In the back. Yes. And then the lady from behind. (I’d like to ask Master if we follow Your instruction to meditate 2.5 hours every day, but because we are tired after work, sometimes we fall asleep, or do not hear the [inner Heavenly] Sound or see the [inner Heavenly] Light, will our karma that day still be cleansed?) No, it won’t be cleansed. But, there’s nothing you can do. Just do your best. Do your best. (Then, wouldn’t the karma be massively accumulated?) You just do your best. (OK, thank You, Master.) Because when you’re tired, you are dead. There’s nothing you can do. OK? (OK.) Let’s say you opened a shop. You are there every day to attend to customers who may come any time, so that you can make money. However, when the customers come, you happen to be too tired. You fall asleep or forget, then you don’t make money. No one is blaming you. It’s just that sometimes you don’t feel as good. If we can meditate more, our life would be more comfortable. When we can do our best, we progress faster. But sometimes when you are going to sleep, if you meditate a little more and then go to sleep, I’ll still take you to learn lessons.
(Regarding the question, does that mean when we’re sleeping, Master will take us up?) Yes, yes, yes. (Because, every day, I have dreams. Almost every night. Just those ordinary dreams like…) Bad dreams? (Just ordinary dreams.) Ordinary dreams. (Does it mean that Master didn’t take me up?) Because you said you just slept and didn’t meditate. (But when I wake up, I…) I said it only happens when you meditate. Meditate. Meditate more before you go to sleep. After you meditate, you just slowly lie down. Then you are like in meditation during your sleep. After that, the soul will go out, and the mind will become clearer. If the soul goes out, but the mind remains a mess in this world, then, of course, it will remember the messy worldly things. It won’t have the impressions of the higher realms, but you will still go up. (OK, thank You, Master.) But don’t sleep so much, then say you have nightmares and put the blame on me.
The lady in behind. (Me.) OK, OK. (Master, I’d like to ask a question. I have been initiated for 17 months, but I don’t really have a lot of progress. I mean, I’ve always hoped to be able to see the inner Master in the [inner Heavenly] Light during meditation, but I have never seen You.) No need. No need to see. (In Your books, it’s said that someday when we’re leaving this world, so long as we are up in the Second Realm, that is as long as we are sincere, Master can take us all up to the Fifth Realm. I always feel and think that I don’t really have a lot of progress, and that I am so old. If I haven’t got a lot of progress or reached the Second Realm, which means that I’m still in the First Realm or below… But if I’m very sincere, can Master pull me up to the Fifth Realm when I die?) Yes, yes, yes, but slower. (Thank You, Master.)
(Master. I need Your help with my practice for a long time. I mean, I am an initiate for about nearly five years. And in the first year, I had the experience about the [inner Heavenly] Sound and the bell. I was so happy and I went to group meditation, and I told people. And after that, it stopped, everything. And I never go out anywhere. And I heard Master said, “You bring the [inner Heavenly] Sound to the forehead.” And I did it, and was doing very well. And I was so happy and then told my son. I said, “John, you do this way. Master said it’s very good.” After that, all gone, everything. And I never got anywhere since four years now.) Oh. (And I don’t see anything and hardly have any [inner Heavenly] Sound. So, what can I do?) Continue to meditate. (I meditate about seven hours a day, every day, but I still can’t do.) That’s good already. (But I still don’t get anything. I don’t get a Sound or anything. I don’t move upward, just move down. After the two experiences, I ruined it. I ruined two experiences. Like Master said, the Sound, move to the forehead and I did very well. And I told my son to do it.) OK. (And after that, it destroyed everything, no more.) Never mind. You will get it again.
(Oh, thank You very much. And another thing is, Master, in the past, I have done something wrong, and Master took the love, away from me. Like I loved Master very much before and then I don’t have love any more. Can I have it back, this love? I don’t feel any love, Master, any more, for a long time, and I’m very sad.) I understand. I also feel like that too. (Can I have that back?) Well, I don’t know, I will try. (Thank You very much, Master.) It’s you who cannot forgive yourself, not the Master. OK? (Yes.) So, forgive yourself, then you’ll have it. (I try.) OK. (I try my best. I did something wrong and I’m trying.) You’re a little bit too hard on yourself, and you create a wall around you. (Yes.) That’s the problem. (Yes.) Forgive yourself. (I try. I try my best.) Yes, yes. (This is my goal.) Alright. Don’t worry about it. (I don’t care anything else, but the practice.) As long as you let go, forgive yourself, your experience, your love will come back. (Thank You, Master.) Let go. Let go of everything, (Thank You.) including the experiences. (Experiences.) Now you just sit for the sake of love, (OK.) for the love of God. (Yes.)
Don’t ask for anything anymore. If Hes gives, fine. If Hes doesn’t give, it’s fine. You do your job. (Yes.) Relax. (Yes.) Let go. (But every day I meditate about eight hours…) That means nothing if you don’t let go. (But, I work at nighttime, and I meditate all night, and I get a headache.) That means no problem, daytime or nighttime. But doesn’t mean you sit long, you’re OK. You have to let go. (I don’t go anywhere.) I know. Let go. (Thank You.) Put down everything. Put down guilt, expectation. (Yes.) Just relax and focus on love. Relax. Forgive everything, forgive yourself. (I tried to be relaxed, and then I can’t.) Oh, that’s a problem. Before you do meditation, you chant. (Yes.) You chant with the Master, (OK.) on the tape. (Tape?) You know, the chanting tape. (Yes.) And then chant for a while. Relax. (OK.) You can dance a little, with my “Go, Go, Go” music and Rock-n-Roll. Rock and roll on the floor.
