Ilsi musi il (一始無始一): essential rest found at the origin of being

We live busy lives, always longing for something, yet a corner of the heart stays empty and the body stays heavy. Chapter 7 of Han Dong-seok’s The Principles of Cosmic Change, a work that distills Eastern philosophy, finds the answer in the spirit’s return home and the recovery of yulryeo (律呂). RE:SONANCE begins a “tuning of life” that brings your scattered bio-rhythm into resonance with yulryeo, the universe’s own beat, and returns you to the state most truly yourself.

1. Zero (無) and One (一): life force condensed into the One

The root of RE:SONANCE healing lies in the opening line of the Cheonbugyeong, ilsi musi il (一始無始一): the One (一) began, yet that beginning came from nothingness (無, zero). This principle touches the very essence of our life.

• Zero (mugeuk, 無極): a state of absolute calm in which every contradiction and conflict disappears; perfect emptiness.
• One (taegeuk, 太極): the 一 of the Cheonbugyeong, pure life energy that condenses and surges up from the emptied space.

Modern fatigue comes from having no rest that returns us to zero (呂), which leaves even our whole life force, the One (律), scattered. RE:SONANCE returns you to the stillness of zero to empty out stale energy, then gathers your energy again into the powerful core of life that is the One.

2. Geongon (乾坤): restoring pure yin and yang

Our spirit has grown cloudy because we have been swept along by worldly desire and our energy has turned turbid. Geongon (乾坤), the heart of this philosophy of spirit, stands for pure yang (乾) and pure yin (坤) as they were before anything began to change.

RE:SONANCE clears away the turbid energy of daily life and restores the purity of geongon sleeping within you: a spirit as clear and transparent as heaven (乾) and a life force as deep and still as the earth (坤). Not artificial stimulation, but the restoration of the small universe you were born with.

3. Earth (土): setting a center that does not waver

The secret of a universe that moves in harmony is the balance of earth (土). Earth is the power of junghwa (中和), harmonizing the energies of wood, fire, metal and water so they do not collide.

When the mind is anxious and the body heavy, it is because this center has been shaken and your energies are crashing into one another. RE:SONANCE looks at where your constitution leans and supports tohwa jagyong (土化作用), the balancing work of earth. Finding the perfect point of balance between zero and one is the true freedom RE:SONANCE offers.

4. Sujeong hwasin (水精火神): completing the cycle

A hot head and cold feet, so common today, mean that fire (火) has surged up while water (水) has sunk: nothing gets through. Through the principle of sujeong hwasin (水精火神), which cools the heart’s heat and draws up the energy of the kidneys, RE:SONANCE completes the circulation of energy and blood.

The energy that began from the One of the Cheonbugyeong finally bears fruit within this great cycle, and you are made whole again.

In closing: RE:SONANCE, time to reclaim your rhythm

RE:SONANCE invites you to entrust your body and mind to the great cycle of the universe. Pause the rhythm of fierce struggle for a while, and let the pure geongon and yulryeo within you sing.

The moment you resonate with the universe again, you will meet your true self, full and whole as the One (一).