{"id":513,"date":"2008-10-23T16:46:50","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T16:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/?p=513"},"modified":"2008-10-23T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T16:46:50","slug":"lao-zi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/lao-zi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lao Zi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As i stepped over the red door into the temple, i saw Lao Zi standing at the far end of the room in front of a gong. He told me to follow him and I obliged. He showed me the stairs towards the second floor and we climbed up the wooden stairway up to an open room. There was a round table, there was two other ladies sitting on the table, they were dressed in traditional chinese costume. He told me to sit on a chair next to them and he sat on the other side, facing us.<\/p>\n

Upon the empty table, he conjured up a porcelain bowl in front of our very eyes. He asked us to begin the meal, and the empty bowl was filled up with warm soft rice. We started eating with chopsticks, the rice tasted very fragrant. Halfway during the meal, he snapped his fingers and the bowl disappeared. He smiled and said, “Everything is created by our imagination. By using our thoughts, we can create what we imagine.” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Following that, he told each one of us to do an excercise. He told the first disciple to conjuer a bowl, she looked at the table and concentrated. In an instant, a bowl appeared! After which, he told the second disciple to fill the bowl with rice. She concentrated her thoughts on the bowl, and the bowl was indeed filled with rice. When it came to my turn, he told me to try leviating in the air. I was hesistant as i know that is not physically possible. He told me not to think of anything and let my thoughts flow. I listened to his instructions, the next moment, I looked down and saw my feet was off the ground!<\/p>\n

We thanked the master for the lesson. I opened my eyes and saw that I was back in my room. After rubbing my eyes, I realised the master has visited me during my dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As i stepped over the red door into the temple, i saw Lao Zi standing at the far end of the room in front of a gong. He told me to follow him and I obliged. He showed me the stairs towards the second floor and we climbed up the wooden stairway up to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[336],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n