Living Life and Governing the Nation with the Heart of a Parent
July 16, 2017
Hsihu, Formosa (Taiwan)
How are you? (How are you, Master?)
Everybody OK? (Yes.) Good? (Good.)
Formosa (Taiwan) is good.
Good weather, good people,
good economy, (Yes.) and good government. (Yes.)
Great! I'm also feeling very good.
Women are still the majority here.
Women understand better how tough life is, right?
It's tough to be a mother.
It's good to be a mother, but it's tough.
It was Mother's Day when I last saw you, right? (Yes.)
I feel mothers are the best.
"There's no one better than Mom."
Children love their moms so much because every mother is loving,
tolerant, forgiving, with unconditional love.
That's why children love their mothers.
No one forces them to do so.
No one forces them to be obedient, but they are.
No one forces them to love their moms, but they do.
It's the same in a family.
The eldest brother is loved by the younger siblings
because he's tolerant, forgiving, and protective,
protective but not controlling,
loving but not clingy or controlling.
If I ever become a president …
I mean "if." No, no, no!
Please. I don't want that, I don't.
I meant, if I were to become a president,
I would follow in the footsteps of the mothers.
Mothers are the best examples.
All mothers are the best examples of leadership.
They don't need to lead. They just let everyone be free and at ease.
If leaders are as tolerant and generous as a mother or an elder brother,
the citizens will respect them.
Leaders don't need to take people's land or intimidate them.
They don't need to use military force to suppress them.
Just relax and be loving, and people will listen.
They don't need to seize people's property by force,
but the whole country belongs to them.
The most important thing is to win over people's hearts.
If people respect you wholeheartedly, then you win.
Otherwise, it's just an empty throne
because no one wants you there.
If people are angry at you or hate you,
it will even affect your physical well-being.
Will you be healthy? (No.)
No, you won't.
That's why mothers are the best examples.
That's why Heaven lets women become mothers.
I'm not saying fathers are not good.
That's not what I meant.
Fathers tend to be more strict,
but they love their children just the same.
All children adore their parents
because of their care, forgiveness, protection, and love.
If I were to become a president or a king,
I would follow the examples of all the parents,
and that would be enough.
Of course, if the children don't behave,
they need some discipline.
We shouldn't spoil them.
Indulgence is different from unconditional love.
But if the children are behaving,
and we keep reprimanding, abusing, and controlling them,
they'll run away from home.
If I were a king, I would follow the good example of a parent.
In the past, there were feudal lords.
A king would rule over many feudal lords.
If I had these feudal lords, I would let them have their own sovereignty.
I would accommodate them, love them, and protect them.
That would be a more lasting solution,
as shown in history.
If a king is respected and adored by the people,
he'll become an emperor and win great glory.
Everyone will pray for the emperor's health.
His empire will expand without the use of force or control.
Formosa (Taiwan) is not an empire,
but it's a peaceful, happy country.
It's a very good country.
Is it because the government is good? (Yes.)
I'm glad to hear that you like your government.
Does anyone think that the government is not good?
I don't see anyone raising a hand.
It wouldn't be bad.
Look at this gathering,
and you know you have a good government.
You have freedom.
I mentioned this many times already.
It's not easy to gather like this in certain countries
where some "big brothers" will show up in no time,
or some "friends" will knock on our door
and dismiss our gathering immediately.
In fact, since there are so many of us, dismissing our gathering is the best way.
Otherwise if they arrest all of us, there won't be enough space in jail.
In a country with less freedom,
a gathering like this would be in trouble.
It also gives the government a headache.
If they arrest us, where can they keep us?
There's limited space in jail.
But we're not afraid anyway.
If we end up in jail, we'll have no worries.
We'll just look at one another every day.
Also, you don't have to take a bus or drive here.
You don't have to snoop around, asking, "Is Master back yet?
Is she here?
Just tell me. I'll give you anything you want.
Come on, we're brothers. Just tell me."
Right now I'm not able to spend time with you very often.
Sorry about that. But I have good news.
I haven't told you yet!
It's good news all right, but you don't even know what it is yet.
What if I were getting married again? Then, you would print it in the newspaper.
That would be good news too.
Isn't that a joyful piece of news?
Oh, don't do that.
Don't spread any gossip.
Otherwise, I might really go get married again.
I'm not afraid.
I'm getting old.
I don't care about any nonsense that people say.
They don't have anything better to do.
Let me be frank with you.
Even if I get married a hundred times, I'll still be as enlightened as I am now.
