~s + The answer lies in the potential for change. Like weather forecasting, predictions are based on potential developments, which in turn, are based on information gathered from the past and present. It should be said that those masters who possess this gong can predict certain future events rather accurately. The opening of the wisdom-eye is composed of the multi-eye gong, analytic-eye gong, historical-eye gong, and future-eye gong. In general, one’s auxiliary sensing ability progresses more rapidly if one uses it with caution and restraint. Presently some Qigong masters, with opened wisdom-eye, can give detailed diagnosis. I have myself developed my skill by first using such functions as remote sensing and have been able to diagnose rather accurately. Later I realized a problem with starting treatment by giving a diagnosis. Once the illness is specified, it is also firmly established in the patient. The process of specifying the illness changes the nature of the illness. This leads to the next level of sensing ability, which we shall call the opening of the Dharma-eye. After the wisdom-eye comes the dharma-eye. The Dharma-eye has two properties, higher energy and tne ability to move or change the subject. If one can foretell that a particular car will crash tomorrow, one has the wisdom-eye open. If one can correct it, one has the dharma-eye open. I will tell youa story. It is true, but do not take it too literally. It involves a medical student of mine, Chen. Several years ago, Chen bought a truck and he wanted me to "look" at it. I usually do not like to foretell 70 the future, but he insisted until I agreed. I told him how many times the car would be involved in accidents and what kind. Eventually all minor accidents happened as predicted. For example, I warned him to be careful Of brake malfunction: Once the brakes malfunctioned whem the truck was parked and it rolled down the slope. ° About two years ago, I told Chen’s driver, Qiu, that the truck would be in a serious accident in the lunar month of May. Chen’s wife was there and she said to meg "You must change this event for us!" I replied, "The bes§ I can do is save the people, not the vehicle." She ther? said, in jest, "Better have the people killed than then vehicle ruined." Unfortunately, just as she was making. the joke I was applying the gong. When I am applyingS the gong, other people must not cut in because the sound? wave may destroy the positive vision. It is like a paintefL being hit on the back. With a shake of the hand, thfy image is distorted. x The driver, Qiu, believing me, took a month’) vacation in May. Chen hired another driver, Jiang, whg" thought Qigong was superstition. Jiang had been driving for nine years in the army and another three years as © civilian, so he was quite experienced. He spent the first day and half of May maintaining the vehicle an® completed the second day loading goods (fruits ang, snacks,) and was ready for the trip from Chongqing. @% The next day his car overturned and fell 13 m eter@ down a cliff. It took a month to repair the truck an’? although Chen and the driver were both in the car when. the accident happened, neither was injured. In addition to the vehicle damage, they had to pay four thousan an in pro damages. ™ Tame diately after the crash Chen asked hit driver,"What were you doing?" — 2 The driver replied, "I was dodging a cyclist. ; Chen said, “There was no cyclist on the road at all! 71
People can have illusions at certain times;that is what happened to the driver. It was lucky that the people were not injured. Not every accident can be corrected. On that same third day in May, the original driver Qiu (who was on vacation) received a telegram from home. His mother was killed in another traffic accident. Remember that Chen’s wife said, "Better have the people killed," when I was applying the gong. What she said stamped this trouble on Qiu. He did not drive, but some other driver ran over his mother. Let me clarify one point. What I have said here should be treated as a parable. I use that method to invoke the audiences’ gong. It is called the inductive method. When my master taught me Qigong, He also used the parable. Some people say that my lectures are all chatting and boasting. In a sense I am chatting and boasting, and so are many other Qigong masters when they teach. Afterwards they say itis a parable. I will do the same. These examples should not be taken too literally. To summarize, the realm of the Dharma-eye is one level higher than the wisdom-eye. The Dharma-eye has two functions. One is higher energy, called the opening of the "energy-eye." The other is the ability to adjust and alter the subject, called the opening of the "destiny-eye." After teh dharma-eye comes the "Buddha-eye." In such a realm, the aura surrounding the body is so powerful that disease is cured automatically. The level following the Dharma-eye is the opening of the Buddha-eye, popularly known as the omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent Buddha light. When one’s gong progresses to such a level, the aura surrounding the body can be recorded by scientific instruments, Patients are healed without conscious 72 application of Qigong because everyone in the range of this aura will benefit from its field. In the past, people described it as all present, all knowing and all powerful. The Qi at this level can have healing effects far awayyo because of its penetrating and transcending powers. Ate this level, if he is in imminent danger from an armed oO criminal, the master will sense the threat when thee criminal is within aura range and will make appropriates response or change in time. © In 1986, I visited Japan. The director of the J apanS Qigong Research Board was fond of taking photographs y We asked him not to take excessive photographs of} Chinese Qigong demonstrations. He would not listen. SoS although he had a reliable camera, it kept breaking down? during the show. That is how I stopped the} photographing. Also, although we asked that the demonstration not be videotaped, they tried. In the mids of the demonstration, their video camera stopped working Stripped of its religious aura, the so-called) “omnipresent Buddha light" refers to the ability to ‘S good things for others wherever one goes. The so-calle “great vehicle” refers to the virtue of teaching others Qigong. Among Qigong followers, it is generallye considered virtuous to carry someone across the river, tos build bridges and roads, and even better, to lead someone,, into the wonderful realm of Qigong. leas There are five distinct levels or ‘openingsfy which are clear to Qigong masters, but not necessarily to laymen. Here are some typical casesi fe) ® If, for example, one is able to "transport" using thatg level gong, one may wish to “transport” a cup of tea from5, a tea house. If one later pays for the transported tea, it is alright. Otherwise, it is stealing and one’s Qigong level will be reduced. 73
