- JiGong : Yang Sheng, are you ready to tour Qingxin Chi in the Underworld?
- Yang Sheng : My dear Master, I have just returned from ‘Zhang Hua’ in Taiwan and
- am feeling very tired. Can we postpone this tour to tomorrow?
- JiGong : You are very lazy. Being a holy man you should be able to endure any
- inconvenience and hardship. How can one expect you to do more good
- deeds?
- Yang Sheng : I am very sorry, Master. That being the case, I have now made up my
- mind to follow you.
- JiGong : Very well, now quickly climb up to the platform of the lotus flower and
- close your eyes…..now open your eyes and get down from the platform.
- Yang Sheng : Dear Master, why do you bring me to this place today? I see a very big
- pond; the water is so clear that I can even see its bottom. I also see
- three words floating at the surface of the water: ‘Qingxin Chi.’
- JiGong : During the first journey a few days ago, I took you to the Cave of
- Xintou Shan and because you have human eyes you could see very little.
- So now I bring you to this pond Qingxin Chi to wash your eyes so that
- you will be able to see clearly like the Heavenly spirits.
- Yang Sheng : It is Autumn now and the water of the pond is so cold that I am afraid to
- dip in it for fear of catching cold.
- JiGong : You want to visit the Underworld and yet you are afraid of the cold.
- Nevertheless, I have to push you into the pond.
- Yang Sheng : Help me, help me dear Master. I do not know how to swim….You are
- drowning me; please help me.
- JiGong : I want the water to clean your mind as well as your heart.
- (After JiGong had pushed Yang Sheng into the pond, the
- officer-in-charge of the pond approached JiGong and said.)
- Officer : I salute you, JiGong. I respectfully apologise for enquiring about this
- incident. Just now I saw you pushing a man into this pond; I do not
- know for what reason.
- JiGong : Officer, you do not know that on Earth many human beings are committing
- much evil and sinful deeds; their original good nature has been lost and by
- pushing this human being into this pond, the water in it will clean his mind
- and heart and then he can regain his original good nature.
- Officer : Very well, because of your explanation I will pull him out.
- JiGong : Quick, quick; please pull him out before he sinks to the bottom of the pond.
- Officer : I have now rescued him but he is not breathing. How can you bring him back
- to life?
- JiGong : This is just a small matter. His evil life has died with his fall into the pond. I
- will now pass this magic fan over his body and you will soon see that he will
- come back to life again……
- Officer : Look! He is opening his eyes.
- Yang Sheng : Dear Master, why did you push me into the pond?
- JiGong : At first, all human beings do not feel like doing good deeds but after some
- persuasion they generally will do good. I have no time to reason with you
- now.
- Yang Sheng : I thank you very much for teaching me. I now feel like a person reborn.
- By the way, who is this third person?
- JiGong : He is the officer-in-charge of this pond and his duty is to see that no person
- bathes in it except Heavenly Spirits. You are indeed very lucky to have
- bathed in this pond.
- Officer : JiGong, why did you bring this person here?
- JiGong : This person Yang Sheng is a righteous medium of the temple Sheng Xian Tang
- of Taiwan. The Jade Emperor of Heaven has specially chosen him to make this
- journey and write a book to be called ‘Journeys to the Underworld’ so that
- human beings on Earth who are very sinful and evil can read it. They should
- then repent and try to do good deeds. I have been given the job of conducting
- this person, Yang Sheng’s soul for this journey. Because he is just a human
- being his eyes cannot see so many things as the Heavenly Spirits can. That is
- why I had to push him into the pond in order to wash away any of his earthly
- sins and be reborn so that what the Heavenly Spirits can see, he also can see.
- Officer : Oh, I am sorry. I did not know the true reason of your action in pushing
- him into the pond.
- JiGong : Time is running out, Yang Sheng, we must continue with our tour.
- So, goodbye Officer. Yang Sheng, quickly climb up the platform
- of the lotus flower.
- Yang Sheng : My dear Master, where are we going now?
- JiGong : No need to ask any question. When we arrive then you will know.
- Therefore, quickly close your eyes…..Now open your eyes and
- get down from the platform.
- Yang Sheng : Where is this place which is so windy and full of sand and dust blowing
- strongly about and making walking unsteady?
- JiGong : This place is called Human/Devil Territory.
- Yang Sheng : Oh dear, I see coming from one direction so many beings all crying.
- JiGong : You do not know; these are the souls of the newly dead persons who
- have just arrived into the Underworld.
- Yang Sheng : I see before me, high up, a board having three words ‘Ying Yang Jie’
- What is this place?
- JiGong : This place is called ‘Yin Yang Jie.’
- Yang Sheng : I also see two rows of tall towers. Let us visit the place.
- JiGong : Of course we will go there and see.
- Yang Sheng : At the entrance of one of the towers there are three characters:
- ‘Registration Office’ and there are a number of separate departments.
- JiGong : Let us proceed.
- This Records Registration Office is under the charge of a Records Registration
- Officer.
- Officer : Welcome, JiGong. I see you have brought along Yang Sheng here. On the 8th
- Moon 15th day I received Imperial edict from the Jade Emperor from Heaven
- that JiGong would soon be bringing Yang Sheng of Sheng Xian Tang to tour
- this place and then return to Earth to write a book on what he had seen.
- JiGong : The time has now come for us to return to Earth but will come back and see
- you on our next visit.
- Officer : You are welcome, goodbye.
- JiGong : Yang Sheng, we have to return quickly to Earth. Get out of here, climb up the
- lotus platform and close your eyes.
- Yang Sheng : Yes, I will obey your instructions.
- JiGong : We have now returned to Sheng Xian Tang. Yang Sheng, now open your
- eyes and get down; your soul can return to your body.
- *** End of Journey No 2 ***
Sunday 4 December 2011
Journey No,2 - Touring QingXin Chi (Happy Heart Pond) - 8th Moon 19th Day 12th Sep 1976
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