"Listen to the voice of the cedars when no wind stirs.
There you will find yourself."
this is a quote from Ping!, that story of a frog. i even found the picture that the author mentions in the epilogue. anyway, i was reading that book and this quote was just so beautiful i had to have it. and of course i had to share it with you.
i haven't been blogging very regularly lately, for various silly reasons.. one of them being that i feel like i'm going through some sort of spiritual puberty or something, and that in itself is quite an emotional rollercoaster ride. you can imagine, you know? i guess one good thing about satisfying books is that they take you through the whole process to the breakthrough, and you gain something from that. but with blogs.. like this, like mine. i'm a living, breathing person and there's no way to know for sure how the story will end, or when. i definitely hope and plan for the best. but just the same, objectively speaking, there's no way of knowing for sure. plus, on the one hand, although the vast majority of the 6 billion people in the world don't even know i exist, there are people who do know me, and at times it simply isn't very wise to reveal your every vulnerability.
so that's where i'm at now...
although i suppose, in a way, it might be better for me to illustrate my spiritual angst in detail--so the reader can go through the pain with me and when the breakthrough comes, experience the breakthrough together. but for now i opt for waiting until the breakthrough and then telling the whole (complete) story.
so please bear with me until i have my breakthrough.. :o)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
some pix i wanted to share..
This is me and Bearistotle (teehee~ sorry, inside joke..)
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and this... this is like, can you say "redundant"?
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and this... this is like, can you say "redundant"?
Sunday, December 2, 2007
oh i forgot to mention the other day...
it was my birthday on the 29th (of november, yes) and i got a call from Umma that my grandfather passed away. i don't think i'm going to be able to make it to the funeral...
it's kinda strange, but i've never seen a real live dead person. or, as some strongly-computerworld-oriented people might put it, in RL. see, sometimes i r0xx0rs. or something like that. well anyway, somehow it just.. um.. doesn't really feel real to me, i guess. so i don't feel particularly sad.
my grandparents on my father's side died before i was born, so i guess this is kinda the first 'death in the family' for me. i had a cousin who was killed in a car crash a few years back, but as a cousin i think he was several times removed (or something like that-- he was my mother's sister's husband's sibling's son, i think). but i only heard about that, too.
anyway. i think i'm just about ready for a windfall. i'm braced for the avalanche of good news coming my way~ :o)
it's kinda strange, but i've never seen a real live dead person. or, as some strongly-computerworld-oriented people might put it, in RL. see, sometimes i r0xx0rs. or something like that. well anyway, somehow it just.. um.. doesn't really feel real to me, i guess. so i don't feel particularly sad.
my grandparents on my father's side died before i was born, so i guess this is kinda the first 'death in the family' for me. i had a cousin who was killed in a car crash a few years back, but as a cousin i think he was several times removed (or something like that-- he was my mother's sister's husband's sibling's son, i think). but i only heard about that, too.
anyway. i think i'm just about ready for a windfall. i'm braced for the avalanche of good news coming my way~ :o)
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
So, is it good, bad, or ugly?
Hey, look what I found:
"Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Taking Dahn Down
'If the hard-hitting reporting keeps hitting this hard, Dahn Yoga is going to be 'circulating' right back to Korea and straight up the ass of Ilchee Lee, the mega-monster fraudster who started it all.Nice try with the college recruitment "Body and Brain" clubs, though.'
'Dahn Yoga is a money grab and destructive cult. It's as clear as a summer morning in New Mexico. I'm only reporting what others have found.With regards to my activity, folks need to begin to understand that self-realization does not make anyone any more special or more divine. Gurus use the myths about self-realization to prop themselves up on a pedestal that does nothing but foster ignorance rather than promote clarity. If I'm to take any karmic hits for that, it will still be worth it.' "
So this is from the blog of someone who apparently claims to be "revealing self-aggrandizement and superstition in self-realization since 2005." Personally, I find it quite distasteful. It's like.. would you really want to be with this kind of person? It's so interesting how people's writing reveals so much about how they are. When I read stuff by Dale Carnegie, I think, here's a man I would love to associate with! And obviously I'm not the only one who has that kind of reaction; I mean, he's sold millions of copies of his books. His words fill me with hope and lift up my spirits, and also I keep noticing again and again how he basically says the same things Ilchi Lee says. If Dale Carnegie were alive today, he and Ilchi Lee would have made great friends. Carnegie is amazing when it comes to finding specific examples that demonstrate the point he wants to make--Ilchi Lee is also very good at that, but he didn't spend most of his life immersed in Western culture. And Ilchi Lee would have provided all the huge audiences with the best practices they could have hoped for to apply the principles they both expounded.
