Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Hsihu, Formosa August 13, 1989 (Originally In Chinese)

The humble are very close to God and the saints. The pure-hearted are closer to the Truth. The more arrogant we are, the further we are from the Truth. Why are we so far away from the Truth? Because we rely on the world! If we did not rely on the world, we would not be proud. If we rely on money, power, intellect or social status, we are relying on the world and the ephemeral. The Truth is not of this world, nor is it ephemeral. Therefore, the more we rely on this side, the further we are from the other side. That's a logical explanation and shouldn't be difficult to understand.

Those who have no money or power, those who are advanced in years and uncared for, are more humble. Therefore, you often find me being very good to those people and the prison inmates. I'm not very nice to you sometimes. I'm sorry about that, but that's the way it is. I don't treat them well intentionally, or treat you less kindly deliberately. I'm just a mirror that reflects how you are. Don't blame the way I treat you, or compare: "Why is Master so nice to that person but not so nice to me?" If I'm good to someone, you just need to take a look at him and you'll know why. He is not necessarily more handsome than you are. No! Maybe all his teeth have fallen out and he doesn't have a single relative or friend. Maybe he doesn't have a penny and I even give him money. But I'm good to him because he is pure and humble at heart. He is not tainted. He doesn't have obstructions before him, nor an attachment or something to rely on. His heart is infinitely vast. He is almost one with the universe.

If we have something to rely on, that is limiting ourselves -- we become the official, the virtuous person, or the one with the Truth. We still have a boundary with one corner unopened. The humble and the pure do not have anything to rely on. To have nothing is to have everything.