Unexplainable personal experiences in Buddhism 30 yrs ago
None of my family members have any religious beliefs due to historical social circumstances.
My first visit to an informal temple (a family hall for worshipping Buddha) was in early 1996. At that time, I had been suffering from strange stomach pain for a few years. Despite a series of costly medical examinations, I couldn't find the cause; I just suffered from poor digestion and weight loss.
Then one day, someone introduced my mom to a local lay Buddhist who had set up an altar at home. (My hometown is a rural town with population of around 500,000, and there’s no Buddhism temple nearby)
Frankly speaking, it was such a scary and weird experience that I was deeply frightened and never revisited the Buddhist altar again
That lay Buddhist was very kind, smiling, and warm-hearted. But she gave me a strong chilling feeling that nothing inside me could be hidden from her. She could look through me to read my soul.
The moment I entered the room, she glanced at me and immediately said I was a Buddhist and a student of the Bodhisattva!
I was so scared that I just wanted to escape. The hair on the back of my neck was standing on end. The vibe in the hall, filled with dozens of Buddha statues, felt incredibly sacred and powerful.
I knew nothing about Buddha or Buddhism at the time, but I had a strong feeling that there was something invisible yet sacred in that room. I was terrified and felt a huge sense of relief when I could finally leave or escape that place.
About 3-5 days later, I had a dream in the middle of the night. In the dream, I was living in a primitive tribe, and my mother took me to see a wizard/shaman. The wizard told me there was an ant’s nest in my stomach, and he suddenly removed it in an instant. Immediately after, I felt fully recovered.
Another 3-5 days later, my mother took me to see a doctor for an appendectomy. It turned out my appendix was inflamed. It was at that moment that inspiration struck us, and we realized the pain might be coming from my appendix. Within an hour of that realization, we had set off for the hospital, and I was already entering the operating room. However, it has taken me decades to truly understand what happened and to begin practicing Buddhism.
That devout lay Buddhist was right about me; she truly saw my fate.
Even so, I didn’t become a Buddhist immediately after that incident. At the time, while standing in her Buddhist Hall, my only thought—and it was a very strong one—was to run away and escape! LOL.
(By the way, as a dedicated practitioner, she strictly declines any financial support or offerings. Word in the community is that she has extraordinary spiritual healing abilities) . (At that time, she was probably over 65 to 70 years old. I never saw her again. Now when I think about it, I'm very grateful to her)
Almost all my limited supernatural experiences are related to disorder of time and space. I was very confused about that for decades. But when I begin to read Mahayana Sutras, I finally realized that what’s really happening was merely because of the Buddha’s benevolent power and wishes. A lot of lay Buddhists have all kinds of supernatural experiences. I’m grateful to others for sharing their experiences. That’s very helpful, and it is the reason I decided to tell my stories. In case these stories might be useful for others.
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas simultaneously traverse our past, present, and future. Because time is merely an illusion and a rule of this Saha world. According to physics, if an object travels faster than light, time can move backward.
Buddha-light and brightness are constantly mentioned in all Buddhist sutras, this is the reason why Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can reverse space-time.
In Mahayana Buddhism, the light of Buddha is not merely physical light, but a symbol of limitless wisdom, compassion and absolute reality. Currently, I firmly believe Buddhism encompasses modern physics.
In less than 2 months after visiting the lay Buddhist's home altar, I had another clear and unimaginable terrible dream. In that dream, I saw some harsh truth that I’d never believe at that time. But that’s exactly the hidden truth. Without that revealing dream, I’d be fooled and suffer huge pain, I’d make a serious mistake out of ignorance. 🙏🙏🙏
I’m deeply grateful for the reminding and guidance from Bodhisattvas in my life. 🙏🙏🙏
In sum.
I’ve started to recognize the ignorance and lack of wisdom in myself and those around me. I now understand that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are there to show us the root of our suffering and the lessons we can gather from our life’s path. It takes me decades to have the opportunity to learn real Buddha Dharma.
I spent nearly 2 hours writing the above content. Maybe it could be useful for some Buddha Dharma practitioners. Buddha’s teaching is to let us to do the right thing.
Namo Amituofo 🙏
Addition: this post was deleted by 2 other forums for some ridiculous or baseless reasons which I couldn’t understand. For example: “Your post / comment was removed for violating the rule against low-effort content, including AI generated content and memes.” And all the memes I used is simply 🙏