Ilchi Lee

It’s the season when New Year’s resolutions come to mind. Many will be made, but very few will be achieved. People often set a goal to change something in their life – such as losing weight, exercising regularly, or cleaning out the garage – only to give it up days later.

Today people aremaking life changes through an online program called the 21-Day Miracle, or 21M. Here is what people who have completed at least 21M cycle say: “The improvement in my relationship with my teenage son has been amazing, thanks to the system and support.” “It is about controlling your life through focus; I was finally able to stop drinking soda.” “What I learned about my thinking and emotions was more valuable than my actual goal of tightening my tummy.”

Ilchi Lee (http://www.ilchi.com), president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea), developed 21M for people to manifest genuine and lasting change in their life. They do it by creating and following an action plan for a single focused goal, and getting regular doses of inspiration and support to achieve it.

As Lee puts it, “The ‘miracle’ is the people themselves. They are creators who can make their goal a reality. 21M is a tool to help unleash the potential that everyone already has inside of their brain.”

According to Lee, “Experts say it takes 21 days to create a new habit – the period needed to ‘rewire’ one’s brain, and for neural connections to become firmly established.” Along the way, it takes a strong commitment for people to accomplish their goal.

21M works because it provides three elements often missing when people pursue a goal: (1) Setting one focused, concrete and appropriate goal. (2) Training and inspiration to help achieve greater results from their efforts. (3) Networking with people like them for encouragement and reinforcement. Lee states, “21M provides the people who register on the website with a home base where they can keep track of their progress and find all the tools that they need to succeed.”

The 21-day journey begins when one chooses one focused goal, and establishes three simple ground rules to support it. The goal can be anything that interests people, such as physical health, career, home situation, or personal relationships. The goal and rules need to be phrased in a realistic, achievable way. For example, one woman picked the goal of losing 10 pounds, and created three rules: 15 minutes of vibrational dancing daily, 50 push-ups daily, and only water to drink after 9:00 pm.

After registering for 21M on the website, one makes a written 21M “contract” with oneself. Before signing it, they must make sure that they are committed 100% to this goal and plan. It helps to post the contract in several places where one will see it everyday.

Often people fail in achieving a goal because deep inside they don’t really believe that they can succeed. They view their current state of being as who they really are. Lee urges, “With 21M, don’t just look at it as stopping a bad habit. Rather, think of it as an ‘identity overhaul,’ a chance to remake an aspect of one’s basic sense of self.”

Psychologists contend that negative habits arise when some other basic social need is unfulfilled. When we feel dissatisfaction in one area of our lives, we “fill the gap” with other behavior that gives us temporary relief from that emotional pain. Therefore, to control their habits, individuals need to master their emotions. It helps for people to decide which emotions are useful to them and which are not. Lee explains, “People may discover that the emotions surrounding a habit are the real habit they are trying to break.”

The human brain possesses a marvelous attribute called neuroplasticity, the ability to constantly rewire itself in response to various stimuli. Therefore, people are not stuck with the brain they currently possess. Lee affirms, “Human beings can sculpt their brain to be whatever they desire it to be. Considering themselves an artist, their medium consists of the brain’s neurons and synapses.” They can accomplish this by using their imagination to visualize and rehearse their goal’s achievement.

While the basic package of online services (goal formatting, twice weekly e-newsletter, and group support) is free, premium services (seven training modules, Lee’s daily inspirational messages, and his tele-lecture) cost $21.

As Lee sums it up, “21M is a way to take control of one’s life and to put his or her dreams into reality. It helps people build the life they really want to live.”

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