“The Right Way to Live — Wisdom That Turns Logic on Its Head”

Learn to be unknowledgeable before being knowledgeable. Learn to say goodbye before creating bonds. This profound, paradox-filled poem from Teacher Woo Myung’s The Enlightened World offers a series of gentle instructions on how to truly live — each one turning conventional wisdom on its head to reveal a deeper kind of freedom and peace.

Video Transcript

The enlightened world by teacher union this poem is called the right way to live to all of you living in the world learn how to be unknowledgeable before being knowledgeable knowledge confines you being unknowledgeable will free you to have knowledge but to not dwell in it to be a knowledgeable will free you to all of you living in the world learn how to not live before learning.

How to live when you learn how to not live the life you live will be endlessly peaceful and you will understand the logic of life - all of you living in the world learn - what not before learning to want wants are what confine you in life to be in want of nothing will liberate you thus having nothing will set your mind at infinite peace to all.

Of you living in the world learn to say goodbye before creating bonds with others if you force yourself to create bonds it would be nothing but laborious if you were to create bonds after having learned to say goodbye those bonds would be new every day they would be full of affection and endless peace to all of you living in the world before you learn love compassion.

Benevolence learn to be absent of mind when dealing with others when you deal with others after having learned to be absent of mind they will be at great peace when you deal with others after having learned to be absent of mind you will be at great peace to all of you living in the world do not regard various things as being different if you dwell in those.

Various things your sense of self will become greater and you will dwell in your mind the state in which you no longer view objects as being objects is the boundlessly peaceful state furthermore when you no longer have a discerning mind you will be able to live a true life to all of you living in the world do not be bound to words if you do there will.

Be no freedom for you you will be shackled your thoughts are what destroy you to be able to see all things in nature clearly is what it means to live a true life to all of you living in the world do not be deceived into creating your own conceptions of things your own thoughts are what deceive you you do not realize that everything is truth as it.

Is and that God and Buddha do not exist separately from creation it is only when you live knowing that everything in the universe is truth that you will live in the right way.

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