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SHIM GUM DO
August/September 2005
Volume 3 • Issue 2
IN THIS ISSUE
Thanks for reading this issue of the
Universal Light, a revitalization of a
long-standing newsletter for and
about the students, teachers and
instructors of Shim Gum Do.
Included in this issue are:
DHARMA TALK
The following is excerpted from a Dharma Talk given by Shim Gum Do Founding Master Great
Zen Master Chang Sik Kim at Shim Gwang Sa on September 7, 1984.
Student: “Why are rules necessary?”
Sa Bu Nim: “Why do you put clothes
on your body?”
Student: “To keep warm.”
•
An excerpt from a Dharma Talk from
Zen Master Chang Sik Kim, our
Founding Master and Teacher
•
The results of the 200th test at Shim
Gwang Sa
•
Some brief temple
announcements
•
An essay from Chung Kwan Jang Nim
on achieving her 14th Star in Sword
•
A brief introduction to Tinicum Arts
and Science
•
Class and event schedule
news
Shim Gum Do Founding Master
Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim
and
Sa Bu Nim: “That is the keep warm
rule. When you go to bed you take off your
clothes. After bed you go take a shower.
There are all kinds of rules, they aren’t
named. Why? These are all your personal
things. Your personal things have no rules,
you only do correctly. To put all the shoes
together it is necessary to have a shoe case.
If you are by yourself, you always come in,
put your shoes in the case and when you go
out, you take them out again. Maybe if
there were ten, twenty or one hundred people, then there are too many shoes. You
stand in front of the shoe case confused,
“Where are my shoes?” Then you have to
correctly put your shoes in and then the
next time you use them it is easier. “OK,
everybody when you come home, put your
shoes correctly back in the shoe case in
their correct place.” Then you say, “What,
is it necessary to have a rule for putting
shoes back in the case?” The rule is necessary, correctly putting the shoes in means
tomorrow morning it is easier for you to
take them out. They look very clear, that is
why there is a rule. Correct rules make the
next step clear, that is why rules are necessary.”
Student: “If you see clearly then you
will always know where you put your
shoes.”
Sa Bu Nim: “Not only one person
needs to see clearly. One hundred, two hundred people make confusion. You are eating here, someone serves you your food.
OK, now two hundred people are eating
here. Everyone lines up, then everyone says,
“OK, I’m a clear person, you go first,” etc.
Then one goes and lines up. Everyone says,
“I am very clear I know how to take food
and eat.” Then no one goes and eats. You
have to line up straight - one, two, three,
four - that’s the rule. If you think you are
already clear, that is already death, already
not clear.
Why? Why are you thinking you are
clear? If your thinking is clear, then already,
before thinking, you did correct action; that
is clear thinking and clear action. If you
think you are clearer then everybody else,
that’s all thinking. You didn’t act yet. You
say you want to go eat. That is only thinking, you are not eating yet, that is not true
eating. True correct thinking means just
doing it, not thinking.
So, rules are good for you. Over there,
on the roads, if you didn’t have rules, then
everyday cars would be hitting each other
and banging into each other. There are
rules for driving. For example when you
drive at night, turn on your lights, don’t
drive with your lights off. Someone says
that they don’t care about that rule, they
don’t want to turn their lights on, they want
to drive anyway. Then POW! somebody
hits them. So, keep the rules correctly;
keeping them means to use them correctly.”
Student: “What about when you are
driving your car at night, and no one else is
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DHARMA TALK
there, and you come to an intersection, and
there is a red light. There’s no one anywhere
else around. What is the relationship to a
rule there where you’re not hurting anyone
else, there’s no one else
coming to the intersection, you want to get
home, you’re tired, so
you run the red light.”
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thinks there is no one there, that’s why he
comes out. You are not the only one thinking about running the light. You meet each
other, say ‘Hello’ and are finished. So if
there is a red light
that means you
have to stop there,
even if no one is
there, how ever
long. How much
difference will it
make? How faster
will you get home?
One minute, two
minutes, three minutes?
