When I met my true Master and decided to get initiated, my kids asked me why I was not eating meat anymore. I said to them: "You see, dead bodies are in graves. I feel so terrible when I think of the dead bodies of animals in our stomachs." Afterwards, they had an opportunity to see the whole process of a living chicken being killed in a second, then baked, and sent to the dinner table. It scared them to see the killing and the spilling of blood. Soon afterwards, my two daughters came to hate the smell of meat and stopped eating it.

My younger child shed tears just from looking at the cover of the magazine with Master praying in front of the Au Lacese refugee camp. Her young soul seemed to understand the love and suffering of a True Master.

Since most of my family members were on a vegetarian diet, I thought I should satisfy their palates by supplying a bigger variety of foods. So I had to invent different dishes. I became very serious about inventing a new menu for each day. My elder daughter received initiation last year, with the approval of her father. My twelve-year-old younger daughter is waiting for initiation. There is a lunch program in her school, but with her teacher's approval, she comes home, which is nearby, for lunch. She feels very happy to have lunch with me and I do my best to wait and eat with her.

I find so much happiness in our family now. How can I ever express my gratitude to Master, who taught me to practice spirituality while fulfilling the responsibilities of family life? I always guide my children to appreciate their initiations, to love their true Mother, and to trust and follow Her to the end. And I always ask them to give meditation higher priority than homework.

I hope endless blessings from God will accompany the young initiates who have to bear a lot while practicing. I also hope that their souls will grow up to enter the Kingdom of God together.