Real Stories and Metaphysical Principles

Story 11. The Magical Art of Invisibility (or Making Oneself Invisible)
At the beginning of 1980, I met a shaman. He performed exorcism by way of whipping a rattan cane into thin air, and the possessed would be heard screaming and begging for mercy from another room, and eventually, the 'devil' would depart. Two of the shaman's di sciples had successfully used the magical spell of invisibility to escape when they were chased by enemies.
That day, the shaman had given me the yantra and its mantra which can make one becomes invisible.
A man named Thanh was a former deputy administrative officer until the fall of the South Vietnamese Government. He was sent to re-education camp where he was kept prisoner for 5years. When he was released, he had heard about me and came to seek the Initiation into Secret Buddhism from me. Right after he had experienced the mystical experience from the Initiation ritual, he told me the following supernatural story:
During his stay at the re-education camp, he had met and befriended a young man who shared the same fateful situation. Gradually, they became close friends and the young man confided in him that he had practiced magic at 'the Seven Mountains" since the age of 10 and that he belonged to a mystical sect called “The Thirty-Six Caverns”.
Thanh told me that that everytime they had to fell trees and build houses, there were those timbers that were too heavy for Thanh to carry- The young man would recite a mantra and Thanh could then pick those heavy logs up and carry them easily. After experiencing this miracle, Thanh had asked the young man to initiate him. Whenever Thanh sat in meditation and recited the mantra of the 36 caverns, he always heard bells ringing above his head.
One day, during a labor-free period, the young man asked Thanh to join him in leaving the camp and going to the local market for a meal. Thanh was surprised at the suggestion because the camp’s gate was always heavily guarded. The young man told Thanh that all Thanh had to do was to follow him quietly. And as such they both safely walked out through the camp gate without being seen.
When they got to the market they had a meal, followed by coffee and cigarettes. Then, the young man took out some papers and pay the bill with it. The restaurant owner accepted that money without any complaints.
Then, from the market they returned to the camp the same way they had left without anyone stopping them. In that same manner, they had successfully gone to the market and back to the camp twice.
On one occasion, Thanh asked his young friend why did he not use his magic skills to escape, he replied that he had to repay his bad karma.
Sometimes later, I heard that Thanh had escaped from Vietnam and had settled as a boat refugee in Australia, having been sponsored by his brother.

The magic skill of Invisibility is real. However, it is not easy to do. It must be authorized by the Superior Divine Beings, including those occasions when it is performed in order to confirm the existence and powers of the Divinities. Like any other magic skills, there will be great retribution for abusing them.

Until next time ...
Old_Guru 28-08-08

I wrote this story by order of the Old Guru who had read and watched a video about it. His opinion was that, and perhaps you will understand from reading this story, Eastern and Western mysticism are not 2 separate systems, but only one.
About 7 or 8 years ago, I came to visit Linda McKenzie together with 4 disciples at her home in Manhattan Beach. She greeted us warmly. The reason why she invited us to her home was because her husband had been initiated by one of my disciples, and she was curious to find out more about our religion. When everybody was seated, she began to tell us about her.
She told us that she is the owner of a nutrition company and host of a radio show. She is a practicing psychic, clinical hypnotherapist, writer and lecturer. In her radio show, people call in and receive a brief reading from her, based solely on their names. Most of the time the readings were pretty accurate.
She explained that, when she was 8 years old, she discovered that she had psychic abilities. One was the ability to see things before they happened. All of her life, she had communicated with God who guided her and blessed her with supernatural healing powers. She healed various people, including herself and her daughter from a severe illness which modern medicine had failed to cure.
She became famous in the psychic world. The Government of England invited her and some other psychic people to come to England for a test of their psychic abilities. Each of them, using their own skills (psychic intuition, vision, hearing, etc.. ) had discovered details concerning a famous killer named Jack the Ripper which, when put together, proved to be details the police had in their secret, not for the public, files. The details were also historically correct. The experiment with the was recorded in the documentary video called “Jack the Ripper”. For her accomplishments and participation in the psychic experiment, she was awarded an honorary PhD from a University. She was much younger then. At the time of our meeting she was in her early 60.
When she finished her story, I proposed to initiate her. She refused, saying that she only believes in God and that she does not need anything else. I suggested that she pray to God and see what God says. She joined her palms, closed her eyes and prayed silently for a little while. Then she opened her eyes and said to me: The message I received from Him is “This is God’s will”. Then, she accepted to be initiated. A disciple then prayed for her in the Name of God. In just a few minutes, her hands moved apart by themselves, guided by an invisible force, which then prompted her to come in front of me. She started to bend her back down and as if she realized what she was about to do, she caught herself and stood back up. She explained that she felt that she should bow down to me, but she did not want to do it because she was not accustomed to do so, even though she respected me and what I was preaching. She explained that she only kneels down to God.
I told her that is fine, however, why don’t you consult with God about this? She did. And then she started to let the divine force guide her to bow all the way down to me. After that, I talked to her a little about Secret Buddhism practice. A disciple took out the sacred yantra, representing God and the Five Armies, and put it on the book shelf. Again she was prompted to kneel and bow down with her head touching the ground (oriental way of paying respect to Buddha)
She seemed moved when I gave her the set of five mantras for her to practice. She tried to recite it with an accent that made them hardly recognizable.
By the end she and her husband both were prompted and guided by the Spirit’s force to bow down to me 3 times in the fashion of the Tibetan Lama, with the whole body lying down and putting the face down.
Before we left, she signed and gave me a copy of her book Inner Insights published in 1996.

