A blind man is restored
to sight.
The deceased is raised
to life.
Mortals see Heaven
before their eyes .
The holy scriptures
are full of wonders
witnessed
in the presence of
great enlightened Masters.
Do unexplainable events
we call miracles
still happen?
Through
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
loving guidance
in the Quan Yin practice
of meditation, members
of our Association
worldwide have
encountered their own
extraordinary incidents
in their daily lives.
Such privileged moments
are a true Master’s grace
manifested.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has often accredited
her students’ miracles
to their own
reawakened greatness,
natural outcomes of daily
contact with the Divine.
Every time you pray,
miracles will happen
all the time
because you are
in the direction of
benevolence and miracles.
We are also the miracles.
If we know how to tap
into this miraculous power
within ourselves,
then we are in full power,
empowered with
all miracles and
all the mighty power
that we can imagine.
We now invite you
to this presentation
about our Association
members’ modern day
miracles on the path.
Our first story
comes from our
Association member
in Australia.
“The Butterfly”
I was traveling down
a busy road
in the middle of the day,
traveling
at 80 km per hour,
when a butterfly hit
my windscreen.
I heard myself scream,
“No!” and the pain that
I felt as I watched
the fluid come from
the butterfly body…
It was a main road,
there was nowhere to
pull over, and there were
many trucks driving by,
but she was stuck
under the wiper-blade.
So I pulled over anyway
and I got out and I went
to the front of the car and
I retrieved her body from
under the wiper-blade,
and we got back in the car
and I placed her down
safely near me.
And I just started to
drive again and…
Her body was flat,
she was lifeless.
And I just began to
talk to her.
I played Master’s music
for her, and I told her
that I loved her so much.
I told her to let her soul
soar high and
to go with God’s grace,
and anything that
I could think of really.
I found a park
that was near nature
and greenery.
I got out of the car
and I went around
the other side and I picked
the little butterfly up.
And although I thought
she was gone,
I still continued to
speak to the little body.
I told her that
I was going to take
her body now and
place it in nature and
may she rest in peace.
As I said this,
I felt a flutter of life
on my hand,
and I was amazed!
I was so amazed
and I looked down
and on my hand,
this little butterfly
was standing up.
She stood up and
she hopped three times
along my arm,
towards me.
They were
very distinct hops.
And I raised my arm and
I looked at her and I said,
“Oh, God bless you,
beautiful butterfly,
I can’t believe after all
you’ve been through, you
have only a broken leg!”
And in that moment,
she pulled her other leg
around to the front and
made it visible for me
to see that she was there
in all perfection.
I knew we were
communicating
and it wasn’t just me
talking to her anymore;
that she had heard me.
She walked closer
after she brought
her leg around,
closer up my arm,
more towards me and
she rested there and
she stayed there
for up to 20 seconds.
In those moments,
everything was just
still and calm, and
what I felt then was the
true blessing of the fact
that the little butterfly
was free
and chose to stay.
Then, we felt that moment
come to pass and
she took flight, and
flew in all her perfection
up into the sky.
It was as if nothing had
ever happened to her
when it was all over.
It was hard to believe.
And it was magical.
Master’s presence and
example in my life,
over these past five years,
has changed me
dramatically.
I know of a love now
much, much more
expanded than I could
ever have possibly
ever known, and
it includes all beings.
Being able to hear
Master speak about
her animals and the way
she interacts with them,
with her dogs
and her birds, and then
experiencing
watching her interact
with the wilds,
I believe has helped me
abundantly in being able
to understand
the animals more.
Master has taught me
that I can communicate
with them, that I can
love them as much as
my family;
that they are my family.
If Master hadn’t shown
me these things,
I don’t know if I would
have recognized that
I was able actually
to do them.
Her great, great love
has filled my life,
my family’s life, and
it even has spilled into
the family members
that are closest to me
and they are also having
wonderful interaction
with animals that
they don’t believe
they would have ever
experienced either.
So Master’s love is truly
spreading everywhere.
Our next story is shared
by our Association
member in South Korea,
who had suffered many
serious medical conditions
since childhood,
including an autoimmune
disorder called lupus.
After the following
experience, however,
she was cured.
“A Bowl of Porridge”
One time I went to
the Florida retreat.
Heat is most dangerous
to lupus patients.
But in Florida
we stayed in the tents,
and the weather
was very hot.
So if I am heated, my
body becomes an oven.
And the heat of the oven
ruptures the inner
organs’ functions.
Then I could be gone
immediately.
