Is Yellow Bamboo the Ultimate Spiritual Path?
This question is totally invalid, as there is no religion or path or master who is ultimate.
It is true that certain paths are better than others. Some paths are more suitable than others.
However, each individual is different, so the suitability of a path depends on the individual, rather than the path.
Even for the same individual, certain paths are more suitable at certain times, and not as suitable at other times.
A certain individual might need a certain path to acquire a certain lesson or skill, and after acquiring these, may then leave that path to develop further.
The characteristics and karma of certain individuals may require an individual to take a certain path.
Indeed, due to certain characteristics and karma, certain individuals may be destined to follow a particular path.
In addition, even though there may be better and higher paths for certain individuals to follow, these individuals are unable to follow these higher paths, but have to follow a lower path. That lower path may be the highest ever path that the individual may be able to follow in that particular life. Therefore, for that individual, the “highest or ultimate path” is that particular path.
Thus, there is no one ultimate path.
Thus, I can not say that Yellow Bamboo is the ultimate path. It is a path, and if you like it and it appeals to you at this stage of your life, then learn it! If there are certain things in Yellow Bamboo that you need, then learn them! If you like to be trained in the structured approach of Yellow Bamboo, please join Yellow bamboo and progress through the ranks! If you think Yellow Bamboo can complement the paths you already have and can aid in your spiritual development, then join Yellow Bamboo!
Yellow Bamboo is another spiritual path and methodology. There are thousands of other paths. In my opinion, some paths are “inferior” to Yellow Bamboo, while others are “superior” to Yellow Bamboo. I have studied other paths that I consider “superior” to Yellow Bamboo. I was initially attracted to Yellow Bamboo when I saw its possibility of knocking down attackers from a distance (an “ilmu” or spiritual power called “jarak jauh”).
Then, I saw that it has a nice structured approach - graded steps, going up to communion and identification with God and the universe etc. I am familiar with all of the topics covered as I have studied other paths. But I have never studied them in this structured approach.
I also realised that the Aji-Ajian (living and active power) in Yellow Bamboo is still active and alive. Not many spiritual paths have this important characteristics. That is why I learn Yellow Bamboo.
I am not forcing anybody to join Yellow Bamboo. Neither am I
trying to con or defraud people into joining Yellow Bamboo. Yellow Bamboo, to me, is a spiritual path, not a scam.
It has over 30,000 registered members in
I am just providing Yellow Bamboo as an alternative path for people whose karma or needs suit Yellow Bamboo. My patronage does not explicitly mean that I am proclaiming that it is the ultimate path. Just like I teach many things which I have acquired since I was a small boy, Yellow Bamboo is one of those ‘good things’ I have found that may benefit some people, but not all people.
Written by John Chow
14 November 2004