Bill, it has a name because sensitive people gave it a name.
This does not mean it is special.
Just as Bill, or Bill! is not special.
Or is he?
Of course he is.
--Joe
PS Sheng Yen occasionally spoke of "samadhi-power". Not of Chi. Nor of
Joriki (well he was Chinese, and would not have used that term, except
academically). Many of us, but not all, understood "samadhi-power"'s
signification. ;-)
> "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote:
> 'When one concentrates and directs his efforts we call that 'joriki'.
> 'Joriki' is not something special or even something in-and-of itself or even
> something at all. It's just a name we give to and action we do.
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