These days, because of the corona pandemic, the economy has come to a halt and people are unable to go about their daily lives. As such, many are finding this situation to be difficult and weary. At this time, it is still up in the air as to when exactly this shelter-in-place will come to an end and life can resume as normal.
As shown in the verse above, difficulties arise from the mind when we do not live a life of nature’s flow, so it is of utmost importance to clean up our minds through meditation during this period. Meditation is to get rid of one’s false mind – all the thoughts and mindsets i.e., difficulties, pain, fear, depression, all come from the fake, the imaginary self.
Those who do not possess self are able to follow the life that nature lives because they are completely free from the anguish and negative human minds. People can truly enjoy complete peace and freedom only when they have the mind of nature’s flow.
The life of holding onto one’s painful self and living for that self is not nature’s flow and as the saying goes, what goes around comes around. Falseness begets falseness and so we must practice to get rid that false self as soon as possible, so that we will be able to live completely in harmony with the world.
It is because one’s self exists that makes life difficult and painful. Now the perfect way to get rid of the fake self has come into the world.
Anyone can eliminate the self in this way and live the world again with wisdom and without burdens as the true self. A new method has emerged for the new era, and now is the time for everyone to become a true person.
I hope that in this day and age, people will not miss out on this simple and golden opportunity to finding the true self and that we can all live together in the true world.
How to live well
* From Teacher Woo Myung’s book <Nature’s Flow>
To live without attachments is to live well.
To live without self is to live well.
To stand in Truth is to live well.
To live without confrontation is to live well.
To live a life of that is of nature’s flow is to live well.
To live as one is to live well.
To know that life is eternal is to live well.
To live without worries, pain, or agony is to live well.
To live as the emptiness is to live well.