Introduction
โจ In this profound reflection, Master Woo Myung explores the meaning of dreamsโnot as nighttime visions, but as the projections of attachment within the human mind. Whether beautiful or miserable, dreams arise from oneโs own thoughts and expectations.
He teaches that people believe they are living in the world, yet they live confined within their own mental creations. Because of this, they live, age, and die without understanding lifeโs true meaning. ๐ฟ
According to Master Woo Myung, when one attains dล (Truth), expectations and attachments disappear. One simply lives as it is. That natural state is righteousnessโthe state of knowing Heaven and performing heavenly deeds.
Original Writing by Master Woo Myung
Dream II
Man has dreams in his mind.
Whether they are beautiful dreams
or miserable ones,
they all exist in his mind.
Such dreams are not ones that will be fulfilled;
they are his delusions.
Dreams are what exist in the Universe;
dreams are what exist in man –
the two mean the same thing,
but man does not know the meaning.
What it means is that
the Universe and man are not separate.
Ignorant of this meaning,
people live their lifetime,
then depart without knowing where to go.
But one prattles on in his sense of superiority,
ignorant of those who had once dreamt
and who had once lived.
Dreams are the expressions of oneโs attachments.
Once one attains โdล (Truth)โ,
he will no longer have any expectations.
Expectations are thoughts,
and thus one would have no thoughts
and exist as he is;
he would no longer exist in his life.
Man alone lives weighing everything
and only using his head.
Man alone lives his life fuelling his dreams,
only to pass on to the next world one day
not knowing anything.
Man has never lived in the world,
but he does not know it.
He cannot protest
even though there is no one to answer his questions;
he agonizes over it alone, only to die one day.
Some harbor the small hope that they will be reunited
with family members who have passed.
Such is life,
but amidst it all man grows old,
only to die without knowing its meaning or purpose.
Man is alone in that
he knows not why he lives.
There is nothing more to his life than
living, eating, and dying.
Yet he fills it with countless plans and aspirations,
envy, jealousy, and kleshas,
then eventually dies.
This is because there is no knowledge in man.
To simply live as it is is Truth,
but man does not know this.
Though the beacon of this world has been lit
and I teach people the logic of the world,
they do not have the eyes to see or the ears to hear –
they do not have
the eyes and ears to see and hear with their minds.
The Mind is one
but the mind man creates is his own thoughts,
which in turn creates a life of karma and habits;
such karma and habits are the problem.
Trapped inside his mind which he himself created,
man knew not what Truth was
and had simply lived his life.
But now there is righteousness in the world.
Righteousness is the state of knowing Heaven
and performing heavenly deeds.
โ Woo Myung
Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
๐ธ At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn to discard attachments and expectationsโthe dreams that confine the mind.
In the teaching of Master Woo Myung, righteousness arises when one knows Heaven within and lives naturally without delusion. When dreams disappear, Truth remains.
