ChiDragon

A frequency of a wave which has an amplitude and a time period. Normally, it was referred as a wavelength. That was a little bit ambiguous. If it was stated as "all the waves have frequencies, instead of saying that they are not frequencies" which would have had been made more sense.

The problem with Chi is somebody says it is "energy". Then people will assume that is what it is and start looking for energy. Some old man in a park in China says Chi is a magnetic force. Ever since, then people started to repeat what he says. Now, everyone believes that Chi is energy or electromagnetic field or force.

Any kind of wave has a frequency. EM Frequency

Do you have an instrument to detect the "true north" line....???

It is nice to have an Engineer by background to communicate with. By the definition, a "theory" that is something has been proven it is scientifically true. Unless otherwise it was invalidated by later studies. A theory must be dealt with one at a time. We cannot put a blanket of one and applied to all. PS.... Since this thread is more toward a scientific discussion, shall we keep our arguments within logical reasoning with some known scientific facts and stay away from any fallacies and the basis of some "I was told as is" beliefs.

The car require fuel for it to accelerate. Based on your assumption, you think ATP requires the electromotive force for it to react. However, that is not the case. The ATP does not require electromotive force to react. Glucose and oxygen are the fuels to produce ATP to provide the bio-energy for the human body to react. All the electrical signals are generated by ATP known as action potential. The action potential is the key factor for aiding the heart, brain and all the muscles to react. Without the continuous reproduction of ATP with glucose and oxygen, the human body will cease to function.

It was suffice to find the approximation of the North direction. The magnetic north can be only 15 degree off in different seasons. However, the Feng Shui reading does not require to have a high accuracy as the military does.

There is no need to know but it won't hurt to talk about it for those who are interested. It would be more appreciative and meaningful if one knows why and how it works.

Can you be little more explicit....???

Yes, mostly lightly, it is impossible to use "true north" with an ordinary compass.

The term yin chi and yang chi can be used or applied in TCM. They were used to distinguish the bad or good function of the human body. E.g. If a person was sick or with some kind of illness, it was said to be that person has some yin chi in the body or there is a malfunction of certain organ(s). The yang chi would be the efficacy of the remedy in curing the illness(s). As far as in Chi Kung, there is only one Chi. Indeed, the Chi in Qigong is different from the Chi in the TCM.

Yes, sir. I have the same scientific notion as you have about QiGong few years back. I have make a study by looking into the physiology of the human body. I had reached to a conclusion that ATP is my answer. As far as with the explanation of the EM, it is out of the question in my mind.

Why are you treating these styles like a jig puzzle.....??? You either practice one at a time or don't do them at all.

It's not the Lotus sitting that will get you there, but it is the breathing will do all the tricks for you. Learn to do the abdominal breathing as recommended in Qigong.

People do get confuse with these terms, even some Chinese. It is 子(zi) at the end of 精(jing) to make it, 精子, as sperm. The 精(jing) alone does not make it a sperm.

Has anybody ever considered looking into the "true north" and "magnetic north"....??? Magnetic North

What is your understanding the difference between Qigong and Zazen...??? What is your understanding the difference between Zen(Chan) and Zazen...???

In my study and understanding as a rule of thumb. I do not mix Taoism with other philosophies or religions to avoid confusion. Tao is not similar to Hindu Brahman. You are not Tao but a human. Human follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows Tao, and Tao follows the natural self. Tao is not Consciousness because Tao is not a being. One can only sense Tao by the manifestation of all things in nature. Tao cannot and will not tell you what to do. One can only observe nature and follow to course of Nature. Following the course of Nature is by not interfere, interrupt or harm Nature in any way. It was known as Wu Wei which means let Nature take its course.

To be ONE with Tao simply means to be blended in with Tao. Another words, just make yourself part of Tao by following the principles of Tao. Taoism philosophy does not believe in reincarnation. The birth and death cycle stops at one's death. You will become harden and ash after you die. However, some new lives always begin elsewhere. The cultivators of the Taoist religion believe that they will become immortals and raise to heaven upon their death.

Thank you very much. That's all I want to hear from you about the 5th palace and the Flying Star. Yes, if we go into this, then it will be an entirely different ball of wax....

I see where the confusion was. The Chinese do not use number for the year to begin with. They use the combination of the Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches to keep track of the years. Every sixty years was considered to be one cycle(元甲，Yuan2 Jia3 ). It happens to be that the lunar year of 丁酉(Ding1 You3) falls in the year of 1957. The Chinese use 丁酉(Ding1 You3) to look up the Ming Gua on a predetermined chart. 丁酉(Ding1 You3) is already limited itself to the lunar calender. It was just a coincidence that the number was happened to be very suitable for the calculation of the Ming Gua. If the year was 1956, then 丙申(Bing1 Shen1）would have had been used to look up in the chart. BTY The the Ming Gua was also known as a Year Gua since the year was used to calculate the Ming Gua.

So far. I have only mentioned birth year to determine the Ming Gua. Now, you have introduced birthday in your understanding which raised a question for me to ask. How would you determine the Ming Gua with the birthday in the system which you had learned....???

Enlightenment is something that was not understood for a long time; however, one just become realized what it was all the sudden. It doesn't matter how simple or complicated it was. Indeed, that is enlightenment.

I am just using it as a reference for the directions and the names of the Ba Gua and ignored the rest. Unless you can come out with a better one.

1957 is a calender year. In the way, doing all this calculation was converting to the lunar year without your realization.... Yes, the final result is called the Ming Gua(命卦).