The Source for Aikido Information AikiWeb's principal purpose is to serve the Internet community as a repository and dissemination point for aikido information. Generally speaking, a house has an exterior structure. In the normal sense, there is air all around the house, and there is air inside the house.
Air is air - there is no difference between the air outside and the air inside.
This is what creates two localities and causes a perception of duality. However, it is very easy to see, in this kind of example, that in fact there is no real difference between the air inside and the air outside. So it is with Ki. One way to look at Ki is as the fundamental manifested energy, flow, and life force of the universe. There is Ki all around us, flowing everywhere, like air.