(When we practice and meditate, and do the spiritual readings, how will we know our ongoing progress on the spiritual side? Because, oftentimes it’s very helpful when a Master is able to tell us, but here we may not have personal contact) Yes. with You.) Understand. (So how do we keep this, like in terms of the clearing of our karmas, and how on those more subtle aspects?) The most subtle aspect the Master does from inside. So you don’t need to worry. And if you have any questions, you can write. Write to me, and also you come to the group meditation at the Center. Did you give them the address? Yeah. And then we have many information there. Like tapes, some videos, and sometimes questions and answers in English or Chinese. They can or he can translate for you every time. And then maybe he already studied some more in the books, and then he can help you.
And the Master will work from inside to cleanse, not only from outside. Distance, das macht nichts (it doesn’t matter) – distance’s no problem. We are not the body. We study in the spirit. The spirit is everywhere, and the Master is omnipresent. Master is not limited to the body. So don’t worry. Also, you can measure your progress by the different (inner Heavenly) Light that you see, or different music that you hear. You know already, yesterday. Different levels. And sometimes the (inner Heavenly) Sound is not very clear in the beginning, but it will be clear later on. And if you feel more loving every day, and happier every day and wiser, and more zufrieden – more satisfied – that is the best result from your progress.
(Like last night, I was probably asleep, I must confess. I was very tired. But this morning, when I got up, it was an incredible experience. So the initiation was there.) But postponed. (But when I felt it, all the time, I mean, it’s a total change of my being, completely.) So fast. (I mean inner tranquility and…) Yes. Yes. You feel different. (...a sense of purity. It’s incredible.) Yeah. (I saw no [inner Heavenly] Light, no [inner Heavenly] Sound.) No need. No need. (It doesn’t matter.) It’s not only that. Because sometimes the (inner Heavenly) Light comes so fast. And you forgot. Or you’re just not attentive for that moment. Or you slept, or you’re too tired or something. But the change of your being, that’s the proof of the initiation result. (Can’t thank You enough.) You’re welcome.
I understand that feeling. I know that. Just like a big mountain fell off from your shoulders. I know that feeling. (And this morning, I couldn’t go for work. I was going to a German class. I couldn’t go because I felt I had to absorb this entire experience.) You want to enjoy it. (...and take it and let it consolidate deep within me.) Understand. (You know, rather than chat, chat...) Yes, yes, yes. (...and then let it diffuse.) Yes. That’s right. Some people enjoy it for ten days or many months later after the initiation. I know that feeling. Many people know that feeling. It’s good for you.
Most of the people who sincerely look for the Kingdom of God, they’re blessed immensely immediately at the time of initiation, and they feel so “intoxicated,” in ecstasy for a long, long time. And then if they continue to meditate sincerely every day, they just keep that state of higher level, keep that and go up all the time. Never come down to the miserable feeling again. Never. So keep it. You just turn inside all the time, and you can keep this for a very long time, and you even go higher.
You’re excused today for not going to the German class, but don’t do it again. Because you’re just born, so we excuse you. Never mind. You see, that’s why many of the practitioners want to go to the Himalayas or whatever place because they don’t want to lose the opportunity to enjoy all this Nirvana. That’s why after the Buddha became awakened, He looked around the world and He said, “No, no. I don’t want to go into the world. Many people don’t understand me. What for do I talk to them? Nobody will understand me. I go to Nirvana.” It means He goes to enjoy this kind of feeling every day, and He doesn’t want to go out. (No.) No, I mean… (And because I was meeting You this afternoon, so I said [myself] “stay in there.”) Yeah. I understand. No, I just say to you that’s why many people don’t want to go out into the world after they know the taste of Heaven.
But those who go into the world sacrifice their own spiritual well-being for the sake of others, so everybody can have the same. If I sit in the Himalayas, only I have it, but if I come down, at least many of you have it. But still, it’s too little, too little for the work. We put a lot of effort and time, finance, health, and a lot of nerves into a conference, one night even. A lot of travel, organization, work in advance, at least two, three weeks in advance. Many of the disciples have to come here. Thirty, forty of them have to come here to prepare for a one-night lecture. And not always bear fruit. Here, it is good, but not always. Not always. Last night was good. Everybody likes it. They liked my broken German very much…
And you will translate, please? (Oh!) Yes, a bit, a bit, briefly, for those people who cannot understand English at all. (Well, I don’t remember all of what she [the sister] said.) Indian, can you remember? Whoever remembers, raise your hand, please. Yes, you try a sentence here and a sentence there. (What she said and what You said.) Yeah. Just maybe concentrated. (The lady said, of course, that she didn’t register anything yesterday, because she was) ...was so tired. (so tired. Then, this morning, she had a quite magnificent inner experience, so that she refused all programs, she wanted to keep it to herself, so that it would not leave her. And Master said that is quite typical, She understands this experience. And it’s also like that with most people. And often, with the Great Saints, it is like that when They get this great enlightenment, They do not want to go back to the world. Exactly like Buddha, He received this enlightenment, He did not want this world, because “What should I do with this world? They do not understand me anyway. I’d rather stay here.” But that is the problem, the dilemma; They still have to go into this world, so that others can understand. And that is what She meant.) That was said briefly, very briefly. Do you have something to do with that? (But I thought You talked in German before.) What is that? (I tried to say in English again.) If you remember anything more, you translate for the people. Just like that. How are you? OK? It’s OK. We always have...
Yes, please? (One question... One question, please, namely, at Your domicile in Taiwan [Formosa], You probably have a temple or similar? No? Well...) Nothing. (Do You have any type, a...?) Each one of us has a “temple.” (Everyone for themselves, I see.) Yes, two meters long and two meters wide... (Do you have a common liturgy, or prayer and hymns, etc., or is it only pure meditation all the time?) Pure meditation. But the disciples sometimes listen... they can also sing a little. Sing the Holy Scripture, or they listen to my earlier prayers or chanting. That’s German? (Hymns.) The Hymns, yes. And there are also a few cassette tapes, a few, but that does not matter, we only meditate. And during the day we work on different duties. And in the morning, very early morning, from three until seven o’clock, or four to seven, about that time, we go for meditation.
We have a few houses, buildings, very, very simple, with metal, metal houses for the equipment... (Machines, equipment.) Yes, yes, to protect, but that is all. We do not have a temple. If you come, please bring a tent, or an umbrella and raincoat, and also a sleeping bag. Because we don’t have very good conditions regarding that. Previously, we had a very large, huge roof, but later it... (Collapsed?) Collapsed, and now we do not have anything anymore. It is so much the better. We don’t always need... Was that all? And I built a very good temple for myself. You know already about this big, half of this, two meters long and two meters wide. Yes, that is my temple. And every one of our members has a temple as well. We are very rich; everyone has a temple. Yes, we do not live together tightly, but each one separately. Fantastic. There is no other temple that is as rich as we are – each one has a temple. And we do that with “magic power.” In half a day or one day, one temple is completed, very fast! Yesterday you asked whether I have magic power – we all have it. And if you want to learn this “magic power,” we will teach you. We will teach you really fast.
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