和氣救了我的手臂
前言
葉馨梅師姊是美國德州奧斯丁葉祖堯教授、周瑞芬師姊的二女兒，從小跟著父母一起接受大愛光之法的化育薰陶，之後並受傳和氣，親炙大愛光老師的德澤；中間雖有一段時間未持續修煉，但大愛光的種子早已深植內在，因此在遭遇困頓時立刻就能用上大愛光之法，護持自己過關。
葉師姊在三年前被馬壓傷左邊鎖骨，爾後因癒合不良而產生諸多身心不適，包括手臂嚴重麻痺、無力，幾近癱瘓，無法動彈，也無法躺著睡覺等等。於此艱難時刻，師姊靠著煉和氣放鬆身心，得到大愛光的滋養與調理，有很大的改善，特別寫信感恩大愛光老師，希望她的故事可以傳揚開來，給更多人帶來希望。以下為葉馨梅師姊寫給大愛光老師的原文以及翻譯信函。
原文
Dear Chou Laoshi,
I hope you are doing very well. It has been a long time since I have communicated with you and I wanted to reach out to you and let you know how much the HoChi practice you transmitted and taught to us so many years ago has helped me recently... and., of course, to thank you for my current state of well-being.
Three years ago a horse fell on my left shoulder, breaking my left collarbone (the horse weighed 1400 pounds!). At the time I elected not to have surgery. The result was that the collarbone healed, but formed what is called a mal-union, meaning the two ends of the collarbone did not heal in a straight line, causing the collarbone to be shortened. Over the last three years, I have used my body vigorously, riding many horses and doing much exercise. This past January, the collarbone mal-union started giving me real trouble, from digestive issues to numbness and lack of motor function in the arm (the arm was essentially "dead" and motionless for 30 minutes to two hours per day). In addition, I suffered a lot of muscular and nerve pain in the left shoulder, arm, and hand.
During this period of time I wanted to continue riding and jumping horses at a very high level. I would also feed 17 horses each morning, which took over an hour of heavy effort. I learned that by practicing HoChi, which I had not done for a very long time prior to this year, I could alleviate much of my pain and could keep riding, which was a great relief to me. The innate intelligence of HoChi always seemed to move my body effortlessly while relieving pain with just the right movements.
During March, April and much of May, my arm was very numb and "dead" for parts of each day. The HoChi alleviated the numbness with just a short daily practice. When the arm was "dead" with no motor function, a longer session was the only thing that would get it moving again. Western medicine would have me doing all kinds of nerve testing and such, but with HoChi none of that was needed. The most miraculous part was that when my arm was numb for two hours, I started to get worried. Yet something guided me to practice HoChi for eight hours. Moving effortlessly with the HoChi energy, after eight hours the arm was functional again. That was truly amazing.
In May, with my symptoms getting worse, I opted to get surgery to reset my collarbone with a plate and eight screws. I felt that by setting the collarbone back into a correct anatomical position, my symptoms would stop getting worse. The surgery was considered high risk because of the many nerves and blood vessels running through that area. I accepted the risk and opted to go for surgery.
The surgeon deemed the operation a success. The day after surgery I could do the PT exercises well and I felt good. However, every day after that my arm got more numb and weaker until finally it was almost paralyzed, Putting the arm in the sling made the weakness and numbness much worse. My arm felt like it was buzzing from numbness, covered in a heavy lead cast, and swelling against that restrictive lead cast. The arm was normal to look at but felt horrible. I could not lay down to sleep and the only way I got any rest was to sit reclining in bed and practice HoChi while not moving. That would allow me to doze for short periods, and I would practice in between.
Finally the surgeon was so worried about the near paralysis of the arm he let me free of the sling at three weeks and three days, though I was supposed to wear the sling for six full weeks. I was allowed to do aquatherapy. I practiced HoChi in my parents' walk-in tub (deep while conservative of water) and the water supported my arm. With HoChi practice in the tub for an hour to 80 minutes per day, I made rapid progress. I started out only able to wiggle my fingers a little and rotate my shoulder. Within a few days I could freely move my arm in the water and even raise it in the water. Two weeks and three days after being released from the sling, I can grasp things with my left hand, raise my forearm above my waist, type, write, and do many things. My surgeon is utterly relieved (as I am) and my physical therapist cannot believe the progress. When I cannot sleep at night, which happens every few nights, I practice HoChi in bed as well.
