questions & ANSWERSQ. Are you saying that the initiation is where you blessthe person, and this opens them up for new possibilities?
M.Actually, we are the greatest in the universe, all of us. We camefrom the greatest source. Therefore, we must be the greatest.We can't just come from trees, rocks or anything we think of.So anyhow, the process of initiation is to immediately kind ofshock us back into this highest position, which we have forgottenall along, because we have been too busy with daily mundane activities.
..... Q. Master, ifthe Quan Yin Method can help me avoid reincarnation, how aboutmy karma in my past lives?
M. Oh, I burn it. I throw it in the dust-binand set fire to it and finish. Okay? You know where karma comesfrom? Comes from your reactions. Actions and reactions, of course.But where does it come from? It is stored in your subconsciousness.There is a button. I just push it and it's gone. It's like yourcomputer or your record player. You can play it, you can recordit, or you can erase it. Just know how.
..... Q. What are thesteps to enlightenment and what level of enlightenment does thistechnique take you to?
M. It will take you to the source ofall beings, where you came from and where all beings will return.Between this earthly level and that absolute level, there arefive levels of consciousness or different planes of existence,and if we, through the practice of the heavenly light and soundand the guidance of the experienced teacher, pass through thesefive levels, then we arrive there, at the house of the masterswhere all masters came from and return after the mission, andwhere we also will come from in order to help other beings shouldwe desire to return to Earth or any other planet in the universe.So the first step is to get initiation and then everything elsewill come.
..... Q. Master Ching Hai, please explain our relationshipspiritually to You. After You die, and one has been initiated,is our flight back Home still guaranteed by Your soul spirit?
M.Guaranteed. As has been said earlier, we are not the body; weare the spirit. So when this body goes or comes, there is no difference,no distance between us. And I have told you already, at the timeof initiation, the Method is explained to you so that you canuse it for life. There is nothing that can come between anymore,unless you don't want it and you leave. But the seed is stillthere for next life.
..... Q. Master, if the level of spiritualdevelopment is individual, why are parents and families savedwithout any sacrifice?
M. They are saved, but they are not to be masters.They are saved because God's grace is boundless. I've told you,you are all connected together as family and relatives. If oneis free, one is glorified, the whole of the relatives get goodbenefits. For example, say you are a very beautiful girl, andthe king of a certain country loves to marry you. Now, after hehas married you, all your relatives and friends aren't they alsoglorified? Yeah? Won't they have the chance to go to see the kingin the palace and enjoy all the luxury? Not so? Yeah?
..... Q. Dear Master, explain that if one person gets initiated,five of their generations would be saved. How about living familymembers who eat meat and drink alcohol, will they also be saved?
M.They will also be saved, sadly but fortunately. (Master and alllaugh) That is, if they deliberately do not want liberation, thenthe master will not force it upon them, of course, because eachone is God. You must remember, each one of us is God. No one cantell God what to do, even another God. How bad he is, how goodhe is, that's his own decision, his own path in life to choose.He chose to play this role. He is okay, even if he is bad. That'swhy the Bible says to us Judge not.
..... Q. Master, willI be able to find my dead relatives and communicate with themif I practice the Quan Yin meditation?
M. Dead relatives? Oh, sure, sure. ButI am afraid maybe you don't like to go there. Some of your peopleare difficult to get in touch with. If you want to go such place,you need a Master. Otherwise you will be in danger. So it's notalways good to see dead relatives. Now you practice the Quan YinMethod, and some of your relatives, dead relatives will be immediatelyreleased from whatever suffering they have. If they are alreadyin heaven, they will go to a higher level of heaven. If they sufferlight punishment, they can go immediately, quick. If it's tooheavy, then we have to negotiate. Then the Master must negotiateor has to suffer for that person. But it won't be too long. Forexample, if those people have to suffer for thousands of years,the Master wouldn't have to suffer for thousands of years. Justmaybe a few hours, or sometimes a few seconds, sometimes a fewminutes, sometimes prolonged but not a big deal sickness, thingslike that.
So it's not always ideal to see your dead relatives. It's betterto see live relatives. Love them, serve them, and encourage thembefore they are dead. But you can see them, you can see them. Many of ourpractitioners see their dead relatives and friends coming to thankthem that due to them, they are liberated. That is no big deal,no big deal...... Q. Do we pay karma in our dreams? How do we pay karma?
M.We pay karma in our dreams only if that is the grace of God. Otherwise,most of the time, we have to pay physically, like an eye foran eye, a tooth for a tooth. When initiated, or enlightened,then we live by the grace of God. We don't live so much by thelaw of karma anymore, except for some already fixed karma, likewe have to have some certain karma in order to exist in this life.That karma we have to continue with. But then, it can be erasedto a certain extent, it can be lubricated, it can be lesseneda lot of degrees, or it can be paid in dreams, only at that time.
..... Q. Master said that water in the cup is the same withwater in the ocean, but because of our egos which separates waterof the cup from the ocean. Is it right that meditation means makinga hole at bottom of the cup to have the water merge with the ocean?
M.Initiation means that. Yes! Open the connected hole and so thewater can come in and out all the time. So the water in the cupis the water in the ocean, and the water in the ocean is the waterin the cup. Yes. Everyday when you meditate, it's just like waterflowing in and out all the time, making it fresh so that the waterin the cup does not become rotten.
..... Q. In what waycan we get energy from meditation?
M. The effortless way. The energy frommeditation is already within ourselves by the power at the timeof initiation through a Master, it is awakened. Therefore whenwe do the meditation in our so-called method which has no methodat all, we get the direct energy without doing anything. It'sa very effortless effort. That is the best way, the natural waybecause we get what we have. We don't borrow. We don't try. Wedon't steal, we don't force things to happen, but things comingand happening because it's already there.
..... Q. My mind ishard to quiet for meditation, it's like a monkey who wants torun and play but not sit quietly. How does your meditation helpquiet the mind to realize the true self?
M. I just put the mind to sleep (laughter)by the light and the sound. The music will nurse him to sleep.The light will comfort him, and then he is fast asleep. Only thesoul is awakened. But nevertheless, continue with your meditationif you don't want to join us and you will get used to it a littlebit more. But the thing is, if you sit in meditation, you useall your effort, concentrate on the breath, on the heart chakra,or whatever chakra, all over chakra, and you get nothing in return;then of course the mind would get bored. He will say, "Hey,what you're doing? You make me sit here for what? I want to seecinema. It's even better than this. I want to go and drink coffeeand talk with friends. It's better." You see what I mean?I had a fellow practitioner, she is pretty old, about sixty. Oh,no, fifty something . And before she met me, she had many othermasters and they taught her many methods -- continue with thebreath, sit in Zen for fifteen hours a day, and all that. Eatone meal. And she said she sat and sat until she can't sit nomore and she can get nothing. Therefore she can't bear it. Andafter she got enlightenment, she said, "Oh, sometimes shesat for four hours." And she was so happy, tremendously happy.Because of her happiness, her whole family of eight members areall happy, and they told me this. Even though they were not initiated.And they tell me how beneficial it is, my work. So they encourageme to continue. The non-initiates.
