Confidence can be transformed into determination to struggle, resulting in a strong willpower. This force can cultivate our wisdom and courage to overcome difficulties, and enhance physical and mental endurance of difficulties and pain. Hence, without confidence, it is unlikely to succeed in any difficult situation. The characteristic of inward use of consciousness in qigong decides the importance of confidence in qigong. In other words, only having faith in qigong can yield the benefits of practicing qigong. The theory of qigong would treat faith as a very important element. Firstly, faith means that one should believe qigong can improve their own physical and mental health, and eliminate their disease. The second is to believe they can practice qigong well. This belief should be deep-rooted in the mind. For example, some people say that certain drug has 100% effect. If you stop practicing qigong, they can use it to treat you. At this time, do you still believe in qigong and continue to practice? This is a test of faith. If you really believe in qigong, you should answer, “Qigong can cure me. Medication can also cure me. Since I have chosen qigong, there is no need to make a fresh start. Qigong focuses on mobilizing internal factors, and therefore it can improve the overall health quality.” Of course, this is not to say that people practicing qigong should not take medicine. In fact, we have been actively advocating a combination of exercise and medication. This is not only applied to patients. People who practice qigong for the purpose of strengthening body functioning can also take medicine for the strengthening purpose. Why do we also have to take medication besides practicing? Practicing qigong would open the different levels of the human body. When a new level is opened, more energy is needed and medication can help. This is not in contradiction with faith. Confidence is an ideological issue. It is established through many specific examples of the practice, as well as the analysis of the theory. When this confidence is established, together with drugs, the effect will be more significant. If you don’t believe in qigong, does it have effect? We believe that qigong is a science rather than superstition. If you follow strictly with the requirements of the qigong practice, you would be able to achieve the desired results. That’s why we said that confidence can be established through practice, but only those with confidence would achieve better results than those without it. |
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