It won't change me a bit.
I'll still keep ascending … higher and higher.
Recently, I passed through a dozen new spiritual domains. (Wow!)
I mean, since I last reported to you.
Over a dozen, but I don't have the exact count.
I wrote them down, but I didn't count them.
It didn't occur to me that I should.
These domains are higher, so it took me more time than before.
I used to go through one domain every two to three days.
I passed through one domain every two to three days,
sometimes two domains in a single day.
But this time it took me much longer.
It's been a week,
and I haven't even gone through one domain.
Some domains are more powerful,
so my body needs to be trained first.
Even though I experience with my spiritual body,
whatever goes through the spiritual body
will affect the physical body somewhat, too.
Otherwise, it won't be useful to the world.
If the spiritual energy doesn't reach the physical body,
it won't be useful to our physical world.
It's just like electricity.
If it doesn't pass through the power line and the light bulbs,
it won't be useful to us.
Though it still exists, it doesn't illuminate our house.
Understand? (Yes.) [In Formosan (Taiwanese)]
Very good. [In Formosan]
But that's OK. I'm not in a hurry.
I've gathered a lot of great power already.
But I need to rest from time to time.
Otherwise, it would be too much for my body.
Sometimes it was unbearable.
Sometimes it was only a few seconds
before I needed to come out and continue later.
Why are we talking about this?
Oh, that's right, about getting married.
Even if you remain single all your life, you might not go to Heaven.
Some people are unattractive, and no one wants them.
But that doesn't make them saints.
But that's not exactly what I mean.
Marriage is difficult.
A real marriage is difficult.
You need to take care of him and cook for him.
Even if there is someone else to prepare the meals,
you still need to spend some time to look after him.
You can't just sit in your cave meditating all day.
Otherwise, he'll go find another woman, right?
If he doesn't see you for a whole day,
a whole week, or two whole weeks,
you'll just have to come out from your retreat.
Otherwise, he'll go find another beautiful woman.
Wow, there are more and more pretty women here!
I'm getting older, but you're getting younger and prettier.
This is so odd. Why is that?
It should be the other way around.
Never mind. I give everything to you. Just take it.
That's all.
Sometimes when I go outside, people ask me why I didn't …
Someone asked me, "Are you married?" I said, "No."
He said, "Do you have a boyfriend?"
I said, "No."
Recently, someone asked me about that.
I said, "I'm old. Nobody wants me."
He said, "That's not true. I want you."
I said, "No, no, no."
"You don't know about me. Don't talk nonsense."
If he really wants me,
if he follows me around while I'm on the run,
he'll be scared. He won't be able to bear it.
But it serves me right,
because I like to get involved in other people's business.
If you just sit quietly meditating and take care of your own family,
you'll do fine.
You're all doing fine, right? (Right.)
Both the brothers and sisters are doing fine.
That's because you don't mind others' business,
unlike your Master who loves to get into other people's business.
I revealed all the heavenly secrets that should not be spoken of,
so it serves me right.
But this is just a very light punishment.
Sometimes I get sick, or this and that happens.
It's from the bad karma that I receive,
plus the fact that I revealed too many heavenly secrets.
Never mind. I deserve it. There is no one else to blame.
I should take care of myself
and try to live as long as possible to finish my job.
Recently, something really upset me.
I saw those Maya's … Well, they're not really Maya's.
There are some planets where the beings have physical bodies.
Then, there are other planets where the beings don't have physical bodies,
but because they're very advanced in technology,
they can manifest a physical body very easily.
For example, if they want to come down here and mingle with us,
they can produce a physical body just like ours.
Or they can push your soul aside …
not you, spiritual practitioners.
They can't touch spiritual practitioners,
but they can touch regular people.
They can push a person's soul aside,
take over the person's physical body,
and go out to have fun like normal people do.
And no one would ever detect that.
Recently, I've been upset with what they did.
So the good news is, I will resume giving initiations.
That's the good news.
I had decided not to give initiations anymore,
but I got so upset with beings on those planets.
They were too careless.
They dumped the bad beings, beings they didn't want, onto Earth.
That's why our planet is so chaotic.
Take the Moon, for example.
I told you before that it has Third Level beings living there.
And the Sun has Fifth Level beings living there.
More or less at those levels.
For example, Formosan (Taiwanese) residents
are mostly native Formosan citizens, right?
Most of you are self-sufficient.
Some are wealthier, and some are less wealthy.
But no one is too poor.
Most people are OK, no one is very poor.
But on this planet in general, the gap is too big.
