by sister initiate Yi Jing-fong,
Taipei, Formosa
July
is surely my lucky month! Ten years ago, I was initiated on
the U. S.’ national holiday Independence Day, July 4,
and my soul was reborn. Today, ten years later, I am in excellent
health and the vegetarian diet I have kept since that time
has even cured my anemia.
As a child, I looked strong but was actually
weak, and always felt dizzy when I stood up suddenly. In my
health check-up reports, doctors often wrote such terms as
“malnutrition” and “anemia.” So in
my youth, my offers to donate blood were declined due to a
low red blood cell count. However, recently, while out on
an errand, I passed by a blood donation van, and thinking
of the blood shortage in Formosa, resolutely went up to try
and donate blood. To my surprise, I easily passed the red
blood cell test! As I lay back on the reclining chair to make
my donation, I proudly said to the nurse, “I’m
a vegetarian! I used to suffer from anemia when I was on a
meat diet, but now I’m free from it after becoming a
vegetarian.”
Since I began following a vegetarian diet
ten years ago, apart from the elimination of my anemia, I
no longer have bronchitis attacks, and the excess pressure
in the inner ear that I used to suffer from has also disappeared.
After these conditions went away, my only remaining physical
complaint was an occasional arthritis attack due to lack of
exercise. So I made up my mind to begin an exercise program.
Whenever I have time, I take a brisk walk around the park
near my home; and if the weather is favorable and time permits,
I walk around two parks in one stretch.
After following this regime for two
years, I can not only walk quickly, but also have gradually
gotten rid of the annoying flabby flesh I used to possess.
These changes make me think of a dairy product commercial
I saw many years ago, in which a blonde demonstrating her
graceful figure said with an artificial air, “I do exercise
and drink XX powdered skim milk.” Now I too can imitate
her posture and say, “I follow a vegetarian diet and
practice the Quan Yin Method!” If you don’t believe
me, then join me in a race and see who walks faster. Who ever
said that the vegetarian diet is not nutritious enough?
Vegetarianism
Comes to Yokota Air Base
