Water Up Fire Down: An Energy Principle for Creating Calmness, Clarity, and a Lifetime of Health Paperback – Illustrated, November 9, 2020
by Ilchi Lee (Author)
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An in-depth and up-close look at the ONE energy principle you need to know to take care of your health simply and naturally.
What is the one thing you should know to have a lifetime of abundant health?
Just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to Earth’s rotation, there are natural laws your body follows. One law, discerned by traditional Asian medicine, can decide the health of your body, mind, and spirit.
Water Up Fire Down by New York Times bestselling author Ilchi Lee reveals this golden rule of health. Know it, feel it, and use it in your daily life to:
Manage your stress
Balance your emotions
Maintain your focus
See situations clearly
Maximize your immunity
Have abundant energy and passion
Sleep soundly
How can one rule affect all this? Because it is an essential principle of energy circulation in the body. No matter what physical or mental issues you may have, if you apply the Water Up, Fire Down energy principle in your daily life, you can make progress toward clearing them up.
Ilchi Lee gives you proven mind-body exercises and lifestyle recommendations so you can apply this energy principle to your body and your life. These simple yet effective exercises are shown with full-color illustrations so you can easily do them on your own right away. Get your copy today.
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“I love this book. It is short, sweet, practical, fun to read, and it is written by a master! Ilchi Lee’s warmth, energy, and passion comes through as he teaches you how to understand your own body’s energies, to read them, and to nourish them. It is an important book for these challenging times!”
—Donna Eden, Author of Energy Medicine
“Water Up Fire Down may seem simple on the surface, but it is profound in its depth. It’s a book for the times, yet a book for the ages.”
—Harvey J. White, MD, Author of On Life: Thoughts on Life’s Challenges
“Ilchi provides important and useful guidance on how each of us can take better control over our thoughts and emotions to reduce stress and enhance wellbeing.”
—Reed Tuckson, MD, author of The Doctor in the Mirror
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About the Author
Ilchi Lee is an impassioned visionary, educator, mentor, and innovator. He has dedicated his life to help people harness their creative power and potential. He has developed many successful mind-body training methods, including Body & Brain Yoga and Brain Education. Lee is a New York Times bestselling author with over 40 books and a well-respected humanitarian who founded the Earth Citizen Movement and works with the United Nations and other organizations for global peace. Lee serves as the president of the University of Brain Education and the International Brain Education Association.
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I would be foolish to ask, “Do you want to be healthy?” After all, health is the most basic standard for determining your quality of life, and maintaining your health is the greatest gift you can give yourself. Your health is a great blessing for your loved ones and your community, too, since it is the foundation of all the good and beautiful things you do.
You can borrow money and knowledge from others, if necessary, but you can’t borrow health. And you can’t share your own health with others, no matter how much you love them. Whatever you’re seeking to achieve in life right now, you need to base your efforts on your health, not anyone else’s.
Are you striving for better health? You may be trying different things, such as eating better or exercising more regularly, or maybe you’re trying to fix bad habits like smoking or excessive drinking. How’s that working for you? Are those efforts bringing you satisfactory results? Do you feel healthy? Or is the gradually deteriorating state of your body causing you to struggle?
Cool Head and Warm Belly
I’d like to introduce a principle that can serve as the cornerstone of your efforts to attain better health, whatever your state of health right now. I call it the “Golden Principle of Health.”
First, you must understand that certain principles, or causes, lie behind all natural phenomena. You might also call these principles “natural laws” since they are intrinsic to the way the world works. The reason the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, for example, is that the earth rotates. And the natural law of gravity makes apples fall from their trees. We did not artificially create such natural laws, nor can we change them however we’d like. They have always been there, existing before humans discovered and named them.
Universal principles lie behind our health, too, and failing to live in harmony with them gives rise to illness. With so many people sick these days, illness may seem normal, and it may seem like you have to do an awful lot to keep yourself healthy, but good health is the most natural condition of life. In other words, being healthy is what’s normal. So, to regain and retain good health, you need to understand the principles of health and live according to them. “Keep your head cool and your belly warm.”
This is the Golden Principle of Health that I’m going to tell you about. No matter what physical or mental issues you may have, if you apply this principle in your daily life, you’ll be able to make progress toward clearing them up. As a universal law and principle, this applies to everyone, everywhere. You’re healthy when you follow this principle, unhealthy when you don’t. If you keep ignoring this principle, you may have to pay a hefty price later.
To maintain your health by applying this principle, consider it as important as social distancing, wearing a mask when going out, and frequently washing hands during the coronavirus pandemic. And I want you to make it a daily habit, like eating, brushing your teeth, and washing your face.
