There are two kinds of energy in the body: warm fire energy and cold water energy. When the body is in balance and optimum health is achieved, the water energy is located in the head and the fire energy is maintained in the abdomen. This state is called "Su-Seung-Hwa-Kang." "Su" means "water," "Seung" means "go up," "Hwa" means "fire," and "Kang" means "come down." "Su-Seung-Hwa-Kang" expresses the universal principle that water energy must go up and fire energy must come down.
Ilchi Lee
"Su-Seung-Hwa-Kang" is universal principle for the life activity in both nature and the human body. In the human body, the water energy is created in the kidneys and the fire energy is produced in the heart. When the water energy moves up through the Doc-Mak (Governor Meridian Channel) located in the middle of the back, the brain feels fresh and cool. The fire energy passing through the Im-Mak (Conception Meridian Channel) located in the middle of the chest down into the abdomen keeps the intestines warm.
Try to correct any deficiencies or distortions you see in your brain, kneading, massaging, and smoothing it in the process.
Now, let’s stretch the brain in all directions… up, down, and diagonally. Depending on the individual, one direction is more comfortable than the other.
As if you are playing with a soccer ball, roll the brain to one side then the other.
Now head gently place your brain back into your .
Move your concentration to your lower Dahn-jon and breathe in and out three times. Open your eyes.
Rub your hands together briskly, making them warm, and gently massage your face, neck, and chest.
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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.
Brain research has clearly established that emotional and physical health
directly influence children’s ability to learn and consequently affect their performance
in school
(see Vail). Essentially, the best students are the happiest
students. For that reason, Brain Education seeks to enhance learning ability by
first creating happier and healthier children. Through consistent BE practice,
children gain a sense of empowerment toward the creation of a fulfilling and
healthy lifestyle.
(from ilchi.com) Prayer of Peace I offer this prayer of peace Not to the Christian God Nor to the Buddhist God Nor to the Islamic God Nor to the Jewish God But to the God of all humanity For the peace that we wish for Is Not a Christian peace Nor a Buddhist peace Nor an Islamic peace Nor a Jewish peace But a human peace For all of us. I offer this prayer of peace To the God that lives within all of us That fills us with happiness and joy To make us whole And help us understand life As an expression of love for all human beings For no religion can be better Than any other religion For no truth can be truer Than any other truth For no nation can be bigger Than the earth itself. Help us all go beyond Our small limits And realize that we are one That we are all from the earth. That we are all earth people before we are Indians, Koreans, or Americans God made the earth We humans have to make it prosper By realizing that we are of the earth And not of any nation, race, or religion. By knowing that we are truly one In our spiritual heritage. Let us now apologize to all humanity For the hurt that religions have caused So that we can heal the hurt Let us now promise to one another To go beyond egotism and competition To come together as one in God. I offer this prayer of peace To you the almighty To help us find you within all of us So that we may stand proudly one day before you As one humanity. I offer this prayer of peace With all my fellow earth people For a lasting peace on earth.
(from ilchi.com)
Prayer of Peace
I offer this prayer of peace Not to the Christian God Nor to the Buddhist God Nor to the Islamic God Nor to the Jewish God But to the God of all humanity
For the peace that we wish for Is Not a Christian peace Nor a Buddhist peace Nor an Islamic peace Nor a Jewish peace But a human peace For all of us.
I offer this prayer of peace To the God that lives within all of us That fills us with happiness and joy To make us whole And help us understand life As an expression of love for all human beings
For no religion can be better Than any other religion For no truth can be truer Than any other truth For no nation can be bigger Than the earth itself.
Help us all go beyond Our small limits And realize that we are one That we are all from the earth. That we are all earth people before we are Indians, Koreans, or Americans
God made the earth We humans have to make it prosper By realizing that we are of the earth And not of any nation, race, or religion. By knowing that we are truly one In our spiritual heritage.
Let us now apologize to all humanity For the hurt that religions have caused So that we can heal the hurt Let us now promise to one another To go beyond egotism and competition To come together as one in God.
I offer this prayer of peace To you the almighty To help us find you within all of us So that we may stand proudly one day before you As one humanity.
I offer this prayer of peace With all my fellow earth people For a lasting peace on earth.
Ilchi Lee presented this prayer at the Opening Ceremony of the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations on August 28th, 2000
(from Ilchi.com)
From Ilchi Lee’s book The Twelve Enlightenments
The direction that our human civilization has been headed toward until now was always the outside. “Stronger, higher, and faster” is not an Olympics motto any more than it is a self-declaration of the human civilization. Such movement toward the external, the outside, is inevitably expressed through activities defined by possession and domination. And the results are always more land, more money, more power… an inevitable spiral of “better and more” that leads to competition that divides us into winners and losers. Since sharing the pie would decrease one’s own piece, monopoly and absolute control drives the day. On the other hand, a direction toward the inside, toward inner civilization, leads us to strengthen our inner powers of love and peace, which are expressed through actions such as forgiveness, reconciliation, and calmness. Since the destination of this direction is perfect completion instead of absolute victory, sharing does not decrease my own lot. My perfection of the soul does not prevent others from reaching their own perfection, and my sense of peace does not lessen because I freely share it with others. Human civilization, until now, expresses our instinctive desire to grow by worshipping the body and pursuing external powers. We have come to realize that this direction will not take us forever, that it is not sustainable. This is not a value judgment of good vs. evil on our current civilization: this is an objective and impartial judgment. The reason we have to effect a shift in our civilization is not that our civilization is evil or weak, but that it is not sustainable.
Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think it’s you is not the main protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, you are not breathing; breath is naturally happening to you. You can purposely end your own life, but you cannot purposely keep your own life going. The expression, “My life” is actually an oxymoron, a result of ignorance and mistaken assumption. You don’t posses life; life expresses itself through you. Your body is a flower that life let bloom, a phenomenon created by life.