Q: Dear Master, one question that has worried
me for a long time is about evolution. With my limited knowledge about
evolution, I don't know how to answer the students I have been teaching
for many years. My question is whether life on Earth has taken many
forms and has evolved from our common ancestors, or did God create all
at the same time?
I am very confused between religious
and scientific knowledge. If I stand on religious belief, I say that
God created everything. Then we go home and sleep; no further questions.
But if I explain it scientifically, I say we all share a common ancestor,
branching, like Charles Darwin proposed. So, with my limited knowledge,
I can't answer. I have said to my students that I have to wait for my
great Master with the knowledge of Heaven. Maybe then I can explain
it to you later.
M: You see, religion and science don't conflict.
They just use different terminology. And sometimes science doesn't point
out, or they have not found out the underlying principles of all things.
For example, science would say the same elements exist in you and me
and are present in all things -- in plants and wood and all that. The
religion, for example Christianity, would say that all are created from
one substance, from God. And Buddhism would say all beings have the
Buddha Nature. And Taoism would say we are all one. But this is the
same as science saying that the elements in me and you are present in
the plants and trees and woods and all that.
But then what makes our elements move,
talk and think? The elements don't make the plants and trees talk. And
if we have the same elements in all things, then, of course, we need
the same force for this movement. Is that right? Yes! Therefore, actually
we're all created from God. You can call it God or the cosmic energy,
it's all right. In the beginning there was only the cosmic energy. Don't
call it God or Buddha Nature; it confuses too many people. We will talk
in scientific terms. Cosmic energy just rested dormant with all the
seeds of wisdom, and all the seeds of matter capable of expanding and
growing. But when the cosmic energy stirred somewhat within itself,
then all the seeds sprouted forth accordingly and became all that exists
today. So, we can call that God, or we can call that Buddha Nature.
If we do not know the source of our being,
then we do not live according to the cosmic law, and that makes trouble
for us. Therefore, we have to meditate now and ponder, trying to find
the source of all this intelligence. And when we return to it, or at
least we tune in with it, our life is in more harmony with the cosmic
whole, and therefore, we are happy! We have no obstructions. We don't
drive all over the place, but drive in the proper lane, at the proper
speed. This doesn't conflict with science at all. But maybe science
doesn't point out the force that moves all things.
Science just talks about matter, the elements
present in you and in me and in all things. In that, they have discovered
a great deal already. But how can they use the scientific method to
discover the things that are without substance? That is our cosmic force
that moves everything, and we so-called souls are part of it; part of
this cosmic force.
The things that come into being differ
according to how far they were from the central force of this cosmic
whirlpool at that time of the great stirring movement. Therefore, we
differ in shape, size, energy, wisdom, and the ability to move and to
think. [Applause] Therefore, all things will come back to that central
force, and then they evolve. If they want to come closer, they must
be wiser, because at the center is wisdom. Therefore, they evolve. That
is the reason for evolution, you see. They have to evolve, becoming
wiser, greater, wiser, greater, wiser, greater, and then they can get
closer to the center, because the center has a great magnetic force,
to suck all things back in and then later push them out again, evolving
all the time.
But, sometimes this cosmic power will also
rest, and all things will stop. And then, when it wakes up again, all
things start to work. That takes place over many eons. It's a little
difficult for me to explain these things, but just try to understand
what I say.
Q:
If God created the universe and Earth, was the universe created before
or at the same time as the Earth?
M: In the universe, there are many earths. We
are not the only one. You can take time to visit! Therefore, we see
many UFOs and things like that. These are definite things. There are
many earths that look like ours, with people and life. Some have been
glimpsed by scientists, but they have not disclosed it, because they
lack enough evidence, the planets are too far away, and they are not
sure what is what. Some of these planets are more like Earth; they have
people like us, with a lot of farming and all that. Other planets are
not like Earth. These are more spiritual planets, where there are people,
but they are angel-like and invisible to our naked eyes, to the eyes
of the scientists, and to the eyes of all the telescopes. Therefore,
we have to visit them in our spiritual body and use our spiritual eyes
to contact or to see them. This, the scientists cannot do. So, for example,
yesterday and the day before, many people said they saw beautiful places
and castles and people, but not on Earth. We can travel in a flash to
any planet, if we train enough. But that's not our true aim anyhow.
Come what may; we have no desire for particular things.
Q:
How can we know our purpose, be sure what our purpose is? When others
ask, can we help them know their purpose in life? What work are we personally
meant to do here?
M: I have mentioned somewhere already that we
are here to bless the world and to know our greatness. When we know
our greatness, we are one with the whole universal cosmic power. And
whoever comes in contact with us also has the blessing from this universal
cosmic power. The earth will get more developed as more people like
us practice and bless the world quietly with our spiritual merit and
wisdom. That's our purpose. Otherwise, what else do you think? Are we
here just to eat two or three meals a day, have a few children, and
then kaput? That's not the true purpose anyhow! It would not be logical
for God to take so much trouble to create us, then put us here for a
few decades and let us die in misery, sometimes with cancer, agony,
disasters, earthquakes, and so on. This is not logical.
So, the purpose of human life is to know
God. Knowing God means knowing our own greatness, knowing the whole
cosmic power of which we ourselves are a part. Even when we say a part,
it's a whole, you see. For example, if my finger is cut off, then it's
only one finger. But when it is attached to my body, it becomes one
of the parts of my body, it belongs to my body. Even though I say it's
a part of my body, actually it is also the whole of my body. Therefore,
we are part of the cosmic power, but we're also the whole, if we are
connected again. The little gap in between is reconnected at the time
of initiation. We turn inward, we tune inward, we plug in, and then
we are whole with the universe. Therefore, we bless anyone who comes
around, without having to lay a hand on them or do anything to them.
Anyone we sympathize with or share blood lines with, they are saved
or are blessed in some form or another. It depends on their karma, and
it depends on our love for them.