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Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Hsihu, Formosa, February 21, 1996
(Originally in English) Videotape # 528
We may be able to renounce the world, but the most difficult thing to renounce is the ego, which is made up of many ideas about what "I" should be and what others should be according to "my" opinion. That's where we're stuck and that's why so many people walk in the worldly, mundane life and don't walk along the spiritual path. But this is the way it is. This is the way God or the Creator made this world so that it still exists like this. If it were easy for everyone to follow a spiritual Master and become liberated in one lifetime, the physical world wouldn't exist. And the king of illusion, Maya, would have nothing to do. He'd be fired. That's why he obtained a promise from God: that he can play all kinds of tricks and do all kinds of magic to weave the tapestry of this physical existence into such a beautiful piece of art that everyone will be mesmerized and get lost in looking at it, and it will be very difficult to turn their attention elsewhere.
The king of the devils, before he became king of the devils or king of illusion, also pursued spiritual practice, just a different kind. He did all kinds of austerities in order to obtain boons or promises from God. That's the difference between a real spiritual practitioner and one who practices for a purpose. That's why when we practice in any kind of spiritual field we can also obtain something according to what we wish for. For example, we can concentrate our mind and read other people's thoughts, see through solid objects and know "what's happening and where" from very far away. But that's all we have. The Supreme knowledge is reserved only for those who practice the Quan Yin Method.
I can't explain why this is so. It's just the law; that's just the way it is. Everything has its order and everything has its place in the universe. So the Quan Yin Method is only for those who seek the Truth and the Truth alone, nothing else. Magical power, universal power and all kinds of other privileges in the spiritual field will be granted to those who seek them. It's just like if you come to the king, and the king asks you to take any treasure from him that you want, and then you get lost in the diamonds, rubies or antiquities like his chairs or his table and things like that. But the woman who wants the king alone, she's the one who has everything too, except that instead of wanting only part of the king's treasure, she wants the king. And so she'll also have everything: The whole kingdom belongs to her, including the king. So that's the clever one; that's the Quan Yin practitioner's position. This's how it is. There are many people who practice, but it's very difficult to find a real one, who truly practices just to gain the Supreme knowledge.~~Next Page
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