清海無上師以英文講於德國杜塞道夫杜易斯堡 2006.12.31


現在正是時候了,大家應該不惜任何代價推動和平,因為沒有和平的話,我們無法有所建設。現在還有比相互殘殺更加緊迫的問題,天啊!像是全球暖化現象、冰層融化等等。不只是暖化的問題而已,暖化之後,氣候可能變冷,那時會更糟糕。假如天氣太熱,你們可以跳到水裡消暑;但如果終年酷寒的話,我不知道你們是否有足夠的東西保暖。由於大氣層的變化,在暖化的時期過後,氣候可能會更加惡化,變得非常嚴寒。地球上的污染有時會破壞臭氧層,所有的熱氣很可能都消散了,過一陣子我們再也沒有任何熱氣。因為那時可能有太多的污染遮蔽了陽光,並產生劇烈的變動,一切都變得很糟,氣候變得很寒冷,這麼一來問題甚至會更嚴重。




實行地球永續生存之道,刻不容緩

我曾在英國的某個電視台看到一段非常嚇人的紀錄片,報導中指出,隨著全球暖化日益嚴重、太陽也逐漸降溫,所以暖化加上降溫,造成有些地區太熱,而有些地區太冷,或是暖化之後隨之變冷。假如天氣太暖和的話,冰層會融化,進而發生水災。到時候如果沒有冰層留下來平衡溫度,那麼地球不是變得很熱,就是變得很冷,因為有太多污染,或是臭氧層被破壞了。


許多情況可能會陸續發生,而且很快就會發生,幾十年的時間並不久。所以各國國民都應該齊心協力,儘快共謀解決之道,這是當務之急,比方說研發生化燃料或是以太陽能、風力等永續能源作為動力的裝置。經濟能力許可的人可以在家裡安裝這些設備,或是大家集資,一次在一戶人家裝設。比方說你們二戶人家一起出錢購置,可以抽籤決定先安裝在誰的家,這樣很公平,下次再一起出錢裝在另一家。


當我住在山上的洞穴時,我只靠太陽能生活,我的電話用太陽能充電,我看太陽能電視,我的冰箱是太陽能供電的,操作有點複雜,但是我們可以學。為了拯救生靈,我們必須學;為了拯救地球,這是值得的,雖然有點複雜,但並非做不到。其實也相當簡單,只須用一些電池儲存太陽能,然後從電池接電來供給家用。這樣起碼可以節省能源,以長遠來看又能省錢,甚至可以賣回給政府,在西班牙,他們就是採取這種作法。


我們也可以利用風力,也許有點難,但可以安裝小型的風車(同修:有風力渦輪或是風車)。風車這種舊式的工具,也可以提供動力。風力渦輪發電比較費時,成本也高,也許目前尚未普遍,所以不太容易取得,不過你們可以試試看,大家能做什麼就做什麼,好嗎?比方說共乘一部車子去上班、購物,省錢又省能源。如果經濟能力許可,就買那種混合動力車,那種車子不是很貴,我買了一輛,起初也許得花一些錢,但是以後會節省很多,也能護生,利己又利人!你們可以在網路上查一查,看哪一款汽車比較便宜,對你比較方便。不久的將來,汽車將使用以玉米油、甘蔗、廢物等製造的生化柴油和生化燃料作為動力,我們可以做資源回收。假如有人推動波浪能源計畫,我們甚至不必使用生化燃料!很久以前,挪威就開始進行海洋波浪能源的研究計畫,這種能源取之不盡、用之不竭,就像太陽能一樣。


事實上,免費的能源俯拾皆是,我們甚至可以將雷電轉化成為能源等等,這是取之不盡的,而且不需要成本,應該免費給大家使用。像水電這些基本的生活所需,事實上都該免費供應才對,是啊!很快就會免費了。那些花在戰爭上的錢,天啊!可以讓我們在地球上建造一座人間天堂了!現在人人都應該知道這些訊息,如果你認識任何位居要職的政府官員,可以寫信或做些事來提醒他們,在能力所及的範圍內做些事。如果你知道怎麼做、知道從何著手,就寫信給政府,提醒他們、幫助他們、支持他們,支持他們對環保的理念。


