Let me first express my greatest respect to Master! It has been many years since my initiation and I recall that first time when Master came to Japan. I was so ignorant that I treated Her as no more than a celebrity. Although reading the series "The Key of Immediate Enlightenment" did give me a slight understanding of what an enlightened Master was, deep down I was really ignorant. When I first met Master, I found Her so kind and lovely, and so genuine, without a trace of falsehood, and I loved Her for it.

A few months after my initiation, Master went on a worldwide tour to spread the Truth, and fortunately for me, I had the opportunity to partake in God's work in Japan. That was the greatest honor in my life. Through my work, I quickly learnt many spiritual lessons that completely changed my concepts. In spite of the many doubts in my heart, I rejected and denied nothing. Instead, I observed it all with a probing mind and, through meditation, found the answers from within. Some of the answers came from Master's discourses and the News magazine. (These magazines have become my best companion and I always look forward to their arrival.)

Having traveled on the spiritual path for some time, I look back in retrospect and find that I have truly grown up! Overjoyed, I have begun to practicing even more diligently. Master has given me lessons continually, whether tangibly or intangibly. Some come in the form of joy, some in the form of pain. Sometimes it is through serving Master, which seems very meaningful, but sometimes it is through the very ordinary trivialities of life. All these have been designed to lead me to greater spiritual enlightenment and elevation. The more I practice, the more profound and unfathomable I find our Master Yet, She appears in a very ordinary form, and is becoming increasingly more common, to the extent that is beyond what ordinary people can conceive.

Master has remolded me from within. I have a deep-rooted quality of an ordinary being, which I can detect in a very subtle form of consciousness. When situations arise, it simply emerges. The power derived from books and knowledge alone cannot possibly change it. However, Master's power (or the power of the Self), has indiscernibly arranged many lessons for me. By learning them, my ordinary-human qualities have changed for the better gradually and without my knowing it. The change has been so natural and I marvel at the fact that I have discovered my flawless original nature. Now I deeply understand the words: To be natural is the great Truth.

Bit by bit, I have observed that Master is the most ordinary, wise, selfless, self-sacrificing, compassionate, awesome, congenial, lovely, carefree and immeasurably great being. The more She is criticized, the deeper I understand Her and realize Her supreme greatness.

Now I have placed the "Buddha" to one side. In this lifetime, Master is my only and the best teacher, my only and the best friend and relative. I feel that I am truly lucky to have a teacher like Her, who has blessed me with the Quan Yin Method of liberation.

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