Some people are super rich, and some are extremely poor.
I'm not talking about Formosa (Taiwan).
Most people here have an average income.
Some people in Hsihu are considered poor,
but they won't ever starve to death.
Some are on the government's welfare programs.
Formosan (Taiwanese) people receive a lot of help from the government,
except some that may have slipped through the cracks.
For example, some people have a job,
but they're short of money on certain occasions.
For those people, I‘ve asked the Hsihu Ashram to help them out a little bit,
so they can live more comfortably.
Our initiates have no such problems. You're all very rich.
Wow, that's impressive!
The reason I was upset was,
some of those beings who came down here
had been exiled from their respective planets
because they were less cooperative, not because they were bad people.
But because they have magical power and are more powerful than the earthlings,
sometimes they bully the earthlings.
And that made me upset.
But there are some other beings who are really bad.
They came down here and became gangsters.
And then they bully the earthlings even more.
Actually, even if we don't go to Heaven, it's all right.
As long as we live our lives peacefully and stably,
no one will complain about such a life.
Two days ago I said, "It's OK if I don't go to Heaven,
as long as everyone else goes to Heaven."
I meant that it's not a big deal.
I can bear the life here.
I made a vow before I started my spiritual practice.
I vowed that if I had any merits,
I would give them to those who suffered the most,
so they would live a more peaceful and comfortable life.
I could just live an ordinary life like this. It's OK.
At that time, I hadn't started my spiritual practice yet.
I was taking care of Âulạcese (Vietnamese) refugees
as a translator in a refugee camp in Germany.
So it didn't matter that much.
In fact, no matter how much we suffer physically, it doesn't affect our soul.
Our soul is everlasting.
We just leave this physical body and change into another one.
Even if I had to go to Hell and suffer a lot there,
I know my soul wouldn't be destroyed.
I comfort myself with that knowledge.
When you feel comforted, it takes the fear away.
Would you be afraid? (No.)
Wow, you're tough! I'm scared.
Sometimes I meditate by myself in the forest.
I go to meditate there
because there's good spiritual energy.
But places with spiritual energy are not always safe.
Sometimes there are hunters nearby.
I'm afraid, but I don't run away.
I sit there anyway. After a while, I feel better.
The people I fear most are the disciples.
No, no, let me take that back.
I'm not afraid of the non-initiates and even less of the animals.
But I'm afraid of the disciples
because you're very clingy which sometimes makes me suffocated.
But who am I most afraid of? Our resident monks and nuns.
I told them before,
"Don't be afraid of me. I'm the one who is afraid of you."
Comparatively, I'm more afraid of you residents instead.
Even so,
it's not like I'll abandon you because I'm afraid of you.
What I mean is that
I'm just afraid that sometimes you're not practicing well,
and you accrue more bad karma, yet you're so clingy,
like a kid hanging onto his mother, instead of doing his own homework.
For example, if you learn English, you need to do your homework
and not just hang around the teacher all day,
because she's loving or cute
or whatever.
That's not right. Is it right?
Yes or no? (Yes.) Yes? (No.)
I asked if that's right.
You should say "No," not "Yes."
Never mind.
You don't know English. I forgive you.
It's the same with everything.
We need to give one another some space, so we can grow.
Because I left you for a while, I went higher spiritually.
If I had let you stick around, I might not have gotten there.
It's just like rescuing a drowning person.
If he grabs onto your neck and won't let go,
both of you might drown.
I developed a little bit after I left you.
I gained two kilos.
No, that's not good. I was just joking.
And I got 2 cm shorter.
I used to wonder …
When the doctor measured my height,
I wondered, "Why did I become shorter?"
So, I've developed in different ways.
Never mind this physical body.
It's the soul that needs to get taller and go higher.
I can't tell you about the domains I recently went through.
I don't even want to mention the names,
so you don't get yourself into trouble by reciting those names at home.
You won't be able to digest the power.
It's the same thing with babies.
For babies …
We feed babies milk, right?
Or we feed them mashed food
so they can digest it.
Recently, our technology has gotten more advanced
because some inventors are more enlightened,
and they remember their past-life talents.
Otherwise, because all of us drank the "amnesia soup"
before we came down here, all of us did,
so most people forgot everything from their past lives.
In our past lives, maybe we were a king
or the best scientist in the world who invented a lot of things,
but we forgot all of that after drinking the amnesia soup.
But once you get enlightened,
or when some enlightened persons' light or power rubs off on you,
you'll be reminded, and you'll remember.
