Having not encountered the concept of Chi until my 20s, it initially took me a while to get my head around the idea. I was looking at it very much from a Western perspective and it sounded mystical and impossible to me.
In Eastern teachings, Chi is a form of energy, like light energy or heat energy. It exists everywhere, even inside us and we can draw more of it into our bodies and learn to control it and use it for our benefit.
Yes I know, sounds a lot like ‘the force’ right?! (It’s been known for a long time that George took many of his ideas from Eastern philosophy and I think the popularity of those movies has drawn some of us towards Eastern teachings without us initially realising it!)
Although I had Chi explained to me on many occasions by my patient Master, I still found it hard to grasp the concept of something like this being reality and it’s only when I began to quantify it in Western terms that my brain relented.
Of course, now I have experienced it for myself, Chi is simply ‘Chi’. But for those who have not encountered it before I shall go into more detail in my next blog.
