There is nowhere to start but the beginning. There’s a saying that when we begin to do something, it’s half done already. We worry about our health, but it’s hard to start to do something good.

I want suggest starting a practice like Dahn yoga. Consistent practice is the best way to take care of our body and mind. I’m sure Ilchi Lee knew that when he created the practice.

Posted: October 14th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Dahn, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Peace, Quotations, Thoughts, happiness, holistic, hope.
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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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Most people would agree that music gives us so much benefit. Soft music helps us relax, dance music gets us excited, and classical music enriches our spirit. Dahn Yoga (founded by Ilchi Lee) is usually taught in a way that focuses around the style of music used for a particular class or training — like the music, the class gives us a similarly specific benefit. Ilchi Lee always uses special music during his trainings to help audience members feel the messages and get a deeper experience of the training.

Posted: September 12th, 2008 under Brain, Brain Education, Choice, Dahn, Dahn Yoga, Ilchi, Ilchi Lee, Information, Insights, Life, Thoughts, education, happiness, 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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The other day I was struggling to get going in the morning. I noticed it was because the thought of starting my day was associated with some other emotional thought, but that they didn’t have to be connected. As soon as I noticed this relationship, the emotional thought (I don’t even remember what it was anymore) lost its power. I was so happy! I had broken a recurring thought pattern that was not helping my life.

Saving the world (and myself), one thought pattern at a time!

Posted: September 17th, 2007 under Brain, Insights, Thoughts.
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One thing I’ve always liked about the Brain Education training I’ve taken is that it’s experiential. The trainer gives you an experience, and then you derive your own awakenings from it. That experience does not have to be isolated to training, because you learn things about life, the universe, and everything. Pretty cool. It’s your job to keep it up though, your job to make it real.

Posted: September 6th, 2007 under Brain Education, Insights, Thoughts.
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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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Brain Education: what an imposing title. But it’s such a simple concept. The idea (as I understand it) is to teach your brain, like a piece of computer hardware, how to work well. Instead of just stuffing it with information, to teach it how to discern, and create, and only accept information that is helpful, healthy, and productive.

Posted: September 5th, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Brain Education, Ilchi Lee, Insights, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts.
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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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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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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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When gou tune a radio dial, you think nothing of working through different degrees of the selector dial until you find a clear signal that contains content to which you want to listen. As Ilchi Lee says, “A signal reaches a radio or cell phone through the frequency of its carrier wave. Information is communicated by that frequency. It would be good, wouldn’t it, if you could draw into yourself the energy of health, happiness, and peace?”
So this begs the question: HOW do you adjust your frequency? He says, “Various frequencies and many kinds of information are found in the universe. They ultimately create who you are now. The way to draw into yourself the frequencies you want, ultimately, is found in your face.” (My face? Okaaaayyy….) 

“Close your eyes and create in your mind a state in which no frequency at all enters. You’re obtaining stability of mind in this way. Feel the peace within that state. Next, focus on your lips. Create a happy energy as you form your mouth into a smile. And then bring your mind to your eyes, your nose, and your forehead. It is in such a face that peace dwells. It’s something you create. It’s free of any condition. The instant you create it, hormones are secreted in your brain.”

Hmmm. That actually sounds practical, like it would work. I’m going to try it now. Let me know what happens for you!

Posted: September 3rd, 2007 under Awakening, Brain, Choice, Ilchi Lee, Insights, Peace, Philosophical Thoughts, Thoughts.
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