Why do we seek the Yang? How can we find It? We are unhappy because we have too little Yang; we are exhausted by work and have very few joyful moments. At the time of initiation, I help you to turn on the resource of Yang. We can compare this to two water taps, one for cold water and the other for hot water. The cold water tap is the negative power and the hot water tap is the positive power. Once the two taps are turned on, and the cold and hot water flow together, we can take a comfortable and delightful bath without catching a cold. We will have fewer physical ailments and will have the energy and spirit to face the future, as well as all the worldly vexations, work, and obligations. If we are healthy, it may be all right to take a cold bath every day; otherwise, our life could be in danger.

We have suffered too much pain and vexation in this world. Just like having taken cold water baths for too long, we yearn very much for a warm bath. This is why I come to tell you that there is another tap that brings you hot water. Turn it on along with your cold water tap and you will feel much more comfortable. You won't fall ill so easily. If you are ill, you will feel much better, rather than worse. However, the tap is now blocked. The tap is there and the water is in the pipe, but the tap is blocked. Just allow me to fix it and you will have water immediately. At the time of initiation, I am like a plumber or electrician. I connect the wires for you and you have electricity. I repair the tap for you and you have water. I am worried that you might fall sick and become incurable after taking too many cold baths every day.

Some people might object, "No, no! It is more economical to take cold water baths." Well, I agree, but you may end up paying much more to the doctor or pharmacy later! Some people may say, "I don't want to be initiated by You. Transmigration is okay with me. I can endure the agonies of this deluding world. I don't want to go to Heaven, because to do so I have to become a vegetarian, which is troublesome! I cannot quit eating meat because it is really delicious."

Or they may say, "Not killing, not stealing, and no sexual misconduct! Oh, it is very difficult! There are too many complicated and troublesome precepts. The price I have to pay for initiation is too high; I don't want it!" However, you should know that it will be even more painful when they roast you in hell! It will be more agonizing than observing the precepts and giving up meat and fish now.

Others may complain, "I won't be able to get initiated and meditate for two hours! It is better to spend these two hours indulging in worldly pleasures. I care only about the present. Who can tell the future?" We can tell the future! It will be too late to repent when we die. No one will come to accompany us. Those moments of pleasure only give us more trouble. For instance, all the meat, fish, and alcohol that we enjoy will bring physical discomfort later. Hospitals are full of meat-eating and alcohol-drinking people; vegetarians seldom fall ill. And when we die, all our karma will go with us; no one else, not even our relatives or friends, can go with us.

If we practice spiritually with an Enlightened Master, get initiated, and practice the Quan Yin Method with our spouse, not only will we enjoy family bliss in this life but we will also be together in the eternal life. We sacrifice an hour or two to meditate together and then we will enjoy each other's company forever. Won't that be much more worthwhile? (Applause) This is definitely not a losing business! By practicing spiritually with me, you only gain profit; you won't lose anything.

The law of Yin and Yang is such that if we have too much Yin, we will be trapped in this Yin dimension. This is causation. We have planted Yin, so we will have Yin. If we have planted Yang, we will go to Heaven. However, if we nurture both, balancing between Yin and Yang and integrating positive with negative, we will become a well-balanced being - a Saint. A Saint is not all Yang, but is comprised of both Yin and Yang. We can see this from the symbol of Taoism, which is half Yin and half Yang, yet with a dot of Yin in the Yang, and a dot of Yang in the Yin. This is what it means. A Taoist, a being who has attained the Truth, should possess both Yin and Yang, instead of being all Yang or all Yin. If he were completely Yang, he would not realize the Yin qualities of sentient beings. He would not be able to tolerate sentient beings and understand their hearts. He would not be able to communicate with them and ease their suffering. If he were too much inclined toward the Yin, then he would be just like us, eating, drinking, indulging in pleasures, ignorant, unenlightened, and powerless; he would not be able to help us.

The positive power or life-saving power is within us. This is the meaning of the "original benevolent nature." Now we are stuck here, shrouded by karmic hindrances and unable to see beyond them. If there is someone who can release the Yang energy and repair it for us, then we will be benefited. Such is initiation; the Master helps the fellow practitioners or disciples discover their compassion and love, and then this merciful power of love takes care of them every day. We Catholics call this "God"; knowing this merciful love power is knowing God.