The Golden World

By brother initiate Li Wenfeng, Taipei, Formosa

  As far back as the early 1990's, I was already very earnest in my desire to pursue spiritual practice. I had just gotten a new job, and noticed that I had a strange colleague who was always smiling, though he seldom spoke; besides, he was a vegetarian. I had been a vegetarian for some time as well, and thought that I was great. I practiced dynamic chi kung and meditated a little. Very often, I would smell fragrances from different astral dimensions, so I was quite proud of myself. But for no apparent reason, I found myself following this colleague around, and could not understand why. Observing his cheerfulness, I asked what method he practiced and who his Master was. He told me that he practiced the Quan Yin Method with Supreme Master Ching Hai, and offered to lend me a book, which I was delighted to accept. As soon as I got home, I read Master's book attentively. Then strange things happened: the words began to dance, and Master's cover photo changed rapidly into many different forms within fractions of a second. This was a treasure, I thought, and since then, I have always carried the book with me. I felt really great!

   When my colleague told me that Master was coming to give a lecture in Tainan in March, of course, I promised to go. That day, the venue was packed. The lecture changed my whole life. I firmly believed that I had found the reincarnation of Buddha and Jesus Christ. My entire person -- my actions, speech, and thoughts -- became calm, relaxed, and peaceful. These internal changes were beyond words and could only be realized by the heart. That night, Master appeared in my dream. She spoke to me and saved me from danger, and I felt truly blessed! But that was just the beginning. After I started wearing a picture of Her, I constantly smelled the fragrance of flowers and fruit. When I was certain after an unsuccessful search that there was no such fruit in my home, I knew that Master was blessing me again. I felt truly content.

   I did not receive initiation immediately because I thought that it would be better to wait until I was prepared in terms of my actions, speech, and thoughts. On the last Sunday in June, just as I was about to fall asleep in the evening, I saw my body on the bed below as Master suddenly took me up away from the Earth. She was very lovely, just like a good friend of mine. She took me to a very beautiful dimension, where we stopped to rest in a pavilion. Golden light radiated from all things there; it was fantastic! Master called the name of Amitabha Buddha. All of a sudden, a barefooted, celestial Being appeared out of nowhere -- it was Amitabha Buddha, and His body shone with golden light! I thought He loved beauty, because He was wearing bracelets on His arms and wrists, and even anklets and earrings! I suppose that all great Saints love to be beautiful.

   Amitabha Buddha showed great respect for Master, and I shared some of the honor because I was with Her. We communicated through the spirit. After a while, we left that place and Master spoke to me. We did not come to the world of gold at once, however. On our way, we passed through many realms and saw many things -- a fairy peach garden, an old man with a big head, white beard and cane, the dimension of large Buddhas, and a world of little dwarfs. In the hierarchy of the universe, the higher the dimension, the more transparent it is and the more brilliwer realms are coarser, and by comparison, we can say that the Earth is a rather turbid planet.
On our way back, Master left me in a certain realm for quite a while. There, everything was of golden radiant matter, but different than the Amitabha Land of golden crystal light. There were gold dragons and phoenixes, which also emitted golden light but were not transparent. The gold dragons were really cute. They flew in front of me and licked my face. However, I could not see myself; I could only feel my existence. The atmosphere there was very comfortable, and there was no pressure at all. The gold dragons were more lovely and benign than human children, and the graceful and beautiful phoenixes dazzled me with their light. I wept with joy and didn't want to return to my physical body.

   On another occasion, I was taking a nap during my lunch break, while embracing Master's book. As soon as I lay down, I heard the thunderous roar of the tides. Again I cried and told my colleague about it. But as soon as I did, the sound disappeared. It was amazing that I was the only one who had heard it. Everyone else was sound asleep, and there was no radio nearby. Later, I realized that it was the inner Sound stream. Even more incredible was the fact that my eyes could behold two realms at the same time. One was this mundane world, and the other was beyond my knowledge -- a transparent golden world, where the trees shone with golden light that appeared vividly before my eyes.

   These are some of the wonderful experiences that I had after seeing Master in person, reading Her books, watching and listening to Her video and audio tapes, and wearing Her photo. When I was initiated on July 1, 1990, I also had a very good experience. It was a fine day, and it was arranged that we would wait in the Bamboo Grove in Hsihu. When Master arrived and the initiation began, She disappeared suddenly and all I could see was a very bright sun; even the bamboo trees vanished. I then had no doubt that Master was the messenger of Buddha and God.

   After my initiation, I was placed in charge of the Chiku Center in Tainan. One day at midnight, I was on my way to the washroom when I saw a stranger trying to open the gate. I asked him what he was doing, and he said that he was curious and wanted to take a look inside. I told him that it was private property and it was inconvenient for him to come in. After he left, I couldn't help but marvel at Master's fantastic arrangement. In one day, there are twenty-four hours, 1,440 minutes, and 86,400 seconds. Yet, I happened to be there precisely at the moment, significantly, at very early dawn, when this man was trying to open the gate. I realized then that there were invisible guardian angels protecting the divine atmosphere of the Center.

   On another occasion, I was sleeping on an easy chair on a stormy and rainy night. Lightning accompanied by loud thunder-claps struck at the Chiku Center, and many newly planted trees were damaged. That night I beheld another wonderful vision. I saw a fully armored warrior standing right in front of my chair. With golden crystalline light radiating from his body, he looked very valiant. I felt that he was lovingly protecting me and the Center, as though he were ready to die for us. I do not know how long he stood there; each time I opened my sleepy eyes, he was always there. But he was gone by the time I got up for meditation at four in the morning.
All this goes to prove that when we are doing Master's work, all the guardian angels and great divine Beings in the universe come to help us. It also proves that Master's meditation Centers are the best places for spiritual practice. How blessed and fortunate we are to be able to practice this supreme Method!