Book Review

I understood that the past of my life with hardships I endured were my own mind world, which were copies of the world. To think that I can eliminate my minds full of stress and hardships. Knowing only me, being self-centered; others are also being the same, causing the conflicts where oneness cannot occur logically. It would be truly great if we could eliminate the false minds; and as told in the book, live in the eternal heaven happily. I like that when I read the poems in the back of the book, my mind is at ease.

Ji-yun Kim/College student/Chunbuk Gunsan

One time while I was watching the interview of Jin-young Pak, there were many things which I agreed with him. After having it all, and again achieving, accomplishing and possessing, what remained was not happiness, freedom or satisfaction. Trying to be more fulfilled, aiming higher and therefore burdened more with futility, and deluded that this is the true, best life; what remained were only unseen burdens of my mind. There was no way to release these unseen burdens only that I possessed. There were no places that truly solved this; no books gave clear answers even with many books available. But this book is easy to understand for anyone and clearly suggests answers. With this one book, I was able to let go of all of my burdened minds which I carried for many years alone. It clearly explained the way to live in addition to also addressing my burdensome mind. This is the first time reading such truthful book, even though I had read many other meditation-related books. I recommend this reading to everyone. I feel so free after letting go and solving the issues of my mind. Now I can breathe easily. And I am thankful for even the small things. This book is not a religious book; it is a true book beyond religions. I am lucky to have read this book. I really recommend this book to anyone.

Eun-Kyung Yi/Corporate staff/Seoul

Everyone wants to live happily. It’s not easy to get an answer when asking what is happiness. One may think money, prestige, love, etc. are happiness; but in reality, those people who achieved them do not appear happy. People in the world gradually seemed to know that more things people have, more futile, empty, and far from happiness they seemed. Then one tend to ask, what is real happiness. This book seems to suggest answers. This book suggests unchanging happiness and the way to this happiness. One can enlighten through reading this book with open mind. I strongly recommend this book, if you wished for something worth your time.

Jung-suk Go/Doctor/Mokpo

Certainly we live together in the world — in this book, it says that each person is caught in his own mind world. I always had so many thoughts and I was trying to figure out how could I live without thinking. I now understand that this resulted in even more deep imprisonment in my own mind world. What if I really die this way? I definitely agree that we should throw away the thoughts, not just live without thinking!!

Su-ja Kim/Housewife/Yong-in

There had been many mentors in this world as well as famous self-help books; but there had never been any books or people who can truly help living in this world. Because they all talked from their own point of views, they had no connections with the minds of the people in the world. But “Stop living in this land, Go to the everlasting world of happiness, Live there forever” suggests the method to live life from the perspective of the true world. Even though I had read many self-help books, this book was the first to inspire me. I would like to definitely recommend this reading for those in their 20’s who are worried about their future.

Ji-hae Guk/Corporate staff/Seoul

Any human being gets concerned as he lives his life. In a case of younger people, many are concerned about their abilities and befitting career choices. Currently being in a young age, I also had many concerns in regard to my future. Comparing others’ expectations and my own abilities, I was spending fruitless time when I read this book upon recommendation of a friend and I self-reflected many times. Up to this point I acted and thought as if I was the owner of this world. But from the perspective of this world, the existence of me was truly small and inadequate. Before I read this book, I was self-centered and lived while focused on my thoughts and actions just for my own benefit. After reading this book, I was able to think objectively and escape the selfish mind at least a bit. The result was very surprising. Presently, I behave and think in benefit of others instead of me; I was really amazed that such actions came about as a result of being thankful about life, not patronization toward others. If there were anyone with many concerns and worries, I would like to definitely recommend this book. You will experience really surprising changes.

Hwa-ik Cho/Corporate staff/Chun-nam Soonchun

I am a middle school teacher currently but my first job assignment was at a vocational high school. The school had many problematic students with absenteeism, violence, robbery…. As a home room teacher, I was at police stations quite often. To become a perfect and outstanding teacher in order to control and impress students, I attended martial arts classes in early mornings and audited courses at a learning center after work. But the students did not change and I was exhausted after a few years. The world (school and students) were the same. Since the world did not change as I wished, I was full of frustrations and irritations. A hardship started in my perfect life. Later on, my drive for life decreased and I did not want to live in the world. I wanted to leave Korea. Around that time, my closest friend wrote a lengthy genuine letter to recommend this book. I was very thankful for his initiative to understand me and even though I did not want to read this book at first, I finished reading it in two months. This book enlightened me to my attempt to have the world fit my ways of thinking and frames of my mind. This book taught me about the nature’s flow. The nature that is the world, gives us oxygen, water and everything without the mind of giving; the mind of nature that does without the mind of doing is the true love. I had too many of “having done.” Too much……I expected too much and too highly. This was the first book in my life to help me truly self-reflect. I really recommend this book strongly. It explains in detail how to live according to the nature’s flow.

Young-hee Chun/Teacher/Busan