comparing myself with others

I realize that i have a habit of comparing myself with others and I felt how this hurts me.  I direct my energy toward the outside and it doesn’t allow me to see the things I have inside of me–I focus more on what I DON”T have, rather than what I do have.  When I start to compare myself to others, I bring the focus to myself, “What do I have to offer, what things do I have inside of me.” before I start seeing what I need to improve.

Enlightenment

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

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

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.

when i wasn’t connected

to my soul, I used to rely on the outside for a lot of pleasures, looking for something new, something different, something exciting, whether it was with people, going to the movies, shopping.   I got bored easily.  I was trying to satisfy the inside from the outside.  When I am happy inside, everything outside is great, even simple things.  I realized how I feel about the outside depends on how I feel inside.  If i feel empty I will want more from the outside, but when I am fulfilled, everything outside is fine.

internal world and external world

Even though Ilchi Lee had a lot of things externally: family, job, good health, he was looking for more, something inside.  So he meditated on a mountain for 21 days, no sleep, no food, and attained his enlightenment and gained power and wisdom inside.  Though externally he still looks, walks, talks like a man.  It is interesting how enlightenment chanegs your inside, invisible to the eye, but it changed you dramatically.

snow!!

First snow in Sedona, it looks very beautiful.  The snow on the mountains makes them stand out even more.  The snow makes me feel very calm and peaceful.

hip joints

I read somewhere that the key to enlightenment is opening your hip joints–when my hip joints are more open and flexible, I feel more relaxed.  It seems like my whole leg opens up and I can feel my dahn jon more.  it is interesting how hip joints are so critical to connecting to your body.

quote from ilchi lee

i read a quote from one of ilchi lee’s messages that made me tear up when i read it.  he said that as long as you are alive, you have no limitations, don’t accept any limitations for yourself.  i really understand that and it gave me new hope for my life…i also feel that as long as I have no limitations, my actions are limitless.

brain wave vibration

I just did brain wave vibration at my center, it was really cool… We had to move our heads to stimulate our brains.  I could feel the vibration in my body and it felt like my head was moving on its own.  Afterwards i felt a little dizzy, but my mind was calm.

i think brain wave vibration is great training to do everyday.