Fasting Changed my Whole Family

~ By Siw Len, Sept 2007, Singapore

It is a blessing to know the benefits of fasting. I have two teachers to thank – Ray Kent and Siok Khoon, and of course, my third sister, Chye Meng, as well as my sister-in-law who has deceased.

I am an epileptic patient, and forty years ago, I have already given up hope on any kind of treatments. The doctor could not do anything for me, except to manage the symptom with medication. I first joined “Our Health Week” to look for a way to help my sister-in-law who had cancer, but unfortunately she died even before she had a chance to meet Ray.

On the first day of fasting, I vomited for two full hours, the phlegm was all white, and Chye Meng was worried and asked Siok Khoon for help. She gave me some peppermint tea and that helped soothe the stomach and then I could sleep. The next day, I felt surprisingly good. That fast was done back in 2004. Recently in Jan 2007, I fasted for 16 days on water, under the guidance of Ray and Siok Khoon. It was really not easy, but I finally succeeded and was able to stop all medication.

The second time I participated at the Health Week was to accompany my husband and my mother. My mother is 80+, she suffers from backache, couldn’t walk very well and her arteries are congested, and neither the Western nor the Chinese treatments could help. After the fast, she was very diligent and followed instructions to drink her daily juices, stop eating meat, sun everyday, dry brush, soak her feet, and about 10 days later, she doesn’t need her walking stick any more! 3 months later, her artery congestion has also reduced from 70 – 30%. It was amazing!

The third time I joined the Health Week was to bring my brothers and sisters, brother-in-law and my nieces --- nine of them to experience fasting for themselves. Chye Meng and I went all way out to convince each one of them, Chye Meng even generously sponsored all of them! During their fast, some vomited, some had diarrhea, some had fever, headache etc., their symptoms are varied, but after a few days of fast, they all said the same thing, that the body is much more relaxed and they have experienced that the body has the ability to heal.

So nowadays, our breakfast is fruit juice and no longer milk; same for the children. And when someone is down with a flu, they will recover after a day or two of fasting. In fact, they seldom fall sick now. My mother is the most studious of all in the family. If she is greedy and ate too much, she will fast the next day for a day. She has no doubt that fasting is good for the body. She diligently takes care of her body everyday and her health is even better than before.

My whole family has experienced the benefits of fasting, and I hope more people will take the step to experience the self-healing ability of the body, and help their family towards true health.

斷食改變了我全家
~ 秀蓮著， 2007 年9月，新加坡

認識斷食而受益，可說是一種緣份。在此我要感謝兩位老師 --- Ray Kent瑞肯和淑君，還有我的三妹 --- 彩明和已經往生的弟媳婦。

我是癲癇症患者。四十年前我早就放棄治療了。醫生無能為力，只能用藥物控制病情。我參加斷食營本來只為了尋求治療癌症的方法，因為弟媳婦罹患癌症，可惜她還來不及見Ray 就走了。

斷食第一天的夜裡，我足足嘔吐兩個小時，全是白色的痰，把彩明嚇壞了，趕緊向淑君求救。她給我喝了緩解嘔吐的薄荷茶，我才能睡著，隔天卻神清氣爽，沒事了。那是2004年的事了。最近2007年1月，我還斷食了十六天，在Ray 和淑君的指導下，好不容易地才達到成功， 真正停止服用藥物。

第二次參加斷食營是為了陪先生和母親。媽媽已經高齡八十多，腰腿疼痛，不良於行，又血管阻塞，中西醫都治療不好。斷食后，她很聽話，喝果汁、菜汁、吃素、晒太陽、干刷與泡腳，做足功課，十多天后，她竟然不用再用拐杖了！三個月下來，血管阻塞也從70% 減至 30%，你們說奇妙不奇妙？

第三次參加斷食營是為了要帶弟妹、妹夫、侄女, 總共九個人去親自體驗斷食。彩明和我費了九牛二虎之力，一個個游說，彩明更是慷慨地出錢贊助！ 他們斷食的期間，有的嘔吐，有的腹瀉，發熱，頭痛，什麼症狀都有，因人而異。但幾天后，他們都異口同聲地說渾身輕鬆。大家都認識到身體是有能力自我康復的。

如今，我們的早餐是果汁，小孩子也一樣，聽清楚喔，是果汁，不是牛奶！家中若有人感冒，水斷食一、兩天也就痊愈了。其實，他們現在也很少生病了。家中最積極的是媽媽。她若貪吃，吃多了，隔天就會斷食一天。她堅信斷食是對身體有益的。她天天都很用功照顧身體，身體也比以前更硬朗。

斷食的好處在我家已一一印証了。我希望更多人能夠去了解身體自我康復的能力，帶領家中大小走向健康。