Introduction
✨ In this profound teaching, Master Woo Myung explains that a sage is not someone who appears extraordinary on the outside. A sage lives among ordinary people, yet inwardly remains free from self and discrimination.
While a sage recognizes good and bad, there is no division in his mind. Though thoughts arise, he does not dwell within them. Though he acts, he does not exist within his actions. 🌿
According to Master Woo Myung, Truth does not exist in outward behavior—it resides within the unseen mind. A sage possesses the whole world, yet remains unattached to it.
Original Writing by Master Woo Myung
A Sage
While the actions of a sage or a person of Truth
show that good things are good,
and bad things are bad,
there is not one shred of discrimination in his mind.
While he has thoughts,
he does not dwell within them.
Everything about him is the same as ordinary people
but he is a person who does not exist within his self.
A sage is a person who has the whole world.
He is a person who acts,
but who is not within his actions,
so he cannot be seen or recognized by people.
A sage simply just lives, among people.
Truth does not exist in a sage’s outward actions.
Truth does not exist in a person’s exterior –
it lies inside the mind which cannot be seen.
Truth exists within the sage.
The life of a sage is very much like
the lives of all people.
That a sage does not have any images,
or that he does not have any attachments,
or that he has departed from all things,
or that he has absolutely no greed
mean that although he has all of these things,
he does not dwell within them;
these are things that are not apparent to human eyes.
– Woo Myung
Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
🌸 At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn to eliminate the self that dwells within thoughts and actions. Through meditation, one can live naturally among people while remaining inwardly free.
In the teaching of Master Woo Myung, a sage is not recognized by appearance, but by the absence of self within.
