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	CESNUR - Falun Gong 101 - by Massimo Introvigne
		Qi Gong is the generic name of a complex of techniques for physical and spiritual well-being, with a tradition in China predating the Christian era.
		Falun Gong emphasizes the Qi Gong concept of Falun, the center of spiritual and physical energy believed to be situated in the lower abdomen.
		Its symbol, and the symbol of Falun Gong, is a (Buddhist) swastika in a disk, surrounded by four (Taoist) rotating yin-yang symbols.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/falung101.htm (889 words)

	Qigong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Qi means breath or gas in Mandarin Chinese, and, by extension, the energy produced by breathing that keeps us alive; gong means work or technique.
		Qigong is then "breath work" or the art of managing the breath to achieve and maintain good health, and especially in the martial arts, to enhance the energy mobilization and stamina of the body in coordination with the physical process of respiration.
		The written records referring to qi and its effects are as old as 3,300 years (Shang dynasty oracle bones, Zhou dynasty inscriptions).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qigong (1751 words)

	Vertebrae Qi Gong soothes back-aches and preserves youth
		Vertebrae Qi Gong, or also Jingang Qi Gong preserves youth, leads you to an easy-going and cheerful state of mind and helps to develop your spiritual powers.
		Vertebrae Qi Gong or Jingang Qi Gong is an excellent method of self-healing for everybody who has problems with back-aches or with their backs in general.
		Criticism and respect towards authorities and experts push people into shapes and forms that make them ill. Of course, everyone wants to be liked but by following such orders you soon lose your natural inner knowledge and instincts of how to move naturally.
	www.qigongonline.de /en/qigong_artikel_5.htm (677 words)

	YouTube - Qi gong 氣功
		Qi means breath or gas in Chinese, and, by extension, the energy produced by breathing that keeps us alive; gong means work applied to a discipline or the resultant level of technique.
		Qigong is then "breath work" or the art of managing one's breathing in order to achieve and maintain good health, and (especially in the martial arts) to enhance the energy mobilization and stamina of the body in coordination with the physical process of respiration.
		Falun Gong is one such qigong[6] with an emphasis on what its founder calls the cultivation of virtue[7].
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=XrORlQfCgjg (1808 words)

	Qi Gong \| Qi Gong Practitioners
		Qi Gong practices can be classified as martial, medical, or spiritual.
		Qi Gong is helpful for those have chronic pain or low energy.
		To find a Qi Gong Therapy Practitioner in your county or local area go to...
	www.alternativesforhealing.com /qi_gong.htm (121 words)

	Commonweal
		Qi gong is the most mysterious of all the major components of traditional Chinese medicine and is possibly the oldest and most important of the martial arts.
		Qi gong masters split stones with their hands and their foreheads, had trucks driven over them, had massive stone slabs lowered on their bodies by cranes, claimed to be able to see within human bodies and to move inanimate objects at will."
		Further, according to the authors, qi gong appears to have a significant effect in promoting rapid recovery from adverse reactions to chemotherapy and radiotherapy such as lassitude, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, hair loss, loss of weight, and reduction in the number of leukocytes and platelets.
	www.commonweal.org /pubs/choices/19.html (8878 words)

	Ming Empire 1368-1644 by Sanderson Beck
		Scholars criticized the Emperor for harsh methods; but in 1385 Hongwu had his vice-minister of revenue and hundreds of others executed for embezzling, and the minister of personnel was accused of slandering the head of the National University and was put to death.
		Wang Yangming criticized some Buddhists and Daoists for not living in the highest good but being lost in illusions of emptiness and quietness and not participating in the work of the family, the state, and the world.
		The poet Gao Qi was born at Suzhou in 1336.
	www.san.beck.org /3-7-MingEmpire.html (23715 words)

	Sacramento Tai Chi: Neidan, Daoyin, Qi Gong
		Qi Gong is often translated as “accumulated work of life force,” which denotes not one specific contemporary health practice, but two schemes of ancient Chinese practices.
		Because the contemporary Qi Gong practice is a multifaceted accretion of a variety of practices with a broad range of religious, pop-cultural, and scientific ideas, which in turn are essentially based on the Neidan and Daoyin practices, there are no formally established systems or categories of Qi Gong practice.
		Traditionally, movements associated Qi Gong or gymnastics such as the Eight Sections of Brocade, the Five Animal Plays, are considered as inferior to the more meditative practice, such as Neidan.
	www.sactaichi.com /sactaichi_qigong.html (612 words)

	Kundalini FAQ
		There are many stories in the Chinese literature of Qi Gong about people who took up Qi Gong in order to improve their poor health became powerful martial artists or great qi gong masters.
		From my limited exposure to qi gong it is clear there are many qi gong practices that are identical to kundalini yoga practices.
		What is also clear is that may qi gong practitioners have reported experiences that are identical to those of kundalini yogins.
	www.eecs.berkeley.edu /~keutzer/kundalini/kundalini-faq.html (4611 words)

