All day long we work -- eight or ten hours -- just to do a little bit of worldly things, which are ephemeral and not lasting; and we don't complain. And we even earn just a little bit of money -- enough to eat, enough to clothe ourselves, and enough to have a roof above our heads. But when we want to become a perfect person, to become God-like, we work only two and a half hours a day and we don't want it. It's too much. So what kind of logic?
If you come from San Jose up to here -- one hour, half an hour -- to see your so-called Master, if you call me even Master, you say: "Too much." Why have you invited me from Formosa up to here? Thousands and thousands of miles and thousands and thousands of dollars! All from my own pocket, effort and time. I never complain. Then if you come to see me, you say: "Ah, it's too long. Ah, too far. Ah, too much. Aye ya, too tired, no car. Ah, the bus, the bus is lousy."
The government has to pay for the bus, maintain the bus, make beautiful roads and you cannot even go to the bus station and step on. Then you blame. Maybe you say the government doesn't look after you. You don't want to use the service just because you have to walk about five or ten minutes from the bus station to here.

　But I tell you, I have to walk too; from the aeroplane to the Customs Office and sometimes it's very long, ten, twenty minutes -- no problem -- and I walk to the airplane too. I walk everywhere. Yeah, I walk from the airport gate to the aeroplane and vice versa. Walk to the luggage place and take the luggage out and in, back and forth, check-in, check-out; walk to the ticket office; and walk to the Ambassador's Office. I beg everywhere so that I can come here.
Do you ever consider all this or not? I don't think you do. Otherwise you would not tell me the bus is too far, or think it is too long and too cold or whatever. Or that you don't have the money to buy a cushion for meditation -- you're joking with me. If you have money to buy coffee and tea, you have money to buy a meditation cushion. Don't make any excuses with me because I'll be sick -- that you have so little understanding.

　You call yourself doctor, professor, teacher...master, secretary of the . . ., manager of such and such a big government office and a lawyer of broken marriages -- all kinds of titles you clothe yourself with. You don't even treat a good friend the way she deserves. And you expect God will shower all favors on you, and whatever you ask. God must immediately give you, even give you yesterday. Would be better that God gave you when you were born, born with all kind of favors.

Now you say you don't need to learn with any master. Do you? Or you don't? Do you have enough wisdom? You are a human of perfection? Already born with perfection? Know how to be a human? You don't even know how to be a human yet, let alone to be a saint. You don't know how to be a good friend yet and you want to teach humankind. You don't have enough logic to teach yourself how to have a good manner within the society and you dare to teach anyone. How can you serve people in this way? What kind of intelligence do you offer with this logic?
Oh, I suppose you don't think I am good enough to be a master. I accept it. I don't ever say I am good enough to be your Master. Maybe not.

True Love Is Transmitted In Silence

　All because they have too much intelligence but too little love. Those with much wisdom and intelligence know how to take, how to protect themselves, how to get, how to invade, how to rob but know not how to give. So, intelligence doesn't serve us in a good way. So we come to someone who has love -- to learn how to love, because love cannot be taught in schools, it cannot be read from books. It can only be transmitted in silence and by example, by the vibration, by the energy of the one who possesses love.
Now, if we think we have enough intelligence, we know everything, we can take care of our life, and we don't need to learn anything, then we make mistakes. Yeah, mistakes, because when we examine our way of life, we know we lack many things, we lack much love.
If we only earn enough money to feed ourselves, to clothe our family, to have all our comforts and we care not for the service of the public, care not to examine our inner purity, then we still are not yet complete. We are not yet perfect, we lack much of the so-called compassion. We still lack wisdom because should we look at the lives of the animals, don't they do the same? They take care of themselves, their immediate family members and they're happy. That's why they are called animals.

　But we are hu-man -- human. We should be a little different, don't you think? Just because we have a car to go to work and the animals have to walk on foot that doesn't mean we are better than them if our motives are not better. Now if we learn meditation, we want to be vegetarian, we want to be a saintly person, and then we feel better than other people -- ah we don't have good logic. What is the good of all this external show?

