I was born in a military camp down the Nine-mile Hill in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province--the birth place of 11 emperors in Chinese history. My father was then in the air force and my mother a pharmacist at a local hospital.
Once I could read ancient Chinese, I started to study I-ching--The Book of Changes, which is the world's earliest book for fortune-telling. I was not able to do fortune-telling until I was in college. I was truly excited that I made some people drop their jaw and open their eyes wide. I studied qigong and Chinese astrology and visited quite a few fortunetellers or people who were believed to have supernatural power.
The Chinese word for "wisdom" is zhi hui. Zhi means acquired knowledge while hui innate ability and perception. Doing things like fortune-telling requires much hui. That's why the best fortunetellers are not necessarily the best educated. One day, I realized that my zhi exceeded my hui, and so fortune-telling was just not in my cards. Some people might think I'm too superstitious. Actually, I had always been skeptical about the existence of supernatural power, until I met Madame Zhao in Beijing. I have brought over 100 people to consult with her since I first met her in 2003. Her most recent revelation of an immortal in her body well demonstrated that the world we live in is far beyond our comprehension and explanation. There must be something we can't see. There must be something we don't know about. That's why I have started a long journey of seeking the Truth and the Light.
I have had great sympathy towards the poor, the diseased, and the handicapped since I was a child. One day, when I was walking by a Buddhist temple, tears came into my eyes, a miserable and yet soothing feeling arising in me for some unbeknownst reasons. I didn't know that I would have always been happy and joyous since I stepped across that huge and solid threshold.
Once I could read ancient Chinese, I started to study I-ching--The Book of Changes, which is the world's earliest book for fortune-telling. I was not able to do fortune-telling until I was in college. I was truly excited that I made some people drop their jaw and open their eyes wide. I studied qigong and Chinese astrology and visited quite a few fortunetellers or people who were believed to have supernatural power.
The Chinese word for "wisdom" is zhi hui. Zhi means acquired knowledge while hui innate ability and perception. Doing things like fortune-telling requires much hui. That's why the best fortunetellers are not necessarily the best educated. One day, I realized that my zhi exceeded my hui, and so fortune-telling was just not in my cards. Some people might think I'm too superstitious. Actually, I had always been skeptical about the existence of supernatural power, until I met Madame Zhao in Beijing. I have brought over 100 people to consult with her since I first met her in 2003. Her most recent revelation of an immortal in her body well demonstrated that the world we live in is far beyond our comprehension and explanation. There must be something we can't see. There must be something we don't know about. That's why I have started a long journey of seeking the Truth and the Light.
I have had great sympathy towards the poor, the diseased, and the handicapped since I was a child. One day, when I was walking by a Buddhist temple, tears came into my eyes, a miserable and yet soothing feeling arising in me for some unbeknownst reasons. I didn't know that I would have always been happy and joyous since I stepped across that huge and solid threshold.