Sa Bu Nim: “Yes, this
happens to many people;
also many people have
accidents that way. You
think there is no car, and
then suddenly a car
appears. There is a red
light, you see no one
there, you want to get
You come here
home quickly; you are Head Master Mary Stackhouse Kim and train and then
already thinking. You run
feel very good,
the red light and then at the corner, already strong and healthy. You feel like you can
another car comes out. You are not even control the world. Don’t be like that. If you
thinking about that happening; that is the believe in yourself too much then you lose
trouble. You think that there are no cars your health. If you get knocked out once
around so you can run this red light. Then then it is very difficult to get your health
at the other corner, from a small road, a car back. You get sick and you want to train all
comes out suddenly then BOOM!
the time. Then you get well and you forget
You think, “There
about training and
was no car here, how did
go back to driving
a car come out of
around, drinking,
there?” A red light makes
and so on. When
you stop, your action
you are healthy, that
stops and your thinking
is when you must
stops. Before you had
train to keep your
‘keeping going’ mind,
health. You have to
then the red light made
take care of your
you stop. Stopping
health all the time.
means you wait. Then
Sickness is always
when the green light
circling around, it
comes, start again, and
can grab you anygo again. Then you see
time and you canclear, think clear, and act
not get out.
John White, III
clear. You only want to
Health is very
go, hurry. The light is red, no one is driving important. If you have nose sickness, eye
past. You think no one is there, that is the sickness, ear sickness, tongue sickness,
problem. You pass, run the red light then shoulder sickness or knee sickness, different
suddenly a car appears. This person also thinking appears; did you know that?
TEST RESULTS
On July 17, 2005 the 200th test of Shim
Gum Do was conducted at Shim Gwang
Sa. The following Shim Gum Do members underwent and passed Star Tests:
•
Mary Jeanette Stackhouse Kim
14th Star Sword
•
John White, III
4th Star Shin Boep
•
Jennifer Baskin
2nd Star Sword
•
Michael Ralph
1st Star Ho Shin Sul
•
Richard Ward
1st Star Sword
On June 25, 2005 at the Su Won Shim
Gum Do School, whose Head Master is
Deok Soo Kim Kwan Jang Nim, the following Korean Shim Gum Do
Association members underwent and
passed Star Tests:
•
Chong Shin Cheon
1st Star Sword
•
Jin Bum Kim
1st Star Sword
•
Ms. Hye Jin Jang
1s Star Sword
•
Dong Hyun Lee
1st Star Sword
•
Jun Ho Lee
1st Star Sword
•
Myung Won Kim
1st Star Sword
•
Min Jin Kim
1st Star Sword
•
Youn Han Park
1st Star Sword
•
Ms. Joo Hee Sul
1st Star Sword
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DHARMA TALK
Different pain thinking. Different sicknesses run, early in the morning. Two, three days
come from different consciousnesses being ago I woke up at 4:30 AM and bowed 400
sick. This is very important. If your body is times straight. All the people in this house
healthy all over, and
were all sleeping. I
you want to do medibowed by myself early
tation, you immediatein the morning. Then
ly cut thinking and are
I hit the bell; this
clear. If you are sick,
means time for everyyou can’t do anything.
one to get up. Then
Some people say that
we did meditation,
the mind is more
then 200 more bows
important than the
with everyone, this
body. They say the
means I did 600 bows.
body is not important,
After that I trained
don’t do action, only
Sword forms 1 - 20,
use your mind. What?
then I did 400 kicks,
You sit down here, it is
then I went
Jennifer Baskins
time to eat dinner but
outside and
you say, “Oh, my mind
ran; I did
already ate, so I don’t need to eat dinner.” not eat breakfast yet. Then I
Can you do that? You can’t, you have to go came home, drank a cup of juice,
and eat.
a cup of milk, then sometimes I
Mind and body are not separate they eat, sometimes I don’t eat. Then
are always together. When you die, your yesterday I woke up at 4:30 AM,
body and mind become separate. As long as did 400 bows, hit the bell, then
you have life, your mind feels your body’s did 150 bows, then after meditapain. If the body has pain, then the mind tion 200 more bows, that means
has pain. If the body is happy, then the 750 bows. Then I relaxed a little
mind is happy - together action. This means bit. Then my son had trouble
that if you make your body healthy, then and all day long there was no
time to rest. I came home and
your mind is healthy. If
there was
your mind is really
teaching. Then my
healthy, this means
tongue
was
all
your body is also
swollen. The top of
healthy. Your mind
my mouth felt burned,
says, “Today I want to
and the skin came off.