As you can see, HoChi has saved my arm twice. I am very grateful for the practice and energy you transmitted to me so many years ago. Thank you so very much, and if my story can help give hope to others with health issues, I will be glad. Please feel free to use and edit whatever parts of my story as you wish. I hope it can help spread the word and hope of HoChi. The energy stayed with me all these years and was there for me when I most needed it.
Thank you again and much love to you and yours,
Stephanie Yeh
譯文
親愛的周老師：
很久沒有跟您聯絡，希望您一切安好。我想找您並告訴您，多年前您傳給我和氣，最近它對我的幫助有多大，感激您讓我現在能夠這麼健康愉快。
三年前一匹馬倒在我的左肩膀上（這匹馬重1400磅），壓碎了我左邊的鎖骨。當時我選擇不開刀，結果我的鎖骨癒合了，但形成所謂的癒合不良，意思是鎖骨的兩端沒有癒合在一條直線上，以致鎖骨變短。過往三年的時間，我身體的活動量不少：騎馬與做大量的運動。今年一月的時候，鎖骨的癒合不良開始讓我非常困擾，從消化問題到麻痺和喪失手臂活動能力（我的手臂基本上每天有三十分鐘到兩個小時是「廢掉」的——不能動）；而且，我左肩、左臂和左手必須忍受很大的肌肉與神經痛楚。
在這段時間，我繼續騎馬與參與障礙賽馬，每天早上也會花一個小時以上的精力去餵飼十七匹馬。我在今年以前已經很久沒有煉和氣，但我知道煉和氣可以大量減低痛楚，讓我能夠繼續騎馬，對我是一大幫助——和氣的先天智慧常常讓我的身體不費力地動，同時以最適當的動作減輕我的疼痛。
三月、四月與差不多整個五月，每天某些時候，我的手臂都會非常麻痺，幾乎「廢掉」，但我只是每天煉一段短時間和氣就能舒緩我的麻痺。當我的手臂「廢掉」沒有活動能力的時候，長時間地煉是唯一可以讓它再度能夠動的方法。西醫會請我做各種神經測試等，但只要煉和氣，這些都不需要；最神奇的是，當我的手臂麻痺到兩個小時的時候，我便開始擔心，但有一個力量會引領我去煉八小時和氣，我毫不費力地跟著和氣走，八個小時後我的手臂便再次能夠活動，真的太神奇了！
五月的時候我的症狀開始惡化，我選擇做手術，以一塊板子與八根螺絲去重整我的鎖骨；我覺得把我的鎖骨調整回到正常的生理位置後，我的症狀便不會再惡化。由於開刀部位有很多神經和血管經過，所以這屬於高危險手術，但我還是接受這風險去開刀。
醫生認為手術很成功，手術後隔天我做物理治療的運動，效果很不錯，我覺得很開心。但是之後，每一天我的手臂越來越麻痺、越來越無力，直到幾乎變癱瘓；吊腕帶只讓我的手臂更無力和麻痺，我覺得我的手臂像在沉重的鉛模中麻痺與腫脹。雖然我的手臂看起來像正常的模樣，但卻覺得很難過，我不能夠躺下睡覺，唯一可以休息的方法就是靠著床坐著睡，還有靜態地煉和氣，這讓我可以短暫地睡和在每段短睡之間煉和氣。
雖然我本來要繫戴六週的吊腕帶，但最後由於手術醫生擔心我手臂近乎癱瘓的狀況，所以容許我拿掉吊腕帶三週及三天。我被允許做水療，我便在我父母親的開門式浴缸（有深度但只注入一定水量）煉和氣，水支撐著我的手臂。我每天在浴缸裡煉一個小時至八十分鐘的和氣，有很大的進展。一開始我只能稍微動一下我的手指和轉動我的肩膀；幾天內，我便能在水裡自由活動我的手臂，還可以在水裡把手臂舉起來。拿掉吊腕帶兩個禮拜及三天以後，我能夠用左手握住東西，把前臂提到腰以上，可以打字、寫字與做很多事。我的手術醫生（看到我這樣）完全放心，我的物理治療師更不敢相信我的進展。當我晚上睡不著的時候——每隔幾個晚上就會這樣——我也會在床上煉和氣。
大家可以看到，和氣救了我的手臂兩次，我很感謝您多年前傳我和氣與教我們煉，實在感恩萬分。如果我的故事可以給健康有問題的人帶來希望，我會很開心。請放心使用與編輯我的故事，我希望我的故事可以幫助傳揚和氣大愛與它帶來的希望，和氣大愛的能量這些年來一直與我同在，總在我最需要它的時候護持我。
再次感謝您！祝福您愛充滿！
葉馨梅