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Emotions that came with the initial event

Sep 06 2009 Published by under Brain Education

However, I decided that my greater goal was far bigger than this one temporary situation. So, I opted to change my information about the event. I decided not to think, “I was robbed when I came to America.” I also did not want to think, “I have lost several thousand dollars.” Instead I decided to think, “I made a donation to New York City.” That way, I could be happy about the incident and move on toward the creation of my vision. And indeed, that “investment” did give rise to many great things, none of which would be possible if I had followed the negative thoughts and emotions that came with the initial event. Negative emotions are normal and natural in the face of life’s challenges, but to be caught up in them is detrimental to the progress of life. Realize how quickly you can change your brainwaves, and always keep an eye on the greater vision of your life.

All you need is genuine determination to bring what you desire into reality. If you really want to start creating your life, get the word impossible out of your vocabulary. Yes, there is a certain value to remaining realistic, but do you really desire much beyond the realm of realism? I have met few people who honestly desire something that goes beyond the basic laws of the universe. I am willing to bet that everything you are looking to create will fit very nicely into the system of reality as it is currently manifested, so don’t be afraid to after what you want in life.

I really don’t believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think everyone has greatness inside them. It is really just a matter of persistence—sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose for their lives. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.

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Ilchi lee Educator Big Step Forward In Life

Sep 01 2009 Published by under Brain Education

I could have gotten lost in the details of those events and become swept away by the emotions that accompany them. I have come to realize, however, that life situations, no matter how difficult, are only temporary.

You must remember that life is not a romantic movie. When you take a big step forward in life, it is not likely that anyone will be there to say, “Congratulations! You are so brave! Here is your reward.” If you have someone that supportive in your life, that’s great, but don’t count on it. In fact, life sometimes dishes up exactly the opposite.

I remember arriving for the first time in the United States many years ago. I landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport, hardly speaking a word of English, coming to experience a culture that was completely foreign to me. I planned to meet a student of mine that was struggling to keep a center open there, so I had packed a few thousand dollars in my suitcase to assist him.

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Ilchi Lee Brain Education Vision

Aug 27 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Every stitch is like a thought that you add to the overall shape of your life. Eventually, thoughts lead to action and the form will emerge, if you can only keep your intent in mind. If YOU have no clear vision, however, you will end up with a random pile of knotted yarn.

Everything I have achieved in my life happened one stitch at a time. I began with just one single student, and every step that followed was like a carefully placed stitch. Eventually, my plan began to emerge as a whole, just like a sweater takes form.

The key is to keep the big picture always in mind, even when it seems so far away. In my life, I have faced many moments that could have destroyed me.

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Healing Chakra by Ilchi Lee: Translation of the Chun Bu Kyung

Aug 14 2009 Published by under Brain Education

In Ilchi Lee‘s book, Healing Chakra: Light to Awaken My Soul, he offers a translation and explanation of the Chun Bu Kyung, a 9,000-year old text that mathematically communicates the oneness existing among heaven, earth, and humans. This excerpt from the book communicates the origins of the Chun Bu Kyung and the basis for the training systems Ilchi Lee has developed: Dahn Yoga and Brain Education.

“In the ancient tradition of Korea, there existed a body-mind-spirit training system called Shin-Il-Hap-Il (Divine-One-Together-One), which sought to elevate human consciousness to its highest plateau, that of divinity. More widely known by the name Shin-Sun-Do, the philosophy and ideas contained therein were originally derived from an ancient sacred text called ‘Chun Bu Kyung’ or the Heavenly Code.

The Chun Bu Kyung is the highest authority among the sacred texts in Korean spiritual tradition. It is said that the Chun Bu Kyung was recorded by an ancient sage who realized his own enlightenment through his training regimen of Shin Sun Do, thereby gaining insight into the realities of life and death and the operational flow of the universe. Because the Chun Bu Kyung is essentially a numerical representation of the laws of the cosmos, it cannot be interpreted literally. It will only reveal its true nature and meaning to someone who has experienced the realities of life through Ki energy.

When I first realized enlightenment, I did not know that the nature of my enlightenment was already spoken of in the Chun Bu Kyung. When I finally had the good fortune to learn of it, I realized that my enlightenment had the same inspiration and source as that of the Chun Bu Kyung.

After knowing the Chun Bu Kyung, I could sense the energy of each of its 81 letters when I sank deeply into meditation. The teachings of the Chun Bu Kyung came to me not through the intellect, but through actual experience of its energies. When I experienced the oneness of Heaven, Earth, and Human described in the Chun Bu Kyung, I felt my body become part of the light of the cosmos, attaining a level of ecstasy and peace that spoke to me of divine blessing.

