“氣” - we call it “Hei” in Cantonese. There are another character “炁” also pronounce as “Hei” which has similar meaning as “氣”. But it has a little bit different. They like a couple.
“炁” is related to inherent but “氣” is related to acquire. That is their main different.
Before we born, our “炁” is already there, which is coming from our previous karma, ancestor’s gene and their karma. It is also connected with this universe. We can see it as a combination of different resources. It built up our characters, personality.
“氣” is the breath after we born. The first breathing after we born, it forms our shape, our luck. Therefore we breath, we alive, otherwise we die. It is totally control our life.
Every person has certain numbers of breathing in his whole life, once their number of breath reaching the limit, that that person will die. That’s what we call “Hei So氣數” . We also prolong it into a country, a trend, a culture. You may comprehend it as a cycle.
After we die, this “氣” will last and combined with “炁” to direct us into reincarnation. Whether we will be ghost, immortal or human being is depending on it.
Our ancestor discover this secret and form an exercise to help us to control our life, that is the way of Qi Kung develop. Through the Qi Kung practice, we will be more understand ourselves and our life purpose. We can improve ourselves to a better person and better health. The most important is giving us to have a better chance to choose our path in reincarnation.
Once we built up our fields of “Hei” (氣場), we will connect with the same field of “Hei” around us to form a group, let them become as our friends. The bigger of this group is, the bigger protection you have. Once the protection is form, it will avoid you suffering in the big disasters and you will be informed by the universe before it happens.