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It would be nice if we could simply eliminate stress in our lives with a pill, but that is not the case. Neither is it likely that you will reach a point where you have fixed all of your problems and have no challenging situations to face. Ilchi Lee says, You may say that people or events in your life are stressful, but really stress is something you generate yourself within your own mind. Controlling the effects of stress will require understanding yourself better, not changing your outside environment.

Consider, for example, two young men taking a graduate school entrance exam. Imagine they are talking the same exam and that both are equally prepared, but one person arrives at the classroom with sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat, while the other remains perfectly calm and relaxed. What really makes the difference here?

The distinction lies, Ilchi Lee adds, in the story that each of the students is telling himself. One student may be saying to himself, “I will just do my best. Everything will be fine.” Meanwhile the other is saying, “I am terrible at standardized tests, and my whole future depends on this one test.”

In both cases, the story is the creation of the prefrontal cortex, Ilchi Lee says, the part of the brain that analyzes and judges our environment. In the case of the stressed-out student, he is sending out a message that says, “Emergency! Sound the alarms!” The hypothalamus, sitting like a guard on top of the brain stem, hears the message and then relays it through hormonal and bioelectrical signals to the rest of the body. The sympathetic nervous system, also known as the fight-or-flight response, is activated — digestion is slowed, heartbeat is increased, and circulation is compromised, including in the brain.

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Quotations from Ilchi Lee’s new book Brain Wave Vibration

You have probably heard many awful stories about the health conditions of the past - stories of plague, faminine, and poverty. We look back on these times with a sense of relief that these hardships are a thing of the past for most people, at least those living in the developed contries of the world.

Yet, even while we have escaped many of these horrors, we seem to have invented our own kind of epidemic, and it is brought about entirely through our own choices. Ilchi Lee says in his new book Brain Wave Vibration, that it is the scourge called stress.

Stress has been linked to almost every illness of modern society. The list of associated diseases is staggering: heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, asthma, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia… the list goes on and on. And on top of that, there are a host of negative habits associated with the stress response - activities people do to find artificial relief, habits that throw the body into further imbalance, including overeating, smoking, and excessive consumption of alcohol.

Why, if we have been able to conquer polio, smallpox, and other deadly contagion, have we not been able to conquer this thing called stress? The answer lies in how we relate to the world from the inside out, not in how the outside world relates to us. When a doctor controls a bacterial infection with an antibiotic, he or she is attacking an invader that came from outside the body. But in the case of stress, Ilchi Lee founder of Dahn Yoga says, the effects are largely self-inflicted.

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In Dahn Yoga Brain Wave Vibration can function as a kind of energetic and creative battery charger for your body and brain. Whenever you find yourself in that energetic valley, or when you feel blocked creativity, use the method to bring new life to your day. By doing so, you are shaking loose the tension that has built up in your body, and you are opening your body to new energy. Furthermore, as you quiet your thinking mind, you give the creative right brain a chance to chime in, allowing new opportunities for innovative ideas and solutions. — Except from Ilchi Lee’s new book Brain Wave Vibration

According to Asian traditional medical models, we all have meridians that run through the body and carry life energy, known as ki. According to this model, any pain or disease that occurs in the body is the result of blockage to that energy flow. Acupuncture, a method whose efficacy has been well-established in several studies, seeks to improve the flow of energy, fine-tuning it for optimal health. Many mind-body practices, like tai chi and yoga, also help open up these pathways. Likewise, Brain Wave Vibration created by Ilchi Lee allows you to shake loose the blockages in your body for better energy flow.

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However, Ilchi Lee says they do know that one measurable form of energy does play a role in the body — bioelectricity. Bioelectricity is the language used by the brain to communicate with all the organs of the body, telling them when to spring into action, when to speed up, and when to slow down. Signals are sent down through the nervous system via nerve fibers, which signal a myriad of biological processes, from muscle movement to organ functions.

Further more, says Ilchi Lee, we know concretely that the brain transmits its own special brand of energy, called brain waves, which are associated with various states of consciousness. Interstingly, it is now the absence of these waves, rather than the cessation of the beating of the heart, that indicates clinical death.

