Cultivating the 'Life Energy':
Understanding Qigong
By Arno Pienaar
Most of us have at one point in our lives, most probably
online or on the television, witnessed the unbelievable strength of Tibetan Gongfu Monks,
and the incredible healing abilities that Qigong medical practitioners
possess, but not many have really wondered how these seemingly impossible feats
are made possible by these maestros.
How can an individual literally hold himself vertically up in the air with two
fingers alone? How does a Chinese Qigong practitioner transfer bio-electricity from his hands
to a specific organ of a patient, and even more confusing to the western mind,
how does one create such incredible heat emanating from the palm that a
potential spark is enabled to be produced?
The answers all lie in understanding how bio-electric energy
(Qi) in the body works and functions, and practicing age old methods to allow
the Qi (Electricity) to circulate to all areas of the human body using the
power of the mind and intent.
It is unfortunate, that when we speak about electricity in the human body there
seems to be a blank space in most of our minds, due to the current education
system not even acknowledging that it exists. You should know by now that
everything is energy and where there is no energy, there is no life -- energy
is everything. Electromagnetic fields not only flow around us, but also through
our bodies!
Another term that is used is the aura. Your physical, emotional, mental &
spiritual states determines the strength of your EMF (aura). The whole planet is abound with energy and even has
its own electromagnetic field which is intricately linked to our very own
EMF.
We share an innate relationship with the planet, the water we drink, the air we
breathe and the food we eat literally become us, the planet provides us with
all the energy we need to survive optimally & infinitely, given that we
live the natural way and that Earth is in a state of harmony.
From now onwards I will use the word Qi to refer to energy, electricity,
bio-electricity etc., in our bodies. Qigong can be roughly classified into five
major categories namely, Maintaining health, Curing Sickness, Prolonging life,
Martial Skill, Enlightenment. There were two major types of Qigong training.
One type used by Confucians and Daoist scholars, who used it to maintain health
and another type was for medical purposes, using needles or exercises to adjust
the Qi or to cure illness. All training focussed on following the natural way.
Actively countering the effects of nature was considered impossible.
While the scholarly and medical Qigong had been concerned with maintaining
& improving health, the newly imported religious Qigong was concerned with
far more. Religious practitioners trained their Qi to a much deeper level, and
strove to obtain control over their bodies, minds and spirits with the goal of
escaping from the cycle of reincarnation…
Chinese medical Qigong practice goes back more than 4,000 years ago, it is the
oldest known medical understanding of how the human body functions, and most of
it is based on the understanding of Qi in the human body. Ailments are treated
on the basis of the understanding of the Qi pathways in the human body.
Energy is distributed in a series of complex pathways sourced from a few
different origins. When Chinese medicine relates to an organ, such as the
spleen, kidney or bladder, they are not necessarily relating to the physical
organ but rather to a system of functions which are related to the organ.
For instance, if a patient had difficulty urinating or voiding, the culprit
would be the kidneys, and an experienced Qigong practitioner will look to
restore full functionality to the root of the problem, the kidneys. This
involves methods to manipulate the flow of energy to them, either stimulating
the body to send more, or less( Acu-pressure or Acu-puncture at the correct
meridians).
In order to achieve the healing diagnosis, a few methods other methods are also
highlighted for a patient seeking a healing response from their body, massage
with intent, herbal supplementary diet, diet changes and specific exercises.
Your vehicle carrying your soul needs also to be clear for allowed energy flow
through the whole system uninterrupted, The Life force the Earth naturally
provides for you!
Energy in the human body is derived from mainly two sources, pre-birth Qi and
post-birth Qi. The more important to your well-being & longevity is the
pre-birth Qi (which is the essence you are born with derived from the physical/
emotional/ mental/ spiritual states of your parents when they created you.
Pre-birth Qi is used to counter the potential overwhelming effects from
post-birth Qi (post-birth Qi is the energy you absorb from the air you breathe
and the food you eat).
Air is also a form of energy, and good clean air is vital in cooling the fire
in your solar plexus resulting from the food you eat and the exercise you do.
Once the body is too yang, you cannot maintain full control over your mind.
Another term used for pre-birth Qi - is water Qi. And for post-birth Qi the
term - fire Qi.
With enough practice, water Qi is led from the lower dan tian to the solar
plexus to cool the fire Qi to prevent the body from becoming too positive
(Yang) – which is the single reason aging takes place. Yin & Yang are in an
ever present opposition, the trick is to balance the two.