The most dangerous
moment
was approaching me.
That day was also
tremendously hot.
I was so overcome
because of the heat that
I lost consciousness
inside the tent.
They said I had voiced
in a weak tone,
“Help me, help me.”
I can’t remember this
now though.
And a sister passing by
my tent just happened to
hear me.
She said later that it was
during the meditation time,
but she didn’t know
why she happened to
pass by my tent.
So she opened the door
and found me
unconscious and
my temperature so high.
She took me out
and carried me
to the main hall.
My face had turned
so gray and pale and
the body was so cold and
the heat remained only
a little in the face like this,
but the rest was
already dead.
She saw it,
so she was so scared,
she said like that.
And I also thought
for the first time
in my life that
I was going to die.
So I said to my husband,
“Husband!
Please let me go.
It’s so hard,
I’d like to end my life.
I can’t stand the pain
anymore.”
After listening to me,
he asked,
“Did Master call you?”
I answered, “No.”
He said,
“Ah, then it’s okay.”
While he was speaking,
all of a sudden I thought,
“Ah, I must see Master.
No matter what happens,
I must see Master!”
My husband said later,
when I finished saying
that sentence, that he felt
I was really leaving.
Then I vaguely
regained consciousness
and felt very cold,
so I told my husband that
I wanted to have
a bowl of porridge.
He said, “I’ll fetch it
from the kitchen.”
And he went out to
look everywhere, and
I passed out again.
And he came back
and shook me.
But he said
he couldn’t find it.
There was nothing left
in the kitchen.
“What to do?”
So I said it’s all right
and thanked him.
Then I blacked out again
and came back
to consciousness
and thought,
“I must see Master.
I must see her
no matter what.”
So I asked,
“Would you please
take me to Master?”
Then, he said
“You can’t even walk.
How can you
go to see Master?”
Then, I started to crawl.
At that moment, another
fellow practitioner
came rushing over.
She said Master called
the Korean disciples
to gather
at Master’s kitchen –
only Korean disciples!
So I was helped
on both sides.
I didn’t walk but was
dragged because I had
no strength to stand.
So we took one step
by another, and
after a few steps I was
able to move my feet.
I walked like this
and entered
the Master’s kitchen.
As soon as she was
seated, Master suddenly
said to someone,
“What are you doing?
Please go bring it,
quick!”
Master was talking
for a while, and I felt
my body was recovering
the moment she sat down.
I was feeling the energy
changing from head
to toe, when Master’s
assistant brought in
a big bowl of porridge.
The porridge was
steaming in the bowl and
Master told her
to bring it quickly.
Later I learned that
it wasn’t time for Master
to eat.
Anyway, Master ladled
the porridge and
told her to get bowls,
and she personally
scooped the porridge
and passed it around
for us to eat.
It’s hard to describe
my feelings, but… I
could feel a parent’s love
for child.
I took the bowl but
I couldn’t eat because
I was tearing up,
with my hands trembling
and my heart trembling
as well.
So as I was just
holding it, trembling,
Master then smiled
and grabbed a spoon.
And she said
it was really delicious
and started joking, like
she said to the assistant,
“Why didn’t you cook
such delicious porridge
for me before?”
The initiates were just
so happy to see Master
and they clapped
and laughed,
while I burst into tears.
I couldn’t stop it.
Tears fell and Master
handed me a tissue and
I wiped the tears, and
Master motioned me to
eat porridge while
eating and gesturing
with her hands.
She scooped one spoon…
And I completely didn’t
know it at that time,
but I was laughing.
I was between life
and death, but later
when the retreat DVD
was released,
someone told me about it
and I watched the DVD.
I didn’t look sick at all.
My face color was
completely changed and
I was laughing so happily
as if a baby was laughing.
Ever since then,
I have not been ill.
After eating the porridge,
I haven’t had a coma.
The physical pain,
this part has ended, I felt.
It was all gone away.
Through initiation,
no matter what situation
I’m in and whatever
happens to me, I accept it
as the best choice for me
and take the process
as the best luck for me.
Master gave me
this small experience,
and I have cherished it
with me up till now.
Now I’m determined
to be Master’s
arms and legs.
And that would be how I
share Master’s blessings
with others.
I’m happy
and I love Master.
Our respectful gratitude,
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
for your boundless
compassion and care.
We also thank
our Association members
who have shared
their true stories that
show the immeasurable
joy and fortune of having
the love and protection
of a living Master.
Wonderful viewers,
thank you for joining us
today on
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms.
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