Your Silent Master Consciousness was born out of the infinite Life Force creating and animating the Universe.  You exist as a part of the Universe; therefore, It is the Life Force creating and animating you.  It is

the power that beats your heart.  Because you are this Consciousness, whatever qualities the Life Force possesses, you possess also.

I first heard this from Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim.  At first I couldn’t comprehend it.  All this power and life force talk.  What is that?  But I finally got it.  The Life Force that created this universe also created me.  I therefore come from the same root and therefore possess the same powers as the Life Force.  Is that possible?  After awhile it becomes more obvious through Jung SuWon training.  I trained regularly at the Jung SuWon Academy of Martial Arts, in Fremont, California.  What a great place to learn and develop.  Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim showed me how to tap into my inner power and ki energy.  It was amazing.  I asked to be put on a special Master’s program, and I discovered so much about myself.  My mental and physical capability increased daily, and spiritually I had deeper and more exciting experiences everyday.  What a journey and adventure!  Finally the self-realization comes -> we have that power within us.  We just need a teach like Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim to help us find it, and our own commitment to go get it.

“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.”

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim wants us to understand our uniqueness and power.  She also wants us to understand our responsibility, and to be a positive force in this world, and to help and motivate others.  Over the years, I have reread these Silent Master Images.  Every time they take on a new meaning.  I gain a deeper understanding of my abilities, my creativity, and my responsibility.   Those that have an interest can take this exciting journey of self-discovery and have a positive effect on this world and those arounds us.   This is a deep part of the philosophy of Jung SuWon, and the Seven Steps to Inner Power. The book and other helpful products are available at Northstar Productions.

Silent Master Images:  I use the word “image” instead of “statement” deliberately.  When you read the section on Visualization you’ll understand why.  Because these Images form the basis of my Jung SuWon philosophy, they will be developed in detail in future posts.  For now, however, regard each as a seed-thought designed to blossom into practical understanding of your true being and power. – Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim

As I read these words again, I am reminded of the wisdom of these words.  Just like a picture can tell a thousand words, forming an image is very powerful.  It helps to focus our mind, body, and spirit towards a vision of what you want to become.  It is a very powerful change within ourselves.  It can be used to overcome obstacles and limitations in our lives.  I know in my life, it helped me to continue to grow as a person, and improve in many areas of my life.  I just needed the mental discipline to apply these tidbits of wisdom, along with the 7th Step to Inner Power – Patience and a positive mental attitude.

Don’t be a farmer and expect fruit the next day.  Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim always instructed me to study nature to discover many universal truths.  The process and patience of a plant growing from a seed, to producing fruit, is a process that we need to apply to our goals…

Here are some examples of Jung SuWon students applying these concepts to there lives.  I am really proud of them.  You can visit some of them by clicking of some of the links below:

Jung SuWon Shy Student,  Jung SuWon Student with Medical Challenges,   Jung SuWon Gardener Student, …

Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim teaches the Art of Jung SuWon to awaken you to this powerful Presence within, to enable you to recognize and bring forth your Silent Master.  Consider the following 6 statements about your Silent Master Consciousness, which I call Silent Master Images.  I use the word “image” instead of “statement” deliberately.  When you read the section on visualization you’ll understand why.  Because these Images form the basis of my Jung SuWon philosophy, they will be developed in detail thoughout the book.  For now, however, regard each as a seed-thought designed to blossom into practical understanding of your true being and power.

— I remember when I first read these words.  At the time I really couldn’t understand what Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim was saying.  What is the Silent Master?  How can we bring it forward?  How can images help me understand my true being and power?  But stay tuned, for it is true.

One thing Great Grandmaster taught me about learning.  If you already understand it, then you aren’t learning something new.  To actually learn something new, it must be something you don’t currently understand, and something that is new to your thought process.  So get ready to learn, and bring your empty cup.

Before you may have been drifting through life; now your are driving through life. You experience a new freedom, peace of mind, creativity, and harmony that makes your life fulfilling, purposeful, joyous, and dynamic. Your find yourself glad to be alive every day for the sheer pleasure of experiencing life, of experiencing yourself!