That's why for the last 50 or 100 years,
many inventions have been cropping up all of a sudden,
making our world more and more comfortable and convenient.
Nowadays, you can have video calls with each other.
You can see each other while you talk,
just as real as the way I'm talking to you right now.
If you told people about this one or two hundred years ago,
people would think you were crazy.
How could this happen? And even wireless,
with just a simple device, you can talk to people
and say "How are you?" and chat about this and that.
Technology is getting more and more advanced.
But I hope people get more advanced spiritually, too,
so there will be no more wars.
I'm still working hard on it.
You work hard on it too, OK?
We'll work on it together. (Yes.)
Now our world is becoming more and more peaceful.
Even though there are some terrorist acts here and there,
compared with World War I
or World War II,
this world is already better, right? (Yes.)
And now we can … some people can travel into space for fun,
maybe even to the Moon later.
Some people have already purchased real estate on the Moon.
They have the title deeds even.
There was one guy who was poor.
It dawned on him that no one owned the Moon yet,
so he went to the government and claimed it.
It's not illegal.
There's no law prohibiting you from claiming the Moon.
So he did.
And another person claimed the Sun.
Do you know that? (Yes.) Of course you do. (Yes.)
Yes or no? (Yes.)
Some people know it; some don't. Never mind.
Let me tell you.
Some celebrities have purchased lots on the Moon.
Maybe they felt that someday
they could go up there to build a house.
We'll need the whole Moon to accommodate all of us.
It's a little uncomfortable for you all here.
Is it OK sitting in the sun? (Yes.)
It's much cooler here. It's not too bad,
better than sitting in the rain. (Right.)
But do bring an umbrella with you anyway, and a poncho,
the compact kind that you can put in your pocket.
Then if it rains,
you can still sit and listen to the lecture, right? (Right.)
I told you about that before.
Do you keep a change of clothes in your car,
or bring it with you?
Light clothing will do.
If you get wet, you can change in the car.
Then when you get home, you'll be fine.
Life is convenient nowadays.
I watched some period movies,
and I don't know how they managed it
because they wore the same clothes every day
in the ancient times.
For example, some people wore white every day,
and some people wore red every day.
I don't see them traveling with luggage. They just walk like this.
Well, that's also simple living.
Nowadays, we have so many clothes,
but we still complain that they aren't good enough.
Our car is quite convenient already, but we're not satisfied.
We think, "This one is not good; that one is classier."
In the old times, people didn't even know what a wrist watch was.
Now people constantly want to upgrade their watches.
"Oh, that's my dream watch."
Someone told me that his biggest dream
was to purchase a watch at such-and-such luxury shop,
and then he would die happily.
Oh, my! For what?
That's how people turn poor.
I just recently realized why people run out of money.
It's because they spend money for things that they shouldn't buy.
For example, recently I had a meal with some people
who had connections with me in past lives.
I didn't let them pay for the meal, of course.
If I dined there by myself, it would cost, for example, 300 Taiwanese dollars (TWD).
But together with them, only a few people, it cost me tens of thousands TWD,
because they ate meat and fish, and drank alcohol.
Those items are expensive.
So their meals cost many times more than mine.
Whether they eat alone or entertain guests,
they like a little wine,
and wine is expensive.
And they also smoke.
Their jobs don't make them a lot of money,
but they smoke cigarettes, which cost a lot of money.
It adds up to a lot of money.
They also drink alcohol, which is expensive.
I was wondering …
The good things, like healthy food in this world, are so cheap.
If I have a vegan meal with the initiates,
a full table of food costs only a few hundred TWD.
But a non-vegan meal for a few people costs up to thousands or tens of thousands.
If they order whiskey or whatnot, it will be tens of thousands.
That's why people run out of money. You see? (Yes.)
I was wondering why poisons can be so expensive.
People work very hard,
and then they spend the money on poisons.
It's really weird,
they are OK after taking the poisons.
They don't die from the poisons, but they could die from them.
Some people drive while they're drunk,
and then they die from a car accident.
Or even worse, maybe they become handicapped,
and have to rely on welfare or their families.
They feel ashamed because they can't work, etc.
It's wrong to spend their whole lives like that.
They spend money on poisons
which harm their body,
and then they have to spend more for hospital visits.
This is such a pitiful world.
Why is that?
Because people are deceived by Maya.
They're tempted from youth.
They do drugs; they smoke.
Sorry, I've offended a lot of people by saying this.
Anyway, I've already done it.