As far as J know, those who Possess extraordinary functions are generally virtuous people. This point is not yet generally known. Just recently, I heard complaints about 4 man in Beijing using this “transport” gong for a disreputable Pursuit. [ immediately questioned the validity of this statement, J have traveled to many places in the country and have found that Qigong masters and children with extraordinary functions are of good character. One who is not virtuous cannot progress in Qigong, cannot do transport. Why does one have is master other way around. The remotely, unbeknownst to incorrectly that extraordi functions are inborn, not taught, but the master teaches with gong, not face to face, ; When one first gains the transport skill, one should use it with restraint, or not at all. If, for example, one always transports a cup of tea for oneself or for friends, then one will not progress any further. However, if one seldom use this ability, one will discover intricacies of transport and progress towards medium transport, Then, when friends come, one will be able to transport a pot of tea for them. But even S0, one cannot serve a hundred people, or a thousand People. An individual’s energy is limited. Therefore it is better not to use the skill, or to use it sparingly. This way one will pro searching for pupil, not the master may teach Qigong i Some believe 74 transport is not an ideal skill. If transport uses a lot of energy and the object still has to be paid for, what is the use of it? Actually, if used sparingly, grand transport is a step toward anothe realm, called "yielding." In the previous example, wher serving a hundred or a thousand people, using yielding abilities, one can make cups from mud, and water frons+ water vapor to quench the thirst of guests. But the procedure for converting earth to cups is very complex and demands a lot of Qi. The energy of the human body is limited; how much can one expend? How many peopl& is one able to serve? If 10,000 people want to drink, ther what does one do? =4 If 10,000 people are thirsty, one cannot make thats many cups, but using a higher level, called “adjustment,'> one can reduce their sensation of thirst. If there is plenty}Q of water vapor, one could convey it directly into theif bodies. One could also adjust substances in their bodies to increase water and saliva. This would solve the. problem. S In.summary, even at the higher levels of Qigong, one musf use Qi ingeniously. In a word, to improve one’ = Qi is to protect oneself. One should use one’s Qi, energy,2 as little as possible. Even though one has an ability, it isn better not to use it. a i) Qigong stresses generous and moral acts; this o is a teaching. Ignoring what one was tole, one used © the special ability to act immorally by "underssing © a beauty." Asa result, the relative suffered and one ruined one’s ability. F oO co) 2 do not try to harm others or you will harm yourself. < Virtue is very important. Without it, one’s Qi will decrease or be totally lost. Qigong masters may hear of an 75
immoral technique called, “undressing a beauty," where one uses Qigong energy to allow a beautiful woman in the distance to undress by herself and come to one’s room. This is only hearsay, and I am not sure if it is true. My master told me that there were some who knew how to do it, but if one used it, the "beauty" must be one’s relative, such as wife, daughter, in-law, etc. Also soon after using it, one can never use it again and all Qigong ability will be totally lost. In Chongqing, I met a Mr. Jiang. After he attended my lecture he told me, “Dr. Yan, what you said is exactly true. I once had a lot of abilities, but lost them all just because I once used that method. My master warned me many times not to try it, but I ignored the warning. The person coming to my room was my family member! I was so shocked I did not want to practice Qigong again." Actually, I did not investigate Mr. Jiang’s narrative, and you can just accept it as a story. However, at the higher levels of Qigong it is understood that to harm others is to harm oneself. There is here a suggestion for practicing Qigong. Do you want to get energy or abilities? Use the story as an example of how to practice Qigong. The strategy is to learn to meditate, what I have described is only the physical experience. Additionally, the information here is from my master. I still remember that Master Haideng told me a story when he taught me. It was that Da Mo, the founder of.a sect of Buddhism, ferried a river on a piece of reed. After Master Haideng told the story, he said, "Understand the moral of this story, it is more important than practice." I understood later what he was trying to say. The story was not a simple story. It was a lesson. So, do not accept the example I gave as exact information. I always infer and I cannot be exact. 76 { ! Assumptions are not always useful either. It is only a In Japan, a Japanese Qigong master emitted intense Qi towards me, I followed the principle of | treating others with understanding. I was not : harmed by his depraved energy, but if I had reacted with anger, I could have been harmed. | That is why Qigong emphasizes virtues. I visited Japan in 1986, There I met Mr. Xiaolin, i who wanted to compete with me. In accord with Qigong virtue, I could not refuse him, but I had to be ethical. He started to yell and actually he was emitting Qi. | He knew hypnotism and it was said that he could levitate another person. He just cried, "Gu lu, Gu lu." After he had emitted Qi for a while, he was sweating all over yet found that I had not responded. He | then changed his approach. He stood behind me and pushed me violently. I had practiced gongfu (kungfu) earlier, and even though my gongfu is not equal to his, I could stand steadily. Mr. Xiaolin, finding this useless, again switched tactics. He "punched" my Bai Hui acupuncture point (the peak point of the head). This was very threatening, but I still did not respond. Finally, he seemed to give up and made a few kind remarks. But as he was speaking, he seized my neck artery with his hand. I sat still, and made it appear as if nothing had happened. He finally gave up. Mr. Hu, who was with me, later said, "My, I was so nervous." He was referring to the fact that Mr. Xiaolin "punched" my Bai Hui and seized my neck artery. Mr. Xiaolin really wanted to compete with me, but I did not fight against him. My procedure was very simple. I just "sealed" my body. I did nothing to oppose | him, in accord with Qigong ethics. He emitted powerful { 77 i Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300430003-5