Anyway, I think I'll just let the blogger speak for himself. Herself? I can't tell; I think the name is Jody but Jody could be a man or a woman.
I think I should write to Mr. Ducey.. He's the reporter who did that so-called news clip on ABC15 about Dahn Yoga. I'm going to hold on to the hope that he has a decent sense of values. I could point out all the flaws of the report, yadda yadda yadda.. but it makes me think of one person whom I deeply respect who is by far more articulate and eloquent that I am, and I discovered on this other yoga website that she argued very strongly on behalf of Dahn Yoga, and there were people who still insisted on being negative with absolutely no basis.
So it's like... why would I waste my time? But with Mr. Ducey--it's still possible for him to come across as a decent human being. So far.
So anyway, as a person who has engaged in this practice for years and benefitted immensely from it, I'm simply outraged.. but I want to find the best way to communicate. Because I really do feel compassion for all my fellow human beings, and that's one of the things best exemplified by Ilchi Lee. And that's just one of the reasons I choose him as my spiritual guide.
"Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Taking Dahn Down
'If the hard-hitting reporting keeps hitting this hard, Dahn Yoga is going to be 'circulating' right back to Korea and straight up the ass of Ilchee Lee, the mega-monster fraudster who started it all.Nice try with the college recruitment "Body and Brain" clubs, though.'
'Dahn Yoga is a money grab and destructive cult. It's as clear as a summer morning in New Mexico. I'm only reporting what others have found.With regards to my activity, folks need to begin to understand that self-realization does not make anyone any more special or more divine. Gurus use the myths about self-realization to prop themselves up on a pedestal that does nothing but foster ignorance rather than promote clarity. If I'm to take any karmic hits for that, it will still be worth it.' "
So this is from the blog of someone who apparently claims to be "revealing self-aggrandizement and superstition in self-realization since 2005." Personally, I find it quite distasteful. It's like.. would you really want to be with this kind of person? It's so interesting how people's writing reveals so much about how they are. When I read stuff by Dale Carnegie, I think, here's a man I would love to associate with! And obviously I'm not the only one who has that kind of reaction; I mean, he's sold millions of copies of his books. His words fill me with hope and lift up my spirits, and also I keep noticing again and again how he basically says the same things Ilchi Lee says. If Dale Carnegie were alive today, he and Ilchi Lee would have made great friends. Carnegie is amazing when it comes to finding specific examples that demonstrate the point he wants to make--Ilchi Lee is also very good at that, but he didn't spend most of his life immersed in Western culture. And Ilchi Lee would have provided all the huge audiences with the best practices they could have hoped for to apply the principles they both expounded.
Anyway, I think I'll just let the blogger speak for himself. Herself? I can't tell; I think the name is Jody but Jody could be a man or a woman.
I think I should write to Mr. Ducey.. He's the reporter who did that so-called news clip on ABC15 about Dahn Yoga. I'm going to hold on to the hope that he has a decent sense of values. I could point out all the flaws of the report, yadda yadda yadda.. but it makes me think of one person whom I deeply respect who is by far more articulate and eloquent that I am, and I discovered on this other yoga website that she argued very strongly on behalf of Dahn Yoga, and there were people who still insisted on being negative with absolutely no basis.
So it's like... why would I waste my time? But with Mr. Ducey--it's still possible for him to come across as a decent human being. So far.
So anyway, as a person who has engaged in this practice for years and benefitted immensely from it, I'm simply outraged.. but I want to find the best way to communicate. Because I really do feel compassion for all my fellow human beings, and that's one of the things best exemplified by Ilchi Lee. And that's just one of the reasons I choose him as my spiritual guide.
Today I'm happy.
So I've been reading Dale Carnegie's "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living," and in it he includes the late Sybil F. Partridge's "Just for Today."
"Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.
Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James suggests, just for exercise.
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurrying and indecision.
Just for today I will have a quiet half-hour all by myself and relax. In this half-hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.
Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me."
Isn't it great? And to think I just discovered this today... although I feel like I must have seen it before somewhere, at some point in time.
Well, I thought it was great and I wanted to put it on my blog, so I did a Google search so I wouldn't have to type it out, and I found this really cool website by a Dwayne Melancon: http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/genuinecuriosity/
He seemed like a really cool person, so I sent him an e-mail to say hi.
