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- From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Is chi/ ki real?
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 07:39:01 GMT
- Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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- Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
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- Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com writes:
- +
- + Well, if we go by the "qi is the animating force of life"
- +definition that gets thrown out every now and then, then by
- +definition, everyone uses qi. Just like you don't have to believe in
- +hemoglobin for your body to use it.
-
- True enough. Although the evidence for hemoglobin is certainly
- a little more, uh, concrete, than the evidence for qi.
-
- + In any case, I get the tinglies, hands drifting in invisible
- +currents, and other people have (on occasion) told me they can feel my qi
- +projection, blah blah blah...
-
- Sure. Me too. Heck if I know what it is. Is it qi or is it Memorex?
-
- + But is it real, or virtual? I don't have an answer, but I have
- +a different question: Does it really make a difference?
-
- No, it doesn't. But then, most things we're concerned with make
- very little difference.
-
- Terry Chan
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