In the book of Genesis which is the first book in the Bible, it was written that God created man from the dust of the earth in his likeness. I do not know how a figurine made of earth can breathe and move. Lets take some earth and mould it into a shape of man and see whether it can breathe and move. We all know that it definitely wouldn't be able to. God must had done something! What did God do? God introduced his breath into man whence he started to breath and absorbed air from the atmosphere, thus the intake of chi. The breath of God introduced into the first man was the original chi and the air he breathed in was called acquired chi.
According to Chinese folklores, some said it was Pangu who created man and some said it was NuWa. The folktale originated from Hebei was the most acceptable from the rest. It recognised Pangu as the creator of man. Pangu created man in 1 (one) day and impregnated yin and yang into it. Yin cannot operate by itself but must be combined with yang to revolve to start an action. Thus the man being created started to breath and the intake of moving chi from the atmosphere began. The Hebrews called God by the name of Yehyuhwa. Human beings originated from the same source. NuWa and Yehyuhwa sounds quite alike. Is the God of the Hebrews and that of the Chinese the same? So far no reference can be found so let's forget it and leave it to our imagination.
The original chi of a baby starts to develop when the mother is pregnant. Upon being born, the baby after being hit on the buttock gives out a cry and starts to absorb chi from the atmosphere. The original chi and the absorbed chi acquired combine to start the engine within the baby. Thus enters a new living being into the world community.
Every moment human beings are breathing but the breathing is shallow. If we improve our breathing method to cultivate and develop it further with deeper breathing, our bodies will be stronger and healthier. In so doing we are practising chi kung. How about getting yourself started to reap the benefits of practising. It is not for the benefit of others but yourself. The decision is yours.