In one of his posts he introduces this uber-wallet which is actually like the anti-uber wallet that's supposed fit the same amount of stuff as other wallets using significantly less space.
It seems pretty darn nifty (the wallet) and Dwayne said he really likes his.
I also found this amusing:
"End Result: A slim and comfortable wallet. Once used, it's next to impossible to go back to the old fat wallets."
I dunno if it's just me, but that last bit about old fat wallets cracks me up.
Oh, I want to put that other picture up, too--- I was at this udon place the other day, and when we got up from our meal, I went to get some toothpicks and encountered this:
okay, here's the picture, in all its disturbing and amusing glory:
"Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.
Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James suggests, just for exercise.
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurrying and indecision.
Just for today I will have a quiet half-hour all by myself and relax. In this half-hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.
Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me."
Isn't it great? And to think I just discovered this today... although I feel like I must have seen it before somewhere, at some point in time.
Well, I thought it was great and I wanted to put it on my blog, so I did a Google search so I wouldn't have to type it out, and I found this really cool website by a Dwayne Melancon: http://www.genuinecuriosity.com/genuinecuriosity/
He seemed like a really cool person, so I sent him an e-mail to say hi.
In one of his posts he introduces this uber-wallet which is actually like the anti-uber wallet that's supposed fit the same amount of stuff as other wallets using significantly less space.
It seems pretty darn nifty (the wallet) and Dwayne said he really likes his.
I also found this amusing:
"End Result: A slim and comfortable wallet. Once used, it's next to impossible to go back to the old fat wallets."
I dunno if it's just me, but that last bit about old fat wallets cracks me up.
Oh, I want to put that other picture up, too--- I was at this udon place the other day, and when we got up from our meal, I went to get some toothpicks and encountered this:
okay, here's the picture, in all its disturbing and amusing glory:
Monday, November 26, 2007
yay
Most right-brained people like you are flexible in many realms of their lives. Whether picking up on the nuances of musical concerto, appreciating the subtle details in a work of art, or seeing the world from a different perspective, right-brained people are creative, imaginative, and attuned to their surroundings.
People probably see your thinking process as boundless, and that might translate to your physical surroundings as well. Some people think of you as messier than others. It's not that you're disorganized, it's just that you might use different systems to organize (by theme, by subject, by color). Straight alphabetization and rigidly ordered folders are not typical of right-brained behavior.
You are also more intuitive than many. When it comes to reading literature, you probably prefer creative writing or fiction over nonfiction. And when it comes to doing math, you might find you enjoy geometry more than other forms like algebra.
hrmm
Your color is black. The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people. But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you. Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you.
Friday, November 23, 2007
On HH the Dalai Lama
and~ the HH in "HH the Dalai Lama" stands for??
"His Holiness." so, HH the Dalai Lama is
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
obviously it's not just korean churchgoers who use acronyms like JDSN, but i don't know why i find this so.. well. amusing, i guess. actually i find a lot of things amusing about human beings in general. like the gesture of clapping. i mean.. you hit parts of your body together when you approve of something or when you're happy? i remember having this kind of shift in thinking from reading Vonnegut.
i deeply respect the dalai lama.
i just think it's interesting that the "HH" is so important that it has to be there, but not so important that it doesn't have to be written out.
anyway.. so i guess, then, that i deeply respect HH the dalai lama.
"His Holiness." so, HH the Dalai Lama is
His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
obviously it's not just korean churchgoers who use acronyms like JDSN, but i don't know why i find this so.. well. amusing, i guess. actually i find a lot of things amusing about human beings in general. like the gesture of clapping. i mean.. you hit parts of your body together when you approve of something or when you're happy? i remember having this kind of shift in thinking from reading Vonnegut.
i deeply respect the dalai lama.
i just think it's interesting that the "HH" is so important that it has to be there, but not so important that it doesn't have to be written out.
anyway.. so i guess, then, that i deeply respect HH the dalai lama.
I don't know who Ahmad Muzazah is or how he got my e-mail address
that's all i wanted to say for right this second..
