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                      Positive Thinking,
 Healthy Life
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            Spoken by Supreme 
              Master Ching Hai, Singapore, September 28, 1994(Originally in English) Videotape #446
  Nowadays many sicknesses still kill 
            millions of people. About 18 million a year die from different diseases 
            because some of us do not take precautions to guard our precious body, 
            which is given by God to do some mission on earth for some purpose 
            and also to realize our almighty power. For example, we smoke too 
            much, we drink too much, we eat too much flesh and invite all these 
            bacteria from the flesh into our systems, etc. All these killing factors 
            make our lives a miserable time. Actually, we could live a better 
            life if we organize more, if we appreciate our body more. And if we 
            eat just nutritious food for our body, and not eat because of the 
            taste, and eat just a reasonable amount, then of course, our health 
            will not be so much endangered. Most of the vegetarian people become 
            healthier. Many of you became healthier after taking initiation and 
            switching to a vegetarian diet. Is that not so? (Audience: Yes!) Actually, 
            the hospital is full of meat-eating people. No problem. We can see 
            the proof there. Not only because the vegetarian diet is healthy in 
            itself, but also because the vibrations are very harmonious to our 
            body whereas the vibrations of the animals are not that harmonious, 
            not so peaceful. 
            Actually it is very easy to live 
            a simple and healthy life. There is no need for so much medicine, 
            no need for so many injections. Many of us harm ourselves because 
            we bring poisonous substances into our body. If we know how to live 
            a simple, nutritious, healthy life, we really don’t need doctors 
            so much. The doctor can have more holidays and both stay healthy. 
            
              The More Energy We 
            Use, the More We Receive from the Universal Power
Don’t worry about hard 
            work; you should work and spend your energy because in our bodies, 
            there are about seven chakras which can draw in the energy from the 
            universe. They are just like a battery automatically charged by Universal 
            Power. That’s why we can run our machine all the time. And when 
            we meditate, this power is even in more abundance. The more we give, 
            the more it comes in; it will never stop, so we don’t worry. 
              Don’t worry about karma; helping 
            people and taking the karma and all that. If people need help, you 
            help. It’s only when we try to interfere with the people’s 
            minds, like trying to control them, or trying to tell them to do what 
            we want them to do for a selfish purpose, then we will create karma. 
            Otherwise, if we love people and we want to help them in their time 
            of need, even if we truly get karma from them, it doesn’t matter. 
            It doesn’t matter at all because we should sacrifice for each 
            other. We should live with each other in love and don’t mind 
            the karma. 
            We must always keep positive energy 
            because even if you think positive, even just thinking positive, if 
            you can see your body, you will see each positive thought will change 
            the pattern of the aura, change your outlook, and change your energy 
            inside. It becomes more over-flowing and healthy. But if you think 
            negative, just think anything negative, bad or miserable, and then 
            your pattern changes immediately. Any psychic person can see this. 
            That’s why some people can read your mind, because when you 
            come in, they can see your aura. They can see the pattern change in 
            the energy counterpart of your body. The energy counterpart is the 
            shape of energy which looks like the shape of your real organ. For 
            example, your heart is like this. Suppose someone took your heart 
            away and that heart-place is empty, but still, it has the shape of 
            your heart in it - something is there. That is the energy counterpart 
            of the heart. Sometimes this energy counterpart has problems, not 
            the real heart, and so they have to fix it. You are the best doctor 
            for yourself if you think positive, live a healthy and simple life 
            -- simple living and high thinking. Always think positive. Even just 
            thinking changes your pattern of living, changes your day and changes 
            your fortune. So always try to keep being positive. Then a lot of 
            accidents, a lot of illnesses can be avoided. 
            God is always around you. Masters 
            from the ten directions are always protecting you. It is true that 
            we are not left alone in this world to do all things ourselves. We 
            are always protected by angels, everyone of us. And we are always 
            guarded by the Master’s spirit even though we don’t see 
            it. Even if you don’t believe in angels and spirit, you must 
            believe there is a God who exists. Otherwise, we don’t exist. 
            
