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I Have Come
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The Levels
of Existence of Life
" We are all movie stars and the world is a great stage. We play
roles life after life, sometimes as a husband, a wife, a minister or
a queen and sometimes we play less desirable roles. And we play them
unknowingly and ask ourselves why we have to play these roles, why such
and such is on the throne and I am only a secretary. Those who are awakened
know that the world is only a stage for us to learn, to fulfill our
desires and needs, and to get closer to perfection."
"The way most people live their life is not yet complete, and is
not very ideal for gaining happiness and wisdom. There are many levels
of existence and the first one is the physical level. Most people live
their life on this plane, where the search for sensual pleasures is
the main goal, be it love to eat, to sleep, to have all kinds of physical
happiness, and we tend towards laziness too. We just work because we
need to earn a living but we do not put our ideal and our heart into
it. We usually do not like to work unless it concerns our welfare, and
it is difficult for us to work for mankind as a whole.
The second level is what we call the emotional level. These people
have very strong opinions and we can say that they are domineering or
authoritarian. They are always right and expect others to do as they
do. Many dictators or so-called great leaders of extremist movements
belong to this level. Even those who have good intentions, when they
make the wrong turn, they will not admit it and will not attempt to
correct the situation. And there lies the danger, because of the lack
of flexibility.
In the third level we live in the intellect, in the physical mind,
which is, I am sorry to say, only a computer, an excellent one that
can record everything and sort it without any intelligence and judgment.
But without the intelligence of the soul, the mind is only an automatic
machine. People on this level become generally closed in on themselves
and bury themselves in any type of ideal. They are stuck in a way, not
caring for what is happening in the world, without a real desire to
improve it or to change themselves. They think that they are perfect
the way they are, and many mistake this as being enlightened.
The next level is that of the soul, of self-realization, because we
identify ourselves with the soul. We know that we and our soul, the
source of inspiration and happiness, are one and the same and we know
that we are not the body. We try to help the world and to help ourselves.
But this is not the highest level, because we still have the ego and
it knows its strength. Even when we say 'I and my Father are One,' it
makes two, and it is still too crowded! (laughter)
Then comes God's level, God's consciousness and realization. God is
nothing but ourselves. While in the previous level, we thought that
God was separate from us. It isn't easy to explain, but for the first
time we act without thinking, without even knowing what we are doing.
We become the author of everything without collecting karma. This is
what Jesus was describing when He said 'I do not - my Father is doing."'
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Our Purpose on Earth
"Each one of us is given human life only for the purpose of realizing
God. If we forsake this duty, we will never be happy in this life or
in many other lives. To tell you the truth, this is the only reason
for human suffering, and nothing else. If we realized how we struggled
in our mother's womb, how we repented our past lives' mistakes, and
how we promised God to utilize this present life in a very meaningful
manner to serve Him, before we were born, then we would never waste
one second to think of anything else but to try our best in all our
leisure time to realize God!
But as soon as we are born into this world, we forget everything.
Because it is the law of the material world to let people forget. Therefore,
it is necessary that a Master come and remind us again, again and again,
until we remember what we had promised to God, inside the womb of our
mother. We might not remember with our physical brains, but our souls,
the ability of our wisdom will remember. "
"Because God wants to bless the earth through us, we came down
to be a link between heaven and earth. But because we have been exhausted
and tired for so long, we have forgotten our great mission. This is
why a Master comes once in a while to remind us of our true nature.
This is why we are here."
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The Future is in Our Hands
"Everybody worries about the end of the world. Actually some
people predict it and make many people worry. But even if the world
comes to an end, the enlightened people would never feel bothered, because
they know what this world is, and that it will go one day. But the life
eternal always goes on, and nothing can affect it. Life eternal is what
we are, wisdom is what we possess, love is what our nature is, and this
cannot be destroyed, with any bomb at all. It cannot be limited by space
and time. Therefore, the Masters initiate disciples without the limitation
of space and time. Masters don't have to always be where the disciples
are, but they can help them and bless them. The disciples will grow
into mastership and also do the same."
"In this age of many troubles and disasters we also have great
hope, because God has ordained many saints to come into our world and
their messages are almost identical. They say that we should seek the
Kingdom of God first and then everything else will fall into place.
