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Performing Self-Healing after an
InjuryS: I just fell and broke my leg today. When can I start the process of self-healing?
DC: Do not practice Qigong or La Qi - Qwan Qi for 24 hours after experiencing a major injury. Apply ice instead. Qigong increases the flow of blood (circulation) which could cause more bleeding and swelling.
You can send healing Qi into the area by placing both palms on the injured area. Be still; allow the energy to flow gently into the injured area. Gently send a healing thought into the injury. Keep the thought light and natural. Don't try to impose your will on the injured area. Keep it simple and natural.
Becoming MindfulDC: It is important that as you develop your Qi (energies) that you become more mindful. Effective Qigong is the integration of the mind, body and spirit into one energy system. There are four steps in developing your mindfulness.
 | Step 1: Gain control of your mind. |
| Lengthen your attention span. While meditating or practicing PQQD - count to 200 without losing count (each inhale and exhale counts as one). If your mind wanders or you lose count, start over again. Once you gain control of your own mind, your body will follow. |
| Develop discipline. The goal is to integrate the mind, body and spirit. Your "will" (thought) needs to become law to your body. You must be honest with yourself. If you are thinking about doing something, you must have the discipline to do it - and stick to it. If you mind, body and spirit are to ever integrate, you body must know your thoughts are sincere. In this way, if your mind thinks it, your body must honor your thoughts. |
| Practice visualization. Close your eyes. Visualize the environment around you. Look at the room or office around you. Close the eyes and count the number of windows in the room. Recount the pictures hanging on the walls or decorations in the room. Attempt to be a detailed as possible in your recounting of the room. Open the eyes and take inventory. If you missed a lot, repeat the exercise. |
| Step 2: Use your body to help master your mind. |
| Practice Qigong breathing. |
| Listen to your body - including your internal organs. |
| Upgrade your energy through meditation and PQQD. |
| Engage in internal and external energy exchanges. |
| Step 3: Open up your spiritual side. |
| Integrate Qigong into your belief system. |
| See the "good of God" in everything. If you can see the good in any experience, you are seeing things clearly. If you can't, look again. |
| Step 4: Synchronize and integrate all three steps above into your daily life. |
When practicing self-healing, do not force it - do not be willful. Allow nature to take its own healing course. Be patient - the healing will happen when it happens.
Seeing RealityS: I often end up living in the past - past fears, frustrations, resentments, etc. My life often appears to be an internal battle of wills. One side recognizes the problem as real and needing a solution while the other side recognizes this problem as an illusion only created by my thoughts.
DC: There are three different stages in the development of a Qigong consciousness.
| The first stage sees the mountain (the reality) and wants to level it. |
| The second stage sees the mountain as an illusion and attempts to avoid it. |
| The third stage sees the mountain as a mountain again. Although the reality -the mountain along with the world is constantly changing - from moment to moment. Nothing is permanent. The person living in the environment of the mountain still needs to synchronize with the mountain (reality), appreciate it, and deal with it. |
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