Now and Zen from bookish, a weblog by George Girton

Now and Zen . . . . . apr 19 2005 — bookish119.dat

You can find great things roaming through the stacks of your public library. When I found "The Complete guide to Chi-Gung", I had to check it out. Sure enough, it was chock full of diagrams and instructions on exactly how to unlock your inner power and best of all it was in English. Chi-Gung is a huge quasi-religious movement that is sweeping/being suppressed in China. There used to be a Chi-Gung school on Overland Avenue in Los Angeles right next to the freeway, but it turned out to be short-lived.

Still, you can learn Chi-Gung now, from a book. However, a chapter entitled "Signs of success in Chi-gung" indicated to me that it is a course of study you might not want to undertake lightly. For here are some of the signs of success:

Numbness and Tingling, Trembling, Heat, Cold, Sweating,
Soreness and Pain, Headache and Eyeache, Insomnia,
Sexual Excitation, Burps Coughs and Gas, Dizziness,
Itching, Heaviness and Lightness, Laughing Weeping and Shouting
Spontaneous movement, Supernatural powers

Special notes on supernatural powers: "Supernatural powers may manifest as luminous visions of deities, energies or cosmic phenomena that appear in 'the minds eye' sounds or voices heard in the 'minds ear', and spontaneous insights into the past, present or future...."

"Intuitive visions of particular events unfolding in the future reflect the acheivement of clairvoyance. All such signs must be handled with the greatest respect and vigilance. It also takes time to learn how to interpret such visions, voices and insights, and how to properly utilize them."

Nonetheless, if you dare: The Complete Guide to Chi-Gung [buy at amazon] . by Daniel Reed.

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