ChiDragon

Welcome to TDB. Do you happen to know the Chinese characters for Xu Ming Gong?

Yes, one who can help is the one that can help oneself and to let go of things. Self cultivation of the mind may be considered as psychotherapy.

Let's put it this way. Jing, 精, is one of the three treasures in the body. According to the Taoist philosophy, there are prenatal and postnatal Jing. The prenatal Jing was came from the parents and is the basic unit of the body structure. In order to preserve the prenatal Jing in tact, it needs to acquire the postnatal Jing to sustain the life of the human body. However, just by normal eating and breathing will fulfill this requirement. If one wants to hence the Jing, it is best to exercise to keep the body more active to function effectively. All cultivation for a better health involves the body, mind, and breathing. The emphasis is on the breathing exercise. To accomplish the cultivation of the body, mind, and breathing, the best exercise is Taiji or any kind of Qigong. The reason Taiji was recommended is because it involves body movement and breathing. The thought behind the practice is the coordination between the movement and the breathing. BTW, Taiji was considered to be as a form Qigong. The practice of Taiji will increase the mobility of the body muscles and joints. The best of all is improving the respiratory system. As result, the body is more active than the normal routing. In addition, the body will function more active than before. Indeed, this will be definitely preserve the Jing and prolong life of the body. Don't you think so? To answer the latter part of the question. Your energy level will increase progressively, and there is a less of chance for you to catch a cold or get sick. Even though you might get sick, you will have a speedy recover sooner than you think!

Here are some of the combinations had shown how the hexagrams were formed: https://zuiai.me/zy/ The trigrams on the blue row placed on top of the trigrams on the red column formed each individual hexagram. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/六十四卦

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Yijing(易經), the book of change, is describing the interaction of all things within the concept of yin/yang. It uses the 8 trigrams to represent the 8 phenomena of nature.

The Yijing was introduced to Confucius, at the age of fifty, by Laotze. Then, he came up with his own explanation of the Yijing.

It is not a multiplication table. It is the combination of 8 trigrams by stacking them one by one. Then, it ends up with 64 combinations of hexagrams.

I thought you would ask. There are 8 trigrams in the Yijing to begin with. If you stack the first trigram on top of the 8 trigrams. Then, the second on top of the same 8 trigrams and so on. You will be ended with 64 hexagrams.

It is 8 x 8 = 64 8 trigram x 8 trigram = 64 hexagrams

这听起来很有趣，我期待听到你有什么要说的。

Correction: A "received copy" was edited to make all the corrections for the mistakes in the codex.

The former is incorrect, the "received copy" is not a translation. It is only a codex. I won't argue the latter, but where is this same old standard translation?

乾: 元亨利貞 乾 is the first hexagram of the 64 hexagrams in the Yinjing. 元亨利貞 describes the positive characteristics of the 乾 hexagram. 1. 元 describes that 乾 is the origin of all things. It is the creator of all things. It is the nature of the universe. 2. 亨 describes that everything with 乾 is going smoothly with nature. 3. 利 describes that everything with 乾 is beneficial without interruption, deterrence, or damage. 4. 貞 describes that everything with 乾 is genuine.

There are many translations of the DDJ, but none of them is standard!

MCO stands for Microcosmic orbit(小周天) and Macrocosmic orbit(大周天). If it is not a breathing exercise, then, there would be no such thing as MCO. It would be a myth to think that moving substances through the Du and the Ren meridians. However, the old concept of MCO was only a legendary concept was passed down from century to century. The same old story was always repeated with no proof. There are no living reference. It was only told by the word of mouth. The story comes out differently each time depends on who told it. I had challenged these ideas about MCO on a Chinese Qigong site. So far, no one has taken the challenge with contradiction but just took it silently. I will go find my post and place it here with translation.

Sorry, I don't know him. My understanding was acquired from the correlation between Taoist texts and modern science. Sometimes, the ancient Taoist text does not make much sense. Thus I have to find my answer elsewhere to put things into perspective.

Yes, it is true.

元炁 should not be translated as Original Breath. It is a substance was untouched by fire.

The 元炁 was referred as the universal unit or energy that comprised of all things in the universe. Here is how to distinguish the usage of two chi characters 炁 and 氣 先天之炁: prenatal Chi 后天之氣: Postnatal Chi PS 元炁 should not be translated as Original Breath.

I believe it is the cultivation of 調身(body)、調心(mind)、調息(breathing). "Intent" is in the mind already. It was just double talk.

IMO I don't think the question was addressed properly. Based on the TCM definition of 后天之气, it is acquired substances by external means. The acquired substances are food and oxygen. How can any one practice or cultivate an external substance?

This the biological formula for generating the ATP energy inside the mitochondria in the body cells. Glucose + O2 >> CO2 + H2O + heat + ATP Using the TCM logic, glucose and oxygen are 后天之氣. In your term, they are the acquired Qi. On the left side of the equation: Glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen. Oxygen is the acquired Qi from breathing. On the right side of the equation: The decomposition of glucose by the oxygen yields carbon dioxide and water and heat and ATP. ATP is the final product of energy which can be referred as inner Qi(內氣). With a constant supply of oxygen, the mitochondria will continuously generate ATP. If the numbers of mitochondria increase, then, a greater amount of ATP can be produced. IMMHO By doing moderate exercise, the number of mitochondria increases in the body cells. Hence, that is why our body strength increases from the practice of Qi Gong, Neigong, Tai Chi or martial arts of any kind. You name it.

Here is my understanding of sink chi to the dantiam(氣沉丹田)