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Everything created by the Tao is part of the unseen life force, and Tao is the creative and receptive principle in the universe. In the universe, there exists two primal forces—the negative and the positive, light and darkness—which make up the Great Whole or the Tao. These two forces exist in that which is microcosmic to that which is macrocosmic.

Energy flows from left to right and right to left unceasingly and is evidenced in changes. It flows like the flowing of a mountain stream. The Chinese consider blood circulation akin to a flowing steam. Only natural flowing water like a river can bring forth life and growth. The Chinese call flowing water, "alive," as water in a swimming pool, which does not flow is "dead." Nothing can be grown, and if the water is not changed, it will soon decay and bad elements like mosquitoes will be created.

The Chinese understood the Tao, or Nature, from which all beings are conceived. They understood that all life is embodied with an unseen life force—a force which can be cultivated and developed to enable one to live life more fully. Ch'i Kung seeks to nurture the unseen life force.