Q: If I get initiated today, and if for any reason I can't practice or if I stop, what negative effects will that have on me?

M: When you don't practice anymore, that is the worst thing that could happen to you. If you marry someone and then you divorce, what happens? Then you divorce!

Q: Master, how can I know that I have improved in my spiritual practice?

M: You will know. You will know, just like when you grow up, and you know that you are growing.

Q: Dear Master, is enlightenment the same as living in one will with God? Is it the same thing as surrendering my human will to God and as living only with the will of God?

M: Yes, it's the same thing.

Q: What are the main things that stop our path towards enlightenment?

M: Ourselves. When we want to practice, nothing can stop us. When we do not want to, then everything can stop us.

Q: Master, I am Catholic. So can I still keep my beliefs and my practices and my prayers and still be initiated?

M: Me, too! I am Catholic, too!

Q: Master, if I am initiated today, can I still cook meat for my children to eat? Is it OK?

M: It's OK, if you can bear the smell after a while.

Q: There is a cause and effect law in the universe. So is it possible to eliminate the wrongdoing that we have already caused?

M: No, you cannot. But we can minimize the effects by spiritual strength and knowledge, and we can avoid the future repeating of these same mistakes.

Q: Master, if I have already studied with an enlightened Zen Master, what is the difference between You and that Master? Can I study with many teachers at the same time, and become awakened?

M: If you have enough time. I don't know how enlightened your Master is. You'd better ask him whether he takes you to the highest kingdom and is with you all the way from the physical level up to the very highest level. Then you don't have to come. If the answer is no, then you'd better come, quick.

Q: Master, I have seen examples of teachers showing students the light and sound, and those students are not being guided correctly. These students become lost, almost like being disoriented. What assurance can you give that your guidance is good ?

M: You can ask my people. If they are well, then you know. (Applause) You know the tree by the fruits. No?

Q: In the book "Conversations with God," it is said that Earth is Heaven. We are living in Heaven and if we think we have to go to Heaven, we have already placed ourselves in a lower level and there is nowhere to go but here. So, what is the difference between here and Heaven, because we are put here to experience everything, the good and the bad, aren't we?

M: Yes, that's true. But do you know Heaven here already? Can you sit there and see Heaven? If you can't, I have to show you how. It's true. Heaven you can see right here, but you have to know how. Anywhere, you can see it-in the toilet, in an airplane, in the park, or anywhere, in the supermarket. It's true. But you have to know where to look. And that is what I am here to show you. (Applause!!!)

Q: Master, I am a student. My major is nursing and medical terminology. I am required to take biology lab to complete this major to get my degree. We kill some animals and some kinds of vegetables to gain experience, then compare them. Killing the animals is violent. I cannot bear to see my classmates killing the animals. Does it effect my meditation? Will it effect my meditation? Do I have to change my major to avoid killing animals. I would like to complete my major.

M: If you would like to complete your major, then you have already answered yourself. If you don't want to kill animals, then don't. If your classmates kill them, that is their problem. You can't limit everyone to do what you want. You just do what you want. Just go ahead with your studies. Tell them you don't like to kill animals, but you will just watch.

Q: Dear Master, what do you think about taking hallucinogenic drugs for spiritual experiences?

M: Any drug is not natural. Everything you already have in here (Master points to the wisdom eye). What do you need of drugs? My path is just to show you what you already have, not that you have to add on. We are already confused enough in this world. We don't need to add anymore confusion to our mind and our system. Drugs have bad effects in the long run. Everyone knows that. (Applause.)

Q: If there is no sadness, how can you really appreciate happiness in Heaven.

M: Oh sure, there is sadness enough, so now is the time to appreciate happiness.

Q: Is the Quan Yin Method similar to Zen? Can I practice both and still awaken?

M: After a while you will know that you should just choose the Quan Yin Method. I have been in Zen. The real Zen before was the Quan Yin Method.

Q: My son gets initiated today, and my husband, too. Please give me some tips to help them keep the Precepts.

M: Oh, they will? If I have to give them tips, then what else should I do? There is already everything written there, so if they have chosen to do it, then they will keep them.

Q: Is a human clone or any clone of a living thing still a creation of God?

M: You want me to get killed? You ask me many controversial questions. Well, I would leave the creation choice to God. That is my answer. We have enough trouble with overpopulation and maniacs and mishaps already on this planet due to technical failures. So I would just leave the creation power in the hands of God.

You want to hear another joke? It is not very spiritual, but it is appropriate. It is on the Internet. I don't want to claim authorship for this. It was a joke like this. After reading about too many airplanes crashing and airplane problems and airplane danger in the newspaper, people were fed up and went on strike and they didn't want to go on airplanes anymore; they were so scared, scared they would get crashed, scared they'd explode in the airplane. So there was a company, a group of scientists, who put all their efforts together to make an airplane which had no human pilot, just everything was controlled by electronics and computers and machines.

So after a long time they made this airplane and it was the first flight ever. And all the passengers had already boarded the airplane. And after the airplane took off, they heard a voice similar to a human voice from the computer saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the first ever electronically controlled airplane. Now there will be no more human failure that we used to be worried about. Now just kick back and relax, because there is nothing that can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong..." (Laughter)

Q: Dear Master, how do you control the negative or bad thinking that pops into your head?

M: I just leave it. It will go away by itself. If you keep battling with the negative, you won't have time for the positive. So every time you hear, or you recognize some negative thought in your head, just replace it with some positive ones. Go do something more positive, more fun and forget about that. Or during meditation, I will teach you how to combat this problem.

Q: Master, how do we take care of bugs and insects in our house if we can't kill? They cause illness, and they contaminate our clothes and food.

M: You should take care before they come in, not after. It is a little late. OK, you should just clean your house thoroughly with water and vinegar, 50/50. That disinfects and doesn't smell and deodorizes everything; what I mean is it neutralizes all the odors that attract the insects. Clean whatever is infested all once and for all, put them in the sun, shake them out and clean them every day or as often as possible with 50 % vinegar and 50% water; it could be more vinegar, if possible, if you can bear its smell. And you have to spray your window frames and your door frames with insect repellent, a harmless one, outside of your house. Then the insects won't come in later. Otherwise, they will keep coming all the time. You should spray it once a week or every once in a while, then they won't come in. And you must keep yourself washed and clean and hygienic. Then they don't have the ground to breed in your house.

Q: Master, is it already fixed or determined that a particular child will be born good or bad? I am a mother and I worry about my children and bad influences.

M: It's possible that some are born with a little bit of lack of control and lack of gentleness, but with proper guidance and spiritual help, they will change.

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