Sunday, November 18, 2007
boop boop bedoop
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18rehab.html?em&ex=1195534800&en=14704e5c2ffc9c29&ei=5087%0A
above link is for news headline: "In Korea, a bootcamp cure for web obsession"
above link is for news headline: "In Korea, a bootcamp cure for web obsession"
Friday, November 16, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
"Google Options Put Masseuse in Crowd of Multimillionaires"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/technology/12google.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
this was on NY Times.com today.
you only think it's unfair if you're not included...
so... i won't think it's unfair. i'll just.. include myself. *wink wink
this was on NY Times.com today.
you only think it's unfair if you're not included...
so... i won't think it's unfair. i'll just.. include myself. *wink wink
Saturday, November 10, 2007
OMG this is what we need!
man, this is the kind of material we need. yep.
fun, informative, compelling, funny, hip, cool, in tune~
Thursday, November 8, 2007
this and that
i really want to make my blog all cool and everything... it still all feels pretty disorganized... like my flickr account pictures, like my external harddrive, like my suitcases, and i guess also like my head.
i started reading "winning," by jack welch--and it's absolutely fantastic! now i'm so excited to read it...
i started reading "winning," by jack welch--and it's absolutely fantastic! now i'm so excited to read it...
Monday, November 5, 2007
i just can't understand it
so naturally every once in a while i do a google search on "ilchi lee" to see what comes up... and i can tell you, most of the time it's not the prettiest sight.
i know i'm not "supposed" to say anything negative about people who are negative about dahn yoga or ilchi lee.
but.
i just don't understand... why people would want to try to profit from being negative. rick ross and steve hassan are the two biggest anti-dahn names, i think. i do that google search and most of the stuff is really outdated. and i'm just thinking, why, why can't we fight back? why can't we argue against all the ridiculousness?
actually i wouldn't care so much what people say except that 1) it's not true and 2) it ends up killing the opportunity for a lot of people who would have otherwise had a chance to really benefit from the practice.
it's hard for me to think that rick ross and steve hassan are just evil, cruel people with malicious intentions who want to hurt others on purpose. i have to believe that it would be possible to connect with them heart-to-heart, and then they would see what they've done and apologize for the harm they've caused and use that energy to help people instead of harming them.
i'm actually a pretty critical person myself, but at least i try things before i say something negative about them, and even then i don't majorly generalize OR spread that kind of information as far and wide as i can and not even show both sides of the story.
it's so... i dunno. a lot of people just go for the sensationalism, instead of really using the power of positivity. i mean, how cool is it that the students who practiced dahnmudo on that native american reservation went from a high detention rate to ZERO??? this stuff is real. i've seen people with MS who couldn't even feel their feet before they started JUMP for joy from the results of their training. i can only conclude.. that people who are negative just don't have much humility or gratitude.
those websites.. that selectsmart one, or freedomofmind, or rick ross or steve hassan.. it's like.. don't you have anything better to do with your time?
ilchi lee has been working tirelessly for almost 30 years and he always surprises me with how much he cares about people. when i'm at the front of the room and i'm translating for him, i see him leaning forward, so so anxious to share with and give to the people in attendance. there are times when i can feel that... childlike pureness... you know, like when a kid would just hand you everything he has just because he wants you to be happy, too. ilchi lee is like that with all the people in the world, with everyone he meets and addresses. in his personal meetings with people, i see... i see him delve into his great wisdom and compassion and seek out how best to help that person in front of him and communicate in the way that would be easiest for them to understand.
it's just.. the frustration lies in that what we are trying to achieve as an organization--which is to really heal the earth and humanity-- would still be a lot of work even if everyone were cooperating enthusiastically. all this.. uncalled-for negativity really just doesn't help at all.
so there's my spiel for now... (i always thought it would be schpiel or something elaborate and schnazzey like that.. but the spelling's not all that snazzy and it's just spiel. i think..)
i know i'm not "supposed" to say anything negative about people who are negative about dahn yoga or ilchi lee.
but.
i just don't understand... why people would want to try to profit from being negative. rick ross and steve hassan are the two biggest anti-dahn names, i think. i do that google search and most of the stuff is really outdated. and i'm just thinking, why, why can't we fight back? why can't we argue against all the ridiculousness?
actually i wouldn't care so much what people say except that 1) it's not true and 2) it ends up killing the opportunity for a lot of people who would have otherwise had a chance to really benefit from the practice.
it's hard for me to think that rick ross and steve hassan are just evil, cruel people with malicious intentions who want to hurt others on purpose. i have to believe that it would be possible to connect with them heart-to-heart, and then they would see what they've done and apologize for the harm they've caused and use that energy to help people instead of harming them.
i'm actually a pretty critical person myself, but at least i try things before i say something negative about them, and even then i don't majorly generalize OR spread that kind of information as far and wide as i can and not even show both sides of the story.
