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What is the purpose of enlightenment? Why do you seek to arrive at enlightenment? The purpose of enlightenment is not in itself - it is not a medal or an award that you receive. It is a matter of knowing why you exist - you are stepping up to the starting line of life.  According to Ilchi Lee research Ttere is a huge difference between standing at the starting line and looking down towards the finish line and crossing the finish line itself. Enlightenment is a matter of standing at the starting line; it is not the finish itself.

Ultimately, no matter what kind of a race you run, the goal of life is the same. It is to achieve a completion of soul and realize peace within and without you. Realization of peace and spiritual completion go hand in hand, for our ultimate reality is peace. By realizing peace, you will have completed the journey of the soul - this is the one and only purpose of enlightenment.

Then, what is the way, the method to enlightenment? Enlightenment is a choice. And the best guide to enlighten meant is the inner divinity that we hold. And the way that inner divinity can communicate with us is through our brain. Our divinity is in the brain, and our soul lies in our hearts. You can feel the truth of a situation through your heart, once you learn to open its senses. To love your brain, you feel your brain, you communicate with your brain - to love your heart, to listen to your heart, to communicate with your heart, such are the ways that you will be guided by the inner divinity. And Brain Respiration is a way to allow you to meet with this guide.

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Enlightenment is rediscovering the principles of harmonious order within, and acknowledging that peace is the not only the highest, but the only real value that your soul can strive for. Enlightenment is freedom from preconceptions and real freedom to choose our values and beliefs. From this state of mind, we are free to act for the benefit of all. For the essence of the soul is peace, and the divinity within recognizes that are all One.

How can we arrive at enlightenment? The reason that we can arrive at enlightenment is that we have been given, from birth, all the conditions and equipped with all the tools necessary to reach such a state. These “tools and conditions” is the divinity within us, the perfect completeness of life that we all possess. We can refer to this perfect completeness as “bright mind,” in Ancient Asian term. A sense of “Conscience” comes.

Closest in meaning. Conscience is different from being legally right or wrong. Conscience has nothing to do with social norms or moral dictates from specific religious or spiritual dogma. Conscience is our conscious awareness of the divinity within, a perfect completeness of life that cannot be veiled or ignored. Through our sense of conscience, we realize when we are wrong, when we have lost our balance. Your sense of conscience is not a matter of effort - it has been given to you from birth. Enlightenment is a consciousness awareness of this state of your own life’s perfect completeness; whether you acknowledge this state or not is your choice.

Ilchi Lee books on breath respiration and brain respiration.

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As Ilchi Lee instruct that curling up the tailbone is simple. All you need to do is tilt your lower part of your pelvis forward, pull your hips forward a little bit. If you want to check yourself, step up next to a wall, and place your hand between your lower back and the wall. Feel your hand get sandwiched, as you tilt your lower pelvis. Once you’ve mastered this first step, the rest of the technique will follow more easily.

When curling up the tailbone, the anus tightens, and at this time, the water energy of the kidneys in the back goes upward through the spine and spouts out on the top of the head, as if it’s a stream of water that suddenly receives water pressure and rises powerfully. As this water stream envelopes the entire body and flows down, the head that once felt heavy and hot starts feeling cooled down, and eyes that were once bloodshot become clear. The face and skin become lustrous, the mouth that was once dry moistens with saliva, and the mind calms. All these happenings are caused by the energy that pours out at the time of curling the tailbone.

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When you consciously press on the Yong-chun, you must work the sole us muscle, which is the muscle on the back of the leg near the heel. It is thought that weakness in this muscle may be partly responsible for physical instability in older people. A weak soles muscle may be responsible for the shuffling gate you often see among the elderly, and it could lead to dangerous falls. When you press forward on your toes during Jangsaeng Walking, however, you automatically work the soleus muscle.

Stand up straight and tilt the body about one degree forward. IM Imagine that there is an energy activation button on your Yong-chun, and try to activate it every time you step.

One of the reasons to curl the tailbone is to make the best angle for the energy to be collected in the Dahnjon (lower abdomen), which is the energy center of the body. When the tailbone is curled, and the anus tightens, the hip is naturally lifted upward. Then energy is naturally collected in the Dahnjon, and the rotated pelvis becomes aligned. When the rotated pelvis becomes aligned, the spine is straightened, and the functions of all the organs, including the digestive and genital organs, are improved. Most people’s tendency to let the tailbone relax backward, which leads to a great loss of accumulated energy.

Ilchi Lee research on brain and breath respiration.

