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Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – From a Vain Life to a Life of Hope

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – From a Vain Life to a Life of Hope

I grew up in Chuncheon and was told that I was a good family member. My father was a professional soldier, and after he was discharged from the military, he had financial difficulty because he failed at his business. He was not lucky, but he was a good man in many ways. I studied hard and entered the academy with difficulty, and since then, I have lived like a high-speed locomotive. On the outside, I always tried to live the best cadet and military life. But from the age of 40, when I was promoted to lieutenant colonel, the desperate need to look back on myself began to grow.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – My Teaching Life Changed 180 Degrees, and I Became a Real “Teacher”

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – My Teaching Life Changed 180 Degrees, and I Became a Real “Teacher”

I finally became a teacher! The feeling when I confirmed that my name was on the list of final candidates for the 2003 appointment examination was indescribable. The things that I had suffered through for the past several years passed by like a kaleidoscope. I thought I would finally become the type of teacher I had always been dreaming of! With the ambition of being a good teacher who has a warm heart, who understands, who cares for and who loves the students, I started my teaching career.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Huh? He Wasn’t Used to Be Like This?! The Abrasive Guy Changes

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Huh? He Wasn’t Used to Be Like This?! The Abrasive Guy Changes

My friend Jihoon, whom I met during my first year of high school, was an awkward and careless guy. But when it came to exams, what a 180 degree difference! He showed great concentration and usually ranked 1st or 2nd in class. He won all the prizes from the national math and science competitions, and all the classmates envied him. There was a coldness about him in which he was able to accept things only after understanding with his head and seeing things with his own eyes. He was always complaining, “How can you not know this?” when his friends would asked him a question. He was a friend who was always told, “Yeah, you’re smart.”

Santa Clara Meditation Relaxation – From A Mind Full Of Complaints To A Mind Full Of Gratitude

Santa Clara Meditation Relaxation – From A Mind Full Of Complaints To A Mind Full Of Gratitude

Kashvi Anand / Homemaker / San Jose, California

I was born in New Delhi, India. I immigrated to the United States when I was 21 years old. I had a rough time transitioning from India to the US because of racial discrimination and cultural differences. I always had a mind full of complaints and annoyances instead of having any kind of gratitude to God. My negativity affected my husband and my child. I also struggled because I just didn’t know how to stop my negative mindset.

Santa Clara Meditation Peace of Mind – I Wanted To Be A Good Mom

Santa Clara Meditation Peace of Mind – I Wanted To Be A Good Mom

Victoria / Attorney of Associate General Counsel at the Georgia Department of Public Health / Atlanta, Georgia

Since I had my three kids, I wanted to be a good mom and raise my kids to be happy. But I wasn’t happy myself. As my kids became teenagers, I got so frustrated with my kids and with myself. I tried to be loving and guide them to be successful and happy, but my patience would break and eventually I always lashed out. Deep down, I felt very negative. How could I raise happy kids?

Santa Clara Meditation Empty Mind – Now I Know How To Rest My Mind

Santa Clara Meditation Empty Mind – Now I Know How To Rest My Mind

Children are playing on the dock of a fishing village in a small country town in South Korea. At one point, a four-year-old boy slips and falls into the sea. The children who were playing together begin to laugh and just watch the young boy struggling without trying to rescue him. At that moment, the drowning boy’s older brother, who is four years older than him, rushes to a nearby house. He tells his uncle that his younger brother is drowning, and his uncle runs to rescue the child who was about to drown. If my older brother hadn’t got my uncle to save me, I wouldn’t be alive today…

Santa Clara Meditation Self Help – Because of My Brother, I Am Grateful

Santa Clara Meditation Self Help – Because of My Brother, I Am Grateful

My brother is three years older than I am. Since childhood, he has been the epitome of righteousness and a person of principle. Before joining the military, he was already a thorough ‘military style’ person. He didn’t say a single useless word, there was no waste in what he did and he always studied hard. By the time he went to college, our family was going through some financial trouble. His personality became more straight-edged and righteous. In order to ease the financial burden of our parents, he chose the path of becoming a military officer. He has never gone astray or been lazy. As a born soldier, he rose through the ranks quickly and excelled in the military.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – My Father Finds His Smile Again

