💡 INTRODUCTION
What does it mean to live well?
Most people live with the belief that their life is truthful, happy, or painful—but all these interpretations stem from the self that clings to illusion.
In this piercing reflection, Master Woo Myung answers a series of “what if” questions about life, revealing that the key to a life of Truth lies in discarding the self. Whether your life feels exciting, painful, savory, or nonsensical—none of it is real until the self is removed, and only Truth remains.
🧘 The only life worth living is the one that Truth lives through you.
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📝 ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
The Life You Lead
If you were to ask me
what this life is that you are living,
I would tell you that there is no Truth in that life.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is one of Truth,
I would tell you that your burdens are heavy.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is exciting,
I would tell you that you are dreaming
an exciting dream within a dream.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is an exhausting one,
I would tell you to let go of your useless greed.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is nonsensical,
I would tell you that
there is no such thing as life or death.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is wrong,
I would tell you that
it is because you have an attachment and greed for life.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is savory,
I would tell you that
you have almost reached the true world.
If you were to tell me that
you are terrified of the life you are leading,
I would tell you that you are living well.
If you were to tell me that
the life you are leading is full of pain,
I would tell you to get rid of your self.
If you were to tell me that
you are leading a happy life,
I would tell you that it is nothing more than dust.
If you were to ask me how to live well,
I would tell you that
you must completely be rid of your self.
If you were to ask me what a life of Truth is,
I would tell you that a life that is alive is Truth,
that it is the life Truth lives.
If you were to ask me
to make the life you are leading into that of Truth,
I would tell you that I have the key.
– Woo Myung
🌱 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
Whether your life feels exciting or painful, the path to Truth begins by discarding the self.
With the teachings of Master Woo Myung, you can go beyond illusion and find the life that Truth lives.
🔑 He has the key.