-> I remember graduating college. I had studied hard, got very good grades, but what next. Should I get married? Should I travel? Should I get a good job? I started to realize I had many choices and opportunities in front of me. Almost too many. What did I want to do with my life? Who am I now, and who do I want to become? I started asking and searching. This took tremendous energy and thought. I found myself depressed by the confusion by the lack of direction. I had peer pressures and suggestions from everyone, but what do I want? This is when I started seriously training in Jung SuWon. Jung SuWon gave me the tools to connect with my inner self by studying the 7 Steps to Inner Power.  Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim taught me not to search externally for the answers, but to start to search internally for the answers.   She set me on my path of self discovery.  This was the beginning of an awesome journey that led me to my Silent Master. It was such a freeing and enlightening experience, and just like Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim said, I experienced a new freedom, a new peace of mind, and new joy. I found myself happy and glad to just be alive. What a gift. Thank you.

Who are you? Waiting quietly within you is a Presence, a Force, a state of Consciousness that gives you power to overcome mental and physical limitations in your life, power to harmonize and change discordant situations, power to create and to achieve goals, power to experience peace and joy regardless of the circumstances around you — power to be who you really are.

In Jung SuWon, I call this Consciousness your Silent Master… When you find this Consciousness, your Silent Master within yourself, you take control of your life.

“If you are satisfied with your life at this moment, the question may hold not interest for you right now. But if, on the other hand, you find yourself holding dreams that feel so true, yet somehow out of reach, if you feel unfulfilled, frustrated, alienated, empty, if you feel you haven’t done what you want, if there is more that you desire, more that you want to accomplish, if you feel that even though your life is satisfactory in most respects you nevertheless have a yearning for realize a deeper sense of joy, peace, and purpose, it is time to extend your vision of who you are.”

“No Matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what obstacles and limitations exist around you at this moment, you can change your life, your health, and your state of mind completely. You can decide who you want to become.”

To me, this rang in my ears, and in my brain. Yes, I said to myself. I wanted to change my life, my health, and my state of mind completely. So I started training and digging into the Seven Steps to Inner Power and Dr. Kim’s philosophies. And, my life improved drastically. I overcame a lot of my shortcomings and weaknesses. My physical and mental health improved. My relationships improved. My life focus and purpose changed for the better. My desire to help others and connect with God grew. Everything about my life got better. Yahoo!!!

But did that mean that life would be rosy forever? No. As Dr. Kim once told me, “To be alive, means that we will continually face challenges. Life is challenge. I believe God puts us through our challenges for a reason. To learn and grow and to become more spiritual. So believe in God and pray for his blessings and strength.”

So today I face new challenges and obstacles, and the same motivation and discipline to change still applies. As I re-read Seven Steps To Inner Power, I feel renewed hope and strength coming to me. I feel renewed and ready to grow, accelerate, and extend my vision of joy, peace, and purpose.

“What do you want to become? Where are you today? What have you accompished or failed to accomplish? Do you have the career you want, the relationships you want? Do you like who your are? Are you happy? Have you realized your dreams and goals?”

“The truth is, you are exactly where you are because of the way you answered “Who am I?” Why? Because how you answer the question determines what choices you make for yourself moment to moment every day of your life.”

The first time I heard this from Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim, I really didn’t understand this concept. Then I read about it, and thought deeply about it. The more I thought about it, the more I realized the truth it carried.

When I was young, I didn’t ask these questions. I just was guided by what people wanted me to become. I was guided by my parents, and became what they wanted me to become. They sent me to get a good education, and so I got a good education. They wanted to get me involved in sports, and so I got involved in sports, but I had little say in what I was doing.

In my teenage years, this started to change. I started to think and realize I didn’t have to listen to my parents. It was fun to start to listen and learn from others. I started to focus on having fun with my friends? I also, found myself guided by my emotions and hormones. I was brought up to see relationships as a way to a better and happier life, and I wanted to have lots of friends, especially a girlfriend. So, looking back, I was very much guided by my emotions. I didn’t really think about what was best for me. I didn’t think about who I was. I was just haphazardly becoming me, which was unconsciously a product of my surroundings and my environment.

More of the same happened in college. I started to think about what I wanted to do for a career, but I didn’t really know. I found myself partying on the weekends. When I got out of college things changed. I found myself alone in bars, looking up at the ceiling and asking myself, is this what life is all about? There must be more.

Then one day I went to Jung SuWon Academy of Martial Arts. I wanted to find out about me. I knew alittle about the martial arts, and how Masters learned to use their mind and body. I didn’t know what I needed, but I wanted to start to focus on developing me. Then I met Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim. She helped me to realize that I had great powers within, and that I could tap into them. She started training me, and I started to feel this great power. At the same time, Grandmaster help me to start asking myself the deeper question, “Who am I?”. As I asked this question, I started to realize, that I was connected with God and the Universe, and that I wanted to be connected with everything good. I wanted to be connected with helping people and making this world more positive. And, in reality, I was starting to answer the questions “Who am I?” for myself. And the more I asked these questions, and the more I followed this path, and the more I answered these questions, the more I was becoming who I wanted to become. I had the great realization, that I could be in charge of my life, and who I become. That excited me. I had the power to create me!!!

Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim started me on the path of self-discovery. The beautiful path of discovering our inner beauty and talents, and discovering inside that I not only have this power, but that I want to help others find their beauty and power also. I felt so grateful to all those that had helped me. I discovered that to help others I had to inspire others, continue to better myself, and be a good example to others.

I was on the beginning path to self-discovery …. and answering the question “Who Am I”….

From Dr. Tae Yun Kim’s book, Seven Steps to Inner Power: “This is a question that is unique to human consciousness, certainly fundamental, sometimes difficult, but absolutely essential if you wish to express your fullest potential in life. Suppose I were to tell you that you are aware of only a limited portion of yourself, that you may not have yet discovered your self, your true self, and that you have yet to touch upon an enormous creative power within you that can reshape your life completely. Who am I?”

-> All through college I worked very hard to get good grades and sacrificed my personal development time. I promised myself when I graduated, I would focus on developing me, and my potential. The quotes above from the book, sounded very deep, and just what I wanted to learn. If I have unlimited potential, then I want to find it. I always sensed that God had more in mind for me, and that I had the ability to do more. But what was next in life? Everything was coming together and getting exciting. I seemed to be at a major inflection point in my life. I must discover me, I told myself. Who am I? What is my potential? What do I want to become? I was starting to realize that I could take charge of my life and my future. I didn’t have to be a product of society, family pressures, haphazard events, or my surroundings. I could break out and be an achiever and a contributor in life. Wow…

It was almost 30 years ago. In 1978, I was searching. Searching to figure out my future. Okay, so I am out of college, what next? Who am I? What is my destiny? What great adventures lie ahead? I knew I had to stay active to maintain my health. I always loved sports and love to be active. I played kickball, judo, baseball, tennis, basketball, boxing, and was on the high school swim team. I loved outdoor sports like hunting, camping, and fishing. My father always told me to find a sport that I could do by myself, so I could do it all my life, and not depend on others. He would tell me that team sports are great, but you then need a team of people to play. But martial arts was a sport you could do with others or by yourself. You could practice it outside or inside, or whenever I wanted to. And at the same time, it developed skills of self- defense.

So in 1978, I knew I would be graduating and moving to Vermont. I got a new job a big Semiconductor Company as a memory designer. But I knew I had to exercise and develop my mind. So I started to look for a good martial arts school. I had trained under many black belts, but something in this yellow page ad stood out. Train under real Martial Art Masters. Wow, that was an exciting prospect. In college I trained in the martial arts, and the 2nd degree black belt Master came around twice a year, and the Grandmaster came around every 2 years. Now I could possibly train directly under real Masters. Awesome. So I headed down to 127 1/2 College Street. It was an old clothes warehouse. It look deserted. But I walked inside, and decided I would find this place. I went to the third floor. Everything was wood and old looking. It look like it was built in the 50s. Finally I found a door and knocked. It was like an experience out of a movie. The door opened, and this beautiful young lady answered the door in the most beautiful oriental gown. Beautiful calm and soothing music was playing. The sweet smell of incense was in the air. This moment was magic. The young lady asked me to sit down, and was very polite to me. I asked about martial arts training, soon to find out she was a high degree ranking black belt. Her depth of knowledge was way beyond what I had expected. She asked me questions and the conversation became a deep learning experience for me. In the few minutes she interviewed me, she seemed to know me better than I knew me. She was young and beautiful, and yet seemed to have the wisdom of Merlin, or of an Older Wise Man.

I have had many college professors throughout my college days, and I had top honors in all my studies, but I had never met anyone so perceptive, and so wise. It was incredible. I could tell this was the place I wanted to learn the martial arts. I always dreamed of going to the orient and learning the true martial arts. Now, it was right in my back yard. Moving to Vermont had made my dreams come true. I now had a chance to really train and learn from the best. And better yet, it turned out that the school had 2 Master instructors. Both Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim, and her brother, Grandmaster Dae Yun Kim. Wow, I had the opportunity to learn from both. I felt blessed. I was determined to take charge of my life, and discover my true inner power. This was a powerful step in that direction.