Markess, You write: > I care to note that this exercise, the eight point > star, is at the heart of > the Tai Chi Yang Form. > As one moves through the points the meditation in > action collects, carries, > pushes, kneads Chi. With dedication one can do some > rather amazing things > with the Chi but it starts as an exercise in paying > attention.
I have been studying Chen style with Yang Yang (disciple of Master Feng Zhiqiang) and, though it is a blessing to be involved with this lineage, I don't like the view Tai Chi people push that you are gathering Chi from nature (the trees, the grass, etc.). That is somewhat parasitical and, in my view, can't be the source for the true work. > Here we can return to another conversation that of > scalars & vectors. > And I will disagree with your assumption that > because you are feeling > something that there (you or the pattern) must be an > antenna. My experience > is you are collecting Qi (scalars which have no > reference point) from the > vacuum, the ether. The Qi just is, it's quality and > magnitude will change > but it need not & I perceive that it does not > radiate from any reference > point, broadcaster etc. This is actually what I have been thinking of recent - the void ether as source. You must be able to generate or channel it spontaneaously eventually, not just store it up in your navel. I know this is somewhat off list (though relevent since a few months with this style has expanded my awareness and sensitivity more than all the other things I have ever done combined), but could you elaborate a bit on your perceptions of where chi emanates from when you practice chi kung or when you do the form. Spiralically, Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
