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Uphold
the Spiritual
and Let It Shine Above All
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Four-day International Retreat,
Washington DC, USA, December 24, 1997
(Originally in English) DVD #604
In this world there’s nothing more
worthwhile than reaching the state of being one with God. Suppose
you became the king of the whole world, then what? Would you eat
six or more times a day and get fat? You’d have other problems
then; you’d have to go get liposuction, or diet and exercise
and sweat a lot and it might not even help. And suppose you became
president of a country, then what? What else do we have? We still
go out empty-handed.
It’s OK to work and earn money and
strive to be successful as long as we do it as a sport. For example,
if we go onto a football field or a basketball court, we have
to play the best we know how. But that doesn’t mean it’s
the only thing we should do in this world. That’s just by
the way. If we don’t remember this, then even if we sit
for a long time we will not have experiences.
The people who do have experiences also
have to remind themselves not to be too proud or too relaxed because
there is a lot farther to go. There are always higher levels.
There is no end, no “roof” to our attainment. It’s
not that you hit the top and then you are finished; that’s
not so. There is always more happiness, more bliss waiting for
us at every step on the way, at each level of consciousness.
So we always have to continue, and that’s
what’s worth living for; otherwise, even if we live another
hundred years, then what? Eat, sleep and watch TV; that’s
it. There’s not much to do; sometimes it’s very boring
here. So actually, when you thank me, I think I deserve it! (Master
and everyone laugh.) Because I have taught you some ways to pass
your time in this boring world. Suppose you did not have meditation:
How boring that would be! |
