BF: How would you describe the self-healing method you teach?

LC: ChiLel Qigong--as prescribed by the Center, the largest medicineless hospital in China--has been used to treat a wide range of conditions: cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and all the so-called hard-to-treat illnesses. The method was developed by Dr. Pang, a qigong Grandmaster and medical doctor trained in both Western and Chinese medicine.

The spirit of Chi Lel is love and compassion, the cornerstone of self-healing. The method takes about 15 minutes to do. It combines visualization with a series of gentle movements that can be learned easily by anyone wanting to improve and sustain health and wellness.

BF: What is qigong?

LC: Qigong is two words: qi (pronounced chi) and gong. Gong means a long period of daily effort. For instance, you can do something for 100 days and accomplish one gong.

Qi or chi is the source of everything, the building block of all things. Human beings are made of living cells, and when we look into each cell we see a membrane, the nucleus and so on. Then if you look further into that structure you’ll see atoms--electrons, protons, and neutrons. And if you look even further, scientists now tell us that they can see energy there. However, according to the 5,000-year-old Chinese qigong theory, if you go beyond scientific measurement--this is called the chi level. We can communicate with the chi level using our minds to do different things, such as healing.

BF: How does Chi Lel connect with the chi level?

LC: Chi Lel consists of three things, the first being exercise. Some people have an emotional or psychological problem, and the exercise helps them because as their bodies follow the movements, their minds become calmer, healthier.

The second thing is imagery or visualization. While we are doing the movements, we incorporate images. An example would be, “Think blue sky, and then think about your body.” So it involves the mind also, and increases the chance of recovery.

The third thing would be affirmation, or prayer. You believe something and you affirm it, you’re not asking for anything. You affirm to yourself that your illness disappears, so deep in your mind, every time you do Chi Lel you are affirming “I am healthy now.” You believe it and it happens.

BF: Is Chi Lel anything like something we’re more familiar with--Tai Chi or Reiki or yoga?

LC: The method has some movement that is very similar to Tai Chi; the posture, for example. But this exercise doesn’t have the complexity of a martial art like Tai Chi, and is much easier to learn.

Yoga uses the same system of chakras. The purpose is to get the body centered, so again, it’s similar, yet ours is a continuous movement instead of holding different postures.

Reiki is a Japanese word. Ki means the same as the Chinese word chi. And rei corresponds to another Chinese word meaning universal or magical. We use the same universal energy; however, in Reiki the power is achieved through initiation rather than through self-cultivation.

BF: Do shiatsu and massage use this technique?

LC: Shiatsu practitioners and massage therapists use their hands on the body, so they transmit energy by direct contact.

In Chi Lel we don’t touch, but we use the same 12-meridian system as shiatsu and acupuncture. If, for example, somebody has heart disease, an acupuncturist would not put needles into the heart, but rather somewhere in the meridian that pass through the heart, to unblock the meridian so the chi can pass through.

In Chi Lel we have a lot of hand movements that open up the heart meridian, so we kind of massage the heart. We use the meridian system to stimulate the heart without increasing its workload as you would, for example, if you ran on treadmill. Because it’s very gentle, it’s suitable for everyone, even the old and the very ill.

BF: So even those who are very sick can practice Chi Lel?

LC: At the Center, if you cannot move, you use your mind to do the movements. And if you can move your hands, you move your hands. If you can only do it laying down, you do it laying down, and if you can stand up, you do it standing up. So it is for everybody.

BF: Your book is titled 101 Miracles of Natural Healing. What do you mean by miracle?

LC: I have footage of a cancer disappearing, as seen via ultrasound, when qigong masters were emitting chi to a patient. They did not even touch the patient; they were communicating on the chi level. They were saying, “Disappear, dissolve. Disappear, dissolve,” and the cancer literally disappeared on the ultrasound screen. They commanded the chi level of the cancer to dissolve.

This is spontaneous healing, and it can occur in a few seconds--not hours or days. Now every medical doctor who is in