IT IS SUCH A HAPPY MOMENT!!!
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Dear Thầy, Cô !!!
In the long life of humankind, those who have a chance to really live a full life, to acknowledge who they are , to distinguish between right and wrong for themselves, to face life through good or bad times should be happy! Thầy and Cô have given me a chance live through all of these wonderful moments in this level five class.
From the stories of the fellow disciples at a higher rank, I wished that some day, I would be granted permission to come to the Head Quarter of the UHBE in Seattle to attend level 5 class; so I could treasure the moment that I would be pampered, care for, and loved by Thầy Cô, uncles, aunties; so I could once be a little disciple who came to the Head Quarter that is also a “Spiritual Home” of the Discipline; a place that had been and always has promoted “love” around the world.
Dear Thầy and Cô,
June passed, and at the beginning of July, I knew that I was not selected to attend level five class for this year. I told myself that I was not quite ready yet and I should try harder to prepare myself for next year’s class. I did not excitedly plan for a family vacation like I have in years past. But to my surprise, at the last minute, it seemed like Thầy và Cô wanted to reward me for striving to do my best, my dream came true when I got the message from the leader of the center to tell me and eight other disciples to get ready for the intensive training session to attend level 5 class.
All nine disciples including myself from the Houston meditation center had the same feeling of excitement, and were full of pleasure on the flight to Seattle. We felt a warm welcome from thầy Norman when he greeted us at the airport. Later on, I learned that he had been at the airport early that morning to arrange the transportation for all disciples who came from other meditation center around the world. My group had been picked up by Thầy Nguyễn Điệp; and as we came to the Head Quarter of the UHBE, the first things I saw were radiant faces full of happiness of disciples from other centers. My heart and my mind was overwhelmed with peaceful and joyful feeling.
Dear Thầy and Cô,
The teaching of Thầy: “ This place is now the source of your happiness” was me a deep sentiment of every second and every minute that I had spend during the three days that I spent in class.
This place , “The Spiritual Home”, the cradle of love from the world, is a wonderful place with fun activities and spiritual fulfillment in loving support from Thầy, Cô, and many disciples from the UHBE family.
It had been such a privilege to follow the path that The Founder Grand Master had taught me and a great pleasure to be one of the disciples of Thầy and Cô.
Every second of every minute during those three days, I learned new lessons, compare and contrasts from the right and the wrong things in my life. The profound meaning of the lessons of level 4: “Disengage with the normal life activities, keep your mind inert, eradicate the dreadful karma, live vigorously through meditation, be blessed with the Founder Grand Master power” had resuscitated me in the past time, and now, with the new lessons for level 5, you have taught me to cope with my wrongful acts and to learn from my mistakes from the past through the lessons of “Fame, Wealth, and Love.”
Living a life full of temptation and suffering, I have always worked very hard to find a way to satisfy my needs. My desires have always distorted my point of view about life. In the past, I asked myself if I have ever felt that I have had enough? And once I pass away, what could I carry along? Greed, Anger, Obsession, and the intense cycle of Fame, Wealth, Love had always captivated and plunged people in general and myself in particular. But fortunately, from the first lesson about “Fortitude” in “Benevolence, Wisdom, and Fortitude” I have seen the inevitable revolving of Fame, Wealth, Love that I must endure. I have used the lesson as a foundation to help me to have enough courage to fight directly and to win myself. These lessons have hurt me and made me feel pity for myself every time I have thought about my past; but they have also given me opportunity to get rid of my anguish and agony that I have carried with me for years. Furthermore, the lessons have also given me the excitement and strong beliefs about a better future on the journey of cultivation myself.
The teaching of Cô: “Knowing that you have enough, will relieve the suffering from your life; turning down fame and prosperity, will raise your ethic value. Living a life without hardship, your mind will not be clever; a journey of cultivation without challenges, will never be successful path ” will be my lone star from now on.
In the past time, I reserved a lot of time to cultivate myself through meditation and given help to others. Practicing Bodhisattva to transform my life is the only path that I chosen to follow.
Dear Thầy and Cô,
After you completed opening our chakras and closing the training session, all of the 84 disciples had felt a huge relief after meditating for six hours. The joy and the enormous emotion had shown on some of the disciples tearful faces. Some disciples hugged Thầy and Cô tightly while crying. We all felt a great deal of emotions. We cried because we deeply appreciated the dedication and the hard work from Thầy and Cô in the process of opening our chakras. We learned that Thầy had simultaneously been standing up and kneeing down for several hours in order to open the negative chakras and the chakras at our feet and Cô had to reach high to open the chakras on our head and the positive chakras on our back.
For myself, at first I thought that I was strong enough to control my emotion by not crying. However, when I saw Cô at the stairs, I could no longer control my emotions, I burst into tears while I hugging Cô tightly. I cried as I never had chance to cry with my mother for a long, long time. At the same time, I was filled with joy and peacefulness while cuddling in the warm hug from Cô.
Dear Thầy and Cô,
All ten disciples from Houston Meditation Center sincerely would like to express our gratitude toward Thầy and Cô. We promise to continue to follow your lessons and make progress on the journey to cultivate ourselves.
I also would like to express my appreciation to the people who organized the class and all the people who prepared endless delicious meals with sweet love through out the course.
I would like to thank to all disciples in my class for your patience and your hard work during the training. We all had a chance to spend time together in our UHBE Spiritual Home and graduate level five class.
I would like to thank all meditation centers for giving us a chance to attend the class.
Finally, I sincerely wish that all disciples always feel happy and peacefully in the love of our Founder Grand Master. Let’s bring love and happiness to all the people that we have opportunities to meet.
Disciple Lê Thùy Linh—UHBE Houston Meditation Center
September 3, 2012