Normally, we try to take care of worldly problems first, we take things
into our hands, we try to run the universe, but we always feel very
disappointed. The best political leader can only satisfy people temporarily
and bring them some kind of material comfort. But we cannot take care
of the whole world just with our political skills, or any other abilities.
That is the problem. No matter how good our intentions may be, we have
to first seek the Kingdom of God, the supreme power within us, and we
are connected to it. That is why it is said, 'God made man in His own
image.' 1 Image doesn't mean our profile, body or way of life. It is
the image of the invisible power that we are made of."
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Moving Beyond Earthly Love
"Our world has become sometimes intolerable. It is our own making.
So now, in order to improve this or repair the world, or the house,
the big house that we live in, with so many rooms which are the nations,
then we should know that evil is avoidable. Evil is avoided by doing
good, by keeping the commandments, by loving thy neighbors. But because
our mind is so used to 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth', it
is difficult to do what we think we ought to do, or to treat others
in a very loving way. Therefore, we need a stronger force to help us,
to pull us out of our habitual thinking and actions.
Everything in this world is actually also good for us, even evil.
Evil is our mistakes. Fine. But, then we do not have to stay in the
mistakes forever. At least the mistakes are a kind of shock. When we
receive the effect of our mistakes, we will be shocked into realizing
that this is not a proper thing to do. It causes us misery and unhappiness.
Therefore, we turn around. And even all things in this world which are
beautiful and enjoyable, are there to remind us of our true happiness
within, in our true home.
Therefore, it is not a sin to enjoy the things that God created for
us. But if we always feel very attached to these things, God will remind
us that this is not proper. Therefore, we will sometimes experience
unhappiness, or misery from the things that we cherish most.
It is wrong to deny the world. But it is not right to sink deep into
the world all the time. Because we miss the better half of life which
is spirit, which is more enjoyable than anything that this world could
afford. Everything in this world is just a reminder of the true happiness,
the true glory, and the true life that we should have and that we should
know, because we have forgotten.
Many people ask me about woman and man relationships, and sexual pleasure,
and all that. They ask whether it is sinful. I say: 'It is not.' But
you should know that there are many more pleasures than that. Sexual
pleasure is only a copy of the true pleasure when you are in union with
yourself, when both forces within you, the feminine and the masculine
aspects within yourself, are united. The union between man and woman
is just a duplicate of that one.
So, God sends us into this world not without any instruments to remind
us of the Kingdom of God. It is just that we have forgotten that these
are reminders only. We just love the copy and forget the original. And
that's what makes our life miserable. And even then, we could not enjoy
the copy completely. Therefore, many of the man and woman relationships
are rocky, and the sexual relationship between you is not that holy,
not that mutually respecting, but it is sometimes abusing, and just
a frustration release, a kind of instrument. Therefore, if we truly
want to enjoy this life, we should enjoy the true life, which is a hundred
thousand times better than the life that we know on earth. By knowing
that life, we can also enjoy this life."
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Divine Love
"Jesus came and taught us that we must love our neighbors, and
greater still, love our enemies. Buddha, Mohammed, Socrates, Lao-tzu,
all taught the same thing. So I have come to this country also to remind
you of the same ancient message: How to develop this great love within
you so that you can love your neighbors.
This love is invisible, but it is so great that we can feel it and
we can use it at will. Why is the great force within called love? Because
it forgives all our sins and cleanses all our sins. It does not matter
what kind of wrong things we did before. If we make contact with this
love, and know this love, we are clean like a baby. That is why it is
called love. Love knows no sin, no boundary, no past, but only the present.
Jesus used this love to cleanse the sins of His disciples. Buddha used
this love to take people back to the Buddha's land. And Krishna of India,
because of having this love, is still loved by the people of India and
praised by them."
Q. What can you speak about love, about the capacity that we have
as humans to bring it down here?
M. True love, divine love? We cannot, except when we know God. Only
when we love like God loves then it is truly love. Otherwise, it is
only a portion of it. A portion of God's love comes between men and
women, binds them together, makes them happy. A portion of God's love
comes between a mother and child and makes them feel a very special
bond. Similarly, a portion of this love comes between any beings, human
or non-human being, and bonds them together and makes them happy. Could
you imagine the whole portion that is being radiated in the whole world?
