Humanity – Driven by Service

Phil on Jan 26th 2010

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself just why everyone is so busy doing something for the other person yet with a focus on self. This is the most foolish thing that I keep observing in the world. Consider that every product we produce or the service that we provide is about the other person. Yet as we go to work or to our business, we are often so focused on self. What shall I gain from this transaction is often the question that most people ask instead of what shall the person that I serve gain from the transaction. The path to becoming a Dahn Yoga Instructor can be different for each individual. There are three basic classes which all Dahn Yoga members take as part of their training.

Businesses that are most successful are those that have been built to serve others. This is probably where the phrase that customer is always right or the king emanated from. That the motivation of serving men should not be the pay, rather the satisfaction that the person you have served is receives.

There has been variance in the manner in which people may decide to serve each other. This realization is what has driven institutions to formulate some minimum standard packs. One of the most popular minimum standards for respect and service to humanity include UN charters and human rights documents. To an extent, most legal provisions are an attempt to provide minimum standards for tolerance among men. The need for such documents was reinforced with the experiences of the world war and other human crimes.

Religious inspirations from faiths have also encouraged the need to be tolerant and observe some human rights. Jesus Christ in the bible says that the greatest rule is to always treat others just like you would want to be treated. This rule should always form the basis of every human being’s planning and execution of decisions.

This demands that even if one considers him or she to be the greatest, there is need for such a person to serve the other. The best way of assuring that this happens is not even through the legal or moral provision; rather it is in infusing a spirit of service within each of us.

When we are all aware that out purpose in the world is not just to seek self gratification, then we can be successful in ensuring that serving others is our primary purpose. Being a spirit, every human being would better relate to the higher being through this service to each other to the higher being.

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Transformation of Physical Stature Through Brain Power

Phil on Jan 21st 2010

Brain power is a more recognized element of human well being and healthy status. The fact that it can be enhanced through meridian exercises such as Dahn Yoga has even made the search for enhanced brain power even greater.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit loved Dahn Yoga so much that they connected to Dahn Yoga like a family. Unfortunately, they were young and also projected the expectations of their families onto Dahn Yoga. This is a testimony from one woman who has been able to experience a revitalization of the energy levels not only at the muscle level, but also at the limbs or organ level. This is what she says about her experience since she stared on the simple do-it-yourself exercises targeted at the brain power improvement.

For a long period now, I have suffered muscle atrophy especially among my key motility limbs like the legs and the hands. This conditional has degenerated in the last few years and not even attempts by orthopedics and physiotherapists could give lasting solutions.

After attending classes to improve my brain power and practicing simple breath in and out exercise, combined with a few stronger bit fun exercises such as Dahn Yoga, I have experienced great revitalization of my limbs.

With the understanding that the brain power is essential in coordinating the rest of the muscles, there are a number of people enrolling in such classes. The exercises provided are often simple such as breathing in and out and practicing to hold the breath for longer period.

The mechanism for operation of such concepts can better be explained in biochemical terms. These exercises contribute to a feel good or positive energy cycle. The result is that the body produces less of the free radicals which are known to punch cell membranes and lead to faster death of the body cells. Through the power of having to allow positive energy through the brain control system the function of the body is greatly enhanced. Healing of body parts due to increased pace of regeneration of cells is also observed among those taking simple meridian exercises that affects the rest of the functions of the body.

My confidence in the program was boosted by the realization that a number of scientific randomized studies have actually found evidence that that there is difference in the brain power and the physical strength among those who have practiced simple daily exercises compared to those who do not.

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Dahn Yoga Wiki

Phil on Aug 18th 2009

Human beings arc unique among the inhabitants of Earth we are simultaneously Earth-bound and divine. You have pronahiy noticed how vast human behavior can differ, ranging trom the person who gives all in service of others to the one who violently uses and abuses other people. This is because we are simultaneously Earth’s people and heavens people. Our upright stature—with our head in the sky and our feet on the ground— is a symbolic reminder of this.