如果我們現在不採取行動,最後將寸土不留,連彼此爭戰的地球都不見了,沒有土地可佔領,沒地方放置槍械或架設炮台。該是覺醒的時候了,天啊!都已經二十一世紀了,我們自稱為文明人,卻仍在打仗,令我無法置信!有時我坐在那裡百思不解,我們不可能活在這種人類自相殘殺的時代啊!我們怎麼做得出這種事?怎麼能訓練一個如此美麗、純真、英俊、強壯、英勇的年輕人上戰場,就這樣殘殺別人?雙方之間根本沒有爭吵或存有嫌隙,只因為幕後有個大頭目,叫他們去做那些事:「那傢伙是敵人,你去替我殺了他。」就這樣  



戰爭絕非解決之道

這樣也是浪費人力資源,這些軍人是我們這個時代最傑出的一輩,他們可以傳遞更好的基因給下一代,他們生來不是為了要戰死沙場的,我不管他們是否死得轟轟烈烈,那都一樣,都是浪費資源!你們知道要養一個孩子長大成人,要花多少錢嗎?至少也要一百萬元。養育人不像種樹一樣,可不便宜,家人要付出多少愛心,朋友要付出多少友情,老師和學校要付出多少教誨,大家都投注了這麼多愛心在他身上,他不是無足輕重的人,他很重要!他有家庭,甚至可能已經結婚生子,然而卻被迫出去殺害與他無冤無仇的人,這是不是很荒謬?而我們就生活在這種瘋狂的世界裡!


老天,這是什麼種類的世界?現在該是停止這一切的時候了。趕快停止吧!我們不能容許這種事,真令人難以相信人會殺人!連動物都不會這麼做。他們可能會為了某種理由而殺害別的生命,但不會像人類那樣出去大規模地屠殺。我不管那些人是基於什麼理由,我不管誰對誰錯,全部都不對!


比方說我看報章雜誌和電視報導,現在美軍的死亡人數已經超過九一一事件的罹難人數,這還不包括其他人,如婦女、小孩、戰爭受害者以及無辜的旁人。所以戰爭絕非解決的辦法,越多戰爭,就越多人死亡;越多人死亡,就樹敵越多; 樹敵越多,就引發越多戰爭等等,形成惡性循環,永遠沒完沒了。我們應該要停止干戈,握手言和,彼此原諒對方,繼續過生活,因為現在還有許多緊急的事情要處理。然而他們卻把所有的錢都花在戰爭上,你們能想像嗎?如果把那些錢全數用來幫助非洲,非洲早就變成和歐洲一樣了。若能將那些花在戰爭上的錢省下來,我們就可以建造許多太空船,可以擁有更多時間、更多精力,招募更多有才能的人;與其讓這些年輕人戰死沙場,不如讓他們留下來為窮人蓋房子。




讓士兵成為和平的代表

如果所有的軍人都轉業,我們就可以擁有很多和平之士、建設之士,他們為病人送藥、替無家可歸的人蓋房子,他們體格強健、有才智、英俊瀟灑,他們是美麗的眾生,讓他們就這樣戰死沙場,真是太 糟蹋了!只要像這樣一顆子彈(師父比出一顆小子彈的大小),你們能想像嗎?子彈到處亂飛,就這樣殺害一個英俊、美麗、有抱負、純真、精力充沛的年輕人,你們能想像嗎?將他養育成人,要花上幾百萬元,家人朋友要付出多少愛,他才能長那麼大。他是在愛的滋養中長大的,我們不能教他仇恨的事,不能將愛轉為仇恨,這是不對的。


我們應該繼續培養他心中的愛,培養他對家人、朋友以及國家的信任,不能把愛轉變為仇恨,不能叫一個從小到大都受到愛的滋潤的年輕人出去變成一個滿懷仇恨的人,然後用槍射殺別人;而那個被殺的人也是由父母親用愛心養育成人,像照顧花園裡漂亮的花一樣,以滿滿的關愛滋養培育,期望未來能開花結果。然而,只要「砰」一聲,只需一顆子彈,一切就完了,一個美夢就破碎了。


