The Flying Carpet of the East By Living Buddha Sheng-yen
Lu This was translated from Grandmaster Lu's 31st book, 東方的飛氈. CHAPTER 27 - Red Blood Shadows Since my miraculous encounter eight years ago, I have been in constant contact with the spiritual realm. I am amazed at everything I see. My perceptions and values have been changed a great deal. I am still not always willing to talk about all these new discoveries. Yet there is this one discovery that I feel I have to talk about. I found that beneath the beautiful clothes of some women there are red blood shadows. They exist in the married women as well as single women. Within the shadows I can see immature and abnormal entities. Some women have more than one. The entity emanates white light. Since the shadow is bloody red it is easy to tell how many entities are there. One late afternoon, when I passed by a street in a Tai-Chung City, I happened to glance at the top of a maternity hospital. I saw a huge floating blood shadow as big as a water pond! I was frightened and shocked! How and why should a blood shadow be there? It was like a sunset, heavy and bright red. Even more frightening, in the shadow I could see a tangle of abnormal entities, like a nest of white worms crawling over each other. It was horrifying. I felt my hair raise and my skin prickle and I became dizzy and thought I would vomit. I could smell the bloody odor. It was intolerable. Just as I was overcome, a woman I recognized walked out the side the door of the hospital. Her name was Tsai. She had come to me for a reading, two years ago. There were blood shadows against her body. "Oh! Mister Lu!" She was embarrassed to see me. "This is number four, right?" I said in a straightforward manner. Two years ago when I saw her I told her she had had three, and now I saw the fourth white entity in the blood shadow. She nodded. "You should take care of your body. Do not destroy yourself." "I don't feel much meaning in living," she answered. "Don't say that! There is value and meaning in every life! You must find your own bright direction. Accomplish this and fulfill your life." "You told me before I would have five children. Now I guess I only have one chance left!" Miss Tsai said. "Then you must take care of yourself. It is your last chance." "I think I must have cancer. I feel tired and dizzy, and my face is so pale that if I don't put make-up I look like a ghost. I have no appetite. My heart jumps. My hands sweat and I catch cold so easily." "No. You don't have cancer, Miss Ts'ai. Listen to me. Return to your parents. You will have everything." Miss Ts'ai's family lived in northern Taiwan and she had come down to central Taiwan to be free of them, and play around. I repeated, "Go home and chant to Buddha." "I am going to listen to you." She thanked me, walking on in her shy, timid way. Whenever I saw the bloody shadow on a woman's body and saw how many entities were in the shadow, I could see how many abortions she'd had. I was always correct. I have discussed abortion with a friend who is a doctor. He said, "There is not much we can do. We are hired by the patients and they want abortions. It's quite common. Although our principles are against doing it, there's no denying that it helps people solve their problems. There are so many conflicts." He thought a moment, then added, "Maternity hospitals make quick money this way." I felt sad about all the damaged lives. The entities are so helpless. Either they are attached to their mother, or they just float around. Either way, they enhance the violent energy of this world. Often women have weak physical bodies because of abortions. Prayers and meditations can improve life. Women who have had abortions are helped through their own prayers and through the prayers of their friends. The kind, gentle and hopeful thoughts of all who pray are a great help to both the mothers and the entities. I was thankful that Miss Ts'ai listened to my advice and returned to her parents. She married a man who works for the government. They have a nice baby boy. |
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