I've offended a lot of people, including some governments,
because I talked about Maya's paths,
Hell's paths and Heaven's paths.
To tell you that, wow, I've put my life at risk!
That's why I've been on the run lately,
and I can't come to see you every day. So please don't blame me.
I have to protect myself.
I'm afraid that if I die,
I won't be able to see you anymore.
And I'm afraid that if I can't finish my mission, I have to be reborn here.
It's too much suffering being born as a baby,
although the soul can acquire a body
without going through a mother's birthing delivery.
So, when a baby is born, he cries.
And soon, he's forced to eat meat.
When he grows up, he's already contaminated.
Then he has to seek an enlightened Master to start his spiritual practice.
All of this is difficult.
So I'm most afraid of having to come here again and again.
Are you afraid? (Yes.)
A little baby is so innocent and helpless.
People love you and do whatever they want to you.
"Oh, baby is so cute!"
"Oh, baby is so pretty!"
But it really hurts when people touch you all over.
You can't do anything about it.
And then when you have problems sleeping alone at night,
you can't tell anyone.
You just keep crying all day, all night.
Then as you grow older, you have to go to school, which is hard too.
If you don't get good grades, your parents are upset and they scold you,
or people laugh at you.
If you excel in school
and you get a good certificate or degree, then what?
You start to work at a job eight or ten hours a day.
You have to drive and breathe in polluted air, etc.
And then what?
After getting a good job, you marry a good wife.
And then what?
You have a few kids,
and you continue to work until you die,
or until 60 when you retire. OK, so far so good.
But then your children have their children,
and when they go to work, they leave their children with you.
Oh, my! So you aren't free until you die.
Most people live like that, right? (Right.)
We always lose. We can never win, right?
We can never win.
The best-case scenario is that we have a good job
and a good wife.
And then when you have a few kids, everyone says, "Congratulations!"
Congratulations on what?
They're just debt collectors.
We work ourselves to death because we have kids to raise.
They cry all night long and keep you awake,
and yet during the day you still have to go to work.
Everyone does the same thing.
That's all.
That's the best-case scenario.
That's as good as it gets, right?
Then do you think it's the best to be a king?
No, no, no.
Oh, every day he'd be troubled by those eunuchs and maids.
They'd obstruct his work. They'd tremble when they saw the king.
And then, they would do everything wrong.
And then, the king would get very mad and anxious,
yet those with muddled thinking would still be there messing things up.
That's why most kings were very fierce.
You can't blame them.
Most of us blame the kings for being stupid or brutal.
It's because they couldn't stand it.
They didn't have good assistants,
except for those stupid people who troubled the king.
Not only were such people unhelpful, but they also messed things up.
Then, if you had bad luck, you would have sinister courtiers around,
or all your children would be rebellious and unfilial,
so that you couldn't sleep or eat all day long.
What's more, if you had many wives, wow, how stupid!
You know that one wife is already very difficult to deal with.
Imagine having several wives.
Is there any woman who isn't the jealous type?
When many women fight for one husband,
what do you think it will be like?
It's no wonder most ancient kings didn't have an easy life.
Even if they weren't foolish kings, their lives still weren't easy.
I haven't even talked about
many princes and princesses fighting for the throne,
murdering or scheming against one another every day
so the king couldn't have peace of mind.
Many people had their eyes on the king,
and they all wanted the throne.
You couldn't know who really loved you.
It's not possible for you to experience real love.
Your wives just fought with one another, and they didn't truly love you.
They didn't come to you out of love.
They were all selected to be in the palace.
Those good girls were only teenagers, and they were innocent.
They were forced to become courtesans.
They couldn't even have a husband for themselves.
Normally, a woman likes to have only one man to herself.
She's happy if she has one man who's loyal to her.
But in the palace there were many women and only one husband.
And those hundreds or thousands of maids all hoped to have that husband.
Even if informally,
their dream was to be favored by the king.
As you see, in that kind of society or situation,
what man could survive?
It looks like the king was very blessed to have a lot of wives.
But what kind of blessing is that for a man?
If you don't believe it, try it.
If you're rich, try marrying several wives.
If you do, you'll say, "Oh, I would rather go to hell."
Things would get very messy.
Just imagine, and you'll know that kind of palace would never have peace.
If the king can't make peace at home, how can he pacify the world?
How can he rule the country?
Inside the royal palace is a family,
and if it's so chaotic, how can the king govern his country?
And how can he pacify the world?
That's why a king or a president can't have a good life.
I was just saying hypothetically that if I were the king,
I would do what parents do --
love their children unconditionally.
