Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's Lessons

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's lessons are about rising above the distractions, temptations, and negative forces in our environment.  They are about overcoming the disquieting feelings within us - anger, fear, loneliness, self-doubt, and the endless list of negative, self-destructive emotions we commonly experience in order to let our real selves shine through and achieve our goals in this life.

When we accomplish these things, we feel the deep satisfaction that only success can bring.  Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim's mission is to help us discover our true power, experience total freedom, and know that success. She is here to do whatever it takes to help people achieve that special, personal breakthrough to awesome.

That is why she just came out with the new book:  SEVEN STEPS TO INNER POWER - How to Breakthrough to Awesome.  Every time I read these books, Dr. Kim takes me to a deeper and more thoughtful place within myself.  She gives me the tools and motivation I need to create an Awesome Life for myself.

What else could anyone ask for.  Thank you Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim.  You are awesome, and thank you for sharing you life lessons with us.
   by Scott Salton, Master Instructor at Jung SuWon Academy on Martial Arts.

Your Silent Master

Become aware of the power of your real self and listen to an ever-present consciousness within, which I call the "Silent Master".  Your Silent Master is, in reality, your original self, your real self.  Though you have not used that term, you've probably already experienced your Silent Master as that "Inner Voice" of intuition and inspiration that has guided you at key points on your life's journey.

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

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"SEVEN STEPS TO INNER POWER -
How to Break Through to Awesome"

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Learn to Live Free...

Self-Discovery means learning to live free. When you discover your true self, you feel the natural desires and aspirations that will guide you into a happy and fulfilling life. So ask yourself today, are you happy?

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/26/sports/sports-leisure-kicking-the-fear-out-of-your-life.html

How Did You Get Where You Are Now?

Self-discovery is delayed for many of us because we have preconceived images of ourselves that cause us to act in certain ways.  This self-image influences the choices we make about our physical appearance, our career choices, the people we associate with, and the environment in which we choose to live.  All these choices, plus many others, work together to produce our self-concept.  For instance, people who believe they are ugly and not smart will end to dress sloppily, walk around with a slouched posture, and choose a job that doesn't require much thinking or education.  Their self-concept of being no good will not allow them to be open to better opportunities.

by Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim.

What is your self-concept about yourself?  Do you believe in yourself and your abilities?  Sit down and think about your strengths and weaknesses.  Do you need to improve your self-image?  How?

Thought from a JungSuWon Instructor - Scott Salton

Self Discovery Means Learning to Live Free (4)

Unfortunately, we tend to get comfortable with our fears and limitations.  Think about those times when your eyes adjusted to a semi-dark room.  You thought you could see well enough in the darkness.  But when the light went on, you suddenly realized how dark it had been.  And didn't the light also hurt?  It was uncomfortable to adjust to the new light.  In the same way, we can get so used to the darkness of our fears, and so comfortable, that we come to prefer the darkness of fear over the light of our true self and true happiness.  Then we may find ourselves drifting from day to day with an attitude that says, "Maybe tomorrow - or maybe someday - my life will work out."

But our time on this earth is eventually going to end.  We don't have an unlimited amount of time to simply wait for "someday" to come along.  In fact, none of us knows the exact amount of time left in our lives.  the willingness to wait endlessly for someday cause us to waste precious time and prevents us from taking action that could truly bring about the good we desire.

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
Tae Yun Kim - Silent Master - Awaken the Power Within
Tae Yun Kim - Thoughts from a Jung SuWon Instructor

Self-Discovery Means Learning to Live Free (3)

Some aspects of life are unavoidable.  You didn't choose the family or the environment into which you were born, for example.  You didn't choose many of the abuses, conflicts, or crises that may have occurred over the years.  And you will inevitably experience sickness in some form, old age, and death.  But you don't have to regard these things as excuses for continuing unhappiness and failure.  Instead, you can decide that right now you will produce change in your life and that you will live your life as fully as you can, with as much love and happiness as you can.

Life is a precious gift.  But we tend to treat everyday as though life is never going to end, as though we have an unlimited amount of time to find the happiness we want.  As a result, instead of challenging our fears right now, we go on day after day, year after year, making excuses for our failure to accomplish our true desires.  Good intentions don't seem to accomplish our true desires.  Good intentions don't seem to be enough to make big changes in your life.  Thank about all the New Year's resolutions you've made in the past, and you realize that good intentions alone aren't sufficient to introduce changes.  Making real and lasting change requires that you make a commitment and take constructive action.

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
from Silent Master - Awakening the Power Within
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Self-Discovery Means Learning to Live Free (2)

 Our thoughts and feelings are pure energy.  Whatever we think about consciously and subconsciously manifests in our daily life in one form or another.  This means that all the negative thoughts, self-limitations, and doubts we have about ourselves will hold us back from realizing our true self, the person we were born to be.  On the other hand, positive attitudes, constructive actions, and the pure thoughts and feelings we have will create a very different life of peace and freedom.  So, on the journey of discovering your true self, one of the most important tools you'll take with you is your attitude.

