Introduction
✨ In this teaching, Master Woo Myung reflects on the timeless question: What is the path to Truth?
Throughout history, countless people have devoted their lives to searching for truth, often sacrificing their youth and energy in pursuit of enlightenment. Yet many paths and philosophies exist, making the search seem endless. According to Master Woo Myung, the true path must be one that anyone can follow, and it must be systematic, practical, and universal. 🌌
He explains that enlightenment is not something mysterious or sudden but occurs in proportion to how much one’s mind has been cleansed. As a person lets go of the accumulated thoughts, attachments, and illusions in the mind, awareness expands beyond the individual self toward the whole.
Master Woo Myung also describes Truth as the eternal emptiness of the Universe—the unchanging foundation from which all creations arise and to which they return. While stars, planets, and all visible forms appear and disappear over time, the fundamental emptiness of the universe remains unchanged.
To reach the eternal world, he teaches, a person must become one with this original emptiness of the Universe, transcending the limitations of the human mind. 🌿
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
The Path to Truth
What is the path to Truth?
So many people sacrifice the pinnacle of their youths
in order to find this path.
Even now there seem to be an infinite number of ways.
However, the path to Truth must be one
that is accessible by anyone.
It must be scientific and systematic.
And in due course it must lead to enlightenment
in proportion to how much one has cleansed one’s mind.
Enlightenment comes when
one’s tightly bound mind is wholly headed towards Truth.
Enlightenment is realization in proportion to
how much one has become Truth.
Knowing as much as one’s mind has been awakened
is enlightenment.
When one is awakened from one’s individual mind
and is headed toward the Whole,
he will know as much as God’s Mind,
which is the awakened consciousness;
such is enlightenment.
Enlightenment is the realization one gains depending on
how much Truth one has in his mind.
Until now, we have only been able to hear about Truth.
In order to take the path towards Truth,
we must know what Truth actually is.
We have been taught
that Truth is eternal and never-changing.
So then let us try to find
this eternal and never-changing Truth,
or in other words, the infinite Universe.
In the Universe
before the sky, the stars, the Moon, the Sun, and the
Earth existed,
there was nothing.
In this Universe, there are
the stars, the Moon, the Sun, and the Earth in the sky.
So then where is Truth?
Even at this very moment,
some stars are born in the sky while others fade.
There is no Truth in anything that is visible to the eye,
for they are all things that will eventually disappear.
All creations come from
the emptiness of the Universe
that is before and beyond the emptiness,
and to it is where everything will return.
Stars may come and go eternally in this emptiness,
but this emptiness will always remain as it is.
Thus this emptiness is the everlasting and living Truth.
And in order to never die and live in the eternal world
one must become this emptiness itself;
otherwise, nothing is eternal.
A person who has been born again as
the emptiness of the Universe
is one whose Soul and Spirit have become God,
and it is this Soul and Spirit that will live eternally
in true Paradise.
Due to his attachment-filled mind,
man only has delusions in his mind
and so, there is no Truth in man.
Cleansing one’s mind is the same thing as
repenting for one’s sin.
— Woo Myung
🌿 Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners reflect on teachings from Master Woo Myung that explore the path toward truth and inner clarity.
Many people search for meaning through external achievements or knowledge. However, according to these teachings, true understanding arises through examining and cleansing the mind itself.
🌠 Through meditation and self-reflection, individuals gradually let go of accumulated thoughts, attachments, and emotional patterns. As the mind becomes lighter and clearer, many people experience a deeper sense of peace and connection with life.
The teachings of Master Woo Myung suggest that as the mind becomes clearer, individuals may begin to perceive life from a broader perspective, aligning more closely with the natural principles of existence.
