With some focus, you can control the information that forms your worldview. Each part of your daily experience is based on information, and with careful scrutiny you can choose what information you keep and what you discard or reject. Even pain is simply information, translated into feeling. When you don’t give up in the face of difficult information, or negative information, or discouraging information, but you proactively choose different information instead, you will discover like Ilchi Lee that you have the power to get over the pain, to move beyond your challenges. You can say ‘I did it!”

Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Brain Wave Vibration, Choice, Dahn, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information, Insights, happiness, holistic.
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This is a part of teaching by Ilchi Lee on Focus and Attachment.

Let’s say that my brain remembers some intense pleasure. Then it will want to reproduce that pleasure. Or, if it remembers some intense pain, it will want to avoid that pain. For example, if a person has satisfied her need for recognition and control, and so has the pleasurable memory of feeling better as a result, her brain will try to satisfy those needs again, to receive recognition or control others. If someone had a very intensely painful experience with a hard training, his brain will want to flee in fear on just hearing the word “hard training”. Human beings have bodies, and so they have pleasures that come out of their desires. They have desires for food, sex, sleep, leisure, and they have an ego; they also have the pleasure of feeling better when they satisfy these things. Physiologically, the brain seeks to reporduce those pleasures according to the information that is stored in it.

As a result, it concentrates on various desires in ways that are different from what I intend. That concentration doesn’t drop off easily, either. They lay hold of my mind and won’t let go. This is attachment. And they seek to avoid pain in circumstances where pain is anticipated. That’s why resistance arises in my brain when I want to concentrate on my wish to do a hard training. This is the brain’s emergency brake. All of these pheonomena arise based on the memories and animal desires of the brain. At such times, I am unable to concentrate as much as I would like to concentrate. To put it another way, the brain is focused by emotion and desire. My mind is led about by them.

Posted: August 7th, 2008 under Brain, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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I like the movie ‘The Secrets’. It says about the principle of attraction very clearly. In the movie, it says ‘Thoughts become things’. That’s why positive thoughts are important, we need to focus on good things to be manifested. To do that, no matter what’s happening now, we need an ability to imagine something good.

If possible, we’d better see,hear,feel something good in our daily lives. Because they will help us to imagine something good again. That is, we need to feed our brain with good information such as Good messages, Good views, Good sounds, …

Today I ride a bicycle for about 2 hours. It smells very fresh around meadow, it’s so beautiful landscape. Naturally I got to have good thoughts in my brain. Also I did some practice of Brain Wave Vibration there. There seems no people around me, I shouted to myself, ‘Im a master of my thought, my life. I’m creating my dream~’ Ilchi Lee sometimes says, it is easy to stop thought unwanted in our brain by chanting or shouting something good.

Posted: August 3rd, 2008 under Brain Wave Vibration, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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When we go down a road for the first time, we feel nervous and look carefully as we move forward. But we don’t think anything of going down a well-travelled road and just proceed without caution. The brain is the same way. When making a new choice, we ask all kinds of questions, such as “Is it right?” or “Is it safe?”. But if we continue this same behavior, then it becomes a habit and we just do that action each time without thinking about it. This means that a circuit which has been habitualized in the brain is performed by the brain without doubt or fear. But when making a new decision which is not an everyday practice, we must overcome the functions of doubt and fear that strongly resist our decision.

How can we increase the power to overcome doubt and fear? One effective way is imagination. Keep an imagination that how great or joyful we feel when we achieve a new decision or dream. Repeat and repeat. Then a new circuit will be formed in our brain. If that dream is really what we want, such an imagination will be not that difficult.

Now I’m thinking about habits I want to change. And I’m asking to myself if I really want to change them. If not, I need a new information and practice for my brain ready to accept that information. For example, through ‘Brain Wave Vibration method by Ilchi lee. Let’s become a master over our brain.

Posted: July 26th, 2008 under Brain Wave Vibration, Choice, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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Yesterday, I went to a bicycle hiking to mountains near my house. Riding a bicycle, Hiking, Exercising Brain Wave Vibration,…It was a great time for me. And when I got back, it started raining and I had to be wet fully. But I imagined that the drops of rain on my head and body are like cosmic energy from heaven. And the wind, the sound of water-fall, the sunshine after rain are all for cleaning my inside of body. I felt I was so blessed. And I experienced very special thing. I saw a small rainbow, a size of a small hill. It was at just a few feet front of me. So I tried to touch it ^^. I could understand I can’t do it. Then I imagined again with eyes closed that the rainbow is coming inside of my body and my body becomes shining like a rainbow man. I felt so peaceful and thankful. I thought I gave my brain a beautiful image and a great information.

Brain has lots of information. Some of them are not wanted one but come to my brain on a certain time in a certain way I don’t remember. Then that information is affecting my life consciously or unconsciously. We need to release that kind of negative information and feed positive information. Ilchi Lee says, ‘a human life depends on the amount and quality of information of his brain.’ Let’s practice and take many good experience for our healthy brain.

Posted: July 21st, 2008 under Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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I began Dahn Yoga in February 2006. My major health condition like many other middle aged men was frequent urination too many times to count. This condition was most active at night. Getting up 8 10 times per night was keeping me very stressed.

After two months of Dahn Yoga practice I noticed I was not getting up as many times. Now I get a full nights sleep. As a result I am more patient, more focused and much less irritable.

For confidentiality and personal embarrassment reasons I do not want to divulge my complete name. Many men like myself would be happy to know there is some relief out there besides medications.

Ray

Posted: June 11th, 2008 under Dahn, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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Chris

I enjoy my Dahn program because:

The teachings, philosophy and exercise have led me to a greater understanding of myself. I feel more healthy and happy than before I started this practice.