	Laozi
		The critical claim that “being [you] is born of nonbeing [wu]” in chapter 40 also figures in the Guodian “A” text.
		This seems to argue against any suggestion that the Laozi, and for that matter ancient Chinese philosophical works in general were not interested or lacked the ability to engage in abstract philosophic thought, an assumption that sometimes appears to underlie evolutionary approaches to the development of Chinese philosophy.
		The Laozi criticizes the Confucian school not only for being ineffectual in restoring order but more damagingly as a culprit in worsening the ills of society at that time.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/laozi (13348 words)

	Yang Xiong [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		As a social critic and classical scholar, he is considered to be the chief representative of the Old Text School (guxue) of Confucianism.
		Although some think he was one of the most important writers of the late Former Han, he had little influence during his own time and was vilified for his association with the usurper Wang Mang.
		This hardly amounts to the kind of sustained development of a view of human nature found, for example, in the work of Mencius or Xunzi, who represent opposite poles on the continuum of ancient Chinese views of human nature.
	www.iep.utm.edu /y/yangxion.htm (4927 words)

	Be Wary of Acupuncture, Qigong, and "Chinese Medicine"
		Falun gong, which China recently banned, is a Qigong varient claimed to be "a powerful mechanism for healing, stress relief and health improvements."
		The general theory of acupuncture is based on the premise that there are patterns of energy flow (Qi) through the body that are essential for health.
		A 40-year-old woman with chronic back pain who visited seven acupuncturists during a two-week period was diagnosed with "Qi stagnation" by 6 of them, "blood stagnation" by 5, "kidney Qi deficiency" by 2, "yin deficiency" by 1, and "liver Qi deficiency" by 1.
	www.quackwatch.org /01QuackeryRelatedTopics/acu.html (3046 words)

	Alternative Network Directory - Qi Gong
		Qi Gong is an increasingly popular branch of Chinese Medicine, mostly taught for health maintenance purposes.
		There are thousands of movements and postures with variations depending on whether they originate in northern or southern China, in specific families, specific monastic traditions … There are Qi Gong forms that mimic many animals: tiger, crane, bear, deer, eagle, snake and rhinoceros, as well as the mythological dragon and phoenix.
		Qi Gong is for everybody, no discrimination of race, gender, age or physical condition.
	www.and-world.com /content/view/68/2 (363 words)

	Tao Mao Healing System for well-being the most naturally and effectively
		Qi Gong is a general name of various Chinese healing systems, which offer many ways to self-cultivating Qi.
		In general, Qi Gong is a personal practice, which integrates outer physical movements, inner Qi movement, breath-regulation, meditation and visualization to stimulate the Qi, or vital life force and guide Qi flow along the meridians and many other more important Tao Mao routes inside body.
		One piece of classical advice is to feel the Qi gathering more in the center of the body, not in and around the hands, where Qi leaks easily.
	www.taomaohealingsystem.com (6872 words)

	LEAP Healing :: Natural Health Practice in Northville Michigan
		Light stimulation of the feet in the corresponding area of the body allows wonderful and gentle healing.
		Qi Gong (Chi Cong) Movements designed to increase health, relax the mind and stimulate energy movement.
		Tai Chi, and Yoga came from Qi Cong.
	leaphealingnaturalhealth.com /services.htm (1163 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Epoch Times Commentaries on the Communist Party — Part 6
		In the beginning, the intellectuals were not categorized as a reactionary class, but by 1957, after several major religious groups had surrendered through the “unified front” movement, the CCP could focus its energy on the intellectuals.
		In the end of February of 1957, claiming to “let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend,” the CCP called on intellectuals to voice their suggestions and criticisms to the Party, promising no retaliation.
		Those intellectuals had been dissatisfied with the CCP for a long time for its ruling in every field even though it was a layman in those fields and its killing of innocent people during the movement to “suppress counter-revolutionaries” in 1950-1953 and to “eliminate counter-revolutionaries” in 1955-1957.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-12-20/25087.html (12494 words)

	Qigong (Chi Kung): Links, Bibliography, and Resources
		= Qi Gong = Qigong = Qigung = pronounced "chee gung."
		May the Knowledge of Qi Gong Energy Spread Throughout the World
		Qi Gong for Beginners: Eight Easy Movements for Vibrant Health
	www.egreenway.com /qigong/linksqg2.htm (2550 words)

	Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) Clearwisdom.net
		•Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Gong Practitioners by the Chinese Government
		Traditional Chinese Culture: Qi Xi Recommended the Truly Capable for Public Posts [8/24/2006]
		Stories of Ancient Chinese Emperors: Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Listened to Criticism with Modesty and Corrected Himself upon Realizing his Faults [2/24/2006]
	www.clearwisdom.net /emh/160 (2981 words)

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