Each one of us is given human life only for the purpose of realizing God. And if we forsake this duty, we will never be happy in this life or any other life. And I tell you the truth: This is the only reason for human suffering and nothing else. If we realized how we struggled in the mother’s womb, how we repented our past lives’ mistakes, how we promised God to utilize this present life in the very meaningful manner to serve Hirm before we were born, then we would never waste one second to think of anything else but try our best in all our leisure time to realize God. […]
In ancient times, people complained that the freedom of religion was restricted. And the people, who believed in Jesus or different Masters in those times, were very frightened of being persecuted, of being chased and questioned, and jailed and punished. But even then, under such circumstances, the people’s faith was very strong and they appreciated what they had received – more than perhaps in modern times. Because in modern times, when we get the message so easily, we probably do not believe in its value.
And when it’s more open and more easily available, it’s even more open to critics and criticism. And therefore, it also has disadvantages. So no solution! If it’s difficult, then it’s difficult to get, difficult to practice, difficult to meet the Master, difficult to get together and to understand, difficult to get the information from the Master, and difficult to progress and to improve the spiritual movement of the Master. But when it’s easy to access, then we think, “Ah, how can it be so easy? I think it’s no good.” “I have to think about it, or maybe next time.” So, no solution.
Still, God always loves humankind. So, God always tries. And the Masters always try Their best to bring the holy message, the best solution, the best method, to offer to the brothers and sisters of this Earth. We always have our fantasy. We imagine the Masters must be like this, like that, and the God realization method must be like this, like that, must be very difficult to attain, must be so and so and so. And so many of these preconceived ideas and the outside circumstances sometimes prevent us from knowing the Truth. It is not entirely our fault. It is because the material existence is too difficult for us. It has brainwashed each one of us into such a condition, into a way of thinking that we can hardly escape. That’s what makes the job of the Master difficult. And that’s what makes our God realization difficult. But even then, it’s worthwhile to try.
If something is so easy to realize, I guess it’s also not very interesting. So, we should struggle in our way to understand what God is, or at least to know who we are, and why we are here and where we will go. After a few years in this world, where will we go? What for are we here only a few years or a few decades? We have fed ourselves with so much from this world to grow this big. At least, we must know why.
If we do not have the answer to this question, we will never be happy. That’s the only simple reason why we must realize ourselves, we must realize God – for our own satisfaction. We can never be happy – it doesn’t matter in which position we are placed or how much material possessions we are given – until we realize this very basic, fundamental question. Therefore, you’ll never find a truly happy person in this world, even if he is a king.
But Jesus’ disciples were happy. And the disciples of our path, they are happy. They truly have the inner happiness; not that I give them money, praise them, or do anything to make them happy externally. Why is that? Because they have found the answer. Because they are doing what they are supposed to do as their human duty. Because they fulfill the purpose of human life.
Each one of us is given human life only for the purpose of realizing God. And if we forsake this duty, we will never be happy in this life or any other life. And I tell you the truth: This is the only reason for human suffering and nothing else. If we realized how we struggled in the mother’s womb, how we repented our past lives’ mistakes, how we promised God to utilize this present life in the very meaningful manner to serve Hirm before we were born, then we would never waste one second to think of anything else but try our best in all our leisure time to realize God.
But as soon as we were born into this world, we forgot everything, because it is the law of the material world to let people forget. Therefore, it is necessary that a Master must come to us and remind us again and again, and again, until we remember what we have promised to God inside the womb of the mother. We might not remember with our physical brain, but our soul – the ability of wisdom – will remember. And then it could happen that we follow the Master’s Teachings, that we go back on the Path of God. And that is our luckiest day. I wish all of you this lucky day. Thank you for your attentive, loving attention. Amen.
(Now you are going to have a chance to ask a few questions. [Supreme] Master [Ching Hai] is ready to answer them.) Yes. (For those who are interested in asking a question, please write your name and your questions so that our collaborators can pass the questions to us. Thank you for your cooperation.)
(The first question says: How can I see the Light and hear the Sound of God?) (How can I see the Light and hear the Sound of God?) Oh, come to initiation.