“Go! Go! Go! Go to the Future (You can dance even.) Go! Go! Go! Go to Shangri-La Go! Go! Go! Go to the Future Go! Go! Go! Above the stars Oh, Glory! Peace and Harmony Oh, Glory! Wish-fulfilling Muni Oh, Glory! The Great Wise Brothers Oh, Glory! The Home of Masters”
(Sometimes I listen, I put all night long to meditate all night.) You what? (The Master’s music.) Then you dance with it. Relax, enjoy. (Thank You.) And then just forget everything. Forget the experience, the expectation. Forget your guilt, your past wrongdoing, everything, and just think that God is great and forgives you and loves you all the time. (I want so much,) You will. (to be able to love Master again but I don’t. I don’t have…) You limit the love of the Master by thinking that the Master will punish you for your wrongdoing, and that’s why you don’t get it. OK? (Yes.) Let go, let go, let go. (Let go.) (Thank You. Thank You very much.) Master is God. The inner Master is God. Hes is very great, never really punishes us. It’s ourselves, our conscience, so you let go. Forgive yourself.
(Yes. But Master, I appreciate so much, You take care of my children so well. John is my son and Marie and Lisa, they love Master so much.) Good. Good for you. (Thank You very much. And they do very well because Master cares.) So, less worry for you. (Yes, yes. But I worry about myself going down.) I know. Just let go. Let go. (OK. Thank You.) If you don’t have experience, it’s fine too. Just relax. (I don’t have any.) Enjoy, enjoy. (OK.) Enjoy the relaxation while you meditate. That’s it. (OK. Thank You.) And if it comes, fine; if it doesn’t come, fine. Then it will come. (OK.) And forgive yourself, above all. (Yes, OK.) (Thank You.) You’re welcome. Alright. Here. Wait. You guys, wait.
(Hallo Master, I want to ask a question: When I meditate on the [inner Heavenly] Sound, my left hand hurts very much. Sometimes if I meditate longer, my left hand would tremble. I don’t know what’s wrong with it. I’m scared.) Perhaps your heart is not very strong. Is it? Take more vitamins, calcium, calcium, calcium, to strengthen the bones. Then the muscles. will get better. (I have one more question. When I meditate… Every time I meditate on the [inner Heavenly] Light, I can only sit for half an hour. If I sit longer than that, my legs…) OK. Sit half an hour first. Then sit another half an hour later. OK? (It’ll be OK, right?) Yes. (Thank You, Master.) You’re welcome.
(Hallo, Master.) Oh God. OK. You boys wait for a while. Continue. (I have a question. I see some fellow initiates who meditate all night long every day. They meditate throughout the night. I envy them very much and feel that I should also meditate diligently. But I feel… After trying for a period of time, I think most of the time I was sleeping.) Alright. (But I feel that sometimes I’m still capable of joining the all-night meditation.) Yes, yes. It’s alright. Just try your best to meditate. (I’ll try my best.) Everyone is different. Or meditate after you sleep and have a good rest. (Thank You, Master.) Sometimes you can be too tired to concentrate. You can’t force yourself too much. OK. Which one? (Thank You, Master.)
(Excuse me, Master. About the first question just now, if lack of concentration is the reason for being unable to hear the [inner Heavenly] Sound or see the [inner Heavenly] Light, will the karma still be cleansed?) Perhaps you heard it, but you felt it should have been louder. Be more focused, and the (inner Heavenly) Sound will become louder. Then you’ll hear more clearly. If you want to be more sure, loudly recite the Five Holy Names for a while and play my tapes in the house, very softly in the background, then things will change. (OK. Thank You, Master.) You’re welcome.
(Master, my major is dancing. And because sometimes I have to have physical contact with lots of people for work, sometimes I feel… What I’m saying is that when I meditate after dance practice, sometimes I’d feel that I just barely manage to progress a little, but I regress again because of work, or that I fell lower down. And I feel very frustrated. And it’s like I remain in the same place every day or fall lower down. And sometimes dance practice is quite tiring.) Understand. (Then I cannot meditate, so I’d fall asleep again. So I don’t know what to do.) Neither do I. Then maybe you should do something else. (Oh.) No? It’s up to your own choice. Since it’s like that every day, if you can’t do anything about it, neither can I. I’ve also meditated a lot for you, but it still can’t make up for it. Because many people are like you, they either do dance practice or something like “falling down” practice, and they “fall on the ground” while sleeping.
(But it’s my favorite thing. But sometimes I feel that when I do dance practice, it’s like spiritual practice. And some fellow initiates said that I can recite the Five Holy Names while I do dance practice. But it feels like that my spiritual level is not that high. I don’t know how to dance and recite the Five Holy Names at the same time.) You can. (I don’t know…) Try it. (I can’t recite them naturally.) Then what do you want me to do? Dance for you? There’s always a price to pay. We have to pay a certain price for what we want. Take your pick. If it’s too difficult, then you’ll have to change. Or just continue struggling for a while, and see if it gets better. If it doesn’t, and you feel spiritual practice is more important, then you can just change your situation since you’re still so young. If you can’t, then just continue like that. And don’t blame anyone for not being able to practice well.
Photo Caption: Outer Layer Might Look Different, Inner True Essence Is the Same
