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Santa Clara Meditation Discard Mind – How can I stop suffering in life?

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Santa Clara Meditation Find Your True Self – Who am I? Who am I, why am I living here, and where will I go after I die?

These are the three fundamental questions about life that I always thought of.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – What made you happy recently?

Recently I was working with colleagues at work on a new project.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – Today Is Better Than Yesterday, Tomorrow Is Better Than Today

Kang, Hee Dae / Director of the Daegu Vision Korea Hair Academy

Santa Clara Meditation Relationships – “I Am Sorry. Thank You. I Love You ..” Feeling Like Newlyweds After 30 Years of Marriage

They had been married for over 30 years, but still considered themselves newlyweds.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – We Have Become One in Mind Through Meditation

A wife said she always sacrificed for her husband’s development in anticipation of a happy future. The husband said he always tried to do the same because he wanted to do whatever would please his wife.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – Abandoning My Standards and Solving Family Conflicts

Jeongin Choi / Office worker

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – Live in a World Where I Hate Nobody

I majored in nursing in Daegu and worked at a university hospital and a mental hospital, and since 1999, I joined a public health center and have been working as a nursing public servant.

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 Worries – Meditation Took Away My Fear of Flying

When I was in college, I went to China to study and had to fly several times a year. Unfortunately, I had a fear of flying. The moment the front wheel lifted from the ground, my hands and feet became cold and a cold sweat broke out. A few years later my sister was going to be married in the US. When I went there to visit her, I suffered with constant anxiety for ten hours on the plane.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Finding the Reason and Purpose Of Life For The First Time

I have always lived an aimless life. From a very early age, I wanted to make a lot of money. So, after finishing graduate school, I started a lot of businesses and failed. I always wanted to settle down. But every time I would start to settled down, I would see another possible business opportunity and change my business plan again and again and then, finally, I would fail once more. I repeated this cycle 4 or 5 times. Eventually, I became so exhausted from trying and just wanted to die. That’s when I found this meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Realization – Claustrophobia: Finding The Cause And The Cure

Deokju Lee / Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

I’ve been researching aircraft noise and safety for over 20 years. Aerospace engineering is not just science and technology for me. The reason for science is the reason for life, and that – to me – is philosophy and art. There was a time when I was struggling with the burden of all kinds of things in my mind. The only thing that was able to relieve my mind and allow me to escape from my crushing battle with claustrophobia as an aerospace scholar was meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Empty Mind – 7 Years Of Marital Conflicts And A Happy Ending

In early 2007, my wife and I went to court to file for divorce. We got back together to see if we still had any remaining feelings for each other and seven months later, we went to court again. We still blamed each other and each of us thought the other was wrong. It was an extreme battle of our pride. Finally, I got my divorce papers notarized and I went to the judge. We had reached the point where, if either one of us submitted the divorce documents, it was going to be final. But at that time, neither one of us wanted to go through with it.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – I’m Finally Free From My Inferiority About Being Overweight

In my early thirties, I had someone in my life that I thought of as a mentor. He had a lot of experience practicing yoga and meditation and even just to look at him, you could see that there was something different about him. One day, he suggested that I start a vegetarian diet. I wanted to listen to his advice out of respect, so I immediately became a vegetarian. Since that time, I have not eaten meat or fish or eggs. I have a breakfast that includes miso soup and vegetables and my lunch is also vegetarian. The reason why I wanted to do this is because I thought that I could find peace of mind by not eating living creatures and it would also help the world to be a better place.

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 Self Realization – Meditation Made Me See The World Differently

I’ve always enjoyed movies since I was a young child. I always wanted to be the hero in the movie, or the main character of the movie. I wanted to love, to succeed and even wanted to travel in time. In reality, I was imitating one of the main characters of a movie and living in a fantasy. I wanted to live a great movie-like life. I had graduated from high school, entered college and served in the military quite easily.

