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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8 IN734-85 a high level of concentration on "serenity". This way, energy will be focused inward, and will be spread throughout the bodies internal organs, extremities, and bones. For proper vision, there must be peace inside. No leaning to one side or other, proper mental activity. With proper vision, the thoughts are on nothing, but aware of everything. They are active in a vacuum. With proper vision, one can "see six roads and listen from eight directions all at once", observe any changes in the surroundings, and adjust responses at any time. Only with proper vision can thoughts reach extremes. It is at the core of coordinating the spirit and cultivating energy. It is at the core of balancing the mechanisms. It is the key tie between Chinese Shadow Boxing and Jinggong. This is why we have the saying that the "body is in the eyes". Proper vision is not looking all around, and it is not looking at anything. It is the ability to observe everything inside and out. The thoughts must first be peaceful and the spirit retracted, before one may attain proper vision. One must have proper vision before the entire body can become relaxed and at ease, with heightened hearing awareness. In Chinese fighting we can use the eyes to threaten, but only to threaten someone smaller than ourselves. If we come up against someone stronger than ourselves, our eyes will look to one side, so as not to be intimidated. Only with proper vision can we observe the enemy in his entirety, await the proper opportunity, like a cat stalking a mouse, with total concentration, able to take advantage of any weakness. This is "others cannot know me, only I know others". 6. Mouth Closed Lightly. The tip of the tongue should be curled up slightly touching the roof of the mouth (as if in pronouncing the Chinese word for two, "Erh".) With the tongue in this position, the muscles of the body will be relaxed, but not loose. With the tongue touching the roof of the mouth, it is in contact with both the sympathetic and central nervous system. "With the tongue curled, there is much energy", there is a feeling of great internal strength. One must not use force in curling the tongue. If it is forced, the energy rises upward. Notes: The four tips: The tongue is the muscle tip, the teeth the bone tips, the finger and toe nails the tendon tips, and the hair the blood tips. 7. Teeth Slightly Touching. The top and bottom teeth should be just slightly touching. As if they were almost not touching at all. There should be a slight sensation of trembling, which will cause salivation. The teeth are the bone tips, with the teeth touching the internal energy may be passed into the bones. However, force must not be used in touching the teeth together. If force is used in touching the teeth together, the entire bone structure will become rigid. 2. Body Straight. The torso is the center of the human body. It is the home for all the internal organs. If the body is not straight, the four extremities cannot work in harmony, there is no balance in the transforming of the internal organs. -60- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8