Month: January 2025

“When you concentrate, even a phone book can be interesting. If you are bored, maybe you are not concentrating.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“There are many more ordinary hours in life than extraordinary ones. We wait in line at the supermarket. We spend hours commuting to work. We clean our house and cook our food. Happiness means finding a moment of joy in those ordinary hours.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“When you speak ill of others, it hurts you more than anyone — because your negativity is loudest within you.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Those who do not make enemies are more powerful than those who have the strength to fight them all and win.” Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“The end of a sushi roll, with the filling sticking out, is often tastier than a piece sliced neatly from the middle. Someone slick and well-put-together can come across as cold and alienating, while an average guy without pretense is more genuine and attractive.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“If you want to predict how a politician will act after winning an election, look at how he currently lives and how he has behaved in the past. A person does not live the way he says he would. He lives the way he has been living.” –Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Born from a place of silence and wisdom, even when the world churns up a storm of emotions, the witness sits calmly in the eye of the storm, unharmed, luminous, and all-knowing.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“Within each of us, there is an inner witness quietly observing what goes on inside and outside of us.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

In a large community, she lives as though she is alone.

She minds her own business without meddling in others.

When alone, she acts as though she is in a large community.

She follows her regimen without sliding into laziness.

– Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down

“The person leading you toward spiritual awakening is not the one who praises you or is nice to you. Your spirituality deepens because of those who insult you and give you a hard time. They are your spiritual teachers in disguise.” – Haemin Sunim, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down