The Holy Spirit showed me something powerful! He said that when you are standing far off from God’s throne, all you see is His holiness and glory—the flaming appearance of God, the brilliant light, the angels and four living creatures, the twenty four elders around His throne, the emerald halo, the sea of glass, the flashing lightnings, the seven fires of the Spirit.
“Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”” (Revelation 4:2-8 WEB)
But when you go close to Abba God’s face, you will see through all that, and see Him smiling at you. He will hug you who are His precious child. You cannot know that you are loved unless you boldly approach the throne of Grace!
“Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16 WEB)
Do you feel that God is so unapproachable, that if you go near His light, it will expose all your sins and you will receive punishment?
I know the feeling of self-condemnation. I had it when I was a new Christian almost a decade ago, when I had misunderstandings about the meaning of God’s word—specifically in the four gospels.
I remember reading things like “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out,” and feeling like I was doomed. How terrible it is to live under self-condemnation and fear of judgment due to wrong believing.
God has been faithful and increased my understanding of His word. Come and study the four gospels with me through the lens of grace, passage by passage, chapter by chapter, and be set free from the bondage of wrong teachings that make you feel afraid and condemned: https://bit.ly/understandeveryparable
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《玳瑚師父的看見(五)》(English version below)
THE SIGHTINGS OF MASTER DAI HU (5)
起初吾不甚明白,何謂心、佛、眾生。集合了多年多次的法會灌頂,根本傳承上師的摩頂大加持,恆持的佛法實修,出外弘法及玄學利生,開放電話廣利有情,寫文章渡眾生等等,到了目前這歲數,才明白心、佛、眾生,是一而不是二。到了目前這歲數,也方才明白,爲何佛教密宗,首重根本傳承上師,根本傳承上師加持力的不可思議。佛法是開啟心門的唯一鑰匙。心門一開啟,無量光明照破無明,這是心王之住所,佛法的最初與最終,佛法的真實義。佛曰心外無法,此言極是。佛曰萬法唯心,此言亦極是,半點不差矣。
在鬧區的某間五星級賓館裡,吾全神貫注的爲一位女學生,批看其期待已久的八字大運。在講解其大運一半時,吾看見她八字大運中,即將來臨的大血光之災。吾,玳瑚師父,自小就不喜也不忍心見到,動物或人流血。但是吾是位有誓願在身的修行師父,吾不祇要實言相告於她,且要想方設法助她渡過這大劫。於是吾先柔聲問她,是否有過意外而流多血,她回記憶中沒有。吾告訴她未來的一兩年裡,切記吾的話,要多加注意健康,一切冒險活動勿參與。事實上,她那時正懷著第三胎,吾彷彿知曉,這第三胎會帶給她不詳。有一天她先生,也是吾學生,飛奔的來找吾,並帶來一個非常不好的消息,那就是他太太大量失血,正在搶救中。
恰逢本宗派有高僧,來新加坡主持法會,且是護摩大法會。吾叫這位男學生趕緊去法會,爲其命在旦夕的老婆,報名以及請購護摩供品,再將供品下護摩爐,虔心誠意祈求諸佛菩薩、護法諸尊慈悲賜吉祥賜福於他的老婆。事後他告知我們,他老婆是輸了七包血,才得以「重見天日」的。這位男學生也告訴我們,他下護摩爐的供品,不多不少就是七包。「七」爲佛教圓滿數。「七」爲宇宙循環之密碼之一。《玳瑚師父的看見(五)》收錄了這真實的渡眾生事件,主要是告訴妳你們,佛菩薩護法諸尊之力不可思議,以及當玳瑚師父給於妳你的忠言,千千萬萬不要忠言逆耳。
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In the beginning, I had trouble understanding these three terms: Heart, Buddha and Sentient Beings. After accumulating many years of receiving empowerment at the Puja events, head blessings from my Root Guru Master, persistent practical cultivation of the Dharma, going out to propagate the Dharma and Chinese Metaphysics and benefit sentient beings, opening up my phone line to widely help sentient beings, writing articles to deliver sentient beings, etc, I finally understand, at this age of mine, that the Heart, Buddha and Sentient Being are One, and not divided. Only at my current age do I understand why the Vajrayana school of Buddhism places foremost importance on the Root Guru Master and why His empowerment is unimaginable. The Dharma is the only key to unlocking the door of your heart, and once the door of your heart is unlocked, the Immeasurable Light will overcome the darkness of Ignorance. This is the abode of the King of Heart, the beginning and eventual goal of the Dharma, the real meaning of Buddhism. The Buddha expounded that there is no Dharma outside of your heart. How very true! The Buddha expounded that all Dharmadhatu arises from our Buddha's Nature. This is the absolute truth.
I was at a certain 5-star hotel in town, in full focus of conducting a long-awaited Bazi analysis for a female student of mine. Halfway into explaining her luck cycles, I noticed that she was going to experience a severe blood disaster in the near future. Since young, Master Dai Hu is a person who does not like and cannot bear to see another person or animal shed blood. As a spiritual practitioner with vows, not only did I plan to tell her this divination, I also intended to spare no effort to help her escape this fate. Thus, I gently asked if she had any accident before that involved blood loss. She told me that she did not recall any. I told her that in the next one to two years, she must remember my words and take extra caution with her health, and avoid all risky activities. Fact is, she was pregnant with her 3rd child during that time, and I had the hunch that this unborn child will bring misfortune to her. One day, her husband, also a student of mine, came rushing to me and told me that her wife lost a lot of blood and was under emergency rescue.
Coincidentally, there was a puja event by my Buddhist sect and several eminent Vajra Masters were in Singapore. I told this male student of mine to quickly attend the puja event and do a registration for his wife, whose life was going to be on a precarious tenure. In addition, I told him to purchase offerings for the fire offering and make an utmost sincere prayer to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the Dharma Protectors to compassionately bless his wife with good fortunes. After everything, he told me that the doctors transfused 7 bags of blood to successfully resuscitate his wife. He also told us that the offerings he offered during the Fire Offering was exactly 7 packets! The number 7 is considered a complete and perfect number in Buddhism. This number is also one of the secrets of the Universe cycle. I include this true story of delivering sentient beings in this article The Sightings Of Master Dai Hu (5), mainly to tell you the unimaginable powers of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the Dharma Protectors, as well as never ever ignore the well-meaning advice Master Dai Hu gives you.