Category: Self Reflection-Repentance

They had been married for over 30 years, but still considered themselves newlyweds. Several times a day they would call each other to talk about the chores, children and daily routines. While serving as the presidential education secretary and assistant secretary of the Ministry of Education, Ki-un’s “gentle charisma” was widely known among his peers and public officials. Publicly, he had taken efforts in his work to create change through dialogue and cooperation. He was expected to balance his charisma and public appearance with his intimate home life. And in this time, despite the couple’s public view of perfection, a distance began to grow into a great and painful divide within their hearts. It was only after practicing Meditation that the couple found this distance growing smaller and their love for one another finding new ground.

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 – 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 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 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 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.