The true self is the part of you that knows there is more to life than just the surface level of this world. It is the part of you that urges you to choose according to your highest self.

However, through life we develop more and more attachment to this physical world, and the voice of the true self becomes muffled. Fortunately, we have been given the struggles and obstacles of life to help us remember who we are.

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Dahn Yoga Essentials And Life

Phil on Aug 13th 2009

Every stitch is like a thought that you add to the overall shape of your life. Eventually, thoughts lead to action and the form will emerge, if you can only keep your intent in mind. If you have no clear vision, however, you will end up with a random pile of knotted yarn.

Everything I have achieved in my life happened one stitch at a time. I began with just one single student, and every step that followed was like a carefully placed stitch. Eventually, my plan began to emerge as a whole, just like a sweater takes form.

The key is to keep the big picture always in mind, even when it seems so far away. In my life, I have faced many moments that could have destroyed me. I could have gotten lost in the details of those events and become swept away by the emotions that them. I have come to realize, however, that life no matter how difficult, are only temporary role to play in the world outside us. The true self, on the other hand, is the higher you, the essential and unchanging part of you. It craves the highest forms of human interaction, such as unconditional love and harmonious unity with others. The struggles of life stem from lack of accord between these two selves a predicament that arises from humanity’s unique place in the universe.

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Healing power of rhythm

Phil on Aug 11th 2009

Even as adults, we tend to bounce our knees and drum our fingers when stressed or nervous. Also, when we feel disappointment or disgust, we shake our head side to side. This movement is done around the world, which Darwin noticed long ago through his observations of emotional expression. I believe these motions are instinctive to people because they help calm the brain waves in a very natural way. Through the rhythmic movements of Brain Wave Vibration, I hope you will begin to apply these methods to yourself in a more conscious, deliberate manner.

The healing power of rhythm is becoming very clear. Recently, drumming has become an increasingly popular form of therapy. It seems to offer troubled individuals a chance to release stored emotions and to gain a feeling of personal power. One study found that workers who got together to participate in group drumming gained a much more positive outlook about their work and developed a sense of community with their co-workers. Researchers concluded that drumming circles provided a great release for the workers’ stress and that the practice could reduce worker burnout significantly, leading to a reduction in employee turnover (Stevens).

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Progression of nature by Ilchi Lee

Phil on Aug 9th 2009

The instruments are also thought to signify the voices of both heaven and Earth. The bulk and janggu, which are made of leather, represent the sounds of the Earth, while the jing and kkwaeng-gwa-ri, made of metal, represent sounds of the heavens. The music is composed to match the progression of nature—the wind blows, the clouds gather, thunder and lightning strike, and the rain falls. On hearing the music, listeners are swept up in the cycle of Earth’s natural rhythms.

I believe that this music, like a lot of other traditional musical forms, possesses a remarkable ability to affect the brain positively. It may be that rhythmic music has a great psychological effect because the first experiences we perceive with our brains are rhythmical.

Medical science has confirmed that infants begin responding to sounds around them long before they arc born. When you were developing in your mother’s womb, your ears were practical Iv the only sensory organs taking in information.

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Ilchi lee educator words about primitive healing

Phil on Aug 9th 2009

When people go out to a nightclub or blast the latest pop tunes from their car stereos, they are, in a sense, “self-medicating” their own brain waves. Typically, these songs have very heavy beats, which allow the brain to settle down to a more primitive, prerational state of being, in much the same way that tribal drumming helps produce subconscious, trance like states in primitive healing practices. Of course, the effects are not quite so dramatic, but the constant, heavy beat does provide the brain a chance to “simmer down,” escaping from the constant left-brain, prefrontal cortex activity that modern life demands. So the next time you see the guy in the car next to you bobbing his head up and down to the rhythm of the latest top-ten hit, you can think to yourself, “Oh! He knows Brain Wave Vibration, too!”

In his book This Is Your Brain on Music, neuroscientist and musician Daniel J. Levitin discusses the effect music has on the human brain. He notes that music is unique in its ability to stimulate all areas of the brain at once. He says, “Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain that we know about, and nearly every neural subsystem.”

