Recently I had the chance to meet a flesh and bone Vishnu avatar in Chiang Mai, Thailand. His name is Super Richy, and he says he has been spiritually inclined since childhood and is the avatar - incarnation - of the Hindu God, Vishnu. John B, a friend of mine who teaches Buddhism, was helping him prepare his English for presentations he was invited to give in Germany. Of course when some of us heard he was a well-known meditation teacher and Vishnu avatar, we wanted to meet him at once! John arranged for him to practice his presentation with us. He was so nice to let us listen, ask questions and take pictures.Despite all the hype about him, he is as humble and soft spoken as they come, and doesn't go around advertising himself as a walking gift from the heavens. What he thrives on is sharing his experiences with meditation and passing on his techniques to those interested in improving their spiritual lives. His book is Super Richy: It's Not Easy to Be Me. He was gracious enough to pose with it above.
Now whether or not one believes in Vishnu avatars and incarnations, it was still great to meet someone like him - a young spiritual (Super)star, who has energized and transformed so many, especially Thai Buddhists. Thank you, Richy, it was great to meet you.
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Thanks so much to Rev. John for organizing for Richy to speak with us! It reminded me somewhat of my experience back at Harvard in 2002 when I met Elijah Ary who is a recognized reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist lama...these kind of encounters make you question what you believe and that is always a good thing....
Wild...and his name is Super Richy?"
It's so funny that i know this guy since he was not famous. He's a boyfriend of a girl who used to work at the radio station i used to work for. We often talked but never occured to me that he is what people say "a special person". What a small world indeed! I should have asked for his book if i knew back then..
Childhood fantasy shapes human personality more or less. Many children nowadays think that they were superman or superwoman. Some Children even try to jump down from the second floor because they think that they can really fly. But when they grow up they realize that they are ordinary human because they cannot fly without some kinds of airplane. It is good that his experience has something to do with meditation. Maybe that is the reason that he could live this long.
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