DAHN MASTER IN CHARGE OF OPENING FIRST ISRAELI CENTER COMMITS SUICIDE:
In response to the tragic suicide of Matan Givol, who had been placed in charge of opening a center in Jerusalem (to be the first Dahn center in Israel), Dahnyogavoice.com released their official statement last week. The statement was crafted, as always, by Dahn PR Rep Joseph Alexander. One of his sentences stood out to me:
“Though we sympathize with [Matan’s mother] Mrs. Givol’s loss, we strongly disagree with any assertion that Matan was under pressure from Dahn Yoga, its employees or affiliates at the time of his death.”
While the American Dahn Yoga website remained silent about Matan’s responsibility to open a Dahn Yoga Franchise in Israel, the Dahn World organization in Korea was celebrating it openly. This includes Ilchi Lee’s own Ilchi.net Korean website. Read here:
On September 9, 2010, the official Dahn World cafe announced the grand opening of the Dahn Center in Israel:
Link to Dahn World Announcement in Korean
In fact, despite Alexander’s claim that Matan was under “no pressure” from Dahn Yoga, there were many Korean websites and blogs celebrating his commitment to open the Dahn Yoga center in Israel:
http://blog.naver.com/sunee2010?Redirect=Log&logNo=80115085870
http://blog.naver.com/sunee2010?Redirect=Log&logNo=80115085870
http://blog.daum.net/brchunji/155
No pressure, indeed. Is Alexander this out of touch with what’s going on within the organization he claims to represent? Is such incompetence even possible?
Unless, of course, Alexander is once again telling lies to cover up his beloved Dahn World’s misdeeds.
As you can see, the evidence I am presenting here does not at all support Joseph Alexander’s misleading statement that Dahn Yoga placed no pressure on Matan Givol‘s shoulders. What Alexander also conceals from us is that Givol was left basically on his own for the past year and a half and given no resources or staff to achieve this massive responsibility.
I have been extremely saddened to learn of this young man’s death, and I would like to express my deepest condolences to his family. Matan’s death should not be in vain. The truth will be known so that this kind of tragedy never happens again. Dahn Yoga has made a mockery of master-in-training Julia Siverls’ death. And last August, a 24 year old woman died mysteriously at Ilchi’s meditation center Chun Wha Won in South Korea.
How long will this guru who obtained his “Ph.D.” from a fake diploma mill be allowed to get away with his spiritual deceptions, which include selling gold plated lead turtles for $5000 and training programs, like the Dae Shin Myung scam, that cost $100,000, as well as numerous other schemes that rob countless people blind? The truth will be known - I will make sure of that.
Most appalling to me is that Ilchi Lee continues to celebrate the “grand opening” of Matan’s Israeli Dahn center to unsuspecting people. This after announcing how “sympathetic” they are to Matan’s grief-stricken family. I cannot fathom the audacity and lack of conscience behind this heartless cult leader who has ruined the lives of so many.
I urge Matan’s family to subpoena all of Matan’s emails and all online evidence before Ilchi’s organization covers its tracks. In particular, I urge them to pay special attention to Genia Sullivan’s visit to Israel, and Matan’s correspondence with her.
To Ginia Sullivan: If you had nothing to do with Matan's death, think about what you wrote on your daily correspondance with Matan. Think about what you told him when you visited Matan in Israel. Why did you ask Matan not do the Ilchi's brain exercises intensively because it could be damaging? Isn't Ilchi's brain exercise suppose to be the ultimate healing methods in human history that can heal anything and everything from mental disease to cancer? The correspondance between Ginia and Matan should be made public to warn the world how dangerous this cult organization can be, and how they can turn around and say with a straight face Matan was not "under pressure from Dahn Yoga, its employees or affiliates at the time of his death."
Help bring down Tao Fellowship
- send in your receipts before October 5th, 2010!!!
If you did training at Tao Fellowship - Mago Garden, you must have training receipts disguised as "Donation" receipts as below.
For years TF conducted illegal commercial activities in residentially zoned property.
Send your receipts such as below to following address, so Yavapai County can crack down on this cult organization. You should also forward "donation" receipt for Dahn Yoga, too so they can see the Ilchi's illegal business activitity patterns.
Boyce Macdonald, Yavapai County Land Use Manager
Yavapai County Development Services (928) 639-8151
boyce.macdonald@co.yavapai.az.us
Food for thoughts for Yavapai County and IRS:
1. Why all "donation" receipt of Tao Fellowship and Dahn Institute "Donation" receipts itemize training or service rendered?
