5-1. Self-reflection in ordinary life

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Meditation: A way to achieve your goals in your life

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Meditation: A way to achieve your goals in your life

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Do we truly think that we have lived for ourselves? Perhaps we have lived for money, love, fame, family and pride etc.? Therefore, we don’t seem to be satisfied even though we are full of those things. It is because that we don’t know ourselves. Eric Fromm talked about human nature as two modes of being: “To Have” and “To Be”. If we are “Having” the nature of possessions, we are not satisfied, and feel empty and futile. Then, how can we be “Being” the nature of our inner-selves? Sometimes, we happened to be aware of this “Being” nature and try to change ourselves, but fail. But, because of our daily routines, it’s easily forgotten. And more it is hard to escape from our unwanted minds controlling us. From now on, let us reflect on ourselves and look at our minds leading up to today! Don’t we achieve our goals after knowing ourselves? And let us find the “Being” nature of our original selves after escaping from the minds restraining and controlling us. In this lecture, the definition and principle of the mind are explained in simple and clear ways. You can make sure and practice the methodology of finding the true original mind of inner-self by escaping from the false mind of possession. Self-reflection is the first step to meditate. You can know yourselves most objectively through meditation and you will realize that all the thoughts and actions are due to your minds which are nonexistent and false. If you throw away the false mind, you will find the true mind. Meditation is now world-wide sensation. There are many research reports that show people can be leaders if you have a habit of self-reflection through meditation. Now meditation at school and the workplace are popular. Happiness is having no worries. You can really relax yourself if there is no bundle of thoughts and you can be successful when you know yourself truly. Worries come from the memorized thoughts of the false mind. Your inner potential of positive power are revealed, your peaceful and happiest mind will be in your mind, and you can live the life you wanted through meditation. This method of meditation is very practical and everybody can follow the methodology. As an engineer, I will guide you step by step to practice this meditation. I am sure that this lecture becomes a turning point in your life.

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5 Self-reflection and the mind cleansing in ordinary life.

Learn and practice the methodology of self-reflection and the mind cleansing in everyday life: (1)Stress is the impetus for growth, (2) Case study on overcoming the self, (3) Health-mind relationship and brain wave changes, and (4) Meaning of self-reflection and the mind cleansing in life.

5-1. Self-reflection in ordinary life12:13

5-2. Stress is the impetus for growth12:11

5-3. Case study on overcoming the self18:38

5-4. Mind gravity13:31

5-5. Health-mind relationship13:53

5-6. Brain wave changes12:41

5-7. Meaning of self-reflection and mind cleansing life12:47

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Duck-Joo Lee
Professor
Aerospace Engineering

[MUSIC]

Hi, everyone.

I'm Professor Duck-Joo Lee.

Let's start our class for the fifth week.

Thinking about the first week makes me feel how time flies

We all live in the same time.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week and

365 days in a year is fair for anyone.

As time is fair to everyone, we all do something for

ourselves, for the family,

for the society or for the world in our time.

And today is one of those days as well.

Maybe now is the good time to think about the one truth.

Even though we are all spending the same time,

the difference would be whether you take

Sometime to look back on yourself or not.

Those who take time to look back on themselves

have the potential to improve themselves from yesterday and

able to take a step forward both accurately

and quickly for the life you want.

At our last class, I told you to introduce the method

to look back on yourselves in your daily lives.

Moreover, I will tell you about those people

who are actually practicing it in their lives and

we will listen to their personal experience on that topic.

What a relief! Right?

We don't need to shut ourselves up from the world and

go into mountain in order to meditate.

Practical and helpful habits as everything else does should be easy,

and clear, and shouldn't be a burden in everyday routines.

Self-reflective meditation is exactly that

But there is one important factor.

It your perseverance that shows the strong will and effort.

Especially since this is a course

that doesn't require exams or assignments.

Well, we start with practicing the meditation to encourage our motivation.

You remember those steps, right?

First, I die and spirit goes into the universe.

Those steps are important in a way that it helps us

to look back on our lives more objectively.

Now close your eyes.

Time goes by really fast.

10 years, 20 years,

50 years, 100 years and

200 years have passed.

I am long dead. As I became a spirit,

I'm leaving the Earth and go into the space.

Another 100 years went by in the universe.

The Earth looks like size of a bean.

Look back on my lives in the Earth.

Today we will focus on recalling what we gave up.

Something that we decided and never finished at the end.

All those memories are happened in that tiny Earth

200 years ago.

Keep your eyes closed and focus on your recalling.

Did you keep your plans for studying in your school days?

What about your vacation plan?

Recall those promises you made with your parents and a friend.

Remember how you felt when making promises with other people and

to yourselves you might have worried for

disappointing other people or disappointed

by yourself when your determination crumbled.

Recall your New Year's resolutions as well.

Raising your GPA, quitting game.

quitting, drinking, smoking or

learning a new skill and etc.

Recall those moments, your lacked of will power.

Remember when you could

not achieve your goals.

Which of your personality did you think was the cause of that ending?

What were the reasons that fizzled out your determination?

What was the problem that followed you ever since?

Try to recall what weakened your determination constantly.

Let's stop here.

This was a short cession, but I think you can check your willingness from it.

I'm sure there are many times you accomplished what you aimed for

and went forward as you determined.

The reason we looked back on ourselves are for

knowing ourselves accurately.

You can know the gap between your current state and what you desire to be.

Now, we can put self-reflective meditation into practice.

This shouldn’t be hard.

First, you decide

how much time you will have for

the self-reflective meditation a day.

Maybe 30-minute right after you wake up,

30-minute in lunch break right before the bed time or

during the commuting time on the bus or subway.

You can do self-reflection in the middle of your study or work.

You can look back what you have done today or

you can do with specific topics.

For example, if you quarreled with your friends,

you can look back about the reason why you did.

Important thing is that no matter how much time you spend,

you must do the first two steps each time you die and

become a spirit and go to the universe for

maintaining objective mind.

You don't have to isolate yourself by

going into the deep mountain what you need

it to cut from the world from your mind.

When you do steadily you will clearly know that you are living in

a false picture world which was taken self-centeredly by yourself.

Needless to say, you can also

conform that you should throw it away.

We are continuously exercising looking

back on ourselves in order to realize why

we should empty and clear our mind.

As everything else does, the reason and

the purpose of this meditation should be clear when we started.

And when it does, we can show our

perseverance and the willingness for it,

and that lead to a clear core.

I don't like to give to you homework.

I want to each and everyone of you to

make a self-reflective diary.

This diary is for writing down what aspect of

yourself you looked back for how long and

what did you found out about yourself, as a result.

Also, during the process if any questions

pop up in your head, take a note and ask me.

Of course, I am not going to check the assignment.

I will see you on our next class.

Thank you.

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