　Now if sometimes you organize a kind of big meeting and you want all kinds of great masters or international yogis or something to come to Costa Rica so that you can serve them, you can see them, and you can learn from each other, that's very good.

　You even want to give them money to come. Some of them don't have money to come, you would feel sorry, you would care, and probably find some way to donate some money so they could buy aeroplane tickets to come here. That's very touching. And now you care not for the one that has already come with his own money and ticket. So what kind of logic? Especially if you have come and learned something with that person and you have accepted that person as your friend.

　Is there any good person who only cares for another country's citizens but cares not for his own country's citizens? Is there that kind of person? You would go and take care of your neighbor's country but you never care about your country? Is that okay? Should the president do that kind of thing? Would you send a lot of money and care, doctors and nurses to maybe a very far country friend but you care not when your neighbors next to you are dying? So, this is the kind of logic that you might take around with you every day and never think whether it's logical or not.

　So it's good that I am not here very long otherwise I'd trouble you. You'd have to come and see me everyday or sometimes or often. But humans are like this. Sometimes when the person is not very near then we appreciate his or her beauty more. Just like a mountain over there is clearer than when we climb up. But then, when we climb up, we discover many beauties that we could not see from afar. So do not think that from afar it looks better. It might look clearer generally, but we cannot discover many beautiful details that please our eyes and ears, and make our hearts feel very pleasant.

　For example, we have hills in front of our house full of beautiful wild flowers. When we pass, we can only see a little bit. We see that there are flowers there, there are flowers on the hill. But when I walked, I climbed up the hill and saw the panorama for myself, it was so breathtakingly beautiful. So beautiful, so beautiful. So much different than when you look from afar. And that we can only know and appreciate when we go in the heart of it, into the garden on the hill.

　So beautiful that I tried to paint but failed for three days now. I couldn't paint. Maybe God didn't want me to paint. (Master laughs) Hes is afraid I'll make a mess of Hiers beautiful garden. Hes didn't trust my talent. When I went up it became rainy and windy, and when I came down the sun shone -- making fun of me all the time. When I came down Hes laughed. So tomorrow I will try again and if it's no good then I'll thank Hirm and then goodbye.

God Always Hears Us
　　　　　　　But We Sometimes Ignore Hirm

　In any kind of science, if we want to be perfect in that science we must learn, we must practice, and then we must be near to those who teach us if we are interested in that field. Of course, if we are not interested then no one can say anything. But then, do not blame the teacher or do not blame God that we are not expert in that field.

　So many people stumble in life and have many difficulties; or many feel exhausted and frustrated in body, speech and mind and they wonder why, or say: "God doesn't help me," or "God doesn't hear me." But it is not true, it is we who don't hear God. We don't care to listen to Hiers message every day.

　For example, we have to go to school about four or eight hours a day in order to learn what the teacher wants to teach us, to become wiser and more intelligent each day, and to get our graduation or masters degree. Then by each day we learn. Each day we're more intelligent, we know more things, we can do more things, we can tackle more things, our lives are more organized, we have more understanding, and we have a more comfortable job and a more comfortable life. So now, just like if we don't sit in meditation for one, two or three hours a day and listen to God's teachings, or come to be near our teacher who represents the teachings from God, bringing the message of God to us, then how can we get wiser and how can our life get more comfortable?

　Sometimes we pray, we say: "Oh God, why don't you come to me? If you exist, please come!" But if God comes, do we have time for Hirm? I doubt it. I don't think we have time for God. So don't blame Hirm if Hes doesn't come. We will say: "My mother just came. My father just died.

　My children are ill. My job! My boss! My bank account! My electricity bill! Oh God, my God, please go away, I don't have time for You! Oh my God!" (Master laughs)

　Can you imagine how we would treat God if Hes came? Hes has come many times to us. Hes comes all the time in the garb of the fleshy body, in the garb of humans. It's the same when we are with a wise person, then we'll be wiser. If we are with stupid people all the time, we get more stupid. We have to accompany that person's level otherwise he doesn't understand us and that's how we are dragged down. Therefore, we choose a friend. Therefore people come to wise masters in order to awaken the wisdom inside themselves. That is very, very logical.

