I’ve always found that singing is one of my favorite meditations. Whether is be in a car, a church a choir (or other things not starting with “c”) nothing makes me feel quite the same as singing for the sheer joy of it.
In Brain Education, one of the basic ideas is for each of us to believe in the infinite power of our brains. This has been such an awakening for me. I never thought I was all that “smart” or “creative”. But, why not? Because I chose to think that way, so that’s how it was. Now, I choose something different. I choose to believe in my Power Brain. My ability to create the life I want to live. And that is the smartest thing I can think of.
I am a strong advocate of the idea that it doesn’t matter exactly how well you do it, but that you do it at all (and enjoy just that aspect)! That, I believe is the key to being a good artist.
Everytime someone asks me to sing a song I always get that tune stuck in my head for a while. Sing, sing a song, sing it long, sing it loud….
I think if we took the percentage of our brain which worries, hates, saddens us the most and combine that power into a single will we could solve most of the world’s problems in a few weeks.
The true god is said to dwell in the unknown.
Knowledge is to be found in the known.
Yet people say they know everything about god, and teach what they say they know. This is knowledge.
If you know god, that god is knowledge and knowledge is not something that can create.
If you let yourself tumble down into the world of knowledge, you’ll find no truth there.
Creation is not about making what is, but about making what isn’t. That is creation.
From Ilchi Lee
Dedicated students of DahnMuDo experience many forms of DahnMuDo training, including non-combative kicks, punches, and sword work. However, in regular Dahn Yoga training, we focus on the seven sets of Un-ki-bo-hyung-gong, a fundamental form of DahnMuDo. This is a method of training that adds hand movements to leg forms (Bo-hyung) to grow stability and strength in the lower body. Furthermore, the postures develop and stimulate the hemispheres of the brain, as left and right sides of the body move with balance and coordination.
These postures also promote proper circulation of energy throughout the body. The training for each set is generally done for about one minute by beginners and for about three to five minutes once practitioners are more comfortable with the postures. When moving from one set to the next, practitioners transition smoothly between postures, moving like water as they flow with universal energy. Since it trains the lower body so intensely, Un-ki-bo-hyung-gong also helps to build the Dahn-jon, the center of physical energy. This, in turn, leads to greater centerpieces and clarity of mind.
Mastery
Pull back but do not shrink Spread out but do not explode Upper body as soft as the spread of mountains Lower body as strong as a forest of sycamores The power created by softness and strength stillness Inside and outside Yin and yang Flows deep into bones The subtle harmony of bends and curves Of the body reaching toward heaven Often body rooted in the earth Unnoticed, the body disappears The mind disappears And even 1. filled with energy disappear Only the clear, bright world remains Reflected in the tranquility.
