighty, omnipresent, omniscient Creator based everything on something as simple as loyalty.

So no matter what you have to deal with this.

Why would anyone want to suffer?

To understand life and love, you have to understand the up and down of wave motion. Anything that is real exists in waveform. It undulates.

That is the way in which all selfishness will eventually neutralize it self. (by waves canceling each other out)

So how can you be selfish and arrogant when you realize that we all go through these cycles?

The greatest addition is to power and money. It is nasty, worse than addiction to drugs.

When you get stuck in that life style you always want more and more and more. If you have a million, you want ten million; if you have ten million, then 100 million, a billion.

Power is the same thing.

If power and money are the meaning of your life, then what about love?

How long can you drink wine and whisky? You should drink water too.

People might believe that they have control over their addictions, but in the end they are only loyal to them selves and their problems, their selfishness and indulgences.

I’ve been accused of being addicted to many things, but power and wealth will kill you.

It doesn’t have life sustaining power.

Who cares about learning new things when you are headed down the path of destruction?

You have to find something greater (than your self).

I’m trying to get back into the groove of preaching; please bear with me.

Some times I step back and say, "what the heck to I need all this stuff for?"

What is important to me is that I need a sense of love and loyalty.

I need to belong to something. I don’t want to be alone.

I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing (and no one). That is not good.

You expect even your dog to be loyal to you. You have to be loyal to your dog too.

The worst thing is to have nothing, no one.

No one is that strong to live completely alone. Anyone will crack.

The light makes reflections and shadows.

You have to make a choice on the day that you learn what your responsibility is.

It is a struggle.

Even if you understand about loyalty and your purpose, it is still a struggle to accomplish it.

How can you be a happy camper when you see all the stuff in the world?

Then all this talk about God’s love seems just like bla, bla, bla.

God wants everyone in their deepest, darkest, moments of despair to find the truth of the light of true love.

You have to pay your dues.

I know you all want to find your perfection, your love. Good luck!

You have to be loyal to that which Father teaches.

That’s why we all belong.

But then we’re all crazy right?

See you in a couple weeks.

OK?

Bye.