Wow! Master came to the U.K.!Let me tell you about that wonderful day. It was just like we went to heaven!

It was a normal college day for me, except that in the afternoon I showed a video of Master's lecture to a few interested students before going home. No sooner had I arrived home, when I saw several urgent telephone messages from fellow initiates. I telephoned a brother, who was already on his way to the Edgware Center in North London. "Brother! Master is here! She's in London and She's coming to the Edgware Center tonight to see us!" he exclaimed excitedly.

When I heard this, it felt as if great waves of joy were crashing through me, rising from deep inside my heart! I was yelping like an excited puppy! All inhibitions had left me as I wallowed in the wonderful news. Quickly, I grabbed a few things, running around the house, giggling to myself. "Master's coming! Master's here!" My housemate could not understand what had happened to me. Then I was out the door, and running to catch the train to North London. I seemed to have boundless energy, running non-stop until I reached the station. It was so great to be on my way to see Master!

Although it was already late in the day when I found out about Master's visit, I was able to reach the Center in time before Master arrived. Amazingly, everything was so well organised and in good time, despite the fact that the first news of Master's visit had only reached the contact person that very afternoon. At the Center, fellow brothers and sisters were buzzing with excitement! The room was beautifully decorated with bunches of fresh exotic flowers. Master's chair was decked out in shining white lace, and surrounded with various foods to be blessed. All the brothers and sisters were looking especially beautiful to greet Master, and everybody was radiant with excitement! There were many fellow Initiates there whom I had not seen before, because they live so far away from London. At a moment's notice, they had dropped what they were doing and travelled long distances from Scotland or from Northern England.

Suddenly, Master's car pulled up. My heart was in my throat because I was in the back row right next to the entrance. Master came through the door, stopped and said. "Oh, hello......!" I, and the sister standing next to me, simultaneously stammered ".....Mmmmaa..." which, in the international language of 'overwhelming excitement', means: "Hello Master! It's so wonderful to see you!" Master looked so cute! She wore a stylish hooded coat and was sporting a beautiful new hairstyle. She went to the front of the hall, where Her chair was, then passed through into the kitchen, before starting to talk and joke with us.

Master also told us that it was not easy for Her to be there. It was not the physical journey which was so difficult, but the inner pressure on Her that was so intense. She told us that it was difficult to explain, because the suffering She feels cannot easily be understood or properly expressed in languages of the world. To give us some idea, She said that it would have been easier for Her to swim across the ocean to be there. Really, She said, that would have meant less suffering for Her. I know Master probably does not want us to know of Her inner suffering, but I think perhaps if we knew how much She suffers, it might make us more diligent in our meditation and practice, and encourage us to pray for less suffering in this world.

After this valuable lesson, Master quickly made the atmosphere more joyful by asking any happily married couples to tell of their joy in being together. Then She asked us all to meditate. She even showed the non-practitioners present how to do a simple form of meditation so that everyone in the room could meditate together. We meditated for a short time and then Master 'woke' us from our samadhi! Thereafter, we all seemed to be one big happy family. There was a single energy in the room, shared by all, so that even though the space was small and the room packed, we did not feel too squashed. Everybody was in a state of bliss. Master settled down to relax with us, and jokingly said, "Ah... You make me work again, huh?" as fellow initiates talked with Her and asked Her questions!

Master continually tossed sweets to us, as She talked to the people.It was so charming. She even made efforts to toss sweets all the way to the people at the back of the room. So there were sweets bouncing off people's heads. Everybody was very amused. After Master had answered many questions, we all ate together and, wow!The food was good! It was such a tasty meal with many different and delicious dishes.

Unfortunately,Master had to leave because it was getting really late. We waved good-bye to our beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai with smiles full of thankfulness for this wonderful blessing. The evening was over and we went home full of bliss.Due to pressing work elsewhere, She had to leave the U.K. very soon. But everyone was so elated after seeing Her and the atmosphere of bliss is still here!Thank you, beloved Master for coming to see us. Please, all encompassing Heavenly Father, may Master's suffering be eased through our diligent meditation and prayers.

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