We often live through life without knowing the life processes that we will have to go through. Our birth did not come with a User manual or an Operation manual to explain to us how to live our life.

          That explain why we are feeling the way we feel today. The results of this ignorance are confusion, lost and stress.

          If we examine closely, it usually has to do with relationship; relationships with our spouses, our children, our parent, our relatives, our colleagues, our bosses, our friends and even the strangers.

          Why is that so?

          If we study the history of our human survival, we will realize that since the existence of mankind, we can’t live alone in isolation. Our strength besides being Intellectual and hard work, is our ability to stay together and progress as a community. As a group we successfully weather through all kind of adversaries and obstacles in our human journey.

          Community living requires a good deal of inter-personal skill. In Zhineng Qigong Science, professor Pang Ming Laoshi (the founder of Zhineng Qigong) could not stress enough for us to understand the principles of Dao (道) Te (德).

          What Is Dao (道) Te (德) got to do with Qigong?

          Zhineng qigong is not about gongfu. It is about achieving a peace of mind through linking our Qi, our mind and our body together as one. Once we have achieve that harmony, our body immune system will be improved, our senses will be sharpened, and intellect will be enhanced, and we will have the clarity and the peace of mind in our daily living.

          In order to achieve the harmony of Qi, body and mind, we must not just practice the method of Zhineng Qigong alone; we must also understand our fundamental, which is Dao Te (道德).

          There are 4 type of Dao Te in Zhineng Qigong science.

1. Nature Dao Te (The law of Nature – 自然道德).
2. Social Dao Te (The law of Social Living – 社會道德)
3. Nature-Social Dao Te (The law of Transition – 自然社會道德)
4. Social Freedom Dao Te (The law of Enlightenment – 社會自由道德)

          These 4 laws govern our human growth processes from the onset when the sperm meet the egg, from the birth till death. The law of Nature and the law of Social living are the fundamental governing law of our well-being; whereas the law of Transition is talking about the transition period from Nature to Social Living. And the law of Enlightenment is through practicing of Zhineng qigong to free our thought from greed, disturbances, and eliminate the demarcation of self and others. This stage requires a clear understanding and application of the first 3 laws.

          I will briefly explain the two fundamental laws – the law of Nature and the law of Social Living – that govern our well being.

 

The Law of Nature (Nature Dao Te)

          Before we understand the law of nature, we need to understand how the Nature is being formed.

          All things in the universe, visible or invisible, are the manifestations of Dao. Dao is the source of all matter that makes up the universe. The appearance of disintegration of matter (birth, death etc) is the transmutation (concentration or dispersal) of Dao. Dao exists in and permeates everything.

          The Universe and nature are one entity. Within the entity, there are numerous levels of materials, which permeate and transmute each other. Through actions and interactions of these materials, billions of things emerge to form the universe.

 

Formless entity

          There are 3 levels of formless or invisible entities:

1st Level: is the highest level and it is formed by Dao, nicked name Emptiness, or also known as Wan Yuan Qi.

2nd Level: is evolved by Dao. It is known as Tai Yi, also known as Tai Zi or Yuan Qi.

3rd Level: is the lowest level of formless entity, and it is evolved by Tai Yi. It is also known as Ying-Yang or Ying-Yang qi. It has two polarity which is opposite from each other.

          All things which are subsequently evolved and formed by Ying-Yang qi are visible, it is also known as Form entity.

          Dao itself can be of motionless property, but once it is being disturbed, it permeates and joins the source of disturbances. And will finally adopt a new property from the source.

 

Form entity

          Form entities are referring to all visible things in the universe, such as Stars, planets, Mountain, ocean, trees, plants, flowers, animals and all other things in the universe.

          In the law of Nature, all organic things, plant or animal, will have to grow and transform through exchange of property with other substance.

          All things that are evolved under the law of Nature are “Natural” process. There is no intention or force; it is through their own natural (Dao Te) process of growth, evolution and motion. There is no purposeful intent or objective to the action. It is entirely thoughtless automatic natural process.

        Take for example, the seed of the apple, when in contact with water, nutrient and sun light, it will grow into an apple tree, and bear apples for the next generation. These series of processes are ‘natural’, i.e. thoughtless, and effortless with no purposeful intent or whatsoever. In this growing process, it also contributed to many others living things, such as the dropping leaves become the fertilizer for other plant to grow; the tree provides shade for all living creatures; the ripen apples as the food for human and other creatures to eat etc, are not the service provided by the apple. It is also not about selfless or selfish act. It is entirely ‘natural’ in compliance with the law of Nature. It is effortless with no control or manipulation.

          In summary, the law of Nature is:

1. To enable each human being and its function to coexist with other things in the universe.
2. To ensure the processes within oneself is in alignment with others to provide a wholesome completion of a bigger process within the universe (the biggest picture)
3. To ensure each and individual body and its function is in compliance of the law of nature in the universe. Its changes are passively processed and dictated by the same rule, so that the entire universe can be functioned and existed as one.

 

The Law of Social Living

          The law of Social living (Social Dao Te) is exclusively for human being.

          Human is the supreme intelligent creature on earth. He has the ability to think, observe, emulate and invent things to change the world. These behaviors and values can only realize when he combines the thoughts, knowledge, languages, with the process of social interaction through people, in order to bring forth to reality.

          Human is a community living creature. In order to live in harmony and preserved the values of all man kind, the law of Social Living is necessary.

          The law of Social Living is the processes dictated by the society to deal with people and people relationships. Hence each individual body and its function will have to comply with the law of Social Living to enable the entire community and society to exist as a whole.

          If a child since birth has not gone into human society or community to learn, he would not process the value of the human being. Hence he will remain in the Nature-stage and it is very difficult to assimilate into the community and function well.

          What are the processes of the human cycle?

          The processes from the moment the sperm meets the egg, till child birth, are entirely governed by the Law of Nature. That is to say, the crying, sucking of milk, breathing, passing of urine and motion are the processes of the law of Nature.

          In this stage, there is no right or wrong, happy or sad; no good or bad, ugly or beautiful, self or others; and no yours or mine concept. The baby’s mind is highly open and receptive to surrounding for learning.

          As the child started to expose to the law of Social Living, he will slowly learn to deal with people, started to form the concept of good and bad, yours or mine etc through parent, siblings, teachers and the community teaching and preaching.

          Hence the law of Social Living is not born with it, it is cultivated through the processes of cultural education, the law and regulations enforcement. And over the years, it slowly evolves and shapes the community behaviors and values to become the law of Social Living in that society or community.

 

In summary

          Human beings are subjected to the law of nature and the law of Social Living. The former is being the foundation; it provides the root in all living things.

          The law of nature is about the individual, whereas the law of Social living is about dealing with people in the community. Hence if we want to be happy we must understand the law of nature, if we want to be successful in the society we need to be conversant with the law of Society Living.

          Most of us trying to achieve happiness through the processes of law of Social Living, thinking that if I am good to others and be kind to others, I will be truly happy. That is true to only certain extent. Those fulfillments and achievements only provide short term happiness. The true peace of mind is achieving through understanding and compliance with the law of nature and the law of Social Living. We need to have both in order to be truly happy in the human world.