go train.” Then your
Then I decided I
body says, “No, I don’t
should rest. The next
want to train.” This
morning I woke up
means the mind is not
early and I told myself,
healthy yet. If your
‘SHYAK! I got to go
mind is really healthy,
bow’. Then I bowed. I
and your mind says
was afraid I would be
“Go train,” then your
sick, but my tongue
body says, “Sure, go
Richard Ward
was all OK. This
train.”
means I pushed
Every morning I bow, train, kick, and myself hard, my body was saying, “I can’t do
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it, I have to be sick now”. I had a tongue
problem, all kinds of problems. I pushed
myself more and the sickness that wanted to
appear was killed, it went back, it didn’t
bother me any more.
Students have said to me, “Before I
came to train, my knee was OK. After training, my knee has a problem here”, or “my
ankle has a problem” or “my shoulder has a
problem.” They said they have all kinds of
problems. That is wonderful. You are training hard, your knee has a problem, that is
great. You are training hard, your knee doesn’t have pain. You think that is strange so
you go to the hospital. I bow 4 or 5 hundred
times, my knees hurt too. I don’t say they
don’t hurt,
still I push
myself to
do it, do it,
do it. When
you
first
come here,
you haven’t
trained
before. You
start to train
and
then
your knee
has a probMichael Ralph
lem. Why?
Because
your knee is not strong. Training makes your
knee strong that’s why it hurts; weak energy
appears, that is why you have pain. If you
didn’t train, you wouldn’t have any knee or
ankle pain. When you become fifty or sixty
years old, it all appears. Then your knee
hurts, your ankle, your back, your shoulder
all have pain. Why? When you become fifty
and sixty, your body becomes weak. The
weak energy, hiding inside appears, it comes
out. When you are young, still strong and
have good circulation, sickness doesn’t
come out, it hides. When you become fifty
years old I want to see you. Sickness waits to
attack you when you are weak.
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DHARMA TALK
This is what happens if you do not take
care of your health when you are young.
When you plant seeds in the ground, they
don’t immediately come up. After time they
appear and the plants show you. Your back
hurts, your ankle hurts, your knee hurts not yet; wait until you are older. That is why
you must train hard and keep going even
when it hurts. Training takes out the weak
energy and puts strong energy in. It is like
taking out wooden supports and putting in
steel. Then there will be no problem for 100
years.
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too. When I lay down it felt like I was sinking into the ground. I took a bus and all the
people looked liked demons and ghosts. I
was introduced at the demonstration, I
couldn’t even smile. The audience’s faces
were magnified into double images. Then, I
gave a demonstration and afterwards I felt
fine. I went out to eat, feeling great. People
check their bodies too much.
Student: “What is the purpose of bowing? Is there a religious reason? You know,
like we bow three times, we could bow four
times. I just wonder.”
A few days ago we had tons of dead
wood from trees. I wanted to throw it away
Sa Bu Nim:
but no one would
“Bowing
is not
take it, there was too
religious.
I
bow to
much. So I wanted
everything,
everyto burn it behind the
one.
I
bow
to
the
temple. One of my
universe,
I
bow
to
students told me,
you,
I
bow
to
this
“No, you will get big
house; I bow to
trouble from the fire
everything.”
department.”
I
Student: “In
decided to do it by
the morning you
myself anyway. Then
bow 108 times. Is
I remembered that
that for exercise or
one of our temple
is it meditation?”
residents had been
sick in his room for
Sa Bu Nim:
two days. I knocked
“Yes,
bowing is all
Sa Bu Nim
on his window, “Hey
kinds. Bowing is
come on out and
exercise and meditation. If your mind is
work.” Then he said, “My doctor said to rest troubled you cannot bow. When you bow, if
and not work for at least 4 or 5 days.” I said, you think it is difficult, that your knee hurts,
“Forget about that, just work and you’ll be the next bow is not possible. You have to
fixed.” He said, “OK.” He was moving very stop, that’s it. If you say, “I love it, I love it”
slow. “Move”, I said. Then he picked up then bow, bow and bow. Then your body is
speed.
strong.
