Introduction
✨ In this insightful teaching, Master Woo Myung reflects on the hunger that drives human life and the illusion that often accompanies it.
According to Master Woo Myung, much of human existence is spent running endlessly in pursuit of desires, ambitions, and goals. This constant striving creates a life filled with restless hunger, leaving people exhausted while believing they are achieving something meaningful. Yet in the end, much of this pursuit turns out to be an illusion that leaves nothing lasting behind. 🌿
This writing reminds us that only a person who has true energy and wisdom can see the futility of such a hungered life. Although people have long described life as fleeting—like a floating cloud, a bubble, or a spring dream—these words often remained mere poetry rather than true realization.
Through this teaching, Master Woo Myung encourages reflection on human greed, illusion, restless striving, and the discovery of the true world beyond endless desire.
Original Writing by Master Woo Myung
The Hungered Affairs of Human Life
Man lives out his lifetime running amok with hunger,
in the hungered affairs of human life.
Exhausted from hunger, he eventually collapses and dies.
It was a hunger that did not do or achieve anything,
a false and non-existent illusion.
The hunger burdened him and made him busy,
but nothing remains from it.
Only a person who has true energy, knows the futility of a hungered life,
and only he knows the true world.
Although hungered people have sung songs and told stories
of life being that of a weed, of a floating cloud,
of a bubble, of a spring-time dream,
they were just songs and stories of their hungered greed.
They did not truly know Truth.
– Woo Myung
Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
🌿 The teaching of Master Woo Myung invites us to examine the endless striving and hunger that often dominates human life.
People frequently pursue achievements, recognition, possessions, and desires, believing these pursuits will bring fulfillment. Yet this writing suggests that such hunger may only create restlessness and exhaustion, leaving little of lasting value behind.
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn how to look beyond the constant hunger of the mind and reflect on the deeper meaning of life. Through the teachings of Master Woo Myung, one can contemplate the futility of endless desire, the illusion of worldly pursuits, and the discovery of the true world beyond greed and attachment. ✨
