"In tai chi chuan you want to be calm and collected, so you have focused attention to observe what the opponent is doing to you. Within that quietness, you are ready to spring, you are ready to move. So the quiescence and movement go hand in hand, working together.In qigong practice, you become very, very quiet. You are so quiet, you actually tuck yourself away from the normal world into another state. Some people go too far and they can get into trouble. They may suddenly see angels in the sky, or immortals coming to visit them. There can be a lot of imaginary brain activities.But you have qigong which is naturally embodied in tai chi chuan. It is a more natural aspect of qigong and not a special kind of study that brings you into another sphere."
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Yang Zhenduo, third son of Yang Chengfu - T’ai Chi The International Magazine of T’ai Chi Ch'uan Vol.20 No.6, December 1996
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