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Your brain is designed to accommodate at least five senses—sight, touch, sound, smell, and taste. But how much do you really engage all five? Take, for example, the simple act of eating. When you eat, of course you notice the taste of the food, but do you fully utilize the rest of the senses? Do you take time to feel and appreciate a full range of tastes, textures, and smells in your food?

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The way most of us take in sensory input is a little like eating a steady diet of fast food. Typical fast-food fare, consisting of ground meat, refined wheat flour, processed cheese, and frozen and refried potatoes, deprives you of sensory range. The natural texture of this meal has been removed to produce an even, comfortable mouth feel that requires as little chewing as it does mental adjustment.

Maybe you are already wise enough to avoid the fast-food trap, but could you be living a fast-food existence through your brain? just as some people turn repeatedly to a favorite fast-food comfort mea , your brain may have developed a fast-food sensory habit.

In the case of a fast-food mea!, one has sacrificed other sensual elements in favor of one—flavor. Consider how you may be doing the same with your other senses. People today are prone to rely on one sense, especially visual stimuli, at the expense of the others. When asked to describe some object, what do you focus on? Chances are that you describe how it looks, but usually not how it feels or sounds or tastes. In most experiences, one sense comes to the forefront while the others blur into the background.

Through this habit, you deny the many parts of the brain involved with sensory processing the chance to work in tandem and to open up new modes of experience for you. One very quick way to build additional connections in the brain is to simply open up your senses fully to the world around you.

Life is like a beautiful feast. Take the time to open yourself to the full range of experiences it offers.

The information in the following chapters will lead you to a sense of empowerment over the workings of your brain. The goal is to develop awareness of the role of the brain in your life, to gain an ability to coordinate the various parts of your brain, and ultimately to gain mastery over your brain so that it is working fully in your favor. Apply the principles presented here to your life with honesty and sincerity, and you will discover a new sense of peace and meaning for your life.

The content of Ilchi Lee book is based on the Brain Education System Training, which includes the following steps: Brain Sensitizing, Brain Versatilizing, Brain Refreshing, Brain Integrating, and Brain Mastering (see Appendix, page 86). Ultimately, the steps are meant to be practiced simultaneously over the course of a lifetime as you continually revisit and refine each step. However, in the beginning, it is worthwhile to linger on each step to find a solid sense of understanding and proficiency before going on to the next step.

My greatest hope is that the information in these pages will help you find greater happiness and fulfillment in your life. This is really not about brain development in the academic sense. It is not about getting better grades or higher scores on IQ tests. These things are fine, and they may happen as a result of this method. But all that really matters in the end is your overall quality of life. So please use this book well, use your brain well, and uncover the great joy of living that is your human birthright.

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You can look at your brain as a microcosm that contains everything you have been and holds the potential of everything you will become. The brain is unique when compared with other organs because it is the only one that exerts influence on the world outside your body as well as inside your body. It is also the only organ that can be used to understand itself, and it is the only organ that can modify itself.

According to Dr. Lee’s book you already know that your brain holds and stores many experiences from your past. Even if you are eighty, you probably still retain some strong memories from your child- hood, and even if you haven’t ridden a bicycle for many years, you probably could ride one today without much trouble. Yes, some things are forgotten, but there is no doubt that the experiences you have had in the past and the things you learned long ago all have played a role in shaping your brain and making you who you are today.

But did you ever stop to consider that your brain remembers even further back into your past than your childhood? Can you imagine that it holds elements that could go even further back than your conception? This may seem strange at first, but it is really not as mystical as it sounds.

The human brain contains a record of the evolution of sentient life on this planet within its basic structures. When you think of the human brain and its marvelous capabilities, you probably think of all the marvelous creations that come from the human being’s highly developed cortical region. This development in the human brain was essential to creating the dominant role we enjoy on the planet. None of the great culture, bustling cities, or life-changing technologies that define our human experience would be possible without the prefrontal cortex of the human brain. But the story does not end there.

All the earlier evolutionary incarnations of the brain are still apparent in the human brain. While the prefrontal cortex of the brain has gotten bigger and more complex, it has never evolved away from its reliance on the other “lower” incarnations of the animal brain. The human brain still contains the emotionally oriented limbic system, which dominates in the brains of other mammals. And it still contains the brain stem, which is the most basic part of the brain, common to all animals with a central nervous system. In fact, this “reptilian” part of the brain is still the most critical to our lives. Without it, our most vital biological functions, like breathing and heartbeat, could not continue.

You could say that all the problems in your life result from disconnection between the ideals created in the cortical region and the impulses of the animal parts of your brain. Your prefrontal cortex is the source of your highest aspirations and the place where you form the ideals by which you live. But the “lower” levels of your brain can easily derail what your prefrontal cortex has determined to be ideal. Emotions generated in the limbic system often lead to behaviors out of line with your ideals, and your brain stem can produce stress responses that undermine, rather than support your personal goals. The main purpose of this book is to help you get the diverse areas of your brain working together, in mutual support, rather than in opposition.

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Neurons are the basic building blocks of our brain. Neurons communicate with one another through synapses. These are the tiny spaces between the separate individual neurons. Chemical messengers are released by one neuron to be delivered to another, thereby effecting communication. The performance of a brain depends not on the number ot neurons but upon the information network of neurons and their synapses. The more synapses there are, the more intimately connected the neurons are, resulting in higher level functioning of the brain.

Generally, the number of synapses in the human brain increases dramatically at three specific times during life. This first happens at the age of two when we start to walk and learn to talk. The second is at the age of six when we begin to learn to read and do math. The third time is at the age of twelve when we begin to grasp abstract and logical concepts. The number of synapses inside a human brain directly relates to intellectual and academic performance, activities that are centered in the human cerebrum.

