💡 INTRODUCTION
What is the ordinary mind, and why is it considered the Way?
In this illuminating message, Master Woo Myung teaches that the ordinary mind is not the average human mind filled with thoughts, emotions, and judgment. It is the unchanging, empty mind—the Mind of God—which exists just as it is.
🧘 When a Buddhist monk nears death, he is asked, “Are you of the same mind?” This means:
👉 Has your mind remained constant, regardless of life or death?
🌌 The ordinary mind is the mind of the Universe, a mind of no discernment, no duality, no right or wrong—just pure emptiness, always as it is.
To return to this mind is to walk the Way of Truth.
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📝 ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
The Ordinary Mind Is the Way
The phrase, “The ordinary mind is the Way,” means that simply living as it is, is the Way. It means that always living with a constant mind is the Way. It is said that when a Buddhist monk is on his deathbed, the other monks ask him, “Are you of the same mind?” What they are asking is, “Although you are about to die, is your mind now the same as it was before?”
A truly ordinary mind is the Mind of God, which is the Universe, itself. It is the mind of the pure emptiness that exists as it is without discernment of what is or is not and of what is right or wrong; it is a mind, absent of life and death. This mind is one that does not change and remains as it is; it is the great Mind of the Universe, which is God. It is the mind of one who has returned to the Mind of God.
– Woo Myung
🌱 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
At Santa Clara Meditation, we don’t seek extraordinary states—we seek to return to the ordinary mind, the pure and eternal mind of the Universe.
Through discarding the self and cleansing the mind, we awaken to a state that just is—no judgment, no fluctuation, no fear of life or death.
🌿 This is the Way—to live with the mind of God, in peace and in truth.
🔗 RELATED LINKS
📌 Santa Clara Meditation YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@santaclarameditation7075
