INTRODUCTION
In this short yet profoundly revealing teaching, Master Woo Myung explains a paradox that stands at the heart of enlightenment:
people fear death, yet they cannot die because they have never truly died.
Here, “death” does not refer to the physical end of the body—it means the death of the false self, the human mind made of karma, habits, and illusion.
Only by letting go of this self—fully and completely—can one awaken to the principle that true death does not exist, because Truth is eternal. ✨
To “depart from your self” while living is the key.
This is the natural law of the world:
one can live eternally only when the false self dies.
This principle is the foundation of completion and the gateway into the world of Truth.
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
The Principle
Oh people! You cannot die
because you fear death.
If you truly died,
you would know the principle
that death does not exist.
While you are living
learn how to depart from your self.
It is the principle of the world
that you can live only when you die.
– Woo Myung
REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn the method to let the false self die and awaken to the world where only life exists—eternal, unchanging, and free from suffering. 🌠
