Selected Questions and Answers

Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai in a telephone interview
for the Novas Report on KQSB Radio, CA, USA, March 17, 1995 (Originally
in English)

Q:
Master, in one of Your books is the question “Have You ever
experienced death?” So I’d like to ask You about that
as a Master.
M:
The practitioners of a little higher level don’t know what so-called
death is but just walk from one room to the next, and the next room
is always better than the last. In Christian terminology, “There
are many mansions in the Father’s kingdom,” meaning many
levels of consciousness; so there are many beauties in the whole universe
such that we just step on and on and leave the last or lower level
behind. And this is so-called “death.” And for most people,
if they don’t experience these beautiful mansions of God, they
might experience a little bit darker kind of region. But then there’s
also walking from one room to another and no death in any sense at
all.
Q:
You’ve personally experienced death?
M:
Yes, no problem, every day at any time I want to.
Q:
Do Your followers do this through meditation?
M:
Yes, they experience it, too.
Q:
Is that what Saint Paul meant when he said, “I die daily”?
M:
Oh, I’m glad you remembered! Yes, exactly, because we can just
step into another dimension without having to quit this physical realm.
We just leave our coats behind like you leave your coat outside. 