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Although physical breathing occurs automatically without any conscious effort on our part, it is necessary to concentrate in order to affect a breathing of the energy. Energy exists everywhere. Without energy, life itself is impossible. If you cannot normally feel energy, it is because your brain is not relaxed and present enough to sense the vibration of the energy field surrounding you.

Since most people live in a demanding world of rapidly changing external stimulation and fleeting thoughts, they cannot feel the energy that exists beneath the clamoring world of the five senses. This is like being unaware of the deep water that lies beneath the churning waves of the ocean, thinking that the waves are the only reality.

In Hak Dahn energy can only be felt in a state of conscious relaxation, with the brain waves in a lowered state. In order to lower brain waves, one of the techniques that Drain Respiration uses is to concentrate on breathing. When you become aware of your breathing with its rhythm of inhaling and exhaling, you can follow this rhythm into a deeper world of relaxed concentration. At this point you will be able to feel the sensation ot the energy field that surrounds you. This “energy respiration” consciously creates movement of energy by using the power of concentration. You will be able to determine the amount of energy flow and its destination.

SEDONA, Ariz., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The summer of 2008 has proven to be one of the most stressful times in recent American history, with seven stressors leading national headlines:

    --  Gas Prices at all time highs
        --  From $25/barrel in 2003 to $134/barrel for August 2008

    --  Housing Market & Foreclosure Rates
        --  1 out of every 501 households

    --  Unemployment Rates
        --  National Average 5.50%

    --  Economic Recession & Inflation
        --  June 2008 Inflation Rate: 5.02%

    --  International Conflicts
        --  Iraq, Afghanistan & Africa

    --  Obama vs. McCain: Election 08 atypically polarizing

    --  Baby Boomer Health, Aging Concerns & Social Security

The health concerns posed by the rise in stressors in America translate to numerous physical and psychological health concerns. And with over 67 million Americans qualifying as obese, and an additional 75 million as overweight, solutions to reduce stress and improve health that are attainable regardless of health or fitness level are in dire need.

Researchers from Weill Medical College of Cornell University have reviewed a lesser-known form of exercise originating in South Korea, Dahn Yoga, and the quality of life improvements associated with this energy-based form of yoga, unlike traditional Indian yogas.

The results of the study, as published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that after three months of Dahn Yoga classes, participants in a cohort study reported fewer depressive symptoms, less anxiety, and greater self-efficacy than they reported prior to taking the classes, and scored an increase of 15.5 points on a mental health exam. Complete details published in “Prospective study of new participants in a community-based mind-body training program.”

“Mainstream forms of exercise have clearly proven health benefits, yet as Americans continue to suffer from stress-associated health challenges, more than ever we need ways to better manage integrated physical and mental well-being,” said Dr. Sung Lee, M.D., formerly of the Weill Medical College of Cornell, and currently Secretary of the International Brain Education Association. “I was much impressed by the depth and range of quality of life improvements among persons practicing Dahn Yoga, and believe this method has significant benefits for both individuals and organizations.”

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We are born with about one hundred billion brain cells. They die off at the approximate rate of 100,000 every day, with about half of them coming from the cerebrum. The rate of brain cell loss is directly related to many factors, including chemical balance, psychological stress, and physical shock. Drugs, lack of exercise, depression, and stress are among the many factors that have been shown to negatively affect the longevity and efficiency of brain cells.

However, if we live to be one hundred years old, we will retain about ninety six percent of our original brain cells. Although everyone loses brain cells with age, brain mass can actually be increased. How can the brain become heavier when there are fewer brain cells? This is because the more you use your brain, the more synapses form between existing brain cells. This increases density of the brain as a whole.

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Conscious control of the flow of energy throughout the body is one aspect of Brain Respiration. Another critical aspect of Brain Respiration is to act on the flow of information that travels in and out of the human brain. Therefore, Brain Respiration includes both “energy respiration” and “information respiration” Conscious exchange of information to and from your awareness, this is the meaning of Brain Respiration in the spiritual context.

An exchange of gasses in the lungs defines physical breathing. The brain is the place in the human body where an exchange of information defines “informational waffling.” The brain is the organ that receives, registers, and processes information. Just as there are different grades of air quality, information can also be classified as either healthful or harmful. Just as you can become ill by breathing in polluted air, or by blocking the flow of life energy through the meridians, you can be adversely affected by taking in harmful information. This results in sickness of the spirit. Negative and destructive information weakens the spiritual body.

Therefore, Sir Lee says that you take good care of your brain means that you take full and conscious control over the process of choosing, judging, and communicating the information in your brain. A brain that does these three things well is a capable, powerful brain.

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The principle of Shim-Ki-Hyul-Jung is at once the underlying principle of Brain Respiration and the law of the universe. It provides fundamental guidance for the process of evolution, creation, and the existence of all things. When consciousness begins to be concentrated, energy starts to gather. This in turn begins to attract the material necessary to manifest the essence ot the concentrated consciousness. In this principle, Hyul refers to all material required to generate the shape and form of a wish. Thereto re,

Shim-Ki-Hyul-Jung refers to the process of the invisible consciousness creating a tangible form through the power of concentration. Ultimately, the invisible creates the visible. The world of form is therefore created by concentration of our consciousness. The underlying rule of creation is rather simple… you just have to ask the question: “What do I really want?”

This is why every sage in the history of humankind has told us to be careful with our mind and our thoughts. An unconscious wish is still a wish and an unconscious curse is still a curse. It is crucial to be continuously aware of what you are thinking and how you are acting and speaking. You must also develop discipline and will to align your words and actions with your wishes. The universe is filled with information and energy that you can draw on to manifest your innermost dreams and visions… whatever they may be.

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