About Chi Gung-chi Kung-qi Gong,Qigong
Six thousand years ago in Northern China, a tribal people settled along the shores of the Yellow River. These people had not developed a national identity, and lived by tending herds, agriculture, hunting and fishing, without straying far from the banks of the river. Their chieftains had unusual powers: they knew healing secrets of plants and animals, spoke with invisible entities, and the river waters seemed to bend to their will.
They were the first Taoists. Their practices were meditation, cultivation of the body, sacred ceremonies and magical arts. Among the refined techniques they used to nurture their health and relax their minds, there was Chi Gung - Chi Kung - Qi Gong - Qigong.According to anthroplogists standing up on two feet had been very significant in the progress of humanity. This opened up the way to use hands, to make tools and to create civilisations. Scientists miss an important point nowadays: Human beings who are standing on two feet are able to take the energy from the sky directly into their body through the top of their head naturally. This made humans knowlegeable and separated them from other animals. Animals that move on four feet cannot take the energy that comes from the sky from the top of their head like humans can. By standing up human beings expose less surface to the gravity compared with animals. Therefore they use less energy. Our bad postures under the influence of the gravity lead to errors in mental structure. This damages our bodies and we end up using more energy than normal. Tai chi helps us to experience the gravity as a movement of energy helping us to move comfortably rather than as a weight. This allows our body to move like water, by itself and without effort. The energy that is conserved can be reserved in order to be used in other activities.
Tai-chi is the dance of the cosmos that allows an identification with the energy essence of the universe that is established from all directions. It brings out certain qualities in the person such as relaxation, feelings of comfort, serenity, balance, awareness, tolerance, being easy-going, etc. Relaxation of the mind uncovers the layers on both the mind and the body. This state of deep ralxation awakens the practitioners consciousness within the ocean of universal energy, and brings it up to the surface from the depths.
What is Aikido?
In its universality Aikido can be compared to yoga or T'ai chi chuan. But it is actually more multifaceted and especially more dynamic by nature. Most of the techniques are practiced with a partner. The aikidoka learns to offer no resistance, but to make one's self flexible and to continually adapt. The grips and throws are performed flowingly and circularly in aesthetic and dancelike movements. This creates a unity between the two aikidoka, instead of a "fight."
In spite of (or perhaps thanks to) the nonviolent character of the training method, Aikido is an extremely effective method of self-defence.
The "dance" of the Whirling Dervishes is called Sema. Sema is a part of the inspiration of Mevlana as well as part of the Turkish custom, history, beliefs and culture.Sema represents a mystical journey of man's spiritual ascent through mind and love to "Perfect." Turning towards the truth, his growth through love, desert his ego, find the truth and arrive to the "Perfect," then he return from this spiritual journey as a man who reached maturity and a greater perfection, so as to love and to be of service to the whole of creation, to all creatures without discrimination of believes, races, classes and nations.
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