After I was born, my parents said, “Strange. The child came out with her eyes wide open.” I didn’t move at all, and was like that all day. The two of them thought it was so strange. […] So, I came down and lay there with my eyes wide open all day like that. The body was there, but the soul wasn’t yet. Maybe it was like that. Then the next evening, I came down, after dark. The whole house was full of Light when I came down. The Light lasted for a long time. […]
OK. Where were we just now? (Must practice well.) (Practice in order to progress.) Progress? Yes, yes, yes. Not progress. The positive power of our spiritual practice would resolve some disasters in the world. Though we still see disasters out there, it seems useless, but if we didn’t practice, there would have been even more disasters. And the whole planet would have been destroyed long ago. Look at what humans are doing, killing each other like that. The big swallow the small, and the small swallow even smaller ones. They swallow one another till finally there’s no one left. (Understand.) The world is a mess.
Don’t ask why this country is at war with that country. It’s because certain businessmen want to do business. He produces so many guns and bombs. How does he make money if he doesn’t sell them? Then he comes up with a plot, and gossips a little to this guy, saying, “You see? That person is going to attack you.” Even before they think about it, he’s already saying, “He is going to attack you. I know he is. Some intelligence sources secretly told me. I’m telling you, you have to buy guns in advance and get prepared. If he comes to attack you, you just show him.” It’s like that. OK. The stupid guy buys it. And when he buys it, he says to him, “I’m giving you a cheap price. Yes, because we’re friends. I am trying to protect your country. So, it’s alright to sell you cheap. You can pay slowly. It’s also alright. Credit card, OK. Visa card, Mastercard, both OK. Put them down. OK. Good.” And the deal is made.
After the deal is made, he goes to the other country and says, “Look, look. You see, you see, what did he buy so many weapons for? Do you know? Do you? Look at him.” He asks, “He is right next to your border. What for did he buy so many weapons? As far as I know, he even has nuclear bombs. If you don’t get prepared now and attack first, it’ll be too late!” And just like that, the two sides start fighting against each other. And he’s cheering on the side: “Wow! Wonderful!” Billions of US dollars. That’s how it goes. For example like that. Understand? Ah! I can never finish talking about world history. That’s why we have wars.
But it’s also because we have too much killing karma ourselves accumulated life after life. And the atmosphere of resentment envelops the whole Earth. That’s why we run into this kind of situation. It has become better after our spiritual practice. Like this year, or last year. Ah, it’s last year now! Yes. It was the year of 1994. (OK.) Last year. Though there were many wars and disasters last year, there were also a lot of good things. Right? (Yes.) For example, our Earth nearly exploded because the asteroid fell. Right? (Yes.) It was supposed to collide with us, but it didn’t. Right? (Right.) (Yes.) It didn’t hit us, did it? (No.) Or did you see it hit anywhere? Was it supposed to hit us last year? Right? Or am I wrong? Right? Is that right? The [asteroid]. (Yes.) You don’t know? The [asteroid] was supposed to hit our Earth last year, no? Is that right? (Yes.) I’m correct? Nobody knows. Correct? OK. The men, lousy. Women know. OK. Then it’s right. Then I said correctly. I was afraid sometimes I read from one year to the next and I forget the date. It’s OK.
It’s OK then. It’s right? It didn’t hit us. That’s why we’re still here. Not bad, ah? (Not bad.) Even though you were scolded by Master, it wasn’t so bad. Better than none of you got scolded. No scolding is needed if you are all done for. You’re still alive. It was OK. Because it was so huge, we don’t know what would have happened to us if it had hit us. Maybe we would have fallen out of the atmosphere, into the outer space. If it were too shaky, maybe we would have been thrown… Everyone would have fallen out. But we wouldn’t have fallen over here. We would have grabbed the trees. We have hammocks. We could have wrapped ourselves. We could have stayed in the tents and zipped them up tight. Or we could have grabbed the trees, then we wouldn’t fall. Therefore, it is also a good phenomenon. Maybe because everybody has a repentant heart, and people on Earth generate a little benevolent atmosphere. Many people are vegan. Several eat raw, which is also vegan. Not raw meat, but raw vegan. And several practice spiritually and meditate. The Positive Power resolves some of the big disasters on our Earth.