2. Why all corresponding training or service receipt shows fixed price for the itemized items?
This will prove these receipts are NOT "Donation" but receipts of training and service rendered disguised as "Donation".
VerdeNews link
Late Tak Myung-Hwan, the most famed religious critique in Korea has written about Ilchi in 1992.
This magazine article was based on the 33 masters' statement after leaving the group all at once in 1992. Ilchi almost had to close down shop, because the 33 was majority of the masters at the time.
Ilchi went to the jail in 1993 based on this statement. You will be surprised by how little Ilchi's cult scam has changed.
http://theologia.kr/zeroboard/zboard.php? category=17&id=tangun&page=1&page_num=120&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&keyword=&select_a rrange=headnum&desc=asc&PHPSESSID=7844d1723156c30308a41235775b031f
Pseudo Sun-Do (traditional Korean Sprituality) turned to a cult religion
(Monthly magazine “Hyun Dae Jong Gyo – Modern Religion” May, 1992 – by Tak Myung-Hwan)
-Mr. Tak (1937-1994) was the most famous religion scholar and cult expert who was murdered by a cult member Im Hong-Chun who stabbed him to death in South Korea.
-This article on Ilchi Lee was written in 1992, but Ilchi’s way of cult practice did not change much since then.
Established writer Kim Tae Young who wrote “People’s Army”, “Da Mul”, “Han Dahn Go Ki”, SunDo Che Hum Ki, etc was sued twice by Ilchi Lee for defamation, but the court ruled for his innocence.
Sun Do Che Hum Ki published on August of 1991 was based on 33 ex-dahn masters’ letter to the authorities about Mr. Lee’s cult activities that included money embezzlements, document forgery, illegal medical practice violation, food and pharmaceutical law violation, incitement of lynching, and labor law violation.
Mr. Kim used fictitious names in his books, and the first 3 books of SDCHK was the strongest boost to Mr. Lee’s organization, but by the time Mr. Kim wrote the Book 4, he discovered the truth of the evil cult leader, and revealed all his dark sides, and felt socially responsible to inform people not to be deceived by this evil man.
After Book 4 was published, Mr. Lee’s evil deeds publicized and most of Lee’s followers left the organization. Mr. Lee did not sue Mr. Kim himself (he did not want to appear in the court), but Mr. Lee cowardly instructed 9 of his masters to sue for defamation on his behalf in Seoul in 1991.
Mr. Kim was questioned by partial police and prosecutor (most likely paid by Mr. Lee), and they tried so hard to get Mr. Kim to confess the book was about Mr. Lee.
On the other hand, the 33 ex-dahn masters’ complaint to the police did not go anywhere, and the defendant Mr. Lee was not even called for questioning. After a while, Mr. Lee was ruled innocent.
Mr. Lee was seasoned reporter for 23 year working for Korea Herald, HanKookIlBo and Korea Times, and a respected writer for over 20 years, but the way police treated him unreasonably.
According to the 33 ex-dahn masters’ complaint, 40 years old Mr. Lee was former Medical Equipment operator who graduated from Dan Kuk University evening college, majoring in Physical Education. Mr. Lee also claimed he was the head of Pathology Department of H hospital, but the claim has been proven to be a lie. Mr. Lee also claimed he holds a chiropractic doctorate degree from Japan, but this was also proven a lie.
Mr. Lee was a former member of the Unification Church, and was hospitalized for 6 months in a mental hospital for insanity. He was also declared by the court of legal insanity per request of his family.
He created many organizations under his non-profit organization Han Mun Hwa Won, and very active in college campuses, and his illegal embezzlements are as follows:
Expense Account – Mr. Lee’s official payment by the organization is 5 Million Won ($5000 US) per month, but he embezzled many times more by fabricating the accounting books. Many of his masters were getting paid on the books, but most of their salaries went into his pocket.
Mr. Lee also claimed he gave a discharge allowance when masters quit, but he pocketed all the money and not even a cent was given to departed masters.
Mr. Lee’s residence was bought by Han Mun Hwa Won, and also most of real estate supposedly owned by Han Mun Hwa Won was actually in Mr. Lee or his wife’s name.