Natural health proponents agree, says Ilchi Lee in the US that we are spending far too much time in the higher frequency beta and gamma waves, and too little time in the lower frequency waves. The higher frequency waves are associated with stress states, which in turn are associated with many mental and physical disorders.

From Brain Wave Vibration

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The full-scale globalization of Brain Education, which was created by Ilchi Lee, was proclaimed at UN Headquarters on June 20.

With world-class brain scientists and educators participating, the UN Brain Education Conference was a serious affair from beginning to end, and was filled with fascinating lectures. The speakers showed great interest in the infinite possibilities and future value of Brain Education.

And after the conference, there was the International BRain Education Association (IBREA)’s inaugural ceremony, which announced the establishment of Brain Education branch offices in 100 countries.

It is great!

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(Everyone can be enlightened. But not everyone can actualize their enlightenment…   ) 

The world is like a picture drawn on a blank sheet of paper.
Looking at that picture, people sometimes are moved
and sometimes argue endlessly:
“The color is beautiful. The shapes are crooked.”
Those with insight are not caught up in this,
For they know that life is a process of continuously adding something
to this blank sheet, of building, of creating shapes.

From the moment we are born,
We color everything and live with the illusion that this is us.
Even as we compare ourselves to innumerable colors and forms,
Creating feelings of guilt and shame,
We struggle to be free of these shackles binding us.
So our souls lack freedom and peace, and our lives are wearisome.
We are beings placed in this contradiction.

But those who pursue truth go the other way.
Peeling off layer after layer of paint and color,
They continue until only a blank sheet of paper remains.
The moment they finally see the blank sheet,
They discover Nothingness; they find the Void.

Two paths are placed before us at the moment of enlightenment.
Finding emptiness, we may fail to perceive the “True Void”
And fall into the “Indeterminate Void.”
Extreme meaninglessness and fear may rush upon us:
“So this is the substance of the world?”
We may color the blank sheet white and deceive ourselves:
White seems so clear, pure, and good.
One and None both exist because “I” remain.

Enlightenment is not the end, but the beginning.
We can transcend the world of the Void the moment we perceive it,
Thinking it of little account: “Now, I can create!”
Marvelous Existence springs from the True Void
When we leap beyond deep emptiness and cynicism to become a creating mind.
From then on, everything in life changes into the joy of creating newness.

From Ilch Lee’s lecture

(Ilchilee.com)

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You must trust yourself if you want to develop the good thoughts that you have. “I am a truly valuable and precious being. I am great life. I am a great soul.” Such a realization is needed. “Ah! So my thoughts are extremely important!” This will grow like a seed as you continue to develop it. And, like a continuously spun thread, it can be formed into something useful, like a pair of gloves or socks.

(Nowadays many people they just live without being aware of their trueself. If we trust ourself we will be heapier than now)

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From Ilchi Lee’s book Peaceology for Healing Society

 We can use a computer analogy to explain the significance of spiritual growth. A computer process consists of hardware, software, and user.

We can use a computer analogy to explain the significance of spiritual growth. A computer process consists of hardware, software, and user. Your soul is analogous to the user, your body to the hardware, and your mind, with all of your knowledge and information, to the software. Your soul provides the impetus, or desire, for spiritual growth, as the user decides what task to do on the computer. Just as we replace computer hardware when it wears out, our body regenerates on a regular basis. However, this does not mean that the user is changing. No, the user is the same and only the computer is new. As we upgrade software to a newer version, we receive newer and better information. One important distinction to keep in mind here is that as we upgrade the hardware and software, the user is growing and maturing throughout the process.

(Ilchilee.com)

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(I hope we will get this book soon in English) 

From a translation of Ilchi Lee’s book The Power of the Brain

To become your child’s teacher, you must discard your bad habits. I want you to correct these one at a time, beginning with those you don’t want your child to imitate. In the course of becoming a good parent, you will gradually be reborn and grow to be a better person. You will taste the joys of growing day by day along with your child.

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Ilchi lee was featured as a special guest lecturer on KBS-1 TV, March 13, 2007. He presented an hour-long broadcast lecture about the HSP Youthful Walking Method, titled Walk for a Long Healthy Life. KBS-1 TV’s program Front Yard in the Morning is a one of the major morning programs reaching up to five million people throughout South Korea.

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