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The Purpose of Enlightenment
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No.
605 |
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Traditional Chinese |
Highlights
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What is a real romantic atmosphere? |
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How can we generate a beautiful romantic mood from our hearts? |
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When work-related stress causes emotional tension and disrupts our concentration during meditation, how should we resolve the situation? |
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Can we elevate ourselves to a positive level with the simple thought "I'm thinking positively; I'm hoping positively"? |
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Why is it that practicing the Quan Yin Method can take us to superior realms? |
Topics addressed
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If
we're all God and everything comes from God including all good and
evil, why do we have to be vegetarian, keep the precepts, practice
and follow Master's teachings? |
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As human beings,
we have the opportunity to climb to a higher level of God consciousness.
That's why we don't want to exercise our free will to do anything
absolutely the way we want; otherwise we'll stay here in a lower level
of the scale of God consciousness. |
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Why did Master change from Her
nun's clothes to normal outfits? To this question, Master replies,
"There's nothing you should do except meditate every day wherever
you are. It's OK if you want to be a nun, but you don't have to change
now. If you're already a nun, stay there. If you aren't, just stay
there. It's more convenient to practice as what you are. But a renounced
life is not for everyone. To renounce in the heart is more difficult,
and to renounce outside is secondary. We should renounce inside." |
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If your family is
deeply religious, how do you communicate with them? |
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Why doesn't God appear
to us in any specific form? |
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How
does the eating of eggs negatively effect spiritual practice? |
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Jesus
didn't eat fish. He talked in a parable. Master explains the background
of Jesus' era and His true teachings. |
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Master
suggests that disciples stay away from jobs related to energy healing,
Reiki, past lives, etc. because they involve using ego, human energy,
and astral energy and these are not the natural power of God. The
natural power of God is like this: You don't do anything and people
get healed. |
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After we become vegetarian
our bodies are regulated and we don't eat so much. It's a kind of
fasting. Fasting won't enhance one's meditation level or degree so
don't do anything extreme. We can do that sometimes to purify our
bodies or lessen the desire or lust within our bodies once in a while
if we want to. But you have to take care of your health and do it
properly. |
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We all have bad habits,
but that's not our real Self. You can try to cut out whatever bad
habits you have. If you can't, then just forgive yourself and concentrate
on the more positive side of your own qualities. Don't think of the
negative all the time. |
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Is
it better to remain single or be married? To this question, Master
replies, "If you have a companion, it's OK, and if you don't, it's
OK. Whichever way you prefer, whichever way you think simplifies your
life and is better for you to practice, choose that way." |
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What has been the
spiritual impact on human beings since Master began giving lectures
around the world? |
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After you meditate
for twenty or thirty minutes the chaos will calm down and dissipate,
and you'll feel more peaceful. And as the days go by, there will be
less and less quarrelling, and less and less negative memories, and
then your mind will have nothing to remember but good things. And
then it has the food from spiritual nourishment, and of course you'll
become more and more calm. That's why we meditate every day. The main
point is that we meditate, get better memories every day, and then
all the negativity goes away. |
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How can a lawyer
maintain inner peace and a clear conscience? Master gives a complete
and inspirational answer to this question. When we work so hard to
maintain material comforts, we should still keep a clear conscience
and noble ideals. |
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"I
always think of work when I meditate. What should I do?" To this question
Master responds, "Whatever we do before meditation will go into our
meditation for a while. And after twenty or thirty minutes, it will
calm down. Sometimes it doesn't, and you have to try another time
and try more. Try more Quan Yin, the Sound method." |