According to Ilchi Lee book there are three different methods of Brain Respiration tor working with and controlling energy and breath. These are JiGam, HangGong, and UnKiShimGong. JiGam is training to develop sensitivity to energy through relaxed concentration. HangGong uses breath to gather energy into the body, and UnKiShimGong teaches the practitioner to utilize the flow of energy through the body, and to regulate thoughts and emotions, and thereby control the mind.

The final method to help you with the Study of Practice is KeumChok, which translates directly as “stop contact.” Contact of outside stimuli with the five basic sense organs, the eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and skin, triggers thoughts and emotions. KeumChok means to stop the flow of information through the five senses. Turning the senses off is only possible when we are deep in a non-conscious state, often called “SunJungSamMae” in Ancient Korean. Here, you cut off all stimuli from outside sources, and concentrate awareness fully on your inner self, enabling you to meet a deeper reality of life.

In terms of brain structure, this is to go beyond the realm of control of the neo-cortex, and even the limbic system. It is to enter into the realm of the brain stem, which sustains basic life functions including breathing and beating of the heart. This is the realm where the harmonious cycle of life manifests within our physical body. When awareness approaches the brain stem, and merges consciously or unconsciously with the flow of energy that feeds it, we can attect the most basic functions of life. At this level, we can aftect our autonomic nervous system and generate “superhuman” strength and “miraculous” healings. We can tap into an infinite source of energy though the brain stem, and use it for limitless creativity and energy, for peace for ourselves, and for society.

Using these three methods, you will be able to complete the Study of Practice, the second stage in the study of spiritual growth. Through this, you will become an embodiment of the principle of harmonious order by imprinting knowledge of enlightenment into every cell of your being. These methods will help you to move from the stage of “knowledge” to “knowing”, where knowledge becomes conviction forged by training and personal experience. This is the difference between theory and practice, between reading a book on swimming, and swimming in a pool. It is the difference between reading about enlightenment and practicing it.