{"id":42849,"date":"2015-11-20T16:18:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=42849"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:39:05","slug":"middle-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2015\/11\/20\/middle-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chi of a Middle Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made an interesting connection, and I thought I&#8217;d share it. It has to do with hand gestures and Chi, defined as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;In feng shui, as in Chinese medicine, CHI is the term for the universal energy, or the energy that permeates everything around us. This feng shui term applies to the energy inside your body, as well to the energy inside and outside of buildings.&#8221; found in What Is Chi, or Universal Energy in Feng Shui at <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enter the Qi Master<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I once saw a video on a Chi master, where an old man sent people flying without touching him. I was skeptical, because the treatment was comical. The idea, though, is that the master of Qi or Chi can move people as they wish. I don&#8217;t believe it, myself, at least, not like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I recently thought about the effect of raising a middle finger at someone, or the long list of Italian hand gestures that can inflame a viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the connection?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My insight was that I have seen personally the power and control invoked by the use of a well placed middle finger. I once saw someone drive their car off the road after being flipped off. It&#8217;s kind of amazing, what happens when an idea is created, encoded, and sent in a gesture. What&#8217;s even more amazing is the sometimes physical effects of the gesture-based message received. Wireless energy, in a way. 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