Indo Chinese

Indians call it Prana

Chinese call it Chi

Japanese call it Ki

West calls it bio magnetic

New age call it Cosmic

 

Both in Sanskrit and Chinese each of the words prana and chi apart from meaning energy also means breath. While Indians activate and open the channels of energy motion in motionless meditative postures and concentration of flow of breath or object of meditation, chinese employ rather graceful movements to attain the same. Nadis as these channels were called by Indians, were called meridians by the chinese and the base or muladhara chakra where the life force called Kundalini lay dormant was called as Lower Tan Tien. Eventhough unlike 7 chakras or energy centres, there are only three levels Lower iddle and Upper Tan Tiens, but the energy flow is from the base to the top and can be felt between the eyebrows(thid eye).Tousands of years before YI Jin or the I Ching book of changes and Yoga Sutras have described these in pictorial detail. The energy acheived through movements could have probably resulted in chinese mastering and expressing as martial arts, whereas indians through their motionless practice mastered the yogic mind powers. All aspects of life and creation were made out of 5 elements for Indians and so for the chinese.

 

Indias   - Earth, Fire, Water, Ether and Space

Chinese  - Earth, Fire, Water, Wood and Metal

 

Wood and Metal? what is that?, isnt that not Earth? well thats what Indians would ask i guess.. Ehter is the permeating medium of astral consciousness

 

chang San Feng born in 1247 and living in Wu Dang mountains put these movements into practice for healing and what came to be known as 12Disruption forms of Wu Dang Tai Chi, later mmoified by Yang Lu Chang in his own style, which was later improvised to be used as martial arts.

 

China has changed so much from their ancestoral knowledge but India still continues to be the oldest living and to some extent practicing and believing tradition in world history.Indians and Chinese are widely spoken again of their commonality today, not in population growth for a change or they being nuclear powers but in they growing as economic centres of the world in 21st century and also their dominance in space technology, eventhough militarily India will always lag behind not due to lack of knowledge but the inherent nature and urge is simply not there. India would have never grown to even be here in military strength if not for the thankful threat of Pakistan. India joinin UN would be one final step to be closer on par with China.