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At the end of the twentieth century, the world situation is changing
rapidly. Many people are longing and waiting for the Golden Age to
come to open a new page in our history. On the other hand, they are
scared by the various rumors of the impending end of the world.
Responding to this hot topic, Supreme Master Ching Hai has answered questions
of some initiates and non-initiates and delivered some exquisite
discourses.
We have taken some excerpts to offer readers some correct conceptions
to deal with the current upheavals happening in the world.
*****Just to be vegetarian, to meditate, that's a preparation for
eternity, not for destruction. Destruction comes and goes. Eternity
is always here. We prepare for God, not for destruction; because at
the end of our lives, when we lay down in the coffin, it's also our
own destruction anyhow, whether the world still goes on or not goes
on. So the most precious preparation is for God, going back to the
eternal.****
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Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Group meditation, Hawaii, U.S.A.
September 3, 1994 (Originally In English)
Q: What can we do physically,
what can we do spiritually to
prepare for this upcoming
destruction that is going to
happen in the world, as one of
the things You have said is to
become a vegetarian?
M: I don't know if we can stop.
We were discussing the facts
only. I didn't really predict
anything, yet. I just said what
we are doing now and what is
affecting the world, as a matter
of fact. It's scientifically
factual, everyone knows. Not
that I predict in the year 2000
the world will be gone. I didn't
say anything like that. We were
just saying things like, what we
are doing right now; for
example, cutting all the
forests. This all of you know
affects the world. So we were
talking about a vegetarian diet
as a benefit there of.
I guess it's a little bit late
now to stop all this. It's going
on every day in every corner of
the ignorant population and
perhaps it's too late to stop.
But we can minimize it and we
can strengthen our spiritual
selves in order for miracles to
happen. That is also to
influence our community with our
spiritual strength and knowledge
that they will go our way.
Whatever destruction might
happen or might not happen, we
are very safe, we are very
secure in our knowledge in God.
At least we are not frightened.
We do not go berserk. We will
know what to expect, whether we
lose our lives, it's not a big
deal. I told you already, life
is a joke. Only life eternal is
real. We just get caught, get
hooked into this instrument for
a while and then we're scared to
lose it. But it's nonsense,
because we have a more beautiful
instrument elsewhere and
anywhere to use. Just to be
vegetarian, to meditate, that's
a preparation for eternity, not
for destruction. Destruction
comes and goes. Eternity is
always here. We prepare for God,
not for destruction; because at
the end of our lives, when we
lay down in the coffin, it's
also our own destruction anyhow,
whether the world still goes on
or not goes on. So the most
precious preparation is for God,
going back to the eternal.
Yes, you can do. Pray for the
whole world because looks like
we are going to have trouble, as
predicted by many of the
clairvoyant people in the world,
including your American famous
Dixon or Cayce. So you'd better
pray and meditate. We don't have
too much time. We never have too
much time.
I hope you believe in what I
say. I wish you would. And
whatever we can save, we save.
Whatever is damaged, well, that
will be God's will.
Our world has been through a lot
of upheaval, change. This is
inevitable. There is no need to
say we are superstitious and
think that the world will end or
something like that. We don't
have to believe it. It will
happen one day or another. Or it
doesn't have to end. It's
sometimes destroyed in some
parts and it will inconvenience
a lot of people and destroy a
lot of people's lives and
property. But this is not
something that's superstitious.
The world has always changed
according to the mental
expectations and the life
attitudes of the people of this
planet. It will change
sometimes.
So the best thing is we look to
God. Now that we already have
the connection with God, it's
all right for us, whether we
come or we go, whether we stay
or we go back to Hirm. At least
we don't fear. We have no fear
but we have to also sometimes
pray for God's grace for our
brothers and sisters in case
they still can be saved in some
ways, and "please God hasten the
means for them". You also try to
work in your community,
spreading the Gospel, telling
them that only God can save
them.
God saves us doesn't mean that
God always will protect our
houses or protect our bodies,
but Hes will save us afterwards,
after all the ephemeral things
have gone. Hes saves us
eternally. We will be there
eternally.
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There's nothing to death and
life because we don't die and
we're not really born. Just we
get caught in some of the
instruments here and then we
think we are Mrs. Smith and Mr.
John and things like that. We
are all over the place. We are
the whole universe. We are not
in this body. We're hooked up to
a little part in this body,
that's all. Just like
electricity is caught in one
wire or another. Actually it is
not the bulb, this is the
electricity. It's just a shell
that we happened to get trapped
into. We use it sometimes just
for some purpose.
The Father can take care of the
whole universe, just a bunch of
you is nothing. Actually, the
power of the universe, the
supreme Master power does
everything and regulates all
things. But knowing this
sometimes make us feel also
frustrated. Why doesn't Hes let
us be virtuous and holy,
wholesome instead of letting us
go through all these
tribulations, tests and
suffering? The best way is to
have free-will, the choice in
the beginning of our lifetimes.
At the beginning of all lives,
we have choice. We have a voice
inside telling us this is
better, this is good, this is
not. But sometimes we like to
play, we like to do the things
that are not according to the
parents' teachings; like
children, and hurt ourselves.
That's the problem. Sometimes
when our parents say: "Stay away
from fire."
"Don't play here. Don't play
there," we do it just for the
sake of curiosity. Then God lets
us learn the hard way. The easy
way, is up to us. Therefore some
people stay holy, wholesome,
some people go astray. But that
is only for a while. They will
suffer the consequences, then
they will awaken from and
through the suffering, become
wholesome again, and turn back
the right direction.
Therefore sometimes people are
also right in saying that
suffering is a blessing in
disguise from God. Otherwise if
we are always happy and have
everything in our life smoothly,
we don't appreciate and we do
not try to listen to God's will.
Truly it's like that.
That sometimes probably is the
effect of the suffering. During
suffering times we turn inward
more, we pray more; because at
that time, we know whatever it
is, that there must be
something, we have to rely on
that thing. Nostradamus, he also
said that, in this coming time,
probably there would be a lot of
disasters, a lot of trouble that
even some people who never
believed in God before would
begin to pray to God and the
saints. That's what he said.
Probably that's the way it will
be. God tries to help us, to
turn our minds back to the
source of all blessings and
eternal life. Do not worry even
if you lose your life, you don't
lose anything. I told you
already, life is a joke. It's a
setup for us to play around and
to learn whatever we're curious
about. That curiosity wants us
to learn; and when we're fed up
with it, God will help.
Even if God does destroy the
planet, we are not too worry. Of
course, we try to save it. It's
a beautiful planet. It's the
only one we have at the moment.
But if Hes has to do it, it
doesn't matter. So vast, the
universe. A lot of planets that
we could go to and run around.
Don't worry. But be good,
otherwise, we may not even have
that privilege. That's the
problem.
Even though God is very neutral
-- no male, no female, no good,
no bad and no judgment -- but
the way we do things carries in
itself the consequences. Just
like God or our parents love us
anyhow, whether we're bad or
good, their love will not die.
But if we do bad things that are
not according to the parents'
warning, then we bring harm upon
ourselves. We bring sometimes
disaster, sometimes injury,
sometimes damage to our beauty.
But still after we get damaged,
the parents love us. They might
love us even more but that
doesn't help us. Their love
won't die but we damage
ourselves. That's the problem
only.
Therefore, we just have to be
good, be virtuous, be God-like,
so that we are near to God for
our own benefit.กน |
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