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A large picture of Master hangs in our booth, lovingly watching over the participants during the event. Besides presenting Master's videotaped lectures and displaying Her publications, fellow practitioners also prepared sample booklets, Master's News magazines, and cards listing Internet links to Quan Yin Web sites as gifts to interested guests. [Santa Rosa] On June 8-9, 2002, fellow practitioners from San Jose joined with the San Francisco Center to sponsor a booth at a highly regarded health fair - the Health and Harmony Festival - in Santa Rosa County. The Festival's atmosphere was extremely lively and spiritual, reflecting its goal of expanding spirituality by promoting physical and mental health!
A large picture of Master placed in our booth attracted a great deal of attention, and made our display stand out from all the others. Moreover, Master's teachings were warmly received by visitors, including a shirtless, bearded man who stopped by our booth and silently stared at Her picture with a somewhat moody expression on his face. The man caught the attention of one of our initiates, who interviewed him and discovered that the brother had been wandering aimlessly around the Festival grounds for some time. Although there were many things to see and many programs to enjoy at the event, at first he did not know what he was looking for, but was eventually attracted to Master's picture. As the interview unfolded, a sad story surfaced that belied the man's emotionless expression.
Fifteen years ago, he was living in a beautiful marriage and was a happy, healthy vegetarian. During this period, he taught a class in vegetarian cooking at a church to help people become vegetarian. Then one day he met a so-called "master from afar," who told him that he should use alcohol to enhance his spiritual practice. Out of ignorance, the man believed the master, turned into an alcoholic, and instead degraded his spiritual level. Shortly afterwards, the man's wife could not bear his behavior anymore and told him to leave his house, and he thus became homeless!
Fortunately, however, his wife remained married to him and still took care of him when he was in need; for instance, by welcoming him home to take baths. The man had totally lost himself and considered his wife to be the only "deity" in his miserable, spiritless existence.
However, he remembered seeing Master Ching Hai's picture a long time ago, perhaps before he had met the false master. So when he saw Her image at the Festival, he felt an overwhelming affinity with Her. It was as if he had found his long-awaited Savior!
Upon learning that Master Ching Hai is a living Master Who imparts the method of immediate enlightenment and eternal liberation, the brother deeply treasured the sample booklet he received from our initiates, and sincerely hopes to someday follow the Quan Yin path!
To keep pace with the planet's ongoing spiritual elevation, the local centers of
the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association are holding
more and more video seminars and other Truth-sharing activities worldwide.You are welcome to join in these activities with your friends and relatives.
For the latest schedule of our Truth-sharing activities, please visit the following URLs:
http://www.Godsdirectcontact.org/seminar/ (U.S.A.)
http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/seminar/index.htm (Formosa)