That is why people feel comfortable in the presence of this kind of
God's love flowing through a Master.
That is why since ancient times people worshiped these kind of Masters.
That is why everyone followed Jesus, despite all the persecutions. That
is why everyone adored Buddha. When people's levels were high enough
to receive His entire love, they bathed in it, enjoyed it and didn't
want to leave. So every time they saw Him, they couldn't keep their
eyes off Him. It is because of this love that is within everyone but
we just limit it by our own conception. Once we are free of all conceptions,
love blossoms.
When we have no more ego, we become so loving like Jesus or Buddha
and we attract thousands of people that never want to leave us. Meanwhile,
they develop their own ability to recognize their own love, you understand?
Before they only loved the one who blessed them with God's love. That
is why they love their Master, only because of this love. The whole
portion of love is housed inside the body of the Master. That is how
all miracles are made, because the law of love surpasses all other laws,
including the law of karma. Therefore the Master can free everyone that
believes in Him, open all heavens, destroy all hells.
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Karma
"Regarding the notion of karma, you must know that there are
two types of karma: human karma and universal karma. Men's laws are
governed by an invisible force that cannot be grasped by human understanding.
This is called in Sanskrit 'karma,' meaning the Law of Cause and Effect.
It is mentioned in the Bible as 'What you sow, so shall you reap.'
There is good and bad karma, but both imply attachment for you on
earth. After initiation, the karma from past lives will be erased, but
the Master does not touch the karma from this life. If not, you would
die immediately. We must stay here for a while to bless the world and
to help our friends. Afterward, we can go to Heaven and return whenever,
if this is our wish. Karma is an invisible force, very fair and strong.
What we have created will come back to us. This is the law of cause
and effect."
"We have karma because we have this computer, the mind, the brain
which is meant to record every experience of this physical world. That
is why we have it. Bad or good we register it in here. That is what
we call karma. What is karma? Just the experiences, bad or good, our
reactions, our learning experiences in many lifetimes. And because we
have a kind of so-called conscience, we know we should be good and sometimes
we did bad. The bad things weigh down on us, just like a lot of garbage,
or luggage. Because of the law of gravity, it pulls us down and makes
it difficult for us to climb the mountain. Because of a lot of moral
disciplines in this world, lots of rules, lots of habits of different
nations bind us within these so-called conceptions of good and bad,
guilt and innocence. Therefore, we interact with people of this world,
and we have experiences of good and bad, guilt and innocence according
to the customs, and habits of that nation, the laws of that nation.
Understand? It becomes a habit that we think that way, that we do this,
that we are guilty, we do that, we are a bad person, etc. And this is
all recorded in here. That is what makes us transmigrate and makes us
bound into this physical world or a slightly higher world. We are not
free enough, light enough to float above. It is because of all these
concepts and misconceptions."
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Reincarnation
"Reincarnation is a return cycle. If you have not found an exit
leading you to paradise, you must go back. Just like on a freeway, if
you cannot find the exit, you must return in order to find it. This
is reincarnation. "
"The theory of reincarnation should not be taught, because we
don't have an entity to reincarnate. What reincarnates perhaps are these
clinging tendencies to the information we got, whether bad or good,
and then that clinging tendency will go and find one instrument after
another to satisfy our longing that we did not complete from our previous
so-called birth. After the knowledge, the Wisdom or the God-Self that
resides in this body leaves this temple, he or she will pass to another
temple. It is like going from one church to another, we are still the
same person. Actually, in the universe there is no one entity that exists.
There is a mass of energy and a loving field, but sometimes it is divided
into different sections. It is just like the electric current that is
in the bulbs, in the wire, in the microphone in different shapes. It
is in the refrigerator, a different shape again, and in the electric
fan, but the inside current is the exact same thing."
Q. What are your views on reincarnation?
M. There is no reincarnation. The soul never reincarnates. It is just
our habitual thinking, our desires, our attachments that reincarnate.
If we know the soul, if we are enlightened, if we know our connection
with the whole universe, we are not reincarnated anywhere. We are never
born and never die. But all this is theoretical talk. Just get enlightened
and you will know everything.
