Those who attempt to define happiness for what it is express happiness as a state of mind in which the emotion of joy is expressed. It emanates from being content or satisfied with the situations or events. Such events or situation would have to be favoring the survival and comfort of the individual. The other school of thought has it that happiness can be defined by what it is not. Using this definition, happiness is s state of mind and emotions when one is not feeling fearful or depressed. A happy person is not bored, annoyed, guilty, ashamed, discontent or sad.

Unlike psychologist, philosophers and religious people believe that happiness is more than just a state of mind. Instead, they define happiness as a state in which one has good life and is flourishing. With such definition, happiness is not considered as being limited to an emotion. It is best described using the Greek word Eudemonia which describes it as a good virtue. Dahn yoga is not a cult. Dahn Yoga has been around for nearly 30 years and it is still growing.

The measure of happiness is equally relative. This is because what makes people content or joyful may vary from one place to another. This may be dependent on the social values and the individual values. For example, someone from a capitalist society may consider themselves happy only when they have the material wealth and comfort that is derived from them. Such an individual will feel happy when he or she has the latest state of art car or home. Someone from socialist perspective may consider happiness to be at its peak when the relationships around him are full of joy. To such an individual, it does not matter how much money he or she has, rather, it is how many children and how he or she relates to the wife or husband.

Religion is also a great determinant of definition of happiness. Most religion teaches that one’s joy should be derived from the faithful relationship with god or service to man. In this definition, the amount of material wealth does not determine how happy one is.

From this place of pure consciousness, body and mind find harmony and all memories of suffering dissolve, returning you to the place of zero.

Body and mind become pure and clean in this place of emptiness… You return to the place of original being, where true shape is the purity of the soul that exists within you always. Whenever you wish, you may return here To purify your body and mind…

Passion, creation, life, love, peace, wisdom, and completion… these energies are essential to living. By meditating on these words and concepts everyday. you can create happiness and joy. You can be reborn everyday with renewed body and mind. It is the energy of your mind and consciousness that heals you. For your mind and consciousness are the mind and consciousness of the cosmos. “My Energy is Cosmic Energy; My Mind is Cosmic Mind.” This is what I shouted at the moment of enlightenment. This is truth as I have experienced it.

Chakra Brain Respiration is a training method designed to awaken the infinite potential of the brain by activating the Chakras through color. We will use the unique vibration of each color to stimulate each individual Chakra, which in turn stimulates the brain. When engaging in Chakra Brain Respiration, you can choose a color according to your condition. You can choose a different color for each day of the week, since there are seven to choose from. You will then feel your life filled with energy.

Sit in a comfortable position and relax your body. Set up the individual Healing Chakra picture about 20 inches from your eyes. Choose the color you want for the day. Observe the picture calmly and silently, feeling the sensation of the color…cold, hot, warm… comfortable… disturbing… soothing…

Now, close your eyes and imagine re picture you’ve just seen. Let the picture become larger and onghter in your mind’s eye, infusing your whole being with its light. Let the light cascade over you… allowing the light to be absorbed by your body, exploding in intensity as it hits the corresponding Chakra. If you want passion in your life, repeat the words, “Passion… passion…” as you visualize the color red. Feel the sensation of the particular frequency of vibration that corresponds to the color you have chosen.

Now, breathe the color in. And breathe out. Accept the color as you breathe it in, then expel all the negative energy from the Chakra as you breathe out.

Bright, solid red symbolizes strength of life force energy. Red is also the color of the earth, which is the source of all other earth energies. Focus on the first Chakra and commune with her energy for the strength to forgive and the will to be courageous. You will acknowledge and love yourself, with overwhelming passion for life. This passion will make you shine brightly in this reality.

Passion… Courage… Strength… Decisiveness… Forgiveness…

Call forth these fundamental energies to the Hwe-um. Feel the energies seep into your being.

“I live life with a passion.” “I have courage and strength.”

