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- From: Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Is chi/ ki real?
- Message-ID: <YfNMJxX0Bwx28TISh=@transarc.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:39:57 GMT
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- twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan) writes:
- > dcthomas@.vnet.ibm.com (Dave Thomas) writes:
- > +
- > +I'm not sure where this thread is going, but I think you guys are
- > +up in the clouds a little. Ki exists in all of us. We don't have to
- > +lift houses or make chickens implode with our ki to prove its existence.
- > +Us normal grunts can use it in everyday life. Any decent martial arts
- > +training should provide a glimpse (albeit fleeting at times).
- >
- > Nothing personal, I think people would argue that you are up
- > in the clouds a little for believing in chi on the basis
- > that you do. Aside from subjective impressions, I don't see
- > how you can say that "Ki exists in all of us." Given that,
- > and the unlikelihood of the net (or perhaps anyone) being able
- > to come up with a scientific basis/proof for chi, I find it
- > interesting to examine those that would claim to approach it
- > that way.
-
- Well, if we go by the "qi is the animating force of life"
- definition that gets thrown out every now and then, then by
- definition, everyone uses qi. Just like you don't have to believe in
- hemoglobin for your body to use it.
- In any case, I get the tinglies, hands drifting in invisible
- currents, and other people have (on occasion) told me they can feel my qi
- projection, blah blah blah...
- But is it real, or virtual? I don't have an answer, but I have
- a different question: Does it really make a difference?
-
- Stephen
-