We
have to train ourselves to be humble and unhampered. Whatever Master teaches,
just say okay to it. Whatever She does is Her job. What does it have to do
with you? If She doesn't want you to go out, don't. And then see what happens.
All we have to do is discipline our inner power, or the egoless power, rather
than race against Master to see if She can ever find an excuse for scolding
me. Don't you know that a master can scold his disciples for no reason at
all? If you don't believe it, be a Master and see if it's true. It's very
simple, so don't argue with me that I am wrong or illogical. What logic do
we spiritual practitioners need? What can right or wrong mean to us? We make
a lot of trouble because we are not free from our egos. As long as we haven't
gotten rid of our egos, we still have a long way to go.
If we want to win a gold
medal in the Olympics, we can't just stand there saying, "I'm sorry, your
honor, but I am not feeling well today. I couldn't hear you very clearly.
My leg was killing me." No one would listen to you. The referees and the umpires
are not there to argue whether you are justified or have a good reason. They
are there to decide who reaches the finish-line first. That's all they want.
We have to train ourselves to be someone who wins, not someone who would waste
his time arguing.
There is no arguing at that
time. No one can be good or bad; nothing can be right or wrong. There is no
"because," "so," "but" or "however" either. No one will listen to you at that
time because there is no such thing in the Buddha land/Kingdom of God. You
can't say, "I am but a short distance from the Buddha land. Let me in. Let
me in." There are no words of argument and no competitive atmosphere in the
Buddha land as there are in our world.
If we want to become an
enlightened being, we have to discard those childish and silly arguments,
as well as words like "I can't do this!" I have no idea how much longer you
can practice with me. Because we count by the seconds. Only those who get
there are the winners. Those who are a little way from it are a long way from
it. We are to become enlightened beings and be liberated in one life.
That's why we have to be
different from others. We who learn from the master will become masters at
long last. We will become the best and perfect beings. We can't keep arguing
or making excuses for ourselves.
And don't tell me other
Masters or teachers aren't as hard on their disciples as I am on my disciples.
They have nothing to do with us. When little kids play games, they are not
very particular about the results. The Olympics, nevertheless, is no child's
game. They count the seconds. If you win, you win. If you lose, you lose.
There is no such thing as "almost".
Any method that is "almost"
like the Quan Yin Method is still a far cry from it, and I know where the
differences lie. Our Quan Yin Method is a big "ship" taking us to the other
shore. If we see anyone in the ocean of suffering, we can pull him up and
take him home, all because we're on a big "ship". Other methods just offer
a wooden board. People hang on to it and drift in the ocean, but only end
up dying a little bit later. That's the difference. It may seem to have saved
our lives, only to let us bake in the sun a few more days before we finally
drown. It doesn't really mean anything.
Well, sometimes I do think
about retiring, because it's very difficult to deliver sentient beings. They
are either stubborn or obsessed with their fame. After doing a little work,
they feel they are an important person. How can anyone become a master like
that? That's why many people practice but very few become masters. If we can't
do well on the little things, the enlightened beings will not assign important
tasks to us, since we are still working at the human level, not at the selfless
one. 
