By Fellow Initiates, Indiana, U.S.A.
(Originally in English)
The International Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. is an annual event hosted by the Indiana State Nationalist Council. With Master's blessing power, the Indiana Center fellow initiates made use of this event to spread Master's teachings. During these several days, over 10,000 visitors stopped by our exhibition booth where Master's pictures, sample booklets and video tapes were displayed.
The entire process was fully supported by fellow initiates from the neighboring area. One sister enjoyed working wholeheartedly for the exhibition even though it was just prior to her critical Ph.D. qualification exam. To her great surprise, the professor offered her an open-book examination which was very unusual. Fellow initiates knew clearly that Master had granted her this unexpected favor.
Everything went amazingly smooth, making us fully aware that it was not us but Master who worked. Everyone collaborated very well, and made full use of our talents. We felt that Master was always with us, blessing and helping us, and that we benefitted greatly from this opportunity. Through this event everyone made progress and gained the confidence that we could do everything successfully if we totally devoted ourselves to Master.
When preparing the application for the exhibition booth, we discussed the possibility of tailoring our contents to this year's theme, "sports and games," in order to obtain approval. However, with Master's blessing of wisdom, we decided that we should just let the organizers know exactly what we intend to do. The outcome was more than we expected - not only was our application approved, but one of the organizers also showed great interest in knowing more about Master and Her teachings as well. After reading Master's sample booklet, both the organizer and her husband wanted to learn the Quan Yin Method.
The festival area was a really noisy place. An exhibitor from another booth who was tired stopped at our booth and suddenly felt like taking a rest. Fellow initiates kindly allowed him to take a nap behind the booth curtain where Master's voice from the video tape could be heard much clearer, and that was where we meditated between shifts. After the nap, the man came out full of energy. He was very attracted to Master's teachings. He mentioned his experience that he did not like to get involved with anything related to religion, since his family was driven nuts by a religious group forcing them to be followers.
As he looked at the cover pictures of the sample booklets in various languages displayed on a piece of cardboard, he told us that there was something that made him feel elevated, purified and full of bliss. It was not Master's beautiful dresses but something deeper than the pictures. While reading the sample booklet, he felt energy radiating from it. He expressed his desire to learn the Quan Yin Method. The following day, both the exhibitor and his wife came to our booth. His wife had read Master's sample booklet and wanted to know more. They asked for more sample booklets because they wanted to introduce the Quan Yin Method to other friends. The exhibitor also commented that what we were doing was good for people and it was nice to see our fellow initiates' dedication.
During all these years, the midwestern centers have regularly visited each other during the monthly one-day retreats and have encouraged each other a lot spiritually. Besides this, they have offered each other help whenever anyone of the centers needs it. Our Indiana Center is relatively new, unlike other centers where there are a lot of Au Lac fellow practitioners, so we wished to let more Au Lac people know about Master. Even though the booth numbers were assigned at random, we were so delighted to see that the Au Lac booth was just across from ours. Naturally, this was another of Master's wonderful arrangements.
A lot of Au Lac people visited our booth, and showed great respect for Master. One gentleman asked for a big pile of sample booklets to distribute to his friends and relatives. Some young students had long talks with our fellow initiates. After getting to know Master's teachings, they felt that if everyone would follow Master to practice the Quan Yin Method, everyone would become perfect, and the world would become a paradise. After reading the booklet they said that they would like to learn the Quan Yin Method and start the vegetarian diet right away.
Even though he has never been to our center before, one Au Lac person, after watching Master's video tape, eagerly drove around to look for our center in order to get more information. Our center is located in a new neighborhood and can not be found on the map. Nevertheless, he set out to look for the center with sincere faith. Thanks to Master's help, he spent only a few hours to find it. It was a miracle! Several days later, he came again. He told us that everything Master says in Her books and on the video tapes is the Truth. Master had answered a lot of questions that he had had for years.
The seeds have been spread. Dear Master, we know that You will take care of everything else.
By Fellow Initiate Tran, Ottawa, Canada (Originally in Au Lac language)
The "Natural Health and Fitness Expo" is held once a year in Ottawa. It gathers under one roof many natural food caterers, spiritual groups, cosmetic products suppliers and other organizations that beautify life from both within and without. Entering for the first time this year is the "Quan Yin Method", the "true method", in which one truly cultivates one's body, mind and spirituality, and leads a life of truth, virtue and beauty.
Everyone noticed the ingeniously decorated booth, done by the fellow practitioners. A dignified and noble photograph of Master stood out eye-catchingly on a royal blue screen background. On either side of it were notice boards explaining the initiation and the five precepts. Beside the books in English and French, the main local languages, there were also many other languages on display to completely fulfill everyone's needs. The E-mail account number was also printed on the books to add one more means for people to come in contact with the Quan Yin Method. Once the set up was completed, fellow initiates meditated together. They prayed for Master's blessing so that the exhibition would be a success and more people would come to know Master's teachings.
As soon as the expo began, Master's photographs attracted the attention of the visitors. A great number of them stopped by the booth. The beautifully printed sample booklets and News magazines were admired so much that they were reluctant to put them down. Upon learning that they were offered free of charge, they were most surprised and delighted, and repeatedly expressed their thanks. Some friends, after reading the explanation of the five precepts, suggested that they be displayed in schools, to start teaching the children moral behavior when they are young, and then society would definitely be better, and the country even more stable.