Han Mun Hwa Won also owns a health clinic, but most of the profit goes to Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee also incorporated a company with his life time members, but all the capital was embezzled by Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee solicited donation to build the Lifetime Membership Building, but the building is nowhere to be found and Mr. Lee embezzled the entire fund. There are many more donation embezzlement cases.
These embezzlements cases were known by 2 departed masters who reported Mr. Lee’s wrong doings to Korean IRS.
In 1985, Mr. Cha Jung Rhang who wrote all Mr. Lee’s Dahn Hak books (but the books were published under Ilchi Lee’s name), pleaded complained to Mr. Lee of his wrong doings, but was kicked out of the organization without any payment. Mr. Cha’s wife went to Mr. Lee for the payment of his salary, but Mr. Lee instructed one of his masters to terrorize Mr. Cha’s wife.
On 3/26/1991, the president of Han Mun Hwa Won lifetime members Dr. Kim complained to Mr. Lee of his wrong doings. Again, Mr. Lee kicked him out and 2 of Lee’s masters threatened him with sushi knife if he ever talked about Han Mun Hwa Won. This became known after the 2 masters wrote letters of acknowledgement to avoid their prosecution.
Most of Ilchi’s masters lived together at Han Mun Hwa Won or centers and worked round the clock with little pay. Mr. Lee even embezzled their small salary with many execuses.
Every month, Mr. Lee gathers all the masters for Chun-Je and ask them to pay for it while he goes around massage parlors in ShinSaDong doing perverted sexual activities and shows off his expensive Swiss watch. He also surprised his masters with trips to South East Asia and expensive gifts for his wife and electronic goods.
Every cult have some form of sexual perversion.
Ilchi created a training named “Ok Mun Su Ryun” which means the training for vagina. Mr. Lee violated many female masters and members and Miss J who was a school teacher committed suicide after Mr. Lee violated her. Miss P became pregnant as the result of “Ok Mun Su Ryun”.
Further more, Mr. Lee raised himself to godly status by demanding the first person who sees him to shout “Gyung Rye!” and everyone at the center should bow to him 3 times.
Mr. Lee sells health food and pills (Jung Chung Hwan) for 90,000 won, and deceives people that the food and the pill can heal any disease.
Mr. Lee claims he teaches and spreads lost ancient Korean traditional spirituality and Dahn Gun, but in reality, he makes himself a deity, embezzle, sexual predation and ridiculous propaganda.
Unfortunately, Mr. Lee pays off the authorities, so many attempts to stop his evil deeds did not succeed. Many ex-masters came to the magazine office and testified in details.
Mr. Lee is extremely uneducated, and he doesn’t even know how to write his son’s Chinese characters, but he somehow gets by with his brain wash techniques and good looks.
Superficially, he claims he teaches Sun Do and Dahn Gun, but in reality he is evil cult leader to be forwarned.
DW and Ilchi will be featured in the most popular investigative TV program of SBS on 3/16/2010.
The only thing WHO members learned well from Ilchi is how to lie. They do not know shame. On Jan. 8th 6:45 p.m. Mr.Kim (38) from Dahn Organization stabbed himself in the stomach and broken into DongA Media Center building and taken to the hospital by police. He claimed he slashed 40 centimeters of his stomach (he either has a BIG stomach, or he drew a circle ^^), but the emergency crew stated it was only 3 centimeter. WHO members regularly lie about Ilchi and his achievements. On this particular demonstration in front of SBS, one WHO members claimed 2300 WHO members gathered to demonstrate. In truth, it was more like about one hundred.
P.S. this demonstation grew to be about 2 thousands people later.
Ilchi Resigns.. AGAIN 4/23/2010 .
This is fresh off the press, so this is my brief translation.
http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2010032301032230028002
He regrets to inform his supporters that as of 23rd of March, he will resign from all Dahn World management.
He also resigns from BR Consulting that he raised last 30 years and leaving all the benefits to his Jeja (masters).
He blames Christians and people with selfish interests to attack his NGO groups, religion and corporation that revived ancient Korean tradition. He also demanded Korean Americans to stop attacking DW since DW is spreading Korean spirituality and culture to the world.
He also stated "The truth that I can show to the world is the truth of his vision and his life." Whatever dispute will be settled by the law, and if it is due to conspiracy he will blame it on conspirators' conscience.
DW started in 1980 and there are 360 centers throughout Korea and 1000 centers throughout 10 countries (this is total BS), spreading hong-ik sprit and brain education.
He also operates ~40 non-profit organizations and led NGO movements.
