Category Archives: Experience

Exhilarating dynamic meditation practice in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of the Korean peninsula

In the middle of dynamic meditation, the Korean peninsula appeared to me dimly. The DMZ seemed drawn on like calligraphy. A cow stood facing the North and a pungmulpae band (of Korean traditional folk music) was twirling sangmoes (long ribbons attached to a hat) in a circle around the cow. I was excited and, during the dynamic meditation, twirling my head around as if wearing a sangmo. There were many people around the pungmulpae.

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Putting an egg-shaped mass of qi into my pocket

When I chanted ‘jigi geumji weonwi daegang ’ as a mantra of dynamic meditation, my eyesight became bright, my hands spun lightly, and my head swayed. When I chanted ‘myeongdeok kwaneum pal-eum pal-yang’, my whole body swayed and my hands and arms were excitedly spinning in a figure-8 shape. During the day’s dynamic meditation, I could perceive an egg-shaped mass of qi. I clung tightly to it so as not to lose it and put it into my pocket. After that, I did the same thing twice more.

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