Ilchi Lee, founder of Dahn Yoga

Ilchi Lee on Power Brain Kids: Introduction 3

By Phil on Jul. 10, 2008.

From Power Brain Kids by Ilchi Lee

For this reason, we must help our children develop brains prepared for this expanded role. Through proper education, the world becomes a treasure trove of possibility for our children, rather than a dreaded Pandora’s box of contradictory ideas and misinformation. In the past, educational systems have focused on the storage of facts appropriate to the culture in which they exist. That approach is no longer adequate in today’s complex world. Children must develop skills to make their minds flexible and highly adaptive.

The primary goal of Brain Education is to create “power brains” that are creative, peaceful, and productive. Its intention is not only to make better students but also to create happier, healthier people. While education traditionally emphasizes analytical and verbal skills (consider, for example, the content of the SAT), Brain Education develops interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, as well.

Ilchi Lee on Power Brain Kids: Introduction 2

By Phil on Jul. 9, 2008.

From Power Brain Kids by Ilchi Lee

Brain-based models of education are becoming increasingly popular, perhaps because today’s children will be required to use their brains as no other generation before them. As the population has soared, the human world has in many ways shrunk, bringing people closer together through the technologies of communication and transporation. John Donne said long ago that “no man is an island,” but this may be truer today than ever before. In the twenty-first century, one could also contend that “no culture is an island,” as peoples merge and interact in ways unique in human history. This trend has brought great blessings and many challenges to the human condition.

Our children do not live in a world where belief systems and bodies of knowledge are passed from generation to generation without external influences. Rather, today’s child must face a veritable smorgasbord of information from which to choose. Our children must be able to adapt and process all this varied information easily and peacefully, so that they can make the best choices for themselves and the world as a whole.

Ilchi Lee on Power Brain Kids: Introduction 1

By Phil on Jul. 8, 2008.

From Power Brain Kids by Ilchi Lee

Wouldn’t it be great if we could guarantee our children’s happiness? Virtually all parents and educators want to raise children who become highly productive, culturally aware, and emotionally secure adults. Yet so many children head into adolescence and young adulthood filled with angst and doubt about the meaning and direction of their lives.

Realistically, there is no way we can guarantee anyone’s happiness, including that of our own children. However, we can provide tools to help them achieve greater happiness on their own. This book, which is based on the Brain Education (BE) training system, places the source of happiness in the brain, not in external things, such as academic or financial success. It is based on the notion that happy, confident people are more likely to be more successful in all areas of life.

by Ilchi Lee

Distinguished Speakers in UN conference

By healingfamily on Jul. 1, 2008.

At the UN conference of Brain Education (6/20/2008), the distinguished speakers had lecture

They are:
Antonio Damasio, M.D., Ph.D, Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, author of Descartes’ Error (Neuroscience, Education and Culture)
Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D., author of My Stroke of Insight, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential persons (How to Use the Brain Well)
Ilchi Lee, President, University of Brain Education and IBREA (Brain Education – Our Hope for the Earth)
Eran Katz, Regional Coordinator for IBREA Israel and author of Secrets of a Super Memory (Unlimited Potential of the Brain)

Jessie Jones, Ph.D., Co-Director of the Center for Successful Aging, California State University, Fullerton (Brain Education for Successful Aging)
Dong-geun Seul, Commissioner of Education, Busan, South Korea (Character Education and Brain Education)
Warrington Parker, Jr., Ph.D., Vice President, IBREA USA (Brain Education in U.S. Schools)
Helene-Marie Gosselin, Director, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, New York Office (Education for a Culture of Peace)
Hanifa Mezoui, Ph.D., Chief, NGO Section, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN (UN Millennium Development Goals).

Everybody’s lecture was so impressed, and gave us lots of hope for our future.

First I want to introduce the topic of Dr. Jill Taylor’s lecture.

How to Get Your Brain to Do What You Want It to Do

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Author, My Stroke of Insight

On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven year old Harvard-trained neuroscientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain – the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side – swung in and out of function, she alternated between two distinct and opposite realities: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized that she had had a stroke and enabled her to seek help. In this talk, Dr. Taylor will share her perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery; the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain; and the recalibration of her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from the right brain.

http://drjilltaylor.com/

Again at the United Nations 6/20/2008

By healingfamily on Jun. 30, 2008.

Ilchi Lee stands at the United Nations again.

It was August 28th 2000, when he stood at the UN at the first time. He offered “Prayer for Peace” in front of many illustrious religious and spiritual leaders at the UN’s main conference hall. 

After that he said that he would not end this only with a prayer, and that he promised himself that he would come back to the UN after making tools and methods to help the world realize peace.

