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Sometime back since I have update the blog, due to a very busy schedule and also lots of unexpected errands. One of these errands had been trying to get a fair warranty claim for my car. Finally it was resolved and I have to thank our Penang City God for the major part of the credit.
I have called up the Penang dealer in charge of my purchase and services. They gave lots of excuses and try to pass the problem to the manufacturer rep in Kuala Lumpur. The manufacturer rep told me only the manufacturer can approve the claim which is in Germany. After a whole lot of communication with Penang dealer and Kuala Lumpur rep, nothing was done and it seems as if I have hit a wall in getting through to the right channel and people( the claim problem started sometime after Chinese New Year – Feb 14).
Finally I was so fed up 2 weeks ago, I have decided to bring my case to the City God. Every major city with Chinese population will have a City God Temple. They are in charge of all the after-life matters for a Taoist. Another important role of the City God and his officers is to govern all that happens spiritually in the city. In front of the City God Temple, it is enacted a Chinese poem that simply translated “No matter how smart, wealthy or intelligent you are, finally you will also need to come by this place”
City God Temple is one of the temple in town that I will walk in and pay my respect if I happen to be in the area.
One of my spiritual masters always reminds me, if you are starting to cultivate, make sure you learn to cultivate an affinity with Earth Deities (which include Earth God, mid level deities etc). Which hence, you read a major part of my encounters is with Earth Deities. Many cultivators like to have a sense of grandeur in which they only pay respect to high level or high ranking deities and shun or ignore Earth God and mid level deities. My spiritual master would always say “ If you cannot even have an affinity with Earth God and mid level deities, then how are you able to develop an affinity with higher deities. It is not logical even from spiritual perspective!”
Coming back to the City God Temple, I am very familiar with the temple keepers as each time my visit to the temple with have offering of a big josstick when I conclude my respect to all the deities in the temple. Even the unfortunate beggars of the temple can recognize me.
For this particular case, after I have offered my respect to all deities in the temple, I lit up a particular number of joss sticks and kneel down in front of the City God Statue and went into meditative stabilization. It is very seldom that I go into meditative stabilization in temple especially this particular temple. When I went into it, I can feel the ground shaking, something like a level 3-4 earthquake.
Immediately I conveyed my name, address and spiritual background. I have then sincerely requested the help of the City God to my particular case, stating that in his governance there are unscrupulous business people going around trying to cheat on others (referring to the car dealer in charge of sales of service of my car). After which I have concluded my prayers and respect to all deities in the temple. I went to the temple on Saturday. On following Monday, I received a call from the car dealer informing me that they will ‘settle’ the problem of my car regardless of whether the warranty claim is recognized by the car manufacturer.
I went back to the dealer service center on Thursday, but after I drove my car there, once again the customer service manager tried to avoid the earlier promise and asked me to wait for the manufacturer representative in Kuala Lumpur on whether it is claimable. Then on the following Monday, nothing was done on my car and I was thinking to myself whether I should re-visit City God Temple. I received an email response from Germany later that morning saying they will definitely asked Kuala Lumpur(KL) rep office to handle my problem. By Tuesday morning I received a call from KL rep office to apologize and 15 minutes later I received a call from Penang dealer asking me when I can drive my car in for the replacement.
City God Office is by far the most effective and efficient compare to any physical world major corporation.
