Body Electric

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“THE SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BODY ELECTRICAL”

There is a book called The Body Electric and also a system of practice called, “Qi Gong”. What they both have in common is that the human body operates on electricity. This form of electricity is generated within the body and by the body itself. It is also controlled and moved by the mind. All living matter function on the concept of this electricity and it is what gives the body animation.

This electricity is produced by the conversion of the essence with the body. This essence comes from the food that we eat, the water that we drink and the air that we breathe. It also comes from the hormones that are produced by the body. The better the source of these elements the cleaner the energy that will be produced and the stronger the use of this energy can be.

The balance then comes from the way we conduct our lives. The cleaner the air that we breathe, the purer the water that we drink and the healthier the food we consume, the cleaner the energy developed that we have to work with. The less that we have to overcome these factors the more we can use the energy efficiently. One of the main problems that we have to overcome is that of fat within the body, limiting anything that converts to fat or causes the storage of fat. Limiting the ingestion of any of these elements will help in this process.

One of the hidden problems of fat is that as we get older fat collects in the bone marrow of our body. This fat restricts the production and quality of the red blood cells that are produced within the body. One of the main functions of these red blood cells is to carry oxygen throughout the body. One of the effects of fat in the bone marrow is that with the lack of healthy red blood cells the ageing process in the body takes place at a quicker rate. The fat in the bone marrow also limits the production of white blood cells that fight disease within the body. This in effect causes the body to be less effective in fighting disease and quickens the degeneration of the body as a whole.

Exercise is part of this process so that the muscles can convert any of the fat in the body into healthy tissue within the body. The different parts or tissue within the body also work as very small batteries within the body to aid in this electrical process. The healthier the tissue the more efficiently the process takes place.

The practice of Qi-Gong was developed over the last 7,000 years to help the body in this process. As you can tell this is a very over simplified view of the body and its functions; but yet a very important one in how the body works best. We can use this knowledge to develop our martial skills.

This source is looked at as Bioelectrical in nature and controlled by the mind. The owner of the body has to take responsibility for its functioning. The more you understand these processes that have to take place within your body the more you can assist in their correct uses. One of the most important of these is balance, not too much energy or too little energy, but the proper amount for the function of each organ system.

As we continue our quest to understand and develop our bodies we will continue to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of these functions.