What truly is life?
In this poetic contemplation, Master Woo Myung describes life as both existence and non-existence, filled with duality—joy and sorrow, success and failure, attachment and release.
Life is shaped by the mind, and all that we see and hear comes from the existence of our mind. Through Santa Clara Meditation, we can come to understand the nature of life and see beyond its surface.
📺 Watch the video and read along below.
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📝 ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
What Is Life?
Life is existence;
life is the existence of image;
life is non-existence.
Life is youth and old age;
life is to exist as you are.
Life is solitude;
life is happiness.
Life is about having;
life is about not having.
Life is sorrow;
life is futility.
Life is about success;
life is about failure.
Life is arrivals and departures.
Life is about farewells;
life is about the attachments of the mind.
Life is foulness;
life is filthiness.
Life is empathy;
life is indifference.
Life is wealth;
life is poverty.
Life is starvation;
life is satisfaction.
Life is the whole of what you see and what you hear
due to the existence of your mind.
🌱 REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
Life contains all things—joy and sorrow, success and failure.
Through meditation, come to know the true nature of life beyond its surface.
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