Deep in the mountains densely studded with pine trees,
there is a lake.
The long, straight reddish pines are very appealing;
they pierce the sky, as if to boast of their height –
they would have needed a lot of time to grow so tall.
Hundreds of years old, they give off a lovely scent.
Above the lake, high up amidst the rocks,
a waterfall bursts forth and pounds its way down,
while an unidentifiable bird flies round and round high in the sky.
Gentle storks are sitting on top of the pine trees, here and there,
whiling away the day.
White clouds that dot through the clear sky
make the scene even more picturesque.
In the water, which is so blue it is almost black,
unidentifiable fish are swimming to and fro,
and once in a while this place is visited
by people who want to be companions of worry-free nature.
I follow the steep mountain path, and after a long while,
I come across an old uninhabited house
that looks like it is over a hundred years old.
I walk down the mountain thinking about who had lived there
and I see deer leisurely eating the grass.
The mountain birds chirp incessantly,
and the sound of the water is clamorous,
but the water is crystal clear.
After walking down for a long time,
I come across a place where many people live.
It is like stumbling into the saha world
from the world of divine beings.
The world inside my mind is the saha world,
and the world I am born into after becoming one with the world
is the world of divine beings.

 

Drawn, Written by Woo Myung

 


 

Teacher Woo Myung is the founder of the meditation method to achieve human completion. In addition to being an accomplished composer, artist, calligraphist, and lecturer, Teacher Woo Myung has created works that transcend languages and cultures to deeply touch the heart and minds of people worldwide.

He is the award winning author of 10 bestselling books, including Stop Living in This Land, Go to the Everlasting World of Happiness, Live There Forever which hit #1 on Amazon’s Bestseller list in 2014 and received many book awards that year. Also in 2014, Where You Become True Is the Place of Truth won the Montaigne Medal by Eric Hoffer Book Awards as the most thought provoking book.

From humble beginnings and the perpetual questions about life and existence, the answers to these questions only came to Teacher Woo Myung after he achieved Truth. He then realized that anyone can become Truth if they discarded their selves, and he began to ponder on the best method possible to teach others to also become Truth. “In order to teach people, there needed to be a method. I studied this question from the perspective of ordinary people.” He no longer needed to cleanse his own mind, but he studied even harder, eventually resulting in seven levels of meditation methods. To this day he continues to study, write, and give speeches on these questions.