Let’s Build a Brighter Society
With the progress of civilization,
I expected
an earthly paradise would come.
Why then
are men isolated and dominated?
With the elevation of education,
I expected
wisdom and cultivation would be full to the brim
Why then
are men being possessed
by a sense of selfishness?
With the popularization of religion,
I expected
The human nature would become good
and understanding would take the precedence.
Why then
do men put hatred and discord first
and devote themselves to quarrels?
In today’s society
we feel mental poverty in materialistic richness,
machine and efficiency come
before human character,
human are neglected,
Reason and morality are shattered,
And selfishness, decadence and pleasure seeking
are turned into a shamble.
Modern science and materialistic civilization
being the best,
we will be the torch-bearer
for the restoration of human rights.
We will plant the tree of sympathy
in sterile ground
smiling, cooperating and illuminating the society.
We will revolve the earth
looking up at the blue sky,
through creating the history
with the lives of goodwill.
Hello, Sun,
We belong to the same family of mankind
in the village of earth.
We will take the lead in the movement
for a brighter society,
where there are beauty, affluence
and humanly reward,
realizing an earthly paradise in this world.
In God’s creation of the nature,
we are the creators
of the history of civilization.
We will clear up the darkness of society,
through planting a sound human atmosphere
in my land.
We will revolve the earth
looking up at the blue sky,
through creating the history
with the lives of good-will.
Hello, Moon,
We belong to the family of love in this star earth.
We will take the lead in the movement
for a brighter society,
where there are beauty, affluence
and human reward,
realizing an earthly paradise in this world.
After the School of Kyung Hee went ahead
in the movement for a brighter society,
the government succeeded to it
to disseminate the sound society atmosphere
in the name of The New Mind Movement,
Society-Purifying Movement,
and Righteous Life Movement.
Movement for a brighter society.
Let’s set out to participate in the movement.
Let’s put three ideas
of the movement into practice.
With the idea
of good-will
cooperation,
and service-contribution,
let’sestablish a society
which is spiritually beautiful,
materially affluent
and humanly rewarding.
With the movement for sound society,
we will establish a humane society
where human feelings and justice overflow.
With the movement for a better life,
we will realize a society of culture and welfare
where each member coexists and coprospers.
With the movement for love and protection of natural environment,
we will prevent air pollution,
looking after nature
as the treasure-house of life
and as shelter.
With the movement
for the restoration of humanity
we will create a society
where men play the mater
with the reconfirmation
that all men are equal.
With the movement for peace,
we will build a universal society
where liberty, equality and coprosperity
for all people are guaranteed.
When the movement for a bright society
overwhelms the whole society
year in and year out,
and globalized it,
overcoming the barriers of frontier and race,
neighbors will get brighter
and so will the whole country.
GCS-the movement for the reconstruction
of human society,
shall spread all over the earth.
*This poem was written by Dr. Young Week Choue in 1994 and translated by Dr. Mansoo Han
