ISTANBUL
- TURKEY November 20, 1999
Recently
stricken by two strong earthquakes registering above seven on the Richter
scale, Turkey was awakened to eternal liberation! The sincere inner
longing of the Turkish people drew Supreme Master Ching Hai to hold
the first lecture of Her Middle Eastern and South African Lecture Tour
in Istanbul on November 20, 1999.
Istanbul
is a large city with a population of approximately 10-15 million, lying
on land that stretches between the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The
city has many mosques (Muslim temples), each surrounded by four towers
pointing toward the sky. These towers, called 'minarets,' are used for
announcements that remind Turkish Muslims to start their routine of
prayers five times a day.
Teams
of practitioners from different corners of the world worked together
in many areas of Istanbul to distribute flyers, introduce Master Ching
Hai and the Quan Yin Method to the people, and provide information about
Her Lecture Tour. Most of the Turkish people we met were very friendly
and gladly received the flyers, curiously inquiring about Master and
the Quan Yin Method. Some young Turks even took the flyers to pass out
to their own people, speaking eagerly in their own language.
Finally, the lecture day
arrived and by 5:00 PM, the room was packed, causing others to go to
another hall upstairs to watch Master on a big screen TV. The stage,
decorated with Muslim mosque-like arches made of wood and painted white,
was filled with flowers, fruits, and candy. When Master arrived in a
flowing white outfit with sparkling gold trim, Turkish television and
newspaper reporters first demanded an interview before allowing Her
to proceed with the lecture.
When
She finally entered the lecture hall, many crowded around Her to touch
or shake Her hand. Before Master spoke, the audience stood and sang
their national anthem, creating an atmosphere of national pride and
poignant emotion. Master touched their hearts immediately by greeting
them in Allah's name and praying that God would help Turkey by minimizing
the country's disasters and suffering. She said that love is the only
religion, and offered the audience the Quan Yin Method that would allow
them direct access to Heaven and the realm of the angels, as experienced
by the Prophet Mohammed in a cave outside Mecca. Reciting a famous phrase
from the Koran, Be a good guest on this Earth, Master reminded the audience
that they can "borrow" a house, a car, a wife, a husband,
children, etc., but to be good guests in this world, they have to remember
the missing part, which is how to connect directly with God.
Drawing
a large circle that symbolized God, Master pointed out that all created
things in the universe are part of this circle and nothing is outside
this circle, not even the Devil! She held up a yellow pad of paper,
a black pen, and a red pen, saying that if a soul occupies the yellow
pad, it calls itself the "yellow pad," if it occupies the
red pen, it calls itself the "red pen", etc., meaning that
physical forms can be different, but all of these forms are within the
Godly "circle". And the Father knows and cares for each and
every individual, and each is a part of Hirm.
Master
added that it is important not to harm one another because God knows
everything, and since each of us is within the circle, we cannot hide.
She explained that in actuality there is no reincarnation, but just
the soul using one form until that physical form is "kaput",
then jumping to another form to continue its experience as a different
part of God. The "jumping" from one form to another is called
"death". As souls, we need to detach from the physical form
and from the names we associate with to be liberated.
Following
Master's lecture, hundreds of Turkish people stayed to learn the Convenient
Method or receive initiation. Allah at last had sent a "beautiful"
Prophet to sow the seeds for the future era of Turkey!
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