Ilchi Lee, Healing Society

from 12 Enlightenments of healing society by Ilchi Lee

Humanity Conference and a declaration of humanity

World-renowned scholars, thinkers, and social activists were brought together in Seoul, Korea on June 15, 2001 to attend the First Annual New Millennium World Peace Humanity Conference, exploring the concrete influence that sprirtuality can have in our current political, economic, and cultural makeup. New Millenium Peace Foundation (MNPF), a nongovernmental, independent organization founded by Ilchi Lee and Neale Donald Walsch in 1997, invited prestigious academics, journalism, culture, environment, and most importantly, human capacities to make presentations and engage in discussions with the participants.

Your guess is as good as mine
But it’s really cool, anyway…

How many times a day do you search for something on the internet? Pretty often, I’d wager, unless you live in the middle of an ice field in Siberia. Next time you go reaching for Google, check out this site first. This site has a general philosophy that is similar to many improve-the-world groups, like Neal Donald Walsh, Dahn Yoga, Al Gore, Ilchi Lee, and others.

It’s been a little while… where were we when we left off? I don’t remember. I haven’t been to a Dahn Yoga class in a little while, but I was at a Dahn center the other day. There was a workshop followup session in progress, so I couldn’t go into the training room, but it was pleasant to just hang out and relax. How often you do get a chance to do that? (Relax, that is, no matter where you are.) I would wager a guess that it’s not often. This world of ours is moving faster and faster, and we don’t always manage ourselves well in the face of all this pressure to speed. Often the universe hands us the cosmic equivalent of a speeding ticket — perhaps a minor illness that forces us to stay at home for a week, or a missed train that forces us to wait an hour on a lonely train platform in the middle of beautiful countryside. I suggest being your own enforcer. The universe has enough work to do. Stop and smell those roses.

I was just reading back over my recent entries, and decided to name this post for what it’s not about (Dahn Mu Do and cats). So what is is actually going to be about?

(That turned out to be a difficult question. How do you answer that kind of question, really?)

I’ve decided that it’s about… you.

Yes, you.

I just learned a new stretch that really helped my hip joints. First put your feet a little wider than shoulders width, and lean down toward the ground. Now shift your weight to one leg, and push back into that hip joint. Feel it?

Have you ever wanted to be a cat? This sort of desire is more common in young children than in adults, but who doesn’t indulge in a little daydreaming now and then? Use your brain well, and you can manifest whatever you want, some say. 

This morning I sat in the thin sunshine, contemplating the new day. Morning feels so different from evening, and that’s not even considering the classic night vs. day comparison! What part of the day do you like best?

Check out this sharp martial arts demonstration from a graduation ceremony for DahnMuDo school. There is something mesmerizing about watching a trained artist work, whether their art is movement, painting, music, or any other form of creation. Please enjoy this.

Have you ever stopped to realize that you owe everything you are to your brain?

If someone asks you who you are, what do you say? Maybe you say something like, “My name is John. I am a twenty-seven-year-old man of African descent, and I currently work as an elementary school teacher in Dallas, Texas.” Instinctively, you and John both know that there is much more to you. John loves most of all to be in the presence of great art. The hair on the nape of his neck stands up when he smells freshly fallen rain. Both of you have experienced a great range of love and suffering throughout your life. How can one name or one identity sum up all of this?