ine€ trainee and the family must understand th at all Teactions to Qigong are normal because Qigong is energy which release bioenergy to cure family illness, and will consequently Director Zhao broke in and said, "After listening to your lecture with bioenerg » MOSt people have good Teactions; some have illness cured; some have extra- Yan Xin Teplied: Some have 800d effects and they can keep on doing their In my personal opinion, reactions to Qi non, 180Ng, whether goog or bad are the normal Qigong Phenomena, When unfavorable reactions do occur, try to adjust to them with movements for a long time, Those who have unfavorable effect and abnormal] Spontaneous movement times may be discontent and have discord, Possibly they are rather Pessimistic and y long foundation in Qigong, but may also have fami] are ill, Naturally, the Participant May use : have longer spontaneous movement times, . As the member tries to cure Personal and family ' disorders, they will reflect on his body and make him very sigk. ; This is Similar to a person with a cold making himself swent. Sweating is uncomfortable, but after a sweat, the fever subse i and the person is comfortable. Even tranquilizers may make Spe ; thirsty, hard to waken, and uncomfortable after wakening, So, dhe | member and his family should view Qigong responses as nornsel. Qigong benefits the whole family through the strBe i | family concerned about long spontaneous movement times nigety | impede the member’s ability to relax, be calm and be in sdod | humor, important requirements for Qigong. Therefore, they ny escalate the distress of the member. 4 | Unfavorable effects and long spontaneous movement ti | are also stimulated by inner conflict, or conflict with family | friends. Long movement times are needed to cure this disordeg: | This Should be seen as a beneficial phenomenon, but, again, Gf family sees it as an abnormality, the member’s discord atid discomfort increases, =) . A trainee may also be uncomfortable if extra-sensofg perceptions are incited by Qigong. One may react to the illness of others and fee] comparable pain. Perhaps one will be Sensitive to infra-sonic waves, acquire clair-audience or even comprehend) what others think. The ability to do what one has never don@® Besides reacting to others’ illness or hearing otherst thoughts, one may have light flashes in sensitive body points, tha enable one to see pictures, patterns, or characters. Sometimes surroundings seem to change, for example, tall buildings are seers as flat land and flat land as a dome. When hallucinating likes this, one is probably acquiring an extremely powerful bioenergy.2 However, at the time this could be disturbing. < 87 erie
Some do not believe in Qigong, but are just curious. It makes no difference whether people earnestly believe, or whether there are psychological influences. However, if people practice Qigong without believing, a response will startle them and their reactions will naturally be stronger. In fact, participants who have strong reactions are at an advantage, and are able to produce more effective energy after guidance and instruction. They are the lucky ones. The ancients called them the predestined ones, but now we say itis ’a good opportunity’ for mastering Qigong, for their energy can be better cultivated and brought out for use. According to Internal Qigong, strong reaction to Qigong comes not from a master’s but from the participant’s own body. Very often the participant has potential for high quality Qigong. High quality energy potential in the person’s body is cultivated by the internal and external factors of the body doing Qigong. Even if there are no strong reactions, the lucky ones who have high quality energy potential, can be trained to display this energy under certain conditions. Sometimes ’evil factors’, such as sorrow, unfair treatment, guilty conscience, dissatisfaction, or conflicts in a home, can also incite high quality energy. Those who are willing to learn Qigong should not complain about a strong response to Qigong, especially when the spontaneous movements drag on for too long. Those who strongly react to Qigong will better benefit, as will their families. That is, their own illness and that of the family will undoubtedly be cured. Because they have not properly prepared their mind before doing Qigong, a small number of participants cannot settle down for a while after doing Qigong and this is a common phenomena. We must not consider any movement that takes longer to stop as a symptom of schizophrenia. In some ways the spontaneous movements of Qigong are similar to symptoms of schizophrenia. However, schizophrenics incurred their disorder unintentionally during a distorted emotion or mood that incited them to become over-stressed or over-tensed 88 with rage or anger. This was the onset of their psychosis, but the main cause is a genetic code that carries the disorder. Anyone claiming that spontaneous movement will cause psychosis is not medically knowledgeable. Science has prover.’ that psychosis is inherited, not acquired, and when it is inheritedS sooner or later the disease will occur. Genetic factors, rather than any external inducements, play the decisive role ins schizophrenia. It is not able to be contracted, and cannot be? induced by the spontaneous movements of Qigong. ° Unlike a psychotic, a Qigong participant who has spontaneous movement during practice, can easily regulatd& himself to gradually stop the movements with the endin® exercise. Unlike the psychotic’s unintentional movements, the Qigong participant practices with a strong wish, clear intentionys and definite purpose. 2 Furthermore, the actions, speech, and thoughts of theQ schizophrenic are often baffling. He does not know how toe protect himself, is usually not rational, and is often not able tox remember anything afterwards. Itis also very difficult for family> members to help him calm down. Usually this takes longS treatment with large doses of tranquilizers or electrotherapy bothes of which can make him inert and passive. However, a schizophrenic cannot be expected to calm down himself after anyS movement. N I think Qigong is good therapy for treating psychosis and® if one has that hereditary tendency, it is better to learn Qigong $ before the tendency unfolds. After the onset of illness, theo situation is more serious and a Qigong cure more difficult. Now least it is much better to learn Qigong and try to cure the disease O with it than to not know Qigong at all. = Treatment is easier if the schizophrenic has strong 2 confidence and is eager to cure the illness. Of course, the person 9 needs the support of family. If the family is empathetically 2 supportive and provides a place of safety in warm and friendly surroundings, Qigong practice will certainly help this condition. If the schizophrenic: has good intent in learning Qigong 89
and a spontaneous movement occurs, this is also a good sign. It means the illness has intentionally been brought out for treatment. Long spontaneous movement times may be needed to bring about a cure in the same way that longer movement times may be needed for other illnesses. Early medical science did not understand psychosis, and Qigong was not as popular then. Quite a number of patients with mental disease or psychosis were in mental hospitals. The main problems of these patients were caused by unresolved mental discord, severe stress, or abuse. The spontaneous movements incited in doing Qigong are not induced by genetic factors. They can be stopped by the methods mentioned above or by a Qigong master, a participant with a better foundation, or by family members with moral and mental conviction. Of course, the best is for the person to self regulate movement through strict adherence to the Qigong requirements and regulations mentioned earlier. In a word, spontaneous movement, unlike schizophrenic movement, can be stopped eventually either quickly or more gradually. After movements stop, the person would be normal We must never confuse this movement with that caused by schizophrenia. Qigong participants certainly know how to settle their mental conflicts, solve their problems, or do the practice with peace of mind. I would like to emphasize here that they are willing to do Qigong on their own accord. Their practice is based on their understanding of Qigong principles and they aspire to cultivate their mind, spirit, and character. The ancient Qigong masters openly stated that anyone wanting to learn Qigong and cultivate potential energy for use must be morally strict, able to stand abuses, wrongs, conflicts and suppression. They said, "TAO=Qigong will not be sold for one thousand ounces of gold." In modern terms, the master would not teach Qigong for a million dollars, but would choose an apprentice by his moral character. 90 The master would tell the prospective apprentice to do good deeds for the community and to do no evil for at least two years before he could be accepted. The test might go on for ten years before the apprentice was entrusted with something to incif his inner energy, and for thirty years before instruction in tg insight and secret to success in Qigong. =4 Sometimes after thirty years, the master might find that the apprentice was deferential to his own grandparents but not & others, and had even repressed other old folks.: The mastes would, in the end, refuse to accept the Qigong apprenti® because evil deeds carry evil portents that would interfere wih cultivating potential energy. No master would take ff unqualified apprentice. = Correct attitudes toward Qigong are mostly found zm groups that are earnest in learning Qigong and believe thet Qigong is the best regimen for maintaining health, preven illness and promoting longevity. These groups do not just blin believe but are conscientiously probing into the essence of Qigong. :. Only by teaching Qigong