　If I already know English and now if I stay in England, in America or always among English speaking people, then my English improves each day. But if I am among non-English speaking people or speak English like chopping vegetables, then of course my English will become like theirs. I've already notice that my English is getting like chopping wood -- wood-chopper -- because in the last twenty years I have not been in England. I have always traveled around and everywhere people don't speak perfect English. So my language talent has become stunted -- doesn't grow. Every day I speak Chinese, Spanish or the Au Lac language! (Master speaks Spanish and laughs)

　You see, these are very clear things. So if we think we are already too wise, then we don't need a master. But if we think, if we cross-examine ourselves and know that we have something missing, then we should go and find someone who has that quality and try to make up for it. If God can teach us directly from within then we don't need a master. But we know that it's not possible for God to be in touch with us directly even though Hes is within us. Therefore, Jesus had to come, Buddha had to come, Mohammed had to come, Socrates, et cetera.

　It is true that we can learn from everyone, but from someone maybe we can learn more and from someone we learn less. From someone we learn good things, from someone we learn bad things or at least not to do bad things like them; they're also our teacher. At least they teach us not to do bad things provided we have enough discriminating power to know what is good, what is bad.

　Some human beings are with God, some human beings are with the world, some human beings are a little bit inclined towards the negative aspect of humankind. If we are with those persons who are with God then we become influenced by their Godly qualities. If we are with those who have the worldly qualities then we're imbibed more with the worldly qualities. If we are with those with negative tendencies, then we're also affected by their negative traits.
Every day we are in touch with so many personalities, so many persons and we do not really know who is with the negative -- sometimes we don't know clearly -- and who has human tendencies. Therefore, we are sometimes confused and we are affected by them, with or without our knowledge. Therefore sometimes we feel tired and confused and our spirit feels very depressed.

　So, if we know someone with Godly qualities, saintly wisdom, we must by all means, any time possible, be near such persons in order to be affected a little bit in a different direction and get pulled up instead of pulled down or stay in that low level all the time, every day. Especially when this kind of occasion is very rare, because we can be in touch with anyone, but with saintly persons, how much time? How many saintly persons? How many occasion that we meet such persons? And how many saintly persons in this world?

　It is okay if we don't believe in that person, if we think that person is not good enough for us. But if we do believe, if we know that person definitely is beneficial for us, for humankind, is saintly, is wise, then we must run. We must make excuses to come, not make excuses to stay away because it's good for us, for us and us alone.

A Hungry Soul Needs To Be Fed

　If we know that food is good for us, should we make excuses to stay away from the kitchen? We can be hungry one or two days but not too long. When we are hungry, when we don't have enough nutrition, we know what happens. Our body becomes tired, we get dragged around, we cannot move, we cannot think so much and we cannot work. Our soul also gets hungry sometimes if we don't look after it properly.
And how do we know when our soul is hungry? When we cannot survive well in this world, when we are tired mentally, when we are depressed, when we cannot think correctly, and when we cannot cope with the pressure of this life. When our body gets sick, that's also because the soul is oppressed; when our bad tendencies overpower our goodness.

　If we are honest with ourselves and cross-examine every day then we know that our soul is very, very tired, exhausted and hungry. When we cannot recognize what is good from bad, what is the most important issue in life and what is the second important issue in life, then we know that our soul is oppressed.

　Do not think that those who go out and murder people, steal, do all kinds of violence, or violate the neighbors are the bad persons. No doubt we don't say that they are good, but they can be awakened in no time or they may change when their situation improves. But if we do violence to our soul, that is the most serious crime. By denying our soul good teachings, by denying our soul it's spiritual food, by denying our soul the presence and the company of virtuous, saintly persons, we are doing violence to ourselves. Just like when we make an excuse and deny our body the food that it deserves that makes our body strong and healthy. The same, we retard our spiritual progress by denying our soul the food that it badly needs.

　To do violence to others is more pardonable than to do violence to ourselves because sometimes we do violence to others because we cannot help it, because that person annoys us, makes us angry or denies us something and we have an excuse; and because of our ignorance and because sometimes it's difficult to love others because of the differences between personalities. But, not to love ourselves -- that is a terrible thing.