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Death and Dying
We have heard that our body consists of the five primary elements
of metal, wood, water, fire, earth and soul. We are told that when we
are dying, the soul will go out, depart from the physical body of the
five elements. Further, the five physical elements will separate from
each other, no longer combining together because when the soul is present,
it acts like a magnet keeping the five elements together, just like
the thread of a rosary joining all the beads together. If I remove this
thread, the beads will fall to the ground. The same thing happens when
we die. But we are not a rosary, because we have feelings. Why is death
such a painful event? First of all because we are unwilling to leave
this world, our relatives, friends, husbands, wives, children, fathers
and mothers, etc. Secondly, because we are frightened of not knowing
where we will go after leaving this world. Thirdly, because we haven't
prepared ourselves, we do not know what to do when we die. Otherwise,
dying is a very happy moment with nothing to be afraid of.
"Our body has nine 'doors', such as our eyes, ears, nose, etc.
We can use any of these doors to exit the body, but when we die we will
transmigrate again in the lower realms. Take a house for example. If
you are leaving in a hurry through a window you may end up with many
contusions. You must instead use the front door. But we cannot leave
if it isn't open. There is only one door from which we can go to the
higher realms. It cannot be seen with our physical eyes. Only the great
Masters can open it. Since we cannot open it ourselves, we should ask
someone who already opened his own door and will show us how to open
it. Then we practice every day opening and closing it, and the day we
depart we will have no trouble leaving.
I will teach you during initiation how to die, and afterward you will
have to practice every day. If not, you will forget because you are
too attached, too used to this world. All your thoughts go to your husband,
wife, to your work and your boss. Take a nap and see how they immediately
come to disturb you and make you worry. Therefore, we should save every
day two and a half hours to practice 'dying.' During initiation, the
Master will escort you and instantly take you to higher regions, and
you won't have time to think about what you left behind. What you will
see during your ascension will depend on the level you will have reached
when you died."
Q. What lies beyond the cycle of karma and death?
M. It is the greatest wisdom and the highest bliss that we can ever
know. This is our real Kingdom, because beyond the law of "sow
and reap," there is the Law of Love. Only love and bliss. And if
we break through the cycle of karma then we go to that dimension where
there is no life, no death, no karma, only happiness, only satisfaction.
But by only talking to you like this, I feel that we are degrading it
somewhat, because the human language is easily misleading and very limited.
Even the ordinary love between a man and a woman, how can you describe
that?
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The Truth is Unique
I do not belong to Buddhism or Catholicism, I belong to the Truth and
I preach the Truth. You may call it Buddhism, Catholicism, Taoism or
whatever you like, I welcome all of them. Many Masters have problems
fighting preconceived ideas about all religions. I have none. I will
tell you that all religions are good. All religious Masters are good,
speaking the Truth and leading you to it. Stick to your religion and
have faith in your own religious Master. If you happen to find a religious
Master in this present time and in your own religion then you are lucky.
If not, then search in other religions to see if there is any living
Master available. But meanwhile have faith in your own religion, do
not change to that Master's religion. Because all religions came from
God and all religious leaders also came from God to convey their message
in different times and places. All enlightened beings whether they are
Catholic, Buddhist or from any other religion have all discovered the
same thing, the same wisdom, the same ecstasy. I also found the same
universe, and it is actually more a state of mind, of consciousness,
of intelligence and higher understanding."
"Jesus was a man, but Christ is a power. That power can be transmitted
any time, any place, through anyone who is qualified. Just like electricity,
it can go through any wire, if the wire is in good condition and there
is a plug. You see, Jesus Christ is the Buddha, and Buddha means Christ.
Christ is a Hebrew word for Buddha, and Buddha is a Sanskrit word for
Christ. How about that! People never translated these terms in their
own languages, they just used the original language and fought over
it. There is always trouble because of the incompetence of the human
language."
"At the outset all scriptures encourage people to lead a pure
life. 'Thou shalt not kill.Thou shalt love thy neighbor and thine enemy,
not steal,'1 etc. The Christian commandments, the Muslim, the Sikh,
the Hindu, and the Buddhist commandments are all the same. We shall
be good people, loving to one another and purify the inner self. Now,
the outer virtues we all know, and most of us can keep the commandments
from the holy scriptures, but what about the inner purification and
inner realizations which are mentioned? How can we hear God with our
own being, without someone else telling us a second-hand story? These
are more important questions than just our ethical conduct. Of course,
an ethical life is a great help, and a must for one who strives to become
one with God, to go back to the Tao, or to become Buddha. These all
mean the same thing; to be united with the great source of all things."