必須再經過多少世代我們才能培育出那麼多優秀的年輕人?他們正值人生的黃金時期,也對英雄氣概充滿憧憬,我們不能利用那一點將愛轉為仇恨,無論出於何種原因都不應該,因為這是不對的。你們有孩子的人都會了解,你們把孩子撫養長大,不是為了讓他們那樣死去。你們能想像他們的父母、所愛的人、朋友、鄰居有何感受嗎?太可怕了!現在該是停止所有這些愚蠢舉動的時候了。任何有頭腦的人都不能忍受這種事,不能繼續支持這樣的世界,是嗎?(大眾答:是)即使沒有修觀音法門、沒有參禪修行的人,也會明白這個道理。一個普通人都具有這種常識,知道人生下來是為了要生存。







上帝賜予的生命之禮是愛而非戰爭



沒有任何事值得犧牲生命,沒有!上帝賦予你生命,並非要讓你為了什麼事而犧牲生命。除了找尋上帝,沒有其他事情真的值得犧牲生命。人類應該被賦予希望和激勵,生存下去,而非犧牲生命。記得在我的一首詩裡說過:「我不要長大當英雄,只為了延續戰爭而喪命?」那不是我的工作,是嗎?那也不是任何人的工作,你們出生、長大成人,並不是為了要延續戰爭、死於沙場,那不是很荒謬嗎?人類根本不該發動戰爭,世界真的很落後,若不是有你們這些觀音修行者帶給世界光亮,用愛力和宇宙的能量加持這裡的氣氛,地球早就毀滅了。現在我們只是將它穩住,等待人類更加覺醒,並採取行動,否則地球可能會毀滅。我們遲早都會離開這裡,我們不在乎,不過這樣太消極了。


假設地球現在滅亡了,我們可以去更高等的世界,我們已經在那裡了,我們已經有「保險卡」了。可是外面那些人若在那種情況下死去,他們會一直處在那種驚嚇恍惚的狀態中好久好久,經過好幾千年才能醒來。然後那種氣氛又會再度顯現在另一個世界,人們又開始彼此打仗,因為他們還沒結束他們的思考過程,還不了解有關和平和「友愛鄰居」的理念,他們還沒做到這點。所以數千年後,如果他們從恍惚的狀態中再度醒來,還會再做同樣的事。




和平的代價遠少於戰爭

我真心希望現在他們會了解這個很簡單的概念,即使連小孩都知道和平無價,可是和平不需要任何代價,這才是重點。只有戰爭才要付出代價,戰爭浪費人類資源,使人心動盪,耗費了無數的金錢及其他各項資源,人們為了戰爭所建造的各種設備,可以用來蓋房子,鋪鐵軌、蓋地鐵站,或是為貧窮的國家造橋。


那些錢無以計數,比方說每天或每週在伊拉克花費七百萬美元,多少星期、多少年過去了,你們知道總共花了多少嗎?你們不知道,因為太多了,多到我們連想都不敢想。真是太荒謬了!當人們三餐不繼、挨餓受苦,連乾淨的飲用水等基本物資都沒有的時候,我們卻把無數的金錢和人力資源、無數的金屬和其他資源,用來製造殺人武器,真是讓人無法想像!難怪相較於銀河系的其他星球,地球是個落後的世界。


不過我要提醒你們,還是要感到高興!首先,我們的地球已逐漸變得更好,這是當然的事。其次,這個星球還是比許多別的星球好多了。有一些星球更糟糕,有些星球上的人很邪惡,本質很壞,他們日夜騷擾你,有一些軍閥已經在那裡出生,我不知道會持續多久,我不想去看,太可怕了!即使他們想懺悔,也沒時間祈禱,你們能了解嗎?所以他們必須永遠待在那裡,因為他們沒時間做什麼事,只能不停地逃跑、躲躲藏藏,整天不停,沒有時間喘口氣,這種精神折磨甚至比在地獄還糟。我們生在這個星球,至少苦樂參半,促使我們更接近上帝。但儘管如此,我也不知道自己是否能習慣這樣彼此殺戮的人。我意思說,一個人如果想要從軍,就必須灌輸自己仇恨的意識,要不然怎麼殺人?軍人就是奉命衝鋒殺敵,不能回頭;若你想回頭,一樣會被殺,會因為叛國的罪名而被自己的人殺掉。




