I was beyond pain at that point of clarity, for I had no senses that I could feel. I was beyond my physical body. I had no fear because I had no senses. Without physical senses, you have no fear of pain, for you know you cannot feel physical pain. It’s like escaping from a huge prison.

Ilchi Lee gave an opening prayer at the millennium world peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders at the UN in Aug, 2000. Then you realize that the door was open all the time. Then you feel foolish that you busted your head and bruised your body to squeeze yourself through the narrow bars of the prison when the door right next to the bars was ajar all the time. You can see the open door now that you are outside, now that your point of view has changed. That’s why I say that enlightenment is such an obvious thing. All you have to do is step through the door. All it takes is your choice to will your feet to take you through the door that is open already!