Re: correspondence

["Luca Provenza <basim326@...>" <basim326@...>]

Wow, a chance to be useful! Sweet.

I've practiced martial arts for a while. "Chi" is, indeed, vital 
energy (and equates to Bardon's definition, to an extent), but there 
are two other energies that esoteric Kung Fu practitioners make use 
of that most people aren't aware of, for hwatever reason: "jing" 
and "shen."

Jing, put simply, is matter - not immovable, immutable matter, but 
rather something that's easily changed. I'm not articulating it very 
well, but it's how esoteric martial artists explain how they break 
boards, bricks, ice blocks, and so on - one can accumulate this sort 
of energy by exercising in certain ways, so it doesn't really require 
much in the way of occult knowledge.

Shen, on the other hand, directly relates to the spiritual, and 
corresponds easily with the Astral Plane. Dragon-stylists of the Five 
Animals schools work with this, I think.

Chi you're familiar with - it's life force, more or less.

In any case, I'm pulling all this from memory. I hope it's helpful; 
I'll post again after I'm able to do a bit of research.

- Basim

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> Dear Stu,
> 
> >> I have gotten used to thinking in terms of Yang and Yin. Now, can
> these concepts from East be equated with "electricity" 
and "magnetism"
> as used by Bardon (and generally in the West). <<
> 
> Yes, this is a fair correspondence.
> 
> >> And what about "chi", what would be the Bardonian correspondence
(s)?
> <<
> 
> I think the closest equivalent would be Bardon's "vital energy".
> 
> My best to you,
> :) Rawn Clark
> 01 Jan 2003
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