I'm from South Korea. I lived in Korea until I became 26 years old. Korea is the country which has the history of 6000 years. I'm from the somewhat smaller city of 2 million people.
I was into western and eastern philosophy from when I was in elementary school. I didn't like the weakness(or not suitable in modern days) of Confucianism since they prefer sons over daughters. Confucianism has taught me how to handle the people in authority. Korean language changes depends on when you talk to seniors to a friend who is one year older than me. It could be viewed as passive aggressive behavior in here if I behave in Korean ways sometimes.
A lot of my deep thinking is from Buddhism. I denied Buddhism since I grew up with Catholicism. But Buddhism is part of my life and Koreans. My mother was the great teacher for life lessons. She gave me insight for dealing with unfortunate incidents.
When I was an instructor and I reached the guaranteed success in a really competitive industry, I met deceitful and jealous people. One of them actually tried to harm me. One day, I had a half gas tank left in my car, but I felt like I need to go to a gas station. A worker opened my gas tank and she screamed. Someone put full of sugar in my car. ( I am not going to write how I found out who did it because it was a long story and not relevant.)
Having connection with high authority is convenient sometimes in Korea. I could ask just one word and she will have to go through the unpleasant investigation with the police. But I decided not to do this. This behavior is from Buddhism. It is not because I am stupid or weak.
On my part, I think I didn't do anything wrong to this person. I didn't even know this person. If the energy of circle stops in me, I will attract more positive energy around me in the future. I know this is contradictory idea for most of people here because of the different background and culture. The more I learn the great lessons, the more my head is down like riped rice.
I was into western and eastern philosophy from when I was in elementary school. I didn't like the weakness(or not suitable in modern days) of Confucianism since they prefer sons over daughters. Confucianism has taught me how to handle the people in authority. Korean language changes depends on when you talk to seniors to a friend who is one year older than me. It could be viewed as passive aggressive behavior in here if I behave in Korean ways sometimes.
A lot of my deep thinking is from Buddhism. I denied Buddhism since I grew up with Catholicism. But Buddhism is part of my life and Koreans. My mother was the great teacher for life lessons. She gave me insight for dealing with unfortunate incidents.
When I was an instructor and I reached the guaranteed success in a really competitive industry, I met deceitful and jealous people. One of them actually tried to harm me. One day, I had a half gas tank left in my car, but I felt like I need to go to a gas station. A worker opened my gas tank and she screamed. Someone put full of sugar in my car. ( I am not going to write how I found out who did it because it was a long story and not relevant.)
Having connection with high authority is convenient sometimes in Korea. I could ask just one word and she will have to go through the unpleasant investigation with the police. But I decided not to do this. This behavior is from Buddhism. It is not because I am stupid or weak.
On my part, I think I didn't do anything wrong to this person. I didn't even know this person. If the energy of circle stops in me, I will attract more positive energy around me in the future. I know this is contradictory idea for most of people here because of the different background and culture. The more I learn the great lessons, the more my head is down like riped rice.
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