One is the first number. It’s the beginning and also the ending at the same time.

In cosmic terms, we start from the One and go back to the One. So, One is birth and is also death. Birth and death, beginning and ending, light and dark — these are some of the essential polar opposites that make up our reality.

The Korean character “Il” means “one”, so Ilchi Lee also shows these basic principles of reality in his name. “Il Chi” means “pointing the way” in the sense of pointing to the one path, the best option, the only way to go.

Posted: October 10th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Children, Choice, Dreams, Health, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Insights, Inspiration, Life, Meaning, Thoughts, hope.
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Every jewel, which has a bright and beautiful light, has been hardened deep inside the earth. After enduring this hardship, it becomes more beautiful. Same as our soul, after we are tried in the furnace, we get stronger. Ichi Lee shows us how much stronger we can become.

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Brain, Choice, Dreams, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information, Insights, Inspiration, Life, Meaning, Peace, Thoughts, education, happiness, holistic, hope.
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Each of us knows some people who are suffering from bad memories. Perhaps they were hurt, or witnessed something terrible, or any of the other myriad reasons that we become scarred. Those memories are so painful that they can’t get away from them. I am reminded of Ilchi Lee’s training methods, which in many cases have helped people learn to overcome difficult memories and reclaim their emotional autonomy.

Posted: September 15th, 2008 under Brain, Children, Choice, Dahn, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Insights, Meaning, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, holistic, hope.
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One day, my aunt asked me how you could be so calm even somebody makes you get mad?

She said, “I can’t control my emotions and they hurt me.”

Yes I have emotions too. I get hurt when somebody is hard on me.

But the important thing is not whether I have emotions or not, but how am I dealing with it.

If I am a slave of emotions I could be miserable, but I become a master of them I can live my life much more as I wish. In my case that’s the result of Dahn Yoga and Brain Respiration, and Ilchi Lee suggested these way.

Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Choice, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information, Inspiration, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts, education, happiness, hope.
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Our belief systems often end up being quit limiting to us, when the time comes for us to expand into a new paradigm, or accept a new idea; to grow. If you want to get out of your limited beliefs in order to progress, instead of avoiding or denying pain, usually there is something you have to accept. Then change comes to you. If you resist, don’t accept what’s happening, or push back against reality, often you create more difficulty for yourself. However, the catch is that you must sometimes challenge reality in order to bring about deep and long-lasting change. You must simply trust in your intuition to know what is the right course of action for you. This is the sort of thing that Ilchi Lee teaches, and each of his students bring these truths into the world, in their own way.

Posted: September 9th, 2008 under Awakening, Brain, Brain Education, Brain Wave Vibration, Choice, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Life, Meaning, Thoughts.
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I was thinking the other day about how human beings are very much like trees. The main difference is that we can walk. Trees give oxygen in the circle of life. What do human beings give to the Earth? Well, a pessimist would say it’s suffering from what human beings experience, but Ilchi Lee believes otherwise. He pioneered the healing society movement as one of the ways to heal the Earth.

Posted: September 8th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Brain Wave Vibration, Choice, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Insights, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts.
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When the flowers bloom, the earth is filled with fragrance. When a flower blooms in the heart of a human being, the world is filled with peace. I believe that the Dahn Yoga programs developed by Ilchi Lee can make flowers bloom in human being’s hearts.

Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Dahn, Dahn Yoga, Dreams, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Inspiration, Meaning, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, happiness, hope.
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For centuries, human beings desired to get to the moon. We created different kinds of aircraft, and kept launching these physical manifestations of our dreams. Eventually, we succeeded in breaking our limitations, overcoming gravity, and showing ourselves that anything is possible. Ilchi Lee has been working to bring peace in this Earth, and has brought many hopes to fruition.

Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Inspiration, Meaning, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, education.
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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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From our perceptions we construct explanations — themselves perceptions — by
which we govern ourselves. These explanations are “theories” so familiar
and established as the basis of thought and action that for us they
constitute the nature of reality. So what is reality, really?

Posted: September 4th, 2007 under Insights, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts.
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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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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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Is it possible to enhance your brain cells and have a positive effect on personal development? Recent research suggests this may be true. As described at Science Daily, adult neurons are more adaptable or “plastic” than we once thought. It is likely that development is actually an ongoing process, even into adulthood. Many have suggested that the benefits of physical exercise extend to your cognitive function and brain structure, and there is certainly some research supporting this view.

Posted: September 2nd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Children, Insights, 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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One other thought for tonight, about concern on someone else’s behalf:

It seems to me that the point is to create caution, rather than fear, because fear paralyzes any kind of motion, including good developmental changes.

Posted: September 1st, 2007 under Insights, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts.
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Sometimes I wonder how many people think about the meaning of life. I don’t mean in the Monty Python sense, but in the philosophical sense, like Buddha or Ilchi Lee or any other highly-aware individual might view the topic. Consider the peacefulness of the ocean in this picture. What does this tell us about the important things in life?

What do you think is the meaning of life? Leave a comment and let the world know!

Posted: September 1st, 2007 under Ilchi, Insights, Life, Meaning, Philosophical Thoughts.
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