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A few months later, right after Ronnie's sixteenth birthday, his mother again applied for him to be initiated. One of the L. A. Center contact persons then relayed to her what the Quan Yin messenger had suggested about the Convenient Method, and emailed the Foreign Group, which immediately gave its permission "to try to teach" Ronnie the Convenient Method.
The contact person responsible for working with Ronnie kept asking herself, "How can I teach him the difficult inner concepts related to meditation?" and requested Master's help in transmitting the Convenient Method to the boy. Next, she spoke with Ronnie's brother, who explained that Ronnie is a visual learner who comprehends the content of pictures but has no understanding of abstract thought. After realizing the nature of Ronnie's abilities, the contact person began a search of the Internet using the terms "meditation" and "teach" and found several articles that were very helpful. One consisted of a cartoon series on teaching meditation, with the frames going through a simple sequence of instructional steps, and another showed beautiful inner experiences. These articles were downloaded and printed out in full color.
Another helpful teaching aid came from a Formosan brother, who two years earlier had emailed the contact person a beautiful illustration (see right) of a child looking up to the heavens. This picture shows the cone-shaped pineal gland, said by ancient mystics and the French philosopher Ren Descartes to be "the seat of the soul," and located behind the middle of the forehead in the geometric center of the cranium.
Two weeks after receiving permission to learn the Convenient Method, Ronnie was able to come to the L. A. Center with his mother and older brother for his special day. With pictures in hand, the contact person felt ready to teach Ronnie, and much to everyone's surprise, it took him only about three minutes to learn how to meditate! He had already learned how to sit properly by watching a portion of the film The Lion King about meditation. All the contact person had to do was show Ronnie the above-mentioned cartoons and pineal gland picture and give brief verbal descriptions of each. The pictures were most helpful in the teaching process, as Ronnie easily grasped the concepts with these simple visual aids. The pineal gland image helped Ronnie to understand where Master is located inside his brain, and in order to teach Ronnie how to concentrate on his Wisdom Eye, the contact person put a bindi (a dot traditionally worn by Indian women) on his forehead. The next thing that happened, however, surprised us all!
The contact person asked Ronnie if he was ready to begin meditating, and he immediately sat in the correct posture, closed his eyes and entered samadhi! He then stayed in this state until he was gently awakened at the end of the session. During Ronnie's Convenient Method instruction session, Master had bypassed his damaged brain and gone directly to his perfect soul. Despite his "handicap" Ronnie is actually very blessed, free and wonderful just the way he is. For as the Bible says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God"(Matthew 5:8). It is we so-called "normal" people, with our lifetimes of accumulated thoughts and preconceptions, who are laden with many obstacles! Now, Ronnie comes to group meditation with his family each Sunday and receives more blessings every day through Master's love.
We thank Master for teaching us a great lesson through Ronnie's pure and humble example!
