Originally posted by DoubleA
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My answer is "1", because the test is not valid if the tester is not in a qigong state of mind. However, the test could also be valid, if the tester is in a qigong state of mind. So, my answer is also "not 1". (I just tried this both in and out of a qigong state of mind, and it only works for me when I'm in. 20 bucks says that this is why the intellectuals didn't feel anything)
My answer is also "2", because if the person doing this test is in a qigong state of mind, and yet feels nothing, they could be insensitive to their qi. Of course, even if they're sensitive to their qi, and they are in a qigong state of mine, they may feel little to nothing, just as some days during practice, I feel large amounts of qi effects during a dynamic pattern, and on other days I feel little to nothing until I go into qi flow. So, my answer is also "not 2".
Now, I'm going to alter number three, because, as Sifu says, even if a person has a lot of qi, if it's locked up in the muscles it won't flow very well. So, I'm going to read number 3 as "very little chi free to flow to the palms and between them". And my answer is going to be, you guessed it, both "3" and "not 3". "3" is a very real possibility, while "not 3" just means that even if this particular instance it's also "not 1" and "not 2" the person could still not feel what this man is describing, merely because qi effect differ from person to person and sometimes from day to day.
So, because I answered both all 3 choices yet none of the 3 choices, my final answer is 4, with strong leanings toward 1, because if you already know how to go into a qigong state of mind, chances are pretty good that you know what qi feels like and have a rough estimate of how much you have. Again, please remember that these are just my interpretations of this test, and an attempt to honestly answer your questions.
So here's my question to you:
Why bother with a test like this that does nothing other than give you an interesting sensation, when you could be doing something that would give you a lasting effect? I mean, sure, the interesting effects may take longer, but even when I was practicing on my own from Sifu's books, it took me 2-4 weeks to get an induced qi flow without aiming for one specifically. (to be fair, that scared the crap out of me because I wasn't expecting it and it just kinda happened after I finished Lifting the Sky and lied down to go to sleep)
Also, a relevant quote from the Q&A:
Originally posted by Sifu's Q&A April 2001 (part 3)
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