Hyo Jin Moon
No Pain, No Gain
Belvedere, Tarrytown, New York
January 3rd 1993
Unofficial Notes
Before
I get into my topic I just want to share some of my
thoughts about the structure of government in the Ideal
World. Some one wrote me and asked me about it.
Ideal Government Structure
This
structure will include a Sovereign, President, Prime
Minister. The structure of the government would reflect
the structure and life within the Ideal Family. The
Father is the Sovereign, the Mother the President, the
Elder Son the Prime Minister.
The
role of True Mother is very important. The first
president of this nation, George Washington, is most
revered today. The Ideal government would be somewhat of
a democracy coupled with Theocracy. This is not the
official position of our Church, just something I have
thought about.
Now on
to the topic. When you are doing something creative,
there has to be a form and with the form a system.. Form
exists because of a structure that supports your life.
The Give and Take of love created your form.
Understand Basic System
Without
understanding of the basic system you can not do
anything. You can not write music or become an ideal
Being. Joy is the byproduct of a particular formula, the
formula of love.
When I
go into my "Music Writing Mode", I hate everybody. I
guess it is similar the feeling pregnant women have. To
write music takes my complete intellectual and physical
investment. This is necessary to create good music.
I have
a tape recorder in my car to catch an inspiration I
might receive as I am driving along. If I hear a noise
driving by a construction site and it sounds interesting
I reproduce it and put it on tape for possible later
use.
Lyrics
give new definitions to things that already exist. For
example the night. The Darkness of night has humility.
Darkness revolts because of mistreatment. Evil things
are mostly committed in the dark. Take a model of
humanity and apply it to the night. Give the night new
life.
Forget Yourself
If we
want to re-create America it will take more effort and
it will be more difficult than writing a song. You have
to totally forget yourself to the point were you no
longer exist.
The
life of a pregnant woman totally revolves around the
child in her womb. She can not act the way she did
before her pregnancy. Restoring America will take a
similar effort, attitude, determination and sacrifice.
Through your sacrifice, however, you will gain true
happiness. Happiness comes through sacrifice.
Drugs
give you an easy high but the price and suffering from
the withdrawal is a high price to pay. When you create
something you go through hardships, suffering and pain.
But when the moment of completion comes, the natural
high you feel is so sweet that you feel worthy of having
created something.
My
dedication is to God and True Parents and to all of you.
This is why I write and play music. When your music is
accepted you experience an incredibly uplifting feeling
which is beyond description (perfection). Getting there
is the challenge (growth period).
Prayer Not Enough
The
restoration of the world will not take place by you
sitting around praying. During a band change at our
concert in China all the wires got tangled up very
badly. Just by prayer we would not have been able to
resolve that.
Many
people in the past prayed, fasted and even died for
their belief but still the ideal world is not here. You
must take initiative. Look around and find something
that you can dedicate yourself to. Find something it hat
is interesting to you and build on it. Invest time and
become an expert. Loose yourself in that interest and
accomplish something valuable. This, of course, has to
be something that Heavenly Father needs. What do you
think about this? Amen!
We Need Heroes In Our Church
It is
not easy to live a suffering life, it can be very
painful. So what are you going to do today? Are you
going out hurting yourself today? I do not want you to
kill yourselves but to get hurt for a good cause is
good.
I did
not see any heroes when I grew up in the Church. I was
looking for an idol but I could not find one in the
Church. We need heroes who will have an impact in the
world. There none in the Church now but the Second
Generation will have them.
I made
a few detours but I am OK now. I took care of myself but
I do not want the Second Generation to make the same
detour I did.
I know
that I can change the world. I will make ten bands like
ancestors. The Eastern World is longing for the culture
of the Western World. We will go there but the culture
we will bring will be God centered. Nine Korean and 12
Japanese engineers are coming to help us out. More will
come in the future.
I Have Chosen To Be Humble
I am
very subjective but I have chosen to be humble. I hate
arrogant people. I also hate to make music at times. I
would rather go hunting and travel all over the world to
kill game. I am a very emotional person and I had
difficulties in the past to cut off from certain
situations. Hunting helped me to overcome that and be a
little more decisive. Whatever it takes to make myself
better, I will do it.
You
should do the same thing! But do not go around
fornicating or hurting anyone. The time may come when
Father will say "go ahead and get drunk!" In an
intoxicated state you can write much better music. Of
course, you can never get plastered. I know what I am
talking about, I have experienced it.
Most of
all I want you to be confident! That's it!
Thank
You.
God
Bless You!