Chun Bu Kyung contains the essence of the trinity, in which good and evil, life and death, heaven and earth are not defined as opposites, but as part of the same cosmic harmony. When we realize that our essence is identical to the essence that makes up the cosmos, we overcome fear, sadness, and anger.

Oneness, where no barrier exists between you and me, is our essence and our divinity. As soon as we are born, we begin the struggle to light up this innate divinity. Once we realize our own divine enlightenment, we will achieve Heavenly Transformation. Heavenly Transformation is the process whereby human beings reach the highest level of awareness, and consciously return to the Source at the moment of death. It is this process that is delineated in the letters of the Chun Bu Kyung.

The secret to Heavenly Transformation lies in the human brain and Ki energy. The Chun Bu Kyung can also be interpreted as a numerical code, outlining the process by which the seven Chakras of the body are activated and made to stimulate the inner potential of the brain in order to achieve spiritual awakening.

The Chun Bu Kyung can act as a guide to lead us across the collective spiritual threshold.”

Here is an English translation of the Chun Bu Kyung:

One begins unmoved moving,
That has no beginning.
One divides to three crowns,
While remaining a limitless mover.
Heaven comes first,
Earth comes second,
Human comes third.
One gathers to build ten,
And infinite forms become the trinity (of heaven, earth, human).
Heaven gains two to make three.
Earth gains two to make three.
Three trinities make six,
And they create seven, and eight, nine appears,
And there comes a turning.
Three and four form a circle,
Five with seven makes one whole.
Way-less is the way all comes and all goes,
Features are changing, and change-less is the maker.
Divine mind is eternal light,
Looking toward celestial light.
Human bears heaven and earth,
And the three make one.

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Ilchi Lee Brain Education

Aug 13 2009 Published by under Brain Education

As I see it, the human life span has three phases. First we have a growth phase that usually is experienced during childhood, adolescence, and our early twenties. Of course we continue to grow throughout our lives, but this is a particularly intense period of investigation and experimentation during which we try to get to know the world and ourselves.

In our late twenties and thirties, we move into what I call the “success phase,” during which we try to create something tangible with our lives in the physical world, perhaps through career or the development of our finances. The problem is that most people seem to get stuck in this success phase, thinking it is the most important aspect of life. This is a little like a caterpillar thinking he can do no more with his life than spend it eating leaves all day.

In reality, the caterpillar has the ability to transform into a beautiful butterfly, just as you can transform far beyond success in the physical world. Not realizing this, many people choose material success only to feel unfulfilled when it finally arrives.

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Knee Circles exercise by ilchi lee educator

Aug 11 2009 Published by under Brain Education

1. Stand with your legs straight and feet parallel. Place your hands on your knees.

2. Bend your knees, rotating them in one direction 5 times, and then reverse, making 5 circles in the opposite direction.

Backward Bow:

1. Place your right foot forward and your right palm on your right thigh.

2. Inhale and reach your left hand back behind your head, your palm facing the ceiling. Let your head drop back as you follow the movement of the hand with your eyes.

3. Exhale and slowly return to the original position.

4. Repeat 3 times and then repeat on the opposite side of the body.

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Ilchi Lee Brain Education Feeling Of Expansion

Aug 10 2009 Published by under Brain Education

In a very practical way, you can see how vibrations can influence us. You have certainly experienced walking into a room that feels heavy and negative. Sometimes this may be because the people in the room have just been arguing or discussing a somber topic. Even if they have stopped talking, or even if they have left the room, you can still feel it. This is the effect of those people’s brain waves on the surrounding atmosphere.

Even inanimate objects can carry vibrations that influence us. Sometimes a room feels negative, not because of some human event but because of the vibration inherent in the objects in the room. You could say that interior decorators and artists are masters of vibration, manipulating the way colors and shapes interact to affect your brain.

The experience of beauty is the experience of vibrations that resonate with you in a way that opens you up to the world around you. If you have ever experienced the feeling of awe, you have experienced the feeling of expansion that can come through beauty. When this happens, your brain is recognizing the high-level vibrations it craves.

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Ilchi Lee Sedona Wringing the Towel

Aug 09 2009 Published by under Brain Education

1. Stand with your feet apart and hold your arms straight out from your body, parallel to the ground, palms down.

2. As you inhale deeply, twist the hands in opposite directions. Hold for 3 counts. Exhale and return to the original position. Repeat the exercise, switching the direction of the twist. Repeat 3 times in each direction.