He stood at the UN again with the method of “Brain Wave Vibration” on June 20th 2008.

Now I want to share what he prayed 8 years ago: Prayer of Peace.

I offer this prayer of peace
Not to any one god nor to many gods
Not to the Christian god
Nor to the Jewish god
Nor the Buddhist god
Nor the Islamic god
And not even to the indigenous gods of many nations
But to the divinity within that we all hold inside
That makes us all brothers and sisters
To make us truly a One Family
In the name of Humanity.

I offer this prayer of peace
To the cosmic Oneness that is our birthright
And our privilege
And our strength
That should we let it shine and show us the way
Will guide us to the road of peace
Not the Christian peace
Not the Jewish peace
Not the Islamic peace
Nor the Buddhist peace
And not even the indigenous peace of many nations
But the human peace
That has a place in the hearts of all people
To allow us to truly fulfuill our divine potential
To become the children of one humanity.

I offer this prayer of peace
To allow us all to realize
The truth of our existence
To allow us all to discover
The sanctity of our lives
To allow us all to seek
The spirituality of our beings
Please allow us to experience
With all our hearts and our souls
The intimate connection to the divine
That we all possess inside
For our bodies are the temples of worship
And our souls the altars
Upon which we shall stand tall
And live out the true meaning
Of our Existence.

For the time for the enlightened few is over
The age of elitist enlightenment has passd
For how long do you seek to wait for prophets
To come down from mountaintops
And tell us what to do
We all must become enlightened
To recognize our divinity
To raise up our consciousness
And proclaim our independence
From blind reliance on long ago sages
And find the answers from our own well
Of spiritual wisdom
We must ourselves become the enlightened ones
We must ourselves realize our Oneness
I declare that we must all become “earthlings”
Of the earth
And not of any religion, nation, or race.
But of this earth, for this earth, and by this earth
To create a lasting peace
On earth.

I offer this prayer of peace
For the United Nations
In which we stand here today
To lift itself from the quicksand of politickery
And live out its distinctly spiritual goal
To eradicate the disease of war
And create an equitable and peaceful world.
Let us hope that the UN finds the strength and the will
To become the spokesperson for all people of the earth
And not just for th few priviledged nations
Let us wish upon the UN the wisdom
To become the beacon that we can all follow
To the promised land of love and peace
I pray to thee
God of all gods, the divine that lives within us and connects us in One Life
That you grant us the vision to establish a Spiritual UN
That will guide us into the next millennium.

I offer this prayer of peace
With all my fellow “earthlings”
For a lasting peace on Earth.

Angles

By Phil on Jun. 18, 2008.

Ilchi Lee’s In Full Bloom:

Although the mind is important to the creation of a young energy age, one cannot ignore the body itself. Energy travels through the body in a definite way, and it only makes sense to work with it, not against it. For that reason, the Jangsaeng metjhod advocates specific angles of the body to consider when walking. You may be used to walking unconsciously, so at first this may seem a little burdensome. But after a little practice, it will become automatic and will feel completely natural.

Mind over matter

By Phil on Jun. 18, 2008.

Ilchi Lee says:

The same is true for the energy we feel in our bodies. When imagining that we can feel energy through our hands, it really happens that way, and if we imagine that energy is collected in the lower abdomen, then energy is really collected in the lower abdomen. One can only feel energy by focusing the consciousness — not by knowledge, analysis, or judgment.

Jangsaeng Walking is partially based on this notion that energy follows the mind. Part of the goal is to teach the body to walk youthfully, which might be something you have never really done since bad habit can start early. Through walking youthfully, your body will regain the attributes of youth, as will your mind. Finally, my hope is that this feeling of energetic youthfulness will follow you into all areas of your life, creating a more vital and satisfying style of life.

Jangsaeng Method

By Phil on Jun. 16, 2008.

by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones

In Eastern thought, there is a saying, “Where the mind goes, energy follows.” Essentially, energy flows following our conscious thought. In fact, everything that we accomplish in this world begins with a conscious thought. For example, if you admire a tall building in the middle of the city, you can say that it all began in the mind of the architect working in tandem with the investors, contractors, and workers who brought it into being. As all these minds came together, energy began to flow toward the fulfillment of the vision. In that way, imagination became reality. Every space mission, every classic piece of art, every saintly act began as a thought in someone’s mind.

Getting a leg up

By Phil on Jun. 12, 2008.

From In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones

When the legs get weak, you feel that moving the body itself is difficult and cumbersome. This creates a vicious cycle of inactivity leading to more inactivity. If you sit around because you feel weak, your muscle mass lessens and you become more weak. The aging process of the legs rapidly progresses due to prolonged lack of exercise, and eventually it becomes difficult to even sit down and stand up, which is the picture of old age that we all dread.

