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2. Preparation to bring the kindling – Preparation to depart

After Ilchi Lee (Dae Sun Sa) received the invitation and the air tickets, he said to prepare to go to America.  For me, as for traveling abroad it was the first time in my life. My English was poor, and I worried, deep within me, how I would be able to assist Ilchi Lee there.  Nevertheless, there was anyone who knew English adequately, and preparation was made thinking that there wasn’t any other way but just to face it.  As for preparation, there were only a few pieces of clothing, Dahnhak books, a video of Dahnhak training, etc.; it was just lots of Dahnkak related items.  For funds, when told people I was going to America, a member who was training gave me a one-hundred dollar bill to use for traveling expenses, which was all there was.  Without knowing how much a one-hundred dollar bill was worth, and not realizing that dollars are used in America, preparing for traveling expenses wasn’t even thought of.  Though, even if I wanted to prepare expenses, there weren’t any funds to bring.
A suitcase with an invitation, air tickets, and few pieces of clothing were, indeed, all there was.  Thinking about it now, a pioneering journey without much plan, had begun.  At last, in order to go, I was told a visa must be obtained, but I didn’t know what a visa was or from where to receive it. Everything was unaccustomed and unfamiliar.  I had to go to the embassy and also have an interview.  Papers were prepared and I waited on a long line for half of the day.  Since it was at a time, where traveling to foreign countries was not as freely permitted, it was somewhat strict.  Fortunately, a Korean resident who was living in America, introduced a travel agency that he knew well, and without any mishap we passed.  Actually, to be abruptly going to America without any preparation felt a little fearful and exciting.  And, I could not believe the fact that I would be going to America.  It was because, for my whole life, I thought that there wouldn’t be any reason for me to go to America.  In any case, all preparation was completed and the only thing left was to depart on that day.

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1. Kindling – Inevitable Coincidence

The pioneering history in America became truly an inevitable coincidence and the beginning.  It was at a time where Dahnhak, in South Korea, was in the midst of ardent pioneering and was experiencing tremendous growth.
Someone who lives in Philadelphia and operated a clothing business, had come to Jaam-shil center in South Korea.  He was, with grizzled hair, in the middle of his fifties.
The reason why he had come to Jaam-shil center in his home country, South Korea, was to treat a chronic disease of accumulated fatigue and exhaustion from the long period of living and having a business overseas.
While treating for the chronic disease, there was a mention that training at a Dahn center would be beneficial for him, so through receiving training and meeting with Ilchi Lee, enormous healing occurred.  Even though it was not a medical treatment, the fact that the disease could be healed so easily like that, was a great shock to him. 
Even what the advanced medicine in America could not do anything about, through the Ki training he found a very simple way to solve the matter.  It is not certain, but it was probably problems in the stomach and the kidney area.
With approximately one week of treatment period, and with much recovery he returned to America and again while working diligently on his business, he invited Ilchi Lee and myself to visit.
Already as he was a practitioner of Buddhism, he had made great contributions in the building of Buddhist temples, he often invited religious dignitaries from South Korea and Tibet, and he listened to their Buddhist teachings.  Also from his company, as a policy, a set percentage of his earnings was used for these works.

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Pioneering History in America

去去去中知 行行行理覺

In the going, and going, and going, you will know.

In the practicing, and practicing, and practicing, you will become enlightened.

My Life and My Existence- Who am I?

13. Let’s break down any sickness with Chun Ji ki Woon
      Let’s Save the world with Chun Ji Ma Um

The ultimate reason why he became a Jidoja is that he thought this Chun Ji Ki Woon and Chun Ji Ma Um saved him. He also believed that they would save society and the world and he experienced it. This might seem to be ridiculous. But, because Chun Ji Ki Woon and Chun Ji Ma Um give wisdom like to every human being for their health, joy, freedom and peace, and this wisdom, joy and health resolve inner struggles which are in people’s mind, this means it saves the world by letting people pursue a more creative, higher level of life. Chun Ji Ki Woon and Chun Ji Ma Um awaken the sense of new life in us, and we have the inner senses which we even didn’t realize before.
If we awake those senses, we can create anything that we have in our mind.
It is true that there is the higher level of sensation than the levels of sensation that the normal people have now. This dahnhak practice is for awakening the higher human senses. The final goal is to have these new dimensions of transcendence become common sense so that people can use them to create better lives. It’s the same type of shift as when a blind man opens his eyes and has a new sense of seeing.
It is an enormously different sense like the difference between a blind man and the man who has sight. The sense of seeing and the sense of not seeing is really different.
To awaken this higher level sense of consciousness is the only way to improve our quality of life.
With the level of sense most of us have at this present time, the life that is limited and can not overcome obstructions will be continued even by someone who thinks he or she has a good life. It is the state in which his or her life never changed.

Even if there is a beautiful world, a blind man cannot see anything.
Even if there is a sweet sound, a deaf person cannot hear anything.
Even if there is a fragrant scent, the person who has lost the olfactory function cannot smell anything.
Even if there is a tasty flavor, the person who has lost the function of his or her tongue cannot taste anything.
Like a person who has dull skin can’t feel any sense from his skin, if the sense we have doesn’t awake, we cannot feel it. If we cannot feel any sense, we become stupid.
Awake. Then you will be wise and everything will be clear to you.

Sentence from Il chi :
Let’s break down any sickness with Chun Ji ki Woon,
Let’s Save the world with Chun Ji Ma Um.
Han Sae Gye.

My Life and My Existence- Who am I?

12. Since Then

As he opened more Dahn centers, there were several difficulties but he could solve each one and made a lot of improvement. Since the Dahn centers were opened, many people came to be Jidojas(masters) and they have been managing the centers very well. After many centers were opened by many Jidojas, he because Dahn centers’ CEO and is now president of Dahn centers. He supports Dahnhak with ideas to progress and develop various programs; he educates Jidojas, and he manages education centers.

I’ll tell you some episodes about Dahn centers opening in America in my Blog later.