Hula Hoop Hips:

1. Stand with your feet parallel, shoulder width apart. Place your hands on your hips. Keep your knees straight.

2. Begin to rotate your hips in a large circle, pushing as far as you can in all directions Repeat 5 times and then reverse and do 5 circles in the opposite direction.

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The Traditional Games Information By Ilchi Lee Brain Education

Aug 07 2009 Published by under Brain Education

3-6-9 Games:

01. Sit or stand across from your partner. Or, if three or more are participating, stand or sit in a circle.

02. Each person counts a number, starting with 1. However, if your number contains a 3, 6, or 9, you must clap instead of saying the number (e.g., 9, 16, 32, etc.). If the number has more than one 3, 6, or 9, or a combination of these numbers (e.g., 66, 93, 36, etc.), you must clap twice.

Energy Ball:

01. Sit comfortably with your back straight, preferably in the cross-legged position. Relax your shoulders and tilt your head slightly downward. Place your palms facing upward on the knees.

02. Close your eyes and focus on the surface of the palms. Feel any sensation on the surface of the palms, perhaps tingling or warmth.

03. Gently lift the palms up from the knees and slowly bring the palms closer together until they are about 2 inches apart.

04. Focus on the sensation between the palms. Inhale and slowly draw the hands apart, feeling the sensation growing between the palms. Exhale and feel the “ball” shrink between your hands.

05. Continue to follow the breath as you grow and shrink the energy ball.

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Clapping Games by Ilchi Lee Earth Citizen

Aug 05 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Girls in the schoolyard traditionally play clapping games such as these, but they are just as valuable for boys as for girls, as they develop concentration and a sense of rhythm. Try playing these games with your child to pass the time when waiting in line.

01. Sit on the floor.

02. Clap your hands once in front of the chest and then once on the floor.

03. Clap once again in front of the chest, and then twice on the floor.

04. Clap once again in front of the chest, and then 3 times on the floor.

05. Now clap once in front of the chest, and twice on the floor.

06. And again, clap once in front of the chest and once on the floor.

07. Continue to follow the 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1 sequence of clapping, seeing how long you can maintain the rhythm. To add a challenge, try slowly increasing the speed.

Count and Clap Game:

01. Sit or stand across from a partner.

02. Clap once near the chest and then once on your partner’s palms.

03. Repeat, but this time clapping twice on your partner’s palms.

04. Continue, each time adding another clap on the palms. For maximum concentration, count the numbers silently.

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ilchi lee brain art festival Matching Games

Aug 02 2009 Published by under Brain Education

This is a version of te old card-matching game. Even if yor child has mastered store-bought versions, they may find the geometric shapes in this version a little more challenging.

Preparation: On one side of thick card stock, draw images of different shapes in various colors-green triangles, orange circles, red squares, etc. Each image will have a matching image on another card to form pairs of matching cards. Draw the images in crayon or some other medium that will not show through on the other side. Alternatively, you can choose pairs of images from computer clip art or photocopied images from magazines to create the cards.

01. Shuffle the cards and place them face down on a table or at various places around the room.

02. Take turns trying to find matching pairs. During a turn, you may flip two cards. If they match, take both cards and try again. If they do not match, the cards must be turned back over and the next person can give it a try. You can see the cards turned over by others and try to remember their locations.

03. The game continues until all matching sets have been revealed. Whoever has the most cards “wins.”

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The Brain is the Key to Everything

Jul 27 2009 Published by under Brain Education

I found this description/advertisement of the Brain Art Festival that Ilchi Lee is producing at Radio City Music Hall on August 15th. As I read it, I realized that it basically represents/says what Ilchi Lee’s main philosophy is, so I thought I should share it here for all to read:

When most people think about the Brain they usually think about the medical aspect or scientific aspect of the Brain. Which means they see only the physical part of the Brain itself. But actually our body is connected to the Brain, our mind is connected to the Brain, as well as our Spirit, all our activities and creativity are all connected to the Brain. That means with out our Brain we can not work, move, maintain our health, happiness or peace. This means that the Brain is the key factor that manages our physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. Therefore our Brain is connected to our whole life and when you are able to utilize your Brain much more than you do now, it will help you to create the life you truly want to live.

