Comments on: The Challenge and Promise of Scientific Qigong Research

By: A Conversation with Qigong Researcher Drew Hempel

A Conversation with Qigong Researcher Drew Hempel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:10:48 +0000

[...] Yan Xin giving chi healing lectures in stadiums filled with thousands of people. (Yan Xin has tested his qigong with the help of nuclear physicists and other scientists.) The dialogue was all in Chinese, but the [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:06:24 +0000

No I did not get paid to write this entry!!!

By: Thomas Tan

Thomas Tan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:39:17 +0000

Didn’t want to give away the ending? Did you get paid to write this entry??

Interesting reading, I’ll be looking into it as well.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:15:35 +0000

The experiments in the book were designed to address the common objection, that qigong treatment is simply a form of psychological suggestion, and nothing more. Thus the targets were not people, but water, E. coli bacteria, liquid crystal, bromine solution, RNA and DNA, synthesis gas, and americium isotope 241.

By: Josh Young

Josh Young — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:21:11 +0000

One to add to my reading list for sure.

My teacher of Yang Public form mentioned something he saw, where a qigong master was put on the street and told to affect people, who were not told he was a master. The result! Nothing.

Then the same experiment took people who had ZERO qigong training and then had then wave their arms around and then people were told that the person was a qigong master, and lo and behold they were affected and could feel the chi.

I have observed will interfere with electrical appliances many times. The sphere of the influence of consciousness does not appear to end at the skin but acts like a field, at least in my experience.

By: Bob Patterson

Bob Patterson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:38:49 +0000

I shall add this to my traveling reading list. With luck interlibrary loan will get it to me before I’m gone.