What is Pride?

Pride is protection of one's self

Which is a false existence

True pride is to have Truth

One's mind consists of the accumulation of false images

One lives with that mind

And so the narrower his mind, the stronger his pride

When there is no mind of one's self

He lives as it is, even when he faces confrontations

He lives as it is, even when he must face the wind

He lives like the wind, like water

He lives just as he is, just as he is shaped

Everything is one; everything is Truth itself

However, in the narrow, selfish minds of humans

There is no Truth

One cannot live like wind and water

Because his mind cannot become the wind and water

Because it cannot become great nature

When one is rid of all conditions

And throws away all of his desires

He sees all as it is and lives as it is

He is the highest one

Even though he may suffer loss in the world

He lives silently

For he is the highest one

Only one whose mind becomes the mind of nature

Has no enemies

A person with the mind of nature hates no one

When there are no images of the shadows of one's memories

And only Truth remains in his mind

Then he is one who has been reborn as the mind of nature

Because he is great nature itself

He is one who is one with nature

by Woo Myung

from the book "The Way to Become a Person in Heaven While Living"

page 223-224