Different organs need different levels of Qi, in the same way that different
machines or appliances need different levels of electrical power to function
normally and prevent damage. When the Qi running to the organs is either too
positive or negative, they will be damaged and more rapid degeneration results.
The ancient Chinese character for Qi was formed by two words – on the top of
the word “nothing” and at the bottom of the word “fire”. This implies that Qi
is No Fire. That means that when the organs are supplied with the proper amount
of Qi, they will not be overheated and on fire. Something that significantly
contributes to overheating in the body is fat, simply because fat is not a very
good conductor of Qi whatsoever.
Because Qi struggles to go through it, stagnation takes place, and imbalances
of Qi in the body results. These imbalances manifest as ailments, confusion and
the scattering of the mind. Another culprit is emotion.
Emotion, especially negative emotions have a detrimental effect on your mind
being able to administer the correct Qi amounts to each organ, which is why it
is so important to be the ruler of your emotional mind (body).
I are not implying to become apathetic, on the contrary, emotions associated
with love is the chosen feelings you need to aim for to achieve even more
benefits for your physical and spiritual health.
Qigong and Food
The reason Buddhist or Taoist monks practice fasting, is mainly to subdue the
emotional mind. It is believed that Emotions arise from the food you eat,
remember, the food you eat has a specific vibrational rate, and your body takes
on the vibration of the food you eat. The manifestation of these vibrations are
emotional feelings in the human body.
Negative emotion is avoided by putting the body in a ying state during a fast.
In this state the emotions are easily controlled and one can work on his wisdom
mind which is related to the Original Jing. Emotions and temper are closely
related to the food you eat. It can be seen that the animals who eat plants are
more tame and non-violent than the animals which eat meat.
Food that generates excessive Qi in the solar plexus usually makes the
body more positive and makes the person more emotional. This effect can
also be caused by dirty air, dirty thoughts or the surrounding Qi for example
when the weather is very hot. You can probably guess by this information why so
many practitioners altogether avoid meat in their diets.
Benefiting from Pre-birth Qi
Understanding Jing (essence) also pre-birth Qi, internal Qi energy and shen (spirit) is one of
the most important requirements for effective Qigong training. The Qi and the
blood are very closely related, where Qi goes blood flows.
It is believed that Qi provides the energy for the blood cells to keep them
alive, as a matter of fact, it is believed that blood is able to store Qi. Qi
channels are non-material and cannot be observed as physical objects. Pre-birth
Qi (Jing) or essence(the Chinese people believe that the sperm or
semen is the refined and most essential product of a man) resides in the
external kidneys(gonads), crown jewels or testicles.
It is the main source of the Qi which fills up the 4 major Qi vessels in the
legs. Jing may be considered the primal substance or original source from which
a thing is made and which exhibits the true nature of that thing, ironically
also, sperm in Chinese means sons-of-essence.
Water Qi comes from converted Original Jing which you received before your
birth. Fire Qi is drawn from the food and air we take in. Fire Qi brings the
body into a positive (Yang) state, which stimulates the emotions and scatters
and confuses the mind.
When the water Qi cools the body down, the mind will become clear, centered and
neutral. The residence of the post birth Qi is the solar plexus. This Qi then
circulates down and mixes with the pre-birth Qi. Together they circulate down
into the governing vessel, from where they are distributed to the rest of the
body.
Have you ever captured the phrase referring to sexual energy being used to
energize the spirit or abstinence being practiced to offer all available energy
including sexual energy towards spiritual development with the sole aim of
attaining enlightenment?
These are the kind of paths many dedicated monks follow, and active
practitioners of various incredible feats, unexplainable by western science.
Perhaps mainly because western science do not want to let us know that we are
potentially all capable of reaching higher energy states using life energy
cultivation (Qigong).
Monks would seclude themselves in the mountains for very long periods away from
all civilisation and distractions at attain enlightenment.
Abdominal exercises are a good starting point to leading water Qi into the
solar plexus from the kidneys which stores it from the conversion of original
qi or essence.
If a practitioner ignores abdominal exercise altogether, he stands a higher
chance of Qi stagnation which leads to all sorts of health problems. Some of
the most important abdominal exercise involve simple breathing exercises like
abdominal breathing and reverse abdominal breathing.