After working he ate, and then he said
Bowing is also good meditation. When
he was completely better. Doctors want to you are anger you can’t sing, or bow. If you
100% fix sickness. Their idea is to only lie are angry and you bow a lot anyway, then
down and when you are ‘fixed’, then move. your anger energy will be gone. If you are
On time, when I was in Korea, we had a angry and you sing, then also, your anger
Shim Gum Do demonstration. At that time energy will go, disappear. You can’t sing if
the Hong Kong flu was going around. Many you’re angry, that means you are already
people were dying from it. Then, I got it tight. Anger means everything is tight your
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DHARMA TALK
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body and mind are tight. Before anger, the
mind is huge; after anger the mind is tiny,
small. Some people say that if you get angry
all the time your life
gets shorter and shorter.”
Student: “Sometimes anger feels like a
shower, like getting
cleaned out.”
bark, it would be a great shock. That is why
when you are alive you must train your body
and mind, hard. Then when you die, your
mind and body will
keep going together.
Then if a dog barks
you can remain calm
and say, “Good bye, I
am going now.” You
will not feel as though
the universe is breaking. The moment your
mind leaves a dog
barks. Your consciousness keeps clear; then
no matter what sounds
arise, only keep clear,
John White, III
only go.
Sa Bu Nim: “Yes,
there are many different kinds of anger.
When anger rises, let it
out, don’t keep it.
When you are angry,
let it blast, then you’re
calm again, “Hey,
hello.” That’s it, then all is cleaned out.
Some people become angry, then they are
angry for one year. For one year they think,
“I don’t like you.” For one year they are
tight. Some people are angry one moment
and then the next moment the anger is
gone. This means cleaned out. Some say
that crying is the same. It is good for the
eyes, and the brain too, something sticky all
comes out.
When you dream, if someone hits the
floor near you, you might dream of an
earthquake. This means, when you dream
your body completely relaxes. When you
completely relax, then if someone just taps
the floor; it is like an earthquake, like mountains tumbling down. When your body completely relaxes is like a cup of water, the
water is motionless. Then a speck of dust
hits it and great rings move out. If the water
is already moving a speck of dust appears to
have no effect. When you have no energy
and someone taps the ground, earthquake
sounds appear.
When you are old and it is time to die,
at that moment your body energy completely leaves. It is at that moment that the body
and mind are separating, if a dog should
A few months ago in Korea, Ku San
Zen Master died. Before he died, he sat in
meditation. He called his students and
announced it was time for him to die. Then
someone took a picture and suddenly he
died, sitting there. Ku San Zen Master had
already announced a few days before that he
would soon die. You can see in the picture
that he had just died. Why did this happen?
During his life he
was famous. He
taught Zen to many
people; his students
came from all over
the world. His whole
life he practiced
meditation. That is
why he knew it was
time to go.
themselves. In Korean History there is the
story of a family. The father did meditation
everyday. He couldn’t get enlightenment. He
killed himself, he lay down and just stopped
living. Someone told his wife that he had
laid down and died. She said, “Too bad, he
trained hard all his life, lying down dying
was the best he could do.” Then she sat
down and died. This means she was higher
ranking than him. Then they told their son
that his father lay down and died and that
his mother died while sitting. The son was
working in the garden; he said, “That’s too
bad, they worked so hard all their lives.”
Then he died standing up. This means the
son was even more high ranking.
Before, in Korea, there was one Zen
Master who would never give a dharma talk.
Many people asked him to give a talk. He
said when I die I will give my first and last
Dharma talk. This means that the beginning
and end of life are very important. In the
beginning, the body is everywhere, then if
the mind doesn’t take correctly, then the
body’s whole life is not correct. Their life’s
finish is not correct and then again their
beginning is not clear.
Why are people’s IQ
getting better and better;
not like 10,000 years ago.
If we brought people
from 10,000 years ago to
here, it would not be
possible to teach them.
If they see the television, they would yell and
run away; they would
think they were seeing
ghosts.
