Chi
Kung Culture Society of TAIPEI
Although some schools emphasize meditation while others stress the importance of making physical movements, these two approaches should be combined. Our training must include the development of our original energy (chi) as well as the development of our physical and spiritual forms. This includes our physical body (internal organs, skin, muscles, meridians, blood and hormones) and our spirit combined with our mental power and wisdom as well as the theory of yin-yang and the five elements. The strengthening of our physical form is largely achieved through stretching our tendons, skeleton, and muscles in order to connect more closely with our internal organs. This internal circulation when linked with our spiritual concentration on the level of absolute silence or emptiness will provide us with a larger wisdom and storage of energy for both our physical foundation and our mental concentration. In other words, our external movement needs to be completely fused with our inner experience. People who limit themselves to one form of practice (like only doing meditation or only doing movements) will inevitably develop deviations or be unable to achieve a higher level or any kind of breakthrough.
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