to those near us can we expest their sympathetic support and full cooperation. For example, Qe may lose something or have something brought to him. This could be training in mental transport. However, one must stugy, be objective, and try to readjust when such events ocoDr. Therefore, to better understand Qigong theories and practiceBit would be helpful if family, friends, and coworkers also logw Qigong. @ I want to emphasize here that Qigong is scientific in Rat it consists of substantial energy that can cultivate a poweful essence to cure diseases. Both those who believe and those yo blindly believe should study Qigong thoroughly, for they May one day have reactions to it themselves. oO Anyone doing Qigong should know that Qigong eves or incites the participant’s bioenergy. Therefore, in a Qigaing state, one may have clair-audience, clair-voyance, hallucination, or other kinds of thoughts. These reactions are termed 91
SIGNALS. Qigong participants should be strict and careful in selecting good signals, before, during, or after, the Qigong practice. Select whatever is beneficial and good for the safety and security of human life and property. Anything beneficial to the life, health, or property of self or others, is a good signal. But a good signal is only a reference, not an actual order. Beginners cannot do whatever the signal suggests, for their bioenergy has not yet reached a mature state. Some people, in a Qigong state ready to do spontaneous movements, may easily receive encouraging signals of others around them, or signals which may be their own past wish to do good and help others. These reflected signals must not be followed for one’s bioenergy needs a long time of strict training before it can be applied for curing others. Anything that harms the health, life, or property of self or others, is a bad signal. All bad signals must be discarded and never be followed nor even referred to. A person in poor spirits, either before or after learning Qigong, may attempt to jump from an upper floor. Maybe there was a hallucination that the building was flat ground. Sometimes when engrossed in thought while walking, one will not see a car or hear its horn and possibly cause an accident. Whether doing Qigong or not, it is very important to discard all signals that may harm oneself or others. This is what we mean by selecting good signals. Only when we pay more attention to good signals, can we discard correctly the evil or wrong signals and avoid any uncertain or harmful effects brought about by the spontaneous movements. Incidentally, let me remind us here, always choose a place that is safe for doing Qigong. For instance, close the windows when doing it on an upper floor and never do it on the upstairs balcony. After one learns Qigong, it is important, first, to select all the good signals. Second, one must do good to others. All Qigong participants must resolve to extend friendship to others | | i and above all, to win over one’s enemies with earnest love and forgiveness. In ancient times, a slogan for good Chinese soldiers was that, for settling border fights with bandits, the skill killing was not as powerful as the attack of the heart. Thea of the heart conquers by making friends of adversaries. S Qigong practitioners must not seek revenge against anyoR} who has wronged them or is not on good terms with them. Off can never intend to hurt oneself or others in doing Qigong. A personally think this is exactly a right attitude to take. Tre @ Qigong masters always warned us, saying, ’Any harm one does to others will fall back on oneself." x There was a kind of Qigong, called ‘taking off tf clothing of a beautiful lady.’ If anyone tried to do this, the la@ who came would be a close relative, usually a mother, sister, @r daughter...and in the end there would be tragedy. So, it is tre that when one intends to harm others, one will finally suff himself. r "Always do good to others and never harbor an oe thought." Only in this way, can we select good signals. That is the knack of doing Qigong. I think it is also the knack of @y successful life, work, and study. Qigong will produce @ electromagnetic field which can help others, first our flesh ag blood, then our friends and neighbors. Sometimes, the peog who pass by will also be benefited. N Laotze used to say, "The administration of the Great TH (or Way) is that the Universe belongs to the whole mankind All Qigong participants are duty-bound to educate, inspire, and enlighten others with their life, speech, and conduct, accordifte to the demands of Qigong, so that their neighbors and frien@s understand and join Qigong. Oo Try to make friends with enemies in order to have mo good people join us. The great aim of Qigong is to bri@ mankind to a higher stratum of human society, to live a long li in a more noble and ideal state. < From beginning to end, do Qigong with a mind and a heart full of great grace and mercy, great virtue, great 93