SimonM
08-19-2008, 11:27 AM
It's not magic.
It's not forcefields, the force, or anything related to midichlorions.
It's really simple.
It's all about your breathing.
That is all.
My theory is that people try to mystify it because of the fact that Chinese and English words don't always line up perfectly (with Qi being both the air that is breathed, the breath we breathe the air with and the effect of breathing) and so the meaning cluster gets appended to new-agey hokum and causes no end of confusion.
That and too many people get into martial arts at age 12 after watching Dragon Ball Z.
It's not forcefields, the force, or anything related to midichlorions.
It's really simple.
It's all about your breathing.
That is all.
My theory is that people try to mystify it because of the fact that Chinese and English words don't always line up perfectly (with Qi being both the air that is breathed, the breath we breathe the air with and the effect of breathing) and so the meaning cluster gets appended to new-agey hokum and causes no end of confusion.
That and too many people get into martial arts at age 12 after watching Dragon Ball Z.