Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) says that health is the result of the free flowing of your internal vital life energy, your qi. How do you accomplish this?
According to the Ayurvedic system, there are three building blocks for health (and enlightenment.) First, the most fundamental level is spiritual health. Then you have mental and emotional health. And, finally you have physical health.
Spring Forest Qigong (SFQ) says that most diseases first start building at the spiritual level. Our spiritual orientation influences our mental and emotional life. Over time, if not cleared, issues that may need our attention are manifested as physical symptoms.
What do we mean by spiritual issues?
This can include things such as living in harmony with your true life purpose.
One of the key messages that the Founder of SFQ shared at the recent 2010 Level 4 Retreat was that, if we want, we can try to accomplish energetic balancing and reach enlightenment the way monks do by spending lifetimes meditating, etc. However, per Master Lin, often-times these huge investments in concentration predominantly on lengthy meditations don’t accomplish their goals and he also pointed out that quite a few monks end up with diabetes and other physical imbalances. That is, meditation is an important practice for health and enlightenment; however, we must also balance our health practices by taking care of ourselves physically and emotionally. Master Lin also shared that in some cases; e.g. with serious imbalances that manifest physically such as sometimes even energetic imbalances called advanced cancer; since the true cause of the “dis-ease” may be spiritual issues that manifest with unresolved emotions buried in the heart, when we go to the spiritual level and choose to think about, feel and live compassionate love, kindness and forgiveness NOW, sometimes we can then experience seemingly miraculous returns to perfect health. That is, in some cases, for attaining both physical health and even enlightenment if we choose, we can expedite the energetic balancing and/or enlightenment process by clearing our imbalances by jumping right to the level where our imbalances started – at the spiritual level.
The Mayo Clinic is publishing articles that confirm that qigong treatments are effective even with chronic pain, without side effects. Anecdotally, many people are able to balance their own energetic imbalances with a practice of qigong even when they have “challenging” imbalances such as imbalances called advanced cancer.