Enlightenment is the tool for everything
Georgetown University, Washington D.C. U.S.A. Apr.14, 1993.

Q. How do I escape away from my flesh and lose desire toward the opposite sex?

M. Oh, don't get away from it. (Laughter) Otherwise we have no more children. (Master laughs.) Just stay cool; have one partner only, okay? If you have a soul mate that you found that's good for you, and three dimensional love, physical, emotional and mental, it's fine . And then the so-called fleshly desire will lose some of its strong hold on you after we regulated with a stable relationship or within marriage. You understand? So don't worry, it's just a beginning. And afterwards it will die down, it will lose its attraction. So just stay cool. Therefore have one partner, it would be enough.

Q. How to be best help to someone who is experiencing serious illness?

M. The car has troubles sometimes . The car sometimes burns out, sometimes the tire blows out, sometimes the outskirts is scratched or something. What do you do with the car? Try to repair it . So the same with the body. And if, sometimes the car is irreparable, it costs more to repair than to buy a new one, then buy a new one, is that not so? The same with the body. Whatever you can do with the car, this car - the body, do it. If you can not, just leave it and God will give you a new car . New body. (Laughter & applause) That's why most people pay so much attention to this car, and they have all kinds of fear and troubles because of this car. Kill each other for survival just also because of this car. Hate each other just because of this car. Do many things that are against our own conscience just because of this car. Therefore we have to realize it is only an instrument, just like a car that you buy.

Q. If a person has a desire to get liberation or go beyond the three worlds, is this desire different than ordinary desire?

M. Yes, it is different because by having that desire alone, all other desires die down. Otherwise we have too many desires, you see? And then we have troubles because we are pulled from different directions. Whereas if we have only one upward desire, we are pulled up, and then we will be happy. We reach our high nature.

Q. Is love intoxicating, and if so, must we refrain from it according Precept Number Five?

M. Oh, no, no, no! Intoxication means drugs, alcohol, and all the things that make you become an addict, make you a slave into, make a slave out of you, also blur your vision, and damage your brain cells and impair your ability to think, to see and to do things clearly. These are drugs. These are intoxicants.

Q. In what way can we get energy from meditation?

M. The effortless way. The energy from meditation is already within ourselves by the power at the time of initiation through a Master, it is awakened. Therefore when we do the meditation in our so-called method which has no method at all, we get the direct energy without doing anything. It's a very effortless effort. That is the best way ,the natural way because we get what we have. We don't borrow. We don't try. We don't steal, we don't force things to happen, but things coming and happening because it's already there.

Q. Is enlightenment another term for Zen Buddhism?

M. Yes, if you need that title so much.

Q. How likely is it that the few enlightened humans on this earth now can affect the awakening of the sleeping or distracted masses?

M. Yes, yes. They will have some impact, yes. But of course it's best when the majority of the people are all awakened.

Q. Would you please address the issue of karma and how we dissolve our previous karmic debts and how that relates to enlightenment?

M. How to resolve the previous debts, right? Karma is the Sanskrit term for the law of "As you sow, so shall you reap," which is the law of the lower universe . And when the Master gives you initiation, he pulls you up further. Therefore, the Karma downstairs can be burnt and doesn't affect you. Just leave a little bit for you to carry on this life, which is already smoothed out and lubricated by the Master's power. Therefore after initiation you have no more stored karma so you don't have to be reborn again if you don't want to. If you want to be reborn again, it's very easy. We can create karma or we can borrow it (Master laughs) from many other sentient beings in order to come down . So initiation is the destroying of all karmas in the past. So leave no more opportunity for the beings to come back in the future.

Q. What do you mean by "Immediate Enlightenment" after initiation?

M. I mean "Immediate" Enlightenment. "Instant," like that, okay? (Master snaps her fingers.) If I show you something which is in your pocket, can you immediately take it out or not? (Audience: "Yes.") That is what it is. Because you have it within you. I just pointed to you where it is and so you get it.

Q. Master, there are billions of people alive today who would pass from this life without being initiated into your program. Does this mean that they can not reach enlightenment in this lifetime by any other means?

M. Yes, they can, they can; but the degree is different, you see? And sometimes in deep prayer, they have a glimpse of enlightenment, but that is flickering and sometimes it's gone again. And they don't know; again they are back into ignorance. But initiation means permanent. You know definitely where the switch is, and you switch it on any time you want. And you are inside the circle of light . But enlightenment from other ways, it is not always permanent and sometimes it's dangerous because people do not know how to handle the newly discovered energy. Therefore some people become mentally disturbed and all kinds of queer things, or abusing of the magical power which is from a lower level and become anything, you know, magician, healers, any kind without reaching the highest level of consciousness. Because without the guidance of the Master, we do not know where we are heading to, and then we stumble around and we play around with all kinds of things, and sometimes it's dangerous.

Because the path of enlightenment is also full of tricks and pitfalls which we should avoid. And with an experienced guide, it's easier, faster, safer. But what can we do? The world is like that; that's why it is the world. If the worldly people are all enlightened, we don't call this earth "world," we call it "heaven," understand? And the atmosphere around us will be different, Everything will be different. And then we don't even need to work for food, we don't even need to want anything. All things will be there just like in heaven because our merit will be different, will be many folds, thousand folds. Up to now just a few millions of people are enlightened, The merit is not enough to cover the whole earth population, understand? Therefore we still have disasters, we still have wars even though it's less than before. And all the politicalisms already lessen in its intensity, and the threat of the fourth war, fourth world war or fifth world war is far away now, understand? Because the majority of the people have a higher awareness at the present century, due to the mass media, the broadcasting system of Master's enlightening message around the world, and due to the large numbers of people who join into the enlightened circle of the sage. Therefore our world is better.

Q. Jesus spoke not just such wonderful ideas as peace, love and eternal life, but also about the scary idea of eternal punishment. Do you believe that God will ever condemn someone to eternal punishment?

M. No. He condemns himself. If he refuses light, then he stays in darkness. And as long as he refuses it, as long he will stay in darkness . He can stay eternally, if he refuses the light eternally. So it's up to the individual, huh?

Q. Someone by the name of Princess would like to thank you for a very uplifting birthday.

M. Oh! Happy birthday.

Q. As human beings on earth, we have to fulfill earthly obligations such as food, clothing, a roof over our heads, make enough to pay the internal revenue service. (Laughter) How could we break away from these and start nurturing your spiritual needs?

M. You still keep the roof above your head. Don't take the roof away. (Master and all laugh.) Just get enlightenment. Don't worry! I stay in a tent, and I'm still alright . Sometimes the tent blows away, no roof is there, but I'm still okay. We had a meditation hall, very large, accommodating about seven thousand people. But last year, some people talked something and then it's pulled down. Okay, we let it get pulled down. We did not protest. We did not complain. We did not explain our, how it says, ungrounded accusation. We didn't bother . And then we plan to take, to bring a rain coat when it rains, and bring an umbrella when it shines. Just to sit there and meditate, all the same. But when we are enlightened, all the things will be okay also. Jesus has promised, "Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all the things shall be added unto you." I promise you the same .

Q. Is it true that if a woman doesn't have a child of her own, she doesn't have a complete life?

M. He wants a nonsensical answer or what? Do you agree? (Audience: "No!") They say, "No!" Okay! If God doesn't ordain you to go through the terrible labor pain, then you should be grateful for His blessing, right? We have enough children in the world.