Physical confirmation of the sound which you’ll hear internally of water being
squirted from the navel area up into the lower chest wil be evidence that you
are practicing correctly.
The trick is to visualise new energy from the breathe revitalising the inside
of your body, and with the outbreath, sending old stagnant energy weighing you
down outwards. It is very important that the stomach is used, and the air is
felt in the stomach.
Once you are born, original Jing is the fountainhead and root of your life. It
is what enables you to grow stronger and bigger. Generally speaking, it does
not matter how much original Jing you have carried over from your parents. If
you know how to conserve it, you will have more than enough for your lifetime.
According to Chinese medicine, you probably cannot increase the amount of Jing
you have but it is highlighted that you can improve its quality with Qigong
training. To conserve means to refrain from abusing your Original Jing(sons of
essence) through overuse. For example, if you overindulge in sexual activity
you will lose original jing faster than other people and your body will
degenerate faster.
To firm your Jing means to keep and protect it. Original Jing is like the
principal in your savings account in that it is an original investment which
will continue to return interest as long as it is conserved.
Remember that this energy is what cools the fire resulting from food and
possibly air, so if it is depleted, degeneration of the body is allowed to
carry on uncontested… Conserving and firming your Jing is the 1st step for any
serious Qigong practitioner.
Please understand that in order to conserve your Jing does not mean to
completely stop all sexual activity, as a matter of fact they are encouraging
the right amount of sexual activity, believing that it will energize and
activate the Jing, which makes the Jing-Qi conversion more efficient!
Remember, Jing is like fuel and Qi is like the energy generated from this
fuel. The more efficiently you can convert your fuel, the less you will waste.
What does this mean for all dietary supplements on the market that are sold to
us today?
Does your immune system have to be functioning optimally before you are even
able to get the correct amounts of different nutrients?
Qi & Infancy
Notice that the umbilical cord connects at the navel, which is very close to both the
navel chakra and the body’s center of gravity, what you don’t realize or not
told is that the baby must draw the nutrients to itself with the in and out
pumping motion of the abdomen.
The flow from the umbilical cord is not strong enough, and needs the extra pull
from the baby to draw the nutrients inward. After birth a baby still carries on
exaggerated abdominal breathing to stimulate all the organs with energy to help
them become bigger and stronger.
Once we start getting older though, you start taking in oxygen through your
nose and food through your mouth. Since you don’t need the abdominal movement
anymore to pump in nutrients, it gradually stops, and finally you forget how to
use it. In Qigong your abdomen is still considered your original Qi source
because it is here that Qi is made from the original Jing you received from
your parents.
To resume gaining full benefits you should regain a practice of abdominal
breathing to draw this energy into the circulation. What do you have to lose
only to change the way you breathe?
WUJI
A certain practice
called Wuji involves guided visualisations combined with synchronising the
breath with slow movements. You may experience an internal giggle when you find out that the
anal sphincter is called upon to be held tightly during practice, a simple act
it seems at first, only to realize it’s also a muscle I’m sure of nobody ever
exercises, unless of course you are attracted to the same sex.
Upon first practice you may be demotivated at first, due to being unable to
hold it tight for long enough for proper practice. The reason this muscle needs
to be tensed is to ground the root chakra to the Earth, and to create a solid
platform for energy that will be travelling up the spine to the top of the
crown from the huyin cavity (area in between anal & genital area) which is
the lowest point in the circulation around the body.
When it is held tight, energy may be drawn up from Gaia in the circulation from
abdominal breathing which stimulates the kidneys to draw up extra available
energy reserves. Another important point is to hold the tongue to the roof of
the mouth, with teeth partly clenched, but not hard and fully.
This very act is what completes the circuit around the body allowing for free
continued flow. How else will energy from the crown revolve back down again
from the skull to the jaw which is unattached to it- teeth are conductive, and
your tongue (called the Yin vessel) is believed to be specially made for this
simple role to link the energy flow from the crown.
A very good reason why some people take very long to recover from a cold or flu
is because during blocked-nose episodes the breathing takes place through the
mouth with the tongue resting like a baby in a cottage in the underworld of the
mouth. Delay of healing follows.
