Normally, we move our bodies through artificial and mechanical motion. Remember our discussion of the baby as an example of pure life energy? A baby moves purely by the feeling of her Chi. She kicks, plays, laughs, cries automatically and with pure wholehearted intention. This force is extremely powerful. Anybody who has experienced a baby grasping his or her finger, or a baby pulling his or her hair, can tell you how powerful a baby’s Chi is!
If a baby wants a toy, she will reach out with her whole body to grab it. She doesn’t think about how to move her arm or tell her arm to move with her brain. She moves from the pure, spontaneous life energy within her.
However, when you grew up, you learned how to walk, to write your alphabet, to ride a bicycle, or to knit a sweater. All of these physical activities are done through mechanical motion, not from the pure spontaneous feeling of life energy. You learned how to coordinate your motion with your brain. The more you learned how to coordinate your physical activity with your artificial brain, the more your body lost its original connection with your life energy. In order to make your Chi strong and pure, you must restore that original form of motion you enjoyed as a baby. But that restoration takes some time.