They say most people only use 5% of their Brain, Einstein used only 15%. However we all want to use 100% of our Brains power, if we can do this then we can awaken and utilize the original function of our Brain, which is to maintain our health, happiness and peace. The Brain Art Festival will give you the kind of experience that can awaken your Brain to that kind of condition. Your Brain has accsess to all the solutions, even though it creates the problems, it also has all the solutions to the problems it creates. All the answers are within your Brain, the key to solving your own issues, or the issues of your family or even the world are in your Brain.

This is why by going to the Brain Art Festival you can find the true value of your Brain and you can see your Brain as a creator. The reason you should go to the Brain Art Festival is to learn to accsess this part of your Brain and live your life to your full potential. When you are able to meet with and live your life by the creator within your Brain, then your life itself becomes art. No matter what you are doing, whether it is exercise, eating, becoming happy and healthy, whether you are living your life for it’s higher purpose, your life becomes Art and that is what we call Brain Art. Brain Art is being able to utilize your Brain 100% and awaken the full value of your Brain, when we all utilize our Brain this way we can create a whole new world.

Please come to Brain Art Festival so we can create a whole new world together.

What do you think about your brain? Have you ever thought deeply about it and what it means to your life? What questions and answers do you come up with?

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What does it mean to be an Earth Citizen?

Jul 23 2009 Published by under Brain Education

According to Ilchi Lee’s new book, Earth Citizen: Recovering Our Humanity:

Just like any other form of citizenship, Earth citizenship carries with it certain responsibilities.

I believe that the ultimate responsibility of an Earth Citizen lies in the care of the Earth and of other beings on the planet. Presently, our dominant cultures do not support this because they are largely based on values inconsistent with peaceful, sustainable living.

I cannot be the one to tell you or anyone else what these specific values must be. For many years to come, we must grapple with the various moral and ethical questions that are part of human society. HOwever, I do know that we urgently need to create a culture that will support, rather than detract from, our common humanity. That part of the transformation needs to happen now.

It will take time to create a better world. But the primary responsibility of all Earth Citizens is to work consistently and diligently toward this goal.

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Overflow with Hope

Jun 26 2009 Published by under Brain Education

For several months in 2008, www.ilchi.com sent out a newsletter that featured Hope Messages by Ilchi Lee. At the time, Lee was emphasizing hope a lot in his lectures as he traveled, and from listening to some of them I really felt how important hope is to my life. It sounds very simple if you think about it, as do many things he says once you hear it. But I often find myself grateful that my teacher reminds me of important concepts or the deeper meaning of seemingly ordinary things and events.

Here is a Hope Message that is near and dear to me because it reminds me of how ubiquitous and abundant hope is, and yet how necessary it is for our lives. It also reminds me of how we all have a responsibility to share it when someone needs it.

Overflow with Hope

Let your heart overflow with hope. Feed the better part of yourself, and help it to grow stronger.
And give hope to every person you meet.
Don’t hold it in your chest,
But let it flow to every corner of the world.

For hope is not a jewel
To be guarded in secret,
But a spring that bursts forth
From the center of the earth
Full of Life.

It is a spring that carries your future
And the future of humanity.
It is the motor in our hearts
That propels humanity forward,
And drives us to our chosen destiny.

All we need to do
Is let it.
~ Ilchi Lee

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Find Your Own Perfect Rhythm

Jun 17 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Ilchi Lee’s latest method for brain fitness and holistic health, Brain Wave Vibration (www.brainwavevibration.com), has been generating more and more reviews and testimonials.

The latest is by the Tony Awards-winning Broadway star Tommy Tune. True to his creative nature, Tommy gave a endorsement for the book in the form of a poem.

My Experience with Brain Wave Vibration (a poem!)
To be guided to your own perfect rhythm,
to be coaxed yet never forced,
to be encouraged to find the unique vibration within,
and thus to live with it to its fullest
and highest degree.
This is the path as I perceive it. To each his own.

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Ilchi Lee Social Media

Jun 16 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Now you can follow Ilchi Lee on Facebook and Twitter!


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Great Spirits, Great Dreams

Jun 12 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
–ALBERT EINSTEIN

Ilchi Lee has always inspired me to think beyond there ordinary, the usual, the safe. He has inspired me to dream beyond my doubts and fears, even though they still show up when I face challenges and obstacles. But I try not to let my inner opposition stand in the way of my dreams.

What do you do when you think about what you want? How affected are you by what you think you *can* do as opposed to what would make your heart sing?

