Ken's Cyber Cave: remembrance

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Touch by Little Angels

My city has many parks. One of them has a small memorial garden inside called "Angel of Hope". It does not house any tombs but has a floor made of memorial bricks. Each brick is engraved with the name of a deceased child or baby.

I took a walk in this garden yesterday. Flowers are seen laying on the floor by the relatives, likely parents of these babies and children.

I read the inscriptions on some of the memorial bricks. Some babies here had lived a day, a few days, a few months or a few years. These babies are not forgotten but immortalized by their love ones here. They will live in the memory of their love ones forever.

I feel like being touched by these little angels as I read their names. Suddenly I felt a strong sense of calm and peace as I read the inscriptions. All my earthly problems and fear become insignificant if compare to what these little angels and their love ones had gone through. I think these little angels like me reading their names. I guess it may feel like a pat on their heads.

You may read the inscriptions from the photos here to see if you get some peace of mind.

A strange thing happened when I drove back home after leaving this memorial garden. I drove through seven traffic lights without getting a red light. Maybe some little angels had make all traffic lights green for me.

RIP

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Monday, October 26, 2020

Let's talk dirty or money

Will you be very happy if you run into a box of cool cash like this one?

But if you find out that you cannot enjoy this cash until you have died.........

This box of cash looks like U.S. Dollars but actually is a version of Underworld currency or "joss paper money" for the dead. This offering of joss paper money to the deceased is popular among Chinese in Southeast Asia.

The $10,000 currency above is issued by the "Hell Bank" with the portrait of the Underworld Emperor. It beats the $500 denomination of U.S. Dollar joss paper money with Ben Franklin portrait by 20 times.

In 2009, I had written about underworld currency:

https://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2009/12/hell-does-not-take-american-express-but.html

With online marketing, there are competitions in Underworld U.S. Dollar joss paper money. You may go to AliExpress website to check.

There are denominations of US$100 to 1 Million in the joss paper money section of AliExpress. For US$5, you can get 250 pieces of US$1M denomination joss paper money issued by Heaven-Hell Bank. Five real U.S. dollars for 250M of underworld U.S. Dollars! What a deal made in hell!

There are also 5000 British pounds and 50,000 Euro denomination of joss paper money.

With different underworld currencies, the dead now can have their own FOREX trading to keep them busy.

Now comes to the million dollar questions:

Do our deceased love ones really receive the joss paper money that we offer to them?
If the answer is "yes", do these "money" worth much in underworld given the arbitrary value assigned.
If the answer is "no" or "no idea", what purpose does burning joss paper money serve?

From the perspective of the living (us!), this approach shows our remembrance, love and care to the deceased provides peace, emotional balance and even redemption to us regardless whether the deceased receive the offering or not.

From the perspective of the deceased (assuming souls of the deceased continue to live on), this show of remembrance, love and care from the living love ones is what counts most. The amount of offering and value of joss paper become insignificant. After all, the living project the material needs and desires on this earth to the spiritual world, which may not be true or needed.

My Daoist Sifu (teacher) told me when preparing joss paper for offering, make sure the love ones of the deceased touch all the joss paper money or fold the paper gold nuggets, to imprint their qi or energy on the paper. This energy is what makes the deceased feel comfort and loved.