THEORY OF DAHNHAK3 - The Meridian System in the Body: Kyung-Rak and Kyung-Hyul

Ki-energy moves through the body along pathways called Kyung-Rak or meridian channels, like the body's circulatory system which flows through veins and arteries. On meridian channels, there are specific points called Kyung-Hyul or acupressure points. The acupressure points are like holes through which Ki-energy enters and exits the body with the breath. Upon inhalation, the flow of the Ki-energy enters the body at the acupressure points and moves through the meridians to the vital organs of the body.














There are 12 meridian channels, 365 acupressure points in the human body. The major acupressure points are listed below:
Baek-Hoe: Located at the crown, top of the head, where many important meridian channels meet at one point. It lies at the intersection of an imaginary line that connects the ears and a line that connects spine and nose. "Baek-Hoe" literally means "intersecting point of 100 meridians." In newborn babies, this point is open and the hard shell of the skull has not covered it over. In the DahnHak Practice, when practitioners become aware of their sixth sense, this is the point through which the celestial energy is received into the body.
Jun-Jung: Located about four to five centimeters in front of the Baek-Hoe, this is also a point where the celestial energy flows in. While Baek-Hoe is sometimes called "Great Heaven's Gate," Jun-Jung is named "Small Heaven's Gate."
In-Dang: Frequently called "the third eye" in the west, this point is located between the eyebrows. When this point is activated, one might exhibit extrasensory perceptual powers.
Mi-Gan: Located at the top of your nose, in the center of the indention at the top of the blade of the nose.
In-Joong: Located in the center of the valley between your nose and lips.
Ah-Moon: Located between the first and second vertebrae. This is the place where the neck and head meet.
Ok-Chim: Located the slightly protruding point in the back of your head. Ok-Chim consists of two separate points that are located one inch to either side of that protrusion.
Tae-Yang: Located on the temples, in between the eyes and the tops of the ears, these are important activation points related to the brain.
Dae-Chu: Located right below the seventh cervical vertebrae.
Dahn-Joong(Jon-Joong): Located in the center of the slight indentation on the chest, between the breasts.
Ki-Hae: Two inches below the navel. K-Hae means "the sea of Ki-energy." The lower Dahn-Jon is located about two inches inside the body from the Ki-Hae.
Hoe-Eum: The perineum.
Myung-Moon: Located on the back, directly opposite the navel, between the second and third lumber vertebrae. "Myung-Moon"means "the gate of life." Cosmic nital energy enters the body through this point during Dahn-Jon breathing exercise.
Jang-Shim: Located at the center of the palm on each hand. To find the Jang-Shim, make a fist. The point is where the middle finger touches the palm. Because it is very sensitive to energy, it is viewed as an external Dahn-Jon energy center.
Yong-Chun: Located on the sole of foot, approximately in the center, just below the ball of the foot. Yong-Chun is an external Dahn-Jon energy center.
Jok-Sam-Ri: On the outside of leg, just below the knee, and in between the two leg bones meet.
Tae-Chung: On the top of each foot, at the point where the bone of the big toe and the second toe join, between the first and second metatarsal.

THEORY OF DAHNHAK2 - The Dahn-Jon System

Integrative System of Energy Centers

The acupressure points, which are part of the organic energy system of the body, work synergistically to create the larger energy center called Dahn-Jon. "Dahn" means "Ki-energy." It also means "red." "jon" means "field or center." In DahnHak Practice, seven Dahn-Jon energy centers are identified in the body. These energy centers are not organs. They exist in the body on an energetic level not a physical level. They are located in areas where several acupressure points are in close proximity to each other. They form a cooperative system which controls the activities of the bodily functions through accumulating and synthesizing the vital Ki-energy.

Dahn-Jon is shaped like an egg or a ball. Sometimes, the Dahn-Jon is described by practitioners as like the sun. As Ki-energy collects inside the Dahn-Jon, it may grow from the size of a chestnut into something larger than a basketball. Practitioners feel their Dahn-Jons differently, according to their sensitivity to Ki-energy and the degree of their activation of the energy centers.

There are seven Dahn-Jons in the body:

Three Internal Dahn-Jons:
Lower Dahn-Jon
Middle Dahn-Jon
Upper Dahn-Jon

Four External Dahn-Jon:
2 Jang-Shim
2 Yong-Chon

In the Dahn-Jon system, if one or more of the seven energy centers are blocked, the Ki-energy flow in the body is reduced and the interchange of Ki-energy with the cosmos weakens, causing disease. As the Dahn-Jon System becomes unblocked through DahnHak Practice, the flow of the Ki-energy is restored, improving physical health and a feeling of peace.