Once your anal sphicter is tightened, tongue held to the roof of the mouth,
standing with knees a little bent just so that you cannot see the tips of your
toes and meditating on energy in the lower abdomen being pulled up by pushing
the abdomen out with inhalation and back in again with exhalation,
imagining the air coming in to be fresh & new, while the air on the way up
with exhale is releasing all old stagnation causing negativities outcast to
outside of the body.
All the cells in the body are energized if practiced correctly, the trick is to
meditate on the visualisation of energy following the breath to the inside
& out.
Effect of EMF of the Earth
In this chapter I would like to highlight firstly the direction of the EMF
Energy flowing through & around the earth, and how this direction affects us from different
sides on the poles. Just like a North/South Pole magnet, energy flows from
south to north (which allows opposite sides to attract each other).
It is important to note that magnetic south is situated in geographic north,
this means that the EMF of the Earth flows from geographic north through to
geographic south , exits the planet and makes an oval loop to enter the planet
from above the sky through the heavens back into magnetic south.
Take note that the energy at the top of Earth enters from above, and at the
bottom of earth, from underneath entering the feet first.
What effect do these two separate directions have on our very own
electromagnetic fields?
South
Due to it entering from below in the southern hemisphere, this flow naturally
will make your lower dan tian (root chakra) the magnetic south pole of the
body, which in turn will determine the direction of the EMF flow of the human
body.
I believe this means if you live in the southern hemisphere, your root chakra
will naturally always be stronger, and naturally, sexual energy and physical
power will also be paramount.
North
On the other hand, in the Northern hemisphere the head would be the south-pole
of the body and would be constantly nourished with energy from the heavens.
Another important point to think about is why all major technology was invented
and developed in the Northern Hemisphere?
Does this mean that it is easier to become enlightened in the Northern
hemisphere? I do not remember any so called enlightened prophets from the
southern hemisphere in our recent history? All from the North, Jesus, Buddha,
Muhammad, Allah, etc.
Are the prophets of the southern hemisphere just unrecorded in our history, or
were the people only too concerned with their root chakra needs? Which ignores
all spiritual needs?
Or interestingly, was the knowledge the South had about tales of Gods from much
further back in history, debilitating to the agenda the Northern nations had to
control through new age religion.
I am myself a South African and have noticed the physical dominance of South
over North in plenty of Olympic sports but especially Rugby-Union, where teams
from the Southern Hemisphere beat those from the North, in the North, on an
annual basis rather convincingly.
The sport Rugby is all about physicality and athletic ability. The North just
do not have the same power & athletic ability. New Zealand are the furthest
South of the equator nation in the sport, and if you know anything about rugby,
you’ll also be aware they are the world champions, and tear teams apart with
their athleticism combined with power.
Many players from the south that play in the north for a few years, do not
portray the same athleticism once they’ve returned back South.
Depopulation Linked to our Qi
The depopulation agenda by the ruling elite becomes obvious when we realize that mother earth
is being targeted and not ourselves directly, yet we fail to acknowledge that
something which degenerates mother-nature is indirectly also degenerating
ourselves.
Our food, water & air is highly targeted at this current time, there is a
reason why carbon producing fossil fuels, fracking, gmos, chemtrails, fluoride
water, fast-food, soy, porn (Original Qi depletion of millions of men resulting
in shorter lifespans according to Chinese philosophy), harmful drugs, gluten,
air pollution and tobacco companies are all allowed to continue with their
activities by the ruling powers of the world.
They serve an agenda for the elite, which is not only about money but more
importantly for them, is responsible for millions of deaths annually. On the
one hand yes, all these divisions are highly profitable industries, but on the
other hand, they all form part of the depopulation agenda of 21.
Remember that you have in yourself everything you need to be a vibrant healthy
individual.
References
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It is commonly
held that the pineal gland is
the ‘seat of the soul,’ a meta-physical
portal of sorts that is believed to play an important role in conscious
awareness and spiritual experience. Certain practices and supplements may assist in improving
the function of the pineal gland, however, by training the more fundamental energy centers of
the body, the Dan Tien, one can more quickly achieve heightened
spiritual awareness, and over time a much more powerful and deeper sense of
intuition and connectedness than by concentrating on the pineal gland alone.
When the energy in Lower
Dan Tien is strong, the person is vibrant, in good health, full with
energy and stamina, and physically robust. If the person is
deficient here, then they will be weak, feeble, and of
ill-constitution. A simple analogy is that of a battery, or re-chargeable
energy source for your body:
