📖 Introduction

Have you ever noticed how differently you treat people depending on your mood? When someone is kind to us, we respond warmly. But when we feel ignored, disappointed, or frustrated, that same person can suddenly seem like an enemy. We often blame others for our emotional struggles without recognizing how our own thoughts influence our relationships.

In these two meditation testimonials, one practitioner discovers how negative emotions and expectations shaped the way they treated others, while a 37-year-old father realizes that his image of being a good husband and father had hidden feelings of resentment and selfishness. Through mind subtraction meditation, both begin confronting their own minds and discovering the value of honest self-reflection.

💬 Story 1: 🔎 “My Mind Was the Problem”

By Chaeeun Song / Level 1

When dealing with people, I treated them with my mind. When I felt good and they treated me well, I was sweet to them, but when I felt negative, annoyed, and felt they weren’t paying attention to me, they became my enemy.

“However, I realized that the biggest enemy was exactly that version of me, and that my mind was the problem.”

Also, although I still sometimes fall into the minds that come up, it resonates with me to some extent that it’s a fake existing only in my mind, so the strength to escape from it seems to be growing little by little.

#SelfReflection #MindControl

💬 Story 2: 👨‍👩‍👧 “I Thought I Was a Truly Good Dad and Husband, But”

By Junghyuk Kim / Age 37 / Level 1

Before coming to meditate, my wife recommended it, saying it would help my business. My wife is already doing Level 2 at the Ilsan Center, and I had also attended for about a month. I used to go to the Ilsan Center three times a week, but the speed here went by faster than the mind subtraction I did there.

“Before meditating, I thought I was a truly good dad, husband, and a good person. However, while meditating, I thought about how I was a lacking person and someone who harbored hateful minds in my heart, and I repented.”

As my mind gradually settled down and discarding became a bit easier, I felt the universe mind and also thought that I could become the universe mind.

I plan to meditate diligently at the Ilsan Center in the future and actively recommend it to my acquaintances around me.

#Recommendation #SelfReflection #Repentance #FamilyRecommendation

🌱 NEXT STEPS: Change Your Mind Before Trying to Change Others

Do you find yourself blaming others when relationships become difficult? Or perhaps you believe you’re doing everything right but still experience frustration, resentment, or misunderstandings with the people closest to you.

Mind subtraction meditation offers a systematic way to reflect on the thoughts, judgments, and emotional reactions accumulated throughout life. As these two practitioners discovered, recognizing our own hidden negativity can become a meaningful first step toward greater understanding, healthier relationships, and inner peace.

Sometimes, the change we are searching for begins not with other people, but with ourselves.

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