We are honored to speak to one of their board members, Ms. Debbie Mueller. “All of our shelters and agencies have been greatly supported from all over the United States and other countries. And we served a lot of animals and for most people, our animals are part of our family and it’s just another important life that needs to be saved.” Debbie has graciously shared with us what we should do for our animal friends to prepare animal friends to prepare for unprecedented situations. “You should have a go plan for yourself and your animal and a go bag. So a plan being, ‘OK, where am I going to go if there is a disaster? Whose home can I go to? Do I have friends or family elsewhere? Are my pets or animals welcome?’ If you have large animals, you need to look at, are there surrounding stables or ranch land where you could take your animals?” We would like to give you the Shining World Compassion Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai for North Valley Animal Disaster Group in recognition of courageous selfless advocacy for voiceless animals, protecting, defending, and sheltering during adversity. With compliments and gratitude for your compassionate and benevolent commitment to save precious animal live.

“Master, That is, whether there are different levels in the New Land, just like the Western Paradise, where there are higher levels and lower levels.” “It’s different over there, OK? Everyone is equal, living together. There is no problem. No need to separate or differentiate. We are all one. We don’t feel separated or different in status such as up or down, higher or lower. No such feeling over there. It’s just free and easy. It’s different. There’s no need to meditate diligently anymore, or to make progress, or to ask for anything or ask any questions. Everybody lives freely and is free to do whatever they want. It’s different, OK? Very free.” “The Golden Age is not in the physical sense, OK? It’s inside. It’s the soul inside that will be elevated. Our mind cannot grasp it. It’s beyond our thinking.”

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In 1947, a young Bedouin boy at Qumran, on the banks of the Dead Sea, discovered a ceramic pot inside an empty cave. Within the broken pot were pages of ancient texts. A total of 850 sacred texrs were eventually discovered, all around 2000 years old. These scriptures, now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, contained many details about an ancient spiritual group called the Essenes. Other teachings of the Essenes have been unearthed from the Secret Archives of the Vatican. We’ll now read from the Essene Gospel of Peace, a text endowed with eye-opening ancient wisdom for all times. “Therefore, I say to you, love your true brothers in the will of God a thousand times more than your brothers by blood. FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS LOVE. FOR YOUR EARTHLY MOTHER IS LOVE. FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LOVE. It is by love, that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother and the Son of Man become one. For the Spirit of the Son of Man was created from the Spirit of the Heavenly Father, and His body from the body of the Earthly Mother. Become, therefore, perfect as the Spirit of your Heavenly Father and the body of your Earthly Mother are perfect.”

“The music really lifts your soul up. And soothes your heart so much. When I’m working very hard, even myself, of course I have inner music anytime 24/7. But when I’m working too hard in this physical planet, I still need to play a little bit like mandolin or something. Then I feel relaxed. Physically relaxed. The soul is different. The mind different. But the physical, when I play a little music afterwards, I feel relaxed, feel less stressed, and then I can continue. I take my mandolin to my cave even, believe it or not. I play in a cave.” “Many animals they have so much talent, so much telepathic ability. They can see beyond what we can see. But they don’t show it. They hide their talents. They worry, it’s for security reason. If they have too much talent or too much beauty, other people might want them, take them away from us and things like that, or abuse their talents. And my dog, when she speaks English, oh! We showed it on TV, she said, no. And then later I had to tell her, ‘We have to sacrifice. Even if something’s not good, we have to do it. It’s for the world, for all the other dogs, so people know that dogs are intelligent.’ Then she said OK. I knelt in front of her and begged her and kissed her paw, and then she said OK.”