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The Rhythm of Life

Phil on Aug 4th 2009

In my five-step Brain Education method, the goal of the fourth step, Brain Integrating, is to unify the three layers of the brain—the primitive brain stem, the emotional limbic system, and the rational necrotic. Very often one part of the brain undermines another, as when rational thinking is overcome by emotion. The goal of Brain Integrating is to get the various parts of the brain working together harmoniously, rather than competing with each other. Since it activates diverse parts of the brain, music seems to be a good step in that direction, which may also explain the cognitive advantage that children who study music seem to have over their nonmusical peers (Levitin).

Yull-yo, the Rhythm of Life

When I train people in the Brain Wave Vibration method, I usually use sa-mul-no-ri, the traditional drumming art of my native Korea. It has its roots in very ancient aspects of Korean culture, originating in the rituals of farmers who wished to ensure the success of their crops.

The four sa-mul-no-ri instruments each represent a different weather condition: the jang-gu, an hourglass-shaped drum, represents rain; the kkwaeng-gwa-ri, a small gong, represents thunder; the jing, the larger of two gongs, represents the wind; and the buk, a large bass drum, represents clouds.

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Ilchi Lee Brain Education

Phil on Aug 1st 2009

Your skin could sense the warmth of your mother’s body, but it was a consistent, unvarying temperature, and you were suspended in the amniotic fluid, an environment with very little variety of texture. Your eyes were closed to the dark interior of your mother’s body and your mouth had no food to taste.

You lived alone in a dark world where the unceasing rhythm of your mother’s heartbeat was your constant companion. This and the sounds of your parent’s voices were the first stimuli to create connections in your brain and the first to begin giving definition to your being. When you hear the sound of rhythmic drumming now, or when you follow the rhythmical movements of Brain Wave Vibration, you are transported back to a place of newness and simplicity.

Music is such a consistent part of the experience of life that you could say that rhythm is essential to life. Medieval school of Europe hypothesized that a great harmonic system, called “the music of the spheres,” kept the planets in their proper or bit and rotation.

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Move Your Body

augustrush on Sep 30th 2008

Muscles in your body atrophy without use. Likewise, you must use your brain to keep it functioning at full capacity.
Fortunately, you can kill two birds with one stone by moving your body. Every time you exercise your muscles, you are also exercising your brain.
The brain-related benefits of exercise are well documented. Even very simple muscle movements have been
found to prompt the growth of cells in the brain. Regular aerobic exercise is known to accelerate memory recall, increase endorphins, reduce depression, shorten reaction time, and circulate more oxygen to the brain.
Exercise helps create the ideal conditions for brain development within your body. First, it helps to reduce the effects of stress by neutralizing stress hormones and by stimulating the sympathetic nervous system. Secondly, it improves the overall efficiency of your cardiovascular system, which in turn brings more blood and oxygen to the brain.
Not only does regular exercise create a healthier bodily environment for nerve cells, but the actions themselves stimulate new growth. Every time you move your body, corresponding
areas of your brain are activated. If the action is complex, involving the coordination of muscles, balance, and sense, such as in the act of walking, many areas of your brain will Move Your Body
be activated simultaneously. As a result, new growth will be stimulated and old connections between disparate parts of the brain will be solidified.
For best utilization of the brain, look for novel, unexpected ways to move the body. Our tendency can be to only move the body in habitual ways. Even people who exercise regularly tend to return to the same activities over and over again. Instead, try cross training the brain, just as an athlete might cross train the body for better results. Also, look for exercises that move the body in a variety of directions, such
as yoga or dance, as opposed to exercise that uses the same repetitive motions.
Regular exercise will also give you the strength and stamina you need to act on the creative inspiration produced by your brain. Without this basic form of health, you may find yourself too tired and unmotivated to act upon your dreams.
Furthermore, physical training helps develop the self-control, integrity, and willpower you will need to begin creating the life of your dreams.

“Brain Management” by Ilchi Lee

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