To be alive is to move. Be appreciative about the fact that you have two legs that can sustain the body, that you can go anywhere on them, and move your legs in earnest. The more you move them, the stronger the muscles will get.

Getting a leg up on the competition: Ilchi Lee

By Phil on Jun. 11, 2008.

From In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones

In Korea, we have a saying: “Healthy legs, long life.” The legs may in fact be the source of strength and vitality in the body. The vitality of the body depends on the amount of muscle mass, and approximately thirty percent of the body’s muscle mass is concentrated in the legs. Ilchi Lee says “Athletes have over forty percent muscle mass in the legs.” The more muscle mass you have, the more energy you have. By contrast, the less muscle mass you have, the less energy you will have.

Practical: Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones

By Phil on Jun. 6, 2008.

From In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones

You can easily apply this concept to walking since it is something you already do every day anyway. Simply find ways to add steps to your day, to create “walking snacks” throughout your day. for example, instead of circling around the parking lot looking for the closest parking space, park at the outer edge of the lot, and apply Jangsaeng Walking as you walk toward the building. Or get in the habit of standing up and walking around in proper posture whenever you receive a cell phone call.

A Practical Solution: Ilchi Lee

By Phil on Jun. 5, 2008.

From In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones.

The greatest aspect of walking is its practicality. Walking requires no special equipment or clothing, and it can be done at just about any place and any time. Even the busiest person can find time to work it into a schedule. Just start by finding creative ways to add more steps to your day, and soon you will find that you have doubled your level of physical activity without ever paying a single gym membership or buying any sort of fitness gadget.

If you are used to thinking that your exercise routine must happen in long, sustained bouts several times a week, think again. A recent study suggests that short “exercise snacks” are a way to boost your cardiovascular fitness and to keep excess fat off your body. In other words, the thirty to sixty minutes of exercise you need do not have to happen all at once; they can happen in short ten- to fifteen-minute increments throughout the day.

In Full Bloom: successful aging by Ilchi Lee

By Phil on Jun. 3, 2008.

First of all, please accept that walking is real exercise. One unfortunate misconception is that exercise needs to be extremely intense to work at all. People commonly think they are not really working out unless they are sweating profusely and every muscle of their body is aching. This is simply not the case and, in fact, bursts of intense exercise may actually be detrimental for all but the most highly trained athletes.

Most health experts agree that people should work out at about sixty-five to eighty-five percent of their maximum heart rate. This seems to be the training zone in which individuals experience the greatest health benefits, in particular increasing cardiovascular fitness and body fat reduction. If you interrupt your sedentary lifestyle with sudden bouts of high-impact aerobics or sprinting, you might not be helping yourself, and you may be doing more harm than good. Walking at a steady, moderate pace will help you achieve and maintain the ideal heart rate quickly and easily.

Ilchi Lee on Jangsaeng Walking

By Phil on May. 28, 2008.

From In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Dr. Jessie Jones. (p. 179)

You might say that Jangsaeng Walking began as a “lucky break.” Ilchi Lee was horseback riding one day when the horse came to an abrupt stop, and he was catapulted off, sustaining serious injuries for which doctors prescribed a full month of bed rest.

Having always been extraordinarily active and healthy, as well as having helped people heal their bodies for nearly thirty years, I was determined to get started healing my own. While I respected the doctor’s opinion and recommendation of bed rest, I began hatching a plan to get my body moving again the moment the doctor left the room. Though any movement was excruciatingly painful, I began by simply breathing deeply and making small movements. Within one day of the accident, I was able to take a few standing steps.

Over the next few months, as I worked to bring life back into my injured body, the Jangsaeng Walking method came to life as well.

Ilchi Lee Brain Wave Vibration

By heather on May. 23, 2008.

Ilchi Lee:

We have a highly developed neocortex. It is so dominant that it sometimes leads to suppression of the limbic system and the brainstem. The best way to tone down the activity of the neocortex and maximize the effeciency of the brainstem is with a repetitive, continuous rhythm, as when you fall asleep to the monotonous hum of an air conditioner.

Brain Wave Vibration exercise uses repetitive rhythmic vibration to tone down the activities of the neocortex, activate the limbic system, and allow you to connect with the life energy that resides in your brainstem.

Brain Wave Vibration allows you to take initiative to ignite a vibrational reaction in your own body. There are not any set or predetermined patterns for self-vibration. You just let your body go along with the natural rhythm of life. If you like, play music with a strong, rhythmical drum beat. Release any self-consciousness that interferes with giving free rein to your movements. Do not be upset when stray thoughts and emotions enter your mind. Just let them pass.