In all, there are six Loving Huts in Thailand. Welcoming us today with a broad smile is Loving Hut Ram Intra’s friendly owner, Theansin Jintana, who opened the outlet in 2012 in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. “A vegan restaurant not only helps people to enjoy delicious food, but there is no killing of animals.” Aulacese (Vietnamese) dishes are a treat for both the eyes and the palate! So, be ready for a moveable feast - Aulacese (Vietnamese) style - at one of the eleven loving Huts in Âu Lạc (Vietnam). We are at the internationally acclaimed loving Hut Hoa Dang, in Âu Lạc’s largest city. The owner opened the vegan outlet in 2006. Judging from the “Best Vegan Restaurant in the World” award that Loving Hut Hoa Dang received from PETA in 2014. On that note, I’m excited because we are heading northeast to the “City of Gastronomy,” Hong kong! And if you also happened to be a compassionate alien, then look no further than Loving Hut Wan Chai and Loving Hut Amoy!

Some younger people told me before, “I’m still young. I’ll take my time. I want to enjoy the world for a while, and then come for initiation. I still can’t keep a vegan diet.” And then, those older people would say, “I’m old now. But I still don’t want to practice. I’m very busy with children and grandchildren. No time for spiritual practice.” All kinds of excuses. That’s what happens. It’s not my fault. Life is short in this world. Why don’t they want to practice spiritually? What a pity! The Quan Yin Method is the best and the simplest, yet they don’t practice. What could they want to practice? Making pilgrimages is complicated and very tiring. Their bones and muscles will complain. Worshipping all kinds of things. We can stay calm and peaceful at home, worshipping in our heart. Very simple, yes? And we can communicate with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. It’s really difficult, very difficult to deliver sentient beings. They don’t listen to you.

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Hòa Hảo Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha. It was founded by Prophet Huỳnh Phú Sổ in 1939. It is named after the Hòa Hảo village where it was established in Châu Đốc Province of Âu Lạc, also known as Vietnam. The two words “Hòa Hảo” imply harmony and goodness. Today we present excerpts of the teachings of Prophet Huỳnh Phú Sổ. “THE DEAD CANNOT EAT” “After that, he recited a poem titled "Be Filial" and advised everyone to make offerings with vegan food: Repay the ancestors’ favor the Buddhist way, by offering vegan food to your deceased parents. That is the pure and benevolent practice and their souls will be light and liberated.” “LOOKING FOR THE BUDDHA” “One day, my father appeared in my dream and scolded me: ‘A living Buddha is here on Earth already, and you still don't practice spiritually? Let me tell you. You keep chasing after fame and gain, later if you suffer, don't complain, and it will be too late to regret. This is the final age. If you don't practice spiritually, you will regress into a suffering realm forever.’”

For thousands of years, the dog has been recognized as human’s best friend and the most faithful companion. Through modern technology, dog lovers now have many excellent products to transform the lives of their best friends. The Ford “quiet kennel” detects noise and transmits opposing frequencies. Tesla, Inc. has also introduced a new feature in their Tesla 3 electric cars called “dog mode,” which is designed to provide comfortable conditions for animal companions when they stay alone inside a car. The free service Finding Rover is an app that uses facial recognition technology to match pictures of lost dogs and cats with new shelter arrivals or found pets to help reunite them with their caregivers. Meanwhile, in Beersheba, Israel, researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a modified dog vest that makes it possible to train dogs to respond to commands without saying a word.

Yoga originated in India more than 5,000 years ago and was introduced to Western society in the 19th century. The many benefits it brings to body, mind, and spirit have made yoga not only a popular form of exercise but also a kind of lifestyle. Meggie has been practicing yoga for 16 years and specializes in Hatha yoga, which focuses on asanas, or pose. Asanas, pranayama, or regulation of the breath, and meditation are some of the key fundamentals of yoga. “In fact, yoga is a spiritual practice method in India. The spiritual practitioners probably do yoga first thing in the morning, then do pranayama, and meditate. This process makes their meditation more stable and concentrated.” “In the three most important yoga asanas: Salamba Sirsasana (supported headstand), Salamba Sarvnagasana (supported shoulder stand), and Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend), Salamba Sirsasana gives you 10% physical and 90% spiritual enhancement.” “In yoga practice, bending forward is about your past. Bending backward is about looking into the future, and stepping outside the comfort zone.”

