#016 | 70 Years of War and Peace, a New Destiny, and SeoulLIT Studios

Send us Fan Mail#016: June 25, 2020 marks 70 years since the start of the Korean War. This episode is dedicated to my father, who passed away in 2016. Here are my reflections: This war was the greatest tragedy ever to happen to the Korean people.The war broke out in 1950. My father was born in 1951, a child of War, when Korea was truly Hell to him.That makes me a grandchild of War, living in Korea, which is Heaven to me.This is the greatest time to be alive in Korea's history, in human history.This dark, bloody, painful history of war, that shaped my parents’ world, that bled into my personal dysfunctional upbringing, is something I use as spiritual emotional fuel to change into present energy and awareness. That way, I can become a better, more compassionate, more loving, kinder, disciplined, and effective person.I turn the memories of pain into a meditation of peace and a springboard to pursue inner joy, happiness, and fulfillment on a day-to-day basis. Anyone can take their individual and collective pain bodies, their negative narratives, change their stories and fundamentally shape their own destinies by the grace of God, Buddha, or Allah, and personal volition and consistent effort. I turn war into peace and prosperity. I live it everyday. I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.If I am such a wild dream incarnated, then my dreams are even wilder beyond comprehension.I will stop at nothing to realize my wildest dreams.They deserve that much, their cries of pain transmuted into my own birth so that I can cry in joy and exuberance. There’s nothing holding me back from realizing my deepest greatest potential but myself, to build a better future. Every moment, every second I am alive to this day is a glorious undeniable testament to their struggle and inevitable victory. I AM STILL ALIVE! WE MADE IT THIS FAR! And we’re going to MAKE IT, our future, even greater than what our parents, and their parents, could have possibly hoped for. I hope you can take whatever past pain, historical and personal, and transform it into peace and joy to make a better life for yourself. I challenge you. I believe in you, if no one else has told you this before. You can become the greatest version of yourself. Up to you.That’s why I was put here on this Earth and had to suffer, so I could record stupid mouth noises into pieces of plastic and transmit my spirit into the Ether so you could receive it into your hearts and minds. I hope this gives you a fuller picture into why I’m so passionate and persistent about this podcast, and the deeper energetic and psychological framework and context so that you can find your way to your own path and stay on it.With that, I have big news to share with you:I’ve co-founded a brand new YouTube channel: SeoulLIT Studios!I’m so proud to share this with you. You have no idea. This is all about bringing smiles to people and doing cool stuff. It’s about culture, entertainment, fitness, food, travel, and so on. Showcasing unique educational content about Korea in a fun and positive way, where people from all over the world can learn about what's happening in Korea today. We’ve just launched our first video: Miss Koreas Blind Taste Test Korean Military Food (MRE) Meal Ready to Eat for the First Timehttps://youtu.be/mkBbVhLiw9MThis video’s dedicated to those who served in the Korean War, honoring the people currently serving and respect the military in a positive light. We had so much fun making it! If you like it, please sub and leave a comment for any feedback or what you’d like to see next. So stay lit. SeoulLIT! (And hard.)Support the show