This is a post from DrLong18 about his/ her personal experience from post Bài 15. Niệm danh Cụ Hồ:




English translation to follow

Old-Guru had asked me to write this article about incidents which I had reported to him. I also had sent him a video. In addition, Old-Guru had a full resume of John D, the main character in this article, enumerating his life and activities from the 1960’s until 1979.
After completing his initial U.S.army training, John served in many different countries. He served two terms in Vietnam totalling approximately 5 to 6 years. He was discharged with the rank of Colonel in the counter-intelligence department and, at one time, was an assistant to Mr. W Colby. After being discharged from the army, he returned home to continue his family truck dealership business and also had a partnership in export trading to the South-East Asian markets. John became a representative for a consortium of about 50 large companies in his home state.
After 1975, John returned to Vietnam on two occasions as a businessman. While there, he visited the tunnels of Cu Chi. On one trip he visited a friend who initiated him in 1999, when John was 61 years of age.
John is an American Protestant. In an email to me, he recounted that during the initiation ceremony, as he was sitting and repeating to himself, “in the name of God”, he saw, with his ‘third’ eye, an image of himself sitting cross-legged. This picture then faded to give way to a black diamond on a white background. About two to three minutes later the image gradually faded and disappeared. As he was questioning in his mind the meaning of this vision, he heard a voice that said, “You will understand… you will understand…”
Sometime later, about the year 2000, John came to meet me at the house of one of my disciples. There he witnessed about 10 disciples, one by one, going to the altar and performing various ways of bowing in front of the Buddha altar. It was explained to John that the bowing movements were not solely from each individual's own control, but were guided by the Holy Spirit, and that each person felt an actual force controlling his or her movements.
When it was John’s turn to stand in front of the altar and pray, he experienced the Holy Spirit’s ‘force’ which guided him to come and kneel in front of and to the side of me.
At that moment, Sam, a disciple that was initiated by me around 1993, was prompted by the Holy Spirit to come forward. Sam saluted me solemnly as if in the army. Sam is Jewish, and practiced yoga meditation. Sam is also a vegetarian and an experienced lawyer who, over the years, traveled to several different countries in Asia. He stood erect and as straight as a pole. His chest was held out and his feet clacked together and tapped forcefully on the ground. After each salute, he took great care to straighten and arrange his clothes and reposition himself before repeating the salutation. This pantomime of saluting and repositioning was repeated about 10 times. When the salutes were over, Sam came toward John who was still kneeling and helped him up to face me, helped position him in a straight manner with his feet together, and guided him to bow his head.
Then John raised himself up from his bowing position and put his palms together in front of his face. He then lay his full body and face down on the ground in front of me (the Tibetan way of prostration). At that time everyone could see John’s back shaking as if he was sobbing.
The Holy spirit then moved another disciple to re-enact the scene of the soldier saluting his superior, even more strongly than did Sam. His right hand formed the mudra when he brought it to his head and his arm came down and slapped against his thigh with a loud noise. His feet stamped fiercely on the ground and he looked very imposing. He repeated this movement pattern about 20 times.
Suddenly the experience with the Holy Spirit’s force was over. Everyone started sharing their impressions about what they had observed and felt. John said that when he was praying in front of the altar to ask for the Yantra (a picture symbolizing God and the Holy Spirits used in ceremonial magic for initiation purpose) from Secret Buddhism, he heard a voice telling him: You are not ready’ and ‘You do not deserve this yet’. He was a little sad, but at the same time felt touched and appreciative that he had witnessed and experienced such a divine phenomenon. He confided that he had come here by airplane, and before coming to this place, had paid thousands of dollars to attend a spiritual conference in another city, but did not gain any spiritual experience there.
He revealed that He and Sam were strangers until they shook hands and realized that they were brothers within the fraternity of masons.
Sam also expressed his appreciation and felt that this whole experience was amazing, and something that he would remember for the rest of his life.