it's so... i dunno. a lot of people just go for the sensationalism, instead of really using the power of positivity. i mean, how cool is it that the students who practiced dahnmudo on that native american reservation went from a high detention rate to ZERO??? this stuff is real. i've seen people with MS who couldn't even feel their feet before they started JUMP for joy from the results of their training. i can only conclude.. that people who are negative just don't have much humility or gratitude.
those websites.. that selectsmart one, or freedomofmind, or rick ross or steve hassan.. it's like.. don't you have anything better to do with your time?
ilchi lee has been working tirelessly for almost 30 years and he always surprises me with how much he cares about people. when i'm at the front of the room and i'm translating for him, i see him leaning forward, so so anxious to share with and give to the people in attendance. there are times when i can feel that... childlike pureness... you know, like when a kid would just hand you everything he has just because he wants you to be happy, too. ilchi lee is like that with all the people in the world, with everyone he meets and addresses. in his personal meetings with people, i see... i see him delve into his great wisdom and compassion and seek out how best to help that person in front of him and communicate in the way that would be easiest for them to understand.
it's just.. the frustration lies in that what we are trying to achieve as an organization--which is to really heal the earth and humanity-- would still be a lot of work even if everyone were cooperating enthusiastically. all this.. uncalled-for negativity really just doesn't help at all.
so there's my spiel for now... (i always thought it would be schpiel or something elaborate and schnazzey like that.. but the spelling's not all that snazzy and it's just spiel. i think..)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
HSP Ranch - a place of hope
I took this picture of HSP Ranch last year. Isn't it breathtaking? Ilchi Lee is always thinking about his jejas... I know he thinks about their future more than they think about it themselves.. what they're going to do, where they're going to be. I can't think of anyone else who puts in so much effort to make everyone happy.What's strange to me is... why is it okay in Christianity or Buddhism to have disciples, but when a non-religious organization has people in that relationship, suddenly people think it's a cult? I just don't understand how there can be so, so much fear in people. I mean... what's the absolute worst that could happen? Death? I say there are many fates far worse than death. Like living without a dream... or watching your loved ones suffer. I have a deep, inherent love for all humanity. So I cannot watch anyone suffer. It's just too painful. That's why I throw myself into this work with such passion. I want to share the peace and hope and happiness and wholeness that I've found, at least starting with those who are interested in having it for themselves. Is that so bad? And the person who showed me how, the one who showed me the way, I call him my revered teacher. But that doesn't mean I don't have a mind of my own. It doesn't suddenly turn me into some brainwashed, victimized, pitiful creature.
Time and time again I'm struck by the realization that life is mostly difficulty and struggle and hardship, punctuated by occasional bouts of happiness. Hence. Life is suffering.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
it wasn't worth the effort..
"Seeing with your brain as opposed to just your physical eyes, is just one category. The kids also learn ways to make images/maps in their brain to help them remember what they read, they learn about their organs (stomach, liver, etc.) as well as their energy system, they learn how to overcome their obstacles and work with others, they learn how to be positive-- HSP and Brain Education include all the good stuff that I'm sure can be found in other programs and activities as well. But when I was in elementary school, I never learned about the different parts of my brain or what they did. I was never instilled with an awareness and sensitivity to my brain and how I could develop the ability to control the activity of my brain so that it would be easier for me to achieve what I wanted--better grades, a better relationship with my family and friends, an easier time learning a new sport... There was nothing in my school curriculum that taught me to believe in what my brain could do..."
So I started writing this post on that Boston Magazine website.. and then I decided not to post it. I think I've put some pretty substantial positive information, and I feel like at this point, it should be enough to convince rational people that Dahn Yoga is not some evil cult, that Ilchi Lee is truly a figure to be respected, etc. etc. Some of the posts that anti-Dahn people are putting up.. well. I can say they speak for themselves, so I don't think it would be worth the effort to keep putting up different posts and argue..
I think there's enough there now, especially with the information about KIBS having UN NGO status (consultative~!) that people who are rational will do their own investigation before making incorrect assumptions.
I just wish Ilchi Lee didn't have to deal with all this nonsense. There's already so much to do as it is...
So I started writing this post on that Boston Magazine website.. and then I decided not to post it. I think I've put some pretty substantial positive information, and I feel like at this point, it should be enough to convince rational people that Dahn Yoga is not some evil cult, that Ilchi Lee is truly a figure to be respected, etc. etc. Some of the posts that anti-Dahn people are putting up.. well. I can say they speak for themselves, so I don't think it would be worth the effort to keep putting up different posts and argue..
