Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – What? He Wasn’t Like This before. The Grumpy Guy Changed

Gun Park / Company Staff

My friend Ji-hoon from 10th grade was always awkward and clumsy no matter what he did. But then only during every test time he would, “transform!” He concentrated tremendously and that is what made him number 1 or 2 in class and would win him all the rewards from, national math competitions and science competitions. That made all the classmates envious and jealous of him. He understood everything with his brain and had to confirm everything with his own eyes making his eyes appear cold. If our friends asked him a question, he would reply with a “How could you not know this?” attitude. So, amongst us friends, he was the one who would hear from us sarcastically say, “Yeah, you are a big shot.”

That stickler is doing meditation?

In our sophomore year of college, I felt there was a sudden change in Ji-hoon. In high school he was always on edge and his health was poor, but for some reason he seemed at peace and softer.  He even bought us food and clothes and showed us warmth.

“What? He’s not this type of warm-hearted person…?” What was the strangest thing to me was to hear this most scientific, logical guy stating that he was doing meditation. It was truly amazing to hear him seriously say “I realized that everything I knew was wrong”.

Afterwards, I often consulted with Ji-hoon. I didn’t know what to do with my life after the army and looked to Ji-hoon during that difficult time. Since I was young, I was severely scolded by my parents and those memories prevented me from making decisions and I wanted to throw it away.

At that time, Ji-hoon who never recommends anything he isn’t 100% sure of, recommended this meditation.

Just thankful to have a method to throw away my mind

I was so grateful to have a method to throw away my minds because I was in such torment and so I did it diligently. I confirmed within 2-3 days that my difficult minds truly disappeared.

Life had been so tight up to now. I had been trying to change the situation and atmosphere through my own will, but life is not so easy. It is like this tiny existence called “me” who is nothing in this infinite world struggling to try and control 70-80 years of life all on my terms, all alone.

As I did the meditation, I threw away the introverted, shy me, and the useless thoughts. This allowed me to accept the ways of the world, and put all my strength into the world. Now that I look back on it, with the conditions he was given, Ji-hoon lived diligently, enjoying himself yet concentrating. That’s why during those definitive moments, he was a child who was able to display his ability. But I would always say, “He only trusts in his brain and doesn’t work hard” because of my jealousy and envy.  “I am ashamed. I am sorry, my friend.”

The big idea doesn’t come true according to your plan. Putting in 100% effort in the situation you are given naturally brings results. And to be grateful for that is what it means to live a life of true happiness. I want to express my gratitude to this meditation that helped me to know the most logical and universal principles of the world. Also, I want to say thank you to my friend Ji-hoon who opened the doors for me to this meditation.

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