Ilchi Lee Healing Society Blog

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.