Introduction
✨ In this reflective and poetic writing, Master Woo Myung contemplates old memories, human longing, and the ancestral flow of life across time.
Set against the harsh image of a blizzard and the distant atmosphere of New York, this piece turns inward toward memory and the past. Master Woo Myung evokes the image of ancestors roaming the steppes of Manchuria, living according to life, thought, and greed, just as people often continue to do today. 🌬️
This teaching invites readers to reflect on how memory, longing, and inherited patterns shape human life. Even as times and places change, people may still follow the same inner movements of thought, attachment, and desire.
Through these words, Master Woo Myung offers a quiet reflection on memory, ancestry, human nature, and the continuing flow of life.
Original Writing by Master Woo Myung
Old Memories
The blizzard’s blistering wind makes it difficult to see the way.
The times are good here in New York, where I am,
but I find myself longing for old memories.
Those old memories remind me of a time
when my ancestors of long ago roamed the steppes of Manchuria.
They all would have lived
following their lives,
following their thoughts,
following their greed.
– Woo Myung
Reflect at Santa Clara Meditation
🌿 The words of Master Woo Myung remind us that even when life appears stable on the outside, the mind often returns to the past through memory, longing, and reflection.
Old memories can carry traces of ancestry, habit, and the repeated patterns of human life. Across generations, people continue to follow thought, attachment, and greed without fully seeing the deeper truth beyond them.
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn how to observe and discard the false mind, including the layers of memory, attachment, and inherited patterns that shape one’s life. Through this practice, one can move beyond longing and begin to discover a clearer life rooted in Truth, awareness, and inner freedom. ✨