She was very grateful to Master. She talked about the accidents that had happened to her. They were very serious accidents, but she was unharmed. A car crashed into the back of her car. It was a very bad crash, but she was not injured at all. “I promise to You I’ll practice diligently, to repay Your grace. I’d like to tell initiates that in this life if we didn’t have Master, our world would have been very dark. Have you ever seen passengers in an airplane and still survived after that kind of accident? Now if you, brothers and sisters, don’t believe me, you can search online, ‘March 22-23 Bacolod Philippines/Airline accident.’ It’ll show you a wrecked airplane from the accident and you’ll know. So the joy of being saved by Master, I have been keeping in my heart dearly all these years. You are very, very good children. I thank you for your love. Go back to bless your country. Go back home, bless your country for me. When (until) we have time to see each other again.

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We have also begun to see, in the Holy Avesta, similarities between the deeds of this all-powerful Being and what Supreme Master Ching Hai has been doing in our present time. The commonalities lead us to believe that She is the One fulfilling the Avestan prophecies. “He (Astavat-ereta) with eyes of wisdom will look at all the creation. He will look with eyes of forgiveness at that which is from an ugly nature and an all-material world….” “During meditation I entered Master’s energy field. Your Light was so vast it encircled the whole Earth. In Your eyes was a deep longing for sentient beings to change, something like extremely boundless love, sincere longing for change, and something like deep sorrow.” In renewing the world and our universe, the Holy Avesta states that the Saoshyant would spiritually purify and uplift all souls. Supreme Master Ching Hai has revealed that She has been elvating the souls of the deceased to Heaven. Supreme Master Ching Hai later confirmed, that as of 31 January 2020: 321 million 223 thousand 251 souls have been liberated since 31 December 2019.

Stan Lee, a legend in the comic book industry, played a major role in creating hundreds of beloved Marvel Comics characters, from Spider-Man to the Fantastic Four, the Hulk to Thor and the X-Men. Stan Lee humanized heroes who continue to influence pop culture and inspire young and old to always follow the path of light. Growing up, Stan Lee had different interests than his schoolmates. Stan Lee believed that somewhere within him lay the “Great American Novel” waiting to be written. Stan Lee’s career made big bounds in 1941. He wanted to be a trendsetter, not a copycat of sorts. In a last bid to continue in the field of comic books, Stan Lee awakened his creative genius and began writing what he wanted. Just like that Stan Lee helped revived the comic industry, resurrecting Marvel Comics and setting it apart from its competition. Stan Lee become the face of Marvel and gained himself a legion of fans.

Today we’re going to make some kind of breakfast, Spanish-style. And we have tomatoes, two medium-sized, and we have coriander. And we have some French bread. But you can have any other (vegan) bread. You can cut them into a shorter size, easy to cook. And you cut them into half, the bread, make it ready. And the super-melting cheese, or cheddar-style cheese, they’re all vegan. And tomato, you can have, one is enough for today. It’s mashed tomatoes! OK, we can butter the bread; vegan butter. And you put one slice of (vegan) cheese on one of the slices of the bread. Now for the cheese bread, you put some tomato on it, very thin tomato on top of the cheese. Then you put a little coriander on the cheese. The rest of the tomatoes can put on the buttered piece of bread. So we are going to put all this bread in here. Now we are going to put the bread in the oven. Very fast. Oh! Ten minutes, done. So, a very nice simple quick breakfast, tasty, delicious, and groovy, very groovy breakfast. There is my favorite breakfast.

I like Hsihu. I like it very much. I built it. I built all the caves and I built a little stream. And planted all the trees together with the monks at that time. We put up an umbrella, sunbrella, a big one, everyone sits under there or they go to the coffee shop or browse around the jewelry shop, the book shop and things like that, it's OK. I hope that all the monks change into a vegetarian diet, vegan diet, to make an example of love and compassion, example. If you eat all the beings, then who is there for you to ferry across? Who's left for you to liberate? They're all beings also. Can you stand up? Have a look? Thank you for your love. Special monks, huh? Most monks, they think they know everything, they should be teacher. They would not be so humble, come and ask to learn from someone else, especially the high-heeled lady like me. That's why I respect them a lot.