Good spiritual practitioners have blessing power wherever they go. Fully charged with their magnetic fields and loaded with merits, they enhance the vibrations of things they touch and the ground they walk on. Sometimes, people enjoy being near these practitioners, seeking a touch, taking a look, or just offering them food; and they are changed from within.

Tonic for the Soul

The milk or tonic we drink, and sometimes even the mineral water that contains many minerals, does not appear to be nourishing. Our naked eye cannot discern any minerals in the mineral water. It seems no different than ordinary water, when it is actually very nourishing. While physical substances contain physical nutrition, speech of a higher level or spiritual nature carries spiritual blessings, too. Tangible things have tangible power that ensures our physical well-being, but intangible things have intangible power that nourishes our invisible body-our soul- and keeps us mentally healthy.

The physical things in this world contain only physical nutrition. But as human beings, we are more than just this body. We have a spiritual nature as well. Our thinking comes from this invisible spirit, whose existence cannot be denied. We may say, "Today I am in high spirits or in low spirits," or "I am spiritually drained." Everyone knows that the spirit exists, but no one can describe it or pinpoint its whereabouts.

Likewise, we cannot say that spiritual practitioners have no blessing power. We know that they do, which is why we feel very comfortable when we sometimes come near highly spiritual and ethical people. If we have not been in their proximity for a long period of time, we miss them very much. They are the invisible food that nourishes our invisible spiritual body. It is like watering plants. If we water their roots, they feel comfortable, turn lush green, flourish, and bear many flowers and fruits. This is because water contains many nutrients. Similarly, if we nourish our spiritual body with the invisible water, it too will grow big and strong, relax, and blossom.

Water from the Ganges River is definitely blessed, and these blessings become attached to physical things. For instance, when we water a plant, water permeates its roots and is transported to the cells of every little leaf. The plant is nourished by the nutritious water. Similarly, spiritual tonic can be absorbed by the cells of any physical body in its proximity. The more tonic the body absorbs, the stronger and better it becomes. And the more internal changes occur.

As long as we water and fertilize a small plant, it will absorb everything, and grow stronger, taller, more beautiful, and different. So will our spiritual body. When we come close to such spiritual nutrition as the magnetic field, morality, and love of great practitioners, our spiritual bodies flourish and feel comfortable. This is unlike physical comfort, for our physical bodies look the same, while our spiritual bodies feel comfortable and relaxed because we have consumed spiritual food. Therefore, a single spiritual practitioner can benefit many people.

The World Needs Spiritual Food

A river benefits many beings, including plants and vegetation. Sometimes a river may flow underground, but it continues to nourish vast fields, countless trees, fruit, minerals, and animals. Its influence reaches far and wide. In the same way, we spiritual practitioners are blessed with an invisible blessing power. It is so rich and nutritious that anyone who comes near will benefit and develop very well. That is why there are spiritual practitioners who develop their power life after life in order to bless this world.

There are many people doing different jobs in this world. Farmers plant crops; road builders pave roads; drivers transport us to various destinations; and spiritual practitioners bless people's souls and spirit. We all have to work, but that does not mean that we should all be road builders or farmers. Some people have misconceptions about this. They think that everyone should be a farmer in order to help the world. But that just helps the stomach, and leaves many other aspects without help. We need different people for the many kinds of work; we need doctors, road builders, train pilots, airplane pilots, mechanics, and most of all, farmers of spiritual food. These are few in number. (Master laughs.) Many people plant vegetables and fruit, but few plant spiritual food. Therefore, we practice the Quan Yin Method, by which we plant this kind of food. It is our responsibility.

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