氣功冥想

黃思賢醫學博士  著

收錄於【人體的炁-道與瑜伽】2011年6月初版

 

中國哲學，有兩種不同的哲學思想，他們是孔子和老子，孔子說生死有命，富貴在天，而道子說人定勝天，道家的主張是人可以改變命運，那麼誰是誰非，就要自己去決定。

 

廣東人有以下的俗語說法：

一命、二運、三風水、四陰德、五讀書。

 

在西方以上的第一和第二就是命運。一、命是從父母得來的，父母富裕，你就富裕;二、運是人出生以後的運程。三、風水，用風水改變運程。四、陰德，你怎樣對待朋友，朋友就怎樣對待你;五、讀書，你有好的教育，就找到好的工作。

 

如果人失了炁，雖然他還有好的朋友，但他成功機會會低。

 

老子在《道德經》曾說:「故常無，欲以觀其妙，常有欲以觀其徼，上士聞道，勸而行之，中士聞道，若存若亡，下士聞道，大笑之。」

 

修練氣功要勤苦修練，終有一天能成道成佛。

 

冥想就是連續性而又有沉思性的思維，我們可略分為三種：

1、瑜珈——起源於印度

2、氣功或日本氣功——起源於中國和日本

3、宗教——各種宗教都有冥想的儀式

 

冥想主要原因是導引炁的產生，以致個人改善思想，增加智慧，最能成道成佛。

 

炁是甚麼呢?沒有炁的交流，人怎可以和神交通呢?宇宙間有四種力，它們是：

1. 引力——地心吸力
2. 電磁力
3. 弱作用力
4. 強作用力

引力是天體星球之間之力，對人體有影響而弱作用力和強作用力，祇限於分子內，而真正對人體有最強的影響，就是電磁力，我們認電磁力就是炁，而這種是成道的媒介。

 

炁有無數的解釋。動物細胞中，每一個細胞膜都有膜電位存在。可以簡單的用能斯脫方程（NernstEquation）代表。中國古代，著重任督兩脈，以現在科學的眼光來看，督脈即是交感神經系統（Sympathetic），而任脈是副交感神經系統（Parasympathetic）。如果人們可以打通任督兩脈，舌頂上顎，兩掌心相向，慢慢移動，兩掌心就有磁力吸引的感覺。這種感覺可以用物理學的右手定則來解釋。

 

通常人體電磁場可以用人的靈氣來描述。

 

用現在的術語，氣功的氣可以用生物電磁性來炁可以升、降、開和合。炁又有紅外輻射效應（熱有低頻磁場效應，次聲效應，靜電和液晶效應等等。以上的效應可以從某些氣功師測試出來。在生理面，研究者可以測到某些氣功師在氣功狀態下，大腦的α-增加，新陳代謝減低，皮膚的電阻力亦減低，身體溫度上升，血液循環增加和心跳減低等等。再者，身體能量和頻率改變，身體的酸碱值改變，就是碱性增加，和最後荷爾蒙改變而荷爾蒙的量會炁而增加。

 

這二十年來的研究，證明氣功有許多益處，如：

1. 防止疾病
2. 增加健康
3. 增強記憶
4. 加強智慧

氣功對健康的益處有改良慢性疾病，加強免疫和減低厲害性。

氣功修練來改良健康，大概有很多修練方法，常用的普通有五種：

1. 意守丹田
2. 河車搬運
3. 熱能成就
4. 閉氣攻病
5. 導引行氣

再重復以上的討論：

 

1. 意守丹田——就是守住中間的地方。
2. 河車搬運——就是將炁由會陰上升百會然後由身前回到會陰。
3. 熱能成就——用各種不同的方法和呼吸來導引熱能包括開放全身的毛孔。
4. 閉氣攻病——就是閉氣冥想，將炁送到有病的器官。
5. 導引行氣——就是用姿勢或手印去引導炁到有病的器官。

近年，除了人體產生的炁來治病外，還可以用其它的媒介來引導炁的產生，如：

1. 傳統炁的產生
2. 顏色導炁治療——包括氣味和顏色
3. 音聲治療——包括音樂在內
4. 光的治療
5. 晶體治療

重復以上說法：

1. 炁可以醫治各種疾病。
2. 顏色治療——是用顏色，色素或有色的花，甚至香味來治病。
3. 聲音療法——用聲音，包括音樂，歌唱或美聲歌唱來激發身體而治病，當然亦以電磁性有關。
4. 光的治療——用激光或紫外光治病，一方面光可以影響細胞，一方面可以產生熱治病。
5. 晶體治療——有許多晶體可以產生電磁波，這波可以使身體的輪和它共鳴和震盪。

實驗證明，植物會受音樂的影響，搖擺的音樂可使植物的根捲起和不健康，而古典音樂對植物根的生長，正直而健康。

 

道教炁的經絡和針灸的經絡差不多，他們同樣用十二經和奇經八脈，但注意，道教的任督兩脈和小周天及大周天就和針灸有異常的分別。在瑜珈方面，氣（炁）就是PRANA瑜珈經絡以三脈七輪為主。

