Daoist Wang came from
a province at the northern tip of China. When
he was five-year old, he suffered a grave
illness, and was saved by a Chinese Herbal
Medicine doctor. The incident left him
extremely weak. For helping him regain his
vitality, the doctor taught him to do sitting
meditation and later, when he learned how to
read, instructed him to read The Book of
Inner Alchemy. That is how he was
introduced to Daoism. Eventually at the age
of 19, he was ordained as a Daoist.
A
Daoist in White Cloud Temple
Here is our
conversation on that day:
Danxi: So you
became a Daoist because of that book?
Wang: I wouldn’t
say so – I am not a man who would let a
book change his life. The reason of my
becoming a Daoist is much more complicated.
Ever since I was very little, I realised I
had a special ability to know people.
Whenever I met a person, someone I knew or a
total stranger, the key events of his or her
life would be displayed in sequence before my
eyes, as if I was offered to watch a
documentary about that person. When people
learned that I had such an unusual gift, they
came to me to seek answers to their
questions, and rewarded my work with candy or
snacks. Being a small boy from a poor family
that could not afford anything beyond three
rough meals a day, I was only too happy to
earn the treat in such an easy way.
Danxi: But
frequent use of a supernormal ability is
harmful to your health.
Wang: Tell me
about it! Look at my hair, in such a
sorrowful shape - this is the result of
abusing my gift. Back then, I didn’t know I
was virtually squandering my viral qi
away. And how about you, have you encountered
the similar problems?
Danxi: Not
really. So far I’ve only experienced inner
visions during deep meditation. Normally, I
use I Ching, Wonder Gate and Feng Shui
methods to address people’s problems. As
for higher means such as Wonder Arts (fashu
法术), I know very little
of them – they are like magic to me.
Wang: Well, I
have some personal experiences with this kind
of things. In 1989, I went to Inner Mongolia
to study Five Agents Concealment (wuxingdunshu
五行遁术) from a high master.
Danxi: What’s
the Five Agents Concealment exactly?
Wang: Simply
put, it’s a way to make you disappear in
one location and reappear at another location
within an instant. Let me give you an
example. One day, I went to make a phone call
with the high master, and said to my friend
on the other end of the line that the master
was going to meet him in person. Before my
sentence was barely finished, my fried
announced to me that the master had arrived.
On hearing that, I turned about my head to
look at him, but saw nobody there. And I
heard the master’s voice coming from the
phone.
It wasn’t easy to
persuade him to take me in. I begged him hard
and long, and he investigated my background
and personality thoroughly and meticulously
before giving me his final consent. Following
his instructions, I practised diligently for
several years in a secluded wildness … and
… (his voice trailed off)
Danxi: And now
you can disappear from Beijing and reappear
in Shanghai in a second, so to speak?
Wang:
No! (His voice was cold like ice and hard
like steel) I failed, miserably.
Danxi: Why is
that?
Wang: Too many
interruptions.
Danxi: But,
wait … I remember you said you were in a
secluded wildness …
Wang: Which
only means I was away from people, doesn’t
mean I was alone. I had too many visitors
from other worlds.
3)
Many Worlds and Beyond
(Source of
original photo: Beijing Laosu Photo
Studio)
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