Zen history says
if you are clear; even
if you lie down to
Millions of years
die, if you know you
ago,
a person’s lifetime
Michael Ralph
are going to die, that
of experience is recordis already amazing.
ed in their genes. The parents give that to
Sitting down and dying is even more amaz- their children. That meant that the child
ing. Standing up and dying is even more would be smarter than the parent. The child
amazing. This kind of action means that has his parent’s information as well as all his
even when Zen Masters die, they control ancestors. You all have millions of people’s
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DHARMA TALK
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information, that’s why the human race gets
smarter. That is why in the future, everybody
will get enlightenment. After everyone gets
enlightenment, then they will pass this on to
animals, then plants - everything will get
enlightenment.
Zen means to throw away all this information that was passed through your genes.
What you do, what you taste, what you see is
all tainted by memory. You must throw all of
this away. Sunlight is very clear. A powerful
man says that they don’t like this sun; they
want to throw it away. They get close to the
sun and are sucked out, there are not even
any ashes left. The sun has very powerful
energy, very clear energy.”
Student: “How do we take this energy and
...“
Sa Bu Nim: “That is why you cut thinking. Practicing Shim Gum Do is cutting
thinking. You can’t think when you are training. If you make one thought, that makes one
cup. In one day, cups would cover Boston.
Cut thinking means making clear thinking.
You do a sword form, at that moment you
have no thinking, then you do the form clearly. When you are reading only read don’t
make thinking. It seems like you are becoming a dummy, but that is not becoming a
dummy.”
seconds. Many people can’t do it. Then they
try doing a lot of mind training on Form 15,
Student: “When you do meditation, how
can you not think? How can you cut thinking?”
Sa Bu Nim: “When you meditate, do
mind forms. Your mind says form one, then
you do form one, then you are not thinking.
Otherwise if you are not mind training, then
you have a lot of thinking - thinking here,
there, everywhere. For your First Star Black
Belt test, you have to do Form 15 in under 10
Richard Ward
then suddenly they can do it very fast. Mind
practicing means body practicing, already.
Still you need body practice too. One hand’s
sounds will not come up,
there is not enough power.
If you have both hands,
then you can clap. Only
body or only mind means
no power.”
Awaiting the 200th Test
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TINICUM SHIM GUM DO CENTER
Did you know that Shim Gum Do is offered as part of a high
school curriculum? Tinicum Art and Science is a private high school
in Ottsville, Pennsylvania, where several of the students and staff
train Shim Gum Do at the Tinicum Shim Gum Do Center. Here is
a brief introduction to the school from their web site:
“Tinicum Art and Science (TAS) is a dynamic independent school committed to meeting the educational, emotional and spiritual needs of our youth
community. This is a school where students learn to experience themselves as
essential to their community.
The unique focus of our teachers and curriculum fosters mindfulness, creativity, and compassion. The ratio of students to teachers is kept very small and
therefore allows us to work closely with students as individuals.
Our goal is to create an atmosphere where our students can develop emotionally and intellectually in readiness for the challenges of life.
...TAS began as an idea for a small residential, martial arts based pro-
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gram in rural Bucks County and has evolved into a small, intensive high school
with a classic liberal arts curriculum. Our teachers have run museums, released
CD’s, been published in magazines, edited books, built medieval armor, travelled extensively...in short, they bring a fair amount of living into the classroom,
as well as a lot of different perspectives on tackling problems. They work with
the students, even after they graduate, and are very much mentors.”
Several Tinicum-based Shim Gum Do students visited Shim
Gwang Sa during the weekend of the 200th test, participating in Sa
Bu Nim’s workshop and staying overnight to see Chung Kwan Jang
Nim’s 14th star test first hand.
A test was conducted at the Tinicum Shim Gum Do Center at
Tinicum Art and Science School on June 18, 2005. The Tinicum
Shim Gum Do Center has many promising students, some who are
students of Tinicum Art and Science and some are from the local
area.
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THE 2005 ALLSTON-B
BRIGHTON GARDEN TOUR
On Saturday July 9, 2005, the Shim
Gwang Sa property was included in the 7th
Annual Hidden Gardens of Allston &
Brighton tour.
impressed.
Many people who have lived in
Brighton for their whole lives were very
happy to have been able to see our temple
grounds. There was a general feeling of awe; as any
person who had passed by
our property for years, had
no idea that there is such
an extensive garden on the
other side of the fence.
