Master Michael Chou is a doctor of Chinese medicine, acupuncture and Chinese
style physiotherapy who was influenced by his grandmother's spiritual
cultivation and aspired to achieve the spirituality of the ancient saints and
sages. He revered the deities, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for their compassionate
endeavor to save the world and the countless stories of how they liberated
human kind from suffering. As a child, Master Chou began to practice martial
arts and Taoist Chi-Gung. An early teacher, with whom he studied for over ten
years, Master Ching-Tu Lee, placed special emphasis on filial morals and the
ethics of martial arts and medicinal practice.
Teaching Chi-mates the Methods to Help Others
Master Chou came to America in 1984 and began to treat patients using
Traditional Chinese Medicine. He also started to teach students methods of
self-cultivation, namely HoChi practice, which he had learned and further
developed. The essence of HoChi is Universal Love Light, the more one
practices, the more one becomes aware of one's inner self. Most chi-mates'
motivation, however, was a simple desire to seek health and to avoid illnesses.
HoChi practice achieves these objectives as well.
As chi-mates gained health and happiness, they began to long for spiritual
growth and actively sought out ways to help their family and friends and to
contribute to the community at large, helping all fellow human beings.
In 1995, Master Chou began to pass on to chi-mates the energy healing methods
which he had been using to advance their collective intention to help others.
The Turning Point of Master Chou's Life
Master Chou was nearly paralyzed by a car accident in 1980 at the age of twenty
three. That disaster, however, became the turning point of his life. He was
air-lifted by special carrier from the local hospital back to Taipei where a
doctor insisted that he be operated on immediately, because such surgery must
take place within 72 hours of a spinal cord injury. The doctors wanted to
remove two of his vertebrae and then put him in a cast, in bed for six months,
followed by physical therapy.
Master Chou's mother asked the doctor anxiously, ”Will my son be disabled after
removing the two vertebrae?” “Your son is already disabled!” the doctor said.
“We're talking about his life. The operation is his only chance of survival.
Once the nerves are damaged after 72 hours, not even God can save him.” Without
the operation, he had no chance; and even if the operation were a complete
success, he would still be a paraplegic for life.
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