While On The Path

I've always been the beloved daughter of God since my childhood, because in some way, without much effort I own some things which others don't even if they have a strong desire and work very hard for them. Some of them are very jealous of me. But I am not proud of these things because I know deeply in my heart that all these things come from God, not me. Every time if I am too attached to those things or rely too much them, do not have the gratefulness of God or forget His love, then He will take them away from me to cleanse all the obstructions between He and I. Again and again He teaches me with endless patience, despite my tears and sorrows, to let me know what is really important and let me get closer and closer to Him. It's not that He is so narrow-minded to need my thanks; but if I love anything more than Him, then it will be the obstracle between He and I, keeping me away from Him.

So every time He takes something away from my hand, there is always His mercy, compassion and blessings hidden deeply in it. It's said in the Bible, "If God closes a door, then He will open another window for you." Master also told us a story about a lady and a king. The king told the lady that she could take any one thing from his palace if she wished. The wise lady choose to take the king himself. Because when she owned the king, then she owned the whole kingdom. It's the same if we surrendered everything, and rely on Him only; then we'll have everything He has created.

Master once told us, "As long as you practice goodness and fairness. there will be always a negative power to try to attack you, to try to make you stray from your purpose, trick into different directions, sidetrack you. So it takes a lot of determination and principles to control ourselves, to check our way, to check our life, so that you always grow in the right direction without regret, without complaining if you don't have any good result out of it.... But despite all these obstruction and ungratefulness of any kind, we still continue to improve. We still continue to improve ourselves to do what is right because it is right. Because it is the challenge of this world that we will always speak the way of God, we always speak the commandments of the conscience. That's how we rise above all the differences and all the praise and the blame to be a noble beings."(Excerpt from "The key of Immediate Enlightenment", Book V -- spoken on June 5, 1993.)

I used to have the idea that we are safe if we have the initiation of a living master. But now I know that if we are not serious enough to ourselves in practice, if we don't have strong faith and true sincerity in the path, if we are not worthy of the method that Master transmitted to us, then we can not pass all the trials. I begged God with tears, " Please don't be so strick to the sentient beings in this world. becsue it's a pity if one fails off the path after the initiation." But I received His supreme love from this strick and harsh lesson; and with tears and sorrows, I attained the courage to face the whole world if I am on the righteous side. I don't think that I could have made itthrough before. Master told us many times that the Golden Age is coming soon. I've learned from the holy scriptures that people can communicate with God directly in the Golden Age. When we really rely on Him only and listen to the instructions of the Supreme wisdom directly, we are in the Golden Age right now!¡¹

Love! Compassion! Respect!. Bliss! Harmony! Happiness! No attachment! Wouldn't it be lovely to live in a world like that? Wouldn't it be nice if one could make this planet just a little better for all of us? I have learned that you can create your own heaven, your own nirvana, your own Pure Land. By meditating everyday, my world is becoming better, my heaven is becoming greater and it becomes easier to practice the precepts.

There was a time, in the beginning, when I felt frustrated and agitated; I was trying too hard to create my own heaven. I tried to deal with bad habits and earthly desires directly. No matter how hard I tried, how much I forced myself to deal with these obstacles, I made little progress. I made promise after promise to stop this and that, but I soon found myself doing it again. Through Master's teachings, I discovered that I was going about it the wrong way. Instead of causing heartache and frustration and achieving very little, it would be better to meditate and then the problem will go away gradually and all by itself. Simple. And above all, you grow spiritually.

Aggression, attachment, lying, lack of compassion and many other things are bad habits we have accumulated. As washing powder washes clean, so meditation washes us, gently cleaning us. It is powerful. There is no need for shock treatment or hurting yourself in trying to create your own heaven or in trying to deal with problems and obstacles. The positive effects from meditation will soon become evident in your life. A powerful and yet subtle force will fill your life and soon you will be in the heaven you always wanted. You may not even notice the change, but others will. Meditation is working for me. As I grow and make progress, I have more compassion; more love for other beings; my earthly desires and bad habits go away by themselves; and calm, harmony and happiness now fill my life. Wisdom fills my head. I feel that I can do anything as my talents are blossoming like beautiful flowers.

I feel like the king of my own heaven. Meditation works wonders!