Sharing my visit to Wat SaiMai in Dec 2550. Some of the bros may have read about it before.
but it was an experience of a lifetime of me & will remain in my memories forever.

Ajahn AOD :"what do you want from Ajahn AOD?"
Me : "blessing & to see Ajahn AOD in real person"
Ajahn AOD : "NO! what do you want????"
i think he could forsee my intention.
Me : "er... blessing & takrud from Ajahn AOD..."
Ajahn AOD : "how many do you want?"
Me : "er... 3? "
Ajahn AOD : " 3 then Ajahn AOD chop you 3 times.. "
Me : *nearly fainted & silence for at least 1min*
Ajahn AOD : "Do you want to be blessed?"
Me : "yes"
Ajahn AOD : "are you sure?"
Me : "yes"

Then i was told to remove my shirt, my CKN rian... while Ajahn AOD retreated to his room to get the parang or chopper you can say...

i kneel, head down facing Ajahn AOD. he grabbed a handful of the takrud & asked me to hold onto it. He started chanting & from his facial expression, you could tell he was in deep concentration.
*as per describe by my bro & wife who were watching the ritual in fear....*

Before i could anticipate the parang chopping on my back.. 3 fast & swifty strike hit me hard on my back.
i recovered while gasping for air & swiftly pray to Ajahn AOD for blessing me.



Ajahn AOD then took out a rubber tube, similar to those wate hose pipe & threw it to me. he then asked me to place on the chopping board & chopped up the rubber pipe into 3 pieces. I think he did that to show that the parang was sharp & he was not performing any trickery in the ritual. The rubber shows a clean cut from the parang, indicating how the parang could have ripped my back apart...

The chopped rubber pipe.