IN the aftermath of the tsunami that wreaked havoc and caused untold deaths and destruction in the region, someone jokingly asked me if all the qigong masters could have got together and repelled the murderous waves. Although the question was asked in jest, it is relevant in that qi has everything to do with the chaos that surrounds us.
Modern science tells us that the universe started with the primordial “Big Bang” and everything thereafter is determined by the tendency towards chaos. In ancient Chinese philosophy, the energy that fuelled the explosion and expanded the universe is the “universal qi”.
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