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Brain Respiration
By Ilchi Lee
| List Price $22.00 |
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Paperback | 233pages | 7.31 x 9.31 in | ISBN 0972028234 | November 2002
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| Book Description |
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"Are you the master of your brain?" asks this groundbreaking new book by Ilchi Lee, renowned spiritual leader and foremost authority on Brain Respiration, a scientific system of developing the potential of the human brain through mental and physical stimulation utilizing the power of Ki life energy.
"Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, And Change The WorldŻ" so goes the familiar theme in this book, which emphasizes the importance of being aware of and in control of your brain functions in order to fulfill not only your individual promise but your potential as a human being. Brain Respiration focuses on the brain because there is no other way for a human being to experience reality other than through the functioning of the brain. The human brain is the nexus for the meeting of body, mind, and spirit. Through conscious practice of Brain Respiration, you will develop a "Power Brain," a brain characterized as peaceful, creative, and productive.
Brain Respiration trains the brain using three interrelated and distinct elements: Physical Coordination Exercises for the physical body, Energy Movement Exercises for the mind, and Awareness Expanding Exercises for the spiritual body. The ultimate goal of Brain Respiration is to elevate human awareness to the level of conscious mastery over all aspects of its existence. The many concrete benefits of Brain Respiration include: enhanced health, brightened outlook, increased creativity and innovation, heightened academic capability, and improved ability to interact harmoniously with others.
Transform yourself by changing how you perceive, evaluate, and think about your personal surroundings and the world. Change your life and better the world by changing your brain through Brain Respiration.
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| About the Author |
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Ilchi Lee is a world-renowned peace activist and spiritual leader. He is the creator of Dahnhak and Brain Respiration, a comprehensive system of physical and mental exercises that seeks to use the energy, or "Ki" system of the body to attain a spiritual awakening.
Designated as one of the fifty preeminent spiritual leaders of the world, Ilchi Lee gave an opening prayer at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders opening at the UN in August, 2000. In light of his contributions to the health of her citizens and in recognition of his work as a peace activist, the City of Atlanta proclaimed October 28TH, 2001, 'Dr. Ilchi Lee Day.' He is currently the chairman of the New Millennium Peace Foundation and the Director of Institute of New Human Research.
He is the author of 16 books, including "Healing Society (Hampton Roads, November, 2000)," which reached #1 in Amazon.com overall sales ranking within a month of publication, being the first Asian-authored book to earn the honor. His other titles, to be published, include "The Twelve Enlightenments," "Brain Respiration," and "Peaceology."
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| Chapter Excerpt |
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Five Stages of Brain Respiration
The ultimate purpose of Brain Respiration is to develop a Power BrainŻ a brain that is creative, peaceful, and productive. Main Brain Respiration training is divided into five distinct stages: Brain Sensitizing, Brain Softening, Brain Cleansing, Brain Rewiring, and Brain Mastering. These stages have been designed to stimulate each of the three main layers of the brain in order to maximize their potential, while reintegrating their disparate functions. On a spiritual plane, Brain Respiration provides a path to enlightenment in everyday life. On a social level, Brain Respiration is designed to develop a New Human who is filled with positive energy, rich emotions, harmonious ethics, and a purposeful life.
The five experiential stages of Brain Respiration each carry a special intention. BR Sensitizing is designed to heighten the senses of the whole body, including the brain. BR Softening is designed to introduce flexibility and to increase efficiency in the conscious cognitive processes of the neo-cortex. BR Cleansing has been formulated to deal with self-defeating emotional memories embedded in the limbic system that often act as obstacles to further development. BR Rewiring will lead to meeting with Yullyo, the reality of life within, and affirm identity and sense of purpose. Finally, BR Mastering will help an individual express his or her True Self and further the evolution of the collective consciousness of humanity.
BR Initial Stage - Brain Sensitizing
The goal of this initial stage is to awaken and heighten the sensitivity of the body and brain. Unlike other parts of the body, we cannot touch or directly exercise our brain. However, different areas of our brain are intimately connected to various parts of our body. Therefore, by exercising various parts of the body, we can stimulate activity in the corresponding parts of the brain. Once our senses become heightened and our concentration strengthened, we are able to directly feel the flow of energy through the body. At this stage, we can exercise the brain by consciously focusing on the flow of Ki energy controlled by the power of concentration.
