Bao wrote:
Qi, shen etc, should only be discussed at a general level or explained as a cultural way to describe the World.
good post
a little background some might find interesting
excerpt from: Oi 氣 Magazine Issue 28 October/November 96.
Jing, Qi, Shen.
The human body is only Jing, Qi and Shen- the three treasures. There are few subjects in Chinese culture that are so pervasive or important. They are the foundation for a vast body of knowledge. You can not say that you know about Chinese arts if you do not know something about Jing, Qi and Shen.
This article will hopefully give an impression of the meaning of the characters for Jing, Qi and Shen.
The information given here is a cultural background to the subject and not the last words by any means.
It is quite possible the kind of information that a child might be taught when they were leaning to read and write.
gets into the weeds,,for those interested...
Should relate to any practice concerning Chinese Martial Arts...
depending on need and depth of practice might help to provide a background for ones practice...
or answers to how the cultural aspects are looked at from the culture they originated from.
There is a large body of cultural knowledge IMA practices are built on.
How the information is used, or for what, very dependent on interest
and focus....