As the second day was a weekend, even more visitors came to the exhibition. A representative from a vegetarian club at a university also came. He was the person who interviewed the Quan Yin messenger in a vegetarian feature program on the radio in Ottawa, and who invited Master to give a lecture at Carleton University last year. He mentioned that vegetarianism is widely spread in that university, and that there is a vegetarian club which holds monthly meeting.
The next day, although it was raining, waves of visitors still continued to come. One little girl took a sample booklet in a foreign language that she could not understand, because she liked Master's photograph on the cover. Her young elder brother asked for an English version and stated that he would read all of it. Having a look at the sample booklets displayed, fellow initiates came to an understanding in their hearts, of the reason why Master has so many different appearances. A Hungarian took some sample booklets in Hungarian to send to his family. When he realized that there was also a liaison practitioner in Hungary, he was most surprised that there was no place too far for the Quan Yin Method to reach. The neighboring booth was run by a local religious newspaper. Fellow practitioners took the initiative to advertise in it information about Master and the Quan Yin Method, so that even more people would have an opportunity to come to know this method.
The last day, when fellow practitioners arrived at the booth early in the morning, people who wanted to have the last opportunity of getting the sample booklets were already waiting there. Not only was the exhibition a great success, but during this period of time, fellow practitioners worked happily together and held group meditations each day. They all feel that the more they work for Master, the more progress they will make in their spiritual practice and the more they will understand, care and love the people around them.
After the exhibition, enquiries poured in continuously. Many people registered to be on the mailing list for the monthly News magazine, so that they could better understand Master and the Quan Yin Method. Among them was an Ethiopian man who read about Master in a newspaper. He said that he had been searching for the Truth for a long time. Although he had practiced yoga, he was not satisfied. After coming in contact with Master's teachings, he began a vegetarian diet. He requested initiation, and asked for some sample booklets to send back to his relatives in his home country. There were also people who made enquiries via E-mail requesting more information about Master and about learning the Convenient Method.
When a Canadian saw Master's photographs, she felt that Master gave her a sense of security, as if She was her own mother. She was very excited to hear that her application to learn the Convenient Method was approved. She could not hold back her tears when she was taught the Convenient Method. Another sincere Canadian was delighted after getting in touch with Master's teachings. She revealed that she had been a vegetarian for more than a decade. She liked Master very much, and felt that Master's teachings were very good and correct. She hoped that she could follow Master's example, and deeply believed that she could develop her wisdom and talents after walking on the path. Once she read from a book, a prophecy of an enlightened master coming to this world to unite all the religions. After gaining an understanding of Master's teachings, she was absolutely sure that Master was that enlightened Master. She is presently practicing the Convenient Method and waiting for initiation.
This working opportunity brought us even more joy. We expect that the seeds that Master sowed will all bloom and bear fruit. In the future, the fellow initiates in Ottawa will continue to exert their best efforts, with Master's bounteous love, to spread the teachings and the Quan Yin Method, to the world.
By Fellow Initiate Loh, Oxford, U.K.
Taking the opportunity of participating in the Spiritual Practice Exhibition, fellow initiates went for the first time to the cold and remote city of Livingston in Scotland, to spread the Quan Yin Method and Master's love.
Arriving at the exhibition venue, fellow initiates found that there were no facilities to hang up Master's photographs and prints of Her paintings. Working flexibly and resourcefully, they searched everywhere for any available and suitable materials. Utilizing their wisdom and ingenuity collectively, they managed to finish the decorating within a short time; the booth turned out to be the most attractive and brilliant among all the exhibiting booths.
On the first day of the exhibition, a local young couple came to our booth with great excitement telling our fellow initiates their experience. Several months ago, they indirectly acquired a copy of Master's sample booklet from a relative in England. After reading it, they found Master's words to be very logical, and wished to investigate Master's teachings further. On the evening prior to the Spiritual Practice Exhibition, they suddenly felt a strong impulse which prompted them to make a telephone call to our branch center. They learned about the time and place of the exhibition, so they went there especially to find out more about Master and the Quan Yin Method.
There was a female spiritual practitioner who has practiced and been a vegetarian for more than ten years. She was also a participant in the exhibition representing the spiritual therapy center being run by her. Capable of reading people's auras and facial features, she was immediately attracted to Master's large portrait when our fellow initiates put it up. She looked at Master's photograph meticulously, and then declared to our fellow initiates that Master is a great enlightened person. She said, "There is tremendous white light radiating from Master's photo and Her eyes, and the light is filled with love. Master's facial features in particular show a pure and flawless quality!"
After reading Master's sample booklet, the lady excitedly came running to tell our fellow initiates about her experience. She claimed that, before, when she was sleeping, very often in a state of half dreaming and half awake, her consciousness would drift away from her body and travel in the heavens. She found that there were different levels and realms in heaven, but she could not find any support or explanations in the scriptures. Only after she read, in the sample booklet, Master's lecture "Mystery of The World Beyond" given at the United Nations, did she become enlightened.
The exhibition lasted just a few days, but many people continued to
call the branch center afterwards for further information. This is really
a good beginning. In this cold northern country, the Quan Yin Method has
warmed the hearts of the local people like the sunshine in winter.