Three Internal Dahn-Jons

All three of the Internal Dahn-Jons are unique in their function. Lower Dahn-Jon is located two inches below the navel and two inches inside the abdomen. The function of this energy center is to accumulate the vital Ki-energy and circulate the energy throughout the entire body. The color of the energy of Lower Dahn-Jon is red. When the Lower Dahn-Jon becomes fully developed, the body becomes fielled with fresh vital energy and physical strength is increased. During the exercises, when references are made to the Dahn-Jon, it usually means the Lower Dahn-Jon.

Middle Dahn-Jon is located around the Jon-Joong (Dahn-Joong), an acupressure point between the breasts. This is the place of human emotional energy, characterized by unconditional love. When the Middle Dahn-Jon is activated, practitioners feel a state of mind that is peaceful and trnaquil. They have the capacity to direct unconditional love towards other.
When a person begins to feel the Ki-energy in the Middle Dahn-Jon, their communication of feelings and interaction with others improve to a level of complete understanding. Emotion is energy. When people feel stressful from strong negative emotions, the Middle Dahn-Jon will become blocked with impure energy. When the Middle Dahn-Jon becomes blocked, the energy circulation is reversed. This condition leads to many diseases of the nervous or circulatory system. The color of the energy of the Middle Dahn-Jon is gold.

Upper Dahn-Jon is located near the In-Dang, an acupressure point between the eyebrows. It is activated by pure energy. The color associated with the Upper Dahn-Jon is indigo. When the Upper Dahn-Jon becomes activated, practitioners experience clear awareness.
The activation of the Upper Dahn-Jon is the key to unfolding the higher abilities of the human brain. As the brain wave lowers into an alpha state, consciousness becomes one with cosmic energy. Personal identity is lost and is replaced by an understanding of Cosmic Consciousness. This is when the practitioner awakens into a new dimension of mind.

Four External Dahn-Jon

Two of the four External Dahn-Jons are located in the palms of the hands called Jang-Shim. The other two External Dahn-Jons are located in the soles of the feet, called Yong-Chon. They are the main channels for energy interchange between the human body and cosmos. They function as gates supplying the body with Ki-energy from the huge reservoir of cosmic vitality.

THEORY OF DAHNHAK1 - DahnHak and Ki-Energy

"Ki" is the Korean word for cosmic vitality that is the true essence of every creation in the cosmos. Most people begin their understanding of Ki by experiencing it as bioenergy or the vital life force in the body. Ki is the connection between the physical body and conscious mind. When practitioners learn to control the Ki in their bodies, they begin to understand that they have control over their bodies. In the orient, people have known about Ki for thousands of years. Oriental medicine, such as acupuncture or acupressure, utilizes the knowledge of Ki-Energy by healing people through correcting the distorted energy flow in their body.

Ki-Energy: Cosmic Energy

Ki-Energy is another name for cosmic energy. It is the energy that circulates throughout the universe. As the poets have written, all human beings are made up of stardust and cosmic energy. This is the connecting thread that helps human beings understand that all beings in the cosmos exist as one. As many religious and spiritual traditions have tried to impart, all living beings residing on earth are individual components of the Oneness of the universal Ki-Energy. The concept of Oneness changes for practitioners from an intellectual concept to one of knowing, through actual experience, that Ki-Energy moves throughout the body.
It is overwhelming for human beings to imagine the immense power of the energy circulating through the vast universe. When people are connected with that universal energy, the Ki-Energy in their bodies actively circulates like the movement of the solar system.
To connect and interact with this energy is very easy: breathe. Everyone inhales and exhales whether or not they are conscious of this activity. Through the DahnHak breathing exercises, practioners become aware of inhaling as the taking in of universal Ki-Energy and exhaling as the releasing of used, dissipated energy back into the universe. This energy-focused respiration is called "Dahn-Jon Breathing."

Three Types of Ki-Energy: Won-Ki, Jeong-Ki and Jin-Ki

Knowledge of Ki-Energy is extremely beneficial prior to beginning the Dahn-Jon Breathing exercises. Ki-Energy flows through the human body in three different ways: Won-Ki, Jeong-Ki and Jin-Ki. "Won" means "innate," Jeong" means "stamina or strength," and "Jin" means "true or genuine."