There it goes. Well, Ilchi ran to Japan, feeling the heat from SBS broadcasting. He is afraid either Korea or US authority will prosecute him.
The investigators from the US agencies are poking around all over Korea and Ilchi is definitely feeling the heat.
Those "beautiful" enlightened masters in DW should know this con job is about to be over. Face the reality. You are not a master of dahn, meditation,
healing, yoga or martial arts. Cham Jeon Gye Kyung, Sam Il Shin Go, Chun Bu Kyung are not 3 ancient holy book but fake history written by another recent cult leader.
You can fool yourself to be anything. Don't be fooled. Recent SBS TV show revealed the golden turtle Ilchi sold for thousands of dollars contained 65%
lead and no gold or silver or bronze. Your vision, nor imagination nor positive thinking can change the lead to gold. That makes Ilchi a con man. Don't you see?
DW and Ilchi will be featured in the most popular investigative TV program of SBS on 3/16/2010.
The only thing WHO members learned well from Ilchi is how to lie. They do not know shame. On Jan. 8th 6:45 p.m. Mr.Kim (38) from Dahn Organization stabbed himself in the stomach and broken into DongA Media Center building and taken to the hospital by police. He claimed he slashed 40 centimeters of his stomach (he either has a BIG stomach, or he drew a circle ^^), but the emergency crew stated it was only 3 centimeter. WHO members regularly lie about Ilchi and his achievements. On this particular demonstration in front of SBS, one WHO members claimed 2300 WHO members gathered to demonstrate. In truth, it was more like about one hundred.
P.S. this demonstation grew to be about 2 thousands people later.
Mago statue comes down - Verde News
VerdeNews Link
Look at Ms. Magoo in black and white. She was not a blonde mother earth. She was a Korean godess in blonde disguise destined to make lots of money for Ilchi.
Good thing people of Cottonwood saw right through blonde hair and blue eyes. When you take the color out of her, she looks Korean for god's sake.
Now let see how they will TRY to snake out of 3/12 hearing for Tao Fellowship's land use violation.
Planning and Zoning committee at Cottonwood decided unanimously to remove this hideous lump of plastic in 30 days
Ilchi's brain shines like his golden turtle. He spent one million bucks to ship this giant "ancient" mother earth figure from Korea, but conviniently forgot to get a proper permit
to raise this Mago statue. DY tries to fabricate historical context to justfy this statue, but sorry - contrary to Ilchi's lie, Mago simply does not have ANY historical context.
Earth Park must take down Mago statue (with video)
On seperate issue, Tao Fellowship's Mago Retreat faces another land use violation hearing on March 12, 2010 for its commercial ventures beyond non-profit organization status.
Mago Retreat hearing delayed
Tao Fellowship faces land use violations
Mago Statue update 2/18/2010
According to SaveMago.Org (domain registered by Edwin Kim) obviously Ilchi's own organization trying to be in disguise, is planning little "Civil Disobedience" on the day of Mago statue removal.
This is a cut & paste from SaveMago.Org site. They are getting more pathetic by day.
HOW WE WILL PROTEST
We will perform a small action of civil disobedience to protest allowing social, racial, and religion pressure to influence its decisions.
- We will block the entrance to Mago Statue, disallowing the cranes access the Mago Statue, which will force Tao Fellowship to be out of compliance with the unfair demands of the City Council.
- We will display picket signs and banners.
- We will invite the general public and the media.
- We will hand out educational materials on the facts of the case.
We know that, due to the decision of the City representatives and Tao Fellowship, this matter is already closed on paper, but we refuse to allow it and demand a change in outcome.
This is for ALL CURRENT DAHN MASTERS trying to learn the secret teachings from supposedly 3 ancient holy books. Don't waste time to studying them. The conclusion is obvious. Ilchi is the ONE and the Heaven. Respect him unconditionally because he saved your soul and sprit, and he is your spritual parents. You owe Ilchi everything, becuase he saved you from certain spritual death. The ONE truth is E-Wha and you get there by Hong-Ik. The best way of Hong-Ik is through Ilchi's WHO (World Hong-Ik Organizaiton). Do not questions the ONE. Abdicate everything else, you will be fine.
But here's what you REALLY should know: The most well known historical recording of DG is written in SamGukYuSa. Like all mythology, DG story contains ridiculous claims by today’s knowledge.