I would treat my people as my own beloved children.
That's what I meant.
Then, if you love the neighboring countries in the same way,
all of them will pledge allegiance to you, won't they?
Then there's no need to rob them or use force on them.
The stronger you are, the more loving you are to others.
If you use your power, such as military power,
to suppress the neighboring countries, that would not be right.
Nobody would follow you.
You can tell that from history.
But I don't want to be a president or a king.
I was just saying it hypothetically.
My point is that we should do the same as parents.
They're the best role models in this world
by being unconditional,
having unconditional devotion.
They sacrifice themselves for their children out of love.
It's the same with elder brothers and sisters.
They protect their younger siblings.
That way, their younger siblings love them dearly.
If the elder brothers use their power to suppress the younger ones,
they'll get into fights, for sure.
No one wants that.
In Europe in the past,
some countries fought with one another.
They killed one another.
No one wanted to listen to anyone else and they had clear boundaries.
Now the boundaries are gone. They're all at peace with one another.
They're united into a common market.
Now the European Union (EU) countries are at peace with one another.
Everybody likes it.
No chaos has resulted from it.
People from poor countries of the European Union
don't move to France or the UK to stir up trouble.
It's not like that.
Even if they move, they're looking for work to take care of themselves.
Otherwise, most of them would stay in their own countries.
Did you see
the residents of some poorer countries emigrate to other EU countries en masse,
after they just joined the EU?
No.
Now that there are no boundaries, everyone is free to go anywhere.
For example, from some poor countries …
I am saying it by an example.
I don't want to name them,
because I don't want people to think I'm insulting them, no.
People from poor countries have the option to move to a richer country,
like the UK, France, or Germany.
I meant within the European Union.
I'm not talking about the refugees.
The war refugees are different, as they have no choice but to relocate.
The situation remained the same after the EU was established:
The UK didn't get occupied by people from the neighboring poor countries.
This is world peace.
Peace is like that.
People don't migrate to another place because of economic difficulties.
Some people do.
Sure, who wouldn't want their family to have enough food and clothing?
It's human nature to want to provide for the family and protect them.
But the majority of people don't move to other countries for money.
They would rather stay in their own country because they're used to it.
So after countries become free, it's not like people from poor countries
will rob the rich ones or move there.
It's not like that!
In the past in Germany, Berlin was divided into East Berlin and West Berlin.
When the Berlin Wall was demolished,
it's not like all the people in East Berlin moved to West Berlin
because West Berlin was richer and freer.
People didn't do that.
For most people, if they have enough food to eat,
simple clothing to wear, and family peace,
they're contented.
If most people have enough money for food and clothing,
they don't want to cause trouble.
Therefore, if any country or any government
truly wants to take care of and love their citizens,
they should just provide the people with enough job opportunities,
enough clothing and food, and they'll be happy.
There's no need for the military.
Many countries don't have a military and they're still very peaceful.
Formosa (Taiwan) has a military,
but they don't use it for violence or to invade other countries.
It's just for national protection in case something happens.
We should just treat the society, friends and relatives
the same way parents treat their children. That will be enough.
Of course, we still need to practice spiritually.
That's why the ancient people said we must first cultivate ourselves,
and then? (Manage the family.) Manage the family.
And then? (Govern the country.) Govern the country.
And then? (Pacify the world.) Pacify the world.
That's right. You all understand.
Now, my next topic is that
I know why many people don't have money.
It's because they spend too much.
Do our initiates have a lot of money?
As far as I can see, you work regular jobs.
You have a husband or a wife and children.
Your jobs might not be great ones.
You don't have a large fortune,
but you seem to live a plentiful life. You can travel around easily.
If you hear about the whereabouts of the Master, and you can go meet her there,
you just take a plane and go right away.
Nowadays, I can't run away from you
because there are airplanes, telephones, and the Internet.
When I see you I don't feel that any one of you is poor.
Even if you have no money, other disciples can help out a little.
The people outside, even those in Europe or America,
most of them earn as much as you do
or maybe more than you do.
But still they're not very rich
because they spend too much.
They spend too much money buying poisons.
After taking poisons,
they spend a lot of money on doctors and medicine,
causing suffering to themselves.
If they die, no problem, because death happens sooner or later anyway.
Our physical body doesn't last over 100 years at most.
Most of us live to 70, 80 years old, and that's considered a long life.
But if we become disabled,
and we have to depend on medicine or machines in the hospital
to help us breathe and stay alive,
that will be very painful.
