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Approved For Release 2000/08/4PACKM-RHPR96100792RE00300400002-9 detectable, condition. This condition may be regarded, next to sleep and the normal state of consciousness, as the third fundamental phase of daily human activity. As we have mentioned describing the tests with Mr. Zhang, before each task he has to concentrate, sometimes as long as 30 minutes. Previous neurological and somatic measurements have shown that during such concentration periods his condition is very similar to that of the meditative state in qigong practice. This cbservation coincides with claims by many qigong experts that once they have mastered reaching meditative state they have also acquiréd some, usually limited, paranormal abilities. It has been established that after special qigong training a noticeable percentage of *people can possess such abilities. One of the more spectacular examples is Mr. Chao Chey Zhoun - previously an ordinary worker at one of Beijing factories. After qigong training he developed mental telepathy and clairvoyance skills as well as ability to diagnose and cure some diseases. He is known to see people's interior "like on an X-ray picture" and can distinguish in this way malfunctioning body organs from the healthy ones [12]. Power to heal Dr. Yan Xin is perhaps the most famous qigong master. Porn 17 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300400002-9