Even though we say that walking, sitting, eating, sleeping is all Zen, but there are different kinds of levels of Zen and different kinds of problems I have to solve… […] So I sometimes will be in trouble. But if I don’t have time to sort it out, or to meditate and to sort it out, then I’ll really be in trouble, until it’s too late. So, there is some intuition, like psychic power within us. Sometimes we can’t understand it but it has to be done. You have to listen to it, (Yes.) if you can.
(And they said, “How can you be so strong?” I said, “I’m not strong. It’s something inside of me that is so strong that it makes me go anywhere feeling OK.” They said, “Can you teach me?” I said, “Yeah, just don’t eat meat.”) Don’t drink (alcohol). (And, “But how can you survive?” I said, “Well…”) You survive? (I said, “I survive.” And then right away they said, “Yeah, not only you survive, but you look younger.”) Yeah! (I said, “Well, that’s…”) Look at me, a young chick, (Yes, You are!) at my age.
(That’s another one [story]. Twenty years ago, I had the privilege to have a picture with You, and when I just saw You now, it reminded me of the day that we took the picture. And I said to myself, “Look at this, it looks like it happened yesterday.” So we are not growing old.) Yeah, that’s the problem. When people have to bury us they will think it’s a pity, “still look good, why going in there so quick?” In the coffin. Thank you for sharing.
Anything else? I’m sure you have a lot. You forgot, huh? (Once You look at me…) I don’t look. I’m not looking. I’m looking at her right now. (No, no, You keep looking. It’s just there are so many good stories.) I’m looking at everybody, actually, now and then, not that I’m not listening. You know that, right? (Yes, OK. Sure, I’m used to You. There are stories that I usually cannot share outside but with You now, I’m glad that I can talk to…) Tell me, please. (There’re so many things that happen when I happen to be someplace and talk to someone, a person or a group. There are some changes in them. And they don’t know what happened. So, I know, but I say nothing. And one day a friend…) You say nothing? (No, I don’t tell them. No.)
What happened to them? (They turn around to be good. But they don’t, they cannot explain how.) Whenever you were there, right? (Yes.) Ah! Why don’t you tell them? (No, no.) “Me. Yo! I am the one. (I’m not that good.) I’m blessing you.” (No.) OK. (In the beginning I did.) We all do that. (Yes.) Very exciting, you know? (In the beginning, I thought that was, who knows what. But later, slowly, I said nothing. And every time that happened, the only thing I could think of was to recite the Five [Holy] Names and thank You. Because I know what You told me many times: wherever you go, as long as you meditate properly, you bless the place where you’re going.) Sure, sure.
(And many times, I happened to drive, let’s say, I want to go home and I live far away. And then all of a sudden, I happen to be in a different direction. And, guess what, I happened to see somebody that says, “Hey, I was looking for you. How did you know that I was here?” I said, “Well, I didn’t know you were here.” And again, at the same instant that those things happen, I remember what You always tell me: as long as you meditate properly, everywhere you go, people get blessed.) Yeah. (But not by you [disciple]. And I’m glad for that.) It’s OK, we have no competition. (Yes.) You can bless them more than me, I don’t care. (I am Your vehicle. I’m your car.) It’s OK, my love, it’s OK. I know you’re humble. It’s not the outside.
(Last week, I was talking to a friend of mine; she’s Muslim. And we were talking, and she was telling me about her religion and that, and I just go along. I don’t know much. So, two days later after we talked, she called me and said, “Can I ask you for advice?” She said advice.) Advice! (Well, she’s a lawyer.) Oh. (And she asked me for advice.) How much it cost you? When the lawyer talked to you? (So, she had a case and she could not decide something. And we talked for about, maybe two hours. At the end, she was so clear. I have no idea what I said. I don’t know what went on in her mind, but she was so clear. And she said, “So thank you, thank you. I think you saved us at least six months of time.” Because they were going on and on and on. And I think that the only thing I said, it was just that I was repeating what I hear from You.) Oh really? (Yes.) What did I say? I never talked to a lawyer. (Don’t ask me because it just came.)
OK. Good that you helped someone. (Again, I feel good.) Good instrument, good instrument. (I feel good to tell You, but when I’m there, I say nothing. I just know that it’s You through me.) Never mind, it could be you. Who cares, as long as she got helped. (Yes.) Being a lawyer, also not easy. Because if you make a wrong decision, somebody might end up in jail for the things he has never done. Or he could be also dead soon because of that. (Yes.) It happens. So, I’m glad you helped her and helped the victim. (She got helped, that’s the way I say it. She got helped. It was very good, yes.) I’m glad. Thank you for being a good boy. (Thank You. Thank You. By myself, I couldn’t do anything.) Who knows? If you’re practicing well, you become a good vessel.
