By
Wild Grass
Master's Aqua Blue Eyes: 1985
Time and again, fellow initiates
have praised Master’s crystalline eyes — one representing the sun and
the other the moon — as the source bringing rebirth to sentient beings.
Regarding this experience of spiritual renewal, which countless
initiates have undergone, Master once said, “That’s nothing. My eyes
look really pretty the moment I get up from meditation. They glitter in
aqua blue. It’s a pity that no one has ever seen them!”
Being extremely fortunate,
however, I once happened to see Master’s eyes at this moment, and came
to realize firsthand that Master was speaking the truth.
The experience occurred during a
three-day retreat I attended soon after my initiation. All the
participants had to write a report on their experiences at the retreat,
and as I saw people taking their reports into Master’s room, I did the
same. But unexpectedly, I found Master in meditation. Fearing that I
might disturb Her, I quickly turned around to leave. But before I
reached the door, I heard Her ask gently, “Who is it?” I then lightly
placed my report by Master’s side, and at that instant, She slowly
opened Her eyes and looked at me with a smile.
Oh, God, I cannot describe the
pure, pristine quality that seemed to reflect all the love and mercy in
the universe in Her aqua blue, crystalline eyes, transforming them into
an infinite ocean of love!
At that moment, I suddenly
remembered a passage from the Buddhist scriptures (The Universal Door
Chapter) describing how Quan Yin Bodhisattva looked at sentient
beings with Her merciful eyes. I was then sure that Master was the
manifestation of Quan Yin Bodhisattva. And I later realized that She is
the supreme almighty power of the universe. Since then, through the
years, even while travelling in higher realms in dreams, I have never
seen eyes more lovely than those. Now, I can only treasure them as a
precious memory.
To allow innumerable sentient
beings to see Her face, hear Her teachings of Truth, and enjoy well
produced video recordings of Her talks, Master often has to expose Her
big, beautiful eyes to the intense brightness of spotlights several
thousand watts in intensity! Each time I see Master wiping Her eyes with
a handkerchief or tissue in Her videos, my heart aches. Because I know
very well that She is enduring intense pain and discomfort, yet She
talks and laughs as though it were nothing.
Fellow initiates might
occasionally be the target of the camera and spotlights during retreats
and celebrations, and generally they turn away, not because they are
afraid of being captured on camera (some even crave it), but because
they can not stand the discomfort caused by the glaring light. However,
each time Master gives a lecture or discourse, She has to endure this
feeling for one to four hours, depending on the circumstances. It would
be impossible for Her to endure such pain were it not for Her great
perseverance and noble spirit of devotion. Sometimes, Master shades Her
eyes with Her hands and says, “I can’t see you because of this light.”
At such times She is obviously dazzled.
I weep to think of the many
surgeries that Master’s precious “windows of the soul” have had to
undergo. And I wonder, when fellow initiates watch Her videotapes and
enjoy Her fantastic and often humorous discourses, if are they at the
same time grateful for Her compassionate sacrifice. ..........Next
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