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Suggested by: Dr Ilchi Lee

In reflexology, places on the hand are believed to be related to all the other parts of the body. So if you give a hand massage, it is the next best thing to a full-bodv massage.

Squeeze the hand, moving from the wrist to the fingertips.

Holding the palm open, push your thumbs firmlv into the point where the wrist and palm meet. Work toward the center ot vour palm, pushing firmly with vour thumbs.

Gentlv pull and twist each finger between your owrn, working down to the fingertips.

FOOT MASSAGE

After a long day, nothing rejuvenates a person like a foot massage. If you do not have a partner, try giving one to yourself.

Squeeze the foot from the ankle to the toes. Flex the foot in both directions and then rotate the ankle. Pull and fan out the foot. Push your thumbs firmly into the loot at the indentation just below the ball of the foot. Massage in a circular direction. Work in a line down the center of the foot.

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Human touch is one of the best methods of emotional healing. Sadly, touch is often discouraged socially in our culture. Using these healing techniques will be very beneficial for your brain, whether you are teaching them to others or are experiencing them yourself.

SHOULDER MASSAGE

The shoulders very commonly hold tension. Fortunately, they are also an easy place to give a quick massage to a friend.

Squeeze the trapezoid muscles, which extend from the neck to the shoulders, with the flat part of vour hand, without pinching. Release and repeat several times, working vour wav up and down the muscle. Work vour hands down the sides to the shoulders, squeezing; and releasing. Use your thumb and palms to release tension around the shoulder blades.

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This exercise helps strengthen the hips, buttocks, and hamstrings. If you, like a lot of people, have spent a great deal of time sitting in chairs, you may lack mobility in the hip joints. This exercise helps to correct this problem.

Relax the upper body and gently curl the tailbone while standing up straight. At the same time, create firm but gentle tension in the lower abdomen. Hold onto a stable object, such as a chair or wall, if you need it for balance.

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This exercise suggested by Ilchi Lee will help you keep your shoulder joints open. It will also help you relax the muscles around your shoulder blades, which often hide knots of tension.

Put both hands on the shoulders and stretch the elbows forward Lift your elbows to shoulder height. Make a large circular motion and rotate them slowly once. Repeat 6 times front to back and 6 times back to front.

You can think of this exercise as your daily hula lesson. It will help you keep your hip joints and lower back relaxed. Aloha!

During Yoga Practice stand with your feet parallel and your legs spread at shoulder width. Place your hands on your hips. Keep your knees straight. Rotate your hips in a large circle, pushing as far as you can in all directions. Repeat 5 times and then reverse and do 5 in the opposite direction.

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This Yoga Exercise is designed to improve circulation throughout your body. Circulation is critical for delivering fresh, oxygenated blood to your brain. Also, every time you pat a particular area of your body, a corresponding part of your brain is stimulated. Try to follow the order given here because it works with the natural circulation of the body.

Form your fingers into a cup and lightly tap over your head and face. Stretch out your left arm with your palm facing up. Take vour rigjit hand and, starting from the left shoulder, pat rhythmicallv downward all the wav to the left hand.

Then turn your left hand over and with your right hand, pat your way back up to the left shoulder again. Repeat tapping with the left hand and on the right arm.

Pat your chest with both hands several times, breathing deeply and exhaling ‘completely. Moving on from your chest, pat your ribs, abdomen, and sides. With both hands, pat the area just below the right rib cage, where your liver is located, and concentrate on radiating positive, clear energy to the liver. © With both hands, tap the area just below the left rib cage, wrhere your stomach is located, and concentrate on bringing healing energy to your stomach.

Bend over slightly from the waist and pat your lower back (on both sides), where your kidneys are located, and move up, tapping as far as your hands can reach. Then tap your way down to your buttocks. Starting from your buttocks, pat your way down the backs of your legs to your ankles.

From the ankles, start patting your way up the fronts of your legs until you reach your upper thighs. From the ankles, pat your way up the insides of your legs to your upper thighs. Finish by striking your lower abdomen about 20 times.

Body Exercises Tips By Dr. Ilchi Lee.

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This simple, enjoyable movement helps to release tension from the body and keep you fresh during Yoga Training. While doing it, try to imagine that you have the loose, carefree body of a child as you bounce up and down.

Relax your shoulders and bend your knees slightly. @ Keep your feet planted on the floor beneath your shoulders as vou swing vour arms side to side.

Bounce your knees to the rhythm of the movement. Repeat 20 or more times.

Yoga Program guide by Ilchi Lee.

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