Q: What is the real practical purpose in our everyday life of following this meditation? Where will you lead us?
M:Yes, you see, because we don't use our complete wisdom,
therefore we have a lot of anxiety, and we do things in sometimes
not a sure way. And we are unhappy sometimes, and we feel many
external pressures, and also frightened of situations. So,
therefore we are not peaceful and stable sometimes, doesn't
matter which position or how much money we have. So if we find
this greatest wisdom inside. We can do things better, clearer and
we are more happy, stable, peaceful. So that is good for daily
life already. Also we love others more unconditionally. All
hatred and envy falls away.
Q: How do you understand the karma of a couple?
M: If the couple is in harmony, then they have a good karma. If
the couple is in everyday strife, then you know what kind of
karma that is. Easy to understand, no? If it's in harmony, then
be happy. If it's not in harmony, then try to adjust and be
tolerant, therefore to avoid next time coming back again as a
very undesirable karmic couple.
Tolstoy had a very terrible wife. You know Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace? He had a terrible wife, so it is told. Everyday she nagged him and cursed him and scolded him and even beat him and threw him out sometimes. One day, his friend couldn't bear any longer, so he told Tolstoy, Why don't you kick that devil out of your house and then we'll have peace? Tolstoy said, Shhhhh. Don't talk so loud. Last life, I did that already. Therefore, it got worse this time. I don't dare to do it. Understand that? The more you struggle, the worse the situation becomes. So just accept anything as given by God and try to get through it and train yourself in patience, tolerance and love thy enemy. Even as wise a man as Tolstoy couldn't deal with his terrible wife. So we ordinary beings better keep silent. Silence!
Q: How can I end the feeling of greed? How can I stop being ambitious?
M: It's not easy. Only when you see the beauty, the glory of the Kingdom of God can you forget the ambition for the success in this world. That's why I offer you the Quan Yin Method, so that you might see the glory of God, of Heaven, and then lose the desire for the material gain and fame. It is like the baby. If you give him milk then he will not suck the dummy.
Q: We think we are important now, but we are not. So I suffer from this feeling of self-importance. Actually, I want to know how to overcome this feeling of self-importance.
M: Oh! It's good that you know that you have this self-important feeling. Your illness is already cured half. Okay, there is a very good way to overcome this proudness, this pride. You think of the greatness of the universe and all the things in the universe, that you have not been able to understand, that you know nothing about the universe, about the law of God, then you will feel very small. Whatever the worldly knowledge we gain is so small. Whatever important business we have, it is so ephemeral. And then when we die, we have nothing. So better get enlightened. The more you are enlightened, the more humble you become, because you see that you know so little, that the universe is so great.
And then you are more humble, more humble, until you are the
most humble person. Then you admit that you know nothing. And
then you know everything. That's why Lao Tzu said, The wise are
like the dumb. That's why Jesus said, I work, but not I. It's
the father who works in me. He is so great but he knows he can't
do nothing without the Father. He knows he can't do nothing. That
is why he can do everything.