This book of Prof Ilchi lee does not contain the answers to all the questions you might have. The messages here are, in the nature of things, incomplete.

What I hope this book will do is convince you that there ARE answers, that life’s questions do not have to be left unanswered, that life’s problems do not have to remain unsolved, that life’s future does not have to be unknown.

HT education is not about knowledge. It is an education that starts from a love for humanity, with the totality and creativity of the human being at its base. It is my firm belief that if families teach skills for health, sex education, and life purpose with love and wisdom, we will create a better world.

Look at this book as a family management manual. As I led this movement over the past two decades, inevitably, there were many times when I had to sacrifice time with my family. I feel deeply sorry about this. Through it all, my family has always believed in me and understood me, remaining loyal supporters. I know how invaluable family and family education are, and I feel a fathomless gratitude and love towards my own family that I cannot express in words.

There are four major kinds of exercises explained by Prof Ilchi Lee that older people should engage in to keep their brains stimulated and their bodies vigorous and active. You should include the following in vour routine for maximum brain health:

1.    AEROBIC EXERCISE. Also called cardio, aerobic exercise gets the heart pumping, which helps oxygen and nutrients to flow throughout the body, so it is ideal for achieving weight loss and helping keep the heart and other organs healthy. Aerobic activities counter some well-known age-related physiological changes, reverse disuse syndrome, control chronic diseases, and maximize brain function. Common aerobic activities are walking or thinking, cycling, swimming, treadmills, step machines, and dance classes.

2.    RESISTANCE TRAINING. Also known as strength training, this type of exercise requires the body’s muscles to move against an opposing force or resistance, whether you are lifting your own weight with push-ups or sit-ups, or using free weights, resistance bands, or weight machines. Over time, resistance training can not only reverse most age-related muscle loss, but can also lower the risk of diabetes, hypertension, and osteoporosis, and it improves posture, balance, and the overall function of the organs. One more benefit of resistance training that many people are unaware of is that the more muscle vou have, the faster your metabolism is.

3.    FLEXIBILITY TRAINING. Although some age-related change in flexibility is inevitable, much of the decline can be countered through daily flexibility  exercises. Exercises that stretch the muscles help to reduce muscle pain and injury, and to improve muscle function, mobility (for example, bending to pick up something, reaching overhead, or washing your back), and store. In addition to the more traditional flexibility exercises, other ways to improve your joints’ range of motion include participating in challenging activities, such as tai chi, Pilates, Dahn Yoga, and martial arts.

4.     BALANCE AND MOBILITY TRAINING. Balance and mobility training is a critical component of an exercise program that is often ignored. Falls are the leading cause of injury for people sixty-five and over. Our brain education program helps to address some of the sensory, cognitive, and motor components associated with dynamic balance and mobility.

Tao Fellowship Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Sedona Mago Garden

Tao Fellowship and Mago Garden

Looking back on its amazing first 10 years of developing and operating the Sedona Mago Gardne, the people with its nonprofit parent Tao Fellowship have realized that they can create wonderful things if they do not give up and keep going toward their vision of love of humanity and love of the earth.

Tao Fellowship people have also recognized how persistently and sincerely Ilchi Lee has guided this community and its vision to overcome obstacles and achieve respect and success.

Tao Fellowship’s past 10 years have been quite dramatic. While Mago Retreat was hardly used for several years as it awaited the auction in 1997, it was not kept properly. In the middle of a beautiful wilderness, buildings were leaking, roads and paths flooded every time it rained, visitors often overlooked the Bill Gray Road entrance and gave up coming on its dirt road, only two phone lines were available for staff and guests, and only one water tank barely supplied all the water to 125 guest rooms, seven other buildings, and the Organic Garden. Water in the desert is crucial and it was more so at that time.

In its early years, many of its staff persons at Mago Garden left discouraged and left. But after two years of struggle and mistakes, 2000 marked the start of the transformation of a primitive facility into a high-quality training center. This was accomplished by the hard work and sincerity of Tao Fellowship staff and volunteers working on these projects:

• Tao Fellowship’s new construction at Mago Garden: Mago Hall, Power Brain Hall, Staff Dormitory, Earth Hall, Healing Garden and Dahn-Guhn Lake, New Casitas (125 new guest rooms).
• Tao Fellowship remodeling of buildings: Heaven Rock House, Solar Mago House, Old Casitas II, Arirang Room, Vision Room, Vortex Room, Tao Room, Healing Room, and Juniper Room.
• Tao Fellowship paving roads and paths:  “To pave around four feet of a road with gravel, it cost $500 dollars. I paved the road with money,” said former general manager Sayong Kim.
• Tao Fellowship finding more underground water and installing four water tanks. Amazingly, children who practiced Brain Education exercises found the underground wells.
• Tao Fellowship developed eco-friendly systems, such as a Water Recycling System to regain used water from the new casitas and use it for landscape watering, and a food leftover decomposition system for fertilizing the Organic Garden.

However, when the conference was over, the head office of one of the three major religions of the world issued a statement to the effect that, “although it recognizes the right of other religions to exist, it nevertheless remains firm in its’ belief that it is the only religion that will guarantee true salvation.” This is akin to saying, “You can live your way, but you won’t be living correctly unless you live like we do, since we know that we know better than you”.

What is this but an invitation to battle, if not on a battlefield, at least in the hearts of men and women? This kind of doctrine eventually leads to real bloodshed, as history has proven time and time again. Such is the limitation of current religious systems and their complicity in perpetuating continuing crimes against humanity. Notwithstanding the many positive contributions that religions have made to civilization, they cannot lead us to ‘peace on Earth’ because they are inherently prejudicial… dividing rather than unifying.