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 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 Relationships – I Reconciled With My Children And Now Have A Peaceful Family

Youngsung Kang, a father who was stressed out because his son neglected studying to play computer games. He has lived with the belief that life is only worthwhile if you live working diligently. He couldn’t tolerate that his family was lazy. His son and daughter were cold to him because he forced them to live life like he had. Even his wife, when she looked at the situation, would say that there was never a comfortable day. It was meditation that ultimately softened this father who was so strong and hard headed. Eventually, father and son reconciled. Finally, they’d become a peaceful family.

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 Letting go – Must have For Good Musicians: Meditation

Shin Ji-hye is a promising and talented Korean oboe player. After studying in Germany, she returned to Korea and has participated in several orchestra and chamber music performances as a guest soloist. She attended the Korea National University of Arts Conservatory and Kyungpook National University. Professor Yoon-jeong Lee (now Professor of Kyung Hee University), Shin’s advisor while she attended Korea National University of Arts, said of her, “She’s an excellent musician. She is always professional and her performances are consistently excellent.” Shin credits her consistent performances to her meditation.

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 Repentance – Where Does Heartfelt Laughter Come From?

My student said these words to me one day after he’d overheard my phone conversation. I said, “well, I try to answer the phone with a happy attitude.” Still, I was shocked at what he said to me. I started to feel a bit ashamed, standing in front of the class after that. I also thought that I wasn’t a very good role model and I tried to pretend that my behavior wasn’t that big of a deal.

Santa Clara Meditation Repentance – Why Does My Child Have ‘Hyperactivity Disorder’?

I often quarreled with my husband. That stress was passed on to our children as a result. Our oldest child had serious emotional issues as a result. He was always distracted and even became violent towards his younger brother. When he started elementary school, he couldn’t make friends. He would say, “I’m okay, even though I can’t make friends. I’ll be okay if they don’t like me.” He was constantly biting his fingernails and he bit them down to nothing. When we took him to the doctor, he told us he had some “vocal tics.”

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 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 Self Realization – I’m Finally At Ease!

I began meditating at the request of my husband and daughter. Before I knew about this meditation, I was the kind of person who was terrified to deal with new situations. Now that I’m meditating every day, I’m secure enough to go visit family in the hospital – and I’m so grateful.

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 Letting Go – Letting Go Of My Hostility Towards Men

“For me, men were always competition. Since my school days, I had to beat them. At work, I didn’t listen to my male colleague’s suggestions. I believed that men were useless. Then, on TV, I saw the actress Soo-na Lee say that her hatred for her husband had disappeared and her mind had become comfortable after meditating.”

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 Insecurities – Was I Really That Complex? It Was All Just A Dream

I was a complex person. I may not have looked shy, but if I had to speak in front of people, I always became nervous. When I was a child, my mother would ask me to go to the store to buy something for her and many times I would come back home empty-handed. This was because I was too shy to even ask the store clerk to get me what she’d asked me to pick up. Why was it so hard for me to ask the clerk to ‘please give me this,’ or ‘give me that?’ There were a lot of times that I bought something that she didn’t even need because I was too shy to keep asking the clerk until I got the correct item.

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 Health – Living A Meaningful Life Beyond Cancer

“I wish I had an eraser to erase my memories. I want to erase everyone who knows me now and in the past. Why is this happening to me? Is it because I am so arrogant? It’s okay, things will get better… I tried praying more than an hour today. It didn’t help. The sadness and anger that I had been holding inside suddenly popped up and made me feel the pain all over again. Why can’t I control my mind? It belongs to me, right? I don’t think a person should have to live a life like this, but there seems to be no way for me to escape this trap…”

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 Self Reflection – Meditation Is Enjoyable When Letting Go Of My Obsession

When I was in school, all I wanted to do was study hard. In my experiences with school, when I got good grades, I received my parents’ love and my friends’ interest and my inferiority was fulfilled. I became so bent on maintaining all of this attention, I became obsessed. During exams, I stacked textbooks high on one side of my desk and studied all day in the library. The only problem was that my grades didn’t reflect the amount of effort I was investing.

