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Ilchi Lee: It only takes one person

The following short story is one that always reminds me of Ilchi Lee and what he has been trying to do all of these years: affect the world, one person at a time.

A man was walking along the beach one day. In the far distance, he saw a figure and could hear a strange sound. Being naturally curious, he approached the figure to find a young boy. This boy was picking something up and throwing it back into the ocean. “What are you doing?” the man asked.

The young boy was picking up starfish and tossing them out as far as he could. “They all washed up. I’m throwing them back in.” The man laughed. He had seen so many starfish on the shore. The young boy had an impossible task ahead of him. “Just give up. You can’t save all of them. Why bother? They’re only starfish.”

The boy looked at the man.

As he looked at the man, he lifted up another starfish, turned, and threw it back into the

A sunshine brain

Have you ever just sat in the rays of the sun letting your head and brain soak up the light and the heat?

Ilchi Lee says that the brain should be full of light. When I do some meditations, I try to feel the sun in my brain, lighting it up and throwing all of the darkness out. After doing this, I feel lighter and better. As I go through my day, if I bring the sun into my brain, I can feel more freshed and focused. All of the negative thoughts that I had vanish. It sounds like hokey magic, I know, but it’s amazing what some simple visualizations can do for my mood