[Missouri] On October 5, 2003, the Missouri Center participated in the Heartland Wholistic Living Expo in St. Louis, and also held a video seminar near the Expo hall. Through these activities, Missouri disciples, small in number yet great in faith and perseverance, had their most positive group experience yet in sharing Master’s teachings.

During the Expo, the initiates set up a booth where Master’s publications were displayed and Her videotapes presented, And the number of people who visited the booth longing for spiritual knowledge and open to receive Master’s message was at a level never seen before in the St. Louis area. In addition, the video seminar also had a large attendance, and afterwards, half the audience members stayed behind to learn the Convenient Method. Through these strong positive responses from the public, the initiates affirmed for themselves that the whole planet’s consciousness has been elevated.

Participating in the Heartland Wholistic Living Expo and video seminar gave Missouri initiates another chance to work and grow together and to experience many practical manifestations of Master’s love. At the end of the day, everyone involved was radiant and felt deeply contented despite their fatigue.

 

[Ann Arbor] On Sunday, October 19, 2003, initiates from the Michigan Center participated in Ann Arbor’s Human Chain for Peace rally in an effort to reach out to the city’s residents and support peace and harmony among its Jewish, Islamic, Arab and Palestinian communities and also among other religious and cultural groups. The event was organized by the Megiddo Peace Project* —an organization with headquarters in Ann Arbor that promotes worldwide harmony and affirms the United Nations’ movement—Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World.

From 2:30 to 3:30PM an attempt was made to organize a line of people stretching seven and a half miles from Ann Arbor’s Islamic Center downtown to the Jewish Community Center and the city’s two Jewish congregations. It was hoped that participants would join the line along the route, which passed a number of churches and also went through the University of Michigan’s central campus.

Practitioners from the Michigan Center linked hands with other participants at one of the line’s downtown Ann Arbor sites. The weather was reasonably warm and sunny, and there was good attendance despite it being the first time that such an event had been tried. It was encouraging that so many people were willing to devote some of their precious time to link hands for peace, creating a positive feeling of love and compassion.

Following the demonstration, the initiates handed out flyers to participants and passersby with the nurturing thought that people would realize the love generated that afternoon related directly to Master Ching Hai's message.

 

Sharing the Supreme Message at a Holistic Fair