(I have a question about that, if I can ask.) Tell me. (I meditate often, and I meditate, I could say, my own way. Like, I could just do something and then I feel like something happens to my eyes, I say, “I’ve got to go.” So, I just sit down and meditate. It could be anytime, anytime.) Yeah, why not? (And then I feel so satisfied. So, this is the question I want to ask You. When I go to group meditation, I meditate three, four hours, whatever there is, but when I’m on my own – one hour, two hours, three hours, half an hour – but I feel so satisfied) Yeah. (after that little bit that I do, it’s unbelievably good.) It’s good. (Thank You.)
It’s good you meditate when you feel the urge to do it. (Sometimes not only that I feel the…) Yeah, the sensation. (Yes. Something happens that says, “Close your eyes.” I just go on the side and close my eyes.) It’s good, understand, understand. (Good.) That’s the blessing, when you can do it, whenever you can, whenever you feel like you can. That’s a good blessing. Some people are too busy, even though they have a kind of hint inside that they should rest and meditate, but they have no chance to do it.
(That’s part of the question. I get a lot of those hints, those gut feelings,) Yes. (a lot, a lot, a lot, and I thank God so much for that because...) OK. (it saves me a lot of trouble.) Yeah, I know, I know. Many times, I have this problem. Even though we say that walking, sitting, eating, sleeping is all Zen, but there are different kinds of levels of Zen and different kinds of problems I have to solve for other people and for the world, or for my own personal… nothing really personal. It’s just like I have to do something in order, for example, like to save myself out of some trouble caused by karma, or caused by the world’s concepts. Not everybody is kind or understanding or really wants the things that we both want. So I sometimes will be in trouble. But if I don’t have time to sort it out, or to meditate and to sort it out, then I’ll really be in trouble, until it’s too late. So, there is some intuition, like psychic power within us. Sometimes we can’t understand it but it has to be done. You have to listen to it, (Yes.) if you can.
(Yes. I’m going to share this with You. Twenty years ago – I’m sure that You don’t remember but I do – I was telling You that I wasn’t sure if I was talking to Jesus or God, if I was… Like, in my own insight, I was talking to someone, and I thought it was Jesus and then I thought it was God, and then I thought something… I had no idea who it was. And then finally, after 20 years I realized it was nothing – it was not Jesus, it was not God, it was that…) Yourself. Your own intuition? (Yes. So, I can pinpoint, not 100%, but many, many times, exactly when that happens, and I follow it 100%, it doesn’t matter where it is.) That’s good. (Even if I feel like I, just an example, if I’d fall down in a ditch, I’m still going to go there because that’s what I feel.) Got that. (I never fell down in the ditch.) Got that, got that. Yeah, sometimes we’re too scared to take action for something that we have never had an experience about before. But we just go, just have to go.
(Thank You, I am at that point that I don’t have… like they say, there’s no point of return. When that happens, I just go for it, whatever that is.) That’s the way it is. You’re lucky. (I’m sorry?) You’re lucky! Because you have time to ponder, you have time to digest what your psychic power tells you. (Well, I listen to You. You’ve helped me with Your jokes, with Your stories, with the Buddha stories. Oh, they helped me so much!) The Buddha stories helped you? (Oh, a lot.) Wonderful! (The Buddha stories, I associate them with certain things in my life and I say, “Wow!” And before I heard the stories, I wasn’t sure. But once I heard the stories, I said, “Wow, that’s what it is!” So, I felt good.) Good. I’m glad for you, I’m glad.
(I talked with some initiates and sometimes they say, “Oh, but I cannot meditate three and a half hours.” I say, “Well, you eat?” “Yeah.” “So why don’t you meditate while you eat? You work, why don’t you meditate while you work?” “Yeah, but I cannot recite the Five [Holy] Names.” “But if you really want, the Five Names come to you by itself.”) Also, yeah. It’s just lame excuses. (I don’t think they’re excuses.) They really cannot? (They deny a right to understand that they can do it. Like, they’re fixed, they say, “Oh, I have to sit down and be there.”) No, they can do it anywhere, anytime, in any position. Do you guys also have stories? (Thank You. Thank You, Master.) Welcome.
No? Yes? No. (Hallo, Master. When I meditate on the [inner Heavenly] Light, I sometimes envision putting the entire Universe inside my wisdom eye and letting the [inner Heavenly] Sound stream cleanse it. It feels very nice. Is it OK?) You get that when you’re not meditating on the (inner Heavenly) Sound too? Or… (When I’m not meditating on the [inner Heavenly] Sound, the Sound is also loud, and then I would…) OK. (I put the entire Universe inside the [inner Heavenly] Sound to cleanse the entire Universe. And then I would feel very nice.) Why do you go through so much trouble? Other people are not grabbing any Universe, and they also hear the (inner Heavenly) Sound too. Just follow the instructions you got at initiation. OK? (Thank You.) Don’t complicate things. The Universe is already within you. Why do you still need to grab it? If you grab it and put it inside yourself, where would other people live? Where would we be? So narrow. We would have no place to go. Just be natural. Don’t imagine things. Our method is not the kind of visualization meditation. Understand? (OK.) Just follow the instructions at initiation. (Thank You. Thank You, Master. OK.) After initiation, the (inner Heavenly) Sound is supposed be loud. No need to hold onto the Universe.