　When we work, when we feed ourselves, when we clothe ourselves, we only love our bodies alone, we do not love the soul, and the soul is our real Self. How do we improve our spiritual progress if we are not all the time mixed and in the company of the spiritual group, with spiritual people who have the same motive, same ideal, same goal, same way of life, same way of thinking?

　We are not yet strong enough to walk alone or else we would have become a saint, become a master. If we check ourselves, our behavior every day, we know that we are not yet masters, if we're honest. We know we are much too selfish, much too self-centered, much too ignorant to reach the level of so-called master, of Jesus or Buddha.

Walking The Spiritual Path Requires Effort

　If after examining such and we know our level, then we must learn, we must practice more, we must open our hearts to all kinds of noble influences, all kinds of noble company. We must take advantage of these chances. If we still believe that to improve our purity, to improve our wisdom is the highest purpose of humanity, then we must make an effort. But if we do not believe in this, if we think being human beings means only to grow up, to eat, to work, to earn money, and to die, then okay, then we don't need to make an effort.

　Then we just live like that and carry on day after day, day in, day out: working, eating, sleeping, making love, producing children, earning money, and then dying. No need to meditate, no need to be vegetarian, no need to read ethical books, no need to do any of these mentioned items. And don't tell anyone, don't make excuses that it's too tiring, it's too much, it's too this, too that and the other.

　Don't we make effort in all undertakings? Effort is necessary in all kinds of transactions. Effort is needed in studying, needed to work, needed in maintaining marriages, needed in maintaining our bodies, needed in maintaining even our hair! A few strands of hair take two hours in the beauty salon. Don't you tell me that you don't need an effort for meditation and you don't need to go see a master because you're too tired, too long, too this and that and the other. How about your hair?

　Ask yourself how many hours you spend on your ephemeral body -- all the eight, ten hours working just because of this body. All the study -- many years -- just because of this body. You study for ten, twenty years because you want to have a good job, maintain your body and your family's bodies. What else? And you work for thirty more years after studying, also just because of the body or maybe for the bodies of your family members or the bodies of your beloved citizens. So now, how can we say we don't need any effort?

　We refuse the effort for the soul -- it's not logical! And the soul is the most important thing. Without the soul the body is no use! Go to the cemetery and find so many bodies there. When people die they also make them up, make their lips beautiful here, and make coiffeur and beautiful clothes. But what is the use of that body then?

　Now, effort is needed or not? It's needed just even for your lips. If you want to have rosy lips you have to go to the beauty shop and choose the beautiful color that you need. It sometimes takes two or three hours and you bear it because you like to be beautiful. And this is an ephemeral thing. It's here today maybe gone tomorrow. And if for the soul, for something eternal, we take two, three hours a day, or come to see the teacher and we say it's too much.

Suffering Or Liberation Is A Matter of Choice

　Then we ask ourselves: "Why did God make the world like this? Why you -- we the people -- suffer so much? Why do I suffer so much?" It is very clear. We choose it! We choose suffering, we choose ignorance, we choose not to move, we choose not to improve, we choose not to change, we choose not to be pushed, not to be civilized. That's all our fault. The world suffers because it wants to suffer. Because we make effort -- too many hours spent for the ephemeral things and too little hours spent for the eternal wisdom. That's why we are not wise, that's why we do things with topsy-turvy wisdom, that's why we cannot get away from the circle of birth and death.

　If everyone made a little effort to learn in wisdom, to learn to recognize our greatest intelligence inside and then use it in everyday life, the world would not be so suffering like this and everyone would become wise. Everyone would know what is the right thing to do, how to have consideration for other people; all people would cooperate in wisdom and no one would suffer at all.

　If everyone waits for the neighbor: "Oh why doesn't she go to meditate? She didn't find a master, why should I? Why should I go to study with a master? Why should I meditate and be vegetarian, no one else does it?" Everyone then waits for each other and that's it.

　Now, everyone else is supposed to be ignorant, you are supposed to be the better ones. You already know how to meditate, you know to be vegetarian, you strive towards Light and wisdom. You're supposed to be the better half of humankind, and you also stay there and sleep away your time! How can you expect others to follow your example?