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – My Father Finds His Smile Again

Right around the time I started middle school, my father began having financial problems and the family situation suddenly became difficult. The calm atmosphere of the household immediately changed. Luckily, our money problems weren’t so bad that we had to live on the streets, but we did had to move to a smaller house. My father’s new job entailed travel and he was rarely home as a result. I didn’t like my father’s curt style before, but now I hated my dad for making my family’s life more difficult.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Let Go of Prejudice and Standards

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Let Go of Prejudice and Standards

I vowed not to live like my parents and strove to live happily in my marriage. That’s how my marriage began, but I soon found out there was no such thing. Instead, there were endless fights with my husband and I turned to meditation because I was unable to figure out a way to get along. Through meditation, for the first time, I was able to reflect on myself instead of blaming my parents and my husband. This is my story about meditation, how I let go of myself who lived with resentment more than gratitude, and how I found happiness through the practice of meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Clean Mind – Depression And Loneliness: How Two Mothers Solved Their Problems Through Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Clean Mind – Depression And Loneliness: How Two Mothers Solved Their Problems Through Meditation

Moms always dream. Some say that they want to succeed through their children. They want to be recognized and rewarded for their “devotion” and “sacrifice” to family. They are proud to work hard, waiting for the day that their children succeed. But life doesn’t always go as one intends. Yaeyeon Jung felt guilty when her children began to suffer from depression. Yongsook Jung always felt depressed and empty, even though she was loved. After meditating, they said that the problems of their lives were solved. This is the story of life changes and touching moments by two mothers who can now live with bright, beautiful smiles.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – After Solving My Questions Of Life, I Became As Free As A Bird

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – After Solving My Questions Of Life, I Became As Free As A Bird

Since childhood, I have had many questions. There are blue skies and clouds up above. There are trees in the mountains. And then there are people. I always wondered where all these things came from and why I was born and where I will go when I die. If I’m here on this earth, there should be a reason and purpose, but no matter how many great men and women are remembered through our history, they will eventually be forgotten over time.

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Through Meditation, I Have The Power To See My Mind And Change My Mind

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Through Meditation, I Have The Power To See My Mind And Change My Mind

In November of 2006, I had been an apartment building manager for about 4 years. Right around that time, I found out about this meditation through a booklet I’d received. At the time, I was looking for stability in my career and was about to finish up some courses I was taking to get certifications for my job as building manager. After I read the meditation booklet, over the next few days, I decided to give it a try. I figured, if this meditation didn’t meet my expectations, I could always quit at any time. So, there was no risk as far as I was concerned.

Santa Clara Meditation Joy – A Selfish “Witch” Becomes An Angel Without Wings

Santa Clara Meditation Joy – A Selfish “Witch” Becomes An Angel Without Wings

I was pregnant after only 3 months of marriage. When my child was born, my husband and I just weren’t prepared. It was very hard on my body and mind. The baby didn’t sleep well during the day or at night and constantly cried. As my life became focused on raising our child, the burden of parenting only grew in my mind. I wanted to be free, but I always had to take care of my child. Before, my husband called me “the witch” because I was irritable and nagging all the time. But I changed so much that my husband now says, “You are an angel, where are your wings?”

Santa Clara Meditation Clean Mind – Overcoming Panic Disorder Through Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Clean Mind – Overcoming Panic Disorder Through Meditation

After graduating from school, I started working in the financial sector. The salary was high, but it was a harsh environment. Employees’ work attitudes and performances were evaluated monthly and graded for all to see. I reconciled daily transactions until the last penny precisely, so I could always get recognition for my achievements. Pursuing perfection, I was always praised by one of my financial auditors who was known for being very strict. However, all of sudden, one day my chest became tight, I was having trouble breathing, and my limbs became stiff.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Don’t Want To Live This Way Anymore. I’m So Sorry

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Don’t Want To Live This Way Anymore. I’m So Sorry

I used to run a pump dealership. At the time, I often argued with my staff and I started drinking to relieve my stress. At one point, I lost my self-control. Once I started drinking, I kept on drinking. I would go home intoxicated and wake up my wife and children. I was looking for some kind of emotional release and I wanted to talk to my family about my problems, but they were only irritated with me. They started to shut me out…

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I found Truth. My anxiety and depression reduced and I have found happiness, internally.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I found Truth. My anxiety and depression reduced and I have found happiness, internally.

