Get
Enlightened and Pray Powerfully!
Spoken by Supreme
Master Ching Hai, Netherlands, May, 9, 1999 (originally in English)
Videotape No. 647
Q:
How can we help our brothers and sisters in war?
M:
The best way to help is to get yourself enlightened,
and once you're 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 aren't connected,
that's the problem in this world.
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 aren't 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.
Get
Enlightened and Build a Peaceful Future
Spoken by Supreme
Master Ching Hai, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
May 26, 1999 (originally in English) Videotape No. 660
Q:
How
does enlightenment affect the future of a nation?
M:
Of course, it's much better if everyone
in your country is enlightened. It's like seeing God walking all over
the country. This doesn't only affect your country; it will affect
the whole world. There will be no more war. There will be more love,
more peace, more abundant food and more necessities for everyone,
not just for this nation. The blessings will be shared more equally.
So even if this country is very prosperous and peaceful, we still
should think more of the world. And we should also be enlightened
so that we can bless the world more because there are still many more
suffering beings in this world.