Am I too harsh with you? If I am, please forgive. If you forgive me, God will forgive you -- good karma. But if no one tells you, you will not tell each other.

Manage Our Time Wisely

　Everyone likes to skip school. No children are willing to go to school. All the parents have to push, teachers have to be stern. Otherwise, if you just allow the children what they like, then they will never do the right thing because they don't know. Left alone, children will go play in the park all day, watch television, or do this kind of video machine -- ping, pong, pong. No doubt, the teacher is not always strict and also takes the children to the park and plays with them; and the mother, father also play with them sometimes. But there are times for playing and times for learning. Time for your family, time for your friends, time to work, earn money, and take care of your bodily needs. But time for spiritual aspiration must be included. Of course, we cannot do that twenty-four hours or every day, but when the occasion arises we must take the opportunity.

　We already do too little for our spiritual progress. You see, for any job, for any study, for any bodily comfort we put in the full time -- eight hours per day, ten hours per day and sometimes extra work in the night. Sometimes, you have to take supplementary schooling at night -- extra, apart from your ordinary schooling -- and just to have a master's degree in English or Chemistry. And that's one or two subjects for just a very short time, just a very, very ephemeral thing. Learning to be in eternity, learning to be a saintly person, to be God-like, and we put only one or two hours a day, see the teacher only occasionally, and we already make excuses. So what kind of logic do you think that is?

　To be a disciple or to be a practitioner suffices not to be vegetarian and suffices not to be initiated. Vegetarian -- a cow is a vegetarian since inside the stomach. And initiation -- even cows came for the initiation when I gave it. They come for initiation anytime. Whenever I'm here the cows come to see me. They come all that way, very far from the other field up to here, and stand or sit in front of the meditation hall, waiting for initiation. Yes, they did! People said they didn't ever come until I came. They also filled in the initiation form! They filled it in their way! They cannot write so they swallowed them. You know the story. When I was here the first time and the pickup truck was full of vegetables and some initiation forms behind, they didn't eat the vegetables they just swallowed the initiation forms and some of my lecture notes. They stole them and our initiates chased after them wanting to take them back. They were so nervous that they just swallowed them. (Master laughs)

　We could not take them back so they think they are also initiated. Any time I come they also come for group meditation. (Master laughs) They have darshan, they look at me. When they came here and our disciple tried to drive them away, they didn't go, they just looked at him as if to say: "You and I are equal -- fellow initiates -- why do you drive me out?" Something like that.

　Do not feel that you are initiated and you are vegetarian and that's enough. If you think that is enough, it's just like you think that to enroll in the university is enough and no need to go to the university or see the professor every day, every week or every two or three days. Or like the cows, just swallow the initiation form, be vegetarian, and that's enough. But they are even better, they come to see me any time I am here -- very faithful disciples (Master laughs) and vegetarian all the time. Never fail. This, I never need to worry.

　They would never pretend to make a mistake by eating cake with eggs, or drinking something with a little bit alcohol in it only. And they do their meditation every day, with or without Master. After they eat -- full -- then they will sit there and meditate on their food on the grass. That's their meditation.
The same like us, just after working and eating we sit there and meditate on television, or meditate on our worldly desires and problems. So what is the problem? No problem. Everyone meditates on their own beloved object. Like this I really should retire. No need to come anymore. No need to bother you. Both of us happy. Mm?

　Do you think a master is only there to fulfill your needs when you want it, and you don't need to have any obligation? That's also okay as far as the master is concerned, but you don't progress. You waste your human time, the precious time to develop our wisdom -- no, to recognize our wisdom. Wisdom cannot be developed, wisdom is already perfect and there, we just need to recognize and use it.

　But if we do not give time to recognize and use it, then we waste it. God has given us the human body and entrusted us with wisdom in order that we serve ourselves and this world while we are here. If we do not do this, then we fail in our duty towards God and towards ourselves. That's all.
Perhaps no one, including any master, has the right to blame us. It's just that probably we have to come back to learn again, or probably we have to learn in a hard way or through suffering. Or probably we have to wait a while, many lives, to see another master again, because we have refused the golden opportunity when it is easily available. That is not very convenient for us, that's all.