"Religion only points to the Truth, but we must find it with
a living Master. Without a real Master, we don't even understand religion."
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Beyond Religion
"In Buddhism people believe that if they worship the Buddha,
bow to His statue, light some incense, and offer some fruit and flowers,
then they are safe and are taking refuge in the Buddha. I think that
this is the most mistaken concept, because there is no doubt that the
statues represent the past Buddha, but not the present. And the past
Buddha cannot help us in any way except that He left behind some theory
for us to follow and to examine. And some of us go to the church, get
baptized, and get some cake, and we think that we are safe from the
hell fires! Anyhow, I am glad that people do that because the symbolism
of truth at least is well kept. Why am I glad? Because it shows how
innocent people are, how easy to believe, how naive. We are so innocent,
so pure of heart.
So I am glad that the Buddhist people go to the temple and offer fruit
to wooden statues, and I am glad that the Catholic believers go to church
and repeat some of the ancient experiences thinking that they are safe.
At least they show their purity and innocence. But innocence and purity
cannot help us much if in this lifetime, we cannot see the Buddha or
experience God ourselves. It is like someone just installed a telephone
in your house without wire connections, and told you 'there is your
phone, it looks like everyone else's telephone and that is it'. But
what happens? You are just talking to yourself only. The connection
is not there and the other end cannot receive anything. If we believe
that in talking on one end of the phone, with no answer on the other
side, that it is alright, if we get no response from Him, then it is
even more innocent.
Before, I was that innocent. Every day I went to church or temple
and believed that this was all there was to it. But then after some
time, I grew up and felt empty, and I thought that God doesn't respond
to anything and doesn't care if I pour my heart out. The Buddha doesn't
dry my tears and answer my sincerest prayers and questions. He just
sits there and smiles, every day like this. I cried, bowed and threw
myself at His feet and He didn't move one inch! So then I became frustrated
and then I became angry. (laughter) I thought how can you be so impolite!
But it wasn't the Buddha that was so impolite, it was me who was so
naive.
So after some time, I realized that maybe the dead Buddha couldn't help
me much, and I had to find a living one, a living Buddha inside me.
Therefore, I started to look for Masters, methods and a real way to
find enlightenment, not just bowing to a lifeless statue. So one day
I found it after a lot of struggle, discipline, and effort. I have found
what the Buddha had found. I have found what Jesus had found, what Lao-tzu,
Confucius, Plato and Socrates had found. And these things I am willing
to give to you free of any conditions or bondage. It is all free of
charge, because what I discovered you already have. It is yours, not
mine. It is not that I will give you anything. I will only help you
to open it and show you where it is. Then you will find happiness and
all sorrow will disappear. It is just like the Bible says:
'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all
other things shall be added unto you'
All the scriptures emphasize that we find our own enlightenment, and
all our sins will be washed away. It is as simple as the sun coming
out and dispelling all the darkness.
Otherwise, we have what the Bible calls the sins from our own ancestors,
or what in Buddhism is called endless karma from previous lives, and
we can never wash it off by our own mind efforts. We could not do it
by charity or good deeds alone, or by bowing to the statue of Jesus
or Buddha. We must do it in the correct way, using the light of God,
the inborn heaven to dispel hell's darkness. Jesus also said,Whatever
I do today you will do even greater in the future. This means that He
and we are equal. He didn't say, 'I alone can do all these miracles.
You will never ever be able to do it!' No, He said, Whatever I can do
you can do also. That is a great liberal attitude, and Buddha also said,
I have become Buddha and you will also become Buddha. If we follow the
correct method, just like with a scientific method, everyone does the
same thing and gets the same result."
