💡 INTRODUCTION

Using the traditional spiritual metaphor of searching for lost cattle, Master Woo Myung illustrates humanity’s quest to find its original nature. Distracted and worn down by the complexities of the human mind—represented by the “city and its civilization”—we have forgotten what our True Self even looks like. Meanwhile, the Truth simply exists as it is, quietly waiting to be realized.

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📖 EXCERPT BY MASTER WOO MYUNG

“Even the young cowboy who feeds his cattle has become so worn by the city and its civilization that he cannot find his cattle. He says he tends to them when in fact he does not know what cattle are. […]

Cheeky bulls just sit quietly and calmly, eyeing those who search them out with pity. Those bulls do not care whether or not they are being sought after but just remain as they are.”

🌱 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION

At Santa Clara Meditation, we often see people who are exhausted by the “civilization” of their own minds—the endless accumulation of knowledge, stress, societal expectations, and complex thoughts. Like the young cowboy in the poem, many of us seek peace, enlightenment, or our true selves, yet we look in the wrong places. Because we are so deeply immersed in our false, self-centered mind-world, we no longer even know what the Truth looks like. We try to find it using the very same cluttered mind that lost it in the first place.

Master Woo Myung points out a beautiful reality: the “cattle” (our True Mind) are not frantic or hidden. Truth simply exists quietly and calmly, exactly as it is, completely unaffected by our mental turmoil. Through our step-by-step subtraction method, you are given the exact “key” that has been passed down to finally see clearly. By systematically discarding the heavy, distracting layers of your lived life, habits, and false ego, the noise of the “city” fades away. As your mind empties, you naturally discover the True Self that was patiently waiting all along, allowing you to confidently hold the reins of your own life in absolute peace.

🔗 NEXT STEPS

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