I think there's enough there now, especially with the information about KIBS having UN NGO status (consultative~!) that people who are rational will do their own investigation before making incorrect assumptions.
I just wish Ilchi Lee didn't have to deal with all this nonsense. There's already so much to do as it is...
article in Boston Magazine
There's this article...
I think it's in the September issue of Boston Magazine.
Anyway. I put a whole bunch of comments on it.
What can I say..?
There needs to be a fair debate, if a debate is really necessary.
I feel confident that given a fair chance, I could refute all the silly accusations... There was a link for this other freedom of mind website or something that had a study that was supposedly professional.. But when I looked it over, it didn't seem so "professional" at all.
The lady missed a lot of things.
People just have the wrong information about Ilchi Lee and Dahn Yoga and Brain Education...
Anyway. This is what I put:
Actually Ilchi Lee has co-written a book with a man designated as a national scientist in Korea.
He is the founder and president of the Korea Institute of Brain Science (KIBS), which received a unanimous vote to be designated as an NGO in Roster Consultative Status of the Economic and Social Council in the United Nations. The facts that support the positive impact of Brain Education are really overwhelming. The detention rate at a Native American reservation went down to 0% after the introduction of Brain Education classes.
DahnYoga, which uses Brain Education programs, simply helps people to use more than 5 to 10% of their brain’s potential. As I mentioned, the point is not to see with your eyes closed, but to use more of the brain. Those children also expand the capacity of their memory, enhance their imagination and creativity, and strengthen their physical bodies as well. It’s about learning to communicate with your own body and brain to become healthy, happy, and peaceful. People already know that there’s a lot you miss with just the five basic senses. And just like you can improve your sensitivity to anything with training (a dancer is more likely to be aware of her body than a trucker), with training, you can access parts of the brain that remain unused in most people.
Again, it is HSP – Heightened Sensory Perception. Anyone can do it, with the right training and practice. And actually, Ms. Clinton is not the only one who endorses Brain Education. 9 cities in the US have proclaimed a day in Ilchi Lee’s name. A Brain Education Week was announced in New York. Brain Education already has and continues to make a real and positive difference in the lives of many people, young and old.
The children do not judge each other; I’ve found that, normally, the contestants of a competition do not judge each other. Anyway, I think I’ve made it clear that the main point is not seeing with your eyes closed (which takes a lot of effort, by the way. It’s not something you can’t control.) The children who practice HSP say that they feel much more confident, especially when it comes to their academic ability (they remember and understand more, and it makes studying easier), that they feel happy, and that they realize they have conscious control of their emotions, thoughts, and actions.
I think it's in the September issue of Boston Magazine.
Anyway. I put a whole bunch of comments on it.
What can I say..?
There needs to be a fair debate, if a debate is really necessary.
I feel confident that given a fair chance, I could refute all the silly accusations... There was a link for this other freedom of mind website or something that had a study that was supposedly professional.. But when I looked it over, it didn't seem so "professional" at all.
The lady missed a lot of things.
People just have the wrong information about Ilchi Lee and Dahn Yoga and Brain Education...
Anyway. This is what I put:
Actually Ilchi Lee has co-written a book with a man designated as a national scientist in Korea.
He is the founder and president of the Korea Institute of Brain Science (KIBS), which received a unanimous vote to be designated as an NGO in Roster Consultative Status of the Economic and Social Council in the United Nations. The facts that support the positive impact of Brain Education are really overwhelming. The detention rate at a Native American reservation went down to 0% after the introduction of Brain Education classes.
DahnYoga, which uses Brain Education programs, simply helps people to use more than 5 to 10% of their brain’s potential. As I mentioned, the point is not to see with your eyes closed, but to use more of the brain. Those children also expand the capacity of their memory, enhance their imagination and creativity, and strengthen their physical bodies as well. It’s about learning to communicate with your own body and brain to become healthy, happy, and peaceful. People already know that there’s a lot you miss with just the five basic senses. And just like you can improve your sensitivity to anything with training (a dancer is more likely to be aware of her body than a trucker), with training, you can access parts of the brain that remain unused in most people.
Again, it is HSP – Heightened Sensory Perception. Anyone can do it, with the right training and practice. And actually, Ms. Clinton is not the only one who endorses Brain Education. 9 cities in the US have proclaimed a day in Ilchi Lee’s name. A Brain Education Week was announced in New York. Brain Education already has and continues to make a real and positive difference in the lives of many people, young and old.
