When I received my Rife Machine I was surprised to find a thin little book entitled “Liao-Fan’s Four Lessons” tucked into the box.
This amazing little book inspired me. It was written by a Chinese man who lived during the Ming Dynasty. He wrote the book for his son to tell his story and teach him the rewards of living one’s life with the purpose of doing good deeds out of kindness and with humility. The wisdom was that one can change one’s own destiny that way.
“The mind of an ordinary person is forever occupied by wandering thoughts and therefore his life is confined to the destiny created within yin and yang. We cannot deny the existence of destiny, but only ordinary people are confined to their destinies. Nevertheless, destiny cannot confine those who have done extremely good deeds. This is because the merits accrued from their good acts are so great as to alter their original destinies for the better.” – Liao Fan
Liao Fan also teaches about ways to rectify our faults. “When a person is completely sincere, his mind aligns with the wishes of Tian (heaven.) Therefore, if we can interact with others and handle matters with complete sincerity, good fortune will consequently knock on the door. By observing good speech and deeds, others will be able to foresee the coming of our good fortune. On the contrary, by observing our ill speech and deeds, they will foresee our approaching misfortune. So, to gain good fortune and avoid adversity, we can put the question of how to do good deeds aside for now; first of all, we must rectify our faults. In so doing, we will gradually move in the direction of good deeds.”
Lessons Three and Four concern the ways of cultivating goodness and being humble. He speaks of how accumulating many merits by doing good deeds will bring luck and prosperity to the family for generations going forward. Concerning humility, Laio Fan states that “the laws of Tian take from the arrogant and give to the humble. The laws of Di pass flowing water from areas that are full to those that are lower and have less water. The laws of spirits bring harm to those who are arrogant, and good fortune to those who are modest. Even the laws of humans despise the arrogant and favour the modest.”
Interesting to learn in this little book that Laio Fan was a government official and how the process of one’s elevation in government was based on goodness and merit, being mentored and tested by wise sages in order for one to rise in the ranks. I know this is sounding like a book report, lol, but I could feel a wise calming presence with me as I read the words in this book. You can download the book for free at the site below. Happy Life-Changing!
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