โจ INTRODUCTION
In this profound teaching, Master Woo Myung explains that enlightenment comes only when one goes towards Truth. Truth is not found by accumulating concepts or memories, but by cleansing the mind of false self-centered thoughts and habits. When the mind aligns with Truth, one is reborn as Truth itself and lives eternally. ๐
Enlightenment is the realization that Truth exists only when the mind is cleansed, and it is through this journey that one becomes the living soul and spirit of the infinite universe. ๐ฟ
๐ ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
Only When You Go Towards Truth Will There Be Enlightenment
As oneโs mind goes towards the existence of Truth and it expands and becomes clean by throwing away and escaping the self-centered conceptions and habits, one will know Truth to the extent one has become Truth, and this is enlightenment.
Since childhood, we have heard a lot about Truth from our parents and through religion. However, no matter how much we have heard about Truth, we could not become Truth. No matter how many stories of Truth we collect in our minds, we cannot become Truth. Truth exists only when we cleanse our minds.
Throughout life we see and hear many things and unconsciously accumulate self-centered conceptions and behaviors, and we live as slaves to them. When my mind thinks of meeting someone, my body follows. When my mind decides to do this or that, my body follows. Whether my mind decides to meet friends or go to the bathroom, my body always follows. Therefore, the mind is the master that makes the body move. People live ruled by only what they have in their minds; no more and no less than what is in their minds.
One can be reborn as Truth by cleansing the mind of the shadows of numerous past memories and denying the existence of the self. This is the way to Truth; cleansing oneโs delusional conceptions and denying the existence of the self.
The existence of Truth is the one Great Soul and Spirit of the infinite universe, and enlightenment is knowing to the extent that my mind has become this existence. So, there is no enlightenment in that which is not Truth, or that which is not heading towards Truth. This is because the mind stays within its own frame. If one insists that some entity is Truth when it is not Truth, there will be no enlightenment and no eternal heaven. Only when one heads towards Truth will there be enlightenment, and he will have life by being reborn as the soul and spirit of the infinite universe because he is Truth. If someone thinks that something is Truth which is not actually Truth, then only when that thing is discarded will Truth appear. Truth cannot be discarded no matter how hard one may try. When one sees that the Great Soul and Spirit is living and when he is reborn as Truth, he knows Truth. However, one who does not see the place of Truth, the silent universe before the universe, thinks that it is possible to put any existence in the place of Truth. When one tries to put an existence which is not Truth in the place of Truth, enlightenment ceases and there is only death without eternal heaven. Only when there is the true existence of Truth will there be enlightenment and eternal heaven.
โ Woo Myung
๐ REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
At Santa Clara Meditation, we practice cleansing the false mind and heading towards Truth. Only by aligning with Truth can one experience true enlightenment and eternal life, becoming reborn as the living soul of the infinite universe. ๐ธ
