Today our understanding of Qi (氣) is generally refer to an energy force diffused to our body system and nature.
And that concept of Qi (氣) is heavily involved with much of the martial arts and Taoist practice, the primary goal is to increase the energy to oneself and eventually become ascended.
Over past years, many people found that the idea of Qi (氣) is pretty much identical to Prana in Hindu culture, and both Tai Chi and Yoga practice emphasis a lot on breathing technique along with body movements.
So that's the similar part between Chinese and Hindu culture.
If we continue to research further on Qi, we will find a letter below in some ancient literature.
What does this means?
I've found it very interesting that this letter pronounced exactly the same as Qi, and also means the same as energy force.
The different is this letter described Qi in a different way, and perhaps a different type of Qi.
This character means: the original energy force constructed and generated everything in nature.
In a sense, Chinese ancient masters put this letter as "pre-birth energy", and the Qi (氣) we generally talk about today is more like a "post-birth energy"
So put it simple:
炁 = pre-birth energy force
氣 = post-birth energy force
That's why Chinese culture process a holistic approach between human and nature, because our ancestors discovered that we are actually born from an energy and continue intermingle with this energy for our whole life.
We shouldn't stop here isn't? What if we dig deeper into this letter itself to understand more?
If we de-construct the letter, we will see below:
Upper part of the text means: Void
Lower part of the text means: Fire
So this letter literally means "Fire come from Void"??
Perhaps it means "Energy come from Void"??
And may be it means "Energy come from Universe" in today language???
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