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“Sorrow and Regret” From the Book “Mind” By Teacher Woo Myung

When sorrow and regret fill your mind, their poison spreads to everything and everyone around you. This short but potent poem from Teacher Woo Myung’s Mind reminds us that sorrow and regret do not originally exist in the mind — and that by returning to our original state, we can meditate not only for ourselves but for the benefit of the whole world.

Video Transcript

Hi there today we’ll be reading the book mind opening your inner eyes with writings of heavens truth by Teacher Woo Myung and we are turning to page 32 this is the poem sorrow and regret the mind is the universe so when the mind holds sorrow.

Regrets it affects all creations the mind is originally something that did not appear or disappear it is simply all things that exist therefore when there are sorrows and regrets in the mind they become the sorrows and regrets of the universe once mind must be free of sorrows and regrets in order to have a pure mind the poison from a mind with sorrows.

Regrets is shared among all things and people sorrows and regrets in the mind do not originally exist let’s become this original mind we can meditate not only for ourselves but for the benefit of the world you.

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