Pearls Of Wisdom

When we practice the presence of God, when we are in touch with our true almighty power inside, we know that everything will be all right, know that everything will happen in time, that whatever will happen will happen, whatever blessings we'll get, we'll get. So we feel very relaxed, very protected, very calm, very blissful even; because during that time of struggle and tribulation, God's power is very strong, because God knows we need it at that more than usual time. So when we sincerely pray at that time, we get double, triple, multiple blessings. That's why by praying for the destitute, desperate or the unfortunate at that time with our sincerity, we also get the benefit of the blessing. That's why we feel blissful and calm, not sorrowful and worried. That's the secret!

Actually there's no limit to our free will. It depends on how strong the will you have is. For example, there is a limit to good will because of our karma from the past lives. If last life we obstructed many people practicing or we tried to do some bad things to many people, then this life that kind of bad karma will come back, obstruct us, and make a lot of trouble for us. Even if we have a very good will, we've a free will to be able to change our life and to choose between good and evil, sometimes the karma from the past life obstructs us, makes so much difficulty for us to fulfill our good will that we can't do the good things that we want in such a quick way and in such a smooth way. That's why we sau tjere's a limit to free will; otherwise, there's no limit to free will at all. That's why we must practice very hard, using our strong almighty power inside in order to overcome any obstacles that we ourselves or anyone else planted before or at the present time on our road.

When We Smile....

When you smile, your whole being smiles too; and your level of consciousness automatically also rises up to some extent. So, smile a lot. Smile during times of happiness and sorrow. Cry when you must, but smile when you cry as well. Let the tears fall but then smile in your heart. Try to smile whenever you can.

If we have talents and abilities of any kind, we should always be careful, because we very easily get arrogant. Then it's very difficult even for the Master to fix it, beause people don't understand what's going on inside them. It's a lot of trouble for us, with our ego, very difficult. And to be a teacher is more difficult, especially in this business. You can't be polite too long. You can't be too polite. (Laughter) Otherwise, you don't help the disciples, you don't tell the truth. Luckily I possess a very straight-forward manner. Yes or no! If I say "No," it's no. There's no nonsense. Later if that person becomes better, I know, doesn't matter how far the distance between us.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Hsihu Center, Formosa
October 28, 1995 (Originally in English)