In this hazardous situation, they finally found their way to the home of a familiar neighbor, who received them like VIPs. The cordial help from the neighbor warmed their hearts in this time of disaster. Brother Hsieh and his wife promptly borrowed a room in which to meditate, to thank Master for protecting their family from the threat of the mountain torrents and mudslide. They also prayed that Master would turn away any further danger. During his more than eight-year practice of the Quan Yin Method, brother Hsieh has always been affirmative about Master's power: "We only have to do well what we have to do, then Master definitely will make the best arrangement. We simply leave everything to Master!"

After meditating for about two hours, brother Hsieh went into the living room of his neighbor's house to take a look outside and noticed that the wind and rain seemed to have gathered strength. His mother then told him that his father had gone back alone to the house uphill two hours earlier, and had not returned! Outside, police cars repeatedly blared the warning message: "Huge landslides in this area have caused very severe mudslides. Please evacuate quickly!" Brother Hsieh believed that, though his father was not a fellow initiate, Master would take care of him all the same. He firmly assured his mother that his father was going to be all right, and just as he was about to go out looking for him, his father returned. He had gone back to remove the rocks from the sewers in front of the house, so that the water and debris could drain away more smoothly.

It was amazing that a seventy-year-old man could have had the strength to wade back and forth in a sewer filled with raging water, moving rocks in heavy wind and rain on a dark night lit only by a dim flashlight, for more than two hours. On the way up the hill and back, he had to walk on a road that had already become a rapid, muddy river, and risked being hit by large rocks at any time. The fact that his father had come back safe and sound gave brother Hsieh even greater faith in the protective power of the Enlightened Master!

The next day, the rain had somewhat subsided, and brother Hsieh's family returned home. They found that their courtyard had been covered by a layer of yellow mud, but the furniture in the living room was still there; the mudslide had not carried it away. Brother Hsieh rushed into his bedroom, and to his great relief, all of Master's CDs, audiotapes and videotapes lay untouched on the wooden floor. There was no trace of water in his room; even the quilts were dry. The mud torrents had stayed away from his bedroom, leaving everything inside untouched! Brother Hsieh was very grateful to Master for taking care of his family and protecting their homestead. Even his non-initiate parents were amazed at Master's almighty power. The typhoon might have caused material damage to their home, but this was only a superficial "loss." If this experience could lead their whole family to practice spiritually on the same path in the future, it would be an invaluable "gain!"

Knowing that brother Hsieh's family had been hit by typhoon Nari, many fellow initiates from the local area brought shovels, spades, sandbags and food, and came to help clear the mud and rocks that had heaped up knee-high in the rooms at the back of their house. Several sister initiates took turns preparing hot food to serve the Hsieh family and the fellow practitioners who were helping them. Thus, though their kitchen was gone, they could still enjoy hot meals. Brother Hsieh knew very well that his family had benefited from the grace of Master. If he had not joined the Quan Yin family, where could he have found so many fellow brothers and sisters to help him so earnestly in his time of need? His parents also felt the brotherly love shown among the fellow initiates, and thus developed a better understanding of the Quan Yin Method!

Brother Hsieh's deep reflections were that usually, when he did volunteer-work for local centers, he was always passive. Rarely did he humbly take the initiative to find work to do. But during the typhoon Nari disaster, the active and eager help rendered by local fellow initiates made him realize that "contributing wholeheartedly, with total effort and love" is what a true spiritual practitioner should do!

Master often says, "One person practices the Quan Yin Method, and his relatives and ancestors will also be taken care of." When brother Hsieh's kitchen collapsed, if his father had left the area just a moment later, the consequences would have been unthinkably grave. Master also protected this seventy-year-old father when he was clearing the rocks from the sewer, climbing up and down the hill on the night of the typhoon, and walking back and forth on the hazardous mountain road. Brother Hsieh said, "My whole family believes that this is a miracle manifested by Master!"

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