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Apart from bombs aimed correctly missing their target because of interception, another reason why bombs fell harmlessly in unpopulated areas was because bomb aimers could not find targets located in the city. Interviewed later in a documentary, one bomb-aimed reported his surprise at continuously being confused — when close to the target, Bangkok from the air would miraculously appear to him looking like a forest or farmland and the mirage would persist until the bombers gave up their mission and turned homeward. In 1945, Luang Phaw meditated using the Wisdom of the Dhammakāya and envisioned a hor rendously devastating new weapon. It had been built by the Allies to bring the war in Asia to an end. They were planning to test this new weapon, a bomb, by dropping it on Bangkok! Bangkok was the most obvious target, because so many soldiers from the Axis occupied the city. "What would happen to us if we were victim to this weapon?" Luang Phaw asked the meditators. Kuhn Yay Chandra verified that the whole city would be obliterated — razed to the ground. She said that the land would be flattened like the skin of a drum — the whole population annihilated. On hearing this Luang Phaw ordered Uncle Prayoon to take all of the temple assets and leave — going as far away as he could in seven days. Luang Phaw said, if his efforts met with success, after seven days Prayoon would know and would be able to return to the temple in safety. Luang Phaw spoke of the matter with no one else. He locked the doors of the meditation workshop from the inside — allowing no one to enter or leave. Food and drink