Before I started meditating, I used to pity and feel sorry for myself all the time. Questions always came up in my mind such as: Why am I here? What is my purpose in this world? Do I have a purpose? I did not have a reason for those questions. Because of that, I have felt so much emptiness, loneliness, and worthlessness.

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Two Brothers Who Have Let Go Of Their Childhood Worries

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Two Brothers Who Have Let Go Of Their Childhood Worries

I had no real plan for what I wanted to major in when I attended college. I just applied to a university that I knew would accept me with my grade point average. When I was younger, I had my dreams. But as I grew older and faced reality, it seemed like I couldn’t do anything. I cut classes regularly and when I went on vacation, I partied and drank a lot.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – My Husband Changed When I Let Go Of Nagging

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – My Husband Changed When I Let Go Of Nagging

It seemed like everything my husband was doing, I didn’t like. I was nagging him constantly. And every time I started nagging him, he would look at me with anger or annoyance in his eyes. My husband knew what he had done wrong, but he was not willing to fix it. More and more, I nagged him, and as a result he began returning home later and later and there was more animosity between us.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Angry Mom Becomes Happy Mom And It’s Contagious

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Angry Mom Becomes Happy Mom And It’s Contagious

My mother and I used to play a game of “hide-and-seek” from the time I was in middle school until my freshman year in high school. Regardless of whether or not I wanted to study, my mother had enrolled me in English and math tutoring. I quickly rebelled, and I would never stay in my tutoring program for more than a month. My mom expected and pressured me to do what she had not achieved in her life. She was especially strict and scary when it came to my studies…

Santa Clara Meditation Success – I Realized The True Meaning Of Life

Santa Clara Meditation Success – I Realized The True Meaning Of Life

Jin-Young’s dream was to live a “life of freedom.” She thought she could achieve her freedom if she became a career woman. So she became a dentist and was eventually recognized for her outstanding academic achievements and her volunteer work. Though she was seen as a success on the outside, inside her mind, she was still heavy with burden. It wasn’t until she let go of her old mind through meditation that she finally realized that true freedom comes when there is no such thing as “me.” When she let go of her desire and want of success, happiness and honor, she found that every day is now filled with excitement and joy helping her patients.

Santa Clara Meditation Confidence – Two Completely Different Personalities Learn To Co-exist

Santa Clara Meditation Confidence – Two Completely Different Personalities Learn To Co-exist

Two friends: one describes himself as a bookworm, the other is a self-proclaimed “playboy.” These guys have completely different personalities, hobbies, interests, and relationships. Even though these guys have nothing in common, through meditation, they’ve become as close as brothers. With all the differences between these two guys, it sounds like they would never be friends, but through this meditation, they learned to co-exist.

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – Meditation Miracle: Surviving Leukemia

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – Meditation Miracle: Surviving Leukemia

This is the story of Jong-geon Bae, a man who miraculously overcame leukemia through meditation. He worked in retail banking for over 30 years. After being recognized for his strong work ethic, he was promoted to branch manager in early 2000. That winter, he was diagnosed with a rare blood cell cancer known as Chronic Myeloid Leukemia or CML. He was told by his doctor that he had an 8% chance of survival.

