energy. I absorbed it and then discarded it. Everything will be protected if one does not oppose others. One cannot clap with one hand. In 1986 in Beijing I did an experiment to show that electricity can be transmitted without wires. The voltage in a house was above 220v, so I transmitted some to a distant area where there was no electricity. Then, one night in 1986, a Chinese Qigong Association member invited a friend, a Qigong master, to stay overnight. He called me at midnight and asked me to send electricity to his house. I responded to the request innocently, I did not realize that I was being challenged. Maybe I transmitted too much. His friend had rapid heart beat, tingling sensations, and was cold all over. The association membrer had problems, too. The next day he had loose bowels and called again, asking me to take back half the electricity. Later that Qigong master came to see me, saying he wanted to talk to me. However, before he left, he "punched" my head, saying he wanted some information, I said that was not a problem. I told him to treat others with compassion and gave the example of Mr. Xiaolin. I assured him that I meant him no harm. His depraved energy was absorbed, however, if I had been against him, there would have been some reaction, and if I had given it significance there would have been a real fight. Again, this is why Qigong emphasizes virtue. If one opposes another, it is easy to be hurt. However, I had not transferred too much electricity on purpose that night. That Qigong master had a grudge against me. He was embarrassed and discouraged, and I felt bad for him. During the visit to J apan, a Japanese person challenged me to a fencing contest. I accepted because I was Master Haideng’s pupil and could not refuse, In addition, I represented our country and so I agreed. However, I announced that I wanted to touch his sword 78 in case he put information on it, so that I could put information on it too. My challenger did not arrive an neither did another who wanted to box with me. In the circle of Qigong and gongfu, people reall¥? have high morals.: It is not necessary to fight each othes to win the first place in Qigong. In fact, after one reache&® a certain level in Qigong, one depends heavily on virtust and good deeds to get more Qi and energy. ° After finishing the "Buddha-eye" gong, one cate rectify something unconsciously. Some canno& understand this subliminal control, but the energy in th human body is limited and one cannot adjust everything? Many people believe that Qigong can heaf, | sickness. This presents Qigong masters a goo i her hand, ong opportunity to earn money. On the ot ’ faces the dilemma of ethics. But if Qigong master&, do not receive repayment, there will not be fundin for the progress of Qigong research and, development. 3/07 As a Qigong master, one has to know how te overlook or sacrifice. If we teach Qigong, help the sick o& do some other things, we should not charge too mucly money. But I do not oppose Qigong masters earning ome money. Actually, Qigong masters receive very Pa xs money. Qigong masters emit Qi which is energy on inside; they use their own life to treat and heal patien Ss . * ° ) ' A published article, entitled, "Qigong is Scientific,'6 * * . we . lad d that a research institute in Zhejiang provinces measured the external Qi emitted by a Qigong master agD he raised blood cell count, like a blood transfusion. hi fe) It used to be thought by Qigong masters that ea. could be prolonged by attaining Qigong ability but nowt using it. Using Qi will shorten one’s life. Can money e compared to shortening one’s life? An old proverb says 79
"Gold is precious, but true Qi is priceless." So, the money a Qigong master charges is, strictly speaking, not profit because the price is shortening his life. For instance, using Qigong to diagnose and detect disease will consume true Qi. Disease detection and Qigong fluoroscopy will not harm the patient but will benefit him. In the example, the blood cell count was raised and the disease was clearly diagnosed. Thus it is possible to diagnose and cure at the same time. If anx- ray were used instead, a lot of whi ay ni te blood cells would be The CAT scan is very expensive because it takes many views of the entire body. But the Qigong check-up, if there is a fee, costs very little. And, since Qigong treatment consumes the master’s true Qi and time, it is reasonable to collect fees. It is unreasonable not to charge. It is necessary and reasonable to collect some fees for the sake of Qigong development. In order to do Qigong research, or open a Qigong hospital, one needs basic equipment and instruments. Conferences also cost money. However, the money is from the people and should be spent for the people. It is best to charge an amount equal to similar services in the medical hospital. Then even though the cost is the same, the effect is better because a Qigong check-up treatment is not harmful to the body. To practice Qigong one must emphasize virtue. To give treatment one must also emphasize virtue. If one’s character, behavior and compassion are not suitable, one’s gong cannot be improved and one cannot successfully cure disease. Qigong emphasizes the need for virtue. If one tries to cure disease, or to practice and improve skills, one will 80 never succeed if character, behavior and compassion are not fitting. Compassion suggests thoughtfulness and conscience. Character denotes personality and natural disposition. Behavior implies words and deeds. ob If the patient is only concerned with getting wello and does not have regard for the healer whose gong iso being consumed, nor for the limits of human power, heg¢ can hardly expect to be healed. A patient sometimese assumes that once he finds a miracle-working doctor, heS can rid himself of all disease, at once. He does notS understand that the doctor is a human, not a god. x Some people who want treatment rush over to me> after my lecture. They are not thinking of the time, the place and my limitations. Even if these people were to beg treated, they would not receive the complete healin effect. On the other hand, I know of one old lady who di not get a ticket for the lecture, but listened® conscientiously outside, and was healed. Another whe could not get a pass, walked around the lecture hall YP couple times and was fully cured or comforted. ie At the opposite end = To of the spectrum, one persoR} pushed his way to the front platform after the lecture an@® persisted in shaking hands with me, bowed down witli entreaties and insisted that I treat him. I explained th principle at length, but he still did not understand. person like that does not have proper character a sufficient understanding. They are hard to treat an’ have little chance of being cured. o~ People who understand Qigong know that, to tread a disease, the patient must cooperate. This is call "synchronous resonance.” If the patient does n cooperate, and is not synchronous with the maste thought wave, there will be no resonance and no special result can be expected. <q Once in Liaoning, when I was half way through my lecture, some people lifted a stroke patient onto the 81
