Note: This is a re-publishing of the following article: http://qi-spot.com/2011/01/26/explaining-qi-to-mds/ also by the author. It is but natural for many people to consider their personal philosophies and worldviews as the standard against which others must measure their versions.  I recall an incident from my first year in college.  For me, it was my first time to have classmates who did not know any Chinese, and for them, it was their first exposure to someone (there were