Dahn Yoga in California

Human Technology (Dahn Yoga Basic Book) by Ilchi Lee

 summary p.46

“Everybody lives a breath of fresh air.
When we let the fresh air in our body, we feel awake, refreshed and energized.
Actually this is all about breathing?
breathing in fresh air and releasing the toxins.

Breathing is mechanical.
It occurs automatically.
You don’t have to think about breathing.
It happens by itself.
It is what our body does.
Exactly in the same fashion, thinking is also mechanical.
Thinking occurs automatically.
You don’t have to think about thinking.
It is a routine of the brain.
It is what the brain does.
Moreover, just like you can control your respiration, you are able to conrol how the brain thinks?
although both are somethng that very few people do.”

I’m thinking how important the brain is… we need to know how to breathe right.

what do YOU think?

Prove Yourself to Your Brain

On the one hand, we have to trust our brains, and on the other hand, we have to enable them to trust us. Our brain won’t listen to us just because we say, “I am the master.” Our brains aren’t exactly pushovers. Though we shout, “I can do it!” our brains will say, “Oh yeah? Show me!” And if they can find even some trivial evidence contradicting our claims, their attitudes will be, “See, you can’t do it.”

It’s difficult to persuade the brain with a thought or a work. To secure the confidence of your brain, you must check yourself regularly, again and again, because all kinds of doubts and fears will pounce on you if you give them the least opportunity. Not your thoughts or words, but your deeds are the way to check yourself. Through your actions, you must show yourself what kind of person you are, persuade your brain of this and win your brain’s trust. If you think a lot, but don’t act, it shows just how weak the power of your brain is. Your brain is failing to send a signal powerful enough to move your body. No creation is possible without action. Nothing at all happens without action.

The trust of your brain cannot be won in a day. Your brain’s trust is a form of energy, an asset that must be accumulated and managed carefully by investing a great deal of time and effort. You build faith in yourself when you continue to show devotion in what you do, beginning with little, trivial things and moving one step at a time. And that faith, ultimately, quiets the brain’s doubts and fears, and enables the brain to display its powers to the greatest extent possible.

To win the trust of our brains, we must develop willpower. Willpower is the ability, once we establish a goal, to see it through to the end without giving up because of the obstacles and pain we encounter along the way.

Between “I’ll do it” and “I’ll give it a try” there exists a difference that is so subtle as to be barely distinguishable yet so fundamental as to determine the success or failure of an endeavor. Many people take the attitude, “I’ll give it a try,” and think they are doing their best by “working hard” at something. It seems to them that the thought “I’m doing my best” is more than justified by the drops of sweat on their foreheads and by the weariness they feel in their bodies.

from BEST 5 Handbook