Dahn Yoga MA Member’s blog

The first card I picked was actually one I already picked recently: Mu = Nothingness, No, None,  Zero, Creation arises from an empty mind. I think I should take the hint.

But as a matter of interest to people reading this website, I picked another one for today:

Sah = Four
The soul wants to completely itself.
Your soul wants to know itself, to realize itself, to complete itself. when this need of the soul is not met, your life becomes empty, and your soul asks you in a voice that grows ever louder: “Are you happy?”

So unhappiness is just a message from your soul saying, “Pay attention to me! I know what I’m doing! You’re going the wrong way right now!” It will happily steer you in the right direction towards happiness. To do this we need awakening and the action. We need to be awake and aware enough to listen to our soul and be strong and flexible enough to act on what it says, even when it seems irrational or no one else is doing it. While the Initial Awakening Workshop is where we awaken our bodies, the Shim Sung Workshop is where we awaken our soul or True Self.

Some people don’t like the word soul. Maybe it’s too religious or doesn’t fit into enough belief systems. I only used it because it was on the Chun Bu Kyung card. Other people like the word True Self. Whatever you want to call it, there is a particular energy or feeling inside that is bright, true, healing, and happy. All the card says is to follow this feeling

I received this message as part of my 21 Day Miracle Newsletter from www.ilchi.com. I thought it was an inspiring way to look at life, which that website is full of by the way. I love water, and I love the idea of being like a river– strong and yet not rigid. It reminds me of the “urban poet” I met by the Boston Commons one day last year. I spoke with him for just five minutes, but the beautiful words that came out of his mouth were just what I needed to hear at that time. The only ones I remember are, “Firm, not hard. Soft, not yielding.” Almost like a river. Here is how Ilchi Lee put it:

Like River Water, Embrace Obstacles

Our lives flow like water in a river, like little paper boats floating on the river of time — but not passively. As masters of our own lives, we each have our own currents, creating new paths, speeds, and directions.

In our lives there will be difficulties, there will be loneliness, there will be obstacles. These challenges are there to help us to learn. We can create ways to overcome even apparently insurmountable obstacles and through this we grow. I have encountered many obstacles during my life, but ultimately, they have helped me along my way. Obstacles provide opportunities, positive steps to climb causing you to grow in a myraid ways.

When the river encounters boulders it does not stop, does not give up. The water carries on flowing over and around the rocks, persistent in its effort, strong in its direction, without fear.

You too should pass by obstacles like a flowing river. I ask you to create your own lives, boldly and yet quietly. Become like river water flowing beautifully, magnificently, and proudly. I want you to live your life for your vision, like a river that flows ceaselessly as it embraces everything in its way.

Ilchi Lee

David, a Dahn Healer from the Newton Center who is in charge of keeping all of the Dahn healing community in touch with each other, has created a website where people can share information and experiences. Check out the interesting articles related to Dahn practice at:  http://web.mac.com/davidsho/The_Library/The_Library.html!