By Martin E. Marty
America's preeminent spiritual historian displays at the serious position of non secular range in our nationwide self-understanding.
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That image of strength, beauty, a radiant equanimity, and tenderness reached out to open a space in me wide enough to invite both my sorrow and my joy and awaken a sense of deep familiarity. Kwan Yin's face communicated the understanding of suffering; her presence demonstrated the magic of simply being here right now in this moment. When I left Kansas City the next day, I took with me Page 4 a postcard reproduction of that statue and an awareness that something had been altered in me, some human possibility suggested.
After some adventures in the world of the gods, Miao Shan came back to life and went to a mountain where she meditated for many years, perfecting her bodhisattva nature. Her father did not do so well. As a result of his evil deeds, he became sick with numerous painful ailments. No doctor could help him. Then, when he was almost dead, a strange monk appeared and told him he could be saved. If he could ''take the arm and eye of one who is without anger, combine them into a medicine, and apply it:' he would be cured.
We both experienced Kwan Yin's presence strongly. A few months after returning from China, I was diagnosed with colon cancer, underwent surgery and six months of chemotherapy, and found myself talking to Kwan Yin. I received no answering visitations, but she responded, in a way, evoking a sense within me of balance and willingness to endure what I must. Kwan Yin is even more present with me now that I am well, for I am meeting some profound psychologi- Page 11 cal/spiritual challenges that send me for refuge into her broad compassionate energy.