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A Comprehensive Guide to DAOIST NEI GONG DAMO MITCHELL Foreword by Paul Mitchell
Contents Foreword by Paul Mitchell Preface 1. Qi Gong, Nei Gong and Qi 2. Health and Personal Evolution 3. The Qi Gong Body 4. Preparing the Body 5. Regulation of Breath 6. Regulating and Shaping the Mind 7. The Nature of Jing 8. Awakening the Energy Body 9. Movement of the Yang Qi 10. The Art of Qi Gong 11. Attainment of Internal Vibration/Life 12. The Stage of Qi to Shen 13. Extra Aspects Appendix: Qi Gong Deviation Glossary of Pinyin Terms About the Author Index Acknowledgements
Foreword Paul Mitchell I, with a large degree of fatherly pride, was extremely pleased to be asked by my talented oldest son to write the foreword for his latest book. It has been several decades since I, with high hopes for his future, began to train him in the Martial Arts of Asi. I did not, at this time, realise how this would begin a lifelong quest of discovery for him and consequently lead to a deep and profound understanding of a vast array of topics ranging from both external and internal martial arts through to Nei Gong, meditation and Chinese medicine. It has been several years since Damo’s first book on the Nei Gong process, and although it was certainly a ground-breaking piece of writing, his studies and understanding of this method of human development have greatly magnified and evolved. His new book most certainly reflects this evolution within him. In my opinion, my eldest son’s greatest ability is his grounded approach to life, and this I feel sets him apart from others that profess to know and subsequently write upon and teach the Daoist arts. In some ways, I feel that maybe his generous nature causes him to make, what is all said and done, generally considered to be ‘inner door’ information readily available to the general public. However, I am myself no stranger to the teaching of these arts, having become a student of my son upon the realisation that his knowledge likely rivalled all but the most elite within the Daoist world. This has taught me that, for those that have not completed the correct groundwork, this ‘inner door’ information is of little use. The groundwork or indeed the building of a good foundation for a person’s internal process is both essential for their future development as well as being a test of their character. For this reason, my concerns regarding the making public of the many revelations contained within this book have been dispelled. It is certainly true that in this modern time of instant gratification and love of shallow pursuits there is a very real danger that the health benefits, skills and personal development made possible through the processes intricately described within this book will all but disappear; this would be a crying shame. The watering down of classical systems, in order to fit in with people’s lives, is a common occurrence in this time, and I know that my son feels a heavy burden of responsibility regarding the correct transmission of these arts in order to preserve them for future generations. The material covered in this piece of work is certainly extensive. It takes the reader through relatively simple Qi Gong principles through standing practices and Daoist philosophy into energetic realms that are beyond the reach of all but