📖 INTRODUCTION

Many young adults silently struggle with depression, anxiety, emptiness, self-criticism, perfectionism, and social anxiety while trying to build a successful life.

Even when they achieve good grades, scholarships, relationships, and external success, they may still feel trapped emotionally inside themselves.

Constant comparison, fear of judgment, pressure to appear successful, and the inability to live authentically can slowly create deep emotional exhaustion.

This meditation testimonial shares the story of Myung-won K., a preschool teacher who struggled with severe depression and social anxiety during university years despite appearing hardworking and successful externally.

Although she constantly pushed herself to improve and live a meaningful life, internally she felt empty, emotionally wounded, anxious around others, and disconnected from herself.

Eventually, after reaching a point where she isolated herself alone in her room while suffering from depression and social anxiety, she encountered meditation.

Through meditation and honest self-reflection, she gradually realized that much of her suffering came from her own excessive expectations, comparison habits, fear of judgment, and attachment to image and recognition.

As she learned to distinguish between false thoughts and her true mind, she slowly became calmer, more emotionally stable, and able to face difficulties objectively instead of being overwhelmed emotionally.

This meditation testimonial beautifully shows how meditation, self-reflection, and letting go of false thoughts can help people overcome depression, social anxiety, insecurity, and emotional suffering while discovering genuine peace and freedom.

💬 Meditation Testimonial: “Depression and Social Anxiety That Once Controlled My Life”

Finding My True Self Through This Meditation

By Myung-won K. | Preschool Teacher

🌱 “The Person You Think You Are Is False — Find Your True Self”

I first heard about this meditation near the end of my senior year of high school.

A teacher I was close to told me:

“There’s a place called this meditation. Once you enter university, you should try it sometime.”

At the time, I assumed it was probably no different from the yoga classes I already attended, so I simply ignored the suggestion.

But looking back now, I realize:

I was someone who desperately needed this meditation.

After the exhausting years of preparing for college entrance exams finally ended, I moved to Seoul away from my family.

For the first time, I felt free.

I thought:

“Now I’ll finally live life my own way.”

During the semesters, I attended classes more diligently than anyone else and even earned scholarships because I focused so intensely on improving myself.

During vacations, I participated nonstop in various camps and read countless books while dreaming of living an impressive and meaningful life.

I also enjoyed a happy relationship with the boyfriend I met after entering university.

But after about a year, all that remained inside me was emptiness.

Even though I was finally far away from my parents — the people I had believed constantly pressured and controlled me — I still felt trapped inside myself.

I was meeting many people and achieving academic success, yet I still wasn’t happy at all.

Even my relationship with my boyfriend gradually became exhausting because of repeated emotional wounds.

At some point, I realized:

“I can’t continue living like this.”

I began desperately searching for answers alone.

I visited psychiatric clinics, explored various organizations, and sought counseling from people around me.

But nowhere could I find a real solution.

Eventually, despite my family’s opposition, I took a leave of absence from university.

For over a month, I remained isolated in my boarding room, barely moving, suffering through severe depression and social anxiety.

Around that time, I heard about this meditation once again and immediately went to try it.

One sentence completely shook me:

“Everything you have experienced, and even the person you think you are now, is false. There is a true self beyond that. This meditation is the method for finding that true self.”

The moment I heard those words, I began practicing without hesitation.

💭 “Looking Deeply at Myself Helped Me Understand Why I Needed to Let Go”

At some point during meditation, I realized something shocking:

I had never truly felt genuine gratitude in my life.

And I also realized that the person most deeply at fault was not others —

it was me.

The people and situations around me had not actually been the source of my suffering.

I myself had been the one tormenting me.

I came to understand that my depression came from the excessively high expectations I constantly imposed on myself.

And my social anxiety existed because I desperately wanted to appear better than other people and feared being looked down upon.

Once I clearly understood those minds, I was finally able to let them go.

As I discarded those thoughts, there were moments when I suddenly laughed at myself.

For over twenty years, I had spent my life endlessly comparing myself to others and obsessing over how people viewed me, never truly living authentically.

Of course, letting go of habits and minds that had become deeply embedded in both my body and mind over decades was not easy.

But I continued practicing sincerely and gradually changed little by little.

Even now, I sometimes clash with people, make mistakes, and struggle emotionally.

But now there is one crucial difference:

I know how to let go of my mind.

Because I learned how to distinguish between the true mind and the false mind, I became able to step outside my own emotional framework, view problems objectively, and solve them calmly.

That is the greatest transformation this meditation brought into my life.

☀️ “I Became Someone Who Could Face Difficulties Calmly”

About three years ago, my family went through a crisis where our house was nearly lost through foreclosure.

In the past, I would have been overwhelmed by anxiety and unable to sleep.

But surprisingly, even to myself, I remained calm.

Instead of panicking, I comforted my parents and calmly suggested practical ways to solve the problem.

And now, little by little, our situation has been recovering.

Today, I feel grateful even for the painful experiences I went through in the past because they ultimately led me to encounter this meditation.

I truly believe:

This meditation changes people.

It allows people to live with genuine peace, freedom, and joy.