One only knows, speaks, and lives

According to what he has within

One who has the universe within him

Knows the true meaning of the universe

Living as the will of the universe by becoming the universe

Is true life

It exists before the wind

It exists before the clouds

It exists before all creations

This itself is Truth and is alive

People do not know it is living

Because they do not have it within their minds

Only this itself is Truth

Only this itself lives

Forever, and ever

The superior, the foolish

The living, the dead

The wise, the unwise

One with Truth, one with false

Such are as different as life and death

As different as heaven and earth

This is an excerpt from the poem The Difference Between the Living and the Dead is the Same as the Difference Between Heaven and Earth by Woo Myung in his book The Way To Become A Person In Heaven While Living  (page 29)