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – The Stress Of Raising My Children Has Completely Vanished

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – The Stress Of Raising My Children Has Completely Vanished

I am a mother of an eight-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl, and I have been married for 8 years. Every day is noisy because of my children’s trivial fighting. Whenever they fight over who gets to play with a toy, my husband always sides with my crying daughter. The oldest child then feels sad and cries. Looking at it hurts my heart. Whenever I see my children behaving like I did as a child, I feel anxious that my children could be hurt like I was…

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – My Dad’s Gray Hair Helped Me To Understand Him

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – My Dad’s Gray Hair Helped Me To Understand Him

I grew up being afraid of my father, but I obeyed and honored him since I was a child. My dad was like a friend, but he was always distant. He didn’t praise me often. He was more of a nag and was quite awkward when trying to express his feelings. “Don’t play on your computer.” “Don’t do this.” “Don’t do that.” “Don’t do anything…” It seems like all I ever heard from my father were negative things.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – ‘What Is Living? What Is Happiness?’ I Am Glad That I’ve Found The Answer Now

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – ‘What Is Living? What Is Happiness?’ I Am Glad That I’ve Found The Answer Now

Park Jun-ok (88) and Bae Dong-soon (72) have many things in common. The fact that they look surprisingly younger compared to their actual age, and the fact that they consider people around them first and take initiative, there are many young people who want to resemble their lives. Most of all, the two who lived longing for the truth said that they emptied their minds and finally found true happiness. The two grandmothers’ happy talk that they have abandoned the regret of difficult times and the fear of aging.

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – You Can Succeed At Your Work Life

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – You Can Succeed At Your Work Life

Deputy Manager of SK C&C’s Outsourcing Purchasing Team Jin-soo Park (36). He is often described as being very energetic and relaxed; people call him “Energizer” because he is so full of energy. However, Jin-soo Park wasn’t always like this. There was a time when he struggled: feeling inferior to others and dealing with the death of his best friend. He felt nervous and tired all the time. “Energizer” Park, an employee for 5 years, talks about the wisdom and impact of meditation on his work life.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Happiness I Knew Only In Theory, Becomes Realized

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Happiness I Knew Only In Theory, Becomes Realized

There were some words printed on the beautiful cover of a meditation pamphlet: “If you empty your mind, it becomes the universe and the truth.” I could really be like that… If I could really empty my mind like that, how great it would be. I read it over and over again. My husband is an artist. I met my husband in a painting club, but I thought living would be difficult if we were both painters. I gave up painting because my husband is a more talented painter than I am, and after we got married, I worked. Since then I have had many jobs.

Santa Clara Meditation Health – Meditation Cured My Kidney Disease

My kidney problems began to become severe at the age of 25, right after I got married. The problem became more severe with even a little bit of stress in my life. Some nights, I couldn’t even sleep because of the pain. I was always tired. If I drank water, my face would swell up like a balloon. I was ashamed to go out. My doctor told me that chronic stress was the cause of my kidney pain. I seriously started to think I was going to die because even the medication that he prescribed to me wasn’t helping things. That’s when I remembered being told about this meditation method…

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – Now, My Family Can Really Be Called ‘Family’

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – Now, My Family Can Really Be Called ‘Family’

I have a husband who earns good money and two good looking sons. On the surface, our household was a happy picture, but on the inside my family rotted away. As a primary school teacher, I was married when I was 26. I wanted to make a perfect and happy home, but nothing went my way.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – What’s Wrong With Wanting Money?

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – What’s Wrong With Wanting Money?

After graduating from high school, I jumped into the workforce. At the age of 25 I got married. My husband worked at a company but his salary was negligible, so I had a lot of stress trying to live within our budget. Our children had a lot of after school activities that were costing us money. I wanted to be able to offer them everything but I felt bad because our household budget was tight. My home, neighborhood, car, husband’s job, all of these things weren’t as good as I wanted, so my pride was crushed when I went to my class reunion. My husband seemed incompetent to me.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – How Meditation Helped Me Through Crises

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – How Meditation Helped Me Through Crises

The world changed so much in such a short span of time. We have multiple problems going on in the world and it’s affecting each of our lives so deeply right now. In a very short span of time, we’ve lost our jobs and our routines in life. We’ve been asked to stay home from school or to work from home. It’s hard to feel comfortable going out to a restaurant or shopping. It’s all crazy and it’s taking it’s toll on our collective emotional health and well-being. Some feel financial stress. Some have anxiety about the future. Some just can’t handle being cooped up in a tight space with family. These are all the reasons why I started this meditation…

