Bruce Lee was so brilliant and exciting with his martial arts skills, but in my opinion, he was a victim of his own “warlike” attitude. People who lost to him in “combat” or who did not dare take him on in combat, turned to other “means” to defeat him. I am aware of the official cause of his death: that he died due to his body reacting to drugs that were not prescribed for him. My metaphysical friends and I believe “forces” were already being thrown at him long before he succumbed to the official cause of death.
Some Chinese believe in the 3 Wan, 7 Pak metaphysical theory. So if people know how to spiritually mess with your 3 Wan, 7 Pak, they can pull parts of your 7 Pak away and you will be in a weakened, incomplete state, spiritually. This can happen to anyone regardless of their superior physique or martial arts skill. I have linked this 7 Pak to the 7 chakras but the 7 Pak is more than that. The best translation that I can come up with is 3 Wan is like 3 parts of soul and 7 Pak is like 7 levels of consciousness.
Some Chinese with a metaphysical bent believe humans have 3 parts of soul and 7 levels of consciousness, or senses (please see 3 Wan, 7 Pak below).
Here, I attempt to break the above down. This is tougher than the ‘Definition of EFAW’ theory because the EFAW theory is my own from experience and insight whereas this 3 Wan, 7 Pak is a metaphysical Chinese belief I have only heard of vaguely in conversations. I have not been able to read anything on this in any language.
1. Our connection with Source
2. Our being in the Universe.
3. Our Higher Self or Over Self.
Something to think about: “Heaven creates. Earth sustains. Humans destroy.”
7 Pak (7 Levels of Consciousness): All levels are related to crossover dimensions, only some are more obvious than others.
1. Soul, Higher Self, or Over Self. The sum of all the experiences, thoughts, and feelings we ever had from the beginning of our individuated soul-making.
2. Spirit. Spirit is a small percentage of our Soul or Higher Self. All our present experiences, thoughts, feelings, and sexual energy or Ojas (Sanskrit). Hence, when we succeed to harness the sexual energy, we gain more spiritual energy. Related to intuition and Extra Sensory Perception (ESP).
3. Astral Self (Auric field).
4. Emotions
5. Psyche (Mind)
6. Conscious 5% and Subconscious 95%
7. Unconscious
Update 2014:
I believe there are documentaries out there now for those of you who are interested to know more about this side of the Bruce Lee story. The story covers three generations of his family — his father, himself, and his (only) son. Bruce Lee’s son, Brandon Lee, died in a freak accidental shooting with a fake bullet during filming. Some accounts say it was a real bullet that found its way into the prop gun, mysteriously. This EFAW family story goes beyond the scope of this Tai Chi book. I expand on the story in Different Realities.
The book The Dance of Chi offers encouragement most particularly to those whose natural curiosity propels them beyond the mechanics of learning a complex choreography for health or self-defense purposes. While opening up and sharing her own learning process via extracts from her journals, Mena Koo addresses and explores many beliefs and concepts currently arising in the domains of New Physics and New Age spirituality. It's a refreshing change to the "one-size-fits-all" dictatorial style that, in one way or another, plagues so much of what has been written on the subjects of tai chi and other Chinese somatic disciplines. We can hope to see further exploratory writings of hers in the future.
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