Santa Clara Meditation Happiness Matters – What made you laugh today? Why?
A blonde and a brunette worked in a factory.
A blonde and a brunette worked in a factory.
Everyone wants to be happy in life and each person does many things to become happy.
If there is only one thing I could change in the world, It would be my thoughts.
It’s just me. I have my pros and cons. And within me, many characteristics represent me.
I’m going to tell you a conversation I had with my second son, who is 12 years old, on the sofa in my living room a few days ago.
Hope is in your mind. You’ll be hesitating for a while now, just because you don’t see that hope.
I woke up in the morning and meditated.
Let me tell you a little bit about my teenage years.
I want to be a hope for someone. And I want it to be a warm bonfire.
Each of us have something that makes us happy and joyful.
For me, 2020 was a year to stop all activities and look back on myself. And 2021 is the year of a new leap forward and a new beginning.
I have an old friend back from my freshman year of college. We had the same major. When my friend was a sophomore in college, he was sent to prison for a political crime. He was caught demonstrating for the democratization of Korea in the 1990s.
“Bubbling, churning, whirling, and crashing. … My dad says I talk like a river. … And I also think of the calm river beyond the rapids where the water is smooth and glistening. This is how my mouth moves. This is how I speak. Even the river stutters. Like I do.”
These words were spoken by Austrian-American Peter Drucker, the founder of modern management, during his lifetime.
I have no salary because I am a housewife, sharing my husband’s salary. Therefore, based on this I’ll explain my views.
I really like this question, because I can tell you a story from my experience.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – What are the simplest things one can do to...
One day, I noticed that there were deep wrinkles on the forehead and forehead with an expressionless face.. At some point, I began to hate facing the mirror. I wanted to turn away from my blunt and hardened face. And as I got older, I wanted to be a person with good impressions, but I turned out to be a head strong lady.
I thought my life is fantastic and I am confident person. But, this belief was collapsed when my second son was determined to have intellectual disability and ADHD. Since that time, I became so depressed, regarded my life as a failure, and lost my self-esteem and confidence. But after meditating, my thoughts and behavior changed utterly.
Kyung-mi Kim was always anxious and nervous during her school days when she had to be in full swing.
My Husband and I found out 5yrs ago that my second Son had symptoms of ADHD.
Jeongin Choi / Office worker
I was only 20 years old, but I was so exhausted.
It happened when I was at this meditation with my wife at the Main Center.
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”
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
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.”
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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
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
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
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.
Until I did this meditation, I thought I was an ordinary person.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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 Positive Life Changes – Matthew And Kara’s Meditation Story
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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’
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?
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 Positive Life Changes – “Sorry Son, At The Time I Thought It Was Right.”
Three generations of my family live together. My wife and I live in a household with my son and his wife, and their two children, my grandchildren. They have a third child on the way.
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
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
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
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
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
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 Meditation Worries – This Meditation Is A Miracle
Welcome Victor, thank you so much for taking the time for this interview! Can you tell us a little bit on how this meditation practice has helped you during this difficult time?
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
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
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
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 Stress – Although I Knew The Root Of Disease Was All In The Mind And Stress…
Before I started meditation, my body was in very bad shape and my heart was heavy. I had the desire to change, but due to my sick body and mind, I felt a little helpless. Then thankfully I had the opportunity and time to practice meditation so I started to do it.
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 Find Your True Self – Now I Know Why Life Seems Like an One-Day Dream
As I meditated in level 1 for the course of two weeks, I was able to find myself positively changing day by day. As my heart and mind became more comfortable, I found myself always smiling and my useless thoughts disappeared.
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 Depression – Farewell to Depression and Insomnia
I came to meditate while working as a teacher at an after school tutoring academy. My heart was always depressed, and originally there is not a single person who is easy and I lived trying to always be bright and brave.
Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Am Comfortable Enough To Think That This Place Is Heaven
I lived working extremely hard, and I lived being kind and good. Even when I heard others say, “This is good enough,” I was always worried. I had unhappy thoughts, anxious and restless thoughts, and thus I did not think I was happy.
Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – Everything Was Because Of The Thoughts That I Had Consumed In My Mind
The more I looked back on myself during Level 1 meditation, the more I clearly realized how wrong I was. Every single thing was because of the mind I had accumulated and built up while living.
Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Thank You For Understanding And Thank You For Your Help
I did not know that I had so many negative thoughts such as depression, inferiority complexes, guilt, social phobia, and wanting to die. I am so grateful for the method that helped me look at my thoughts and my mind in detail.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes- Now I Laugh Easily And No Longer Think Useless Thoughts
My senior year of high school, in November, I wanted to change my negative mind. So I read a lot of books, but only during that period of time and I did not change.