1) Won-Ki: The first type of Ki-Energy is inherited energy. Human beings receive this energy at birth from their parents.
2) Jeong-Ki: The second type of Ki-Energy is acquired energy from nourishment. This energy source is replenished through diet and respiration.
3) Jin-Ki: The third type of Ki-Energy is received through pure cosmic awareness and is accessible through relaxed concentration.

Jin-Ki: Energy of the Mind, the Essence of All Energy

Jin-Ki is accessed through deep mindful concentration of the breath. Upon inhalation of breath, Jin-Ki, pure cosmic energy, enters the body. It is the power of the mental concentration which invites the cosmic energy to circulate throughout the body as Jin-Ki. Since Jin-Ki is an energy which is accessed by the concentration, it can be controlled by a person's will power. The following exercise demonstrates how will power can control Jin-Ki.

Place your concentration in the center of your palm. Concentrate on making that part of your palm warmer than the rest of your hand. After a while, compare the temperature in the center of your palm to another part of your body. The heat in your palm is the collection of the Jin-Ki, placed there by your will power. Wherever in your body that you focus, that is where the Jin-Ki goes.

The strength and quality of the Jin-Ki is dependent on a person's quality of consciousness, ability to concentrate and stability of emotions. Love, peace, hatred, jealousy, anger, possessiveness, greed, selfishness, or pride influences the type of energy accessible to the body. Positive ideas and emotions create positive energy, permitting the Jin-Ki to flow easily throughout the body. Negative emotions and ideas reduce the effectiveness of the flow of Jin-Ki. It becomes contaminated, heavy, and stagnant. Blockages in the flow of Jin-Ki cause disease and unbalance in the body.

Breath: Access of Ki-Energy

For most people, it is common for their minds to jump from one idea to the next. They believe that they have no control over what they think or how they feel. They have given up the power to control their mind. To creat positive energy, they have to have positive idea and positive emotions. That means they have to be able to control their minds and make them think positively. Taking back the control of the mind and its thoughts is very simple. The key is the breath. Learning to take control of the breath enables practitioners to control their mind and themselves. When this happens, they are able to become masters of themselves.

Every breath carries the same inhalation of life and exhalation of death. But the breath carries something more than life or death. It contains something in-between and beyond these concepts. Breath is natural, simple, easy, universal and priceless. To begin to understand the breath, a person must experience the breath as both autonomous and controllable. Since the breath is connected to both the autonomous system and the conscious mind, it is the bridge between the body and mind. With practice, the breath becomes the gateway to deeper layers of consciousness. Concentrating on inhalation and exhalation permits the Jin-Ki to enter the body and with that comes the realization that there is an invisible connection between the body and universe.

WHAT IS DAHNHAK-ENERGY YOGA

The Definition of DahnHak

DahnHak is a holistic health program that teaches people how to utilize Ki-Energy. "Dahn" means "energy, vitality, and origin of life," and "Hak" means "study, philosophy and theory."

This program supports healthy ways of living and encourages the desire to seek Human Perfection. The Philosophy of DahnHak is based on the belief that human perfectibility is attainable, irrespective of sex, age of race. The DahnHak program gives people an integrated method to discover for thenselves their relationship to their body, their mind, and finally to ultimate reality, their "True Self."


The Origin and History of DahnHak

The roots of the DahnHak Practice extend several thousand years back into Koreaa history. It began as an ancient Korean training program to educate the population on how to develop both mind and body. It was practiced on a daily basis with the intent of maintaining health and developing potential power to become ideal humans. During those times, it was a common knowledge that individual well-being was an illusion. The knowledge that no living thing can exist even for a moment without cooperation of other living beings was understood from experience. DahnHak contributed to the mental and physical well-being and political unity of Korean people.
Up until 2000 years ago, this educational method was practiced and transmitted by wise men to each generation. However, the Korean people failed to keep the DahnHak tradition alive.
The DahnHak tradition was rediscovered by Seung-Heun Lee through his own journey into self-realization and rigorous self-discipline. He took the traditional system and modernized it. He began teaching DahnHak at the public parks in South Korea to anyone who was interested in the exercises.
In 1985, Seun-Heun Lee opened the first DahnHak Centre in Seoul. Since that time, the program has expanded throughout the world with 1000 Centres offering DahnHak training to over 300,000 people. The tradition of offering the exercises continues in schools, community centers, camps, parks, businesses and governments worldwide.