Old-Disciple
03-09-08

Comments from Old-guru: This is one of many tales of mysticism demonstrating the relationship between the various esoteric sects and faiths of the West since long ago, and the Secret Buddhism that Old-guru have propagated. This is a revelation from the Holy Spirits that mysticism comes from one and only system and therefore One Religion under heaven. Some people think that they are different because they have not fully researched it and also because they do not have divine Revelations.

I would like to take this opportunity to deeply appreciate the teachings I have received from Old Guru and share the Secret Buddhism initiation experience I have.

I came to USA in 1984 as a foreign student. Before that, I was born and raised in Taiwan. My family’s religious background was traditional Taiwanese mixture of Buddhism and Taoism. My mother was a sincere believer of religion. I enjoyed going to the temples to worship all sorts of Buddha and Taoism Deities with her at my younger age.

My grandfather passed away at age 92 during my college sophomore year. My family had invited monks to the house to recite the sutra in hopes to raise the soul from suffering in the next world. The family members had to recite the sutra with the monks. I attended several sessions and from there I got interested in the sutras. I started to read sutras by myself and believed in the karma and incarnation doctrines and had a firm belief only with Buddha’s help can one achieve enlightenment and get protected in this life.

Life wasn’t easy for a new comer to USA. The reliance on the religion help and the urge to seek for a master to learn had become stronger. I started to pay attention to the San Francisco Bay Area Buddhism activities. I learned Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (1918-1995, founder of The Thousand Buddha Monastery in Ukiah, CA) had regular class in Chinatown. With a lot of excitement and expectation, I went to his lecture.

After two hours, Master Hsuan Hua taught a paragraph of sutra with great depth and insight. I went ahead to ask him how I could learn more Buddhism. He told me I needed to continue to attend his lecture. I thought about 84,000 ways to lead to enlightenment. I had great respect for Master Husan Hua, but maybe this was not the way for me.

Later, I continued to follow the local Buddhism, but just felt I would encounter the same way. One day, my roommate bought a Chinese newspaper. I reviewed it quickly and found an interesting small advertisement which said anyone could experience the spiritual supernatural power through the Secret Buddhism by contacting the advertiser for more details. I went ahead to write a letter to him and ask for the “way”. Few days later, he sent back a picture of Buddhas with a yantra on the back and instructions.

I followed the instruction to prepare a cup of water and recite the name of Kuan Shi Yin Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara, in fact, any deity of your choice) three times and drank the water. I kept reciting the name of Kuan Shi Yin and few minutes later, I started feeling warm and there was a force to push my right hand to tap my left arm, to push my left hand to tap my right arm, and then to make me clap my two hands for a welcome gesture. It was such an emotional moment as I was so touched. The warm home feeling just flowed all over my thought. I couldn’t sleep all night and stayed up till 5:00am.

I phoned the advertiser and told him I went through the initiation ritual on my own and got the force. I called him almost every day and asked a lot of questions. Several questions seemed to go beyond his ability to answer and finally he admitted he was one disciple of Old Guru and he would introduce me to Old Guru.

Over 20 years, I continue to practice Secret Buddhism under Old Guru and with his authorization I have been able to initiate people of different religion, different race at different places (at the car, at the hotel lobby, just name a few).

Through initiation, friends and I share the wonderful supernatural experiences that prove the existence of God and the Holy Spirits.

