Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Hawaii, USA,
March 27, 1993 (Originally in English)
Most
of us experience unhappy feelings in life and are unsatisfied--because we
don't take time to rest. We think that sleeping is resting. That's fine;
it is also resting. But it's not enough. Because we are unconscious, like
in death. However if we meditate, we are consciously aware of our greatness,
of our communion with the greatest source of the universe, and we are a
part of it. We are connected with the whole universal power.
That's
why we can be strong, patient and wise. And then we can do many wonders.
People will look us and think, "Oh! He can work miracles." But
it's not true. It is the universal power that is at work while we connect
ourselves with it. It's just like a radio or television network. If we have
an apparatus and tune in so that we are connected with the whole television
network, we can see a program from thousands of miles away. It's not our
TV set that has the program; the program comes from the main station.
Similarly, when
we join the saintly order or the universal circle, we are one of them. So
we are strong; we are united with the whole. And then we are no longer lonely.
We no longer have to use our individual, limited power. Even our daily work
will be taken care of and watched over, helped and blessed by this universal
power. And if we don't use this power, it is a very great loss to our life.
This is the greatest mistake we could ever commit; it's an unpardonable
thing to do to ourselves. No other enemy, however cruel or vicious, could
be more cruel to us than if we don't know our greatest power, the power
that lies within us all the time waiting to be awakened and of service.
What
makes a sage different than us? It is that he knows how to use this power.
What has made Jesus and Buddha objects of worship for thousands of years?
It is because they knew what they had, and they made use of this treasure,
this greatest power within themselves. That is the power that makes even
kings renounce their kingdoms and makes the Buddha walk away from his throne
and never want to go back. That's what makes it so that Jesus can raise
the dead and heal the blind. We all can do that, no problem. If I can do
it, you can. You're bigger than me, so you can do bigger things. (Master
and everyone laugh)
A
room is valuable not only because it has beautiful walls and a secure roof,
but because of its emptiness inside. That's why we can sit here, and we
can put flowers or available objects inside; we can choose things for our
pleasure. Similarly, we have to make our own room empty; we have to know
the great emptiness inside. And then we can have our choice of ideas and
wishes. Everything will come true if we sit and rest for a period in our
busy daily life to discover the greatest treasure within, a treasure that
makes even the richest person in this world look like a poor beggar. Because
we will have the whole universe at our hands, and we desire nothing at all
anymore. We still work and still earn money, but only to share it with the
world or just to complete our duty as a worldly citizen while in this world.
We do so without any desire for reward or attachment to success or failure.
We just try to achieve our best in any enterprise.
There
was a great Master, Paramhansa Yogananda, who said, "When we sleep,
we are like God, like an angel. When we do nothing, we are so pure and so
innocent." That is because in sleep we are in touch with our supreme
power within. We are at that time one with the Supreme Master inside. But
we do this unconsciously. Even so, after we wake up we feel better, and
we can work all day long. If we rest for a few hours, even five hours, we
feel much better. This is because we rest in the source of all happiness
and the healing power of wisdom. Therefore we are innocent like a baby.
Everyone sleeps innocently. When a person sleeps, he looks just like a child.
Even if he has just murdered someone, or made some very tragic mistake like
that in his life, when he sleeps, he just looks like a babe. Because he
goes back again to his loving, wise source.
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