The purpose of this paper is to examine the cosmology of Lao-tzu (Laozi) not as an abstract philosophical theory, but as a psychological experience in his meditation practice. Lao-tzu's "Non-Being (Wu)" is the innner reality of "All things (Wanwu)" in our ordinary world and nothing other than the inner reality of the practitioner's consciousness itself. Thus, Lao-tzu purifies the "Qi-energy (Qi)" of his body through a kind of self-cultivation and proceeds to the source of the universe that is beyond subjective/objective distinction. Consequently, while unifying himself with the realm of "Tao (Dao)" or "Spirit (Shen)" that possesses mysterious power, he achieves a spiritual state in which he can reflect over the whole process as one flow of growth and return of the universe-consciousness, arising in his body as a field. Then the practitioner's identity expands and the usual divide between Being and Non-Being dissolves into the flow of this cyclic process. In such a state and when encountering "All things" of our ordinary world face to face, Lao-tzu still could do things as act of "non-action (wuwei)", while following the "spontaneous (ziran)" work of the invisible "One (Yi)" world behind the "All things," work that fills the universe beyond the distinction between self and other.

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We have studied the physical benefits of performing Qigong or yoga exercises, for ten to fifteen minutes everyday. In this study we examined the effects of Shuaishou (SS), a kind of Qigong exercise on the autonomic nervous system by analyzing the frequency of ECG wave patterns. Our findings were as follows: 1. The heart rate of both the trained and untrained increased up to 85 beats per minute during the performance of SS, and recovered to the rest level in 20 minutes after the end of the performance. 2. The tendency of the recovery of HF and LF/HF showed that the performance by the untrained caused sympathetic hyperactivity. 3. HF of the trained only increased remarkably for a short time after the end of the performance and then decreased again to the half of the rest level. 4. The above results imply that daily performance of SS gives effective stimuli to autonomic nervous system.

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