In 1939, while the Second World War was raging, Han-ching Lao-jen [the Venerable Vessel of Stillness] secluded himself on Hua Mountain--China's 2,800-meter sacred peak, offering prayers through eight years to safeguard world peace. His efforts were also devoted to experiments in Heaven-man communication. He discoursed daily with the Lord's spirit-intermediaries -- immortals, Buddhas, and other sacred beings -- so as to relay the Lord's messages and intentions, which he expressed in writing accessible to humans.

Heaven-man communication in those conditions was like a person today watching televised pictures of a faraway place, with subtitles. Such projections are transmitted from Heaven to human beings using natural laws that the Lord put into effect ages ago.