In recent years, I have had the opportunity to
attend a number of international retreats, visit various meditation
centers, and meet with many fellow disciples. And everywhere I go,
the initiates always receive me warmly, as if I were a member of
their own family. In fact, to me, every disciple is a member of
the same family, under the roof of the cozy home named Quan Yin.
Occasionally, though, I have not recognized some
of the disciples whom I met briefly while working for Master in
the Aulacese refugee camps years ago. At that time, I did translation
and the paperwork necessary to sponsor the disciples in the camps
to move to a third country.
In the camps, the situation was hopeless, with the
refugees being subject to "forced repatriation." Thus
their mental state was unstable and they were anxious, like people
in a boat about to sink into the ocean. To them, Master was like
a lifesaver. But due to heavy pressure from certain organizations,
bringing the refugee disciples to a third country was as hard a
job as "mending the sky and filling the sea." We would
enter the refugee camps, sometimes through the main gate, sometimes
through back doors, and sometimes even by sneaking in from the side.
Many times we could only meet with the disciples for a few minutes,
under the watchful eyes of the camp's security police. The paperwork
for sponsorship often had to be done in private.
We kept doing the paperwork, but felt that there
was little hope. We also felt the despair of the Aulacese refugees.
Affected by this atmosphere, sometimes we felt paralyzed, and lay
in bed depressed for days, not being able to get up to eat or perform
our duties. We truly experienced the state where "We are all
in One!" After seeing so many refugees violently and forcefully
repatriated, we finally went home from the camps with a feeling
of sadness and hopelessness, and in my heart I thought that I would
never meet these people again.
But after a few years, while attending Master's
international retreats and visiting meditation centers, a strange
thing happened. Many disciples who had once lived in refugee camps
in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia or Hong Kong came
to greet me, saying that they had come to the United States after
having been repatriated to Au Lac. We shared our memories, and it
all seemed like a dream. They said that after arriving back in Au
Lac, the American Embassy "suddenly" decided to re-examine
their cases and re-interview them. However, only those refugees
with proper paperwork were considered for entry into the United
States. I could not believe that the paperwork Master had instructed
us to do many years earlier, when there seemed to be not even a
single ray of hope for the refugees, turned into a bridge bringing
these disciples to America!
At present, a number of Centers have sponsored many
fellow disciples living in Au Lac and other South East Asian countries
so that they can enter the United States. All of them had previously
been repatriated, or been left behind after the refugee camps were
closed. Now I realize that working for Master is the highest blessing.
And sooner or later, any work imbued with Master's infinite power
will bring about excellent results for everyone involved.