The children do not judge each other; I’ve found that, normally, the contestants of a competition do not judge each other. Anyway, I think I’ve made it clear that the main point is not seeing with your eyes closed (which takes a lot of effort, by the way. It’s not something you can’t control.) The children who practice HSP say that they feel much more confident, especially when it comes to their academic ability (they remember and understand more, and it makes studying easier), that they feel happy, and that they realize they have conscious control of their emotions, thoughts, and actions.
Monday, September 3, 2007
if only...
If I could just communicate clearly what I see and feel.. if I could just explain it so that people could understand.. I know they would be so deeply touched. I guess all I can do is try, with all my humble heart.
this morning
This morning K and I were visited by a pair of Jehovah's witnesses.
I didn't want to just say, Sorry, I'm busy, go away.
I asked one of them, the older lady, how she first decided to become a Jehovah's witness.
She explained that she used to be anti-religion, but then she married a pilot in the US air force and they had 3 sons. She was not too keen on having her sons whisked away from her by being drafted to fight, and her sister was a Jehovah's witness.
Before I stopped going to church, I cried because I was so thirsty for the Truth, to know why I was living here on Earth and what I was supposed to do, and how I could find true meaning in my life. One of my JDSNs at that time shared the story of why she was such a devout Christian: she told me about how, on her deathbed, her grandmother (whom she was quite attached to) made her promise to follow Jesus.
I don't have anything against Jehovah's witnesses or Christians. Obviously, different people are motivated by different things. But I think if you ask anyone for an honest answer, nobody will say they don't want to be healthy, happy, and peaceful. That's what Ilchi Lee focuses on-- creating health, happiness, and peace through maximizing use of the brain. Who would disagree with that? It's like wearing shoes or clothes, or even like eating. It's something everybody can agree on.
I simply don't see how religion can solve the problems of the Earth. It hasn't for a very, very long time now...
If people are really serious about saving our planet and saving humanity, we need to take a different route. And we don't have much time. I remember feeling as a child that the weather was becoming increasingly abnormal. I could feel it deep within my being. That there was something wrong with the Earth, and that it was being caused by people.
That's what I decided to focus my life on--on making it possible for everyone in the world to be healthy, happy, and peaceful by learning to manage their brains, and also by helping to elevate the level of consciousness so that we can preserve our natural environment.
I didn't want to just say, Sorry, I'm busy, go away.
I asked one of them, the older lady, how she first decided to become a Jehovah's witness.
She explained that she used to be anti-religion, but then she married a pilot in the US air force and they had 3 sons. She was not too keen on having her sons whisked away from her by being drafted to fight, and her sister was a Jehovah's witness.
Before I stopped going to church, I cried because I was so thirsty for the Truth, to know why I was living here on Earth and what I was supposed to do, and how I could find true meaning in my life. One of my JDSNs at that time shared the story of why she was such a devout Christian: she told me about how, on her deathbed, her grandmother (whom she was quite attached to) made her promise to follow Jesus.
I don't have anything against Jehovah's witnesses or Christians. Obviously, different people are motivated by different things. But I think if you ask anyone for an honest answer, nobody will say they don't want to be healthy, happy, and peaceful. That's what Ilchi Lee focuses on-- creating health, happiness, and peace through maximizing use of the brain. Who would disagree with that? It's like wearing shoes or clothes, or even like eating. It's something everybody can agree on.
I simply don't see how religion can solve the problems of the Earth. It hasn't for a very, very long time now...
If people are really serious about saving our planet and saving humanity, we need to take a different route. And we don't have much time. I remember feeling as a child that the weather was becoming increasingly abnormal. I could feel it deep within my being. That there was something wrong with the Earth, and that it was being caused by people.
That's what I decided to focus my life on--on making it possible for everyone in the world to be healthy, happy, and peaceful by learning to manage their brains, and also by helping to elevate the level of consciousness so that we can preserve our natural environment.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
on giving love
Every time I see Ilchi Lee give unconditional and universal love to each individual, I wish everyone could see it, too... how much he pours his heart to all people and all life...
Sometimes when I see him.. it makes me think of that scene at the end of Schindler's List, where Schindler takes off his ring and says, I could have saved one more person.. five more people. Well, I don't remember the exact line from the movie, but when I see Ilchi Lee, I see him trying to give energy to one more person, trying to awaken one more soul, I see that love and compassion so intense and profound that one look in his eyes makes you know you're seeing the Truth itself.