 

 

在道家脈的系統，有一定的穴位，在道家來說身後有督脈是奇經八脈之一，身前有任（妊）脈亦屬於奇經八脈，圍住身的有帶脈，有趣的是任脈是懷孕之脈，中國古時曾說，妊脈不通無子。

 

在瑜珈方面，有藍色的中脈，左邊有紅色的右脈，象徵月亮，右邊有白色的右脈，它是代表太陽，中脈有各種的輪，通常説有七輪。

 

道家脈的系統應該和瑜珈脈的系統是相互相成的。

 

下列四種系統，他或它們可以產生電磁：

 

  一、生物系統——包括人類，植物（樹）和動物。

  二、壓地材料——如晶體或某些岩石。

  三、地球上的旋渦——如SEDONA，AREOWA

  四、礦物金屬——包括隕石

 

氣功可以分為兩大類，一是內部的路線和二是外來的路線，內部路線是自身的，自身的氣場可以用共鳴完理來改變，如用晶體的共鳴二是外來的路線，是天人合一的路線，這裡無論是道家或瑜珈，要開頂或百會，才達到天人合一的境界。

 

道家認為人體是小宇宙，天體是大宇宙，無論道或瑜珈修練要練到天人合一的境界，所以練炁是開始樹氣功或晶體氣功，祗是一種輔幫方法，幫助入門而以。道家的十二經絡和奇經八脈，與瑜珈的三脈七輪應該有互幫的關係。

 

以下的表是將氣功階段和其性質列出來，其真正的解釋是見人見智而已。

 

 

人體電磁場和共鳴原理

Bio-electromagnetism and resonance

 

 

 

Qi gong meditation

 

In chines philosophy ,there are two major opposing schools ofthought. Confucianism and Taoism . Confucius said that one is bornwith a certain destiny ,and whether one is wealthy or poor isdependent upon heaven. The tao theory maintains that the humanstruggle can overcome the difficulty of heaven , in other words ,man is capable of determining his own destiny. These are the twoopposing leliefs. In my opinion, it is up to the individual todecide.

There are also beliefs particularly among the Cantonese theyare:

 

1.     Fate

2.     Luck

3.     Geomancy

4.     Benefaction giving and friendship

5.     Study and knowledge

 

 

No.1 and No.2 –fate and luck in the western concept are definedas destiny.

 

1.     Fate is related to your parents. If your parent is wealthy then youare wealthy.

2.     Luck is related to situations after ones birth

3.     Geomancy is feng shui .the fengshui master alters energy forces toincrease luck and

       to avoid catastrophe .

4.     Benefaction . giving and friendship is related to trust in othersand how you are

        treatedand based on these is the measure of ones success or failure.

5.     lastly study and knowledge these pertain to technical andprofessional skolls success

        isdependent upon(1,2,3,4 above)

 

Without the presence of qi even the brightest person ,thoughsurrounded by good people will most of the time be doomed tofailure.

 

The book of tao is called dao de jing .in dao de jing ,lao-zistated the following with desire to view the niche ,without desireto view the change ,the learned hears about tao and practices itdiligently ,the commoner hears about tao and questions itsexistence the unwise man hears about tao and laughs loudly.

 

In the knowledge of qigong, it is clearly understood thatthrough practicing qi, eventually one would achieveenlightenment.

 

 

Meditation is defined as the act to engage in continuous andcontemplative thoughts which can be divided into threecategories.

 

1.     yoga

2.     qi gong-reiki

3.     religion i.e. Buddhism ,christianty muslim ,yoga originated inindia , qi gong 

       originated in china, and reiki is the jaoanese equivalent of theChinese qi gong.

 

Meditation is practiced in many religions including Buddhism ,Christianity and muslim .jesus Christ ,the Buddha and mohammedpracticed.

 

The purpose of meditation is to generate energy .this energyleads to improved cognitive thinking enhanced intelligence andeventually enlightment.

 

What is the force behind all this ? without this force or media, enlightenment would not possible. There would be no communicationbetween the common people and god  .consideringthis  there are four force of nature:

 

1.     gravity

2.     electromagnetism

3.     weak force

4.     strong force

 

Gravity exists between planets and large celestial bodies theweak and strong force are limited to the molecular nucleus . themajor force in human beings is the electromagnetic force and it isfelt that this force provides the qi prana and with qi eventuallyleads to enlightenment.

 

As far as biomagnetism is concerned ,this can be crudelyrepresented by the nerst equation and by the right-hand rule thenerst equation can be found in the many textbooks . the right-handrule for magnetism is defined as when you open your right hand sothe fingers are together and the thumb sticks out ,when your thumbis in the direction of the current and your fingers are in thedirection of the magnetic field your palm faces in the samedirection as the force acting on the current

 

 

Conventionally ,human electromagnetic force  orbiomagnetic force or phenomenon can be depicted by the humanaura.