Key to Good Health: Energy Circulation
Have you ever received acupuncture treatment? Even if you haven’t, you’ve probably heard about it or seen it in a movie or TV show. Let’s say your head hurts so much that it feels like it will explode, and taking medication hasn’t helped. You go to see your neighborhood acupuncturist at the recommendation of a friend and explain your symptoms in detail. Strangely, the acupuncturist places needles in your healthy arms and legs without doing anything to your aching head. Even more strange, the throbbing pain in your head vanishes as a result. This kind of thing is possible because Asian medicine looks at our bodies through the lens of energy. The acupuncturist views our bodies holistically, their parts interconnected through energy, so he places a needle in your foot to treat a disease of your head and places a needle in your back to deal with a problem in your shoulder.
But what is energy? From the calories in the crunchy energy bar you eat as a snack to the head-spinning theories of quantum physics, energy has been understood by scientists in a variety of ways. But the way of describing energy I am using here is much older than that. It’s an understanding that is central to Asian medical traditions that are thousands of years old. To put it simply, the energy we deal with in this book is the life force flowing through your body. You could say the concept is similar to that of the bioelectromagnetism created in living cells, tissues, and organs, discovered by Western science, but it is more comprehensive than that. If you’re a Star Wars fan, you could think of it as something like the Force that surrounds and penetrates us, giving power to the whole universe, the Jedi and the Sith alike.
This energy―commonly called chi, qi, or ki―cannot be seen or touched. That’s why some people think it doesn’t exist. But just because something is invisible doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Energy exists invisibly, and this unseen thing affects everything visible.
Energy can’t be seen with the eyes, but its waves can be felt. (A small minority of people see it, as well.) Organisms have a sense allowing them to feel the subtle flow of energy. How do ants and bats know in advance that an earthquake will occur? Out in the ocean, how do salmon swim such great distances to return to the river where they were born? How do migratory birds get their direction while flying in the wide-open blue sky? Although there are many theories about the fantastic abilities of various animals, the precise mechanisms making them possible remain shrouded in mystery. Scientists think animals may be using their senses to detect subtle changes in the earth’s magnetic field. In fact, although animals may look different on the outside, all are ultimately made of the same stuff―energy. Thus they can detect subtle changes coming from other organisms and objects. This is possible because they feel and respond to energy.
Even without any words being said, we can tell whether a colleague sitting next to us is angry, and we can feel whether someone is overflowing with energy or is sad. That is also energy sensing. We all have a sense for feeling energy, so anyone can develop it further through training. In fact, feeling energy is easier than frying an egg. If you’ve never experienced feeling energy, please turn to page 184 of this book.
In South Korea, where I was born, going to an acupuncturist to get treatment for shoulder or lower back pain is as common as going to a dentist for a toothache. The idea that pain results from a blockage of energy and that acupuncture can open blockages and improve symptoms is common sense. And it’s not just South Korea. The traditional medical systems of Asian countries―which account for close to 60 percent of the world’s population―are mostly based on this understanding of energy. Even now, billions of people continue to use such traditional medicine to support their health.
Many people do yoga to lose weight and create a beautiful figure, and they do tai chi or qigong because they’ve heard doctors say it’s good for joint health. But yoga, tai chi, and qigong were originally developed by energy masters millennia ago to concentrate and circulate energy in our bodies. Of course, if you have enough energy in your body and it circulates well, you’ll also lose weight, and your joints will grow stronger.
In the East, people have long believed that everything in the world was created by energy. To understand the world, they carefully observed and contemplated how energy acts in nature. They applied the knowledge and wisdom they obtained through observing natural phenomena to the human body because they considered humans to be part of nature. Such experience was accumulated and systemized over thousands of years to become traditional Asian medicine.
“It is energy that brings good health and energy that causes disease.” This is the most fundamental idea they had in the East concerning the body and health. So to maintain health and heal disease, they first examined and took care of energy. But what should you observe about energy? The primary concern is “circulation.”
Just as there are certain patterns even in natural changes that may seem incredibly complex and random, the energy in our bodies moves in certain patterns and directions, not randomly or haphazardly. We’re healthy when our energy flows well, without blockages, in its original, natural direction. We develop disease when our energy is blocked or flows in the wrong direction. Symptoms improve and disease is healed when energy blockages are opened up and flow is redirected and corrected. Receiving acupuncture, taking herbal medicine, doing acupressure, or performing certain yoga, tai chi, or qigong movements are all for correcting the flow and circulation of the body’s energy.
