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From a young age, I struggled to find the answers to what I think of are life's fundamental questions: Who am I? and Why am I alive? I found those answers for myself after much study and circumspection, culminating in strict fasting and meditation on top of Moak Mountain in South Korea more than 30 years ago.

What I discovered opened up a new life and a new world for me. Since then, I've sought to find ways to help others answer those questions for themselves, and live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives as a result. All of my work is focused on developing methods for this and sharing them with as many people as possible. I believe when enough people know their true nature and purpose and are empowered to live by it, the world wil
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The Most Important Choice We Make Before Breakfast

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The image we wake up to shapes everything that follows, and we have more power over it than we think.

Most of us wake up and immediately reach for our phones, our to-do lists, or the residue of yesterday’s unfinished business. Before we have even fully arrived in the day, our minds have already begun projecting familiar images: who we think we are, what w

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“From The Twelve Enlightenments

Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think it’s you is not the main protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, you are not breathing; breath is naturally happening to you. You can purposely end your own life, but you cannot purposely keep your own life going. The expression, “My life” is actually an oxymoron, a result of ignorance and mistaken assumption. You don’t posses life; life expresses itself through you. Your body is a flower that life let bloom, a phenomenon created by life.”
Ilchi Lee

“I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe.”
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“To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.”
Ilchi Lee, Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Choice is the doorway to our creative power. To unleash this power, we must begin from the state of beingness.”
Ilchi Lee, Human Technology: A Toolkit For Authentic Living

“Everyday, Jay would sit under a giant elm tree and imagine the adventures his life might bring.”
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Daehan Kim Everytime i reaaly inspired from Ichi Lee's book. His message is compass to me. Thank you so much


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Lea Ramos Dear Ilchi Lee,
I am so grateful to be in your friends list. I read your books daily like the Solar Body book and Calligraphy book and these books are powerful and inspiring. It does lifts up my spirit first thing in the morning. I made it a good habit to read it after I wake up and before I start my day.
Thank you,
Lea


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Kim Root Dear Ilchi Lee, All your books are so inspiring to me. Thank you for putting them out into the world. The messages you have to share are so simple but so powerfully deep.
Thank you,
Kim


message 1: by Phil

Phil Dear Ilchi Lee,

Thank you so much for adding me to your friends list.
A true honor indeed for me.
Many books of yours including Change, The Call of Sedona have been great inspiration for me.
Thank you.

Phil


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