It's not just physical suffering, but mental suffering as well.
Mental suffering because we feel we owe our family
as we're not able to provide for our children and spouse
or take care of them at home.
Both men and women will feel this way.
At that time we feel sad and guilty.
So, even death can't solve the problem.
Death would be OK, and we can't do anything about it.
But if we're disabled, and we can't even die,
that's truly painful.
I know that kind of feeling, too.
Sometimes there's so much bad karma
that my body can't digest it fast enough.
Even meditation can't help me in time.
Too much bad karma comes simultaneously,
so I still have to go to the hospital for surgery or something.
At those times, I feel a lot of suffering emotionally.
One time
after surgery, they put me in an icy cold room
where there was no heat,
because they were afraid that the wound would rupture and bleed.
Wow! It was extremely cold. But there was no other way.
It was like hell frozen over.
I had not just physical pain, but also mental suffering.
Oh, it was really unbearable!
Do you know what I was hoping for at that time?
Not for food or drink.
I was just hoping to be able to get up and do some Sound meditation.
But I couldn't.
My whole body was tied up, for fear that I might run out,
which would not be good for the healing of the wounds.
Because the surgery was risky,
they wanted to observe me for a while before discharging me.
Oh, that was truly painful.
I just wanted to get up to do Sound meditation for a few minutes.
That's all I was hoping for.
Of course, I couldn't do it.
So, for ordinary people it would be even more painful.
Not only are they unable to help their family, but they become a burden.
It must be very, very painful for them.
Have you had such an experience? Have you? No?
Some of you have?
I hope you haven't had one.
I hope not.
I'm very …
While my body and mind suffered,
I would pray to Heaven not to let others experience such pain.
Oh! How can people stand so much pain?
OK, time is up, right? You need to go home?
When will the bus leave?
What does that mean?
It's not time yet.
Not time yet?
Not yet.
Not yet?
When do you need to go down the hill to catch the buses?
Of course, you don't feel like leaving,
but the bus drivers want to finish their work and go home.
They can't be there all day and all night waiting for you.
Their wives will blame them. (The buses depart at 5:00 PM.)
Five o'clock? (Yes.) (Four o’clock.)
Four o'clock?
Now it's past three o'clock.
Don't let the bus drivers wait too long, OK? (OK.)
We need to follow the rules.
They have their families, too. They also need to rest.
They get up very early in the morning,
and at night they have to go home to be with their wives and children.
A few days ago, I came here by taxi.
The taxi driver was also afraid of his wife.
Of course, every man is afraid of his wife.
For this line of work,
they have to get up and go home on time.
If they run into an accident, they have to tell their wives.
"Oh, my car broke down. I had to get it repaired," etc.
But that's a different situation.
Otherwise, they have to come home on time.
If they don't have a good excuse, their wives will be upset.
So it's the same for those bus drivers.
It's a business, so they also have to go home and report to their wives.
This taxi driver was very cute.
After he drove me here, he said …
That day I got up early, and I hadn't eaten anything,
so my stomach felt acidic, and I didn't feel good.
I said, "Oh, I have to go home quickly to make some food."
I talked about being vegan, and he liked it very much.
He said, "Oh, it sounds delicious the way you describe it."
The trip was pretty long from the airport to here.
So I told him, "It's easy to be vegan."
I said, "When I'm at home
I just chop some vegetables, add just a little oil,
a little salt, and a little seasoning,
and then throw them in a wok and stir fry them quickly.
When I plate them, they're still half raw.
Then, I fry some vegan fish and add some soy sauce.
It's very delicious," I told him.
He said, "Wow! From what you describe, it sounds very delicious.
When we arrive, I'll cook for you."
He wanted to cook for me.
I said, "No! I'll cook for you. You're my guest."
He said, "No, no, you cook too slowly."
He drove me home very quickly.
And then he really made himself at home.
He opened my refrigerator,
rolled up his sleeves,
took my frozen vegan food out,
and chopped up some vegetables.
Some five minutes later, we had noodle soup.
He cooked the Formosan (Taiwanese) flat noodles,
my favorite.
He put a little seasoning in it
and then added different vegetables.
Ah, he cooked very fast.
He really enjoyed the food, more than I did.
Maybe my introduction stimulated his appetite.
Appetizing, right?
I talked about this and that. I also said that I had (vegan) cakes.
I listed my whole menu to him,
just like in a restaurant.
He probably felt hungry after what I said.
So after we arrived,
he took the ingredients out of my fridge and cooked them quickly.
