Extend Your Ki to Get a New Job
If you have studied or read about martial arts, you are most
likely aware of the basic principle that most of the Asian
martial arts teach is that each individual possesses an inner
strength that can be used and projected to enhance that
individual's prowess and abilities.
In Japanese martial arts, this energy is known as Ki. In Tai
Chi, an ancient Chinese dance-like martial art, the energy is
referred to as Chi. In Qi Gong, another ancient Chinese martial
art, this energy is referred to as Qi. Ancient Ninja referred to
it as Hara. Luke Skywalker from Star Wars knew it as 'the Force.'
What is Ki?
Have you ever read a story in the paper of how a 140 pound woman
moved a 2000 pound car to save an individual trapped under the
car? Have you ever watched on TV when in martial arts
demonstrations the little, tiny 80 year old man breaks an
incredible number of cinder blocks with just his fingers or with
his head? Have you ever watched those gruesome shows where
people pierce their backs with huge stainless steel posts and
then are suspended hundreds of feet in the air by those posts?
These are all examples of where ordinary (and sometimes not so
ordinary) individuals have tapped an inner well of strength and
energy and focused and controlled it so tightly that they were
able to perform acts that are considered impossible or
unbearable.
Another example I can offer is from a friend of mine who uses Ki
to calm his child when he has a full blown tantrum. The way he
explained it (which helped me to understand the concept better)
is that he focuses every inch of his being, his love, his
strength, his empathy and his passion on his son as he tries to
calm him. My friend pictures an envelope of these feelings
emanating from him and encapsulating the baby until the baby is
overwhelmed with these feelings and succumbs to his father's
ministrations.
One other important aspect of focusing your Ki, my friend
explained, is that you have to completel