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Publisher : Best Life Media; Illustrated edition (November 9, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 1947502190
ISBN-13 : 978-1947502192
Item Weight : 9.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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Ilchi Lee is a dedicated advocate for a peaceful, sustainable world, a New York Times bestselling author, and an innovative leader in human brain potential development.
A true believer in the power of each person to change themselves and the world around them, Ilchi Lee has developed many mind-body training methods, including Body & Brain Yoga and Brain Education, and has helped millions of people globally find their true potential and develop it for the benefit of all.
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Ilchi Lee shares his knowledge on Water Up Fire Down circulation process from his ❤ heart and just like I was taught so many years ago. Placing this knowledge into words is so much more than valuable, this book is a priceless wealth of information about the human body, condition and health. Many thanks to Ilchi Lee for putting the Water Up Fire Down process into words for us all to use! Many hugs! In love and light!
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‘Water Up Fire Down’ - Cool head and warm belly !
The name of the book itself starts to calm me down releasing unnecessary thoughts and associated heat from head and find strength and trust with warm and strong core. The author Ilchi Lee explained in very simple logic how the reason of major illnesses like cancer and other diseases starts decades ago in the body with energy blockage in various parts of our body. Our body sends signal which we tend to ignore until we cannot keep it aside any more and end up in doctor office or hospital. But if we pay attention to simple communication from our body and mind and take care of it early we can avoid many illness and have a happy, healthy and meaningful life. We do not need regret later. He gave easy techniques which anyone at any age can follow and improve their physical and emotional conditions. A MUST book to have and read during this pandemic!
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Totally awesome advice! 😆👍 This book truly lives up to the statement that no matter what physical or mental issues you may have, if you apply the Water Up, Fire Down energy principle in your daily life, you can make progress toward clearing them up. Who doesn’t want to heal their physical & emotional health issues? 🤷♀️ No one I’d guess... therefore please everyone read this amazing book! I wish I had read this as a required reading in college... heck, even better if it had been required in high school. 🤞Crossing my fingers for this timelessly wise book to be added to many curriculums in the future. 😄 Enjoy!!
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A golden principle of health? I was skeptical but I now understand how important the proper energy circulation is. With the water up fire down flow, everything becomes balanced and harmonized so that you are naturally physically fit, emotionally stable, mentally clear and spiritually empowered. And, it is so easy! You should check out this book to make sure your head stays cool and your belly stays warm and stay healthy, happy, calm and peaceful.
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Simple but powerful book that provides guidance how we can take care of our bodies following the principals of nature.
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I had a stressful job and my health began to suffer with various little things like Chronic sinus, vertigo, plantar fasciitis, migraine, lower back pain, shoulders and neck tension, etc. Though not life threatening, it's a distraction to my daily life. Years into the practice of recovering water up fire down, I was able to improve and manage my health. I am healthier than 10-15 yrs ago. This book summarized all these practices clearly and can help anyone without any prior knowledge. I hope anyone who gets this book will incorporate the practice as part of your daily life routine and enjoy the results I experienced. Wish you health, happiness and peace! When we take care of ourselves, we can create a better world!
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In this time of pandemic, I really appreciated Ilchi Lee's perspective to take charge of my own health. There is a time and place for Western medicine, but there are simple techniques and principles that we can do for our own health and well-being. Ilchi Lee makes the energy principle of Water Up Fire down easy to understand and applicable to today's environment. When we are stressed, and most of us are these days, our energy condition is reversed. The simple techniques in this book really helped me shift my focus back to myself and how as I care for myself, I am better able to care for others and the planet. Please read this book, the ideas presented here will apply long after the pandemic is over.
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Based on traditional Asian medicine and Korean Sundo practices, this book provides explanation about the energy flow in our bodies and how to regulate it for optimum health.”If you’re trying to recover the good health you’ve lost, this book offers new perspectives on health and will provide you with health-sustaining routines that will stay with you for the rest of your life. If you’re healthy and already have a solid regimen for taking care of your body and mind, the energy principle in this book will make your health routines richer and more complete.” Highly recommended.
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Ilchi Lee describes the phenomen of overheated head and cold stomach in this book. I found many of the symptoms he describes in myself and have since made progress in rectifying them. thank you, Ilchi!
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This book is very insightful and has useful everyday principles to manage your energy well and be brighter everyday. For myself its an excellent source of reference for peace of mind and improving awareness. Throughly recommended!
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The author seems genuine, sincere and very knowledgeable. I am using the techniques in the book as my daily routine to increase and improve my energy flow. I have noticed a positive improvement already. Thank you to Ilchi Lee!
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The book is well written easy to read. Excerizes are described in detail and reasons to you need to do them. I did the excerizes and did noticed the positive impact .
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