But we can’t do anything with the wars. As long as humankind doesn’t understand the severe consequences of killing karma, there will still be wars and disasters in our world. As long as they can’t let go of the animal-people steak, there will still be wars and disasters in our world. And sometimes we vegans will get implicated a little. But mostly we’re OK, safe. If we leave, we know where we’ll go. No problem. The sooner we go, the better. No big deal. There is nothing fun in this world, is there? Is there? Is it fun? (No fun.) It’s no fun? (No.) You don’t want to go to karaoke, play cards and stuff? (No.) Not fun anymore? (No.) Really? Strange. Before, people had to advise us not to go to those places, not to drink alcohol, and not to do this and that. Now, it’s very difficult to persuade us to go. Right? (Yes.) Before, they advised us not to go, and to keep away from those places. It was difficult too. Now it’s also difficult to persuade us to go. Right? (Yes.) Boring, huh?
OK. It’s 4:30 PM already. We’re running over time. You have to take down your tents. Right? (Yes.) How many people are going home? Raise your hands. All of you. Raise your hands. How many people are going back? How come so few? What about the others? (We’re not leaving yet.) The rest are sticking around? How many people are not leaving? Raise your hands for me. Let me see if there’s still rice in my stockroom. Oh, really? There are quite a lot. Then you’re going to sit here every day, and get me to come down. Right? Give me a break. I’ll put a big TV here every day for you to watch. OK. Don’t blame us if there is no rice, no vegetables or no food. You’ll have to live on water.
OK. It’s alright. You may stay. Just don’t bug me. (OK.) I’ll come down when I come down. Don’t you pray to the inner Master for anything and get the outer Master to come down. Yes, some people do that. How strange it is to pray to the inner Master to help you see the outer Master. You’re really so silly. Yes, some of you… Didn’t you? You did do this kind of silly things. The inner Master told me all about them. Yes. But still, only I, this human being, am troubled. She wouldn’t get to work. She just made phone calls from the inside. She says, “Ching Hai, come down. Someone is asking for You.”
For example, today I didn’t want to make that kind of hair. I didn’t do that just for combing it. That was only the appearance, what it looked like. Understand? Or the dress. Because the hair was done, so I just wore it. No, no. It was only what it appeared to be. But the reason inside, do you know why? Because the inner Master told me to dress like that. I was furious with Her! But I still had to wear it because someone liked to see me in it. But it was OK. I wore it for just a while. I changed it later anyway. I said, “I’m going to change it now, no matter what You say.” I didn’t listen to the inner Master. I said, “Wear it Yourself if You want.” Yes, She doesn’t do anything Herself, but always has me do it. I only have one head. And every day I have to wear a different hairstyle. I only have one body but have to wear different outfits every day. It drains me completely. Spiritual practitioners become simpler and simpler. Right? How come I am getting more and more complicated? I complained to Her several times. It can’t be helped. I still have to do it. If I don’t, She’ll make lots of trouble for me. It’s not worth it. Really.
For example, today, the person beside me asked me… Because I told her that I wanted to hide again, I wanted to run away, and I couldn’t stand it anymore. Every time I can’t bear it, I always say so. It has become a habit, and she is used to listening to that. She’s not worried. She’s not worried, so she wouldn’t stop me or anything. She said, “OK. Master can leave, as long as You are at ease and happy.” Then I said to her, “How nice would it be if it were so simple.” She said, “Why not? Just leave.” Something like that. She even encouraged me to go, and sounded like she was very loving. But it was because she has heard it for a long time, she’s used to it. She knew that I was just saying it. But then I would still fulfill my responsibility and stay. That’s why she was not worried, and playing with me the kind of…
Then, I told her, “If it were that simple, I would have been long gone.” She said, “Why not? It’s easy.” I said, “It’s not that easy.” Because, let’s say, if I leave now. I don’t do my job. I don’t preach the Dharma. I don’t see you. It sounds very easy. Right? I just make an announcement and leave. No. No. It’s not so. Even if I don’t see you, different troubles would come. Because God would push me out. Hes would get different possessed people to bug me. Even if there aren’t any possessed people, Hes would make people possessed. So they could come to bug me. Or Hes would create all kinds of calamities. Even if I live in a cave, Hes would send someone to bug me, or send different things like snake-, cat-, rat-people, and so on, to bug me and make me come out. Understand? (Understand.) It’s like that.