My Dahn practice has benefited me in the following ways:

More flexible body and mind. I carry less stress the time I get to spend with my wife and children it better less arguing and fighting. We have greater happiness and love because my ability has increased as I have become more in touch with myself.

I believe Ilchi Lee should be recognized because:

The teachings, philosophy and exercise taught at Dahn are a direct result of the dedicated thought, practice and sharing of Ilchi Lee. I think the whole humanity can benefit from the peace and love that result from the teachings of Ilchi Lee.

Posted: June 10th, 2008 under Dahn Yoga, DahnMuDo, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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How you ever sat for a long time pondering the purpose of your existence? Try it, and then let us know how it went:

Posted: October 12th, 2007 under Awakening, Dreams, Information, Insights, hope.
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One thing I’ve learned through my BEST 5 training is that whatever your mind focuses on will begin to happen. Related circumstances and information will come your way. This is one way to achieve a goal, by focusing on it. This sounds kind of obvious, what most people would say, but when I heard it the way Ilchi Lee explains, especially by explaining it through energy, I began to understand it more deeply. I gained new insights through practicing it. Thank you.!

Posted: September 13th, 2007 under Brain, Ilchi Lee, Information.
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Good morning again! I seem to find myself posting in the morning often. Today as I drank some delicious peach juice, I found myself wondering about the inspirational power of laughter. What do you think?

Posted: September 5th, 2007 under Awakening, Choice, Dreams, Health, Information, Insights, Inspiration, Life, Meaning, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts, education, happiness, hope.
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Smith College (www.smith.edu) is a well-respected educational institution. While browsing their departmental webpages, I was struck by this image on the Education page:

What does it say to you? Does it inspire you to study? To fill your brain with information? To learn how to educate others? Or does it inspire you to find your own inspiration in teaching, learning, and becoming truly wise?

Posted: September 5th, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Health, Information, Insights, Inspiration, Life, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts, education, happiness, hope.
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Jokes about the human brain abound. Consider this image, representing one common are of brain humor:

But what does this really say about human beings: that we are cynical? We don’t value half the population? What??

Posted: September 4th, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Children, Choice, Information, Insights, Life, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts, hope.
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I don’t know much about the Buddha. Does anyone else out there? I’d love to learn a little about him, but I don’t know where is a good place to start.

Posted: September 4th, 2007 under Choice, Ilchi Lee, Information, Insights, Life, Meaning, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts.
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How many educational programs purport to develop the brain? Not that many, I think. Many claim to develop children’s thinking power, or their knowledge base, or life skills, but how many are focused directly on developing their brains in a wide and beneficial manner?

Posted: September 3rd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Children, Choice, Ilchi Lee, Information, Insights, Life, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts.
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Here’s some shocking news for you: shampoo will mess up your brain! Diethanolamine (DEA) is a chemical that can be found in shampoo, hairspray, and soaps. When researchers at the

University of
North Carolina applied it to pregnant mice, the offspring suffered from impaired brain development.  

So the moral of the story is: don’t wash your pregnant mice with shampoo!

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Choice, Health, Information, Meaning.
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The human brain begins forming very early, just three weeks after conception, but brain development is really a lifelong project. Consider a parallel to the growth of a tree or garden plant. Since humans and plants have a similar growing process (this structure of growing is near-universal, actually) the parallel can be instructive. First you must fertilize the seed and plant it in a nurturing environment. Throughout growth you must provide sustenance, nurture, and other forms of support. When a child is not in an adequate environment, especially an abusive or otherwise damaging environment, their brain does not develop normally. Because young children, right from that first phase of brain development in utero, are incredibly impressionable, their brains incorporate their environmental stimuli more deeply and easily than adult brains. This feature of plasticity is both a benefit and a drawback: children learn well and deeply, but are easily influenced by detrimental input.

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Children, Choice, Health, Information, Meaning.
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Recently PBS put out a marvelous special on the brain. PBS usually creates good quality programs, but this one is particularly special. It is organized according to phases of life: babyhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. What about children’s brains? Somehow I feel that they’re leaving out an important stage of life…

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Brain, Children, Health, Information, Insights, Meaning.
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Perhaps you remember the pattern when you were a teenager: you were sleepy during the day, especially during classes; around 9 or 10pm you were wide awake and raring to go. You went to bed at perhaps midnight, and then woke up at 6:30 or even 6:00 to get ready for school, starting classes around 7:30. This rhythm created the infamous “sleep debt” that so many adolescents and adults carry, which directly affects performance, alertness, and enthusiasm for life. Many sleep researchers and adolescent advocates have pushed for later start times for older kids; the research shows that teenagers actually need more than 9 hours of sleep, as much as little kids. How’s that for surprising research?

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Choice, Dreams, Health, Information, Insights, Meaning.
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This morning I read a Scientific American article (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0003381E-AE30-1429-ABEF83414B7F0000) about the brain development of especially intelligent kids. Interestingly, the main differences observed were regarding brain mass, specifically in the cortex: “Whereas an average child’s cortex thickness peaked around age eight, the smartest children experienced thickening of the cortex until early adolescence.” The article did not speculate much on the significance of this difference, merely stating that further research is needed.

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Brain, Health, Information, Insights.
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Have you ever heard of the term “brain drain”? It refers to the loss of talented and/or educated people from one country to another, usually for economic reasons. It is worse when the originating country, often a developing nation, provides education and then loses the individual to another country, often a more stable nation, where that person expects more opportunity. Now, this is all very interesting, but why is it called “brain drain”? Why not “talent drain” or “amazing-people-we-want-to-keep drain”?

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Brain, Health, Information, Life.
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