“이 세상에서 가장 위대한 것은 수용하는 것이고 이 세상에서 가장 용기가 있는 것은 자기가 잘못했습니다,라고 말할 수 있는 자라. 가장 큰 자가 할 수가 있는 것이라. 산 자라야 할 수 있는 것이라.” - 본문 중에서
자기 잘못을 바로 인정하고 상대의 모습을 있는 그대로 수용할 수 있는 것은, 넓고 큰마음일 때 가능할 것이다.
우 명 선생은 자기를 돌아보고 마음을 비우게 하는, 마음수련 명상의 창립자로서 자기중심적이고 이기적인 가짜마음들을 비워내면 그런 큰마음을 저절로 되찾게 된다고 말한다. 그것이 우리 본래의 마음이고 진정 살아 있는 참마음이기 때문이라는 것이다.
진리에 대해, 마음에 대해, 그리고 인간에 대해….
저자는 막연하게만 여겨졌던 세상의 이치와 마음에 관한 이야기들을 쉬운 문장과 명료한 언어로 설명해주고 있다. 우 명 선생 스스로 깨달음을 통해 도달한 진리 입장에서 서술하고 있기에 더욱 진솔하고 명쾌할 수밖에 없는 것이다.
누구나 참마음이 되어 사는 세상, 『영원히 살아 있는 세상』은 참된 삶을 원하는 이들을 위한 진리 안내서로, 2003년 출간 이후 독자들의 큰 반향을 일으켰던 『세상 너머의 세상』 후속편이다.

Everything that meets the eye eventually diminishes with time. So then where can Truth be found? What could this existence that is absolute, perfect, undiminishable, never-changing be? What could this eternal and living existence be? Where is it?
『The Living Eternal World』 is a sequel to Woo Myung’s sensational book 『World Beyond World』. If 『[World Beyond World』 offered a way for our consciousnesses to become Truth so that we may transcend beyond discord and conflicts and reach a world that is of peace, its sequel goes further to provide a more detailed message to help readers reach the world of Truth and of the Mind. With its simple and concise sentences, 『The Living Eternal World』 sheds light on what Truth really is.

That which existed before the beginning and will continue to exist even after this world is no more is the infinite emptiness - the Universe that is before and beyond the universe. This Universe is what is eternal and never-changing. This Universe is the existence for which there is nothing higher, wider, or greater. It is from the Universe that all things are born, and to it all things return. No matter how many countless times such creation and extinction is repeated, the emptiness that is the Universe remains as it is unchanged. Such is Truth. And though it cannot be seen with our eyes, this emptiness - this Universe - is filled with Energy and Light. The Energy and the Light are, respectively, the Body and the Mind of the Universe. The Energy and Light are humankind’s source. When we completely cleanse our body and mind, our consciousnesses become Truth and are reborn as the Energy and Light - as the source. Though our bodies may eventually disappear someday, so long as we have become Truth, our consciousnesses which have become that of the source will be eternal and thus absent of life or death. We will no longer live trapped in this mold that we as individuals define as being who we are but will live free from the confinement that are our lives; we will see from the world’s point-of-view and will live lives that are of wisdom and of Nature’s flow; we will live the true life.

The living eternal world is the world that exists as the eternal and never-changing Truth. It is the world where one lives forever after having become Truth. When humans become Truth, this world, along with all its creations, is reborn as Truth. Now is the time for the people of this world to become Truth so that there is no distance between people and no borders between nations - so that all may live as one. Such is the Heaven that Woo Myung speaks of. This book 『The Living Eternal World』 offers a straight-forward, no-nonsense approach to the subjects of the true Mind and the world of Truth.