In the tradition of Shin-Sun-Do, the process of the completion and birth of the soul is called “Sung Tong Gong “Wan.” “Sung Tong” refers to awakening, or enlightenment. “Gong Wan” refers to the real effort and work required for a person to actualize enlightenment in the real world. Therefore, the process involves both profound internal awakening and real effort to actualize this new awareness in the world.
Healing Chakra of the Soul
In Words of Ilchi Lee do you remember your immediate past? I am not asking you to recall your previous lives, but rather to think about your recent past in this life… on a biological level. This may be a trick question of sorts, but no less true because of it.
You were a sperm. And you were an ovum. Then, you were an embryo and a fetus. Then, you were a baby, born into this world with the body of a human being. Some of you were received warmly, while others of you were not. This is not too important in the overall scheme of things. Do you know the odds of being born as a human being, not in a metaphysical sense, but in a biological sense? In the Buddhist tradition, they say the odds of being born as a human being are the same odds as a sea turtle encountering a wooden plank floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as it comes up for air. Let’s examine the odds in a biological sense. We all know how a baby is conceived. With each ejaculation, between 100 and 150 million sperm are released.
This game is great for parents and other family members of play with children. It helps create openness, overcomes shyness, and promotes self-awareness.
01. Sit down with a partner on the floor. Sit cross-legged with your knees touching. Hold hands.
02. Look directly into each other’s eyes for 3 minutes. If this is uncomfortable or culturally inappropriate, just close your eyes and hold hands.
03. Take turns sharing what you felt with each other.
About this exercise Ilchi Lee writes this exercise encourages kids to express themselves through movement. It can also serve as a positive symbolic starting place for any change that may be taking place in their lives. Play some light music that your child can dance to during this exercise.
01. Pretend that you are a little caterpillar, crawling around the room. You love to eat the leaves and watch the grown-up butterflies flying about. What kind of butterfly do you want to be?
02. Now crouch down on the floor in some safe hiding place in the room. Wrap yourself up in a blanket or sheet. This is your cocoon. What does it feel like in the cocoon? Do you want to come out?
03. As the music plays, slowly wriggle out of your cocoon. You are now a little butterfly. How do you feel to be out of your cocoon? Slowly unfold your brand-new wings.
04. Open up your wings and “fly” around the room, feeling and moving to the music. Express what kind of butterfly you are in the way you move.
This story is copied from Ilchi Lee founder of Dahn Yoga’s articles about brain education. Ilchi Lee writes once upon a time, there lived a group of caterpillars in a great big, green field filled with flowers. Every morning, when the sun came up, they yawned and stretched, and rubbed their fuzzy tummies. “I’m hungry!” they would say before taking big, juicy bites of leaves.
Then they would slide down the leaves, playing and eating all day.
One day, Baby Caterpillar was taking a sunbath on his leaf when he looked up and saw a beautiful butterfly flying in the sky. “Come fly with me,” the butterfly said. “You can fly, too!” But Baby Caterpillar looked at his own short legs and said, “How can I fly? I don’t have any wings!”
A few days later, Baby Caterpillar’s older sister showed him a picture of their father when he was little. She told him a story: “Once, our dad was a baby eater-pillar just like you.
One day at caterpillar school, Daddy said, “I’m going to turn into a flying butterfly someday!” All of Daddy’s friends pointed at him.
Extract from book of Ilchi lee about identity drawing. Confidence begins with a solid sense of identity and purpose. Help your child examine that creatively.
Have your child draw a picture of his or her life. Be sure to include all the important details family, friends, pets, etc. Use more than one piece of paper if you need to, but limit the time to 15 minutes. Ask the child to explain the picture and why certain details were included or left out. Then ask, “What would you change if you could?”
Published by: Mr Ilchi Lee
This game requires quick thinking, and it will help kids learn the locations of organs in the body. Begin by explaining the basic function and location of the lungs, heart, stomach, kidneys, and liver. Have kids place their hands on each location Ilchi lee writes.
01. The Lungs bring oxygen to the blood every time you breathe.
02. The Heart pumps oxygenated blood throughout the body.
03. The Stomach uses acids and enzymes to break down food to make energy for your body.
04. The Kidneys filter blood to remove excess liquid and wastes.
05. The Liver removes toxic substances from the blood.