(EN/KR)
Dinosaur
Alien
Cemetery
Flower
Programing
Light
Pattern
Ghost
Universe
Paradise
Dogma
Purgatory
Glitch
“Everyone has their own persona. That is only natural.
However, if we consider that the ultimate stage of life—its purpose and reason—is self-completion, then the journey toward it must be one where we stand face-to-face with ourselves, walk alongside ourselves, and embrace who we truly are.
Self-completion is a state or level that one must reach through their own efforts and realizations. It is a path that can only be achieved through one’s own introspection and enlightenment.
There is a significant difference between knowing and realizing.
To reach a singular realization that unifies the hundreds or even thousands of things one knows, one must go through deep contemplation, collision, breaking, wounding, and healing. Only then will that understanding quietly take root within.
At that point, I and everything around me will become one.
If we perceive this process as a noun, then all things in the universe become fixed in form, solidified, and lose their ability to interact with one another. We will no longer understand the dynamic relationships between ourselves and everything beyond us.
For instance, mother and father should not be understood as mere nouns, but rather as verbs—as continuous, evolving relationships. The same applies to God.
When we view the world in this way, it ceases to be a space of rigid dualities and instead becomes something that constantly interacts with and responds to us. It is no longer separate from us but rather an extension of our very being.
As we go through life, experiencing joy and sorrow, birth and death, sickness and aging, we must learn to accept what simply flows past us and endure what must be endured. We must live with quiet acceptance.
Yet, within it all, there undoubtedly exists something real—the mind.
It is like a mirror.
And that thing… it plays tricks on us.
Observe it closely.
Make friends with it.”
— Seung Mo Yang