The event was a lot of fun and very
successful. Many local people were able to
visit us and learn about Shim Gum Do and
our temple.
Everyone loved Sa Bu
Nim’s landscaping and
rock pillars, constructed
through many, many hours
of long labor.
Peter Ryan of Tinicum Shim Gum Do
came up from Pennsylvania to help out with
last minute tasks and to be around to assist
during the event.
About 100 people or so came through
our gardens throughout the course of the
day. Needless to say, everyone was very
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Many people who
were part of the gardening
event are also involved in
the
Brighton/All-ston
Historical Society.
Mr. William Marchione., the president
of the Brighton/Allston Historical Society
attended the garden tour. He and his wife
also were taken on a tour of the interior of
our temple by Chong Kwan Jang Nim.
The actual temple building has been
part of the Brighton landscape since 1893.
By being asked by the Brighton Garden and
Horticultural Society to be on their 7th
annual tour, it seems that the local community views us as being fully a part of
Brighton. We are very proud of that!
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FOURTEEN STARS
A Message to All Fellow Shim Gum Do
students:
If I think about it, it is overwhelming to
me that I have attained my 14th Star in
Sword. It is quite an accomplishment which
causes me to reflect a bit on my life since
first picking up a Sword and learning Basic
Form One.
I remember my first classes of Shim
Gum Do and was very conscious of
something that was pulling me to
train. I found that training Sword provided me with a way to 'cut' through.
I was 21 years old, without any direction in my life. Training Shim Gum
Do gave me direction and it has greatly enriched my life in so many ways. I
have spent many years as a student of
Sa Bu Nim and Shim Gum Do, I have
learned so much and yet I still have so
far to go. I am only going to keep on
going. I don't see an end to becoming
clear. The forms of Shim Gum Do
continue to challenge me and I keep
striving for perfection; I haven't gotten there yet.
mind, increasing awareness and mental ability. You can work better and fulfill your
responsibilities in life better.
Life is filled with highs and lows. Many
times Sa Bu Nim has said that it is important
to take all that comes to you and digest it
good and bad. If you want good, how can
you avoid bad? You can't. That isn't reality.
By accepting the good and the bad in your
life you learn to pass through all manner of
things and events and you become stronger.
Being a student and practitioner
of Shim Gum Do is traveling on a
path. The process of learning and
practicing Shim Gum Do embodies Head Master Mary Stackhouse
the learning, the highs and lows and
the trials and tribulations of life. The diffi- Sa Bu Nim has said many times that if you
culties of learning, remembering and getting are striving for something, you have to keep
your body to move correctly in the form are on going for it. If you give up, you will never
symbolic of this path of life that we all trav- get it. Shim Gum Do training symbolizes
el. Any single human life is complicated; this. We all continue to train because we are
filled with joys, sorrow, successes and fail- drawn to do it. Sometimes we learn a form
ures. Shim Gum Do touches many layers - and it seems so hard to do. Do we stop? No,
physical, mental and spiritual - within a per- we keep practicing it and slowly it becomes
son. The most important aspect of Shim easier and clearer. If we stopped trying, we
Gum Do is that is helps one deal with the would never get it right; it would be just givdaily challenges by developing physical ing up.
health and mental well-being. Every day is
Shim Gum Do is cutting thinking. Sa
easier to get through if you are in physical Bu Nim talks about cutting thinking and
health. The inner cut-thinking mind of becoming empty. The longer I train and
Shim Gum Do training helps to open the mind-train, the closer I get to this state. I
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can glimpse the power and meaning of this
state but I still have far to go and I will continue. To the many Shim Gum Do members
who will be reading this newsletter, I hope
that you will all continue in your Shim Gum
Do training.
Sa Bu Nim always talks about the
importance of training and mind training.
Of cutting thinking and only training technique by technique, form by form. Stress is
unfortunately a large part of modern life.
Every day presents challenges,
every day presents tests. Practicing
Shim Gum Do is very important in
order to take the time to cut thinking, clear the mind, let go of the
things that are causing stress, let go
of attachments and desire. The
mind and the body are affected by
stress. The body is tired and tight,
one's thinking because confused
and not clear.
