Chiang Huang-jung says that Buddhist meditation, Christian prayer and the Taoist concept of "qi" all utilize regularized breathing to bring the body into "resonance" with the broader environment and so to absorb the energy of the cosmos.
江晃榮指出，佛教的打坐、基督教的聖靈、道教的氣功等，都是利用呼吸調節，使身體的脈動與大環境產生「共振」，藉此吸納宇宙的能量。