By Supreme Master Ching Hai News Reporter Xing Yun, Taipei, Formosa

   Fellow sister Lin was initiated in Thailand. Many years ago, with strength and spirit that came from nowhere, she alone went from Formosa to Thailand -- a totally strange land to her, to learn the craftsmanship and appraisal skill of jewelry. Her infatuation with jewelry technology has persisted throughout the years. Today, by exhibiting the Celestial Jewelry, uniquely and exclusively designed by Master, in the jewelry exhibitions in many countries, she has finally understood that everything has been fantastically arranged by the almighty Master. Her life has always followed the orbit set by the power of Master and the Creator.

　Shortly after she was initiated, she ran into financial difficulties. She often silently prayed to Master to bless her in many ways, so that she could soon overcome this plight. With absolute faith in Master, she managed to squeeze through the worst time. Each time she thinks about this, she feels extremely grateful to Master for Her loving kindness. One day during that period, she received a call from a fellow sister, telling her that Master was in Thailand and fellow practitioners could go to see Her and attend Her discourse. Unfortunately, sister Lin was bound by her business engagements and could not make the trip; she could only shed sorrowful tears for having missed the opportunity.

　However, on one unforgettable occasion, Master showed sister Lin the design drawings of the Celestial Jewelry. Sister Lin could not believe her eyes when she looked at the drawings. According to her professional knowledge, the older generation of designers would never come up with such daring designs -- using gemstones like emerald, coral and jade together; it was unheard of and original.

　During the initial stages of production, sister Lin often tried to imagine the final effects of the finished products, especially the artistic conceptions that Master were trying to express through the Celestial Jewelry, which were not found in any other jewelry designs. Judging from her experience, sister Lin realized that these extraordinary and extremely difficult designs were undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge to the skill of the old and experienced artisans. Nevertheless, because sister Lin was very sincere to do the work as Master's useful tool, each time she received the design drawings, Master's blessing power would fill her workshop -- people could smell the pervading faint fragrance of sandalwood or other unknown fragrances. With God's -- Master's boundless blessing, generation after generation of Celestial Jewelry has dazzled the world. All the finished products are beyond imagination, and each item has been created with heavenly skill!

　When the designs of the fourth generation Celestial Jewelry for children reached her hands, sister Lin was glued to the drawings. She gazed at them all the time and could not figure out where to begin. As the time limit was approaching, she had no option but to go to Hong Kong to look for the materials at the gemstone suppliers. She showed the drawings to the shop owners, and described with all kinds of gestures, the variety, shape, size and quality of the gems that she needed. With an absolutely amazed expression, the shop owner took out a packet of gems and handed it to her, while asking, "Are these what you want? Several days ago, for no reason, he cut and prepared gemstones into these odd and irregular sizes. As if he had received an order from a customer, he even packed the stones and put them away waiting for the customer to come to get them. Sister Lin was most delighted and surprised by his statement. Deep inside, she knew that Master had already made the arrangement. She regretted her stubbornness (that she sometimes argued silently or protested verbally with Master), and realized that she should have just left everything to Master.

　Having returned to Thailand she found that the prepared gemstones fitted into the design drawings perfectly, no further cutting or grinding was required. Master's blessing also graced the artisans. Without any working plan or analytical working procedures, they simply worked smoothly according to the designs, and successfully completed the Children's Celestial Jewelry now being presented to the world.

　Throughout the manufacturing procedure, sister Lin truly perceived that Master is the embodiment of wisdom, love and power, while she, herself, was only a tiny tool. Master has really given her too much! Her words are always on sister Lin's mind, "Whatever target we have in our heart, we will achieve that.