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What kind of energy does this fresh verdure give us?
He said in this beautiful writing:

"Raise your eyes, look up the sky, and look at the distant mountains. The sky of May, which is pure and cheery like a child's smile, mountains here and there that are getting greener every day, and hills here and there that bring new wonders day by day, and a clean and fragrant wind running through the sky and passing through the forest ─ Even though we are poor and we have nothing, we seem to have everything at the moment now, and although we have poor minds, we have no desires or expectations, aren't the winds that running through the sky and passing through the greens seems to bring everything soon at the next moment?"



Then he says of fresh green's energy like below.

"In fact, there seems to be a strange power in the fresh greens of this period that brings true joy and comfort to our hearts. If I face the fresh green, the fresh green cleanse my eyes, washes away inside of my head, refreshes my mind, and then purifies every corner of my heart one by one."

And he wrote,

“All the dust of my heart—the moment of all my desires, disgraces, sufferings, and troubles disappear one by one, then the stars, winds, sky, and grass gently move into and fill up my empty head, and my poor heart with their joy and songs."

Thus, he says that he feels his body and mind purified.

"I would say it is an unity of matters and mind, and it is important. I feel like I am free from all ideas and thoughts, and impeded from all the matters... At this moment, I have no sense of confusion, no exhaustion of feelings, but I only have infinite joy and peace. Also, only at this time, I can be completely free from all misfortunes and all depressions, and I can overcome and uplift all the conflicts and discord in my mind, and feel like I have raised to a harmonious and orderly world."

For a while, just leave your desk work and visit Haneoul Garden and wash your body and mind while looking at the fresh verdure. Feel the 'mysterious energy that gives you true joy and comfort there. <Pukyong Today>