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The Inner Kingdom of God
There is a better life, a more perfect life inside. Once we are perfect
inside, our outside life will be perfect too. We can use our wisdom and
power inside to make our work more efficient, faster and more beneficial
to the world. So actually, if we want to be in any important position
or to be successful in any field, we must get the proper power to work
for us, not our minds. There are two levels of power: the first level,
the power level, is the mind. The other higher level is all grace, love
and miracles. By miracles, I don't mean changing the weather but we can
do that too!"
"Scientists have proven that we only use 5% of our brain. Fancy
if we could use 100%! The one who can use 100% of his brain, that is a
Christ, a Buddha, a Lao-tzu or whomever you believe is the greatest brain
power in the world. They are the ones who know the secret access to the
whole kingdom of our intelligence, what we call the Kingdom of God. Everything
lays within ourselves. No one has been born without this Kingdom of God,
just like the waves born from the ocean. Now, is there a way to gain control
of this 100% of our intelligence? Yes, there are many ways, some take
longer than others, some are more difficult than others. Some people do
prayers, fasting, austerities. This we read in books of ancient wisdom,
how people sacrificed everything to find God. But nowadays, if we follow
this rigorous path, it is too hard, too time-consuming. We cannot just
go in the jungle and leave society behind. In the ancient times, people
had less desires and less comforts in life. Nowadays, we have more temptations
due to comfort. They had less temptations and more free time to practice
and find God."
"How to find God? By reverting to the principles, that is, all
loving, all forgiving, all compassion and all wisdom, by repenting our
previous misdeeds committed through ignorance, and by resolving not to
commit them again. With such a true repentance, the light of God will
sprout forth again, and all our past sins will be forgiven. That is the
true baptism; not by water, but by the Holy Spirit, by the light of wisdom
and logic. That is why nowadays when we are baptized by water, we do not
see any light from God, and we do not feel free of our sins, wisdom is
not opened for us, and deep repentance is not evoked in our souls."
"Everyone has the inborn heaven, because the heaven is within us.
Everyone has it and can find it. This I may assure you, that you may
find it also, and immediately. The moment you want it you will get it,
as quickly as that. But this nature has to be nourished every day, just
like seeds need to be watered in order to grow. You can know your Buddha
nature today, but you will become Buddha after some practice. Because
we have been ignorant for so long, it takes a long, long time to wash
out our habits, our lack of confidence in ourselves. We are used to
people telling us what to do, that we are sinful, etc. After we get
enlightened our head becomes clearer, we will experience how great we
are, we will become more confident. We will know day after day with
the practice of the Quan Yin Method that we are truly Christ, Christ-like
or God-like, because God made man in His own image. He didn't make man
to become a slave. We and God are made of the same essence, the only
difference is whether or not we find it. God made everyone equally,
some people found it and became great like Christ, like Buddha, and
others have not found it and groveled in darkness life after life."
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Understanding God
"I have no intention to convince you that God exists. I am only
among you to connect you with God, and then you will be able to believe
me. I do not blame atheists because they do not see God inside of themselves.
Not everyone can believe without proof. For those who do not believe
in God, I offer them the opportunity to see Him through immediate enlightenment,
so that you may discover your own nature, your own God-self."
"You see, seeing is believing. God is too abstract, too intangible
for us, if He is not brought down nearer to our understanding a little.
How can He expect us to believe? This is blind faith. This is why I
left to find enlightenment because I couldn't just read the Bible, read
the scriptures, and say I believe Buddha, I believe God, basta, no!
I had to have proof. I prayed to God every day. 'Please, if You exist,
show me the way so I can find You, contact with You somehow. Open my
eyes, open my ears, let me see, let me know at least Your love. Let
me feel, let me know that You take care of us in some way or another.'
So after enlightenment, after initiation you will feel every day that
God is taking care of you. Truly that is so in all ways, in any situation,
small things, big things. God does really take care and love us, and
smoothes things out for us. He helps us in accidents, in sickness. He
helps us in our dark days, helps us in every way. Then you may know
that God truly exists. You will feel the overwhelming love power protecting
and loving you. That is God. This is why people say God is love."
"We have only to go upward to a higher and glorious world, to
be near our Almighty God. The ocean of love and mercy is what we call
God. He is not a being, although He might manifest Himself sometimes
as a being to let us feel close, to be able to touch Him, and communicate
with Him. Otherwise He is only an ocean of love and mercy and blessing
and compassion. Everything that is good and joyous, that is God. We
ourselves at the moment, even without initiation, without knowing our
innate wisdom, our inborn heavenly power, we are still God.
