To take another breath, we must first exhale. When we have breathed out and emptied our lungs, we can breathe in again. Ilchi Lee More Quotes by Ilchi Lee More Quotes From Ilchi Lee The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all things. Ilchi Lee energy-of-life leaving mind The sensation of energy expands with increasing relaxation. Ilchi Lee sensations energy relaxation Believe in the life inside you, believe in the great and holy mind within you, and push forward with the dream you have chosen until you make it. Ilchi Lee mind dream believe We may not be able to create or control all of the events that impact our lives but we can create and control our responses to everything that we experience. Ilchi Lee impact events may If a change in our lives require individually or socially painful sacrifices, it will be difficult to put into effect no matter how necessary that change might be. However, if we start down the road of transformation with simple, enjoyable, and tangible changes, we will soon be prepared to tackle larger issues. Ilchi Lee issues sacrifice simple In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator. Ilchi Lee brain order firsts You must believe you have limitless potential in order to manifest your genius fully. Tell yourself every day, "I am a genius," and believe it. Ilchi Lee genius order believe Now is a time for change, a time to become the greatest version of yourself. And a time to to make your grandest vision of the world . Ilchi Lee time-for-a-change vision world Your mind creates everything. Your conscious mind has much greater power than you can ever imagine. Your mind can create blessings or disasters, can heal or harm, can bring abundance or absence. It is up to your mind whether the world looks hopeful or hopeless. Ilchi Lee hopeful blessing mind Only when you have a changeless sense of who you are, can real change take place. Ilchi Lee real-change who-you-are real People's hearts color the heart of the earth and the earth colors the hearts of people. Ilchi Lee color heart people Your body is a flower that life let bloom. Ilchi Lee your-body body flower 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 journey practice believe I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside them. It is just a matter of persistence--sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose in life. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen. Ilchi Lee persistence believe reality We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition. What makes us great is not our knowledge, skill, money, or power. What makes us great is not our knowledge, skill, money, or power. What makes us truly great is this noble desire, this passion that transcends all separation, goes beyond one's limitations, and wants to hug others and embrace the whole world. This is not something that we need to learn, because we already have it. It just needs to be acknowledged and awakened. Ilchi Lee passion skills helping-others We live with many thoughts, emotions, and habits, but at the same time we have other eyes, another mind capable of watching all of these things. Those who practice self-cultivation find that mind; they live with it and they die with it. Ilchi Lee eye practice self Truth is truth, not the explanations of Truth. Truth is a living, moving process. Truth is constantly undulating and vibrating. You can become one with the Truth, but you cannot adequately explain it. Ilchi Lee truth-is process moving . . . if you close your eyes and begin to feel your breath, it will instantly become deeper and slower, and your mind will become calmer. Then gradually you'll become aware of your body, or more precisely the subtle sense of energy inside and around your body. At that moment, you exist as Energy-Consciousness, not as names, jobs, duties, roles, desires, and so on. Ilchi Lee eye names jobs Only the Earth can become the central axis around which world peace can be spun, for no religion is more compelling, no single nation larger, and no peoples older than the Earth itself. For that to happen, the collective human consciousness must expand enough so that our highest identification is as Earth-Humans. Ilchi Lee axes earth world You can encounter the great life within you when you recover the zero point. When you encounter that great life, all limits created by the thoughts and emotions vanish and infinite creativity springs forth. Ilchi Lee creativity zero spring