“Rest and Find Truth — A Poem for the Weary Wanderer”

Weary wanderer, where are you hurrying to? This stirring poem from Teacher Woo Myung’s World Beyond World calls on us to pause, reflect on what truly matters, and discard our love of money and fame — because once we let go of everything false, a true and eternal life awaits on the other side.

Video Transcript

World beyond world by teacher women this poem is called rest and find truth so that you may live as truth weary wanderer come and rest a while though you go in haste there is nowhere to go let us think rationally the most important thing in the world is to know why you are living.

If you do not know the true reason for your existence how can there be a place for you to go weary wanderer with your pain and burden to know where you come from why you live and where you will go is to live well you may live that life of yours ignorant of where to go and then.

Eventually die the place you will end up is hell it is death the wise are those who are alive who know where to go and actually go there do not live your life like a raving demon absent of prudence bound to falseness as if it were truth if you reflect upon yourself know truth and live then.

You will live eternally in true paradise without death this is the blessing among blessings this is a life of the greatest happiness if you were to die while acting recklessly and imprudently the delusions you have now will continue to be your delusions tomorrow leaving you with nothing.

Falseness to you who is living your life discard it a true life awaits once you have discarded it discard your love money and fame though only truth will remain everything will work out truthfully the proud are too proud to discard all the foolish are too foolish to discard all you hold fast to your false self laughing.

Crying only to find that it is all futile the world is waking up and the time has come for all to be born in heaven while they are alive you.

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