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Now, There Is Nonstop Laughter In Our House Instead Of Arguments

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Now, There Is Nonstop Laughter In Our House Instead Of Arguments

One day, Ha-eun Yun came to a realization that his thinking, habits and attitudes remained the same as time passed and circumstances changed. He started to question this fixed pattern, whether this is the right way to live as a father, a husband and a son. Through meditation, Ha-eun looked for solutions to his concerns. This is the story of how his thinking, habits, family relationships and life transformed over the years of practicing meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – If I Had Not Practiced This Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – If I Had Not Practiced This Meditation

Kang Kim is married, raises children, runs a business and takes care of her mother- and father-in-law. Even though it is difficult, she believed that she could sacrifice her needs, endure and live comfortably. Eventually, her entire family began practicing this meditation and became a happy family that is considerate of one another without any emotional stress. Later, while watching her husband undergo multiple heart surgeries, she remarked that she would not have been able to overcome the situation without this meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Personal Growth – I Learned How To Love Me And Others

Santa Clara Meditation Personal Growth – I Learned How To Love Me And Others

I followed a younger friend to meditation seminar and it was a turning point in my life. This meditation is all about learning how to clean the mind. And I was able to do this meditation because I had constant encouragement from my friend and other people around me.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Living Well Together And Being Confident In Business

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Living Well Together And Being Confident In Business

I have been working in the restaurant business for nearly 30 years. I started when I graduated from high school and began working as a kitchen assistant at a Japanese restaurant that one of my relatives owned. We worked hard and eventually built his business into a large-scale, luxury Japanese restaurant right in the center of Seoul, Korea. But once we started to grow popular, the landlord told us he wanted us out because we had done some remodeling to his building. We had to relocate. This caused the restaurant business to fail.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Hajer’s Meditation Story

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Hajer’s Meditation Story

I woke up one day last year, feeling alone, unsupported, and overwhelmed. I had a very busy mind filled with racing thoughts about my kids, my career, my relationships, and my life. After I dropped my kids off at school, I decided to spend my morning reading a book in a cozy coffee shop on Broad Avenue in Palisades Park.

Santa Clara Meditatiom Enlightenment – My Greatest Enlightenment Is That I Am Always Happy

Santa Clara Meditatiom Enlightenment – My Greatest Enlightenment Is That I Am Always Happy

I was working at a gym as a personal trainer, and once a month they would allow an outside business in the area to set up a small booth to promote their business. Most of the time, the same nutrition companies or vitamin companies would come, but on one particular day it was a meditation center: This Meditation. The woman managing the booth, her name is Heather, explained the meditation to me. The explanation was simple and made sense, but I was really taken in by her sincerity and how her face looked so bright and happy! I remember feeling odd about it at the time but looking back I realized it’s because I had never seen such a happy person like that before in my entire life. I signed up for an intro seminar on the spot.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Feel So Grateful And Blessed To Have This Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Feel So Grateful And Blessed To Have This Meditation

With the COVID-19 pandemic, Our Meditation has moved to online meditation only. I am so grateful! Every day I look forward to the meditation. It has become the best part of my day. I feel more connected to my fellow meditators and this meditation community. It is as if we are all in the same room! This has been an amazing experience.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – There Is No Loneliness Or Inferiority

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness- There Is No Loneliness Or Inferiority

Guillaume Lee was born to a Korean father and a French mother. His life experience as a child was filled with being teased for being of mixed race and he became very lonely at school as a result. It was a very difficult experience for him to live with this discrimination from his peers and it stayed with him in his young adult life. The following is Guillaume’s story of finding peace and harmony in the world through this method of meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – An important meditation that taught me what it means to live for others

Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – An important meditation that taught me what it means to live for others