Dr. Quang was a doctor who continued to be employed by the new Vietnamese government following the 1975 change. He was considered an experienced doctor and well respected by the provincial hospital.
Around 1980, I was practicing esoteric Buddhism, and after having performed a few exorcisms, I became well-known.
Dr. Quang had received some teachings from me and had some understanding in mysticism.
An interesting story took place as follows:
There was an elderly woman who suffered severe headaches. She had been to the hospital and, although many doctors had tried their utmost to treat her with the best available medicine, her symptoms did not improve.
The elderly woman was the mother-in-law of Mr. Sau, the police chief of the provincial committee of the Party, who had entrusted her to the care of the hospital.
As for Dr. Quang, he worked at the hospital during the day, and in the evening received patients at his home to earn some extra income.
The elderly woman did not mind the long travel to Dr. Quang’s residence. Her family drove her there every evening for Dr. Quang to treat her. Dr. Quang was definitely hesitant to see her, because of her communist background, and because his private practice was not exactly legal to say the least. Moreover, he also knew her son-in-law was the chief of police of the provincial committee of the Party. After treating her a few times, Dr. Quang suggested to her that she should go to the hospital and he would treat her there. She declined, saying that if she went to the hospital and only looked for him, it would hurt the other doctors’ feelings, and furthermore, he would not always be available to come and treat her himself.
She reiterated that only Dr. Quang could help her. Dr. Quang knew fully well that he only gave her injections of ordinary vitamins, but surprisingly they did ease her headaches, at least temporarily.
Dr. Quang finally had an inkling that her illness might have been caused by the Spirits.
At that time, Dr. Quang and I frequently chitchatted over coffee and cigarettes. One day, Dr. Quang suggested that I should come to see the elderly lady. Since I was researching spirituality and metaphysics I gladly accepted the invitation.
A few days later, Dr. Quang took me on his Vespa to the old woman’s house in the suburbs, about 5 to 6 kilometres from town.
On entering the house we met the old woman and two other women. One woman was probably the wife of the police chief of the provincial committee of the Party, and the other, his sister-in-law. We were each offered a drink at the reception table in front of the family Buddhist altar.
Ignoring social formalities and the exchange of pleasantries, I immediately began the task at hand.
In front of the statue of Buddha, I formed the Cundi mutra – hands gesture symbolizing the invocation- and recited aloud the set of Five Mantras (Um lam, Um xi lam…) seven times. I then sat in front of the old woman and had her join her palms together in prayer. Then I said to the Spirit that caused her illness “ Please confirm the Realm You come from for the family to understand, by moving this lady’s hands in the following manner : If it is the Lower Realm, move her hands in front of her chest and let her bow 3 times, if it is the Intermediate Realm, bring her hands in front of her face and let her bow 3 times, and for the Superior Realm, move her hands above her head and let her bow 3 times”.
The elderly lady’s hands suddenly began to shake strongly and make sinuous movements up above her head. She then bowed her head 3 times to the amazement of her family.
I then asked for a small glass of water, and after reciting Buddha’s name 3 times I gave it to her to drink. I confirmed that the Spirit involved was a ‘fairy’ coming from the Superior Realm, who had a predestined affinity with the old woman. She had come to help the old woman in her mundane and spiritual paths.
And that was all. Dr. Quang and I said good bye and we left together.
Approximately one month later, close to the New Year celebration, I came home one day and was told by my family that Mr. Sau, the police chief and his driver had brought over a pair of chickens as token of gratitude from his mother-in-law who had been cured from her chronic headaches.
Until now, Mr. Sau and I only knew about each other, but we had never met one another.

Until next time...
Old_Guru August 31, 08

About 5 years ago, one of my disciples performed the initiation ceremony for the stepson of a General in the police force. Possibly because of his having heard about the wonderful, mystical experience from his stepson, the General invited the disciple to his house in order to find out more about the supernatural. Following some discussions and exchange of stories, the General and his wife decided to ask for the initiation ritual.
The initiation ceremony requires one to recite the name of God or a religious leader whom one worships, but when the General was asked in which Buddha’s name they’d like to pray to, he replied, without hesitation, that they would like to pray in the name of Uncle Ho, the North Vietnamese leader. The disciple was surprised by this request, but composed herself and suggested that they choose a Buddha or some other religious leader.
Finally, both of them agreed to pray in the name of a certain religious leader to comply with the ritual of initiation. Approximately 20 minutes later, the General stopped praying and shared the mystical experience he just received. He was very emotional when he recounted this long story:
On one occasion, as he was at Tan Son Nhat airport, catching a flight to Hue, in the central part of Vietnam, he saw the police stopping an elderly monk. The police were about to escort him back to the police station for further questioning. The General came over and learned that the monk was arrested because he had some bars of gold on him. He found out that the gold came from donations which the monk would be using toward repairing his monastery in Hue . The general decided to intervene, and the monk was released and free to board the plane to Hue .
From then on, they became close friends, a secular soul and a religious soul confiding in each other.
Later on, they rarely had a chance to meet, except for one occasion when the elderly monk became ill and was treated in a hospital in Saigon . When he was discharged from the hospital, he visited the General in his wheelchair, before going back to Hue .
A few years later, the general heard that the elderly monk had passed away.
Just then, during the initiation ritual when he did not know to whom to pray, he thought of the elderly monk and prayed to him. Then through his ‘third’ eye, he saw the elderly monk in a wheelchair smiling at him. He was both stunned and moved as he looked at the monk for about 5 minutes.
When the disciple said goodbye, the General and his wife personally accompanied her all the way from the house to her car, with their umbrella in their hands as it was raining. They sincerely thanked her for her help.
About 1 month ago, a disciple told me about a pilot, a family friend, who also wanted to pray in Uncle Ho’s name after he heard about Secret Buddhism’s Initiation. This disciple also was surprised, and told him to choose the Buddha’s name instead.
If only I had been there, I would have checked back with the Divinities and perhaps that General and the young pilot could have been granted with their wishes.
In truth, there have been cases whereby some of my disciples have asked to recite the name of Quan Thanh, a Saint, protector of the North, instead of a Buddha’s name as they felt much closer to Quan Thanh. They still received their spiritual confirmation.

Until next time
Old_Guru Sept. 7, 08