General Yi and some Korean lessons

This month has been quite busy and apart form the universities and Brain Wave Vibration training that I mentioned in my last post we had the opportunity to go twice to Mt. Moak (MoakSan). It is really an amazing place. We met with the Meditation tour that came from the Unites States here and hiked up the mountain with them. It was great to see some familiar faces and hear their adventures in the land of the morning calm. We also hear about the story of the three enlightened men that came out of this mountain and that it is also predicted to be seven wise men. All of this was amazing to actually experience it by going to each place. It is in reconstruction though since the storms from last year played their part.
On April 27, one of our last presentations was for 10,000 people that are also spreading the Hong Ik philosophy in Korea. The stadium was packed and we actually did Phoenix Dance for them. It was so great to feel their hearts and energy and share our passion too.
On April 28 we also had a lecture on General Yi Sun Sin one of Koreas and the worlds most renown General. He lived in the mid 1500's and I believe he is a true example of loyal spirit, true loyalty for his country, his king and his people, and his family. He had so many hardships in life and even the king did not trust him many time but he still stayed loyal. It is so amazing to see how having true loyalty and be willing to even die for this loyalty can change the history of a country. I believe Korea's history would have been much different if it wasn't for General Yi.
If you are not familiar with his story I would highly recommend reading about his life for it is a great example of what one man can do. He is a true hero.
Another interesting fact that I have learned in the past week is about the Korean's way of greeting. Instead of saying Hi or hello they say añaseyo which actually is a question asking are you ate peace. So when you great you ask are you ate peace and this is why sometimes Korean's respond ne or ye which means yes when you greet them in the morning. I think this is so amazing. Also when they say nice to meet you they say BANgapsumida. Ban comes from ancient Korea Dan Gun Era thousands of years ago. Back then, BAN meant a person who is like god. So when Koreans greet they are also saying hello to the god that is within the person they are greeting. This is so powerful and knowledgeable so when you greet someone here it is as if you are greeting the god within them. WOW! Gives you something to thing about. =)

Brain Wave Vibration

We have finished our big tour season with Dr. Ilchi Lee and he is now going to Canada and the United States. We still have many great things coming our way here in Korea such as the Spring YEHA camp this week-end at Kook Hak Won, our home. Our vision is for there to be at least 500 people going and I believe there are about 300 registered already so I cannot wait to see everyone. Since my last sharing we have been traveling around Korea and have been to many new universities where there are no body and brain clubs. We have been giving a short lecture to students of different classes about their Hong Ik philosophy and also about Brain Wave Vibration. If you have not tried this and are in Korea I would highly recommend to get the book that is in Korean only for know but is being translated into 10 languages. If you speak any other language you will be able to get the book soon. Brain wave vibration is all about creating positive Brain Waves to release positives hormones in your system and create health, happiness and peace in your life. If you can control your brain waves then you can chose to overcome obstacles and let go of your everyday stress. Anyone can learn how to do it it is so easy it just takes a minute. You can do it standing, sitting or lying down and it just consists of creating a vibration within your body. You can put some nice music that has a strong beat to it and then relax and breathe in and out deeply. Then just start to shake your body from your head going down to your shoulders and hips down your legs to your toes. Then you just keep vibrating to your own rhythm without thinking so much about it. You really cannot do it wrong, anyway you move is ok, just let yourself be free. If you do this for 10 minutes every day it will crate miracles in your life. Believe in your brain and your potential as a human being, you are amazing!

April update

Wow, it has been a while since I have written in the blog! Time really just flies by

The first day of April we woke up early to go to Seoul and participate in the successful aging lecture. We got to hear from prominent medical doctors in the area of neuroscience, a lecture from Dr. Jesse Jones from California State University and a lecture from Dr. Ilchi Lee. It was a very interesting day.
Since then we have been busy going to many lectures and events all over Korea.
On April 12 we went to Masan YEHA night and I was the lecturer for this day. i was nervous and all day thought about how to make the best presentation. That night everyones heart was so open I really enjoyed sharing my experience with all of the people there.
In this blog I wanted to share about the last couple of days when we got to go to the Sunheung Culture and Historic center. We actually stayed here for one night and got to do many activities during the next day. It was really great because this place was built remembering how Korea was 500 years ago so living here really felt as if we had all gone back in time. Before we went to bed we did some training where we had to stand on one leg for 20 min. the meditation was great and i found out that I could do something that at first seemed almost impossible with it not being as hard as I had imagined it to be. We then had a really good nights sleep where I had an interesting dream about Taewangsashingi (which by the way is a really awesome Korean Drama really full of action and fictional historic content but awesome none the less) and our group and HSP 12 step (which is for us to learn to walk on our hands) so I woke up all in the mood to walk around a 500 year old village. We also learned some calligraphy although it was very short and I just learned that it is really quite hard. There was not really any in depth explanation about it but being surrounded by Korean culture you can feel how powerful the calligraphy is.
We also got the chance to make rice cake by pounding steamed rice against a wooden table and making it a big ball of mush. Then we dipped it in a kind of peanut powder and ate it, so delicious and strength building at the same time (pounding is a lot of work!). We also had the opportunity to have some green tea and enjoy it with some traditional snacks. After a really good lunch and some sugar coffee we experienced a traditional wedding ceremony from that time period. It was very funny seeing everyone dressed up and trying to bow with their costumes. I was glad to be the camera man this time.
We then went to a YEHA night where Ashely gave her talk. We met some great people that we will see again at may camp. We even had another dinner since a member went out and bought us a lot of chicken. We then had a long ride home back to Kook Hak Won where we were lucky and got to watch another episode of the great Korean drama. We still had some training to do that night and then off to bed. All in all it was a good week, everyday learning new things about Korean culture and history and about myself.