I’ve never met the founder Woo Myung, but in this meditation practice, I have heard that he is truly someone who lives for others. He first founded this practice more than 20 years ago, and since then, he folded his own business and began traveling all over his native Korea to help people. He continued to help others by coming to the United States to open meditation seminars and hold seminars and now does this while traveling worldwide.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Thought, “How Will That Help Me?” Now I Am Very Grateful To My Uncle Who Introduced Me To Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – I Thought, “How Will That Help Me?” Now I Am Very Grateful To My Uncle Who Introduced Me To Meditation

A few years ago, my uncle recommended I try meditation and asked, “What is living?” As I was always busy working I did not really hear those words. After my father died the work he did so the things in my mind and heart went unresolved, so it was very difficult.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – My Mind and Body Was Sick to Death, But Now I Can Breathe Comfortably

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – My Mind and Body Was Sick to Death, But Now I Can Breathe Comfortably

Two years ago, I begged and begged again that I may not feel the agony for even just 10 seconds, and then I started this thing called “Meditation”. My husband’s unexpected accident caused total havoc on my whole body while I was nursing him and taking care of my kids. After 6 months, my body which had once been healthy, was affected by panic disorder, tinnitus, post-accidental stress disorder, all kinds of mental illness and later even affected my eyes.

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – My Tears Of Gratitude

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – My Tears Of Gratitude

I was so burdened when I came to this meditation. In the beginning, I felt difficult and I even felt regretful of coming. But as I continued to discard my mind, unconsciously the pain in my mind has decreased and now I feel so comfortable.

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – Now I Enjoy My Life The Way It Is

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – Now I Enjoy My Life The Way It Is

Even before I started this meditation, I was very interested in meditation and was looking for many places like temples. I haven’t started the meditation until I met this subtraction method. I attended the introductory seminar and signed up immediately because of the logical method and professional service.

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Menstrual Pains Were Also A Disease Of The Mind, Because They Disappeared When My Mind Was Emptied

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Menstrual Pains Were Also A Disease Of The Mind, Because They Disappeared When My Mind Was Emptied

Since my parents’ divorce, multiple bad situations overlapped. And then my health began to decline further and further. I felt depressed, suffered from insomnia stress related gastritis, etc. You could say my body was a walking hospital. In particular, my menstrual cramps were severe.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness- Interpersonal Relationship Changed After Meditation Training for Teachers

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Interpersonal Relationship Changed After Meditation Training for Teachers

I am a teacher who teaches Korean in middle school. They say these days, children don’t listen. Then, how was I when I was in school? I was a model student. The teachers thought I was very cute. But when I saw the scene inside my heart while meditating, I wondered if there was a student who was more selfish than me. I was a student who pretended to listen to the teacher, but I ignored the teachers hiding different kinds of inside of my mind.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Found True Happiness at This Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Found True Happiness at This Meditation

Before I started this meditation, I was always trying to understand the meaning of life. Even since I was a very young boy, I searched for answers to the many questions I had. Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I exist? Why does anything exist at all? And, I found it extremely frustrating and challenging to find real answers to these questions.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Search

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Search

Early on, my mind was full of fear, pain, and uncertainty. As a teenager, I sought answers and freedom from these feelings by rebelling, quitting school, and starting a job. At first, I got into trouble often and even almost died in an accident. Later, I pursued success, money, fame, respect, and admiration. Everything ended in failure, though. Debt was the only thing I had left, but worse than that, I was just as fearful as before.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Gift of Life

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Gift of Life

I questioned about the direction of my life. I began to wonder about the true purpose of life: we come into this world to accumulate wealth? Would we take any of this when we die?

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Journey of Hopes and Dreams

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – Journey of Hopes and Dreams

Have you ever felt no matter how hard you tried that it was just never good enough? Has there ever been a time in your life where it seemed there was more wrong than there is good in this world? I have. I would go through the day and everything seemed so dark and gray. Living life day by day and just going through the motions. When I was a child, I faced trauma no child should and not even therapy could help.

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – My Journey with This Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – My Journey with This Meditation

When I joined this meditation 1 year ago, I was coming after 7 years of mood swings and severe depressions. In this time I had gone to several psychiatrists and psychologists, gotten diagnosed first with seasonal depression (as my downs used to occur in winter time in Romania) and then with cyclothymia (a mild case of bipolar, which is deemed to be serious mental illness). And ended up taking a bunch of pills. All this to not much avail.