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Journalist Sam Slovick Interviews Ilchi Lee

Jun 06 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Los Angeles journalist and documentary filmmaker Sam Slovick interviewed Ilchi Lee after a Brain Wave Vibration lecture/workshop Lee gave in Koreatown in LA. The interview was published in LA Yoga Magazine, but Slovick also made a short video clip about Ilchi Lee using interview footage and other images. It’s a very dynamic piece that he put on his blog samslovick.blogspot.com.  Visit Sam’s blog to watch the video.

[video http://samslovick.blogspot.com/2009/06/ilchi-lee.html Sam Slovick on Ilchi Lee]

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Reflections on Former South Korean President Moo-hyun Roh’s Suicide

Jun 01 2009 Published by under Brain Education

Going, going; I, to, am going.
Going, going; you too, are going.
Windblown clouds.
Soaring birds.
Old and young.
Going, going; we’re all going.

Men and women.
Children and adults.
Going, going.
We’re all going.
Some die from a fall;
Some from a beating;
Some from old age;
Some from sickness;
Some from resentment;
Some from loneliness;
Some from abandonment;
Some from hunger;
Some from war;
Some from an accident.

Countless diseases and innumerable accidents kill us.
And we kill ourselves.
Is this world Death’s playground?
Or Death’s museum?

We live forgetting that we all die.
We forget that death is coming for us,
For the traveler.

For the student in his extracurricular studies,
For the bride and groom on the church steps,
For the would-be lawmaker running for public office,
For the voter,
For one eating noodles,
For another eating soup.

Blind to this,
Unaware of our doom,
We head carelessly toward our deaths.
You’re going.
I’m going.
We’re all going.

They smile when asked, “Why go on living?”
The person asking for a cigarette,
The person dreaming of love,
The person wanting to “make it,”
The person trying to earn a buck,
The person seeking success.

Failing to use their good head on their shoulders,
With plots, threats, and fear,
They prepare to bribe Death;
They make offerings to the god they workship.

Striving for money, honor, and power,
During their short journey toward death,
They fail to use the good head on their shoulders.

Without knowing the value of life,
People have lost their life’s goal.
No one teaches the goal and value of life.
Even those who are taught are blinded and deafened by their own desires.

We must go back to our roots,
Back to the principle of Hongik Ingan Eehwa Segae—Widely Benefitting Human, Harmonious World.
We must all wake up and pay attention.

We must see to it that we don’t have another unhappy president,
Whose last words were, “Hey, you got a cigarette?”
We must now bring an end to this environment,
In which a president had no choice but to jump off a cliff only one year after leaving office.

The choice of former president Roh Moo-hyun was courageous and resolute;
It was a final cry telling us that the Republic of Korea must no longer be this way.
The president made a choice,
And his choice was death.
He showed us that our lives are the only thing we choose.
It was entirely his choice,
Not the fate of a cow or pig,
Which has no choice but to be led pathetically to its death.

We must learn a lesson from the choice the president made.
Our lives belong to no one else;
We choose them.
They are not ours unless we choose them.
Those who choose their own life,
Those who choose to live and die,
Gain victory in life and death.

Suicide was neither holy nor beautiful for the former president,
But he was not cowardly.
He made a decision concerning what he had done,
And he can never decide again.
It wasn’t something impulsive.
He left his last words, and he said that he would embrace everything.
He was a flower that had bloomed in adversity and extreme poverty.

Everyone respected and had expectations for him.
It couldn’t last though.
There is no position of success in this world more precious than that of president.
He showed us what success is.
Even success, with all the money, honor, and power it entailed,
Ultimately ended in sad futility.

A life lived for completion is greater and more beautiful
Than one lived struggling for success.
As we pray that the soul of President Roh Moo-hyun might find peace,
We must understand why we exist at this time and what we should live for.

Let’s do our best in these times to share with others the Hongik spirit.

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Power of your mind

May 17 2009 Published by under Brain Education

All about Ilchi Lee expert dahnhak and writer of book “Healing Society”

Now try creating a ball of energy with your mind. Imagine that you are holding a bright ball of light in your hands. Feel the texture of this ball, its contours, and its perfectly round shape. Make it grow and make it shrink. Play around with it gently, never letting the sensation disappear. You have just made this energy through nothing more than the power of your mind. You willed it, and the surrounding energy came together to form a ball. Be in awe of the power of your mind.

All life is in constant motion. Even rocks and mountains are in constant vibration. Every existence is dancing to the rhythm of the Cosmic Order. Life celebrates itself through constant vibration. And through vibration we can enter into the brain stem. You will experience the reality of your life in your brain stem.

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