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All these are transactions. Our life is a series of transactions. Market transactions are just a minuscule part of the everyday information/energy transactions that we engage in. There are many methods of payment for these transactions. We can pay with money; we can pay with effort. A thoughtless action can become a lingering burden, while a kind smile can melt away the debt of several lifetimes. You can pay in one lump sum. or pay in installments. You can pay the price as marked, or you can negotiate. You can use donations as payments. Despite the dizzying choices of forms of payment, these are all transactions. You have to pay, in some way or another, now or later, for what you have bought.

Prof Ilchi Lee said to consider everything in life as a transaction does not make it “un spiritual.” In fact, not admitting a transaction to be a transaction is immature and hypocritical. How many different types of transactions can our current market system deal with? If our market system was of sufficient maturity and sophistication to be able to deal with all forms of transactions fairly, giving people an exact value for the choices that they make or are about to make, then we would no longer need the cosmic “payment system” that we often call karma.

The market system is a brilliant and equitable system of determining the value of a product according to the prevailing conditions at the time of the transaction, and it is a good system for dealing with products that can be assigned a value in this way. However, some things cannot be assigned a value through a normal market process because they lack a central standard of value.

The market does not have a central standard of value that can encompass everything that can be transacted. We are talking about the Euro or the U.S. dollar. We are talking about a central standard of value that everyone can agree upon beforehand, and against which the values of all products, whether material, information, or ideas, can be judged. What if such a central standard of value existed.

The market has been the system through which different values came together and formed a compromise. A product’s worth is decided by its demand and supply, and is dealt with according to the value decreed upon it by the market. If a certain product is popular, its price goes up accordingly, and more effort and money are invested into making it. Such is the basic law of the market system. However, we are stumped to explain certain phenomena that do not follow the supply-and-demand model, and we are coming to realize the inherent limitations of this market system.

Ilchi Lee suggests that one of the underlying assumptions is that every person is informed fully and equally about the relevant information that could have a bearing on a certain product. However, we know that such an assumption is unrealistic. Even worse, a fatal flaw in the market system is that life’s most basic values are not “priceable” and therefore not available for transactions in a market. Our current market system is neither mature enough to deal with such values, honest enough to acknowledge that such values exist, nor detailed enough to transact such values.

There are cases in which a supplier does not participate in the market system for one reason or another and is prevented from being paid an equitable value for his products. There are also cases in which a transaction is not considered a transaction because of dishonesty or corruption. For example, if biodiversity is considered crucial to maintaining a stable ecosystem, what is the market value of a species? What about the market value of a clean environment, which everyone agrees is essential to the survival of the human species? What is the market value of a new global epistemology that will lead Earth into a healthy twenty-first century? What is the market value of salvation and immortality as promised in religions? How much would you pay for enlightenment.

This is why wise kings of old, in order to establish a social order, made all units of measurements consistent. Fairness in transaction begins with measurements; in a word, the kings wanted to introduce fairness in all transactions. If every merchant had his own different balances and weights, it would create chaos and inevitably lead to fights and bloodshed. (Copied content from Ilchi Lee’s book)

Even today, different parts of the world use different units of measurement and worth. The U.S. still insists on using the mile and pounds while the rest of the world, with some exceptions, uses the metric system. However, since the conversion between the two systems is accurate and universally accepted, there is no source of conflict except for the cumbersome calculation required. The same goes for currency, with each country having its own system of money. Such differences in units of measurements are not sources of conflict in the world.

What is a cause for conflicts and arguments is the different value that each person places upon the same thing. Even if a “Mickey D’s Quarter-Pounder” is a quarter-pounder whether measured in kilograms or pounds, each person and each society places different worth on the same amount of hamburger. This is because each person and each society has different standards by which they measure value. Until now. we considered such differences to be a matter of fact, obvious and ubiquitous.

On March 26, 2007, Newsweek ran a fascinating article about the connection between Yoga exercise and brain performance. It explained that according to Charles Hillman, a University of Illinois professor of neurology and kine-siologv, those who engage in regular exercise have fitter brains in addition to fitter bodies.

Brain Sensitizing, the first part of Brain Education System Training, ties into this idea. It uses specially designed exercises by Dr. Ilchi Lee with which one can awaken the senses, develop a keener sense of energy flow, and gain a greater awareness of the brain’s functioning. These activities are foundational to your health and to your progress through the BEST method, so please make them a regular part of your daily routine.

Who among us. six billion strong, has experienced death? Not a near-death experience, but real death? Of course, everyone eventually experiences death once in her life. But there is yet no way to share that experience with someone else. Have any of you reading these words experienced death? If you answer, “yes.” then wake up, for you are mistaken. You are not dead yet. Generally, we do not understand death. More clearly, our level of understanding about death is at the level of ignorance.

If we don’t know what death is, what are we afraid of? What we are afraid of is not death, but information (or the lack thereof) about death. Ilchi Lee writes we are afraid of the accepted interpretation or myths about death. We are actually afraid about our own ignorance about death, and out of this ignorance rises our fear. Our ignorance has a deeper source in our ignorance about life itself: “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” If we knew the meaning of life and were able to judge ourselves as natural phenomena in the cycle of life, our fear about death would have no room to stand in our lives.

Do you still not know what your life’s purpose is, or think that you don’t know? When do you think you will find out? If you don’t know your life’s purpose, who do you think is more qualified to know? If you don’t know, no one, not even God, will know. Then how do you find the answer to the question that not even God knows? There is only one way: choice.

