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10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary SpecialChallengeYour QiQi Magazine 42Only the strongest survive. This isone of the laws of nature. We must allfollow nature otherwise one day ourtime will be over. However, we cannotjust follow it, since it is always trying totest us. This is one of the naturalchallenges of life. More than ever,mankind has the power to overcomenature, though much of the time doesnot follow it. We have created our ownlives, but we have also created our ownproblems - another challenge.Nowadays, when you look around at people yousee a lot of them walking around on their toes,their shoulders up, heads dropped, the wholebody is almost curved and their internal organswill be deformed. How can they be healthy?Society is becoming tenser and everyday life is very busy. Eachperson has to either work very hard or has no work at all, andthis is not so balanced. We need to fix our time for workingand for relaxing.Most people, when they relax either watch television,listen to loud, heavy music or go out for a drink. However, this
means that they are still using their energy. When they workthey use energy and when they relax they use energy! Howcan they have enough? This is the reason they feel tired and sothey need more stimulation to keep them going, to build uptheir energy. So they listen to heavy music, watch exciting films,read books while at the same time listening to their walkmans.They cannot settle their minds and sink their Qi. Their Qi isalways high up in their heads, making them think too much.Sometimes your see people on the streets who reallydo not know where they are and what they are doing. Theywander along bumping into people and even lampposts. Whensome people are out driving their cars they do not pay attentionto what they are doing, which is very dangerous. This is allbecause the Qi does not sink down to the Dantian, it is all highup in their heads. If they close their eyes, they cannot stopthinking. They are like a battery that keeps running, eventuallyit will run out, so how can they be healthy? When they arerunning low they take vitamins, medicines, special diets whereyou cannot eat this type of food and drink that kind of drink –what a life!Sometimes, if you are too strict on yourself you will createmore problems because you will stop your Qi flowing. Everybodyneeds certain challenges to make them strong. If you are alwaysnurtured and taken care of you will never grow. Chinese peoplesay, “a fish needs to change its pool, otherwise it will not growbig.”Qi needs to be developed in many ways and in manydifferent positions. In the practice of Dayan Gong there aresome very unusual movements that you might never have comeacross before. For example, the 14th and 18th movements ofthe First 64, In these movements you have to bend forwardsand twist your toes – a very unusual movement. It imitates the“Everybody needscertain challengesto make themstrong.”Wild Goose scratching its leg, and it connects the Qi of thehand with the leg channels. At the same time, the back rotatesto make the waist more supple and the kidneys strong.Beginners can find these movements difficult, but after a fewlessons they can manage it. They have challenged their Qiand developed it. The 46th and 47th movements (Rotating theBall) of the First 64 is very definitely a challenge: here youhave to move your hands, one clockwise the other anticlockwise,while at the same time moving your fingers and your waist.There is so much to do and it takes a lot of co-ordination.However, eventually people manage to do it. The more theypractise it the more the body becomes balanced, their coordinationimproves and they are not so stiff.The 59th movement (Looking for Food) is physically hardfor some people. It involves a lot of bending where you haveto be relaxed and supple, not stiff and tense, otherwise youcannot do it. This is a challenge.In fact, the whole of Dayan Gong is challenging yourbody. It makes you more relaxed and supple, and makes yourQi strong - like a wild goose. Now you will be healthy andstrong enough to face and withstand many difficulties.Difficulties are a fact of life. Life is not about avoiding this andavoiding thatby Michael <strong>Tse</strong>This article firstappeared in QiMagazine, issue 27August/September1996.Qi Magazine 4310th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special 10th Anniversary Special
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