| Qi is a mysterious and elusive concept to people | | | | made tremendous developments toward proving |
| in the Western world. Loosely translated as life | | | | the existence of an energetic or quantum reality |
| force or energy, the concept of Qi has been a | | | | that underlies our physical world. |
| backbone of many Asian cultures including China | | | | According to many spiritual traditions, it is only |
| and Japan. It is only within the past 30 years that | | | | through tapping into and working directly with this |
| the idea of Qi has caught on in our Western | | | | quantum reality that change can take place, |
| world, which is largely due to the rise in popularity | | | | whether it's in our health, our finances, or any of |
| of such Eastern practices as acupuncture, tai chi, | | | | our life circumstances. This is why it is so vital to |
| qi gong, and meditation. | | | | understand and experience Qi in a direct way. By |
| The reason that so many Westerners are | | | | doing so, one has the opportunity to bypass their |
| resistant to accepting the concept of Qi is that it | | | | normal filters of thought and feeling and go to a |
| eludes and scientific attempts to define, label, or | | | | deeper source of reality that contains pure |
| categorize what it is, how it operates, and how it | | | | energy. |
| affects life in material reality. In this sense, there | | | | This is what practices like qi gong and certain |
| are no facts about Qi that can be clearly asserted | | | | forms of meditation attempt to do. It is also the |
| as scientific truth. | | | | basis of acupuncture, which works directly with |
| Many Asian cultures believe that there is a reality | | | | the Qi that flows through the main meridians, or |
| beyond the material plane of existence, one that | | | | energy pathways, of the body. Learning how to |
| is comprised entirely of energy. The closest we | | | | access and manipulate the flow of Qi in your |
| have come to understanding this in Western | | | | body and mind can dramatically transform your |
| science is through quantum physics, which has | | | | life. |