Physicist’s experiments have demonstrated that the behavior of a physicle particle is affected by our attention.
Their most recent work actually show they even react to the mere intentions of researchers!
One of the essential laws of the creation of our physical Universe establishes that by imagining and visualizing events to come - secret dreams, goals to reach… - we increase their possible manifestation in direct proportion with the intensity, depth and dedication of our focused imagination.
Regular and sensitive Qi Gong practice trains our senses’ capacity to perceive and guide the energy movements in and outside of our bodies. At first many of us keep our eyes closed while practicing because it helps to get in touch with our inner feelings and perceptions without being distracted by the outside world.
But it won’t take long before our Qi Gong teachers invite us to keep our eyes open and receptive to the outer space while being turned inwards - the same actually occurring with Zen sitting Meditation or Shiatsu Therapy.
The eye is indeed fully involved with the rest of the body in developing the receptiveness of our presence to ourself and others, to the invisible inner and visible outer worlds.The eye moves, or should move freely with the body and should be present and keep relaxed whatever happens inside or/and outside the body. In Qi Gong practice, the eye gets trained to:
- Let go of its tensions
- Move smoothly, in a continuous and relaxed way
- Subtly connect itself to inner and outer space
When the eye consciously touches the sub-molecular structure of the surrounding space,
it interacts with the Qi moving into space. On the other hand, the space structure and Qi are receptive to the quality of our presence and of our conscious intention when practising.
Step by step it is relayed to the smallest air particles present in the vacuum of space around us and beyond, as far as we can imagine. And there comes the well known story of the flutter of butterfly wings, whose effects are manifested in a cascade of apparently unrelated events all the way to the end of the world, of the universe – by the way, is there an end to the universe?
So, at each new Qi Gong session, this conscious and receptive visual approach, which I called "four-dimensional" does assist us in co-creating and re-creating the inner and outer world’s reality.
For this to be though, it does need to be coupled with our Heart conscious intention and to be aware of the space in its infinite depth.As a consequence of Qi Gong training, we can then use the "four-dimensional" visual approach in the most ordinary moments of everyday life, when traveling in public transport or waiting at the counter of the bank, for example.
When settling down in the empty space between objects and people, through the "four-dimensional vision”, we get from this nothingness a very precise feeling that very strongly anchors ourselves in it.
At the same time, it gives us a comfortable distance in making contact with the other beings present.
The "three-dimensional vision" involves integrating in a quite more vague way, the whole surrounding area in the field of vision, as to see and perceive it all while looking at nothing in particular, neither objects nor the “void" surrounding them.
It allows us to feel more comfortable in the environment when individual space is slightly reduced and/or when depth of field is shortened.
At the same time, the lack of anchoring in the “void”, leaves us with an impression of vagueness, of wavering, of lack of precision in the way we occupy space; our position in space can be experienced from within as somewhat uncompletely integrated in its environment, due to a lesser degree of interactivity with the "empty" space than with objects and people occupying it.
The "two-dimensional vision" allows us to look at something specific, object or person, while leaving the surrounding space momentarily move in the background in a vague blur. It is useful and necessary when clarification is needed of course, to establish contact with someone else for example. But in a tight and busy enough space, like a subway car for example, such a direct and focused look can be felt as intrusive by a person unknown to us.
While practicing, wherever the look is focused, inward or outward, the "four-dimensional vision" is my favorite for what it provides me:- a creative and interactive dynamic with space and with the principle of life at work in it
- a spatial anchor
- a highly fine receptiveness: position and dynamic in space, energy exchanges between the inside and the outside.
