Narrated
By Brother Initiate Yang Yuan-Pin, Taipei, Formosa
Recorded By Wu Zheng-Ru, Taipei, Formosa
I
often follow Master and work closely with Her, so I realize that Master
is always doing things at the most appropriate time. When She decides that a
job is best to be done at a certain moment to benefit more people in the future,
She would find someone to do it promptly. That is why She sometimes does things
very differently from the general guidelines of worldly people.
One midnight, Master suddenly
told a brother initiate to go and buy some vegetarian ham. That brother wondered
how he could buy any as all the shops were closed at such a late hour. To his
surprise, soon after he drove out, he found that the door of a vegetarian food
store was still half-opened. He accomplished his mission smoothly, and wholeheartedly
marvelled at Master's "magnificent" power.
On another occasion, Master
instructed that a construction work be started in a certain place. Several days
later, the disciples had not yet finished the work, and Master suddenly told
them to stop. It is because the best moment to do a job must be well grasped,
and it must be finished in time. When the auspicious moment has passed, all
efforts then become futile. That was why Master made the decision and stopped
the work immediately.
Superlative Speed In Reading
Besides educating
the disciples with Her acts and speech, Master would sometimes use incredible
methods to help the disciples get rid of the ego that stands in their spiritual
path.
Once, a brother initiate travelled
with Master on the airplane, and sat next to Her. Proud of his competence in
English, he immediately started to converse with the air-stewardess, concerning
meals and other arrangements. He used to have a notion that, compared with his
proficiency in the language, the English that Master used in Her lectures was
very simple and plain. Then, something unexpected happened. Master took the
English magazine that he had just finished reading, and then turned the pages
and read the whole magazine very quickly. No reading experts on earth could
match Her lightning speed, and the brother initiate was awed. Even more surprising,
Master began to discuss the topics and contents in the magazine with him in
detail. All his pride and ego derived from his knowledge in English vanished.
Obviously Master had perceived
his arrogance. This incident fully exemplified how a great spiritual practitioner
edified a stubborn disciple in an incredible way, and with Her superlative inner
power far beyond our imagination.