lately i am busy reading a very wonderful book.
given by my cousin in law to my bro (which i found at desk, dusty and looking lonely)
i didn't touch it though until few days ago, because of it's *funny* title.
anyway, it is a photocopy of indonesian translation book by a taiwanese writer, which translated had been labeled with ' untuk kalangan sendiri, tidak untuk di perjual belikan'
the one i had though is a compilation from few of his books, a little bit from here and there i suppose. all is in a short story form.
the title is 'aneka kisah nyata didalam dunia roh' by Sheng Yen, Lu. he is a taiwanese born, who on his later days moved to live in -rather-solitude in america to study and deepen his spiritual study.
the book is entertaining because his stories truly close to tales, which is all based on his spiritual experiences. he is able to experience so much because he himself is a soul with high spiritual knowledge (or should i translate it to saying... awaken spiritually) who is reborn again to our world, growing up as a Christian and then study tao and later on Buddhism.
his stories started with his early experiences with spiritual world, awaken spiritually, met his soul teacher, practice what he had learned with helping crossing souls to another realm, further learning with a human teacher of high spiritual, meeting lots of bodhisatva, and many other stories. super interesting!
personally i belief in the existence of spirit and many other realm, and so this book is truly interesting because... through his short stories he is trying to tell everybody to wake up and realize there's more than this world. this life. we must train our spirit and heart to be set free from the reincarnation circle. each and everybody could start from small things, spreading good will, praying, chanting, or even giving encouraging words to those who are sad or needing emotional help.
anyway it is good to remind myself always, that i need to put more effort in finding myself.
just like a never ending cleaning process. just like how i need to deal with our house floor, desk, furniture, books, to clothes, to plates; so does our heart. our mind. ah! what a never ending task! my thoughts are still like the wavey sea, hopefully with more meditation i could calm it bit by bit.
some of his books translated into english from mandarin:
Flying Carpet of The East
My Communication with the Spirit World
Reaching Higher Spiritual Dimensions
Magical Powers
Secrets of Reincarnation
The Inner World of the Lake
hopefully one day.. i would come across maybe one of those?
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