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I had decided to have a medical check, the doctor told me my prostate PSA rating was way too high, and I may need to have a biopsy.

I said, "I'll be back in a couple of weeks".

I wanted a second opinion...and asked Master Cheng for his opinion. Using his ability to 'read the Ch'i in my body', he said the gland was a 'little bit dirty'.

He gave me some meditations using my consciousness to focus on and direct energy to the 'troubled area', visualizing it and sending healing white energy there ( In Ch'i Kung, you can focus on specific organs, each having a color, sound, and direction you can use to direct energy there). He encouraged me not to be afraid, which created inner stress and restricted any healing, but to allow my body's innate

self-healing power to start to work. He slightly revised my diet, particularly eliminating shellfish and 'bottom feeders'. Each healing session started with a few minutes of meditation to be 'present'. I felt the room become warm, a heat that seemed to be generated by the power of Master Cheng's meditation, followed by a 'Tui Na,' an ancient form of healing massage.  Master Cheng's hands became hot as he focused healthy Ch'i to circulate along my 'meridians'- the pathways, which, like subtle interconnecting veins, carried the energy throughout my body. I also practiced a very simple routine Master Cheng taught in his workshops, little known in the West, called "Fragrant Chi Kung".

After having regular treatments with Master Cheng, I went back for another test. The doctor promised me he would get the results early on Saturday morning and phone them through to me straight away, as he knew I was concerned.

Saturday morning, I picked up a newspaper, and there was a big article on men's prostate problems, the successes and failures of surgery, and all kinds of additional problems.  After an excruciatingly long day trying to contact him, the doctor finally rang in the early evening and said there may have been a glitch in the tests, as all was clear. He also apologized - he had been on the golf course all day and forgotten his promise to ring me!

Now, 40 years later, the prostate is still going 'strong'!

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In workshops, Master Cheng taught a very simple practice on how to circulate Ch'i internally, unlike many forms which involve being aware of specific organs etc, this form encouraged 'detaching the mind from the body' so that the natural intelligence and self organizing ability of the body could be free to do it's 'work'- you could watch television or talk to others you are doing the practice with. 

I also started to learnt how to draw or 'pluck' Ch'i from nature to replenish my own,  how to create  ‘golden energy pills' that were to be placed in the 'furnace of the lower diantan' ( the digestive system, the 'store room' of the body's energy) to distribute fresh energy throughout the body.

I am not a great intellectual or a particularly accomplished or disciplined student, and trusted my intuition to guide me to what suited me and what I felt in my heart, and I was feeling the enhancement and alignment to the meditation I was already practising.