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 Discover The Best Life – How to Overcome Guilt and Regret

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 Relationships – Divorce Crisis: When I Looked Back At My Life, I Saw The Answer

At first, I felt sick. I thought I was just tired from all of the stress and anxiety I felt at work. I had employees that wanted to quit working for me and I held my tongue when I talked with them to keep them from leaving. I would suppress my feelings all day at work and then go home and become angry with my family. My wife and family were afraid to even speak to me. If we did have a conversation, it always ended in a fight. If we went on a vacation, the trip would start with a smile, and end with the both of us needing to get away from each other. As time went on, I became more and more distant from my family and my wife stopped trying to communicate with me. I began to consider getting a divorce.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – After 50 Years, I Learned To Say, “I Love You, Mom.”

My mother is a beautiful woman, always kind and smiling. When I was 7 years old, she underwent surgery for tuberculosis. She had twice suffered from near-fatal surgical errors and still found the strength to raise my brother and me as a single parent. Her body never really recovered fully. She became increasingly hysterical due to the pressure of her life and as a consequence, my brother and I lived with constant anxiety. You see, my mother wouldn’t accept even a small mistake from either one of us.

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 The Meaning of Life – I Became A Better Nurse To My Patients Through Meditation

I became a professor at the relatively young age of thirty. At the time, I was so happy that I was able to achieve my dream of teaching on a college level so early in life. But that happiness was short-lived and soon I was dissatisfied with my life once again. I’ve always envied those around me and I’ve always found myself looking for more and more goals to achieve.

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 Self Reflection – At Thirty, The Party Is Over

“At thirty, the party is over…” writes poet, Choi Young-Mi. It isn’t that way for everyone, but when I turned thirty years of age, I found myself sympathizing with this poetic line as I began to struggle in life. I lost some money to somebody that I had trusted. It may not have been much money to others, but to me it was significant. Also, my father’s health had been a problem for several years and was now becoming worse.

Santa Clara Meditation Depression – Depression And Extreme Epidermis That Blocked My Life

The first time I heard about this meditation, I was just about to finish high school. One of my favorite teachers suggested that I should try this meditation method at least once before I started college. I really didn’t see how this meditation would be any different from the yoga classes I was already taking. , ‘There is a good meditation center that I want to recommend but once you enter college, do it once.’ I thought it was no different from the yoga I was attending and I just skipped it. However, I found out that I am a person who must meditate…

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 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 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 Find Your True Self – As I Reflected On Myself, I Realized What Was More Valuable Than Anything In The World

Hello. I have been meditating for six months now. In fact, I have lived until now with many judgments. I had many conflicts with my parents due to my judgments and my relationships with my friends were not good. While looking back upon myself, I lived deceiving myself, turning my back on myself. Because of this “superior” me, I thought negatively of others.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – A Time To Become Honest With Myself

After reflecting on my life, I recognized, accepted and subtracted what I saw from my life. By doing so, I felt a sense of being cleansed. I became honest and came to see myself from an objective point of view.

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 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 Relationships – My Tic Disorder Disappeared

Middle school was the worst time in my life. Starting the winter of 8th grade, I had to really start studying and I was at my most sensitive so I argued with my friends about small things, getting into big fights with them at least one or two times per year. All day long I would remember my classmates passing me by, their eyes looking at me, and the way they spoke to me. I became more and more timid.

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 Repentance – This Meditation Has Literally Changed My Life

Meditation has literally changed my life. I started 3 years ago and from the first moment it made sense.

I am very grateful for being introduced to this method. I felt saturated, my brain full of the same repetitive thoughts. Tired running always running. My cells and Body filled with pictures not living the present moment. Filled with stuck emotions.

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 Stress – Best Decision I Made

I started this meditation due to stress and depression. Then, I did not expect much from it, all I wanted were to feel more comfortable and confident in my life. However, what I have received so far is way beyond expectations. Reflecting back, I felt extremely lucky to having met and been transformed by the method.

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 Calm – I am on the right path in search for my answers

For many years I was in search for something. What that something was I did not know. All I knew was my life was spiraling with disappointments, worries and anxieties. I was struggling at work as my stress level increased. At home my family relationships were falling apart and my love life had vanished many years prior.

