Of course, definitely; it’s not the meditation that protects you; it is the awakening of your own power within yourself that will protect you. It is knowing you are God that will protect you.
“The Only Solution to Any problem” Question and Answer Session
“In regard to the war in Kosovo, how can we help our brothers and sisters? “There are many ways you can help. If you believe that one side is bad, then you can join the other side and kill them. Then their brothers and sisters or sons will come to kill your brothers and sisters, and their sons will kill your sons and so on. Another way to help is to see whoever suffers, for example, the refugees, and contribute some money to help their lives get better. And we do that. We don’t join either side and don’t kill anyone. We just help when the situation is already very bad, and just make it a little bit better if we can.
The best way to help is to get yourself enlightened. Otherwise, it might be your turn next. Once you are enlightened, if you have relatives and friends, you can even pray for them better. Because you can tell God what you want. God also knows what you want, but you don’t know God. You don’t know what God wants. That’s the problem. That’s why many prayers are not answered. God answers but we don’t hear, because God talks in a subtle language. We have to quiet down in order to receive it. We call this meditation, contemplation, or quiet prayer. But we have to open our contact with God first. We have to plug back in, reconnect the telephone. Then we can talk to Hirm, and we can receive the answer.
Now God tells us to do one thing, and we do another. Because we are not connected, that’s the problem in this world. If the people fighting in Yugoslavia could contact God directly, they would not start the war at all. God would not tell them to do that. Since it’s started, it has to continue to some point. Just like when the engine of a car starts and it’s going downhill, it has to run its course, and then it will stop. We can help by giving our loving thoughts and loving power, but our prayers must be powerful. At the moment, our prayers don’t have power, because we are not connected with the power inside. That’s why Jesus didn’t waste His time trying to go around stopping any wars. Buddha didn’t go around trying to make peace between countries. They were busy teaching people to get enlightenment, because they knew that’s the only solution to any problem on this planet, and on any other planet in the universe. We can help through sincere prayer, but we must be enlightened. We must be connected with this God power first. Then whatever we think will come true, whatever we want will come true. At the moment, we want something but we don’t have anything to back it up. Just like we want to buy a dress, or we want to buy shoes, but we don’t have money in the bank. Have money in the bank first, then anything else you want, you can buy. (Applause) Thank you.”
Are You a Saint? “What do you think? Do I look like a Saint to you? I don’t? Thank God! If I looked like a Saint, I would be in more trouble. I already have enough trouble without looking like a Saint. It’s not important that I am a Saint or not. It is important that you will become a Saint. (Applause) And I guarantee that you will become a Saint, if I teach you. In the name of God, I promise. (Applause)”
“Protection Comes Along with Awakening” Question and Answer Session
Can the meditation You offer protect me or anyone from being affected by negative forces from outside or within us? “Of course, definitely; it’s not the meditation that protects you; it is the awakening of your own power within yourself that will protect you. It is knowing you are God that will protect you. The Bible says that God lives within you. I am just going to show you how to find that God. Then Hes will protect you. The meditation just means that you calm yourself down so that you can communicate with that God within you. The more you know that God, the more you feel secure, loved and protected. Even your family and your friends, even the ones who died a hundred years ago that you don’t even know will be protected. Five generations behind you are also protected and uplifted to Heaven, due to the power of your awakening.”
Dear Master Ching Hai, it is well known that in August 1999 there will be a big disaster in the world. Is that a disaster in the human heart or in the new world?
“The world is old, why new? (Master and audience laugh) Disaster always happens. Don’t wait until August 1999. If we go out there and don’t drive carefully, we have an accident. Disaster is already there for you. What is the use if the world is still there and you get into a disaster yourself? Don’t wait for the world’s disaster; protect yourself today.
Don’t ask me to predict the future, because there is no such thing as a fixed future for humankind or of any kind. If there is really a fixed future of any kind, then Jesus cannot do anything. Buddha did not have to come, and we don’t have to meditate. We don’t even have to pray. What is the use, right? The negative power wants you to believe that there will be disaster this and that and the other. I want you to know that God’s Grace is greater than any negative power, any disaster or any prediction. We have to get in touch with this God’s Grace, and then we are protected. (Applause) Thank you.”
‘God’s Direct Contact- The Way To Reach Peace’ is free for download at SMCHBooks.com and has been published in English and Aulacese (Vietnamese).
