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Paul King - My story
I have been following a spiritual path for 19 years. My journey began, when after failing my degree I started to read a number of spiritual books and found that I intuitively understood the concept of inner peace that these books talked about. I started to practice Taoist Tai Chi, and became a senior instructor for over 12 years. Although Tai Chi gave me glimpses of this inner peace, I struggled to find it in the everyday world, where pressures of earning a living, paying off the mortgage etc always got in the way. Then in 2004 my Dad died suddenly and through the mourning process I connected to his spirit which proved to me that we are more than just this body. This gave me the incentive to try and develop my spirituality further and through a unique series of events, I ended up in Hawaii studying for a Masters Degree in Chinese medicine starting in September 2006. In November 2006, I saw a small poster pinned to the school notice board that said ‘come and learn meditation from a Living Buddha’. I had always wanted to meditate, but I could never take to it because my mind was always ‘too busy’. However I had read of the importance of learning from a Master and so I went to hear him talk. I was very impressed how Master Yu was able to express his wisdom in simple terms and so I took all the meditation classes that he taught. Within 3 months these meditations had a very profound healing effect on me and I started to experience that inner peace that I had been searching for. So I went to Los Angeles in May 2007 to learn more from Master Yu and was given the opportunity to invite him to England for his first visit in September 2007. As a result of the success of this visit and from further studies with him in Los Angeles , I was empowered by Master Yu to teach his meditations, and to organise his visits to Europe. |
