The Heavenly Teachings
Reach Far Northern Australia

By Richard Demetrious, Cairns Highlands

[Cairns Highlands] During the past year, two initiates from southern Australia moved to the mountainous far north of the country. Being located in the tropics, the area is one of the most beautiful in the world, yet due to its high elevation it has milder weather than the coastal zones. The region is covered with natural lakes and rainforests and is host to several towns with a total population of about 20,000. The highlands’ natural beauty attracts many spiritually minded people who are sincere and live a simple life.

On February 6, 2005 the initiates held the area’s first seminar featuring Master’s videos in the Atherton Neighbourhood Centre. Although only a few dozen guests attended, the event proved to be a great success as the audience eagerly watched Master’s video lecture Spirituality Shines in Adversity delivered in Dublin, Ireland in 1999. At the end of the seminar, three fourths of the group registered to learn the Convenient Method of meditation the following Sunday.

Also, about four months earlier, after hearing of The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association through a member who had obtained one of Master’s books at a health expo, the local Theosophical Society invited a Cairns Highlands initiate to speak at one of its meetings. On the day of the initiate’s talk many miracles occurred. For example, the video shown by the Society before the initiate spoke discussed the nature of sound and how the universe is composed of sound vibrations based on the philosophy of Pythagoras, whose ideas parallel Master’s teachings on the cosmic Sound.

During the Atherton Neighbourhood Centre seminar, a woman who attended said she had found a copy of Master’s sample booklet at a second-hand shop a week earlier. Upon seeing the title The Key of Immediate Enlightenment on the cover she was inspired to take it home. That night she prayed to Master to teach her the Quan Yin Method and Master appeared to her. Then a week later her friend brought her to the Theosophical Society meeting at which the Quan Yin initiate was speaking. The woman was thrilled that her prayer had been answered so quickly, and promptly resolved to learn the Convenient Method.

Thus, thanks to Master’s boundless blessings, God’s message was successfully disseminated to the community of Cairns Highlands.

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