INTRODUCTION
✨ In this deep teaching, Master Woo Myung explains the meaning of “of and by itself.” To exist just as it is means that while external traits may change, the essence never changes.
All creations in the world came forth of and by themselves because they already exist in Truth. 🌌 This points to the profound realization that existence and non-existence are one and the same—a perspective that transcends duality and reveals the eternal nature of reality.
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
What does ‘of and by itself’ mean?
‘Of and by itself’ means ‘just as it is’. That something is ‘just as it is’ means that though its traits may change, what it essentially is does not actually change at all. That all creations in the world came forth of and by themselves means that they were and are always in existence just as they are. Because they ‘just exist’, they exist of and by themselves. It means existence and non-existence of form is one and the same.
– Woo Myung
REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
Through Santa Clara Meditation, seekers are guided to discard the false self and directly realize this Truth: that the essence of life is unchanging, eternal, and beyond duality. 🌿 By seeing that existence and non-existence are not separate, one comes to live with peace and clarity in the true world.