            Most of the problems are our own 
            making because we think negative, we act negative and we let the negative 
            influence from the people affect us. Sometimes, if you go to see the 
            doctor, they will tell you that some of the diseases are self-made. 
            Not because you want the disease only but you are run down in resistance. 
            For example, like an allergy. Sometimes you never get it, but every 
            time you get run down, you are depressed, you are overworked, you 
            are exhausted, then the allergy will come. You eat the same food every 
            day and have no allergy. But one day, you have it. It’s because, 
            at that time, probably your resistance is very low. Your defense system 
            temporarily broke down or something like that; whereas if you think 
            positively, the disease will also go quickly. 
            Sometimes the defense system is so 
            run down, it’s like broke down, and it’s very difficult 
            to fix it. At that time, then it’s too bad; either we live or 
            we die. So try to take care of your system and don’t let it 
            break down. Try to take care of your system by acting positive, thinking 
            positive, talking positive. That is very simple. Even just thinking 
            positive is already a tremendous help to you. Actually, when you practice 
            very hard, sometimes you don’t feel the body. Is that not so? 
            You have this experience? (Yes.) You feel very light, right? Like 
            you are driving but it is not you who drives; it is someone else. 
            No effort. That’s how we achieve effortlessness in the physical 
            dimension. And then we can do many things in a lighter way and we 
            don’t feel so exhausted any more. The more we meditate, the 
            better we feel, and the faster we work, and no problem. 
            You must also try to pass on the 
            news for our fellow beings to rescue them from their misery. Try to 
            comfort them and bring them the good news that they could be lighter, 
            greater, happier in their lives if they practice the age-old wisdom, 
            getting in contact with the kingdom of God within themselves, with 
            the Buddha-nature within themselves. Then they don’t feel so 
            miserable, worn-out or blocked, and lonely in this world. That’s 
            the only cure for mankind. Actually it looks like so many disasters 
            are coming to the world, but I don’t feel like the world is 
            going to end so quickly. Maybe it will end in some parts; maybe there 
            will be a great destruction for different people, but the virtuous 
            people, the blameless persons, will be preserved for the next generation. 
            And with the help of the positive energy from you during your meditation, 
            during the group gathering, during your silent prayers time, our world 
            is preserved in a greater degree than we might have hoped for. And 
            that’s why I hope that you spread more good news to people. 
            
             
           Go Back to the Righteous 
            Way of Life  One person makes a lot of difference. 
            If you truly believe in your goodness, in what you are doing, you 
            will influence other people. But if you don’t believe, they 
            will influence you. Then try to make a strong person out of your personality. 
            Whatever you believe is good, stick to it and don’t let other 
            people make you waver because a good example in this world is rare. 
            So make yourself a good example. Try your best in everything so that 
            people will know that, because you practice, you have become better. 
            And you really are being useful for society. That’s how you 
            improve. That’s how you help other people. That’s how 
            we rescue the world from the great destruction that may be coming 
            because of a lot of self-destructive drugs and weapons, the way we 
            live our life and the way we infect each other. It could be the end 
            of the world. There is no doubt about it. No need to see the moon, 
            the sun or anything. If we love this planet— we think it’s 
            a beautiful place, which it is—it takes billions, trillions 
            of years to make one until it is beautiful like today, so beautiful 
            like this. So we have to also make a contribution. If we can, we fix 
            it. Of course after all, if we try our best and still the end of the 
            world comes, then let it be. But if we can fix it, we do it. So spread 
            the good news and let the people go back to the natural way of life, 
            the righteous way of life; that is, being vegetarian, being virtuous, 
            keeping precepts, living a simple life and positive thinking. Then 
            our world will be no problem. And we will probably live a few more 
            thousand years in a better condition. There are two choices now: one 
            is total destruction; another is to go ahead with progress in all 
            ways of life, including spiritual. And the future is in our hands, 
            really. There are no aliens who can do anything about it. There is 
            no God who punishes us. There is no Buddha who blesses us. It’s 
            only ourselves. We have to make a choice. That’s how we grow: 
            by making good choices.   
            
            
           
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