Ilchi Lee's Blog, page 75
May 2, 2014
Citizens of the Earth for Positive Change
Speaking at Yavapai College in Sedona, Arizona Ilchi Lee describes human prodigies at his Earth Citizen School. Using Benjamin Franklin as a model, young people develop confidence and creativity, a love for everything around them, and independence, becoming citizens of the Earth dedicated to creating positive change.
May 1, 2014
Return to Mago Castle (Creation Story Part 2)
The idyllic existence the first people of the Earth had at Mago Castle did not last. As the people multiplied, the milk of the earth could not nourish all of them.
One day, a man named Jiso from Baekso’s tribe went to a well of the earth’s milk to drink, but there were too many people there and the well was too small. He yielded to others five times, when at last he passed out from hunger. When he revived, lightheaded, he ate a grape he saw on a vine and got energy from it to survive. The grape contained all five flavors: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and spicy/savory.
When Jiso told others that the grape was good, many people from the four tribes tried grapes out of curiosity. The eating of fruits and grains began, but this was soon prohibited since this food was not pure like the milk provided directly by Mago. By ingesting nourishment other than Mago’s milk, people’s connection to their mother weakened.
The need and the act of creating a rule also weakened the connection between the people of Mago Castle and heaven. In having to follow a rule, they broke the rule of “not having rules and just following the sound of heaven.”
They became further distracted from the sound of heaven by becoming more and more absorbed in the sensual pleasure of taste and the other four basic human senses.
Because the people of Mago Castle were no longer listening to and following the sound of heaven, they had to leave Mago Castle. They no longer matched the energy of Mago Castle and chose not to be sustained by Mago’s milk.
Hwang-gung leads the way out of Mago Castle.
Although the eldest of the four, Hwang-gung, had kept the ways of Mago Castle, he and his tribe left with the others. But Hwang-gung swore an oath that he would help human beings return to their true selves—the state of seamless connection with heaven and earth that they had at Mago Castle.In preparation, he made Shinpyo, sacred markers of heaven’s law, which he gave to the head of each tribe so that it may be remembered. Then he taught all of the people how to survive in the world, such as how to make food from kudzu root.
Finally, he ordered all the tribes to go their separate ways, and they spread to each corner of the earth. Chung-gung went to the areas that are known today as China, Japan, and Central and South America; Baekso went to the Middle East and Europe; Heukso went to parts of what is now Indonesia, India, and Africa; and Hwang-gung took the most dangerous route through Siberia, East Asia, and North America. This choice showed his will to keep his oath by choosing and enduring hardship.
Since then, the peoples of the world have gone through periods of darkness and of enlightenment as they struggled to follow the laws of heaven and become closer to their true selves.
In my research and meditation, I have studied the ways of Mago Castle that have been passed down through spiritual traditions, such as Sundo in Korea. It is my dream to help everyone know the spiritual laws and energy practices that will allow them to return to the divine state that human beings maintained when they were first sounded into being at Mago Castle.
April 29, 2014
Character Is Love
Human character is not something that you force on yourself to fit an external code. It is something that you are born with. It is an aspect of the source of all life inside you.Character is fundamental and infinite love, one that’s not about arguing over personal interests and gain or loss.
When you listen to your soul’s voice and act from your heart, you embody the highest character and integrity.
With an active expression of character, your consciousness harmonizes with divine consciousness.
Then you gain infinite strength, and you can move heaven and earth.
When you live each day as the embodiment of character, then you are truly alive and give love.
Ilchi Lee
April 28, 2014
The Creation of Mago Castle (Creation Story Part 1)
There is an ancient creation story passed down from the part of the Earth that is now Korea and recorded in the Budoji, an ancient text.
Mago, Mother Earth,
Soul of the Earth
On the Earth was a paradise known as Mago Castle. It was at the highest place on Earth.
Mago joined with the energy of heaven and gave birth to the beings Gunghee and Sohee to give life to all living things on Earth.
Gunghee and Sohee each gave birth to four women and four men, and fed them from the “milk” that welled up from the earth in Mago Castle. The women maintained the yin, or female, tones and vibrations of heaven while the men maintained the yang, or male, tones.
The names of the women are long forgotten, but the names of the men are remembered as: Hwang-gung (Yellow Dome), Baekso (White Nest), Chung-gung (Blue Dome), and Heukso (Black Nest).
These men took charge of the true sound of all creation, which comes from the four elements of fire, water, earth, and ki. Hwang-gung created with the solid earth, Baekso used the gas form of ki, Chung-gung used the liquid water, and Heukso took the heat energy fire to take care of the Earth and Mago Castle.
Baekso and Heukso together controlled the air and temperature so that there would be no coldness or darkness in the sky. Hwang-gung and Chung-gung controlled the character of the soil, the amount of rain and snow, and the flow of water so that all living things on the Earth could have a blessed and peaceful life.
The descendants of these men formed four tribes in Mago Castle, where all lived in natural harmony with each other and the Earth.
These original humans were quite different from the humans of today. Because they survived only on the milk given freely by Mago, all humans had a pure heart and clear blood and energy, which ensured that their ki energy flowed freely within their body and allowed them to hear and understand heaven.