BR Cortex Stage - Brain Softening
The purpose of this stage of Brain Respiration is to create flexibility in the established neural networks in order to increase the potential for new learning and enhance higher cognitive functions. We are basically trying to shake loose existing neural patterns in order to regain openness and flexibility needed to introduce new patterns. This has an immediate effect on our social behavior, for established patterns of the neural network translate directly into ingrained habits, prejudices, and preconceptions. Therefore, the BR Cortex stage contains many exercises and programs designed to open up and enhance communication within neurons of the brain.
BR Limbic Stage - Brain Cleansing
The purpose of this stage is to dispose of the emotional baggage of certain memories that act as an impediment to the process of inner healing and development. As explained previously, our limbic system stores the emotional impact of our experiences, assigning emotional value to individual memories. These "emotional memories" resurface when a similar situation arises, often causing repetition of the same exact behavioral pattern. By clearing your memory of the instinctive emotional association, you will be able to choose a new reaction or behavior when faced with a similar stimulus. This is accomplished by practicing a form of emotional release combining breathing and smiling. You will develop strength to become master of your own emotions, proving that "My mind is not me, but mine."
BR Stem Stage - Brain Rewiring
The goal of this stage is to awaken the infinite potential of life energy within the brain stem. By transcending the intellect associated with the neo-cortex and the emotions of the limbic system, your consciousness will encounter Yullyo, the basic rhythm of life. Thus, you will experience absolute oneness with life energy itself, the ultimate reality. In this stage, you will find the answers to the questions, "Who am I?" and "What is my life's purpose?"
Through the Brain Stem stage, you will be able to choose your own identity. Once you have chosen your identity, all the knowledge, information, and ability in your brain will go toward fulfilling the requirements of this identity. Identity can actually be said to be the core information in your life, with all information acting in support. From the place of your newly realized identity, you will examine old and new information in a new light. You will assess its usefulness in fulfilling your new purpose in life, in terms of the new identity you have chosen. To this end, your brain will be integrated with your new identity, maximizing its creativity and energy to serve your purpose.
BR Completion Stage - Brain Mastering
To become the master of your own brain means that you can fully use one hundred percent of your innate creativity. Because the brain is nurtured by a steady flow of information, feeding it positive and supportive information is the key to maximizing its potential. "Vision" is the term used to refer to the type of information that stimulates maximum brain activity toward achieving a certain goal. Having a "Vision" must be the underlying motivating force for all activities in order to stimulate your brain to reach its maximum potential. In order to be effective, a Vision must be simple and clear enough to be easily understood. It must be realistic enough to be worthy of the investment of time and effort, concrete enough to measure progress, and attractive enough for you to want to devote one hundred percent of your energy to it. Most importantly, the Vision must ultimately benefit the goal of peaceful co-existence on Earth. For the divinity that lies within every single one of us longs for peace, and our brains are designed to work toward this very goal.
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| Book Reviews |
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In Brain Respiration, Ilchi Lee offers potent and profound methods to affect both evolutionary as well as revolutionary changes in human life and consciousness. Here are revealed secrets to unlock the portals of consciousness. Here too, in clear and precise instructions, are the keys to the unfolding of the many latent potentials we all contain and fail to use. If applied widely and seriously, the spiritual technology offered here could affect the transformation of the human condition in our time.
- Jean Houston, Ph.D. Co-director of the Foundation for Mind Research
We are at the threshold of a new form of consciousness. I call it evolutionary consciousness and conscious evolution. That means we have to come into choice about our acts because it's affecting everything. To be able to make those choices, you need more Brain Respiration because most people can't think that way, so Brain Respiration techniques for enhancing human consciousness are essential for conscious evolution to work.
- Barbara Marx Hubbard, Founder of Conscious Evolution
This is indeed an important and praiseworthy book for it helps us get close to the truth and actual experience of our own reality as the Self which transcends all of time, which always was, always will be, before and after all worlds or universe.
- Dr. David R. Hawkins, Author of Power vs. Force
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