Take the Opportunity to let the Qi Flow Optimally – by John Paul in Florida

What will you do with the opportunity?

“Ask not what you did to deserve the opportunity, but what you will do with the opportunity.”

I recently returned from a trip to Indonesia with Master Ou and several other Pangu Shengong (PGSG) students. When Master Ou asked me to share my thoughts of PGSG with an audience of Indonesian students, I decided to share a realization that occurred this past winter.

For years, fellow friends and PGSG students and I have often commented among ourselves about how much we appreciate the time given and the lessons learned from Master Ou, wondering often what we ever did to be so fortunate. This winter we realized that we needed to switch this around and — “Ask not what we did to deserve this opportunity, but what are we going to do with this opportunity?”

Over the past several months I took the opportunity to travel with Master Ou to both Macao and then to Indonesia. A key learning I had on both trips was to observe the genuine and constant happiness that radiates from his most senior students of 20 plus years. Master Ou has shared the concept of constantly living by the five principles of calmness, tolerance, compassion, diligence, and resoluteness; and being mindful to avoid the common traps of greed, selfishness, and laziness. He has also lectured on several occasions that happiness is one of the “secret” shortcuts. Specifically, he has shared that being happy as one lives by these principles facilitates the Qi to flow optimally, promoting optimal health and well being. The truth of this statement became very evident when observing the vibrantly healthy and constantly happy Senior PGSG students from China who always, always greeted everyone and every situation with a smile. They ranged in age from ~50-65 years old, but easily looking 10-15 years younger then their years, having achieved and maintained excellent health for many years.

If you’ve spent anytime with Master Ou, his compassion, calm, and tolerance are readily evident. On this trip I also had the opportunity to observe his diligence. Upon completing our trip, the 15 of us flew as a group to Hong Kong airport, and then went our separate ways to take individual flights, boat rides, etc. to our home cities throughout the world. I had a long layover. I decided to tour Hong Kong. I followed Master Ou and his family out of the airport, expecting them to take a quiet taxi ride to their hotel to rest and recover from their continuous attentiveness– over the last 14 days– to the needs of the students traveling with them, the hundreds of students they were visiting, daily lectures, meetings with instructors, and 1:1 and group healing sessions. Only to be amazed that as everyone else went their separate ways to rest and recuperate, Master Ou and his family left the Hong Kong airport, were immediately greeted by a group of Hong Kong students, and were briefed on the plans to meet even more students later that evening for dinner and events to follow over the next several days. Diligence in action – by not only Master Ou, but also his wife (Mandy) and daughter (Olivia), simply amazing.

This diligence in action showed me a perfect example of what I could strive for: To make the best use of time and effort, never accepting the conscious or unconscious limitations I may create for myself.

Best wishes as you decide – What you will do with this this wonderful opportunity!