With their connection to both heaven and Earth, they also had the power to create matter from energy easily. The people of Mago Castle were able to turn their bodies into pure, golden energy to preserve them after finishing their daily work, and therefore could communicate without sound, travel without form, and live eternally.
(Look for Part 2 of this story on Thursday, May 1, 2014.)
April 25, 2014
Bird of the Soul Commercial
Take a peak at Ilchi Lee’s new book Bird of the Soul, a delightful fable for all ages.
April 22, 2014
Your Soul Is Not Your Emotions
When I spoke at Yavapai College in Sedona, Arizona for the Lunch and Learn series that is a part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute there, one of the attendees asked me what the difference is between the spirit and the soul. In this video, I give my answer as I explain about how your soul is purer and deeper than your emotions.
April 21, 2014
Breathe Like a Baby
Enlightenment comes from breathing.Breathing is the beginning
and end of enlightenment,
and it is the beginning and end of life.
Breathing is the movement of life,
and the movement of the soul.
If you want to feel your soul,
become breath itself.
Experience it,
don’t understand it with your head.
The soul is experienced, not learned.
When you become breath itself,
your thinking ceases,
and your soul and your mind
become very pure.
Young children are breath itself.
Beginning from their mothers’ wombs,
they breathe from their navel,
and when they are born,
they breathe from their abdomen
as it gently moves up and down.
You were that way in the past,
but you may have forgotten it.
Many of us lost ourselves in our busy lives
and became mired in different feelings and desires
that constricted our breathing.
Our breathing moved into our chests,
our throats,
even up to our nose,
as our abdomen lay still.
With your breathing deep and slow,
powered by your abdomen,
immerse yourself in your breath.
Become breath itself!
That is the greatest form of meditation.
Ilchi Lee
April 14, 2014
Change Book Wins Silver Nautilus Award
By Michela Mangiaracina
Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential (ISBN: 978-1-935127-58-1) by Ilchi Lee won a Silver Nautilus award in the Personal Growth / Self Help category.
Nautilus Awards are given to books that “inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities, and global citizens.” They look for books that contribute to wellness, green values, conscious living, creativity, spiritual growth, and positive social change.
Published by independent publishing house, Best Life Media, in September 2013, Change takes readers to the depths of what is real to examine how unconscious thoughts, behaviors, and emotions creation one’s life and the world we live in. It then offers practical methods, such as meditation and breathing, that allow one to delve into current thought patterns and insert the ones that will lead to one’s desired outcomes.
New Book Contest
By Michela Mangiaracina
To launch his latest book, Bird of the Soul (ISBN 978-1-935127-68-0), New York Times bestselling author Ilchi Lee and the book’s publisher, Best Life Media, are hosting the online contest, Reveal the Bird of Your Soul, at BirdoftheSoul.com from April 14, 2014 12:00 AM PDT to May 9, 2014 11:59 PM PDT.
The book and accompanying meditation enable readers to visualize their soul as a bird as a means with which to make a supportive and fulfilling connection to one’s soul. They are offered as a solution for the disconnect created by a busy, modern life.
The contest asks participants to get acquainted with the bird of their soul, then submit descriptions of the bird of their soul in the web page comments in any electronic format, including text, image, gif, or video.
All entries will be posted on Ilchi Lee’s Facebook page, where anyone can vote for their favorite entries by clicking on “Like” or “Share” for that post. The winners will be based on the number of Likes and Shares combined. Multiple entries are possible but will be counted separately. No purchase is necessary.
Participants have a chance to win:
First Place (1 winner)
One autographed copy of Bird of the Soul, one Bird of the Soul Essential Oil and a 30-minute Spiritual Intuitive Reading by Banya Lim of Sedona Story
Second Place (2 winners)
A copy of Bird of the Soul, autographed by author Ilchi Lee
Third Place (3 winners)
One Bird of the Soul Essential Oil roll-on
Fourth Place (4 winners)
A 3-month Premium Membership to ChangeYourEnergy.com
Winners will be notified by email and announced on the website and Facebook page within two days after the end of the contest. Prizes unclaimed after two weeks will go to the next runnner up.
Bird of the Soul is an illustrated storybook for all ages with a simple yet profound message: in order to live the life of one’s dreams, each person needs the hope and support only found in the purest and deepest part of one’s self. To support this message, the hardcover contains a 21-Day Meditation Journal and guided meditation CD in the back. The book became available from online and traditional booksellers on April 10, 2014.
The author and publisher hope the Reveal the Bird of Your Soul contest will inspire the imagination of the public and highlight the childlike wonder and sense of discovery people who have already practiced the meditation have found.
April 10, 2014
Are You Having Fun?
What would you call fun?To me, fun is
the joy you feel when you move your body,
when you see the fruits of your labors,
when you make someone smile,
when you give them a helping hand.
It’s the rush of a new discovery
and the idea I immediately put into action.
It’s the power of the life energy that flows through me
from heaven to earth and back again.
It’s the thrill of watching the sun set
or the waves of the wide ocean.
It’s the serenity of listening to a waterfall
or the singing of the birds on a crisp morning.
The word for fun in Korean is jemi.
Je on its own means existence.
Mi by itself means beauty.
The root of having fun is a beautiful existence.
You are a beautiful existence.
How are you expressing it?
I hope your day is filled with fun.
Ilchi Lee