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.
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 Anxiety- I Realized That I Had Been Disguised Myself As “A Kind And Good Person”
The biggest thing that has changed since I practiced meditation is that the anger, irritation, and anxiety that I had always accumulated in my mind have disappeared.
Santa Clara Meditation God Within Me – I Was Able to Reach Moksha Through this Meditation
I was born in the city of New Delhi in India and immigrated to the United States when I was 13 years old. My family is Hindu as is the case for most Indians. Therefore, from a young age, Hinduism was an integral part of my life, regarding Dharma;
Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – Toward the Final Destination of Total Bliss
At some stage in my life, I started to feel that something extraordinary needed to happen in my ordinary life. There had always been something that bothered me. I tried few things, like reading spiritual books and practicing other types of meditation.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – What Are The Symptoms Of Puberty? We Don’t Know!
Downey and Na-won have become veterans of dealing with the anger and annoyance that comes with puberty.
When we were in elementary school, we were so angry that our anger came out against the stone which was still
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
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 Positive Life Changes – Saleswoman Overcomes Inferiority Complex And Comparative Stress
After graduating from high school, I had a job,met my husband at 25 and got married. After living as a stay-at-home mom for nine years, I started working in cosmetics sales. I was making money and had the time to take care of my children, but the world was tough.
Santa Clara Meditation Becoming Truth – I Finally Found God and Heaven Within Me
I have been attending church my whole life. My family is very religious and I started to go to church when I was 6 years old.
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 Relationships – Walking Towards Completion
I had a precarious childhood. My parents had to support a family of six children so they experienced economic hardship, which was overcome with the family unity.
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
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
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
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
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
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 Depression – Now I Wake Up In the Mornings Without Fear and Anxiety
I’ve read there is a physical law that says that all quantum evolutionary leaps forward are preceded by a state of chaos, whether with cells or galaxies or anything in between.
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
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
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
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
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 Positive Life Changes – Liberation from the Most Restless Mind
In childhood I had a loving family. School was always pretty easy for me. I was naturally social so it was easy to make friends. I was athletic and competed well in sports. Till my early teens I was pretty simply happy.
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
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.
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 God Within Me – This Meditation Has Brought Me to the True Belief in Christ
Before I came to this meditation, I was an active Christian in church, enjoy pursuing the true meaning of human life with brothers and sisters.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Benefits I Have Gained to Date Are Enormous
After many years of searching for the meaning of life through university studies, philosophies, religions, meditation, and so on, a chance look at the display shelves of a seniors club had me picking up this meditation pamphlet.
Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – I Can’t Imagine My Life Without This Meditation
Throughout my life I have always questioned my existence; I knew there have to be something more in life. Therefore looking for answers I went to church, read self-help books and attended different yoga and meditation centers.
Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – I Started This Meditation and the Universal Order Made Sense
I lived my life trying to fulfill my dream. And with “faith” I have achieved much. I always felt I had the responsibility to do everything myself, though. I wanted to please everyone. I wore myself out completely.
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 Enlightenment – The Troubles and Doubts That Had Been Constantly Plaguing Me Have Disappeared
From a certain time ago, my mind started to be so complicated, so I had been unable to concentrate on anything. I couldn’t work well. And no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t listen to friends and family and even couldn’t take a rest.
Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Starting To Communicate Again With My Child Who Was Always On His Mobile Phone
I am a working mother of two children. When my children were young, my mother looked after them, so I was able to focus my energy on maintaining a solid work and social life.
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 Positive Life Changes – A Great and Positive Turning Point in My Life
After years of seeking different spiritual methods, a friend introduced me to this meditation. At first, I wondered… what is this all about…
Santa Clara Meditation Awakening to God Within Me – After all these years, I have finally found God within
When I look back at my life, I realize how fortunate I was in so many respects. Among those many things I am so grateful for, I am most grateful that I have finally found God within me.
Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I Have Become a Better Person and a More Loving Individual
Prior to this meditation I was a very stressful person. I had problems sleeping, I constantly argued with my husband, I spent very little time with my children and my job kept me frustrated.
Santa Clara Meditation Peace of Mind – I Love This Sense of Freedom From Unnecessary Burdens
Before I started this meditation, I was filled with so many fears, doubts, worries, anxiety, cynicism and insecurities. My mind was constantly busy, and that was so exhausting!
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Clogged Mind Is Completely Unblocked And The World Becomes Bright
It was about five years ago when I started this meditation. At that time I felt as though I had reached my limits for everything.
Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Finally Found a Way to Be Happy Without Pushing or Stressing
I was a fish climbing up to the earth. Coming to the states alone, I have been living a life full of greed. I was thirsty for knowledge and success.
Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – The World Around Me Feels Full of Life
Before beginning this meditation I had been meditating on my own for quite some time. I knew there was some kind of benefit to meditating that I could not exactly pin down.
Santa Clara Meditation Happiness- Depression, Frustration, Resentment, Anger, All Disappeared
The first time I met this meditation was in the summer of 2012. It was around this time when my husband and I were fighting so severely that I decided to file for divorce.
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 Positive Life Changes – Kids Who Are Hurt, Now Let’s Make A Different Choice
Kyung-mi Kim is a professional juvenile investigator at the Incheon District Court. She investigates and consults youths who come to the court due to school violence and theft, and eventually makes a statement to the judge.
Santa Clara Meditation Personal Growth – The World Became Crisper, More Warm and Vivid
Even though I was living my dream of traveling the world, making people laugh with my stand up comedy, there still was something missing. Meditation was something I always wanted to try, but I didn’t know where to start.
Santa Clara Meditation Relationships- I Owe Everything to This Meditation and Am Glad I Met It When I Did
Mention the word meditation and the first thing that always came to my mind was Yoga. Coming from a country where this meditation is not widely practiced or even rarely talked about, my view was as far as I had heard it mentioned or just what I imagined it to be.
Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – Complete Settlement Of Disputes Between Sisters
Once upon a time, there was not a sad sister, but an angry sister who never called her sister, ‘sister’. This younger sister would just call her older sister ‘Hey’ and she never hesitated to use harsh language when speaking with her sister.
Thanks to this meditation of discarding my ego, I left my burdens and past behind. I feel more present, free from worries and I am able to solve my issues immediately. I learned to transform my brain on autopilot into awareness, from distractions to focus and results.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Story Of Overcoming His “Short Man” Appearance Complex
I met with a short man in his late 30s who had been suffering from a complex because of his short height. When I met him in person, he really was very short. He was small, with a thin voice, and even had rough skin.
Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – I Was Able To Find The Reason For My Chronic Depression And Throw Away
I was born the third daughter out of 6 siblings. My parents gave me much and enough love, but I still felt lonely. Because I never wanted to be at home alone, whenever my parents left me, I cried a lot. Also, at school, I always took my best friend with me wherever I went.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Scary Story Of A Female Teacher’s Adaptation To School Life
There is a female teacher who was so scared of the students. With her small physique, she had difficulty dealing with today’s rough high school students. So, she scolded her students with a stiff face.
Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – The Dilemma Between Sister-in-laws Solved Through Meditation
“I once wanted to kill my sister-in-law!” Wow, I just received a scary lead like this. I knew relationships between sister-in-laws can be strained, but it was really disconcerting as I, reporter Choi, don’t have a sister-in-law.
Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Severe Drinking Habits And A Story Of Overcoming Depression
The girl who used to drink alcohol and use some violence: she is tall, has long straight hair, a cool smile, even has a pretty appearance, and volunteered as an English translator.
Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – Interview With A Woman Who Escaped A Divorce Crisis Through Meditation
I, reporter Kim, met a housewife who is the mother of 3 boys and girls. After twenty-one years of marriage, she was even on the brink of divorce because of her husband who often lost his temper.
Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – A Career Woman Talks About Her Happiness With Her Work Life
This is reporter Kim. This time, I met with a career woman who is on a roll at work. While speaking with her, I envied her for a moment, but soon regained my composure and asked her some keen questions.
Santa Clara Meditation Anxiety – Throwing Away Victim Mentality and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Everyone has something in their mind that nags at them. However, these concerns are largely caused by the remembered thoughts of the life one has lived—the pictures of the mind that one has accumulated little by little since childhood.
Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – The Best License I Received In My Life That Transformed My Work Life
The impact of the IMF crisis in the late 1990’s was huge. Thirty percent of our company’s total employees were laid off and many of our colleagues who worked at the branches were forced to leave en masse.
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 Health – My Sinus Congestion Cleared Up And My Chronic Sinusitis Disappeared
I always had congestion in my sinuses and could never breathe properly through my nose due to chronic sinusitis. It started when I was 15 years old, and at some point in my life I stopped being able to breathe well through my nose.
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 Positive Life Changes – Our Vice President Who Let Go Of Title And Power
During the Asian Financial Crisis when the IMF bailed out Korea, our company went into receivership and then merged with another company. In 2004, as everything was still unsettled and changing chaotically, a new vice president was assigned to our company.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – I Finally Realized How To Love Others
After we had lost our father early on, my mother raised us 4 siblings, working as a housemaid or hard laborer. My mother would always say, ‘It’s exhausting’, and ‘I am beat.’
Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I Could Let Go Of My Inferiority Along With Anger
Jun-yong Um had been a banker, and after his retirement, he opened his own small business. But he lost everything due to the economic situation in South Korea (The 1990’s Korean Financial Crisis).
