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       April Showers Bring May 
        Flowers
 [London, 
        Ontario] In this season of blossoms, London initiates and Convenient 
        Method practitioners worked hand in hand to share Master's teachings in 
        their community. They held two public video seminars in London and one 
        in Chatham (1 1/2 hrs drive from London). 
  
        
           
            |   Master's video seminar in the City Public 
                Library, London, Ontario,Canada.
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            |   Mature Fitness Club invites London initiates 
                to introduce Supreme Master Ching Hai's teachings.
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        first seminar was held in the city library. Apart from placing posters 
        in public areas, the initiates announced the seminar through the Internet. 
        There was one gentleman who had searched for an herb called "suma" on 
        the Internet, but what "accidentally" came to him was Master's web site 
        home page in Canada. He chose to drive two hours right after work to come 
        to the seminar, even though he could get more information about Master 
        from the local Toronto Center. The initiates were also surprised to welcome 
        a group of teenagers to the seminar. Their attendance reflected their 
        interest in the spiritual path.
  While 
        watching Master's mini-biography, the whole assembly was embraced and 
        touched by Master's love. The audience listened to Master's lecture attentively 
        and was delighted by Master's charming and humorous wisdom. Many asked 
        to learn the Convenient Method of meditation during the seminar, while 
        some came to the Center later. After learning the Convenient Method, two 
        ladies told the initiates that they felt the blessing and pure atmosphere 
        both at the seminar and the Center. They also felt very relaxed and did 
        not feel pressured to join our group. 
 
  The second shower of 
        love came down in a small town called Chatham. The seminar was advertised 
        on the local cable TV station. Though the concepts of meditation and vegetarianism 
        were new to the local people, most shop owners received Master's poster 
        readily. Many people showed an interest in the posters. Some people said 
        they had known of Master before because they or their relatives had attended 
        previous seminars in London. 
 
  In the same month, the 
        London initiates also received an invitation from a mature fitness class 
        teacher who had read Master's sample booklet and eagerly wanted to share 
        the good news about Master's teachings with her fitness classes. They 
        arranged a seminar at their club which was also open to the public. The 
        teacher was very active in distributing seminar posters to all of the 
        classes in their senior fitness club and the surrounding neighborhood. 
        The initiates prepared some light vegetarian desserts for the seminar. 
        The audiences were amazed that such tasty desserts could be made without 
        eggs. After the video lecture, the audience members' "endless" questions 
        showed their high interest in both the Quan Yin Method and the Convenient 
        Method of meditation, as well as their sincerity in understanding the 
        vegetarian diet. An 84 year old lady who had missed the previous seminar 
        at the library had the good fortune to be able to attend this seminar. 
        Even though she could not see the video clearly, she could still feel 
        the blessing energy through Master's loving voice and she is now waiting 
        to learn the Convenient Method of meditation.
  Cityfest 
         [Vancouver] 
         At the end of May, initiates from the Vancouver Center participated 
        in Cityfest to introduce Master and the Quan Yin Method of meditation 
        to more people. 
 
  Video presentations 
        are held nearly every month at various libraries in Vancouver to acquaint 
        people with Master as well. The world is becoming more spiritual, so any 
        opportunity to introduce Master to the public should be used. There are 
        ready souls everywhere, waiting for the unfathomable blessing of meeting 
        a True Master.
  Master's 
        Birthday Celebration Party [Montreal] 
        This year, the Montreal Center celebrated Master's birthday in advance 
        after the regular group meditation. Some people practicing the Convenient 
        Method and our family members also come to join us in a warm and loving 
        atmosphere. A couple from Mainland China, who had just arrived in Montreal 
        a few weeks earlier, found the Center and came on time for the celebration. 
        The husband is waiting eagerly to receive initiation and his wife is a 
        practitioner of the Convenient Method. Before leaving, both of them happily 
        signed Master's birthday card. 
 
  Master didn't celebrate 
        Her birthday, but instead worked much harder in conducting a lecture tour 
        in 18 countries in Europe on a very pressing schedule within a short span 
        of time. In group meditation, we all prayed for the success of this lecture 
        tour, hoping that it would instill more wisdom and love in the hearts 
        of the European people, so that they could see each other as God and thereby 
        help to restore a peaceful and brotherly atmosphere in Europe.
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