Introduction
✨ In this simple yet powerful teaching, Master Woo Myung reflects on the meaning of darkness and brightness within the human mind.
According to Master Woo Myung, brightness is not just a physical condition of daylight, but a state of clarity, truth, and righteousness within one’s mind. Conversely, darkness represents a mind clouded by fear, confusion, and negativity. 🌿
This writing reveals that a person who fears brightness does so because their mind is filled with darkness. When the mind is dark, one may avoid truth and clarity. But when the mind becomes bright, one can live and act properly and righteously.
Through these words, Master Woo Myung offers a meaningful reflection on mind, light, darkness, fear, and living with clarity and truth.
Original Writing by Master Woo Myung
Darkness and Brightness
What are you going to do when dawn breaks?
What are you going to do when a new day brightens?
One who is afraid of the brightness of day
is afraid because his mind is dark.
A dark-minded person does not like the brightness of day
but likes the darkness.
When you do not have brightness
but have darkness, in your mind,
it is difficult to have a bright mind.
You do not want to be bright because of the darkness.
You can work properly
only when the day is bright.
You can live and work righteously
only when your mind is bright.
– Woo Myung
Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
🌿 The teaching of Master Woo Myung invites us to reflect on the state of our own mind.
This writing suggests that the challenges we face are not only external, but deeply connected to whether our mind is filled with darkness or brightness. A dark mind may resist truth and clarity, while a bright mind allows one to live with purpose, integrity, and righteousness.
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners are guided to cleanse the mind and remove the darkness that obscures clarity. Through the teachings of Master Woo Myung, one can reflect on inner light, clarity, fear, and the path to living a truthful and upright life, where the mind becomes bright and free. ✨