 

To the morden qi gong practitioners , qi can be represented bybioelectromagnetism . the property of qi can be defined asexpansion ,contraction ,elevation and repulsion ,recentlyresearchers have studied the physical phenomenon of qi. They havefound that qi consists of ultraviolet rays heat ,low frequencymagnetic fields, static electric fields. Infrasonic phenomenon, andliquid crystal phenomenon.  These physical effectsof qi can be observed by certain qi gong master or practitionersduring qi gong exercise.  Experimental data showthat alpha brain waves increase metabolic processes decrease ,skinresistance decreases. body temperature rises, circulation increasesand the heart rate decreases body energy especially the frequency,changes and the chemical profile ,where the ph changes becomesmore alkaline and lastly the hormone production changes andincreases.

 

Over the last 20 years , the practice of qi gong has beenbeneficial in the following areas:

 

1.     disease prevention

2.     promoting health

3.     improving memory

4.     augmenting intelligence

 

Benefits of practicing qi gong ,in terms of health ,include theallevitation of chronic diseases ,increased immunity and decreasedseverity of neoplastic diseases.

 

Qi gong exercises to promote health consist of five or moretypes of common practice:

 

1.     meditation at dan tien

2.     moving the water wheels sometimes called barrels

3.     psychic heat

4.     holding breath to attack diseased organs

5.     guiding and moving qi

 

to restated the above:

1. Meditation at dan tien is the imaginary area in the midabdomen.
2. Moving the water wheels is a method of moving qi from thesacrum up the back and
3. returning downwards in the front of the body to theperineum
4. Psychic heat is a Tibetan practice , which generates heatthrough the sac of the hair follicles.
5. Holding breath to attack diseased organs is a method ofgenerating and concentrating qi to the diseased organs
6. Guiding moving qi are the methods of guiding qi to a given partof the body .either by gesture or hand movement.

Given the healing methods in modern times ,there are multiplesways of creating qi:

1. Qi by the conventional method
2. Color therapy including essences and fragrances flowers
3. Sound therapies including music
4. Light therapies
5. Crystal therapies.

 

To reiterate the above:

 

1.     The qi  as discussed above can cure multiplemedical problems

2.     Color therapy, as the title implies usage of color and essences toinduce cure

3.     Sound therapy, this is the modality of treatment using sound as theelectromagnetic

       signal or stimuli to induce cure ,such as music and even song.Especially singing using

       the technique of bel canto.

4.     Light therpy employs light such as laser beams of ultraviolet toinduce heat for the

       treatment

5.     Crystal therapy ,many crystals can produce electromagnetic wavespiezoelectric produces

       produce energy and sometimes light which can resonate and vibrateinto the bodys chakras

       to induce cure.

 

Experiments have been conducted with plants using music whichhave shown that after playing rock and roll music intermittentlyfor a few days. The root of the plant would appear unhealthy andcoil up. In comparison with the other plant roots that had beenexposed to classical music, the root systems are straight andhealthy

 

The qi in tao are divided into twelve meridians and eightextraordinary meridians. These are similar to acupuncture pointsexcept for a few meridians. Yoga defines qi as prana. In thissystem, seven chakras are defined ,as well as three channels.

 

In the tao meridian system , there are precise acupuncturepoints. The back is called the governor vessel and is one of theeight extraordinary meridians. The front is called conceptionvessel .it also belongs to the system of the eight extraordinarymeridians . there is  also a belt meridiansurrounding the body. It is interesting to note that in this systemthe conception vessel is so-named because when this energy pathwayis blocked ,a woman would not be able to conceive or carry anychildren, which has been proven over the centuries. The chakrasystem includes the medium nerve blue called the sushumna the leftnerve red is called the ida ,and signifies the moon , the rightnerve white is called the pingala . and signifies the sun. it isinteresting to note that the qi gong meridians, or the tao systemand the chakra system are complementary to each other.

 

 

In general ,electromagnetism can be generated by foursystems:

 

1.     the biological system that includes human beings trees andanimals.

2.     Piezoelectric, consisting  of crystals androcks

3.     Earth surface such as vortex in Sedona, Arizona

4.     Metals such as meteorites.

 

The qi gong exercise deals only with the energy within ones bodyand is called the intrinsic pathway. This energy can be enhancedthrough the phenomenon of resonance crystals the extrinsic pathwayis the harmony between man and nature . this requires opening ofthe fontanelle or the crown chakra or opening of the middle nervein both the tao theory and also in the yoga theory.

 

   

The tao or the Chinese Taoism philosophy consists of the unityof the macro and micro world man being the micro universe andgalaxy being the macro universe. In order to achieve the ultimate ,man and nature have to be in harmony in terms of qi in Chineseprana in yoga kundalini yoga and other forms of yoga . inconclusion ,self-cultivation of qi gong or prana is of utmostimportance . tree or crystal synchronization have only adjunctiveeffects. The twelve ordinary meridians, eight extraordinarymeridians of Chinese origin , the yoga three channels and sevenchakras are complementary to each other.

 

The following table summarized the steps and different phenomenaof qi gong .the true interpretation is up to the reader.