The Purpose of DahnHak Practice

The purpose of DahnHak is to give individuals the opportunity to realize their own personal power. Through experiencing Ki-Energy, the true source of life, they discover how Ki-Energy works in their bodies and how they can utilize it for optimal health.
During DahnHak Practice, practitioners learn to communicate with their bodies. They discover that they can become the real masters of their bodies with the ability to control and regulate their bodily functions. By stimulating the Ki-Energy circulation, the body's natural healing power is activated. When their bodies are recharged with fresh Ki-Energy, the practioners can lead themselves back to optimum health, naturally healing most physical and mental diseases.
When practioners arrive at their goal of a healthy life, they usually extend their intentions towards creating harmonious relationship with their family, friends, acquaintances and nature. This new holistically healthy life style by practioners contributes to leading the rest of the world into a new culture supporting happier and healthier human beings.

CHUN-BU-KYUNG ( The Scripture of Heavenly Code ) and CHUN-BU-SHIN-GONG

CHUN-BU-SHIN-GONG






Chun-Bu-Kyung (The Scripture of Heavenly Code) is the oldest Korean scripture. This scripture teaches about Han(the ultimate oneness) and its basic trinity, Heaven, Earth, and Human, and the relationship between them. It includes the principles of the Cosmos, its Creation and Evolution, Growth and Consummation, and the principle of human completion as part of the cosmic transition.

The origine of the scripture has a long history. Since 9000 years ago it had been transmitted through the aural tradition in Korea. 6000 years ago the priest king of ancient Korea who built the City of Light ordered it to be recorded in Nokdo letters (One of the ancient writing system in which each letter looks like the footprint of a deer). This was the first written form of the scripture. With the wisdom of the scripture he taught the people the ultimate truths of the Cosmos and raised the civilization of the whole nation up to the level of enlightenment.

The first translation of the scripture from Nokdo letters to Chinese character was done by Choi, Chi Won (scholar, 857~?). He found the scripture on a tombstone and made it into its current form. For much of history, the philosophy of the scripture had been the basis of the governing and education of ancient Korea until the tradition came to an end about 2000 years ago. The scripture had been forgotten by almost all Korean people for long time until it was recently rediscovered and its ideas were actualized into the philosophical basis for the cultural movement to establish an enlightened community on the Earth, which is now growing into the World New Human Movement.

Scripture of Heavenly Code

One Begins unmoved moving, that has No Beginning
One Parts to Three Crowns, while staying a Limit-less Mover
Heaven is the One that comes First
Earth is the One that comes Second
Human is the One that comes Third
One Gathers to Build Ten, and Infinite Forms Become Triads
Heaven gains Two to make Three
Earth gains Two to make Three
Human gains Two to make Three
Three Triads Make Six, and they Create Seven, and Eight
Nine comes there, and there comes a Turning
Three and Four Making a Circle
Five with Seven make One whole
Way-less is the way All Comes and All Goes
Features are Changing, and Change-less is the Maker
Divine Mind Is the Eternal Light, Looking toward celestial Light
Human Bears Heaven and Earth, and the three make One
One is the End of all, and No Ending has the One

What Does Chun-Bu-Kyung Mean?

The scripture teaches the principle of the creation and evolution of the Cosmos and the principle of the human completion. Through these principles the scripture gives us instruction about our true identity and the desirable way of life which we are meant to live by and which we are being asked to regain for our own growth into a new millennium.

Below is the translation of the scripture. In the translation of each sentence, what comes first is the letter to letter translation of the Chinese characters, and the next is the semantic & syntactic re-construction of the letter-to-letter translation. And the last is the most apparent contextual interpretation of the literal translation.

The Principle of the Creation and Evolution of the Cosmos

一始無始

Il / Shi / Mu / Shi
One / Begin / No(thing) / Begin

One Begins unmoved moving, that has No Beginning.

One is the ultimate reality that is mentioned as the origin of all beings in most religious or metaphysical philosophies.

一析三極無盡本
Il / Suk / Sahm / Geuk / Mu /Jin / Bohn

One / Part / Three / Crown / No(thing) / Exhaustion / Origin

One Parts to Three Crowns, while staying a Limit-less Mover.

