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Beyond the Emptiness of Existence

No. 680
Date:
1999.12.27, 30
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Occasion: International 6-Day Retreat
Language: English

Subtitles : Armenian, Aulacese, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Nepalese, Norwegian, Philippine, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai. (24)

Highlights

Supreme Master Ching Hai lovingly explains to Her attentive initiates the concept of entering a different dimension of existence. Many spiritual practitioners experience the separation of the body from all feelings, often called "emptiness of existence". Master deals with this concept daily and maintains a state of duality, so that She can be in this world, while being in other dimensions. After initiation, and with good meditation practice, many practitioners can have a heavenly existence and a human existence, at the same time. This is called a "state of perfection".
Only through meditation can we connect with God and with our "Inner Master". As we progress, we can lose our ego and thus become one with all things. Our life then becomes better and better, and we become more loving, tolerant, wiser, and understanding.
Often Master must scold some practitioners in order to lift off their heavy, bad karma. She bears this burden and personal suffering because of Her love for us. She promises to liberate us after death, even if we were not the best practitioners, as long as our intentions were pure and we desired to be unattached from this world.

Topics addressed

Why must there be a balance between "heavenly existence" and "human existence"?
Why must concentration accompany prayers?
What are the two kinds of spiritual teachers?
Why must we be selfless?
How is it possible to spiritually advance without seeing the Light or hearing the Sound?
Why do "religious" people often misunderstand the Quan Yin Method?
How do some initiates' "burden" Master?
How can we be sure of liberation after death?