It’s not OK for you to just put things down and leave. If you’re destined to be an enlightened Master, you can’t escape. Where are you going to run to? The Universe is all here. (Yes.) Understand? (Understand.) Where can you run to then? Yes. I escape. Now I… Let’s say, if I die now to be liberated earlier, I wouldn’t get liberated either. Hes would catch me, bring me back, and make me an enlightened Master again in another world. I can only retire when my time is up. That’s the way it is. Very troublesome. Alright. So, you see, that’s why I am often not on time, or come late. It’s because I was already late when I was born. I didn’t want to come down when I was born.
That’s why when my mother gave birth to me… She just told me this in Thailand, my mother. You often asked me if there was any Light when I was born. I said there wasn’t. Truly, there wasn’t any. The moment I was born, there wasn’t any. Only on the next day, there was. I came down one day late. After I was born, my parents said, “Strange. The child came out with her eyes wide open.” I didn’t move at all, and was like that all day. The two of them thought it was so strange. They’ve never seen a baby like that. And I didn’t cry either. Too painful to cry. I had already seen that it was about time for me to come down to Earth. How could I still cry? If there was any crying, it would have been done long before that. There were no more tears right before I came down. I had finished crying. All the tears ran out. Perhaps it was like that. So, I came down and lay there with my eyes wide open all day like that. The body was there, but the soul wasn’t yet. Maybe it was like that. Then the next evening, I came down, after dark. The whole house was full of Light when I came down. The Light lasted for a long time.
My parents thought someone was walking outside our house and pointing a lamp toward our house, and the light of which seeped in. Because at that time, we were living in the countryside, and it was war time; there was no electricity or light of the sort. There was no lamplight. Everybody used kerosene lamps. So, there was no… How should I say it… Even if someone were outside with a lamp, a flashlight or something, it wouldn’t have been that bright, not in the whole house. It wasn’t only bright in one place, but the whole place where I was living was bright. The entire house. So, they ran outside to take a look. There was nobody around. No lamp. Not a thing. Because they were sort of living in the mountains, the rural area, where there was no one around. The Light lasted for a long time before it went off. I guess maybe I came down late because I was reluctant to go down. Go down for what? This is what awaits me when I come: Some people are kneeling down and crying there as some pose around on their way to the toilet. And then diseases, wars, AIDS, and whatnot… everywhere. What was in it for me to go down?
Maybe that was why I was hiding a little, and then was caught. God caught me, and threw me down. They didn’t find me till the next day. I hid in a cave; maybe because I didn’t want to come down. Hes sent the Heavenly troops out searching for a whole day. When I was found, Hes was furious. Hes grabbed me by the hair and threw me down. Only at that very moment, I started to cry. Because it was already too late, the Heavenly troops couldn’t see where my home was. That was why they all brought their flashlights down, and my house was so bright. Because it was a nobody’s house, they couldn’t find it until night fell. As I was thrown down, Heavenly troops ran around with me to make sure I was brought to the right house. I was still lying there. That was when my eyes started moving, and then I started to cry. That’s why now whenever there’s a gathering, I arrive very late too. Habits die hard. Sorry. I’m not doing it on purpose. I always swear that I’ll arrive on time. I don’t know what it is, I still arrive late. Not that I do it on purpose. I really don’t like to be late.
Photo Caption: From a Humble Origin, But Shines as Exists No Second!