Shim Gum Do training balances the body, clears the mind and
refocuses the connection of the
mind and the body. This makes a
strong foundation. Developing a
strong foundation gives you the
ability to be clearer and stronger in
your personal and profession lives.
The things in life that seem conKim fused can become clear. You just
have to keep working at it. Any
change that takes place cannot happen
overnight, it takes time. You have to keep
working at it. Shim Gum Do training gives
you the foundation to build the strength to
deal with whatever your life presents to you.
As soon as you polish the mirror, already a
new piece of dust has arrived on that mirror. Shim Gum Do training is trying to be
clear moment by moment, just keep going. I
am going to keep on going; I hope I can be
a model and inspiration to others.
Mary J. Stackhouse Kim
Chong Kwan Jang Nim
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SHIM GUM DO
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
AUGUST 2005
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
Saturday
5
4
6:00 PM
Dharma Talk
Regular
Class
Open to All
7
8
Regular
Class
14
9
Regular
Class
15
Regular
Class
21
16
17
Regular
Class
23
22
Regular
Class
11
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
10
6:00 PM
Long Stick
18
12
Regular
Class
13
Regular
Class
19
20
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
24
6
25
Regular
Class
26
6:00 PM
Sword
Free-fighting
27
Regular
Class
(Black belts only)
28
29
Regular
Class
30
Regular
Class
31
Regular
Class
Regular Class Schedule
Monday
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
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Tuesday
5:00 PM
Child’s Shim Boep
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
Wednesday
5:00 PM
Child’s Sword
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword, Ho Shin Sul
and Shim Boep
Thursday
5:00 PM
Child’s Shim Boep
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
Saturday
9:00 AM
Child’s Sword
10:00 AM
Sword And Shim Boep
11:00 AM
Sword, Ho Shin Sul
and Shim Boep
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SHIM GUM DO
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 2005
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
6:00 PM
Dharma Talk
Saturday
Regular
Class
Open to All
5
4
NO CLASS
HOLIDAY
11
MASTER
WORKSHOP
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
19
14
Regular
Class
6:00 PM
Long Stick
15
9
Regular
Class
10
Regular
Class
16
Regular
Class
21
20
Regular
Class
8
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
Regular
Class
7
13
12
18
11:00 AM
TEST
6
3
2
9:00 AM
WORKSHOP
17
No Regular
Classes
22
Regular
Class
OPEN TO ALL
6:00 PM
Sword
Free-fighting
24
23
Regular
Class
(Black belts only)
25
26
Regular
Class
28
27
Regular
Class
29
30
Regular
Class
Regular Class Schedule
Monday
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
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Tuesday
5:00 PM
Child’s Shim Boep
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
Wednesday
5:00 PM
Child’s Sword
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword, Ho Shin Sul
and Shim Boep
Thursday
5:00 PM
Child’s Shim Boep
6:00 PM
Sword And Shim Boep
7:00 PM
Sword and Shim Boep
Saturday
9:00 AM
Child’s Sword
10:00 AM
Sword And Shim Boep
11:00 AM
Sword, Ho Shin Sul
and Shim Boep
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SHIM GUM DO
WORLD SHIM GUM DO ASSOCIATION
SHIM GWANG SA “MIND LIGHT TEMPLE”
American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association
203 Chestnut Hill Avenue
Brighton, MA 02135
(617) 787-1506
www.shimgumdo.org
RHODE ISLAND SHIM GUM DO
Head Instructor:
George Bradshaw Sabom Nim
(401) 831-7087
TINICUM SHIM GUM DO CENTER
Head Master
John Heinz Kwan Jang Nim
KOREAN SHIM GUM DO ASSN.
ITALIAN SHIM GUM DO ASSN.
Head Master
Mario Amelio
Via Torre Carlo, 22
Milano, Italia
UNIVERSAL LIGHT
Volume 3, Issue 2
August/September 2005
© World Shim Gum Do Association, Inc.
President
Shim Gum Do Founding Master
Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim
Executive Director
Mary J. Stackhouse Kim,
Chong Kwan Jang Nim
Editor, Layout, Etc.:
J. Bradley Schell
For more information about Shim Gum Do,
please contact Mary Stackhouse Kim at
617. 787.1506 or info@shimgumdo.org.
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