Santa Clara Meditation Relaxation – This Meditation Is the Answer to My Prayers

Santa Clara Meditation Relaxation – This Meditation Is the Answer to My Prayers

Through my many years I have had many losses, hurts, and disappointments. Yet, I managed to keep going always believing that I would make it through. Little by little I kept losing myself through frustration, pain, despair worry, and anxiety. I never believed we were here on earth to struggle and fight through so many obstacles. Yet, that was the path I was on.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – A Job That Was Just Stress Turns A Place Of Gratefulness

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – A Job That Was Just Stress Turns A Place Of Gratefulness

Company life was really hell for me. I always felt heavy and fear was always ahead of me in my work. I was introduced to mind meditation by a friend of my wife when I felt that I could not do it anymore after eight years of work. When she said that a week would make me feel at ease, I finally decided to participate in a meditation retreat there to find an answer . By emptying my mind, I could find out why I was so tired at work.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – I Have Overcome My Depression Through This Meditation As Well Succeed In My Business

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – I Have Overcome My Depression Through This Meditation As Well Succeed In My Business

I got a phone call from my friend on March, 2003. He said, “I am going to meditate, and it’s about time you come too.” I joking said, “Are you going to get enlightened?” But he was serious. He said, “Whatever you clean, you should come with me.” To which I told him, “These days I’m too busy, so I’ll make time to go next time.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Now I Can Say I Have Sincerely Reflected Upon Myself Once

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Now I Can Say I Have Sincerely Reflected Upon Myself Once

It has been almost a year since I started this meditation. During the time of difficulty, when I was wandering around, I came to learn about this meditation. Despite the fact that this program was to reflect on one’s mind, far from reflecting on my mind, I was only seeking to feel more comfortable and improve.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – A Light at the End of the Tunnel

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – A Light at the End of the Tunnel

My endless search for Truth began since I was young.
When I was seven years old, my father passed away. I started to have, within me, a series of questions that had remained unanswered for over twenty years: Why are we born? Why do we live? Why do we die? Does God exist? Where is the Truth?

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Now I Know What to Do to Change Myself

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Now I Know What to Do to Change Myself

Before I started this meditation I was unhappy with life and the world and the people in it but I didn’t have any answers as to why this was. I have a good wife, 3 lovely children, a nice house, and a nice car. I have always wanted to work for myself because I really believed it would make me happy. In the years leading up to the start of the meditation, most things that I wanted in life to make me happy, I was achieving with some ease.

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Many Of My Stifling And Depressing Thoughts Have Disappeared

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Many Of My Stifling And Depressing Thoughts Have Disappeared

I first learned that about this meditation last summer from a friend of mine at work. At that time, I was merely curious but was interested enough to think that should I get a chance I will try it out. Then at the end of last year until this past January and February, I suffered through some difficult, tormenting events.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – The Light Entered My Dark Life

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – The Light Entered My Dark Life

I was the type that would cry often when I was young. I was very sensitive and I felt embarrassed when I wasn’t doing something. I had a lot of anxiety and this was getting worse as years passed. I was never satisfied and always searched for something that would help me. I wanted to escape my head which always had so many distracting thoughts.

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – I want to go to the end. I want to go back to America and do it again.

Santa Clara Meditation Enlightenment – I want to go to the end. I want to go back to America and do it again.

At first I did not believe, and I came with many doubts. While my youngest brother stayed here for nine months, he started meditation. I thought there must be something. I am very thankful, very grateful to everyone and my brother. It has been a time to really reflect on myself. I have come to realize that I have been living in a state of illusion.

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Being One with the Universe

Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Being One with the Universe

I used to live in total darkness. Both of my past and future distressed me. Unnecessary and negative thoughts filled my mind and led me to a life filled with stress, fear, insecurity, and a lack of confidence in myself and in my surroundings.

