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OK since I am entitled to my own thread at this point I thought Id use it to share my story about how I met Dalai Lama.
I was like 20 years old or so, still living with my parents and that day I had a really bad day, I was depressed, feeling sorry for myself and what not probably about some adolescent problem and was desperate for a change. So I was watching this documentary on Discovery channel about the unexplained phenomena. There was this village where Dalai Lama had visited a family and blessed their house. Few years after that there was a disastrous fire and the whole village burnt to the ground except this house he was in, and this house stood right in the middle of it but was not touched by a fire at all. At that point I thought to myself wow if I could just touch his hand or at least see him with my own eyes, Id be saved out of my misery and be well for the rest of my life lol, and Im not religious, but at that desperate moment I was ready to believe anything to make me feel better.
So years passed, I have completely forgotten about that and I was already in Faculty and was volunteering at this ICEL conference as a part of my study practice. So we were notified that Dalai Lama was in Slovenia and will have his speech at that same building. I was so happy; I thought Id finally be able to see him. People were gathering and a bunch of us volunteers stood in the back of this hallway, it was very crowded. There was also this lady standing there with 2 kinds of tickets in her hands, red and yellow ones. I approached her and asked what those were for and she explained the red ones were for invitees only to see him live in a large hall and the yellow ones for other less important invitees for the small hall to watch him on a big screen. As the crowd moved inside there was still bunch of us standing there waiting for his arrival. So this lady suddenly asks me if I wish for a yellow ticket coz shes got few left and I was like jumping of excitement and took the ticket. Then this friend of mine comes to me begging me for that ticked and I though oh well as long as I see his arrival Im happy and Ill just see the reply of the speech on TV or something and gave her the ticket. Minutes passed and this lady was still waiting for some people to arrive but they never showed up so she asks me again if I wish to have another ticked, this time the red one, I was in so excited, so I rushed in the large hall and it was packed to the last corner so I stood at the top of the stairs and in that moment Dalai Lama entered the room right behind me and first thing he sees was my big eyes and a smile to my ears and he smiles at me, takes my hand and doesnt let go but takes it as a support as he descends the stairs. Wow I was in heaven literally
He starts his speech and I notice this guy just left the room and left an empty chair in a first row, so I rush to it and still in bliss listen to his speech from near aaaahhhhh
OK since I am entitled to my own thread at this point I thought Id use it to share my story about how I met Dalai Lama.
I was like 20 years old or so, still living with my parents and that day I had a really bad day, I was depressed, feeling sorry for myself and what not probably about some adolescent problem and was desperate for a change. So I was watching this documentary on Discovery channel about the unexplained phenomena. There was this village where Dalai Lama had visited a family and blessed their house. Few years after that there was a disastrous fire and the whole village burnt to the ground except this house he was in, and this house stood right in the middle of it but was not touched by a fire at all. At that point I thought to myself wow if I could just touch his hand or at least see him with my own eyes, Id be saved out of my misery and be well for the rest of my life lol, and Im not religious, but at that desperate moment I was ready to believe anything to make me feel better.
So years passed, I have completely forgotten about that and I was already in Faculty and was volunteering at this ICEL conference as a part of my study practice. So we were notified that Dalai Lama was in Slovenia and will have his speech at that same building. I was so happy; I thought Id finally be able to see him. People were gathering and a bunch of us volunteers stood in the back of this hallway, it was very crowded. There was also this lady standing there with 2 kinds of tickets in her hands, red and yellow ones. I approached her and asked what those were for and she explained the red ones were for invitees only to see him live in a large hall and the yellow ones for other less important invitees for the small hall to watch him on a big screen. As the crowd moved inside there was still bunch of us standing there waiting for his arrival. So this lady suddenly asks me if I wish for a yellow ticket coz shes got few left and I was like jumping of excitement and took the ticket. Then this friend of mine comes to me begging me for that ticked and I though oh well as long as I see his arrival Im happy and Ill just see the reply of the speech on TV or something and gave her the ticket. Minutes passed and this lady was still waiting for some people to arrive but they never showed up so she asks me again if I wish to have another ticked, this time the red one, I was in so excited, so I rushed in the large hall and it was packed to the last corner so I stood at the top of the stairs and in that moment Dalai Lama entered the room right behind me and first thing he sees was my big eyes and a smile to my ears and he smiles at me, takes my hand and doesnt let go but takes it as a support as he descends the stairs. Wow I was in heaven literally
He starts his speech and I notice this guy just left the room and left an empty chair in a first row, so I rush to it and still in bliss listen to his speech from near aaaahhhhh
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