“Calmness — A Meditation Poem on Living as One Being”

Settle in with a cup of tea for this gentle reading of “Calmness” from Teacher Woo Myung’s The Book of Wisdom. This poem reveals that true calmness is not just quietness — it is a state of unity where no one is superior or inferior, where gossip and boasting fall away, and where everyone can simply live well together.

Video Transcript

The book of wisdom by Teacher Woo Myung today I poured you a cup of chamomile tea and I’m gonna read you a poem called calmness calmness is to be the same calmness has no hierarchy calmness is together ‘no sand it has no airs calmness is to be the same on the inside as the outside when there’s calmness no one lives in poverty calmness includes all people calmness.

Is nature’s flow in calmness there are no conditions in calmness there is no one who is superior or inferior in calmness all people live good lives calmness is to become one with others calmness is not a life lived how one pleases calmness is a life lived for others in calmness there is no boasting in calmness there is no gossip.

Rumors in calmness there may be discontent but it abates quickly and calmness is the unification of the whole calmness is to live well.

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