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Meditation Method Which Helped A Laughless Me Find Laughter

Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Meditation Method Which Helped A Laughless Me Find Laughter

Before meditation, I was always suffering from self-reliance. Since the day I was born, I basically lived without laughter and lived with mostly negative thoughts. Looking back on my past through meditation, I discovered the selfish ‘me’ and I kept throwing away those false pictures.

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – The Ultimate Destination

Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – The Ultimate Destination

So often we think of the ultimate destination as a place that exists outside of ourselves. A tropical beach, a stunning vista, a tranquil mountain lake. If only we had the money and time to travel to these places, if only our lives afforded us the opportunity to enjoy the world as we were meant to.

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Are You Still Worrying About Life? This Meditation Changed Me

Santa Clara Meditation Invest in Yourself – Are You Still Worrying About Life? This Meditation Changed Me

Living such a trite course in life, I always hoped for a “special life.” First as a dentist in the hospital, and later after opening my own practice, I lived inside a life that I thought was mundane. I earned money, built a building, rented out the bottom floors, made the upper floors my dental office and home, and was soon turning 60. I hated my life that seemed so ordinary and I deeply wanted to live a different life. But I just couldn’t figure out how to live that different life, that special life.

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I have discovered a new perspective about life that is a complete game changer for me.

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I have discovered a new perspective about life that is a complete game changer for me.

I found this Meditation through a typical web search when I was looking for a way to manage stress and to better my life. After almost a year of consistently coming to the center – I have discovered a new perspective about life that is a complete game changer for me.

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

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

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.

Santa Clara Meditation Worries – In A World Without Worries Or Anxiety, I Attained Freedom Through This Meditation

Santa Clara Meditation Worries – In A World Without Worries Or Anxiety, I Attained Freedom Through This Meditation

It has been about 4 years since doing this meditation. On my way to the center, I get calls from my friends stating, “Hasn’t it been long enough doing that meditation?” But looking back at the 4 years of doing this meditation and the changes that have come though it, “I am still hungry.”

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – I Broke Free From My Framework Of Being Nice

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – I Broke Free From My Framework Of Being Nice

I had always been jealous of confident women who were able to express themselves. I had been the very typical ‘kind’ and ‘nice’ woman due to the way my parents raised me. My dad continuously used to teach me that I always had to be nice to people and I had to pretend to be fine even though the situation was not fine.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Abandoning ‘Me’ Who Hurt My Family

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Abandoning ‘Me’ Who Hurt My Family

As I embarked on my 40s, where others claimed I had reached success, I on the other hand, felt no joy in neither body nor mind. As a CPA, I earned a comfortable living, and perhaps it’s because I had, more or less, tried doing everything, but there wasn’t anything new that I really wanted to do.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Truly Confirmed Within Myself My Identity and Answers to All My Questions in Life

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Truly Confirmed Within Myself My Identity and Answers to All My Questions in Life

I always wished to be happy and everyone around me to be happy. However, it seemed like happiness was always conditional and fleeting. To fulfill my yearnings for happiness, I participated in different physical activities, listened to music, socialized with friends, volunteered at organizations, spent more time with people I loved immensely.

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I Am Changing Everyday with This Method!

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I Am Changing Everyday with This Method!

Ever since I was quite young I always felt as if something was missing in my life. There was. Not knowing, I just went along with my life. Upon leaving school I had no direction or career path choice. This made me feel so left behind in the world and I felt quite lonely and insecure. I decided to travel for a year and upon returning I went straight back into an unhappy lifestyle. My family suffered financial burden and upset and life at home became stressful.

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I’m Grateful. I’m Truly Grateful, Everyday

Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I’m Grateful. I’m Truly Grateful, Everyday

I first began this meditation on September 18, 2011 at this meditation center. I’ll never forget it because it was a very difficult time in my life. I was going through a lot of things. I was going through a separation with my husband, my oldest daughter left for college, and I was not talking to my family.

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – This Is Letting Go

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – This Is Letting Go

I didn’t know what I was looking for or why I sought, but I had been seeking for over 15 years. I read numerous spiritual books and attended many meditation retreats and workshops; but after I practiced this meditation, all my seeking stopped.

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