The following is an account of the blessings of dynamic meditation experienced during a Chiseong in Busan on August 26th, 2015. As Told By Jeong-ok Ha (40/F)
(Translated by Seok Kim and Stuart Smallwood)

During the chanting of Jee-gee-geum-ji-wun-we-dae-gang during dynamic meditation, I was repeating a motion of bringing both hands to my chest. Soon after, when the practitioners beside me were doing dynamic meditation, I burst out with tears in spite of myself. I was reminded of the times I was scolded by my father in my youth. As we started dynamic meditation, I felt the same emotions while going through the motions of meditation.

I was not able to cry properly when I was young and was beaten continuously. The feeling of unfairness and anger came back to me. I was doing the same thing I did when I was being beaten. I held my left hand up to cover my face in spite of myself, thinking that it hurt so much that I wished he did not hit my face and my head. It felt like I was being hit on my left arm with a long stick. Throughout the dynamic meditation, all of my body quivered like an aspen leaf. I cried so much that tears flowed and my nose ran heavily. What looked like phlegm came up more than 3 times, and I felt nausea as if I was going to throw up. I could not stop wailing, so I covered my face with both of my hands while I kept on crying. Later, I could not even open my eyes. I felt like I was going to be knocked out. I hoped that I would fall to the ground and shatter into nothing.

It seemed like my throat had become swollen and my voice did not come out so I was wondering what I should do, and then I heard the practitioners screaming and doing dynamic meditation powerfully. It felt like they were saying, “It’s ok, hang in there.” So I thought, “Let’s do it.” I softly chanted jee-gee-geum-ji-wun-we-dae-gahng continuously. That made me breathe better and I felt a bit better overall. Next, I balled up my fist to do a motion as if beating on my chest. I felt this motion was to ease the pent up pressure.

It was after the second session of dynamic meditation after the dao lecture. My voice did not even come out earlier, but now I felt power from my voice while reading the dynamic meditation prayer. I was dancing like how people of the old times danced during the taeulju mantra dynamic meditation, spreading my two arms. I was beating the 3 drums laid in front of me and I was beating the drums during my dynamic meditation with such joy. When His Holiness Jongdosanim said 3 minutes left, I was doing a motion of hitting a drum taller than my height. Then I brought my two hands together and bowed. It was just as the people of the old used to offer fresh water and pray. Later on when I came home, I saw reddish bruises all over my body. (Aug. 26th).