Your choice is your answer. Choose who you want to be and what your life’s purpose is. Choose enlightenment and choose knowledge. It is through choice that we can escape from ignorance and fear. When we choose knowledge, we can formulate a different idea about death. When you choose to know and are ready to take responsibility for your choice, you no longer need a “qod” to justify your choices and “qod’s will” no longer has the power to ensnare you in a web of guilt and fear. You will then be able to use the idea of Qod to achieve your choices.

If you were an ancient king who unified many different and to make sure that the new country ran smoothly without internal squabbles? What would be the most urgent and necessary step? Use your imagination. Think by Ilchi Lee.

Historically, what the wise kings did after conquering a new territory was to decree that only one system of measurements be used in all future transactions. For example, you could only use kilos and meters when before you used pounds and feet. The king considered it crucial that he provide consistency in measurements. Why was this so important?

When forcibly joining together two previously separate countries into one nation, it is important for the leaders to plant an idea of a common nation and shared destiny among the people. Otherwise, differences will eventually fester and rend the nation asunder. Of course, these things take time. Most conflicts between people arise not out of some differences in culture or philosophy of life, but out of unfair or unjust everyday transactions. Unless you have to live with the person everyday, it is possible to turn a blind eye to another person’s peculiar habits and mannerisms. However, to be cheated in a commercial transaction can cause an immediate conflagration of temper and resentment. This is as true now as it was two thousand years ago.

According to Ilchi Lee it is we ourselves who are the manufacturers and distributors of information. If information acts the part of the master, there is something wrong. If information claims a place of absolute authority, not giving us the freedom of choice, then our soul will have fallen from grace. No information, however authoritative or honorable, is more important than the soul. Only one who has been awakened to the feeling of the soul within his or her heart can pro-PS claim this with confidence. Information is manufactured. A soul cannot be manufactured.

Our soul is complete and perfect unto itself, for the Creator has created our soul. Our souls are, therefore, more precious than any information. We must always be on guard to know if our souls have been polluted by information that claims to have higher authority than the Creator. Unfortunately, today, much destructive, self-justifying information is being fabricated and is polluting our souls. Do not let any information rule your soul.

History will record this year as the year in which the World Trade Towers fell. History will know this year as the Year of September 111′1. History will witness the massive grief and shock that we all felt when we first heard the news with a general sense of incredulity and foreboding. And history will surely judge us by our actions in response to such brutal acts.

In midst of the horror and confusion that last year’s terrorist attacks generated, I got to thinking a lot about the soul. From every corner of the world, I heard vitriolic diatribes against terrorists, calling them soulless devils. Soulless, are they? Although the loss of innocent lives cannot be excused by any means, were the terrorists really soulless? Or were they poor souls who were controlled by bad ‘knowledge’ or ‘information’ in their brains?

Ilchi Lee wish that this world could actually be cleanly divided into good and evil, angels and devils. This way. all we would have to do is to vanquish the forces of evil once and for all. It would surely take sacrifice and courage, but once accomplished, it would be finished for all time. The world would be clean cut, and there would be no more of this confounding confusion about different points of view, justifications, and age-old cultural differences. The world would be black and white without any gray areas.

As bioenergy, Ki cannot be toucned or seen with the naked eye. A “sixth sense” is needed to feel or see Ki, not the five senses we use in our daily lives. Ji-gam is a basic method for awakening this sixth sense.

The Yong-chun and Jang-shim points are major channels through which energy enters and leaves our bodies, gateways through which the energy of the universe is supplied to the human body. First, before beginning training for feeling energy, it is important to sufficiently relax mind and body.

Ilchi Lee suggest first, rub your hands together vigorously until your palms feel hot. Then clap at least 50 times. The feeling of the Jang-shim points will become even more vivid as blood circulates vigorously through the entire palms of both hands. When clapping, spread your hands wide like fans to ensure all of both palms are thoroughly stimulated.

Comfortably relax your entire body so there is no tension in your neck, shoulders, arms or chest, and relax your mind, as well. Press your palms together in front of your chest and focus on the feelings in your palms.

Ji-gam begins in our hands, which are a particularly sensitive part of our bodies. The hands are the place where Jin-ki, the essence of energy, is most readily activated. Later, once we become proficient at Ji-gam, our practice reaches a depth where we are able to place our minds completely in one place, even without trying particularly hard, as an energy center forms in the Dahn-jon by Ilchi Lee.

When we practice Ji-gam for the first time, we feel external Ki in the form of sensations like fever or heat, or what seems to be a magnetic force. Later, when that sensation deepens, we can feel blood flowing in our veins. With more intense concentration, even blood flowing in the capillaries is felt. Once Ji-gam takes place in our entire bodies, we sense each of our cells filled with energy, living and moving. We arrive at a state of mental unity, in which our bodies and minds are one. Once we feel energy and blood circulation is invigorated in the palms of our hands (Jang-shim), bottoms of our feet (Yong-chun), and Lower Dahn-jon, we can maintain this awareness of energy even while we practice Dong-gong. Frequently practicing feeling Ki in our normal lives helps with Jung-gong as well as Dong-gong practice. For the person whose awareness of the Dahn-jon is weak, Ji-gam training can be particularly helpful in activating the heat of this energy center. The next practice involves the simple method of feeling energy in the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet, where the body’s external Dahn-jon centers are located, and in the Lower Dahn-jon, which is one of the body’s internal Dahn-jon centers. The Ki sensed at first is external Ki felt on the surface of the skin. With repetition, however, these sensations grow more intense and clear. Immersed in this feeling of Ki, we find that our brainwaves fall into a pattern of relaxation, our minds become very peaceful, our bodies and minds relax, and we are able to feel even more intensely the internal Ki that is beginning to stir in our bodies.