IMAGERY AND DESCRIPTIONS
(referring back to the post at: https://6harmony.blogspot.com/2021/06/qi-in-general-using-face-as-example.html )
I used imagery in the above-styled post of "trying to breath air through the cheeks like pulling air through wet neoprene". Traditionally, the words would be more simply "breathe qi in through the cheeks". The operative idea, though, is a "pulling in" of tissues accompanying an inhaled breath, usually a reverse-breath.
The point, though, is that I got a physical response, controlled by my subconscious mind, by imagining a situation that might result in the pulling-in of tissues. So, it was my imagery plus my breathing, although not all reactions require an accompanying breath. The traditional idea of "breathe the qi in" is very common and it usually implies a "pulling in" at a certain area. For instance, if I am going to move a focused pressure area up from the perineum to the mingmen (to store power), the directions are to "breathe qi through the Huiyin". Naturally, most westerners, when they hear such a direction, tend to imagine some intangible, etheric "qi" moving up from the Huiyin, but the actual meaning is for something quite physical.
What I'm getting to, circumspectly, is that a number of different visualizations or imageries could trigger the subconscious to do the same thing. You and I may think of the involuntary-muscle/fascia systems reacting to an imagined stimulus, but someone in, say, Indonesia, may think of his ancestors materializing and covering his body with protection, or something along those lines.
I.e., one of the reasons there may be different descriptions of the qi and jin things is because people have learned to use different visualizations to trigger the subconscious mind into doing things.
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