According to Ilchi Lee views it is now time to acknowledge the ultimate and core value that is capable of encompassing and superceding the partial and prejudicial orientation of the current value systems of the world. It is the one that can become a fulcrum point that will allow balance, harmony, and peaceful coexistence of all people. This is the Earth. The Earth cannot be claimed by any one group or organization regardless of its size or power. If humanity can be said to share one collective vision, it would be peace on Earth. This collective vision may also be our only hope for survival in the very near future. To realize that we are all Earth-Humans… this is the key.

Introduction by Ilchi Lee of JWA BAN BO: This stance improves joint rotation. It strengthens the muscles in the legs and promotes active use of the lower back. It develops strength, agility, and flexibility. From Ki-ma-bo, turn as far as possible on the heel of one foot and the ball of the other foot and lower your stance.

1. Rotating your body, pivot on the bal! of your back foot and bring your right knee into the crook of your left knee as you sit into the stance, with legs crossed.

2. Look to the front.

3. Open your fists and press downward with the base of your palms so that your arms form an angle of about 45 degrees from your body.

4. Bend and rotate your wrists inward so that your fingers turn toward your body.

5. Straighten your crossed legs as you return to face the front and then perform the movement on the opposite side.

Try the following methods, picking the one that suits you best and then practicing it consistently. Each of these methods produces its own unique, subtle feelings and energies. Whatever method you choose, it is important to deeply immerse yourself in the experience so you can feel its essence. Return to the object on which you were concentrating, without making any judgments about stray thoughts that creep into your mina. Even if thoughts continue to arise in the back of your mind, keep bringing the object on which you are focusing to the front of your mine

Chanting, breathing, or imagery is generally used in order to focus during meditation, along with Ji-gam training. The Ji-gam and Dahn-mu introduced below should be absorbed into meditation by concentrating on the energy sensation. Ji-gam and Dahn-mu by Ilchi Lee are types of dynamic meditation that let the body move with the flow of energy. They especially help beginners concentrate more easily on the meditation. Vision meditation is for re-creating our lives by infusing our minds with positive thoughts, feelings, and imagery.

This is a way to create by repeating a special sound, phrase, or affirmation in you-’ mind or out IOUG. I: is very effective especially for beginners, and relatively easy compared to other methods. Frequently, the Dahn Yoga phrase, “Chun-ji-kKvoon, Chun-ji-ma-eum (Cosmic Energy, Cosmic Mind),” is used for this purpose. Inwardly, repeat “Chun-ji-ki-woon” as you breathe in and “Chun-ji-ma-eum” as you breathe out. Repeating words that put your mind at ease and give you strength, such as “peace” and “love,” or affirmations such as “I am relaxed” or “My body is not me, but mine” are also very effective.

This information is collected after great research of Prof Ilchi Lee about Ki. When someone asks, “Who are you?” we most often tell them our name. When someone points to an object and asks, “What is that?” we tell the person the name of the object. However, the name of the object is not the object itself. How far or deeply or truthfully can your name represent who you really are?

Since a name by itself is a poor substitute for a person, we use other names or titles to specify our existence in this society. I am so-and-so, the wife of so-and-so … I am a student at a such-and-such college majoring in such-and-such subject … I graduated from such-and-such school and am working for such-and-such corporation …. This goes on. However long a list you put next to your name, you will never be able to adequately express who you are. No matter how long a name may be. it is just a trademark or a label on you, but not you yourself.

A person’s name, of course, is not the only kind of name in our language. Our linguistic system is composed of names. Nouns are names by definition; verbs are names of actions; and adjectives or adverbs are names of a shape or situation. Our awareness was trained and matured in this realm of names. Therefore, when we see an object, we automatically recall the name of the object, first and foremost.

Previously, I said that meditation need not mean sitting in a special posture. Nonetheless, we can use certain physical and mental exercises to calm the noises of the mind and body, and sensitize us to the sound of the soul. The key to meditation is to exist one hundred percent in the here and now. It is a constant reawakening to this moment, as a new beginning and new opportunity, shedding the past for the pure choice of the present.

You may be thinking, “I know what kind ot lite I wish to lead. Until now, I have lived a life that is so far from that. Do I even have the right to wish for such a life purpose? Will I be able to live as I choose?” Whenever these thoughts come up, return to the present. No matter who we were up to just a moment ago, no matter what situation we were in, nothing can detract from our new choice in this moment—now. Nothing in the past can diminish the sacredness of the present.

This may be challenging. We are considering something different, so we should expect to hear the loud voices of our minds and emotions, calling us back to old habits. We should be diligent in choosing to listen to our soul. If we find our bearings and reconnect with our soul’s voice, the gap will steadily decrease. The energy behind our old formula will also diminish, as the energy supporting our new method grows through repeated practice. Let us now turn to several HT tools which can accelerate this process and help us bridge the gap.

IF WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OUR SOUL’S AWAKENING, then WC now have several options. One may choose to live as the voice directs. It is also possible to doubt the voice or come up with an excuse to avoid it. The most common scenario is fluctuating between two alternatives: at times feeling empowered in our passionate fulfillment of soul purpose and at other times reverting to old habits.

Following the path of the soul’s purpose can be rewarding and joyful, and it can be overwhelmingly difficult. At challenging junctures, we must choose again whether or not to continue on the path. During this process, our soul is an indispensable guide. Our soul knows when we are faithful or not. If we listen closely to the voice of our soul, it will show us the way. It tells us exactly how to prevail when obstacles block us. Whether we heed, or even hear, the guidance of our soul is an ongoing choice that may be repeatedly tested.

Sometimes we think of choice as a matter of consumer freedom, or as a philosophical issue of free will or responsibility. While choice can have those meanings, in this chapter I wish to talk about choice as the doorway to our creative power. To unleash this power, we must begin from the state of beingness.

by: Ilchi Lee