I hope that if you're going to spend time reading anything about Ilchi Lee, that you will give me a chance to try to share what I know about this great human being who gives everything to actualize Love for Humanity and Love for the Earth.
Sometimes when I see him.. it makes me think of that scene at the end of Schindler's List, where Schindler takes off his ring and says, I could have saved one more person.. five more people. Well, I don't remember the exact line from the movie, but when I see Ilchi Lee, I see him trying to give energy to one more person, trying to awaken one more soul, I see that love and compassion so intense and profound that one look in his eyes makes you know you're seeing the Truth itself.
I hope that if you're going to spend time reading anything about Ilchi Lee, that you will give me a chance to try to share what I know about this great human being who gives everything to actualize Love for Humanity and Love for the Earth.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
the truth about Ilchi Lee
Dear Reader,
I am going to be upfront about this--
There's been a lot of negative press about Ilchi Lee, most of it unfounded and demonstrating sensationalism much more than the truth. It seems that sometimes people could care less whether something is true if it's dramatic and whatnot. So what I hope to do with my humble blog is to help rectify that situation by sharing the truth that I know and see and feel and experience. Because the real truth is far more touching.
Yesterday we left in the morning and arrived in Atlanta -- the "City of the Phoenix," I'm told. Atlanta is also the first city in the US to designate an "Ilchi Lee Day." Most recently, San Francisco became the ninth city to proclaim an Ilchi Lee Day. If you think about it, honestly, now that is no small feat. I mean, how many people can say that nine cities have designated a day in their name for their contributions?So today is a new day with a new beginning -- the beginning of my new blog, here on blogger.com! How exciting~
There was an event yesterday, and there was another one today.
I have seen Ilchi Lee touch so many people's hearts so profoundly... it's incredible. I have never seen anyone else in my entire life who makes such an effort to show people how to have real happiness from inside. I think I could probably say that besides Ilchi Lee himself, not many people have the same privilege that I do of seeing how much people's faces change during his lectures. By the end of a lecture, the audience is so happy, faces bright, eyes shining with hope and energy. And then I can really feel hope for the world. I know there are a lot of people out there who are passionate and hard-working and honest and terrific and really care.. but there are times when you're faced with such tension with the people around you, and it makes you think about how people lose touch with themselves.
So what I plan to do is present something positive here-- good news, hope, good fortune, encouragement and motivation, all that jazz-- and I hope that I can begin to draw a more accurate picture than the one a lot of people seem to have. Here's the thing-- if the reason people have a negative opinion without knowing the whole truth is because there's a lack of positive information, then there's no excuse and this is my action.
No action, no creation.
I am going to be upfront about this--
There's been a lot of negative press about Ilchi Lee, most of it unfounded and demonstrating sensationalism much more than the truth. It seems that sometimes people could care less whether something is true if it's dramatic and whatnot. So what I hope to do with my humble blog is to help rectify that situation by sharing the truth that I know and see and feel and experience. Because the real truth is far more touching.
Yesterday we left in the morning and arrived in Atlanta -- the "City of the Phoenix," I'm told. Atlanta is also the first city in the US to designate an "Ilchi Lee Day." Most recently, San Francisco became the ninth city to proclaim an Ilchi Lee Day. If you think about it, honestly, now that is no small feat. I mean, how many people can say that nine cities have designated a day in their name for their contributions?So today is a new day with a new beginning -- the beginning of my new blog, here on blogger.com! How exciting~
There was an event yesterday, and there was another one today.
I have seen Ilchi Lee touch so many people's hearts so profoundly... it's incredible. I have never seen anyone else in my entire life who makes such an effort to show people how to have real happiness from inside. I think I could probably say that besides Ilchi Lee himself, not many people have the same privilege that I do of seeing how much people's faces change during his lectures. By the end of a lecture, the audience is so happy, faces bright, eyes shining with hope and energy. And then I can really feel hope for the world. I know there are a lot of people out there who are passionate and hard-working and honest and terrific and really care.. but there are times when you're faced with such tension with the people around you, and it makes you think about how people lose touch with themselves.
So what I plan to do is present something positive here-- good news, hope, good fortune, encouragement and motivation, all that jazz-- and I hope that I can begin to draw a more accurate picture than the one a lot of people seem to have. Here's the thing-- if the reason people have a negative opinion without knowing the whole truth is because there's a lack of positive information, then there's no excuse and this is my action.
No action, no creation.
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