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – I Felt Lighter and Free from Stress

When I first started this meditation, I was a little skeptical. My husband began this meditation about 5 years ago. I waited about a year and half before I began. I had doubts and questions like everyone else about anything new because it was so new and different from anything I had done before. Once I started however, I immediately noticed something different in my life.

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 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 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 Repentance – I Did Not Know That I Could Throw Away My Heart And Mind

During the lecture, they said things as, “Being set in the correct direction” and “Always do like it’s the first time,” which were important compasses for me during my meditation.

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection – I Am Most Sorry To My Mother, My Sister And My family, And Am Thankful

Santa Clara Meditation Self Reflection- I Am Most Sorry To My Mother, My Sister And My family, And Am Thankful

I first came to the main center by my mother’s recommendation. I went to the center with my sister, and since my mother said I would be sharing a room with my sister, I thought that’s how it would be. However, when I got there, it turned out I had to share a room with two people, whom I didn’t know, but that I would be meditating together with. At that moment I wanted to go home and my drive to meditate decreased.

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

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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 Invest in Yourself – Throwing Away The ‘Good Girl’ Complex

I was known by my friends as a ‘good girl’. My friends have asked me for anything and everything. One by one, both homework and group assignments were taken up by me. I was at my wit’s end when I was asked if I could lend them my precious clothes or books.

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 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 Self Reflection – I Filled The Void With Alcohol Before, But Now I Solve It With My Mind

I always lacked confidence. Even for the words that were about to come out of my mouth, I would stop to think, “What if I am wrong?” Alcohol was what gave me courage during those times. As I got older, life became lonely and empty.

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 Self Reflection – You Who Always Listened To Me Have Changed My Life

I have a friend who lives in my neighborhood and she is same age as me. I met her by coincidence and we had a great conversation and thus became very close friends.

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 Repentance – Having The Wisdom To Resolve Conflict Through Meditation

There was a fellow female employee whom I hated for more than a decade. I tried to control my mind somehow, but it didn’t work. I was only able to apologize to the employee and say, “I’m so sorry to think about how much I hurt you,” after realizing that it really was all ‘my fault.’

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 Enlightenment – A Precious Gift Left Behind From My Mother

As a result of my father’s failed attempt at running a business when I was young, our family was lacking somewhat financially, but due to the natural diligence of my mother, our life was not too difficult.

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 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 Self Reflection – The Reason Why I Hated Calamari

I really hated calamari when I was young. I didn’t like its texture, smell or taste. My mom used to often make a side dish with calamari because we lived near the seaport, and I would get mad at my mom for doing that. My mom used to say that I had to stop being picky, but I still didn’t like the calamari. I thought that it was simply just my preference.

Santa Clara Meditation Health – My Eczema Has Now Completely Disappeared

“Did you have eczema?” “Yes, and it was severe.” People may not know the fact that I used to have eczema until I tell them. Eczema was my main issue during my teenage life. My eczema started when I was in 5th grade.

Santa Clara Meditation Health – I Feel Like I Am Reborn

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 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 Personal Growth – Say Goodbye to Laziness for Good!

My nickname was ‘room boy’ when I was young. As soon as I got home from school, I always jumped straight into bed. When my mom yelled out for dinner, it took more than 10 minutes for me to get up to go to the dining room.

Santa Clara Meditation Stress – So Grateful to This Meditation As It Is Showing Me the Path to the True World

I used to dread walking to and from work. I was practically at work in my mind already and began getting stressed out about the day before I even started working. When leaving I would be thinking about what I needed to get done next or play back the day in my mind and judge whether it was a good or not.

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 Personal Growth – This Meditation Provides the Way to Get Rid of My “Self”

Throughout my entire life, I always felt like there was something missing, but I could never quite put my finger on it. There was a void inside that I was somehow trying to fill. So I kept adding more and more to my plate and stressed myself out in the process.

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.

Category: Self Reflection-Repentance