from “Mago’s Dream,” Ilchi Lee, pg. 39
| “Life is a trip, not in a metaphorical sense but literally.” “. . . What we do know, however, is that this trip is a journey for growth, both for our individual souls and for the collective soul of humanity. These are not separate.” |  |
Silent lips may avoid many problems, but smiling lips will solve many problems!
| I have long believed that things happen for a purpose and people come into my life for a reason. Sometimes the reason is obvious. Most of the time you need to stop and think about it. This is especially true when a person has caused you alot of pain. I started to write down people from my life and list the positive things I have learned from my relationship with them. I found that every person had an impact and I was able to learn something about myself from them or they guided me to someone or something I needed. This was not done to dwell on the past, but to realize that I was never a victim. I was just learning a lesson I needed to learn.
Think about the people you have met in your life. What have you gained from knowing them? |
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I saw this quote by Louise Hay and thought it really says what many people think. I know that I have often wished others would change to make my life easier.
“I know — you want everybody and everything else to change. Your mother, father, boss, friend, sister, lover, landlord, neighbor, minister, or government official must change so that your life can be perfect. It doesn’t work that way. If you want change in your life, then you are the one who must do the changing. When you change, then all the other people in your world will change in relation to you. Are you willing to change?”
“Do you know that your path can wind, go over hills, through dales and glens, pass through sleepy hollows, cross rivers and oceans and babbling brooks? Know you that it can go under the sea, over the sea, or perhaps to the other side of the moon?
How will you know if you are on the right path? When you’ve a smile on your face; when what you’re doing makes you HAPPY. The right path is wherever you are happy.
And if the path has a fork in the road and you have an option, and neither one makes you happy, and you’re confused, do not make a decision. Do not! Stand there with a smile on your face, right where you are, and allow the confusion to subside. It won’t take a century, only moments.
Never make a decision when you are confused. Allow the answer to come.
When you ALLOW it, the path will become clear because it will FEEL good.
It may not be right for others, but it will be for you. Understand?”
~ Ramtha, from Ramtha Intensive: Soulmates
(the book) through JZ Knight
I don’t know if any of you have read Mitch Album’s “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” but I recently found out there is a movie version as well. I was really moved by the story. I cried for about a week just thinking about the story! It was so beautiful — made me realize how important just small things I do can be. Any one else?
From http://mountainview.dahnyoga.net/
Human Technology (Dahn Yoga Basic Book) by Ilchi Lee
summary p.46
“Everybody lives a breath of fresh air.
When we let the fresh air in our body, we feel awake, refreshed and energized.
Actually this is all about breathing?
breathing in fresh air and releasing the toxins.Breathing is mechanical.
It occurs automatically.
You don’t have to think about breathing.
It happens by itself.
It is what our body does.
Exactly in the same fashion, thinking is also mechanical.
Thinking occurs automatically.
You don’t have to think about thinking.
It is a routine of the brain.
It is what the brain does.
Moreover, just like you can control your respiration, you are able to conrol how the brain thinks?
although both are somethng that very few people do.”I’m thinking how important the brain is… we need to know how to breathe right.
From Chicago’s Dahn Yoga .
There is usually a tremendous amount of resistance to change. . . the current status in our lives fits comfortably around us, and we will find every excuse not to become uncomfortable. If we really think about it, however, there is a significant degree of disharmony we are experiencing on deeper levels, but we are choosing to suppress it, and, then, we wonder why we are not feeling well. The BEST Program offers us the steps we can take to begin to flow with the natural changes all around us, and we should learn to embrace and accept change as the power behind life, itself. Fundamentally stated – when we flow, we grow! Grand Master Lee has lovingly shared his wisdom with all of us, as there are many inspiring and encouraging books to read and to reflect upon. There are daily classes, lectures, special workshops, and much more available to us, as offered by master teachers who provide us guidance and support, as we struggle along on our journey to understand that change is a part of our healing and growth processes.
So, why change? Change is difficult to achieve, but the effort is worth it! There are apparent contradictions that make the journey so difficult for so many of us, but the answers are simple. Truth is always simple. So, here are a few stories shared in the spirit of encouragement when we face our more clumsy and challenging moments on our journey:
I once heard a story of a young girl who asks a wise older woman, “How does one become a butterfly?” With a twinkle in her eye and a big smile, the older woman replies, “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” (Zukav)
Also, here is a story to bring to mind as you attempt to stay or to return to what is comfortable, as the tests arrive before the lessons are given (by the way, this is what develops strength and courage), during your process of trying to change your life:
A barnacle swims throughout the sea looking for a home, and, then, finds it, be it at the bottom of a rock, or vessel, or something else. He cements his head to his home and stays there for the rest of his life. And that is how most of us think our lives should be. We graduate from high school. We graduate from college. We find a job; get married, and, then, when we become unhappy, we ask “Is that all there is?” But, I always say, I would rather be a butterfly than a barnacle, despite what it has to go through to get there. A caterpillar goes through a whole lot of pain becoming a butterfly, and, if you look in on it when it is going through the transformation process, it’s ugly, it’s messy, it looks near fatal, and you would be wondering why in hell somebody would subject themselves to that. But the end result – becoming a butterfly – is worth it. And a butterfly is only a caterpillar that learned to let go. (Rosen)
Change, especially transformative change, where we refocus our hearts and minds to always be centered on health, happiness and peace, although challenging at times, it is a really beautiful thing. Don’t you think so?
(With love always, Sherilyn)
Life Work of Ilchi Lee, Pioneering Brain Philosopher and Educator,
Recognized by Cities of Gaithersburg, MD andAlexandria, VA
“Ilchi Lee Days” have been designated in the cities of Gaithersburg, MD and
Alexandria, VA. These commemorative days have been designated to honor Ilchi Lee for the contributions that his training system, “Brain Education” has made to the citizens of those and other cities throughout the United States.
Mr. Lee has spent several decades investigating ways to develop the potential of the human brain. Through his lifelong pursuit of brain-centered training methods and programs, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have achieved the benefits of healthier bodies, improved learning, business success, and personal empowerment.
According to Mr. Ilchi Lee, the founder of Brain Education, “The goal of brain education is to develop and disseminate tools that humans can use to enhance their innate potential, in order to overcome limitations that prevent them from living the life they truly desire.” He adds, “The brain itself is the key to solving all of the problems of humanity. To that end, I hope that humanity will now focus on developing the brain, in all its positive capacities.”
True Justice is paying only once for each mistake. True injustice is paying more than once for each mistake.
How many times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is a thousand times. The human is the only animal on earth that pays a thousand times for the same mistake. The rest of the animals pay only once for every mistake they make. But not us. We have a powerful memory. We make a mistake, we judge ourselves, we find ourselves guilty, and we punish ourselves. If justice exists, then that was enough; we don’t need to do it again. But every time we remember, we judge ourselves again, we are guilty again, and we punish ourselves again, and again, and again.
–from The Four Agreements, by don Miguel Ruiz