I learned the Chi-Lel exercise in the first week of August 1996. At this point the doctors believed there wasn't any more that they could do medically for my arrhythmia (irregular, rapid heart beat), which causes fibrillation. The only treatment the doctors could give to get my heart rate to beat normally was electric shock. They tried this method in June of 1996 after a serious infection in my lungs, but it didn't work. Once my infection cleared up the doctors planned to try it again.

I was admitted to the hospital on August 19th, 1996. At this point I had been practicing Chi Lel daily for about two weeks. When I was put on the heart monitor, the doctors discovered my heart was already on normal rhythm. They continued to monitor my heart for 24 hours. The doctors were amazed that my heart was doing so well. I told them about my sessions of Chi Lel and the exercise program I had been doing. On August 26th I was scheduled for a follow-up exam. I had an EKG. The EKG showed my heart continued to beat in normal rhythm.

HEART DISEASE

Sixth Floor? No Problem!

Mr. Wang was the chief engineer in his unit, a petrochemical concern. Over the years he developed a high blood pressure and coronary disease and was on medication for many years.

"The first attack came last February when my heart suddenly stopped beating for five to thirteen minutes; then I was hospitalized for more than a month. The second attack came six months later as I woke up shaking with my heart beating irregularly. Once again, I was hospitalized for another month."

"Were you able to work after hospitalization?"

"No, after an occasion when I found myself immobilized on the street after walking for less than thirty minutes, I told myself, That's it. I am not going anywhere anymore. I was even afraid to go outside of my house because my heart, like an active volcano, could erupt anytime. So I became a prisoner in my own home."

"When did you begin ChiLel?"

"About a month later, when a friend told me about it. At first I doubted if I could do it and asked my friend, 'If I can't even walk without panting, how can I expect to stand forty minutes at a time?'

"My friend explained, 'In practicing ChiLel, you are not expending energy like other sports such as jogging or playing basketball, instead you are absorbing life energy. So one can stand for a long time without feeling exhausted. Try it for yourself.'

"I tried and found the more I practiced the more I could absorb life energy, which, like soft raindrops on young plants in the springtime, nourished my body and mind.

"After four months of practice, my heart functions had returned to normal, which was confirmed by doctors using an EKG. Now I can go anywhere I want. Once I called a friend to tell him that I was going to pay him a visit. Being a kind and concerned individual, my friend said, 'Let me visit you instead. My house is on the sixth floor and there is no elevator.'

"'Sixth floor? No problem!' I laughed hung up the phone. An hour later I showed up at his door-step. My friend was so surprised to see me well and healthy that, after inquiring about ChiLel, he took it up immediately. It's wonderful that my friends are also getting benefits from practicing ChiLel."

"Excuse me Mr. Wang, your heart has just recently been healed. Aren't you afraid your old condition might come back?"

"It is always possible that I might have heart problems again. But if that occurs, I'll treat it as a new disease because my old illness has been cured. I'll fight the new one as I have done before. In fact, by practicing ChiLel every day, I am nipping any new enemies in the bud even before they have a chance to grow into horrible shapes."

In his war against diseases, Mr. Wang had found an easy and efficient battle plan—fight them before they come into existence.