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True Love: A Poem by Ilchi Lee

I just discovered this poem the other day. I didn’t realize Ilchi Lee had written it until I got to the end. Then I was pleasantly surprised. I like it because it’s what I’m always trying to achieve in my life–true love of everything.

One thing I disagree with in it though is that discovery of true love does not always take time, although time and growth help. I think the essential ingredient is a pure, open, and accepting heart that will not give up on love regardless of the circumstances within or without. True love is not something you get or find, but simply who you are. For me, expressing it is the key.

I thought I would share the poem with you for your own reflection and inspiration. What do you think about true love? What do you think it is? How do you think you can experience it?

True Love

Love is beautiful
Powerfully addictive
Paralyzing logic
Banishing fear
Erasing loneliness

Obliterating self-consciousness
Embracing shyness
Imparting courage.

Love is selfish
Seeding hatred and tears
Turning people into knives
Cutting wounds into lovers’ hearts
Inflicting pain, grief and despair.

To know the face of true love
Requires time
Your hair frosts over
Your eyes and ears dull.
When you realize
That love is not ego
And cannot be possessed
Your body is cold
Your skin marred with age.

Then your eyes open
To new possibilities of love
Neither hot nor cold
Full of grace and forgiveness.

Loves’ essence blossoms
With respect
Its’ gentle fragrance sustains the soul
Let us open our eyes
To true love.

Ilchi Lee from Sedona

The Benefits of Brain Wave Vibration

Beyond the principles and theories that underlie Brain Wave Vibration, the most important aspect is the benefit you receive through actual practice. If you practice sincerely and with an open mind, I think you will be surprised how soon you will be¬gin to experience benefits.

The best way to understand the benefits of Brain Wave Vibration is to actually do it. In the back of this book you will find detailed instructions and suggestions that will help you make the most of the practice. Nevertheless, you can actually start right now, right here while you are sitting here reading this book. All you have to do is put this book down and gently shake your head back and forth. Close your eyes and concentrate on the movement of your head going back and forth. Just focus on the natural rhythm for one or two minutes—back and forth, back and forth. Go ahead—put the book down.

Emotions that came with the initial event

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.

Ilchi lee Brain Art Festival

Shortly after I had retrieved my bag from the baggage claim, I placed it on a cart and began to look for my student. All of a sudden, a man was standing right in front of me with his face close to mine, shouting something I didn’t understand. All I knew how to say was, “What?! What?!” Before I knew what was happening, I looked behind me and saw another man running down the corridor with my bag in his hand. Before I could think of what to do, both men had disappeared into the crowd.

To say the least, I was devastated. It seemed like such a harsh welcome to America. Many emotions came Hooding over me. The easiest thing would have been to return with my student to Korea. First impressions arc always very strong, and it was hard to resist negative information that my brain created to explain the situation. I could have concluded that America is a bad place or that this event was a bad omen. In troubled times, it is easy to fall for this way of thinking.

Ilchi lee Educator Big Step Forward In Life

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.

Ilchi Lee Brain Education Vision

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.

Ilchi Lee 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.

Ilchi Lee Brain Education Feeling Of Expansion

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.