Problems arise when Simplicity is aggravated by Conditional Reality. Even "Name and Form" can suffer as the Expense of Appellation manu-FACT-ures high quality WTF. So it is with Kwan Um Do Kwang = Perceive Sound and Light. If anyone chances upon this it would be difficult to 'see' Sword unlike Shim Gum Do which has in its title >> Sword [Mind Sword Path]. KUDK is a Sword Discipline---something you'd never know from its title. 'Kwan Um' itself is the name of the School that Zen Master Seung Sahn founded. Here, Kwan Um was altered slightly with the addition of 'World' which makes it "Perceive World Sound". The Practice for School Members is straight forward. Seated Meditation has as its Focus the Perception of Sound. Just Hearing is the Experience of Enlightenment, or so we are meant to Believe. I most DEFINITELY Believe. 'Just Hearing' is deployed in one of SS's Teaching Letters in Dropping Ashes On The Buddha. Here he notes that Just Hearing IS "Clear Mind" and that this "Clear Mind" IS Enlightenment.
You can see MYYY Problem -----------Nowhere is Sword to be Found in KUDK.
"Uhhh Houston ? We have a Problem."
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