With Master's blessing, I had the opportunity of going to Europe to enjoy the Celestial Fashion Shows, and therefore satisfied my longing for the Heavenly Kingdom and for Master.

I had a dream a few days after returning to Formosa. In my dream I was among the audience in the performance hall. Holding a photo album high in her hand, a fellow sister said: “These are the photographs of Master's three Celestial Fashion Shows in New York, London and Paris. Please take a look in turns." She then passed the aubumn directly to me.

As many people were waiting, I looked through each album carefully but swiftly. Each of the photographs was professionally taken, and were sharp and bright. I was amazed to observe that in some photos of the audience, there were some other beings standing beside the people who were seated. In the passage-ways, apart from the guards directing the audience, some heavenly beings, dressed in etheral and graceful attire, were distinctly visible drifting around the venue.

Furthermore, some models were wearing velvet masks like those used in carnival parades. When Master was going up the stage, the models lined up in three rows, with silver belts in their hands that emitted light. They used the light-belts to form an arch to welcome Master.

I thought: Well, this must be the Celestial Fashion Show staged in New York because I did not see such scenes during the two shows in Europe.

In the photos showing Master seated among the audience, a little girl dressed in a white laced gown was always seen standing nearby. I had no idea who she was.

Having looked at these photographs, I deeply believe that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the ten directions and three periods of time always come here to participate and help in each of Master's activities. On this occasion, even the heavenly beings joined the performance. It was indeed a "Celestial Fashion Show" because even the heavenly beings came to "show off"!

When I awakened, I suddenly realized that the carnival-like photos of performances were not from the Celestial Fashion Show in New York, but were from a Celestial Fashion Show held by the heavenly beings themselves!

Fellow sister Chen has an eighty-year old mother-in-law who lived at home. Although the old lady chanted the name of Amitabha Buddha every day, she received no special response. She even tried every means possible to obstruct sister Chen from practicing after she was initiated by Supreme Master Ching Hai. Besides praying to Master for help, sister Chen meditated diligently and maintained her faith in spiritual practice, despite the hindrance from her mother-in-law to the Hsihu Center to see Master. That day, Master went near sister Chen's mother-in-law several times blessing her.

Since then, the old lady has had a complete change to her conception of spiritual practice. She has stopped obstructing her daughter-in-law's spiritual cultivation, and has expressed absolute faith in Master's omnipresent power. At home, she still chants Buddha's name and counts the chanting beads as usual. One thing different, however, is that she also chants Supreme Master Ching Hai's name in addition to that of Amitabha Buddha.

After that, a chain of fantastic things has happened! Often, she has seen her chanting beads radiating intense light. This light is so strong that her room is illuminated brighter than daylight; and she has never experienced this phenomenon before. Besides the radiant chanting beads, Supreme Master Ching Hai has often taken her to visit many other worlds in her sleep. She still remembers some of them after waking up.

The old woman no longer obstructs the spiritual practice of her daughter-in-law, because she also feels Master's boundless love. There is an important message in this story: Ever since sister Chen's mother-in-law saw the enlightened Supreme Master Ching Hai, they have been connected within, and she has begun the real chanting of Buddha's name.

Anytime, anywhere, and whatever emergency situation we are in, we should firmly believe that Master is always with us, then any crisis will be dissolved. Once, I was returning to Hong Kong alone after visiting my relatives in the United States. Due to a flight delay, time was very tight when I changed planes at the next stop. Only half an hour was left, and I had to run to the adjacent International Airport which was quite a distance away. To make the situation even worse, whenever I asked someone for directions, I always received the wrong information. EAch time I had to double back after going the wrong way. Extremely worried and anxious, I dared not even look at my watch. I just ran as fast as I could, and prayed hard to Master for help.

Finally, I reached the check-in counter, but the lady was engaged on the phone, pushing my anxiety to the extreme. Eventually, I could only watch the gate close in front of my nose. I was even stared at, being blamed for getting there late. I really wanted to cry, and started to complain that Master did not help me. Not knowing what to do, I wandered past the luggage checkpoint and surprisingly noticed that my handbag is still there! Then I totally undrstood why Master did not let me get on the plane. Where could I go without my identification papers? More strangly, everyone started to treat me nicely. I was even treated to free hotel accomodations and many complimentary favors. That was an extra day of vacation for me! How could I thank Master -- our precious 'Mother,' for Her meticulous arrangement?

Sometimes we pray for Master's help, but receive no response even when our begging hearts lay broken. We should then consider that we only see the immediate setback, whereas Master can foresee the distant future. Only when the time is ripe will She let us taste the sweeter fruit.