Difference With T’ai Chi

T’ai Chi can reinstate the flow of chi. Put simply, chi is that which gives life. In terms of the body, chi is the difference between life and death. To use a Biblical reference, it is that which God breathed into the dust to produce Adam. It is the life-energy people try desperately to hold on to when they think they are dying. A strong life force makes a human being totally alive, alert and present; a weak life force results in sluggishness and fatigue. The concept of ‘life force’ is found in most ancient cultures of the world. It is particularly evident in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cultures, where the world is perceived not purely in terms of physical matter, but also in terms of invisible energy. In India, it is called prana; in China, chi; and in Japan, ki. In some Native American tribes, it is called the Great Spirit. For all these cultures, and others as well, the idea of a life force is central to their forms of medicine and healing. For example, acupuncture is based on balancing and enhancing chi to bring the body into a state of health. At its highest level, acupuncture involves injecting chi at the right time and place and in the right amount to reinstate its natural flow in the patient. Unbalanced chi causes you to become emotionally agitated and distressed. Balanced chi causes your emotions to become smooth and more satisfying. Spiritual chi makes it more possible for us to personally enter into higher states of consciousness that lie at the heart of religious experience

Source: Economic Times, 2/11/2018