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 Peace of Mind – Since Test Taking Anxiety Disappeared, I Can Enjoy Studying
During middle school, the most difficult thing for me was dealing with my anxiety. Test taking anxiety was so severe, yet I could not find the reason. It wasn’t because I didn’t like to study or that my grades were bad…
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 Relationships – Through this meditation, I was able to look back on my life.
Before meditation, I always wanted to be alone. It was very uncomfortable to share time and space with others, even with my family or friends. I pretended that I liked being with them, but actually in my mind, I wanted to go home and be by myself.
Santa Clara Meditation Positive Life Changes – The Secret to A Successful Employment Interview? It Hinges On Your Mind
I had my last finals before my graduation and was preparing for job interviews. During my job search to see what would be a good fit for me, I came across a foreign consulting company and submitted my resume.
Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – I Used To Be A Sensitive And Hypocritical Boy
When I was in elementary school, I was smart. Because of that I have gotten many compliments from teachers and friends. But, after I became a 3rd grader, I saw myself becoming more arrogant, and never appreciated my teachers and friends.
Santa Clara MeditationThe Meaning of Life – To Throw Away The Minds Of Money Is To Release Your Attachment To Materialism
Ki-hyun Song is CEO of Sangji Menad, a Korean French joint venture that provides world-class technology in civil engineering construction. Even before he started his business, starting from his early 40s, he was already they envy of others.
Santa Clara Meditation Grateful Mindset – The Way To Become A Real Doctor, Understanding Even The Patients’ Mind
Yeongdeungpo Market in Seoul is like many traditional markets lined with small and familiar shops that sell vegetables, sweet potatoes, and dried fish. There is the scent of fish cake wafting out from carts and fried fish cake restaurants.
Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – I Wonder If I Was Really Bullied?
Since I was a child, I have generally taken the safe route. The same was true for friendship. I listened to my friends’ opinions rather than insisting on my opinions to avoid conflicts as much as possible.
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 Health – Testimonial As A Health Care Professional
I always felt that I am incredibly lucky to be in a profession I absolutely love. I am a Foot and Ankle specialist who treats patients of all ages. Healthcare professionals in general love helping and healing.
My youth was a quite wild and troubled one. I was a prodigal daughter. During those days, I was full of the false confidence of youth. Since I was the only daughter, I expected everybody to treat me like a princess.
Santa Clara Meditation Stress – The Story Of How I Overcame My Anger Disorder Through This Meditation
I started this meditation two months after my wedding day. You might think that sounds weird because I’m not supposed to look for meditation since I just got married and am supposed to be spending the sweetest time of my life with the husband.
Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Oh My Father. Now I Am Able To See Things With My Heart
Keunwoo Kim whose father is an alcoholic and has a depression, also has a deep trauma after his brain surgery, has been anxious about his father, simultaneously Kim has been having a resentment towards his father.
Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – As My Mind Changed, My Life And My Family Also Changed
I was always very negative and got irritated easily. I was depressed for no reason and also rebellious. I felt a lot of regrets about my life. Even at a young age, I was curious about the purpose of life, but I lived thinking that to be able to know the answer was beyond me.
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
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 Happiness – My Clear Mind and Happy Heart
The reason that I started doing this meditation was to help with my anxiety and stress level, and to become more in touch with my spirituality.
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 Used to Rarely Smile; Now It Is Hard Not to Smile
When I contemplate my life, the sixty years fall into three distinct categories. The first twenty-nine years I was a sleep walker living on an emotional path that gradually spiraled downward.
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 The Meaning of Life – All the Flaws That I See Are Merely Because I Exist
At a tutoring center that I worked at, I stumbled upon this meditation pamphlet. I flipped through thinking that this was just another meditation center. The name was so simple. I thought nothing of it.
Santa Clara Meditation Happiness – Find True Happiness And True Self
Before this meditation, my life had turned into a maze of emotions. Slowly I was starting to become a person filled with anger and despair. I was never satisfied and I was without hope.
Santa Clara Meditation The Meaning of Life – It Is All About the Truth
It is always the last key that unlocks the door.
In the last few years a number of personal tragedies unfolded in my life that I was not prepared to handle.
Santa Clara Meditation Personal Growth – Free from Burden, Free from Struggle and Free from Doubt
When I first heard about this meditation, I was very curious to see whether this was another form of thought submissive meditation.
Santa Clara Meditation Peace of Mind – I Am Starting to See Life for How Beautiful It Can Be
Like many people, throughout my entire life, I have felt incomplete, always feeling that I would be satisfied if I just achieved a specific goal, or acquired a new object, money or knowledge.
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.