He even asked me to eat first.
Wow, so cute!
Then, I gave him some food.
He took some (vegan) cookies
but he didn't take the big ones, like (vegan) cakes.
He also didn't take the frozen vegan fish, meat and shrimp.
I asked him, "Why don't you take those? You can cook them at home."
He said, "I can't. My wife will ask me where I got all this stuff."
I said, "OK, OK.
That's a good reason. Then you shouldn't take them.
I understand."
I said, "I understand."
"Those (vegan) cookies and crunchy (vegan) snacks,"
I said, "If you're afraid of your wife asking about them,
you can share them with your fellow drivers.
They'll be very happy.
When we Asian people see the English label
on a package of these (vegan) cookies,
we feel they're very good cookies."
I told him
they were not expensive and he could take as many as he wanted.
So I gave him a huge bag of stuff.
He took it all.
It's just that when he saw the frozen food,
he took it all out and put it back in the fridge
because he was afraid of his wife.
I said, "Why are you so afraid of your wife?
I didn't give you anything bad.
Also, if your wife blames you, you can bring her here.
I can guarantee her that we're not having a relationship.
I have some working staff here.
It's not just the two of us here so don't be afraid!"
I told him, "Don't be afraid.
I'll tell your wife that I can have all kinds of men here.
I don't need you."
But he was still afraid.
He already has several children,
but his wife is still very jealous.
Are you like that, too?
He's been married for more than ten years,
with three children, and he's still really afraid of his wife.
Are you all like this?
Are you?
Yes or no? (No.)
No?
We do have disciples like that. Don't lie.
In the past, there was a doctor, he …
I used to get sick often.
If I give initiation again, I'll need to go to the doctor's for sure.
Lately, without giving initiation, my health has been getting a little better.
I don't eat much
and I didn't take any supplements for a while.
I just started taking supplements again a couple of days ago this week,
for less than a week
because I haven't felt like eating.
Usually, I'm fine without eating.
It's karma that forces me to eat.
But I just don't feel like eating.
So I want to take some supplements.
Otherwise, I'll be weaker, and that's not good.
And then it will inconvenience you.
I forgot what I just said.
What did I say? (There was a doctor.)
Right. There was a doctor, a disciple. Maybe he's here?
He was treating me,
and he told me,
"Master, I can only say that you're beautiful.
I can't say that about other women."
It's because his wife was around.
I said, "You don't need to say I'm beautiful."
That was about ten years ago when I looked a little better.
You all say I'm beautiful.
It doesn't matter because you're just saying that.
I said it was OK.
He said, "I can say that you're beautiful,
but I can't say that other women are beautiful.
My wife would …”
Would what? He didn't say.
He said that ”My wife would be …” like that.
He knew it very well.
Oh, my! Even the initiates are like this.
That doctor has the wrong profession.
He should look for another line of work
because as a doctor he must treat both men and women.
Sometimes he has to touch people here and there.
In this world, there aren't just ugly girls.
There are also many pretty girls,
especially among our initiates.
That doctor can't avoid touching people during treatment.
Being a doctor and yet having such a jealous wife,
he should cut it, just change to another line of work,
maybe working alone as a carpenter or something,
so he doesn't interact with other people.
In Europe, people say that a doctor shouldn't get married.
I don't know why.
Maybe because they get too tired from taking care of patients,
so they don't need a family or a wife to take care of.
Or because being a doctor,
they deal with a lot of people and their wives get jealous.
I didn't ask why.
When you go home,
be quiet.
If I'm still alive, sooner or later you'll see me again.
Once in a certain place,
I said that an American girl had come to help me dress up.
Then it was printed in an American newspaper,
saying that I had an American daughter.
I also have French daughters
and British sons,
as well as many children and grandchildren.
If you want to put it in the newspaper, be my guest.
It was an initiate whom I was talking about.
She was very young,
so I said she was my daughter,
and she had come from America to help me dress up.
The newspaper just published it as is.
When I was in the US, I saw the news.
People asked me,
"Master, do you really have an American daughter?"
I said, "Yes, many.
I have many daughters in Formosa (Taiwan) too.
They all call me Mommy."
They already have grey hair, but they still call me "Mommy."
People might think I've lived for several hundred years already.
How nice if I could actually live that long!
Later if you hear something, you know what it's about.
I've said it already,
I have many children, but no husband. It ruined my reputation,
having many children but no husband.
Thank you all.
Next week I'll give initiation, OK?
I have something to take care of, so I need to go now.
Be Vegan, Make Peace
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