“Rapid changes are coming. It’s an urgent time for energies to evolve. I don’t think of it as a happy time, however it is an opportunity for some to propel themselves into a kind of purification. The process is being sped up, an acceleration creating awe-inspiring changes affecting every aspect of life. There are a group of souls who are using this time to help propel them forward. This process can be compared to a ship catching the wind in a certain way. Those catching this wind will need to be skillful, knowledgeable and willing to let go, like a navigator or a sailor. And like a sailor’s knowledge and deep respect for the sea, these people will need to know when to "turn the ship” and when to let go. Skillful in utilizing the “winds of these times”, they will have me as their sail. "If every human being could recognize the power of the love and forgiveness principle all consciousness on earth would change instantly. Indeed, thoughts can change the course of history. Sometimes, all it takes is enough people knowing about a certain concept.”
—Kuan Yin (The Eastern Goddess of Compassion and Mercy) quotation from The Living Word of Kuan Yin.
As a transpersonal hypnotherapist and past life regressionist for over twenty years, I was not prepared for the singular psychic event: hypnosis client Lena Lee's epiphany. Upon reaching her "sacred space" during a hypnosis session, she began spontaneously channeling the modern spiritual teachings of Asia's goddess of compassion, Kuan Yin.
Experiencing a spiritually auspicious dream about a year earlier, I discovered myself standing in an auditorium. To my amazement, I was being honored in a ceremony. Reverently, a young boy placed a conch shell at my feet. Awake and perplexed, I wondered about the significance of the conch shell. Not too familiar with Buddhist precepts, I was told by a friend that such a shell most likely represents right speech. Accepting my spiritual assignment: the transcription of the Kuan Yin scriptures, I wondered if the dream foretold a degree of intuitive maturity: right speech that would greatly assist me in interpreting the Kuan Yin material’s more complex passages. Towards the end of completion of the manuscript, I discovered another, perhaps more fitting explanation, integral to Kuan Yin’s forty-two “emblems”. In John Blofeld’s Bodhisattva of Compassion, The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin, the conch shell is designated as number twenty-seven and its spiritual significance is described as follows:
“For summoning Divas (gods) and beneficent spirits”.
Transcribing the twenty-eight transmissions, I then compiled them into a complete manuscript. The story of the manifestation of The Living Word of Kuan Yin is as fascinating and wondrous as its message. A tapestry of found pieces to the cosmic puzzle coupled with mystifying phenomenon, this work is a rapturous account of a spiritual sojourn involving a mother of three and her muse.
A meticulous chronicling of how through hypnosis, Asia’s ancient deity, Kuan Yin spoke through Lena, the Goddesses precious words inform how each of us carry within us the twin potentials for rebirth: compassion and free will. In this, her spiritual opus, the Goddess also speaks of the “waves” and the “wind”: how no matter where we have landed in our lives, we each experience seen and unseen forces. Addressing karma and free will Goddess Kuan Yin states:
“There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen, karma and free will. The question is, ‘how are you going to handle what you have?’”
Focused upon the power of loving-kindness and the importance of intention and personal beliefs, Kuan Yin speaks with immediacy and ardor. This transcription of her channeled words is unique as it represents a direct and authentic communication with this ancient Goddess: her channeled opus, gift to humanity. Speaking through Lena at this crucial historical moment, Kuan Yin offers her wondrous insight and wisdom on crucial topics including the creation of personal reality, immortality, reincarnation and world affairs.
You may already be familiar with Goddess Kuan Yin. Considered the premiere female deity in the Chinese Pantheon, this Goddess has traditionally been (in Chinese culture) the protector of mothers and children. She has also been patroness and protector of fishermen. Not surprisingly, therefore, Kuan Yin speaks extensively on the power of motherly love, compassion and loving-kindness. Beyond her wise and prophetic words, however, are her parables—vignettes demonstrating her profound teachings concerning one's creation of personal reality and immortality.
Ever the changling, Kuan Yin could, at any juncture, transform her guise. The embodiment of her empathetic and powerful message, her forms show the divine dynamic that is the God Force. Transmuting with ecstatic abandon, the Goddess demonstrates how we are all a part of this vital dynamic. Appearing to Lena as thousand-arms Kuan Yin, she commands:
“Look at this arm! You’ve seen it in the book and now I’m showing it to you. So to attract and assist many people, I manifest in many ways.”
Morphing into “bigger than life”, goddess and godlike forms, Kuan Yin demonstrates our full god-potential. Insisting evil does not exist, that nothing can overcome the God Force, Kuan Yin emphasizes there is no reason to fear. Teaching that no one is better than the next, she stresses the importance of accepting differences and the development of community.
Explaining it is necessary to return to this earth odyssey, experiencing even the darkness (ignorance) to finally enter Nirvana (which is Oneness), Kuan Yin insists that it is the earth experience which represents the most important step in our entire evolution:
“Human mistakes and inaccuracies are no less important than divinity… the incredible process of being human allows for the higher self to acknowledge and extract divinity from one’s trials and tribulations.”
Further, Kuan Yin advises that what is needed on earth is “compassion for the untruth”. Touching untruth's shoulder with the utmost compassion, she shows her infinite capacity for love and forgiveness. Stemming the tide of war and destruction can only occur, she maintains, through “sprinkling elements of truth and healing”.
This process requires one be centered upon and understand the issues of his or her life from a place of detachment. To examine one’s life from this perspective allows the Higher Self to participate in daily choices and problem solving. While ego is responsible for maintaining the self in day-to-day reality, much of the pressure of decision-making can be mitigated when allowing one’s relationship with the higher self to unfold.
Divinity is not, according to this Deity, some distant or unattainable ideal. Rather is intimately associated with all that is considered part of a "realistic life". To spiritually assess one’s personal dramas from a place of detachment; to regard them as integral to spiritual growth is an enlightened choice. This personal choice, in itself, has the power to transform the course of one’s life path.
Manifesting during Lena's trance, Kuan Yin did not arrive with a list of instructions. Nor was there a user's manual. Insisting that her kaleidoscopic shape shifting harbors the mysteries of the universe, Kuan Yin instead explains that it rests upon us to unravel the meanings of her vast array of amazing and mysterious forms.
While instantaneous metamorphosis is, indeed, a very impressive skill, the full extent of Kuan Yin’s upaya-kaushalya (expedient means) is truly stupendous. The fantastical and sometimes whimsical props and spiritual tools she brings with her (to each discourse) are to illustrate her spiritual teachings. One must wonder if Kuan Yin is limited in any way—whether her ability for metamorphism is, indeed, infinite.
Let The Magic Happen States Kuan Yin:
“Let the magic happen. It’s always there. Abundance and love are always there. Believe in the highest good. There is a higher essence to everything. The realm you’re in has a heaviness that mutes energy. You can penetrate through it, no matter how dark and heavy. Sometimes it has nothing to do with karma. Just don’t forget to keep it open. Don’t get too bogged down, don’t limit the brightness.”
“Reach through the dark energy and grab it. You might see the smoke coming out of the chimney and you’ll even see the smoky sky. You need to reach through the smoke and bring the light to you. Remember the possibilities of something greater then are right here. Be willing to go to the lightness. Don’t feed off what is not right in the world.”
—Kuan Yin
