Breaking Through the Barriers of Darkness: Recognizing the Cult of Qigong for What It Is: Chapter 1: "At the same time, my mother's illness was becoming worse and worse and even very strange. When she was sick, she would be in a coma, but when she was rescued and had gained her consciousness, she was very quickly back to normal. She was diagnosed loosely as having a neurosis or such like. Her work unit finally agreed to let her receive treatment in a hospital in another city. My father went to accompany her; the joy and laughter in our house were now swept away, and in their place the family was covered by a heavy, melancholic atmosphere. Our parents returned home once in a while and brought home some books including qigong magazines. I had only recently learned about the word qigong and was curious about it, but did not know what on earth it was. My parents explained it to me yet were unable to really enlighten me regarding it.
My mother checked out of the hospital later without her sickness being cured. The medical doctors did not even find out what was wrong with her. One day my father found a book on health care from our collection of books. It taught wu qin xi (Five Animal Sports) by Hua Tuo, a famous physician of ancient China.
Mum started to practice the Five Animal Sports with Dad's help. It seemed to be like our setting-up exercises to radio music. Actually wu qin xi includes five kinds of movement. They are movements of the tiger, the deer, the ape, the bear and the bird. It is said that Hua Tuo was very much inspired while observing the movements of these animals and birds in mountains and forests and invented a form of health care gymnastics. Very soon, Mum was able to imitate the movements perfectly, and we all seemed to see some hope in our family.
For about one or two months my mum's health remained just as the same. Then one day Dad returned from a bookstore, bringing a book entitled "Spontaneous wu qin xi Movements". Through a careful study of this book, he and Mum made a surprising discovery! The book teaches in detail what wu qin xi really is. It is not simple gymnastic movements, but has deeper meaning. It is maneuvering the qi in your body according to some simple instructive steps and then allowing your body to spontaneously make the movements of the animals and birds by following the drive of the qi as if someone were leading you to do it. It sounded incredible, but Mum began to practice.
Shocking things happened! Mum began to move spontaneously while practicing! She could make animal movements and imitate their sounds so closely that they were just like the animal sounds! What was stranger was that my mum's health was recovering miraculously and her incurable disease was controlled. It was a marvel!"
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My mother checked out of the hospital later without her sickness being cured. The medical doctors did not even find out what was wrong with her. One day my father found a book on health care from our collection of books. It taught wu qin xi (Five Animal Sports) by Hua Tuo, a famous physician of ancient China.
Mum started to practice the Five Animal Sports with Dad's help. It seemed to be like our setting-up exercises to radio music. Actually wu qin xi includes five kinds of movement. They are movements of the tiger, the deer, the ape, the bear and the bird. It is said that Hua Tuo was very much inspired while observing the movements of these animals and birds in mountains and forests and invented a form of health care gymnastics. Very soon, Mum was able to imitate the movements perfectly, and we all seemed to see some hope in our family.
For about one or two months my mum's health remained just as the same. Then one day Dad returned from a bookstore, bringing a book entitled "Spontaneous wu qin xi Movements". Through a careful study of this book, he and Mum made a surprising discovery! The book teaches in detail what wu qin xi really is. It is not simple gymnastic movements, but has deeper meaning. It is maneuvering the qi in your body according to some simple instructive steps and then allowing your body to spontaneously make the movements of the animals and birds by following the drive of the qi as if someone were leading you to do it. It sounded incredible, but Mum began to practice.
Shocking things happened! Mum began to move spontaneously while practicing! She could make animal movements and imitate their sounds so closely that they were just like the animal sounds! What was stranger was that my mum's health was recovering miraculously and her incurable disease was controlled. It was a marvel!"
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