One's Burdens

One's Burdens

One must shoulder burdens.

One must shoulder burdens if 

he is not of nature's flow.

One shoulders burdens because 

he defies the laws of Heaven.

One is good at shouldering one's burdens.

What one knows are all his burdens.

He is under the false impression that he has wisdom,

but what he has is nothing more than burdens.

Man teaches man knowledge, 

but what he is doing is putting a burden on another person's shoulders.

One would have to shoulder nothing 

if he knew nothing, 

if he had nothing, 

and if he himself were no more.

Man carries his own burdens, 

unwilling to be free of them.

He acts superior even though he knows nothing about

departures and arrivals, 

or existence and non-existence.

Though it is a non-existent life, 

he lives thinking it is real; 

he lives bound to it, 

trembling with anxiety, anger, and greed.

But he does not try to break free from it; 

instead he carries all of his burdens 

in his attempt to have everything.

Reference: Great Teacher Woo Myung's book "Nature's Flow"

Parting

Parting

People dislike partings.

Some partings are absent of reluctance or regrets.

There are partings in which 

one has had to say farewell to a person he should not, 

only to live pent up with heartache.

To part with one who has helped you and loved you is indeed heartbreaking.

But out of all others, man has a mind in which partings are sad and full of grief.

The most important thing in the world for people is to eat and live, 

and so they scatter here and there in pursuit of this, 

only to be left with heartbreak 

and thus becoming a heartache to one another.

They are never able to forget their love; 

they bury it in their hearts 

and live their lives in utmost longing.

Though the world is not perfect,

there were loving people here and there.

It is on the warmth of love that man lives;

thus it is heartbreaking that

the world has become a place

where people do not know each other,

only their own selves.

Great Teacher Woo Myung's book "Nature's Flow"

Nature's Flow

Nature's flow is the mind of great nature 

The mind of Truth and the mind of the Creator 

The meaning of nature's flow is 'pure logic' 

What is pure is nature, Truth

Logic is Truth

Nature's flow refers to Truth itself 

As well as becoming Truth 

To do according to nature's flow is to do as Truth 

Nature's flow is to become Truth 

And to live the life of Truth 

Love, mercy, and compassion are deeds of Truth

Nature's flow is 

To become Truth and to live as Truth 

To live according to nature's flow 

Means to exist as it is as completion itself 

Nature's flow is without conflict, without hindrance

'Purity' and 'logic' mean Truth, the origin 

The life Truth leads to the life of nature's flow 

How is the time of nature's flow, when people became Truth 

How to the time when people according to the flow of nature

Love, mercy and compassion 

All mean the life of Truth 

Nature's flow is 

About becoming Truth and living as Truth 

Nature's flow means perfection 

Living according to nature's flow means that one is alive 

Nature's flow is the life of heaven 

Nature's flow is the mind of God 

Which never dies and lives eternally 

That which is God 

Is also nature's flow and the life of nature's flow 

Nature's flow is living 

It is to become the never-dying God and 

To live in the world of the never-dying God

Reference: The great teacher Woo Myung's book 

"The Way To Become A Person In Heaven While Living" p.199

What kind of a life is a well-lived life?

What kind of a life is a well-lived life? 

The way for a person to live well 

is being absent of his mind 

and act according to Nature's flow. 

Nature's flow is of its own accord. 

Nature's flow is as it is. 

It is only when man lives absent of his mind 

that he too could be of Nature's flow. 

To do as your body naturally does is the flow of nature. 

What this means is,

if he were to become bound to a certain thought, 

he would be unable to see it the right way 

thus, he couldn't act accordingly.

 

Such thoughts are what confines him, 

he is bound to his karma and habits.

 

When man eliminates his life, his shape - his body-

is able to act of its own accord 

according to Nature's flow.

 

Do not worry about life and living well; 

instead, try living absent of your mind. 

When you are absent of mind, 

your body will naturally be able to act 

according to Nature's flow. 

Just as the planets have no purpose, will, or thought 

but live by their own ability for self-existence, 

so can you. 

The difference between acts 

that stem from man's thoughts 

and the ability for self-existence is 

that thoughts enslave man 

- they keep him bound - 

while the ability for self-existence 

is a thing that is of itself 

and is of Nature's flow. 

This ability for self-existence has 

no hindrances, hang-ups, or conflicts 

and so one's life would be smooth sailing. 

Reference: The enlightened world.