INTRODUCTION
✨ In this reflection, Master Woo Myung contrasts the Mind of Heaven with the mind of man. The Mind of Heaven is like a floating cloud, free and unattached, while the human mind is bound to desires, believing there is something to gain in the world. 🌿
Heaven’s will itself is rooted in non-existence—a preparation for existence. True understanding, or dō (Truth), comes when one realizes that human wants and attachments are false and that only the non-existent mind reveals freedom. 🌌
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
Mind I
The Mind of Heaven is like a floating cloud.
Man’s mind is one in which he exists.
Thus the countless matters of this world
are all one’s own.
Heaven’s will does not exist,
but amidst this, all creations and matters exist.
Thus, its non-existence is preparation for existence;
Heaven’s will is the place of non-existence.
There is nothing to have in this world,
but man lives thinking there is something to gain;
though there is nothing for him,
man lives lost in his wants.
Such is life.
That man lives means his life exists.
Human life is one that is lived
in his wants, with his wants.
Knowing that all such things are false is ‘dō (Truth).’
– Woo Myung
REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
At Santa Clara Meditation, seekers learn that the Mind of Heaven is freedom in non-existence, while the human mind is bound by wants and illusions. ☁️ To awaken to dō (Truth) is to see that all such desires are false and to live with the eternal mind of Heaven.