One, the ultimate reality, divides to three which represent three different dimensions of existence. The origin of these three, however, remains one and the same from the beginning to the end.

天一一地一二人一三
Chun / Il / Il / Ji / Il / Yi / In / Il / Sahm

Heaven / One / First / Earth / One / Second / Human / One / Third

Heaven is the One that comes First.
Earth is the One that comes Second.
Human is the One that comes Third.

Heaven means the spiritual dimension of existence
Earth symbolizes the material dimension of existence
and Human represents every forms of life and the energy or vitality
which animates the life-forms

一積十鉅無匱化三

Il / Juk /Ship / Guh / Mu / Gwe / Hwa / Sahm
One / Gather / Ten / Huge / No(thing) / Limit / Become / Three

One Gathers to Build Ten, and Infinite Forms Become Triads.

One, the ultimate reality, individuates into beings which gather, and organize into higher beings. All through the process of individuation and gathering, each individuated being, while developing its unique peculiarites, has in itself the original three basic elements of Heaven, Earth, and Human.

天二三地二三人二三
Chun / Yi / Sahm / Ji / Yi / Sahm / In / Yi / Sahm

Heaven / Two / Three / Earth / Two / Three / Human / Two / Three

Heaven gains Two to make Three.
Earth gains Two to make Three.
Human gains Two to make Three

Heaven gains earth and human and become a triad of heavenly heaven, heavenly human, and heavenly earth. The same applies to Earth and Human. And these form nine different dimensions or categories of existence from earthly earth to heavenly heaven.

大三合六生七八九運

Dae/ Sahm / Hap / Yook/ Saeng / Chil / Pahl / Gu / Woon
Big / Three / Unite / Six / Create / Seven / Eight / Nine / Circulation

Three Triads Make Six, and they Create Seven, and Eight.
Nine comes there, and there comes a Turning

As heaven, earth, and human move round in a integrative trinity, the cosmos grows evolves, and makes a big circulation. It means life and death cycle for an individual living being, rise and fall for a country or a nation, and constriction and expansion cycle for the cosmos.

The Principle of Human Completion

三四成環五七一
Sahm / Sah / Sung / Hwan / Oh / Chil / Il

Three / Four / Form / Circle / Five / Seven / One

Three and Four Making a Circle
Five with Seven make One whole

When Three internal Dahnjons(energy centers in a human body) and Four external Dahnjons form an integrative circulatory system and Five Elements of Energy flow through the circuit composed of the Seven Dahnjons, the energy mechanism of the human body becomes complete.

As three internal Dahnjon develops, human being grows from physical health to enlightenment. First step towards enlightenment is the completion of the lower Dahnjon. In this stage, one’s vital energy gets strengthened and one’s physical condition remarkably improves. Next step is the maturity of the middle Dahnjon which brings the experience of heart opening and the spontaneous love coming forth from heart. Last, when the upper Dahnjon is completed, one is supposed to be fully awakened and recover the integration of the trinity.

妙衍萬往萬來用變不動本
Myo / Yun / Mahn / Wang / Mahn / Rhae / Yong / Byun / Bu / Dong / Bohn

Mystic / Wide / All / Go / All / Come / Feature / Change / Not / Move / Origin

Way-less is the way All Comes and All Goes
Features are Changing, and Change-less is the Maker

All things change and move around but the origin, though its appearance changes, remains unchanging.

本心本太陽昻明

Bohn / Shim / Bohn / Tae / Yahng / Ahng / Myung
The original / Mind / The original / Big / Light / Look / Light

Divine Mind Is the Eternal Light, Looking toward celestial Light

One thing which last unchanging is the original divinity which shines like the sunlight, looking up toward its origin, the celestial eternal light.

人中天地一

In / Joong / Chun / Ji / Il
Human / In the Middle / Heaven / Earth / One
Human Bears Heaven and Earth, and the three make One

Human bears Heaven and Earth inside, and Heaven, Earth and Human makes an integrative whole.

The Principle of the Cosmic Completion and Eternity

一終無終一

Il / Jong / Mu / Jong / Il
One / End / No(thing) / End / One

One is the End of all, and No Ending has the One

All ends up to One while the One, the ultimate reality itself, has no ending. Likewise, a human being, when completed, becomes one with the One in its eternal NOW beyond any distinction of life/death and existence/non-existence.