🌟 INTRODUCTION

✨ In this poetic and contemplative writing, Master Woo Myung reveals the silent perfection of Great Nature, which exists exactly as it is, without judgment, complaint, or self. 🌿

He shows that while humans project thoughts and meanings onto nature, Nature itself has no self-centered mind—it is already the mind of Truth. 🌌

Through observing water, forests, mountains, and cycles of existence, this teaching gently guides us to recognize how true harmony arises when one lives without self-importance. 🌠

📄 ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG

Great Nature

Birds singing, insects chirping,
sounds of the beasts in the dark;
the trees and grass grow densely,
and the night beasts are moving in the darkness
after resting in the heat of the day.

No one comes here, and there is no trace of man;
this deep, dark mountain forest is the same as in ancient times.
I try to determine how many have come to this mountain before,
but I think no one has been here before.

Nature just stays silently in its place;
nature just stays as is,
but people believe nature has its own unspoken grumblings.
Nature has no mind,
the mind of nature is the mind of Truth.

In the mind of Truth,
there is no mind of self at all;
it is as it is, without judgment or discernment.

Water flows from high to low
encountering trees, stones, and moss;
filtered so clear, it is almost white.
The water tastes sweet and
droplets roll like crystals upon its surface.

The water runs along the valley,
becomes the river, and becomes the sea.
In the sea, the rivers come together and
become the salty sea.

It changes to vapor, becomes rain,
and the rain falls onto the land;
round and round in circles it goes.

On the highest mountains,
there are no trees and grass
because conditions do not allow them to exist.
Likewise, people who think they are highly important
have no one around them.

– Woo Myung

🔍 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION

At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners are guided to observe Nature not as an object to interpret, but as a living expression of Truth. 🌿 Through meditation, they learn to discard the self-centered mind and live as Nature lives—quietly, clearly, and without judgment—exactly as taught by Master Woo Myung.