[Meditation Q&A] How Has Meditation Impacted Your Life?

[With English interpretation] Ven. Pomnyun Sunim's Answer to How has meditation impacted your life?
Selection from Sunday Meditation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. meditation q&a [Week 9] (June 7, 2020)

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How has meditation impacted your life?

I think I can safely say that it has mitigated my emotional reactions to external stimulus that rises out of my natural karma.

I also have modulated my reaction to a failure or disappointment.

Instead of being disappointed,

I tend to be curious as to why it has failed.

I was poem Sandwich by T Harris,

And we talking about what I could never speak unless my emotional response was cured.

Or react negatively to something.

I don't engage in self-shaming or regrets,

But allow myself to understand how to move forward from a more constructive fashion.

Is it the same easier to guide people to go further financing in parents' areas?

Definitely.

I think that the most important thing is not to be in this mindfulness state just during meditation sessions,

But try to maintain that mindfulness throughout your everyday activities and life.