   The true goal of self-discovery is to find freedom and happiness.  If you are not happy right now, if you do not have the freedom you desire, it's only because your're not aware of the power within you to joyfully fulfill your meaningful goals and true desires.  Freedom means you don't have to be a victim of your environment.  Whatever the circumstances you are born into, or whatever circumstances develop around you as you go through life, freedom means you use your power to take charge of your life and direct your path.  And yes, you do have the power!

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim,
from Silent Master - Awakening the Power Within
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Self-Discovery Means Learning to Live Free

If your answer to that question is no, then you are ready to begin a journey of self-discovery.  the feeling of "faking it" or "missing it" comes from not knowing who your really are.  When you discover your true self, you feel the natural desires and aspirations that will guide you into a happy and fulfilling life.  You come to know a peace and joy that lives with you no matter what your material circumstances are.

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
Silent Master - Awakening the Power Within - p3
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Freedom is your birthright! (continued)

Who Are You?  

   Ask yourself these questions:  Have the past 5 years of your life brought you what you want in life?Were you focused on a goal and going somewhere special?  Or were you just drifting, only to find out today, 5 years later, that your time was mostly wasted?

   Maybe you've never asked these questions before, so you might reply without thinking, "I guess I have what I want."  Or, maybe you know right now your answer is, "Are you kidding?  No way!"  Think about it and ask yourself now.  Are you really excited about getting up every morning?  do you have a career that fulfills you?  Do you have love in your life?   do you have a warm and peaceful feeling inside that makes you glad just to be live, no matter what?

   Or do you have a vague feeling that you're somehow "faking it" in your life, as though you've never really known who you are, or all you can do, or why you're here?  Do you have a feeling that you've missed really living your life, that you're just doing what you can to survive?

   When you have your answer, here's something else to keep in mind:  the next five years will be just the same - unless you make a change.  So you need to ask another question right now:  Do I want the next five years to be like the last five?

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
Silent Master - Awakening the Power Within - page 2
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You have a special place in the Universe

When you know who you are, you experience yourself as unique, as one-of-a-kind.  You have a special lace and a special purpose in being here.  No on can take your place in life or in the universe. When you know who you really are, you become free because you realize you can be in charge of your life.  You learn to use the natural power within you to realize your true desires, to set meaningful goals for yourself, and to fulfill them successfully.

by Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim
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CH1: Freedom- The Goal of Self Discovery

CHAPTER ONE

Freedom!

The Goal of Self-Discovery

  

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You Are One of A Kind 

   

Your Silent Master is your Real Self, your original Self.  It expresses Itself through your thinking, through true Ideas and Thoughts in your mind.  It is your eternal Selfhood that exists apart from your brain (which is a sensory processor only) and the personality traits imposed on you from your environment.

Freedom Is Your Birthright

     You wereborn to be free!  Just as nature is full of wildlife that is born in freedom, you, too, are meant to live free.  You are a part of nature, too.  And there is no greater freedom than to be the master of your own destiny.  There is no greater happiness than to be who you are in truth--not a copy or an imitation of someone else, but rather your own original self.  

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

Silent Master (page 2)

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Seven Steps to Inner Power...

Introduction - continued

Something else comes with this territory:  Work!  Self-discovery, taking action, staying on your path until your reach your goal, takes work.  There's no way around it.   Worktakes effort!  I can tell you honestly I haven't yet met anyone seeking true self-discovery who didn't have obstacles to overcome.  But obstacles and mistakes are your friends and teachers.  They come to you in exactly the strength you need to build equal strength for overcoming them.  

     I had to learnthis lesson of the butterfly the hard way when I was a young girl studying with my Master in Korea.  For many weeks I had been watching a cocoon, waiting for the butterfly to emerge.  It was hard to believe that there was any kind of life in there, and I even wondered if maybe the cocoon was dead.  My master assured me much was happening that I couldn't see.  "Learn to be patient...watch," he said.

     One day I thought I saw the tiniest of movements.  Putting my ear up to the cocoon, I was startled and thrilled to hear the small scratching sounds of the butterfly within.  After so much waiting, it was happening!  Finally I was going to see a butterfly emerge.  But it seemed to be taking forever.  Although I waited for many hours, it still didn't seem able to break out of its cocoon.  I decided that it must be having trouble and that I'd better help it.  Very carefully I peeled away the outer layer of the cocoon to set the butterfly free.  The butterfly did step out, but, it couldn't fly!  It was just able to walk and flutter.  When I called to my master for help, he saw at once what I had done without me telling him.  I had interfered with the butterfly's process.  The effort--the work--to break out of the cocoon was a necessary part of the butterfly's transformation.  In my ignorance, I took away the work necessary to prepare for a life of flying.