platform and asked me to treat him. I do not demonstrate or treat anybody when I am lecturing. If! had treated him, his signals would have been released and the audience could have been harmed. This is beside the fact that diseases such as cerebral thrombosis take quite a long time to be cured. Qigong can shorten the course of treatment, but cannot give instant results. Pursuing only one’s own interests without caring about others is not proper character. From the cases I have handled, those who obtained good results from Qigong treatments have a high level of understanding. This understanding means proper character and sensitivity. One should always act with proper character. Qigong masters must emphasize virtues and so must scientific researchers. If one is most concerned with acquiring fame when doing experiments, and does not consider the needs of participating Qigong masters or of people with extraordinary functions, the experiments will hardly be successful. During the past few years, some Qigong masters have worked with scientists, doing experiments. When the experiments were done, major credit was given to the scientific research department even though Qigong masters or persons with extraordinary functions had used their gong. I think it was not proper that the credit for the achievement went to the research department. In fact, the experiments were done through the cooperative effort of all. The Qigong Scientific Research Association should work hard on this issue. It is much better that the Association has its own experiments. Qigong emphasizes virtue. During the Qigong experiments, the masters must emphasize virtue and s0 must the researchers. If one completes the experiment, 82 { | | | writes the report and publishes papers without giving credit to the participating masters or people with extraordinary functions, the experiments will hardly be successful. It may be successful this time but not next time. Some researchers cooperate with Qigong masterg during the experiment and when it is successfully dong they get promoted and win awards. Meanwhile the master’s name does not appear and his contribution is not credited. The next time, the master will not coopera with their experiments. © Recently, I worked on experiments with tg Qinghua (Tsinghua) University, Beijing University arf Academia Sinica. The Qigong Scientific Resear@ Association cannot claim the results by themselvg because instruments of others were used. It does ng matter to me if my name appears on the paper, but they insisted that my name be added to the last position, aria I agreed to this. a But, in consideration of the Qigong cause, Qigok experiments in which the Qigong master has to emit Qi are not usual scientific experiments. When publishi papers such as these, it may not be proper to place = master’s name last. Some will go so far as to say that rit crediting masters and people with extraordinary functioas is like relegating them to the role of experimen animals. This is even more improper. 4 One research scientist of the Institute of High Energy Physics has made some good comments. He saad that Qigong research cannot be treated as ordingty research, in that it is the Qigong master who plays tBe leading role and the scientists who play supporting roles, not the other way around. This view is a better meast¥e of the Qigong master’s actual contribution. ° The instruments I used in the experiment belongo Qinghua University. Personally, I do not pursue fare. Fame is false and useless. But some of my actions should 83
not be falsely interpreted as pursuit of fame. Researchers have their conceptions and customary way of doing things. Therefore, I met overwhelming difficulties when I was doing experiments at Qinghua University. I had decided to do experiments at the most respected colleges in order to regain the reputation of Qigong. While realizing that some people were very opposed, by doing experiments under the scientists’ very noses, I determined to go against pressure and do the experiments at higher institutions. If Qigong experiments are conventionally designed, without considering Qigong’s own rules, there will be problems and the experiment will not succeed. I put out a lot of effort which took a heavy toll, in order to make the scholars at Qinghua University understand and believe that Qigong experiments are different from conventional ones. It turned out that we cooperated very well and the experiments were all very successful. Since I have had successful experiments recently and this was reported by many newspapers and magazines at home and abroad, I find it hard to live with my reputation. I do not seek fame, but I became famous, which I find burdensome. My energy is limited. I sincerely hope that more Qigong masters come forward to replace me. J also hope that those who have attended my lecture have achieved some gong so that we all do good deeds. In summary, there are many aspects to an emphasis on virtue. The Qigong masters should emphasize virtue and so should patients and scientists. It is said that one research institute has done research on extraordinary functions for several years with no results. When the head of the institute criticized his staff, the involved people would not heed him. They were not open to this extraordinary subject and did not fully understand that they were not considering the people with | | | | rdi functions as researchers too. They were sing extraordinary people, but they were still using i entional methods. ‘hein “Only. ‘the people with extraordinary functiong, clearly understand how they apply gong to the projects and only they, therefore, have a clear understan g iS whether a design is scientific or not. However, when t . % gave suggestions for modifying the design of the experiment, they were told that they were not precise of they were ignored. The researchers really tried to set UB a precise design according to ordinary conventions, uf extraordinary function people do not approach design according to conventional wisdom. 8 The main point is that Qigong emphasizes virtuep which all people should attend to. 6) Unfavorable Qigong Reactions Dr. Yan Xin The preparation necessary for this Qigong lecture is to Rg calm, have peace of mind, good spirit and no fear. To Qigong, one should be tranquil, relaxed, and in a natural postu in order to regulate one’s mind, breathing and body. N After becoming more familiar with Qigong, rememb@ that this is an internal Qigong for maintaining health, preventing and treating diseases. This is apart from promoting congo improving work quality and tapping potential awareness ant wisdom. ° Beyond personal growth and the bettering of one’s oWy health, Qigong may also improve the health of the whole family Therefore, the trainee should wish, subjectively, both before arg while doing Qigong, to protect self, others and property. Doi this may strengthen favorable reactions. a <{ However, trainees should not strive for reactions in haste. If there is no reaction, this is normal, too. Whether or not there are reactions, just let things go their natural course. 85 07 : CIA-RDP96 1