to qi or not to qi

[Guest guest]

How does Mr. Kendall account for people "seeing" qi (such as myself at

times)?

Years ago, before TCM school, I interviewed a bunch of Chinese doctors

and the very first statement I got was this:

HUANG

Qi is a kind of material, which exists

in the body.

Its function is like a motor force,

It drives the blood in the whole body.

Life will come to an end without Qi.

The insistence that Qi is a material is a consistent feature as far

as know.

And later from David Chan, an admittedly metaphysical Chinese-American:

The West wants to build an instrument that will measure Qi.

I don’t think its going to happen.

The finest measurement for Qi is the human

body.

And as humans and as individuals we can

experience our own Qi and can

experience the Qi of other people and feel

the Qi of other people.

It is a palpable thing.

We don’t need other machines to do it.

We have that capacity, we need to refine

that capacity within ourselves.

Oh well. the full transcript is at taiqi.com/shen.htm

doug