Story World

 


Narrated by sister initiate Y.S. Mina, Cairo, Egypt
Recorded by brother initiate J. A. Creech, Cairo, Egypt
(Originally in Arabic)

Cairo, Egypt

A miraculous story was told recently by a new Egyptian initiate who has suffered from chronic asthma since childhood. Once at midnight, she could not catch her breath due to a sudden attack of asthma. Her mother panicked, knowing the difficulty of fetching a doctor at such an hour. However, the young initiate calmly said to her mother: "Mom, I will be all right after a few minutes of meditation." She meditated, and immediately recovered..

Her mother is a highly positioned government representative. Recently, worried about her daughter's diligent spiritual practice, she consulted a highly reputed Muslim "sheikh" (religious leader) who possessed clairvoyance and fortune-telling power, and was offered the following advice: "You should encourage your daughter to learn from the Supreme Master Ching Hai. It is good for her." Because of her daughter's sincere practice and devotion to vegetarianism, the mother also eats vegetarian whenever possible and has begun reading Master's teachings.