     Inself-discovery, work is a joyful process!  Yes, it involves effort, and it involves changing yourself.  It may involve doing "scary" things for the first time, and it involves some sacrifice.  But the word sacrifice comes from a root that means "to make holy."  Sacrifice is not real loss.  In discovering your true self, you will never lose anything you need, and you will gain only what makes you more pure and more free!

      Your work is uniquely yours.  No one can do your work or your living for you--no one can know your truth.  Even the blade of grass must move the earth by itself.  But the single little blade does move the earth!  The truth is, all your struggles, all your obstacles, all your mistakes, are destined to end in victory, not defeat.  The powerful presence within you--your Silent Master--is the force of Love.  And this Love desires above all to bring you to your highest potential.  Love brings you every situation, every obstacle, and every lesson that you need to create your greatest growth.

     My own life certainly has not been free of obstacles.  To reach my goal of becoming a Grandmaster, I had to overcome the hardships of war and many centuries of limiting prejudice towards women living in the Orient. 

     Today, and every day, I still have many problems to overcome in continuing my work to train others in the art of Jung SuWon.  One purpose of this book is to share with you the action steps that have helped me win my goals.  I have never regarded defeat as an acceptable alternative.  If defeat has any purpose, it is only to act as a guidepost, as feedback, while you keep moving toward your goal.

     If you have tried before--and failed--try again!  In this book I will be asking you to try it my way.  I can only tell you that my principles have worked for me and worked for my students.  If you are willing to take action, they will work for you too. I have included many action steps in this book to help you create your own path.  Keep a pencil handy as you read, and give some of these exercises a chance.  You can always go back to your way.

     Remember that you are not alone.  Like the single blade of grass, you are one with the Life Force of the universe, and you have the power and ability to fulfill your dreams.  My greatest wish is to help you discover the true Love within you, and show you how to use It in creating a life of fulfillment, peace, and joy.

- Grandmaster Dr.Tae Yun Kim

From an Unhappy Life to the Freedom of the Butterfly

     In the same way, you have the potential to transform a life that is drab, unhappy, limited, or without fulfillment into one that brings the freedom of a butterfly!  I call this self-discovery.  But self-discovery is really self-rediscovery.  You already possess a powerful, pure, and radiant consciousness, which I call the Silent Master.  The rediscovery of this aspect of yourself can bring you the freedom that makes life worth living, not avoiding, not hiding from, not faking.  

      In my first book, Seven Steps to Inner Power, I present a foundation of principles that lead to the discovery of your Silent Master.  But once you know about the Silent Master within, when you know who you are and what your potential is, there is one more vital step to take.  Action!  Inner knowledge brings freedom only when you put it into action.  In this second book, I emphasize how to create your own path of self-discovery so that your knowledge brings you freedom and love and joy.

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

What if a Caterpillar misses his destiny?

But imagine if some terrible spell were to make the caterpillar forget his destiny, or forget who he really is. Imagine that the caterpillar never took steps to make the transformation possible.  Imagine that he never ate the proper leaves, nor spun the cocoon.  Perhaps he spent the rest of his life simply crawling around and avoiding his enemies finally dying of starvation or old age.  What a loss this would be!  We would only hope that something, somewhere, sometime would make the caterpillar remember his true identity and fulfill his true destiny.

By Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim - Author and Teacher of the book titled: The Silent Master- by Tae Yun Kim the author 

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Recognize the Signs...

We were driving home yesterday from a fantastic meeting.  I turned to the right and Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim pointed out the most incredible circular rainbow.  Many many people drove by, but how many really recognized it?  I have to be more aware, and watch for the signs.  My deeper connection with my Silent Master.  My deepest relationship with God.  How lucky we are.  A sign from God to promote goodness and positive energy in the world.  This was really really an incredible moment.
Thank you Dr. Tae Yun Kim.  Your wisdom and teachings are deep and wide and powerful.  Thank you Lord, and God Bless you.

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I re-read the acknowledgements section tonight and I was very touched.  Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim still lives by this today.  She devotes her time to acknowledging GOD, and helping her students become better people.  I have never seen anyone so dedicated to helping the world.  From the bottom of my heart: Thank you Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Today, I am still a student, as well as a Grandmaster. Every person who comes into my life teaches me. Each one is a unique individual with something special to give to the world. I thank God for the opportunity to help my students uncover their true inner strengths and abilities..

Finally, I want to thank all my students who put their energy together as one universal mind, one strength, one power and one healing force. With the power of this unity there are no obstacles we cannot overcome.

Thank you all. 
Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim