◆ SpookStack

Approved For Release 2000/98) BindCIA-RDPI6THZ 9208 0300400002-9 oneself on a regular and controlled basis into a meditative state. A strange condition that can be described as a feeling of freshness, energy and serenity. Transforming oneself, even for a few minutes, into the meditative state helps to fight fatigue, hunger, pain, sleepiness. At the same time, if performed just before intended rest, it assures a deep and regenerating sleep. This third stage of qigong can be reached with the total amount of effort and practice comparable with learning and mastering of a new sport - swimming, horse riding or tennis. Similarly as with sports, the earlier in your life one starts, the faster the progress and the better the results. . % Apparently, some people produce qi in sufficient abundance to be able to emit it. Depending on the magnitude of such emission we can try to estimate the likelihood of this ability at something between few in a hundred to few in a million. People known to emit qi are callea qigong masters. A qigong master can ‘help a new adept to go directly to the second stage ef gigong practice without the long months of tedious exercise. Even if it were no more to qigong than something of an alternative to other fitness exercises, it is well worth popularizing as it stresses the neglected side of our strive toward a healthy life style. Qigong can be as beneficial to our often racked nerves as jogging is to our hearts and lungs. In that sense this newly rediscovered practice can be compared to 4 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300400002-9