Indonesia was once a
Hindu country which later became a Buddhist country. And today, it has become a
Muslim country. The ancient Central Javanese embraced three religions as one; there
are historical artefacts that showed them practising meditation in the past.
Today, the people on the streets and shopping malls of Central Java are
friendly people who obviously look happy and very approachable, whose state of
minds resemble those of a true spiritual practitioner. There are some
practitioners who think highly of themselves but end up falling into the
Demi-gods Realm (Asura) and there are more practitioners who end up in the Hell
Realm, let alone the commoners who are non-practitioners.
Our local tour guide
looked very young and pretty, with no wrinkles on her face, although she was
already 70 year-old. That was reflective of her good state of mind – she aged
so gracefully. Her state of mind was reflected on her face. On our way to the
Mt. Merapi volcano, she requested me to sing some spiritual verses of
supplication because she saw many of us falling asleep in the coach. So, I
started singing my heart mantra and the mantra of Vajra Kilaya. She was very happy
and filled with spiritual joy when she heard the singing of the mantras.
When we did our prayer at
Borobodour, Shao had a vision of the appearance of Indra and Ganesh, among
others. We have a spiritual connection with these deities and that was the
reason why we need to make this trip to Borobodour.
In the spiritual realm,
the late King of Jogjakarta was less important than the late King of Solo
because the latter was a national hero of Indonesia, respected by the peoples
and the spiritual beings. At the Solo Palace, I twisted my angle slightly and
then my head knocked against a tree. A flower fell from the tree and landed on
my head. Someone wanted to remove the flower from my head but I told him not to
do so. However, later Mayumla came along and just took the flower off my head
as she did not hear my instruction earlier.
Shao had a vision of the
royal guards in the spiritual realm welcoming our arrival. They pushed me a
little, showing their gesture of appreciation, thanking me for blessing this
place. The spiritual guards presented a flower as an offering, adorning my hair.
That was the reason behind the physical appearance of the flower and my unusual
physical movements.
After leaving the palace,
we came to an antique shop. There were a few pieces of ring in the shop but
none of our members took interest in them. When I picked up one of them, I knew
instantaneously that this was a very special ring – one being offered by the
heavenly realm. I blessed the ring and put it on my finger. The original colour
of the stone turned from white to purple, after I wore it for a while. When we
stepped out of the shop and stood under the sun, there were rainbow colours
reflected around the edge of the stone. Later, when we boarded our coach, a
rainbow halo appeared circling the sun. There were three layers of rainbow this
time! Our tour leader, Christie, wished for the appearance of rainbow during
this tour as she heard so much about X-Tours in the past that rainbows appeared
each time during the trip. She ended up seeing three rainbows this time and she
felt very thankful.
At night, I used this
ring to do a special Celestial Eye Empowerment for the group during our group
prayer. “Buddha Eye” actually appeared right within the ring (stone) in the
form of rainbow light. I called it “Celestial Eye” for those who have not
developed Celestial Eye yet at this stage. Everyone will start from Celestial
Eye Empowerment. For those who have already developed Celestial Eye, this
empowerment served as Buddha Eye Empowerment instead. It can be used for either
Celestial Eye or Buddha Eye Empowerment – it is very special and has
inconceivable power!
Chan asked me why did the
heavenly beings offer me their Jewel Crown of Heaven (the ring)? Actually,
Grand Master mentioned in the past that King Brahma, King Indra, Jade Emperor
and God were the manifestations of the same being no different from a highly
enlightened Bodhisattva of the Profound Ground.
They offered their most precious jewel to me upon our arrival. However,
because of their act of offering, they will get something even better in
return. They will not end up poorer because of offering. Actually, those who
joined the tour were brought into the heavenly realm and obtained lots of
jewels. Did Shao have any vision? (Shao replied, “During the empowerment, when
I shut my eyes as instructed by Buddha Master, Acho Rinpoche, I saw something
like an eye which was brown in colour. There was a black pupil right in the
centre and it entered my eyes. It was a very wonderful sensation! Later, I saw
light! Any my vision became clearer than ever.”)
After seeing this ring,
it will make your visualization easier in future because of its vivid colour
and clarity. You can visualise based on what you saw and even visualize your
own transformation into the rainbow light. It has a very great blessing power.
When you enter the state of samdadhi, you can visualize it and see the light –
inconceivable rainbow light. That’s its power!
Ganesh asked me why one
of the members who ought to turn up for the tour but did not do so? Our X-Tour
is just inconceivable and it is hard to come by, for the merits accumulated by
one who joined the tour is simply inconceivable. Every X-tour is the same. When
the conditions are right, those who can afford it should not miss the X-Tour in
future.
Our visit to a village
completely destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Merapi reminded me about the
impermanence of life. It makes you realize that regardless of our efforts –
from childhood to adulthood, education, growing up, career, family etc., they
will vanish completely upon the eruption of a volcano. The whole village was
completely destroyed by the volcano eruption. The power of karma is indeed
inconceivable. We are absolutely insignificant in the face of karma. You might
think that you have tried your best to work hard, study, build a family etc.,
but you will lose all things in life in no time when the power of your karma
ripens. All efforts could turn into emptiness in no time! We witnessed the
reality of impermanence when we saw the village destroyed by the eruption of
volcano. You should strive to develop a profound sense of impermanence, as that
is the key success factor for your spiritual practice. If you are still trapped
by your worldly concerns, you will never be able to rise above samsara (cyclic
existence of birth and death). Please practise with vigour. I would also like
to thank all members who joined us for this tour and Chan who fell very sick
during this trip for the later part of the tour.
Thank you.