According to the book, DG’s parents were a heavenly being WhanWoong (father) and WoongNyeo (a bear who became a woman after eating garlic and Artemisia in a cave for 100 days). Many primitive societies have totem religions with animal stories like this. DG ruled Korea for 1500, and became an enlightened god when he was 1908 years old. Some Ilchi’s organization members claim the bear ate garlic and Artemisia for 21 before became a human to match Ilchi’s claim of 21 days enlightenment at Moak Mountain.
Now, this story is too fictitious so the story is changed as symbolic representation of great teachings by Ilchi’s GukHak, and they are now saying actually the bear did not become a woman, but it was actually name of a town called “Bear”. Also, DG did not live nearly 2000 year, but DG was a title (like King) that was inherited for 47 generations.
Story of DG is not the only Korean mythology Ilchi fabricated according to his needs. The story of Mago, which Ilchi claims to be Korean history written in BuDoGi, is also a crap, too. The book BuDoJi doesn’t exist and the first print of the book were in 1986 (only 24 years ago). No other book or text in Korean history ever mentioned BuDoJi. If the book existed or important, at least some mention of the story would have passed down.
All these “changes” are systematically fabricated at Ilchi’s organization named “GukHakWon” to support his demented Korean history.
So why is Ilchi so adamant about DG story, and supposedly 3 ancient holy books of Korea – ChunBuKyung, SamIlShinGo and ChamJeonGyeKyung?
DG as a religion diety that did not exist before early 20th century in Korea. DG only existed as shamanic diety. In early 20th century, Japan ruled Korea for 36 years, and Korean nationalism was at the worst shape eclipsed by Japanese imperialism. During the time of turmoil, many nationalistic DG (DongHak) cults sprouted all over Korea feeding on the bad time. Some of them went through elaborate scam of fabricating ancient texts to justify their religion.
The worst one was BaekBaekGyo. The charismatic leader JungWoon-Chun claimed he went into GumGang Mountain for 3 years where he gained the knowledge of ChunJiKiUn and Dahn-gun sprit. He said the doomsday will come on 1904 and everyone will die except BaekBaekGyo followers with white cloth. They will be lead to the land of enlightened paradise and will live forever. To make this paradise more convincing, he used “ancient” stories like BuDoJi and SamIlShinGo.
But when 1904 came and went, the world didn’t end, his followers started to revolt against the leader Chun. But his deception continued on till 1930. After he was caught in 1930, the police found 346 dead bodies and god knows how many he actually killed. He is also known to be a psychopath that buried people alive without guilt. He is known to have more than 60 second wives and biggest temple at the time.
The reason Ilchi is copying dahn-gun cults like BaekBaekGyo’s old doctrine is because of the prophecy of “BulGuangSunIn” (sounds familiar???) or “JungDoRyung” who is the Messiah that will take his followers to the enlighten place. Ilchi is trying to make he is the one – thus dahn-gun face look like him, etc.
This kind of primitive religious organization based on shamanic tradition is almost eliminated from modern Korea, since people are more educated and knowledgeable. But Ilchi is trying to revive this under pretense of “modernization” of Korean tradition GukHak. All I can say is, don’t just accept 3 Korean holy books just because Ilchi tells you so. Get some background and historical context. Then you will realize you are wasting your precious time with this cult organization.
O, one last thing. All 3 books are about the Heaven and the One. These are some clues:
- Ilchi calls himself Ilchi – he is the One. ChunBuKyung POINTS to the One.
- SamIlShinGo and ChamJeonGyeKung are books of trinity – Heaven Earth and Human.
- Ilchi wrote a holy book called Chun Suh (The book of Heaven)
- When Ilchi teaches, it’s called Gang Chun (heaven descending or teachings of heaven)
- When Ilchi went to the jail it’s called YukChunIl (against the heaven day)
- When 27 masters sued him it’s 2nd YukCHunIl (2nd against the heaven day)
- Chun Bu Sung (the heavenly star where all his enlightned followers will go in golden turtle shaped space ship)
- ChunHwaWon (the DW training center means be one with the Heaven)
This is the truth behind Ilchi’s demented psychopathic cult ambition. Some better cult leaders trying to get there by virtue, integrity, deed and spirituality. Ilchi doesn’t have any of those qualities, so he is trying to be the One with money willingly "donated" by his followers: hiring lawyers, buying honors, and hiding like a rat until people forget. If you don’t get this, you deserve to be in that organization.