Tempering for the Beautiful Eternal
Future World
by
Shila Chan
1. Suffering from disease and
pressure from work
My suffering from diseases
began in my childhood. When I was eleven years old, I was
diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Since then, the condition
appeared on a periodic basis. Whenever I would be afflicted, I
had to receive penicillin injections. As a result, my body became
very fragile and I would often come down with colds, nasal
congestion, and pharyngitis. In 1987, the condition reappeared
and this time was very serious, causing tuberculosis and other
diseases that my doctor was not able to diagnose. I was suffering
both from disease and from the side effects of medications. My
memory declined, my spirit went way down, and the life force in my
body became weak. Living in this kind of chaotic condition, fear
and hopelessness began to take over my mind. I felt unable to
recover and that soon I would die. I was having a profound
experience involving suffering from disease, yet there was nothing
I could do.
In 1988 I began a job, I
had to work ten-hour shifts daily, and my health was very poor.
The fear of dying never disappeared from my mind. I began to
blame myself for my unfortunate life.
2 The Path of Life and Pan
Gu Mystical Qigong gave me new life
In 1991, I had the
opportunity to read Mr. Ou Wen Wei’s book The Path of Life,
and a year later I met the author himself and learned Pan Gu
Mystical Qigong, which he had created.
In May 1992, due to my
fragile physical condition and the noise pollution where I lived,
I easily became jumpy and afraid. When I was walking on a street
and saw a car coming, I thought the car would hit me. One night
early in 1993 I recited the qigong “passwords” before going
to sleep. That night I had a dream. I saw Mr. Ou autographing my
copy of The Path of Life. When I got up the next morning,
I felt very comfortable, and when I rode my bicycle to work, I
discovered I didn’t have the feeling of fear anymore. I became
very calm and I realized for the first time that this world is
actually a very beautiful place. After going to my office and
sitting down, I could hear a voice as if coming from the inner
darkness of the universe. It was Pan Gu addressing with his deep
voice the people of the entire world. “People!” he said. “You
still need tempering!” At that very moment my eyes were wet with
tears. I appreciated very much the power of Pan Gu and the
kindness of Mr. Ou.
Slowly the condition of my
fragile body improved. I wouldn’t get sick as often as I used
to. Now, when I do get sick, rather than taking any medication I
practice Pan Gu Mystical Qigong more often. My memory and
reflexes are much better than before. I feel I have a new body
with a lot of energy. My face looks younger. The rheumatoid
arthritis condition has not recurred for several years, and the
pharyngitis only once. All these improvements have caused a huge
positive impact on my life and work. I have great confidence for
the future. Only now have I come to realize what the feeling of
good health should be.
From my personal
experience I fully understand the curative ability of Pan Gu
Mystical Qigong—especially so in the case of premenstrual syndrome
(PMS). When I have PMS, I practice Pan Gu Mystical Qigong once or
twice and the discomfort is reduced by 80 percent; sometimes the
discomfort completely disappears before I even finish the session.
In the practice of sending
energy to help heal people, I have had some disappointing
experiences. Once, I sent energy to heal someone who had a
fever. After I sent the energy and massaged the patient’s head
and back, the patient’s body temperature quickly lowered. After a
very short time, however, this person’s fever returned. Learning
from this experience, I cautioned myself that whenever I help
people recover from discomfort, I should not claim any credit for
my work nor take satisfaction, and I also understand that it is
not my power that heals the patient but Pan Gu’s. I have to
evaluate my experiences in order to improve my ability to heal
others.
My healthier body is the
result of practicing Pan Gu Mystical Qigong, of following Mr. Ou’s
instruction and guidance, and of reading The Path of Life.
Through reading Mr. Ou’s writings and listening to his lectures, I
have come to understand what is qigong, the reason that a
person gets sick, the essence of Pan Gu Mystical Qigong, the
relationship between human beings and nature, how a person can
truly achieve good health, and what a practitioner needs to do in
order to have better results from qigong practice. In
addition to the mysterious information about the universe that I
have obtained from reading his books and listening to his profound
lectures on various topics, another result is that my performance
at work is better. I am a happier and healthier person with a
meaningful life.
Through my contact with
The Path of Life and the principle of “Take kindness and
benevolence as basis; take frankness and friendliness to heart”
contained in the book, I have finally realized that I have to
behave and conduct myself based on this philosophy. Pan Gu tells
us in the book that 90 percent of everyone’s life is already
determined by him and 10 percent is up to each individual to
attain in his/her lifetime and that this 10 percent is the most
important because it justifies whether one is able to enter the
beautiful future world, based on self-tempering. To be good or to
be evil is the choice everyone has who is living in this world,
regardless of social class. In order to enter the beautiful
future world, one must go through an agonizing process of
self-tempering of the heart and soul. I have finally understood
to treat all my sufferings from diseases and the pressure from
work as my self-tempering; no longer do I blame myself, rather I
am bravely meeting the challenge head-on.
I have decided to try to
do the best I can with this 10 percent. I am continuing to work
on my weaknesses and elevate my understanding so as to change my
approach toward work and life. When working with people and
dealing with issues, I follow the principles set forth by Pan Gu:
“Speak with reason, treat with courtesy; act with emotion,
accomplish result.” Whenever I encounter any problem in work or
in daily life, I know that I need to calm myself and be patient in
order to analyze issues objectively and completely and come up
with the best solution for all parties. When it comes to other
people’s weaknesses or mistakes, I tell myself that I have to
offer people more love and less hate. My mind needs to be more
open and less narrow; I have to be more receptive to people’s
opinions and learn not to pay attention to other people’s
weaknesses or to emphasize their mistakes. At the same time, I
need to improve myself with each experience and guard against
making the same mistakes. I need to learn from people’s good
qualities and learn how to be open-minded and to suppress my
negative qualities. I should contribute more love. Through my
efforts, my understanding reaches a higher level. I believe I am
more open-minded now. My adaptability has improved and my will
grows stronger daily. My ability in dealing with people is
better. The discomforts in my body rarely happen now. Obviously,
I am happier and more relaxed in life. I feel my luck is
changing. My goal is to be on the path of a healthy body, a kind
and benevolent heart, and an open mind.
Pan Gu told us the
qualification for everyone to enter the beautiful eternal future
world is to go through agonizing self-tempering in order to purify
the soul. Does it not matter what one is thinking? Or what one
is doing? This qualification is based on the principle of not
harming the other’s benefit. It is not based on other people’s
suffering. If we want to be the first generation of people to
enter the beautiful eternal future world, we must seize the
opportunity now. We must spend time in tempering ourselves by
purifying our souls and elevating our understanding. As an old
saying goes, “When the water gets here, the vessel is ready.” I
deeply believe that the people of this world will be able to
attain the undertaking as set forth in Pan Gu’s great plan. The
beautiful eternal future world will appear.
3. Conclusion
Living in this world
of six billion people, we are able to read The Path of Life,
learn and practice Pan Gu Mystical Qigong and receive mysterious,
formerly secret information about the universe from Pan Gu. We
are very fortunate. I feel all this is according to Pan Gu’s
arrangement. We carry with us many responsibilities and hopes.
We should not take Pan Gu’s and Mr. Ou’s trust in vain. In order
to share the unique physical and spiritual Pan Gu Mystical Qigong
practice with more people, we have to work extra hard to improve
ourselves so we can assist others.
Written in December 2004 |