Master - My Only Refuge

Ever since my initiation, I have had complete and unqualified faith in Master, for in my heart I understand clearly that She is the only one I can rely on. My husband and I are both initiates, and we meditate everyday diligently under Master’s loving blessings. Although our spiritual path is strewn with obstacles large and small, we proceed safely as they are removed one by one through Master’s almighty power and great wisdom. As Master says, “Taking refuge in the Truth is the safest way,” and She is the Truth and the Way that I will follow for the rest of my life. As evidence of Master’s care and compassion, many miracles and incredible events have occurred in my life, filling me with Heavenly bliss.

For instance, on July 27, Golden Year 2 (2005), my mother suddenly felt very weak physically and could not keep her food down. So I took her to a major hospital for an examination, and the results showed that she had terminal liver cancer in which cancerous cells had spread throughout her body. Instantly, I decided to place everything in Master’s hands. I brought mother home with me and suggested that she switch to a strict vegetarian diet. She accepted my advice and knelt before Master’s photo, praying, “Master, I’ll observe a pure vegetarian diet from now on. Please save me!” I was very glad to see that she was so pure and sincere. I hung Master’s photos around her bed so that she could see Master in whichever direction she looked. A typical, benign Chinese woman, mother was deeply grateful to know about our compassionate Master and spent her waking hours reciting Master’s name and gazing at Her photo while listening to Master’s Buddhist Chanting tapes.

During her first few days at my house, mother often trembled, vomited and suffered from convulsions. And each time she had an onset of these symptoms, I would put down my work to meditate with her as she piously held and gazed at Master’s photo while reciting Her name. And eventually, through Master’s almighty blessing, the attacks became briefer and less severe until they disappeared completely. Even more surprising and delightful was the fact that my mother saw Master’s transcendental bodies several times. On the first such occasion, Master touched her hand softly and made her feel very comforted and the second time She blessed the fruit by mother’s side and hugged her, causing her to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions and call out to Master, “Mama!” I knew that this was an appeal from the depths of her heart as she had finally realized that only Master is our true Mother. On the third occasion when Master appeared, She accompanied my mother to sleep for half an hour. Master wove a bracelet of gold thread and asked my mother if she liked it and mother happily replied, “Yes! I like it very much.” Master next slipped the gold bracelet over mother’s wrist, and after this experience she had no more onsets of her symptoms.

Sixteen days passed and mother returned to her home and asked me to stay with her for two days. My intuition told me that Master was giving me notice through her so I felt unusually calm. On the second night I spent with mother, at around 10:00 PM she suddenly told me to help her sit up. That was the fourth occasion on which she saw Master’s transcendental body, this time to take her away. While gazing intimately at Master, my mother called out dearly, “Mama! Mama!” Then after a while, mother’s head drooped, and at that moment I felt very much afraid because my mother lived in a solitary house in a remote valley. So I instantly remembered Master, laid down mother’s body and prayed, “Master! Please help me. Take the fear from me. I’m putting mother in Your hands. Please take her Home!” And then I was not afraid anymore.

In Her lectures, Master has taught us how to help our dear ones in their final moments, so I followed Her instructions and calmly handled the situation. Next, observing that mother’s eyes were not completely closed, I asked, “Mom! Can you hear me? Please blink twice if you can.” Mother then blinked twice so I said to her, “Please go with Master quickly! Remember to do your best for spiritual practice! Now go with happiness forever!” Then my mother departed in a blessed state as I turned louder Master's Buddhist Chanting tape near her bed. After another ten minutes or so, the blue skin color on mother’s face vanished, her countenance became round and full and she looked much better than when she was alive. Her body was very soft and she was as peaceful as if she were sleeping. At that moment, I was truly happy that mother had gone with Master, and that she did not have to suffer anymore. Ten days later, I saw a clear vision that my mother, as well as my father and older sister who had passed away previously, had all been elevated. So my gratitude to our greatest Master is boundless! It’s Your infinite wisdom and almighty power that takes care of us in every way.

My greatest Master, I dearly treasure the grace that You have bestowed on me, and I will continue to practice diligently! It’s my perpetual belief that You are my only refuge!

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