“When your mind is still and undisturbed by stimulation, the true nature naturally shines out and you can directly see what you really are.”
— Ilchi Lee
“That’s where we start making changes From the deepest and softest.It’s not the world that we needed to change It is the people who inhabit the world. It’s not machines that we need to change. It is the people who use those machines. Even with people we can start the change from the softer things such as the way we breathe, and the way we feel about or toward other people and other living beings. These soft parts shape Our behaviors and our choices, both on a personal and a global scale. In this respect, they are fundamental, more so than any material changes.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Who am I?” “What is the purpose of my life?” These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul’s journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.”
— Ilchi Lee
“The essence of enlightenment … is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as a whole, and a capacity to accept with compassion all that is. 11/26”
— Ilchi Lee
“The life I am experiencing, good or bad, is the collective result of the choices I have made, knowingly or unknowingly. When I accept this, I acknowledge that I have the power to create my destiny.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Absolute values are the things that are important whether you like them or not. Relative values depend on social contexts and personal preferences and conditions of life. Our current market system pursues relative transient values at the cost of absolute lasting values.”
— Ilchi Lee
“While sleeping, we’re free to be what we really are, nothing more, nothing less.”
— Ilchi Lee
“What is enlightenment? In the Korean tradition of Tao, it is known a Mu-Ah (Mu means “No” or “Nothing” and Ah means “Me”). It is no-me-ness, or egoless-ness. It means realizing the true, unchanging nature of the person you happen to be.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Make your mind quiet of disturbing thoughts by focusing on subtle energy on your palms, inside your body and all around.”
— Ilchi Lee
“A more truthful perception may be seen from the perspective of the whole – what we really are, beyond names, roles, education, religion and other information added to our true nature.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Before you sleep, experience yourself as what you really are by recognizing the vast space inside you, and feeling the Energy-Consciousness, LifeParticles, overflowing through the space and through your body.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Behind our behaviors are our beliefs. They determine how we think things are and what is possible. The foundation of these beliefs is our conception of who we are, whether we are conscious of it or not.”
— Ilchi Lee
“When you experience being present, there is no separation between you and other things. If you feel separate, you are already out of the present and returned to your familiar land of names and concepts.”
— Ilchi Lee
“We need to look carefully at what we value, what we have, and what we desire to make sure these are really important to us and represent what we truly want.”
— Ilchi Lee
“There is much work to be done, and we are the ones privileged to do it.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation.”
— Ilchi Lee
“The common factor in all our experiences is wakeful consciousness which turns what happens into an experience or a meaningful reality.”
— Ilchi Lee
“To recover the purest Zero mind, and cosmic consciousness, we first have to attain an earth consciousness.”
— Ilchi Lee
“We did not – and could not – purchase Earth with money. We have just been granted temporary stewardship.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Meditation is a powerful way to enhance your attention, develop your ability to think mindfully, and to use the unlimited creative potential of your mind.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Consciousness is not confined within an individual brain. Otherwise, how can it cause changes in the physical state of things outside the brain?”
— Ilchi Lee
“We use our minds in a way similar to how we use a scale – it tells us its worth, its value. But what if the scale has not been accurately recalibrated to zero? What if you had forgotten to remove mental and emotional baggage?”
— Ilchi Lee
“We are currently too attached to our worldly toys, rather than to the lessons our playing could impart to further the maturity of our collective soul.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Action is something you do purposefully with attention. If you really want something, you will use as much energy for it, and you will use it through action.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Consciousness can travel through space or can be present at multiple locations simultaneously. A conscious mind here can create a material change there, and is not limited by time and space or any physical forces.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Recalibration of the mind means clearing our perceptions and recovering our capacity for pure observation.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Before we ask the cosmos for the power to have all our thoughts manifest, we need to train ourselves to become more aware, or mindful, of our thoughts, and think wisely enough to use this power for the benefit of all.”
— Ilchi Lee
“The universe likes change. All that appears solid and substantial is built on the shifting sands of ceaseless transformation on the quantum level. Ironically, that’s the one steady factor about the universe – it is always changing, which means our efforts to change are supported by the very nature of Life.”
— Ilchi Lee
“Consciousness has power to create physical changes and requires no other medium than itself. It can reach the entire universe, inferring that consciousness energy is the very nature of the universe.”
— Ilchi Lee
“When we look at something, we are often not aware of who is perceiving, and unaware of the mental-emotional filter created by past experiences, hopes and expectations.”
— Ilchi Lee