The Nature of Chi Energy with Peter Meech

Oct 18, 2025

In this enlightening conversation, Peter Meech, an award-winning screenwriter and author, shares his fascinating journey apprenticing with a Qigong master in Toronto. He discusses the healing powers of chi energy, recounting personal experiences of energy transmission and telepathy. Peter also highlights the importance of humility in learning, reflects on extraordinary synchronicities, and cautions against using chi for ego-driven pursuits. His insights blend ancient traditions with modern understanding, making for a captivating exploration of life force.

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ANECDOTE

Chance Encounter Leads To Apprenticeship

Peter tracked down Dr. Shu Chow after seeing him on Ripley's and finding a clinic in Toronto's Chinatown.
Their initial meeting led quickly to apprenticeship after a psychic declared Peter was there to become Dr. Chow's apprentice.

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Healing Precedes Qigong Training

Dr. Chow cured Peter's lifelong asthma over months using acupuncture and herbs.
Dr. Chow then advised Peter to practice Qigong to remain asthma-free, starting the deeper training.

INSIGHT

Chi As A Bodily Electrical System

Peter frames chi as both a physical and spiritual electrical system moving through meridians.
He argues Western science often dismisses qi despite consistent experiential reports and historical texts.

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The Nature of Chi Energy with Peter Meech

Peter Meech is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer. Peter is also an author and playwright, and the recipient of a master’s degree from Stanford University where he won the Stanford Nickel Fellowship in screenwriting. Meech’s memoir, Mysteries of the Life Force: My Apprenticeship with a Chi Master, chronicles the first seven years of his apprenticeship with a Chi Master in Toronto and has been translated into several languages.

Peter Meech shares the extraordinary story of his apprenticeship with a Chi Master in Toronto, exploring the nature of chi energy, its healing effects, and the mysterious synchronicities that guided his journey. He describes firsthand experiences of energy transmission, telepathy, and resonance that reveal chi as both a physical and spiritual force. Meech also reflects on the importance of humility, health, and direct experience in working with this subtle energy.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He currently serves as Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

(Recorded on September 26, 2025)

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