Any time you manifest love toward your neighbor, toward your children,
your friends, your relatives or anyone in need, you manifest God. Understand?
So the more we manifest this kind of compassion, love, mercy and wisdom,
the more we are near to God. But God in this sense is too limited. We
can only help a handful of people at a time. God, in the ultimate sense,
can help the whole world. So this is the goal we strive to achieve.
This is what Buddha and Jesus achieved."
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Enlightenment or the Great
Awakening
"Enlightenment is the process of knowing what is greater than
life, what is greater than the things we can see with our physical eyes,
or touch with our physical instruments. It is the moment when we begin
to know something greater than that, the true governor of the whole
universe, which is also within ourselves.
Enlightenment means inner awakening. You realize that you have a power
that is much greater than what you use every day. Usually, we follow
the directions of our ego, but after enlightenment, we follow God's
will. We are connected with Him and recognize our real value. But at
the same time we become very humble. The more we know about ourselves
the more humble we become. We know that there is a greater force in
the universe, and it isn't for our human understanding to discuss and
to grasp. So we become humble and then very powerful, because we have
a higher power within us, and use it every day for the benefit of others.
As we tap within ourselves into the right source of positive power,
which is called in Christian terminology, 'the spirit that dwells within
you,' or God Almighty, we open that source that was closed before. So
once that source is opened we become powerful like Christ, like Buddha.
We can help many people with this inborn God power, and then we become
more humble because we see within everyone the same power, so we respect
everyone as living God."
"When I experienced the great awakening, I saw that I was in
every creature and enjoyed whatever it was in that particular situation,
be it a butterfly, a bird or an angel, a rock or a tree, everything
was as perfect as it is. It is hard to explain it in words, but ultimately
all of us will reach that kind of understanding if we yearn for it,
and then we will know for ourselves. This is the only way for us to
end our illusion, our belief about this ephemeral existence. When we
see through our human understanding, everything looks different, but
when we are in a higher state of consciousness everything is more joyous,
light-hearted and positive."
"Only when we are truly enlightened can we enjoy anything. Whatever
comes, we can enjoy. When good things come, we take them as a gift from
God, wholeheartedly, without any guilt or reservation, without any obstacles
whatsoever in our heart or in our thinking, because the nature of an
enlightened person is very free, very carefree, very easy, just like
a child. If you give him something good, he accepts it, he won't think
that you want to trick him, or whether he deserves it or not, he just
accepts it. And, when the circumstances do not allow that we have comfort
or richness in life, then we are also happy to carry on that way, we
have no desire for material greatness. But this doesn't mean that we
don't strive to work for the society, and that we don't do our best
to fulfill our obligations as a citizen of the world. We do, all the
same, we do more effectively and with all willingness to contribute
our part to the whole world. The difference is that we do without a
desire for reward or praise. Should we fail or should people misunderstand
our goodwill, we still can bear it, we will not have any suffering in
our heart."
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The Three Ways to Obtain
Spiritual Liberation
"We have three ways to become liberated. I have talked about
the devotional way, which is the easiest. You just believe in a saint
and pray to Him or Her for blessings and deliverance, and when you leave
this world you will be liberated. The second is, you get initiation
from a Master and become a Master yourself. This is of course more ideal,
because then you can also save your family and other beings, not only
yourself. It is more noble, and is what God wants or the Master wants
from us. When a person becomes a Master, he can save numerous beings
from heaven to hell; he can save any beings, and walk on any kind of
plane. The third way to be saved is by being a relative or a friend
of an initiated person, even if you are already dead. If you were dead,
already in hell, and suppose your great, granddaughter is initiated
by a great Master, then you would immediately be free and go to heaven.
If we are a friend of an initiated person, then we will also get help
from the Master.
These are the three ways to liberation. Of course I emphasize the
way of self-discipline, because once we are initiated and start on the
path of self-discipline toward self-realization, then our many, many
generations (past, present and future) will also get liberation. It
is because these generations and relatives have been connected to us
by the 'Law of Karma,' which means give and take, cause and effect,
which carries on for many lives and many generations."
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