If we do not pursue spiritual practice, where will we go after death? Does hell exist? Does Heaven exist? The answer is yes! What is hell? It is created by our own karma, our dark thinking, and our wrong actions; these generate a kind of magnetic field or atmosphere. Nothing vanishes; everything is conserved in this universe. The words we speak do not disappear; the thoughts we think do not fade away. There is a special thing that registers our actions, speech, and thoughts. Whether they are right or wrong, our actions, speech, and thoughts turn into a special kind of sphere that surrounds us and follows us wherever we go. It envelops us when we are alive, and the scientists call it the magnetic field of a person. After we die, this magnetic field takes another form and continues to hang around our astral body. It is not easy to dissolve this magnetic field. Only a very great and powerful spiritual practitioner can accomplish that. It takes several hundred years for this magnetic field to slowly dissipate and shift to another dimension, or be absorbed by some situation or beings, and then fade away.

Suppose we have a large factory where a lot of cooking is done. Lots of fumes will be generated and a thick dark cloud will form. This dark cloud will not dissipate immediately. In places where there are many factories, the sky is filled with dark clouds, which is detrimental to human health. There are many such places on earth that are engulfed by dark clouds, and because there is insufficient oxygen, both adults and children have to use oxygen masks.

Similarly, our inner atmosphere also generates fumes that create a delightful or unpleasant aura, making people feel comfortable or uncomfortable. We are the first ones to be affected by this aura and other people will feel the impact as well, just like smoking causes harm to a person and brings discomfort to those who inhale the fumes around him. We spiritual practitioners are most helpful to others. We take good care of our actions, speech, and thoughts, and refrain from doing or speaking bad things to harm ourselves and others. Meanwhile, we absorb the Yang energy from above; we absorb God's power, which blesses us and makes us wiser and more capable of using the intangible miraculous power to help others and ourselves. This power to which I am referring is not the kind of "hula hoop" miraculous power used to flaunt ourselves. I am referring to the Supreme miraculous power of the Buddha and Jesus Christ. We spontaneously help people even without knowing it. Yet, we can feel it distinctly. Sometimes we are conscious of it, though not deliberately. It is like a flower that is naturally fragrant, but which does not purposefully emit fragrance.

As the actions, speech, and thoughts of we spiritual practitioners become purer, we have greater wisdom and power. Anything we do benefits us and others as well. We then become greater and greater, and naturally radiate a very pleasant and serene aura that benefits others, instead of radiating a dark and tiring atmosphere, which reflects the carrying of heavy karma, as we did before.

When Jesus Christ was alive, many people knew about His great power. Once,a critically ill woman stealthily touched His robe, and was cured of her illness. We cannot say that Jesus Christ used miraculous power to save her. He didn't! He didn't know who had just taken some of His power. So He looked around and asked, "Who touched my robe just now?" The woman was afraid, so she stood out and repented, "I just touched Your robe and now I am cured. Thank You very much! Please forgive me!" To this, Jesus Christ responded, "Good! It's your faith that has healed you." This is real miraculous power. Jesus didn't do anything deliberately. He Himself was the miraculous power! Anyone who was related to Him or had contact with Him would benefit.

We have also heard the story of how Jesus Christ helped a deaf man regain his hearing, but it might not have been the same as physical hearing. As I understand it, this "hearing" was the "hearing within." I have disciples with hearing impairments, yet they can hear the inner Sound of Heaven and God. Ordinary people have normal ears but they cannot hear this Sound; they hear only the sound of the world rather than the sound of God; they are deaf. Although those deaf people who come and become my disciples can not hear the disputes of this world, they can hear the best Sound, the most beautiful, pleasant, wise, helpful, and life-saving Sound. Listening to this Sound is better than listening to external disputes! It is no big deal being able to hear the sounds of the outside world. It is more important to hear the inner Sound!

We don't need ears to hear this inner Sound. If we can hear it by ourselves, then it is fine. If not, then we should find a Master who can open this hearing faculty for us, and seek His help so that we can hear the inner Sound. However, even if we can hear it by ourselves, it may not be from a superior dimension. Sometimes, we have already heard the Sound or seen the Light, but we still need to find an Enlightened Master to confirm our experience and level. The Master can use His power to help us go beyond this limitation and elevate our level. Some of us may have practiced spiritually in our previous lives; therefore, we are able to hear the Sound and see the Light in this life. But without an Enlightened Master, we cannot attain the ultimate level. The Enlightened Master comes from the ultimate dimension, so He knows the path and can lead us to this realm.