The Wizard
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I'm not going to say chi doesn't exist as I don't have the scientific know-how to do so. However, I've studied and practiced various different martial arts and relaxation techniques that involve chi. From my own experience it seems to be mostly about using certain parts of the body and certain meditation techniques to achieve an effect. Now from an ancient's point of view, disabling somebody with a touch would likely be regarded as supernatural, but we now know how it works and the manipulation of an unkown force doesn't seem to be involved. It's all about anatomy and (in the case of "energy work") psychology. Would you say that this could be an accurate idea of how chi works or do you believe it is something more?
By the way, I'm not setting a trap here, just interested to know how you percieve chi. Also, I fully approve of using the term chi to describe the various physiological and psychological effects of martial arts and relaxation techniques. I think it's far more interesting than describing it in scientific terms (despite the fact that this is how I personally believe it works).
I think then I should let you know that my meditation practices don't have anything to do with martial arts, wizardry or working with chakras. It does involve "the third eye or pineal gland" though, which I still do not reffer to as a chakra. Even to this day I have no idea what people are talking about when reffering to spinning the chakra wheels in the points of the body. I think there could be a misconception involved.
I would however consider what others call, "chakras" as centering points and the more one centers their concentrated awareness on point, the more there is a "bulls eye spinning movement" caused by the narrowing center of focus- like a pendulum circling around and hanging on a string. Most still think they are supposed to actually physically "spin" something. That could make it nothing more than visualization for them.
The martial arts version of using chi I have no knowledge or experience over. I would not even know how it would be possible. I have seen many videos, spinning paper chi wheels, knocking people down or making other's bodies go bizerk and so forth. I have never experienced anything of the sort.
I am writing a book explaining my experiences over meditation and that phenomina, but people are not going to gain any proof of that energy (by any name it would be called) by watching videos... they will have to experience it in real life.
I guess my best description of this phenomina, based on my experience, is that it is a concentration of life force, or some type of other subtle energy that most are not aware of and is not understood or easily accepted in the scientific arena.
I have had many strange things happen while I was deep into the practice. I think the most compelling one is that when my significant other would be next to me, at almost any time she would know when I was "secretly" meditating, because she would feel a sensation not unlike static electricity on her lower legs.
Like I have mentioned I knew nothing about those subtle energies when I started to experience them... there was no placebo or aspect of suggestion involved- my beliefs had nothing to do with it presenting itself. I hope that helped...
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