The lower Dahn-jon is where the earth’s energy, flowing in through the ‘Yong-chun’ points, combines with both the energy of heaven, coming in as you breathe, and the energy of life that exists within us all. Here these energies merge and are transformed into a higher form of energy.

Energies gathered in the lower Dahn-jon also stimulate the kid­neys to elevate water energy and lower fire energy, facilitating opti­mal flow of energy according to the Law of Su-Seung-Hwa-Gang (Water Energy Up, Fire Energy Down). This results in a relaxed mind, clear head, and strong Dahn-jon.

In order to activate the second Chakra, concentrate on your lower Dahn-jon, which is located about two inches below your navel. The second Chakra connects to the prostate gland in men. In women, it is connected to the uterus.

It is also connected to the reproductive organs, bladder, and kidneys. When you breathe in, imagine a stream of air entering your body through the ‘Myung-moon’ point in your lower back, curling and swirling as it enters…

When you breathe out, imagine the stream of air uncurling as it exits. When you breathe in, your lower abdomen expands when you breathe out… your lower abdomen contracts…

Continue breathing as you are feeling your Dahn-jon, the second Chakra. You may feel emptiness in your lower Dahn-jon, you may experience a feeling of fullness…

Silently follow the path of your breath. You will feel warmth in your Dahn-jon. You may feel a beating pulse coming alive.

A person with a healthy first Chakra is full of life and the will to grow. If your first Chakra is blocked or impeded, you will experi­ence a lack of will, vigor, and passion. Without sufficient physical energy, the body cannot act as a solid anchor for consciousness, resulting in the lack of a sense of reality. This may result in the appearance of illness and over sensitivity to external circumstances. Spiritual richness can only arise with plenty of energy.

Try an experiment for ten days. The next time you find yourself experiencing a really distinctive emotion (joy, anger, or sadness), focus for a second on your brain. Do not be surprised if it feels, in a physical sense, something that very closely correlates to your emotions. Keep a record of your findings in a small notebook.

For instance, if we are experiencing joy. our brain may feel light. If we are experiencing anger, our brain may feel hot. If we are experiencing sadness, our brain may feel heavy. And you may begin to spot other bodily signals, such as heartbeat, body temperature, and perspiration, physical signals of the emotional content of your next moment. As you become comfortable with this process, you can choose to change that moment.

If you can learn to change a moment, you can learn to change your life! It is not that difficult to achieve.

Before we can direct our lives, we must first attain a certain level of sensitivity. Imagine being an artist who cannot tell the difference between red and blue! Our senses must be awake and discerning if we wish to make progress in any kind of endeavor.

Many teachers, myself included, have described exercises that can help you recover your sensitivity to your body, your emotions, and even the voice of your soul. Here I would like to talk about a different challenge—becoming sensitive to the brain itself! Scientists state that the brain is numb, because it has no sensory receptors. I do not dispute their laboratory findings, but allow me to offer some speculation based on personal experience.

Please notice how your brain feels when you experience different emotions or behaviors. Observing your brain takes practice and a great deal of focus, because we have to decide to do two things simultaneously—experience our emotions and notice how our brain is feeling. I believe it is possible to feel an emotion directly in the brain, before it manifests in the body.

If we can teach ourselves to “feel our brain” and watch the rest of our body for the signs that our brain is feeling a certain way, we will be able to predict in advance that a certain emotion is coming on. If what is emerging is an unwanted emotion, you can literally tell your brain to stop doing that.

Watching Your Body’s Reactions

We are being rained upon, drenched in data, even,’ day. Information from thousands of sources competes to get noticed by your consciousness, like children raising their hands in a classroom to get the teacher’s attention.

The information that is chosen goes through a certain process before becoming reality. For many people, this process is automatic. Your brain “decides” what to look at. what to take in, and you have no conscious awareness of this process taking place.

It only you could consciously monitor this process, you would be able to gam greater control over your life. In fact,you can.

Brain education by Ilchi Lee

The neocortex is the newest part of the brain. This part of the brain underwent an amazing, rapid expansion that differentiated us, the human species, from our predecessors.

As a whole, the neocortex has endowed us with a capacity for reasoning, planning, and creativity unprecedented in the history of life on earth. It is the neocortex which is primarily responsible for our thinking intelligence.

However, Ilchi Lee contend that it is a grave mistake to think of the neocortex as the central structure of our human character. Emotions have a deep influence on our relationships, decision making, and life purpose, in both positive and negative ways. Learning to recognize and manage our emotions is a critical life task whose importance can hardly be understated.

Although the brain has billions of individual neurons and many different structures, Ilchi Lee find it helpful to think about the brain in terms of its ancient history as all life on earth is connected through the history of evolution.

The brain has three major subsystems that correspond to dir-ferent evolutionary eras. These subsystems are the brainstem, limbic system, and neocortex, and they are shared by reptiles, early mammals, and later mammals, respectively.

The brainstem governs automatic processes which are necessary for the most basic life functions. It controls our heartbeat, breathing, and basic aspects of arousal and consciousness. These activities are crucial to life. If the brainstem is injured, we will die in a matter of minutes.

So let us now talk about the master controller of Human Technology—the brain. I have said that HT is a toolkit for improving the quality of life, ending our over-dependence on experts, and helping us become self-reliant. Our brain is the way to attain these goals. There is no human activity that can happen without the brain.

Understanding and mastering the HT tools presented in this book are only possible through the brain. Optimizing our brain function is the thread that weaves together all the tools of HT. If we were to use our brains well, we would be more creative, productive, and peaceful in our daily lives.

Everything we do in HT is ultimately intended to help us better care for our brains and improve brain function. Prof Ilchi Lee tells that I believe the brain is the key to all learning and human betterment. Here are some basic facts about the evolutionary history of the brain which everyone should know.

When I was enlightened thirty years ago to the questions within me, I thought everything was answered. However, I soon realized that enlightenment is not the end but only the beginning. The truly important thing is not knowing but doing. No matter how great or magnificent our enlightenment might be, it is useless without application. People say that we are what we choose. I want to bring this truth to the next level. We are what we do. No action, No creation. My enlightenment has grown stronger and more powerful in the process of realizing my life purpose.

My choice to find my life purpose ended thirty years ago. At that time, I felt that I had arrived. Since then I never asked myself the question, “Who am I?” I changed my question. What do I need to do to realize my life purpose? What do I need to do to put my life purpose into practice? I ceaselessly ask and find a better way. And I ceaselessly choose.

Through reflection, awakening, and choice we are able to exist as our true selves. However, this is not the end. In order for us to realize and put into practice the life purpose we have chosen, endless choices await us. These choices are different from ones you have made so far. Now the choices you make are not about finding your path. Rather, they are choices to open the path you have found.