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.
1-7. Self-reflection and world peace
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Meditation: A way to achieve your goals in your life
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1 Necessity of self-reflection
Self- reflection is the methodology of meditation for growth, happiness and human completion: (1) Why do we need self-reflection?, (2) Academic research on self-reflection, (3) Draw my life graph, and (4) Ultimate purpose of self-reflection
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Duck-Joo LeeProfessor
Aerospace Engineering
[MUSIC]
Hi, how are you?
Today is the last class in the first week.
The title today is self-reflection and world peace.
We started this lecture by asking the question, what is the goal of life?
Then we surveyed the literature on self-reflection.
We drew our life graph and to talk about the self who
leads our life. And we learned why man is incomplete.
In the last class we talked about the ultimate goal of self-reflection.
The ultimate goal of this course is to change our incomplete life
into a complete one to live happily and peacefully.
Today, I am going to talk how great our happiness can be
if we live peacefully in the world with our neighbors.
And I will also talk about how to achieve world peace.
Let us start with the Constitution of UNESCO,
adopted 70 years ago in London to fulfill mankind's wish for world peace.
The first sentence of the declaration
is that "since wars begin in the minds of men,
it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed."
It is clearly recognized that the starting and
the final points for peace are in the minds of men.
The constitution emphasizes communication between their peoples and
mutual understanding and a truer and
more perfect knowledge of each other's lives for
the promotion of international peace and welfare of mankind.
It can be said that visual understanding and
the communication also begin in the minds.
If we know our mind, we can understand
other people's lives too and to communicate with them better.
Therefore, if we reflect on our own mind and
eliminate the obstacles for peace, we can achieve a great mind.
Then, we can create a peaceful world.
Let us study one sentence for
a peaceful world which appears in the Chinese classic "University".
This sentence states that world peace begins with the understanding
of material world first.
The first two Chinese character mean observation of material objects.
There are several interpretations in the first two Chinese characters but
in other words, it is know the principle of the material property very well.
Next two Chinese characters mean arrival at the knowledge
which can be interpreted as "you can know life very well".
In other words, if you know the principle of a material property very well,
you can know life very well.
The next two Chinese character mean sincere willingness.
And next two Chinese character mean the righteous mind.
It can be said that "Then, have a righteous mind with a sincere
attitude for the peaceful world".
The next sentence means "Train
yourself to behave very well".
Manage your family very well and Govern the country very well.
The last Chinese letters mean "The world will be peaceful".
It can be said that the peaceful world can be fulfilled
after training yourself to behave very well,
managing a family very well and governing the country very well.
To summarize, the phrase in the Book, University,
world peace can be achieved from the observation of a material [kukmul FOREIGN].
But, the most important phrase is "The righteous mind".
In order to know what is the righteous mind,
we need to know the components of the Chinese
character for righteous [chung].
[chung] is composed of [il] which means one, and
the [chi] which means stop or end.
Therefore [chung-shim] the righteous mind means one mind.
In other words, to have a righteous mind,
is to have one mind,
mot to have too many minds, which is a key point of the whole phrase.
To have one mind is difficult.
As the UNESCO Constitution state men's mind can be major causes of war.
Those minds are obstacles in achieving world peace and
personal happiness as well.
The ultimate goal of this course, human completion,
is to live without the various minds inside by observing and
eliminating the obstacles preventing world peace and personal happiness.
Now, let us summarize the lecture in the first week.
We checked our goal of life.
If there is a gap between our goal and
our current state, we can close
the gap through self-reflection.
The second class, we review the literature on self-reflection.
It is reported, you can improve academic achievement and
the self-esteem through self-reflection.
You can improve mental stability and concentration through meditation.
Meditation is a self-reflection which is a mega trend in the 21st century.
In the third class, we drew our life graph.
Sometimes we are satisfied and other times we
are dissatisfied, depending on our surroundings.
If we discover the causes of dissatisfaction and
eliminate them, we can live a satisfied life
In the fourth class, we talked about the self-leadership.
Your self has led you right now.
If you strengthen self-leadership, you can achieve your goal.
The core point of self-leadership is self-observation and
positive communication with oneself.
But as stated in a recently published book, the self is an illusion.
Therefore, it is very hard to observe yourself objectively.
In the fifth class,
we learned that life is incomplete because the self is an illusion.
You can achieve human completion when the imaginary self is eliminated.
In the sixth class, we covered that the ultimate goal
of self-reflection is to live happily and peacefully
with a great mind by eliminating various minds inside ourselves.
In today's class, the UNESCO constitution and
the Chinese classic both inferred that the minds of
men are obstacles in achieving the world peace.
If you eliminate the minds preventing world peace,
then a peaceful world can be achieved.
From next week, we reflect on ourselves to
clearly discover what is inside our minds.
Our life graph shows us the big moments in our lives
and it helps us to find the minds of accumulated from childhood.
Hopefully, this lecture will be the turning point in your life for
human completion.
As an assignment, please watch the movie, The King's Speech and
please bring your life graph also.
See you next week.
