Woo Myung, a renowned author, has been actively involved in literary and artistic fields since he achieved enlightenment. He is a songwriter, a calligraphist, and the author of ten books, with genres varying from poetry to prose. His creative works are fundamentally tied together in one purpose – to teach people about truth.
Woo Myung Became Enlightened and Started to Write about Truth
Woo Myung, a renowned author, has been actively involved in literary and artistic fields since he achieved enlightenment. He is a songwriter, a calligraphist, and the author of ten books, with genres varying from poetry to prose. His creative works are fundamentally tied together in one purpose – to teach people about truth.
“In the past there was nothing I knew. After I became enlightened, I could see and hear heaven and all the questions I had had, vanished.”
From then on, Woo Myung has been wholly focused on how to help the people of the world also achieve enlightenment, in the hope that they can also live as truth in everlasting happiness in the true world. The hours-long lectures and meditation guidance he gave people during the daytime were not enough for him. Therefore, he wrote books so that people could learn about truth through reading, too.
Woo Myung not only wrote books about truth, but also wrote many poems on enlightenment. A selection of poems became lyrics, which was set to music he composed. He sang them himself, so people could gain enlightenment by listening or singing the songs. As another means of teaching truth, he wrote more poems in calligraphy.
Each of his writings, books, poems, calligraphy and songs were written in one sitting. He does not write a ‘first’ draft which he later edits; the completed work is his first draft. He has never mulled over how to phrase his poems poetically or which literary devices to incorporate. His style, which permeates all of his work, is extremely simple and clear because he writes books, composes poems and songs, and produces calligraphy for the same reason, that is, to teach truth and help people become truth in the easiest possible way. He wrote:
Alone, I write and write. I write and write calligraphy and prose, and in order to teach people Truth in the easiest possible way, I live writing, then writing some more. I teach the world’s most difficult subject – the method to become complete, and to save the world.
Woo Myung, a Songwriter and a Calligrapher, is highly recognized
Woo Myung has made significant achievements in those fields of calligraphy and music. The most outstanding feature of his calligraphies is that it begins and ends with one continuous brush-stroke. Though Woo Myung has written more than 500 copies of calligraphies, no two copies are duplicates. The profound meaning conveyed in every piece helps people understand more about Truth.
Calligraphy collectors, enthusiasts and experts have praised his work. Some wonder about his font as it does not come from any existing scripts, while others have commented that his style possesses strength and a uniqueness that is inimitable.
He has written a total of 22 songs, which are available in the CD, The Songs of Heaven. Written all in one day, the succinct, clear lyrics and comfortable melodies serve to rouse people’s inner true minds and awaken their consciousness.
His True Passion Lies in the People Becoming Truth
Although he has been receiving high recognition and positive feedback not only from the general public but also from critics, Woo Myung believes that the recognition he receives has meaning for him only when they help the people of the world to become free from suffering and achieve completion; ultimately above all else, he is a person of truth, who wishes for all people to become the same.
Woo Myung’s anxious heart that hopes for people to become true is revealed throughout his books. He wrote in Stop Living in this Land Go to the Everlasting World of Happiness Live There Forever:
His True Passion Lies in the People Becoming Truth
His True Passion Lies in the People Becoming Truth