good info. thanks for that. caught myself dangling legs off a short bed recently, i did register it to be sortof negative for circulation but i didnt think id read about it here...
about ki. i just wanted to say that, ki is real. although there are many forms of ki that may be considered less concrete. the actual ki as well as essence are what keep the body alive. sure there are many subtle aspects, but to simplify and share my basic understandings, if one were to stop eating, drinking or sleeping, one would quickly understand that ki is a reality. modern science simply has different terminology but the concepts are not that different. energy=life no food no life. life requires fuel as well as efficient maintenance.
other explainations could be linked to the action of breathing and taking in/processing oxygen. As Master Yang has stated, what science calles nerves, make up and employ the same bioelectric system that is described by chigung practitioners as ki.
furthermore, the subject itself is a mystery. unless someone has cultivated such intense power so as to be able to display or demonstrate some miraculous forces or control over natur, what's the hype?
every doctor will tell you that sports/exercise) are good for you(within reason) no biggie there.
however, there are ways of strengthening the body, the nerves, the ligaments. and strage but true, a persons entire being, character and astral power are directly proportionate to the state of their tanden.
the tanden is the source of all powers, tallents and skill on earth.
in case one may ask 'what on earth is astral power?' by that i mean i kind of energy that resides in a person that can be felt by others. you feeling me. hopefuly enough to understand what i mean.
take for example a dog,, a dog doesnt see as much as he does smell perhaps and it is well known that animals have keen senses. a dog will feel the energy. they may even start barking at unusual cases irrespective of the dogs 'judgement`'-in a similar way, everyone does this conciously or unconciously. although there are some analogies between the physical and nonphysical, it is quite possible for a person of very humble physical state to cultivate energy to a frightening and impressive level. in a similar way, anyone could to certain degrees, fluke out and experience some success. but since all beings are functioning with ki, even an animal could be blessed with greater concentrations of energy since it is connected to nature.
ki is the energy that moves ones hands. ki is the energy that makes the hands shake uncontrollably in emergencies..everything follows the mind, but it's too late to do chigung at this point. life demands action, now. wuwei, is not only the a passive state of doing nothing it is at the same time the ability to do anything.
on the other hand, ki is open to interpretation and i can accept several forms of ki as different people will define it.
in japanese language, the word ki, plays a really large role where it can refer to a myriad of things from electricity to sickness or various states of mind or being.
the mind follows ki and ki follows the body(reality) which then again follow the mind. the three families are one.
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