Ilchi Lee Day » Peace

Enlightenment

anzababe — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:37:38 +0000

is a habit. I realize that being enlightened is not enough. And Ilchi Lee has said this many times, but I didn’t understand exactly what it meant. Most of my life I didn’t focus on enlightenment and energy so my body became tired and not so happy. When I first started connecting to my soul and energy it took A LOT of effort, it felt so painful and frustrating. I realized that it wasn’t a habit I had, so it took a long time to change my brain and do this habit. I am thankful that I pulled through and got through some rough spots. My brain is changing and I can feel that connecting to my soul has become the most important thing to me. I feel free.

Acceptance

anzababe — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:34:09 +0000

The key to life is accepting and loving everything around you–but sometimes I find that SOOOO hard. I just want to blame others and the outside. It hurts my soul though. And even though my power in my dahn jon is not strong enough to accept everything, I keep trying and trying…I accept my unacceptance!

Ilchi Lee has often

anzababe — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:32:23 +0000

talked about obstacles when achieving vision. I really went through an obstacle yesterday. I was supposed to teach class, but i really didn’t want to. I was so resistant and I had a lot of fear in my chest. What I really wanted to do was just go back to sleep. But I pushed myself to go, and I focused hard in my dahn jon to keep going, despite my discomfort. I kept going and going and just tried to focus on my true self, telling myself that this was a storm inside of me that will pass. About 1 1/2 later, it did pass, and I felt all of this cold energy leave my body, a big release. I realized that pushing through the storms in my body is like cleaning house, going through old thoughts and memories and feelings. I am glad that I went through it because i was able to feel more at peace and connected to myself.

Transience

anzababe — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:51:41 +0000

It can be hard to accept changes in life. Ilchi Lee says that “transience is the most general phenomenon of the cosmos. Change is the only changeless reality. Seasons, livelihoods, personal relationships–all of these will change. Our experiences in life are transient and relative. Only death is certain, completing the cycle of life that begins with birth. By meditation upon this truth, we recognize that we, too, are manifestations of transience.”

It makes me feel more humble and a little sad when I read these words, but also it makes me feel very free. If you think about it deeply, every second of our existence we are changing, because we are growing, we are aging. To try and stop that can seem kind of silly. I want to embrace all the changes and have a really flexible mind.

my partner is my soul

anzababe — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:11:11 +0000

it took me a long time to understand this…i always thought my partner would be another person. It still could be, but my main partner is my soul. Usually when I am looking for a partner, it is because I want to get energy from that person. And of course, if it didn’t happen, i would be disappointed. It is exhausting when your happiness is dependent on another’s feelings for you. I don’t want to live that way anymore. I want to be fulfilled inside and share whatever love I have with others, without needing or expecting anything in return. In order to do that, i need to keep focusing on growing my soul.

Human Technology and Sexuality

anzababe — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:58:33 +0000

There is a great chapter in the book, “Human Technology” where Ilchi Lee talks about healthy sexuality. It cleared up a lot of things for me. Please check it out if you want a great spiritual viewpoint about sexuality and how to align it with your health, your well-being and your life purpose.

Watching

anzababe — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:10:16 +0000

Do you know what it means to watch yourself? I wasn’t sure of it either, but it has become a very important tool in my life. Watching means, nonjudgemental observation of oneself. Once i realized that my true self was my soul, I was able to watch myself easier. Before I would judge myself a lot about what I saw in me. But through watching, and realizing that all of those “things”: habits, personality, even the good things, are not necessarily me. My soul is my essence, all those other things are me are things to be used by my soul. So, through watching, instead of beating myself up, I am way more loving and kind and generous to myself, and in turn, I am more loving and kind to other people. Finding and following my soul has so many good things…it helps me and it helps others.

something i have learned

anzababe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:24:44 +0000

from Dahn yoga is about acceptance. Before I could hardly accept anything, myself, others. I tried, intellectually, but I couldn’t really understand acceptance until i felt it in my body. One day during class I was not feeling good at all. I was depressed, angry at myself and I hated being that way. So, not only was I sad, but I was angry at myself for being sad. When we started doing jigam, I felt such a strong vibration and energy surrounding me. It was so beautiful and it went beyond my sad emotions. I started crying out of gratitude and it touched me so much. I soon realized, that through deeper energy, I can embrace and accept my negative emotions.

vision

anzababe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:32:56 +0000

I noticed that when i focus on my vision, my energy begins to circulate. When I don’t focus on the vision, my energy stagnates–I realize that not only is it important to exercise and do breathing, but it is also important to use your energy toward something bigger than yourself, then you can keep getting new and new energy. thank you for the vision Ilchi Lee!!

We are all responsible for peace

hienergy — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:39:44 +0000

Ilchi Lee states that we must all reclaim our responsiblilty and right to peace. In church, we sang a song that had “let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me” as the main phrase. It is true that we each know, without studying it, what peace is — why do we not responsibily always choose it? If each of us choose peace, then there will be peace on earth!