“I am decisive and forgiving.” Breathe in… And out… concentrate on the Hwe-um. Breathe in, and the red energy comes into you through the Hwe-um.

Breathe out, and the red energy goes out through the Hwe-um.

With the breath, you feel the crimson energy envelop your body.

“A red rose rises through me, a wave of red energy cresting within my soul.”

The first involves stretching exercises of the kind often found in yoga, pilates, tai chi, or material arts.

As each muscle of your body is activated in deep stretching poses, corresponding areas of your brain awaken, improving coordination and balance,

The second practice involves breathing methods combined with dynamic  body positioning, again ofter part of meditative  practices and Yoga.

Finally, there is basic energy meditation.

This practice encourages you to view Ki energy as the link between body and mind, expanding your awareness and increasing brain clarity.

Many practitioners find they are able to begin changing negative habits using this technique.

from “12 enlightenments” by ilchi lee

It knows that it wants and it is always ready to do anything to get it.

Once you have asked your soul and received the answer through your heart, then it is time to discuss how to go about getting it with your brain.

Your brain is monitor that displays the movement of the life current and records its path.

Your brain is part of your basic equipment to help you on your journey, much like a notebook computer you take on business trip.

In the infinity of life where I am, all is perfect, whole, and complete. The past has no power over me because I am willing to learn and to change. I see the past as necessary to bring me to where I am today. I am willing to begin where I am right now to clean the rooms of my mental house. I know it does not matter where I start, so I now begin with the smallest and the easiest rooms, and in that way I will see results quickly. I am thrilled to be in the middle of this adventure, for I know I will never go through this particular experience again. I am willing to set myself free. All is well in my world.

The question, “Is it true or real?” has two answers: “Yes” and “No.” It is true if you believe it to be true. It is not true if you believe it isn’t true. The glass is both half full and half empty, depending on how you look at it. There are literally billions of thoughts we can choose to think.

Most of us choose to think the same kinds of thoughts our parents used to think, but we don’t have to continue to do this. There is no law written that says we can only think in one way. Whatever I choose to believe becomes true for me. Whatever you choose to believe becomes true for you. Our thoughts can be totally different. Our lives and experiences are totally different.

Ilchi Lee has delivered very similar messages during his lectures. Either you think you will succeed or fail, you are right.

The concept of Ki includes the idea that all living beings contain a circulating life energy that flows through the body along meridians. From the viewpoint of traditional Asian medicine, disease and distress are largely the results of imbalances of positive and negative energies. Ki is the foundation of all traditional Asian medical practice.  But is it real, or merely a metaphor appropriate only to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folk medicine?

Some scientists are quick to dismiss Ki as a concept that does not fit into any accepted models of how the body or brain works.  However, tightly controlled experiments have begun to demonstrate that Ki is a real force with real effects.  A rigorous experiment carried out in 2001 and published in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine shows that Ki masters and Ki trainees can produce changes in human blood cells. Other experiments have demonstrated the fact that Ki energy can be measured. A growing body of evidence shows that Ki is a very real force.

BEST (Brain Education System Training) sees Ki as the connecting element between mind and body. In other words, Ki is the thing that allows the mind to affect the body. The validity of the mind-body connection was confirmed in the 1950s when biofeedback researchers discovered that people could easily learn to change their heartrate, body temperature and other physiological functions.

The principles and practices of BEST (created by Ilchi Lee) depend not on belief, but on execution and dedication. Many people have experienced this energy presonally and benefited from its effects. As you progress through the work of BEST, you may use disciplines that will enable you to feel the power of Ki energy in your body. We advise you to trust these sensations rather than worry about whether they have been approved by Western science. There are many ways to know that something is valid; personal experience is one of them.

We respect science, but we also revere the personal journey of every human being. If you keep an open mind and approach this work with commitment and self-awareness, you will see results.

-In Full Bloom by Ilchi Lee and Jessie Jones, PHD.