Ilchi Lee

I discovered today that Ilchi Lee’s website has multimedia experience for visitors. I’ve seen the one showing him doing Dahn Mu (energy dancing). It was quite beautiful and inspiring. I could really feel universal truth emanating from his body, even from a video. If you would also like to watch, you can click here.

In August, Ilchi Lee met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban, Ki-moon. The agreed that the biggest problems facing the world today are global warming, war and hunger. Ilchi Lee’s solution to these problems is treating the source– the human brain. Using Brain Education, each person can create a happy, peaceful, and productive brain. They can manage their brains well and from that learn how to manage the earth well. They will be more aware of how they are intimately connected to the earth. By paying attention to the problem of managing the earth, they will find the solutions necessary to solve these serious and ongoing problems it faces.

Ilchi Lee developed Jangsaeng (Longevity) Walking and has been sharing it all over the world. Most recently he gave a lecture and demonstration on it in Nara, Japan for 160 persons in on October 5, 2007. 

Here is the best description of Jangsaeng Walking I’ve seen so far on Ilchi Lee’s Official Website.
Jangsaeng Walking is a simple yet highly beneficial way of walking, whether around the house or around the neighborhood. It involves an enhanced awareness of body angle, pelvic tilt, breath, and other body mechanics. In particular, one should walk with a firm sense of the weight distributing to the balls and toes of the foot. According to Oriental Medicine, this area contains the Yong-chon acupressure point, which is the start of meridian (energy channel) for the kidney. Kidney health relates to the speed and intensity of the aging process. Jangsaeng Walking helps to strengthen calf muscles, which put gentle pressure on the Yong-chon point. In Oriental health theory, flowing kidney energy contributes to keeping us young and healthy. Jangsaeng walking activates the power of your mind’s awareness, which has a strong influence on the body and brain.

Ilchi Lee has been talking a lot about brain waves recently. (See www.ilchilee.com.) He also teaches that each person’s body, mind, and soul are connected. All of humanity is also connected to each other and to heaven and earth. So each person is very precious, and each person’s brain waves are very precious. Their brain waves influence their body, their environment, and what they create in their life. That’s why Ilchi Lee seeks to help each person have healthy brain waves that will make themselves and everything around them healthy, happy, and peaceful

Ilchi Lee describes how our brain works as a Brain Operating System or BOS. He is always finding new ways we can all maximize the potential of our BOS and use 100% of our brain. There are 3 laws for a healthy and efficient BOS:

1. If you choose it, it happens.

2. Good news makes a good brain.

3. Wake up and pay attention.

As always, Ilchi Lee has given us simple but profound and effective tools for our own growth and happiness. You can find more of his tools and philosophy at his official website: www.ilchilee.com.

“A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood” ~ Chinese Proverb

I saw this proverb on a sign in front of a church in Jamaica Plain. It is the opposite of the way I feel when I do exercises Ilchi Lee has taught such as jin dong (vibration), ji gam, or dahn mu (energy dance). My mind slowly opens more and more. It feels more flexible, calm, beautiful and bright.

This is a message from Ilchi Lee. It sounds like what I’d been searching for all of my life. What do you think?

Enlightenment is true love. Without knowing your True Self, it is hard to know what true love is. Although we have spoken of true love throughout history, Loving without knowing your True Self cannot be true love. Exploring the roots of this kind of love, you will eventually Meet betrayal and attachment The reason we must become enlightened Is to recover the true love that lies insides our hearts.

1. Ilchi Lee has great understanding of the deepest truth.

2. He is committed to helping and healing humanity and the earth.

3. He can use universal energy and creativity well.

Dr. Ilchi Lee

“Feel your brain.” You frequently hear this at Dahn Centers, especially during Brain Respiration training. Although the brain processes all the information that it receives through its sense nerves, it does not possess receptors that allow it to feel itself. So, how then can we “feel our brain?”

To begin, we must understand that our body is composed of matter, energy and information. Matter flows through our body via blood vessels, information flows through our body via the nervous system and energy flows through our body via meridians. Just like the vascular and nervous systems, meridians direct energy to the organs of the body. Ilchi Lee
Although we cannot ordinarily feel the flow of this energy, we can when we concentrate, keeping our focus on the “here and now.” It is through focused awareness of energy that we can feel the brain. Each person possesses a different degree of this awareness, but anyone can easily cultivate this sense through concentration and practice. An example of this sense is the ability to sense the “atmosphere” of a place or situation. The degree of this sense depends on how sensitive your senses are and how focused your consciousness is.

The most effective way to feel your brain is to utilize your hands and head (scalp). Our palms are very sensitive to energy because they contain energy points that are connected to our entire body. Our scalp contains several important energy centers (or acupressure points) and functions as the conduit through which energy enters and exits. Important energy points include the Baek-hoe at the top of the head, the Ah-mun at the back of the head, the Tae-yang at the temples, and the In-dang at the center of the forehead. These energy centers are also linked to the various lobes of the brain: the Baek-hoe corresponds to the parietal lobe (sense of touch), the Ah-mun to the occipital lobe (vision), the Tae-yang to the temporal lobe (hearing and memory) and the In-dang to the frontal lobe (reasoning and emotion).

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At the Dahn Center where I work, in Newton, Massachusetts, members anticipate Fridays with excitement and trepidation. They love how they feel after class on Fridays. But they don’t always love the process. On Fridays we do an intensive exercise to release stress that combines vibration exercise, (jin-dong), and Yeon-dahn, where participants hold a posture for 20-25 minutes.

Friday classes are for purification. First, we pat our bodies all over to awaken the blood and energy flow. Then we dance around the room wildly, eyes closed, to traditional Korean drumming music (Salmunori). We sweat, breathe hard, and release accumulated tension and fatigue from our bodies, finishing class by accumulating new energy through Yeon-dahn.

At the end of class, we finally rest. The last few minutes of breathing are luscious and pure. Our rest is well earned. Our bodies and minds feel light and clean. To immerse yourself in vibration exercise, you must understand its purpose. The exercise allows you to access Yuln’yo, the deepest vibration within your being, which originates in your brain stem. Hidden, it makes you breathe, allows your heart to beat, and sustains your life. Lost in our emotions and thoughts,we are not normally in contact with this vibration. However, during vibration training, you can move out of your conscious mind and into your unconscious. As you access this “no thought, just act” mode, your body will move freely and creatively. You can release stagnant energy that has accumulated from too many emotions, too much thinking, and too little action. Yuln’yo will open your heart and heal your body.

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