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Supreme Art


 

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai during a Celestial Jewelry Presentation Conference
Basel, Switzerland May 3, 1999 (Originally in English)

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Q: What is most impressive is that You have symbolism in Your jewelry. I think that is unusual with us. Where do You get the ideas?

M: Probably from God. I get everything from God. I'm just no one without Hirm.

Q: Why do people find it so hard to find God in their hearts?

M: It's not hard. Hes is just hiding. It's just that they look in the wrong place. Suppose you lose your camera here, and you go out there to find it because it's lighter or there are more people, then of course it's hard. You have to find it where it is.

Q: But everyone knows that "God is in your heart."

M: Well, they know it literally, but they do not know it practically. That is why, since I have the fortune to know where Hes is, when people ask, I must share it with them.

The Peaceful Side of Forceful Actions

Q: Why do You think You can affect the circumstances of the war in Europe? How do You think You can have some positive effect on Earth, I mean what would you do, practically?

M: There are many things in this world, apart from the material things that we can touch and hold. There are invisible things such as the air or love, goodwill, and positive thoughts. Even if we don't see positive thoughts or we don't see love, it affects people. For example, if you love your wife, it makes you and her feel good. Although you cannot show people what love is, you both know it and it makes you feel good. Similarly, positive thoughts, loving prayers, and concentrated purposeful meditation for some motive or goal will take effect with time.

Q: Don't You think that there is also a need to address some situations of violence? There are some people in this world that you cannot meet with these tools of peacefulness.

M: You are right, sir. In some extreme cases, you do need to answer with more forceful means. Some people do that already and we do it on the peaceful side. We help so that in case strong measures are used, they will be minimized for the innocent. The effects on the innocent will be minimized if we pray for the forceful actions to last a shorter time, to be over more quickly, and to be better resolved. Even if we have to use strong measures, we don't want to use them for long, so prayers and positive thinking will help to shorten them and to minimize their effects.

Reminders of God

Q: What is the link between spiritual life and the jewelry that You have created?

M: There is a link between everything in life; it's just that sometimes we forget the link or the connection. If we do everything in the name of God, even though there's no link, it's still better than not doing it in the name of God. There are so many things in this world already that make us forget God. So, if we can use anything at all to remind us of God, then it's very useful.

Q: How do You remind people of God?

M: You can see that in many things I do. I can even turn stones into a passage of the Holy Bible - a message from God. When people wear a piece of jewelry with a name such as the "Wisdom of Solomon" or the "Ultimate Glory of Love," they cannot help but be reminded, also subconsciously, that the ultimate goal is that we should find love, we should find our real Self, instead of just thinking of this material body which doesn't last very long. Names and words have very powerful effects on people.

Q: What do You mean by "the name is powerful?"

M: It is powerful.

Q: What name?

M: Any name. The word, language, is powerful. When we say "God" even though we don't see any God, it's different from when we say "dog". Although it's just an empty name, it has an effect. When you say to someone, "I love you," there is a different effect than when you say, "I hate you" even though it is just an empty alphabet. Therefore, names have effects on us, especially on our intellect. Even though unspoken, words sometimes also are very strong.

Q: Does God have a name?

M: Hes has all kinds of names and Hes doesn't have any name. We name Hirm. We name Hirm "Allah", the "Most High", "Buddha"; we name Hirm all kinds of things, and then some people fight with one another over what name is the real one.

Q: Do You know what name is the real one?

M: I do know, yet I cannot tell you.

Q: Do You keep it for Yourself?

M: No, it's not that. You have to discover it yourself. Hes will whisper it in your ear alone in the God-language.

Q: You cannot share it with others?

M: That kind of language is not like human language. I'm just afraid to humiliate Hirm if I say it in human language. It's very difficult to describe what I know, just as it's difficult to describe love. We say "love", we say "amour", we say "liebe", but it's not the real language of love. The language of love, only lovers know, and the same with the name of God, only the God-lovers know. In a quiet moment of your life, when you sit down alone with Hirm, then Hes will tell you. I'm afraid to make one more name.

Q: Is there a written statement about how you reach God or how you get to know God?

M: I'm afraid not, but there is a way you can find God. I'm afraid there is not such a black and white thing that you can read and then find God, but there is a subtle empowerment. There is a subtle connection, as one torch to another lights up the potential of the torch, and then both will be alighted. Nothing is written, but there is a way to do it, and we call this kind of process "immediate enlightenment". When someone already has found the light, He can light your torch, too. It is so very simple. There's no need for spoken language. The more we speak, the less we can find Hirm. That's the problem. And you ask me for the name. I would like to give you one of Hiers names, but I'm afraid to create one more name; then we would fight more about which God is better. We have so many names already.

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