4-8. Real potential and positive mind

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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(KAIST)

Meditation: A way to achieve your goals in your life

128 ratings

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.

From the lesson

4 The methodology of mind cleansing

Learn and practice the methodology of mind cleansing: (1) Do you want to change yourself?, (2) Methodology of the mind cleansing, (3) Repetition of the self-reflection of the 5 essential subjects, (4) Real potential and positive mind.

4-1. Do you want to change yourself? (1)7:26

4-2. Do you want to change yourself? (2)13:09

4-3. Methodology of mind cleansing11:13

4-4. Your will for change8:03

4-5. Repetition of self-reflection - Pride8:34

4-6. Repetition of self-reflection - Human relationships11:23

4-7. Repetition of self-reflection - Love12:40

4-8. Real potential and positive mind11:10

Meet the Instructors

Duck-Joo Lee
Professor
Aerospace Engineering

[MUSIC]

Hello. I am Professor Duck-joo Lee.

Before we knew it, we have come to the last class of the forth week.

This week, we practiced recalling an apple and discarding it.

Also, in order to self-reflect in an objective way,

we must die, and became the perspective of Universe,

Then we can recall the happenings at Earth.

from far away in the Universe. We recalled Stories about pride,

relationships, and stories about love in real life.

Surely you’re not thinking that we are going to sing a song or

play a game, just because this is the last lecture of the forth week,

are you?

As I mentioned in the forth lecture, in order to change,

we must be willing to recall as much as we can and put in the effort.

Therefore, today , we are going to recall common minds we have in life;

worries, anxiety, anger, and quick temper.

Close your eyes.

Years Past.

10 years go by.

20 years go by.

200 years go by.

I have died and

become a spirit.

I leave Earth and go up to the Universe.

Since the arrival at the Universe, 100 years have passed.

Earth looks like a small dot, far away.

Recall all the moments relating to worries,

anxiety, anger, and quick temper,

in the memory and life that happened in Earth.

All of those things are stories that happened 100,

200 years ago in Earth,

which is now just a very small dot.

keep close your eyes.

What was my biggest worry during my childhood?

Recall the times when I was worried

that my mother would not buy me a toy,

I was scared I might see a ghost,

I was worried that my parents might scold me.

I was worried because I might not do well in my examinations,

I might get ill, I may not be able to go to a University,

From marriage to retirement,

I was always worried about my future.

Even during happy moments, I was worried that this happiness would not last,

During bad situations, I was worried that happiness would not come ,

and misfortune would continue.

Recall the multiple worries that occurred all the time on a daily basis.

Even while knowing that there is no point of worrying and nobody told me to worry,

this chain of worries never stop.

What is the reason for these worries?

Recall the moment related to anger and quick temper.

Recall a time when in the same situation, a different person did not get angry,

but only I did.

What was the cause of this mind?

In the opposite sense, what was the reaction of the other person when I got angry?

What was it about me?

That caused that specific reaction from the other person?

Whether it is a film, music, or a person,

recall my reaction when I saw something that I liked or disliked.

Right.

We will finish here.

Please open your eyes.

Even though this lecture has finished,

recall each topic when you have spare time.

You will become to know more accurately, who you are, and

what kind of a minds you have lived with.

Through this, you will be able to realize the gap

between my current state and the state that I want to be in.

You will also be able to know why we are living

in a false world more and more clearly.

For example is my first love ,that I can recall in my mind, real?

Or is my first love, who is presently living somewhere, real?

As well, we

think judge, and the make decisions in a world of a pictures,

taken by our eyes, nose, mouth,

and ears, while thinking this is a correct.

This is the same as living in a world that will disappear

once we wake up from the dream.

However, like we do not know that we are dreaming.

Then, inside that dream, We have mistaken ourselves for

living the real world because the picture

world perfectly overlaps the real word.

Nevertheless, if you think about it,

even if one achieves something, happiness does not last long.

Soon it will be followed by futile situations.

This is not the real world, but a world that is not existent.

Loving someone is a dream Earning money is a dream.

Becoming successful, and earning honor is a dream.

This is why past saints describes our lives as a life of Duckweeds.

A life of no meaning and a life like bubble foam.

Therefore, self-reflection meditation is important.

If I recall and discard my life repeatedly through meditation,

it becomes clear that I have been living in

a self-centered mind world. You can only discard,

once you know what to discard.

If the false is discarded, only the truth remains.

Like I mentioned in the first week,

the ultimate objective of self reflection

is to get rid of an incomplete false and

to live in the complete true world.

Everything that you want to achieve and hope for

can become possible when you live in the real world.

As you have probably felt, this method is a clear and a certain method.

Did you understand?

If you did not understand or have any questions, please ask me.

In the coming fifth week I will talk about

how self-reflection can be done during daily life

and I'll talk about the people who are doing In death.

Please look forward to next week.

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