Qi and Qigong

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This series provides a general background for Qi (chi) and Qigong. The next series will cover Yi Jin and Xi Sui Qigong, which are translated as “Muscle/Tendon Changing” and “Marrow/Brain Washing Qigong.” Marrow/Brain Washing is deep, difficult to understand. It has been found in documents detailing both Buddhist and Daoist Qigong and meditation training, and it has been known in China since the Liang dynasty, more than 1400 years ago. However, since the training usually involves stimulation of the sexual organs, it has traditionally been passed down only to a few trusted students. When Indian Buddhism was imported into China, it profoundly influenced Chinese culture. Naturally, Chinese Qigong was also affected by the Buddhist meditative practices. The Daoist religion was created out of a mixture of traditional scholarly Daoism and Buddhism. Since that time, Buddhist and Daoist Qigong have been considered among the greatest achievements of Chinese culture. Your internal energy (Qi circulation) is closely related to your mind. To be truly healthy, you must have both a strong, healthy physical body and a calm healthy mind. True good health is both external and internal. Conventional exercise is too extreme. When a bodybuilder ages, his overstressed muscle fibers may lose their elasticity and degenerate faster than those of the average person. This causes the Qi to stagnate in its channels. This phenomenon is well known among older practitioners of external martial arts, where it is called San Gong, “energy dispersion.” The proper amount of exercise generates only enough Qi to stimulate the organs and help them function normally and healthily. Overdoing exercise is like getting too much sunshine, which we now know will cause your skin cells to degenerate faster than the lack of sun. If you want real health, you must both cultivate your character internally and strengthen your body internally and externally. The internal side is developed through meditation and Qigong exercises. All of the major Western religions have had branches or sects which used practices similar to the Oriental Qigong disciplines. However, almost all are no longer current and assumed lost. As we have discussed, the military lineages preserved this teaching much better than the religious ones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnowly/message