Population, economic growth and ecological damage - a peek under the hood

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24. Yi Quan

I recently found exercise that suits me; and the philosophy and practice of Yi Quan comes to mind from West's work. It's based on standing still without moving, but with lot of internal movement happening, that strengthens body into and through self healing whole-force of bodymind. Whole Force is described also as feeling and balancing all Contradiction Forces - Up-Down; Forth-Back; Left-Right; together with Internal Smile. The goal of the practice is first microcosmic unification of "individual" body-mind Whole Force; and then ultimately unification with the macrocosmic Whole Force. The dimensional aspect of the practice reminds also of the shamanistic Opening of Directions as beginning of many Native Seremonies.

The practice of Yi Quan (as so many other practices) tends to produce heat, usually first at hands. This thermodynamic aspect of Whole Force (known perhaps best from Tummo Yoga) is very interesting in terms of also science and West's theory. Which does not go into potential physical-mathematical specifics of the thermodynamic aspect, but anyhow fits nicely in the general idea of entropy of Form -> Heat + creative negentropic jumps of and on the fractal scales, based on basic creative contradictions of chiral etc. dialectic oppositions.