善用地球資源,建設利生

我們應該將這些金錢、聰明才智、時間和資源用來訓練人民相親相愛,並從事建設,這樣比較合常理,是嗎?我們應該把它們用在和平的目的上。士兵們非常強健,正值青春年華,他們也非常有理想。我們在年輕的時候,總是非常有理想,充滿英雄氣概,想要貢獻世界,所以這股善良單純的能量和熱忱應該用在和平的目的上,用在建設世界、幫助窮人上,這種英勇義行才合乎年輕人的口味,他們會樂於投注精力在這些方面,他們會喜歡的。假如任何政府跟軍人說:「既然現在沒有戰事了,你們就出去蓋房子吧!」他們將會非常、非常高興,他們會鬆了一口氣,覺得這是他們真正想做的事。我相信這種作法將指日可待,你去問問看任何一位軍人,他們都會很樂意這麼做。


我們可以重新訓練他們,還有時間,因為他們還年輕,可以學得很快。我的意思是,他們的青春熱情、英雄氣概和抱負不該被糟蹋了,那太可惜了。年輕人最有才幹,你叫他們做什麼,他們就去做,他們滿腔熱忱想服務,他們渴望學習、渴望做有意義的事,因為他們活力充沛,把他們用在戰爭上實在太可惜了!這樣是糟蹋了他們的純真和抱負。所以最好讓軍人從事和平的工作,我們可以保留軍隊,留下來從事建設。在菲律賓,他們正試著這麼做,這是個非常好的主意,我希望他們會這麼做。也許菲律賓的軍人應該率先示範,然後其他人將會跟進,我們總要有個起點。


我們的世界要是沒有發生這麼多戰爭,浪費掉許多精力、財力和地球資源,早在很久以前就成為天堂了。你們不一定要相信我的話,這些道理你們自己也明白。這樣太糟糕了,所以現在我希望所有的和平徵兆在我們眼前顯現,就快來臨了。我希望會有更多好消息,真正的和平必須來臨,因為這是在地球上生存下去的唯一方式。天啊,現在我們必須利用時間來改變歷史的進程,否則我們會一起滅亡,好的連同壞的、強國和弱國全都毀滅。


毀滅了倒還沒關係,問題是這星球的人並非全都準備好要進入天國,他們死了之後,還會停留在驚嚇、悲慘的狀態中,而心靈處於那種狀態的話,會使他們長久沉淪在地獄裡,那比在地球上更糟。他們在那種境界中,會繼續互相爭鬥不休,等到他們醒過來再度當人時,還是彼此爭戰不已。你們聽過那些故事嗎?在一些發生過大戰役的地區,有時候一些通靈的人可以看到許多軍人的阿修羅身體仍在附近遊蕩,而且彼此間還在互相打仗,或找機會動干戈,或以為戰爭仍在進行中。因為現在不開悟的話,往生之後更不可能開悟,那時只會更痛苦,因為你會看到更多事情。當你還保有肉體時,可以為自己擋住一些情感上的悲痛,並獲得康復,或是你看不到苦難;但是沒有了肉身,你會看到更多,地獄裡的悲慘情況將會一覽無遺,你會越來越痛苦,真的很可怕!




為世界樹立典範

問題不在於我是否在乎這個星球的生滅,而是住在這個星球上的人,他們必須有這個概念,他們必須覺醒,明白和平才是解決之道,明白為人的真正目的,明白要營造和平的氣氛、要尋找上帝,或至少能記得上帝,並且和平共處,正如上帝對我們的期望,正如從前的人間天堂一樣。否則,人們如果像這樣死去,會比現在更痛苦,你們懂嗎?這就是為何現在必須停戰,並開始締造和平的原因。否則,他們如果亡命沙場,就會很糟糕,比生前更糟糕,比伊拉克戰爭更糟糕,比九一一事件更可怕,比任何恐怖主義帶給人們的恐懼感更可怕。


因此,我們才要努力修行,以我們的方式祈求和平,並在心裡推動和平。然後和平必將來臨,人們必須停戰,就這樣停戰,無條件握手言和。締造和平不應該有任何條件,因為兩邊都會獲益。或許你失去一塊土地,又何需掛意?萬一再發生像諾亞時代的洪水,你也會一無所有,你會失去全部的土地,何止一塊!就像卡崔娜那樣的颶風來襲時,也會使數十億美元成為泡影,所以如果我們為了和平而失去數十億美元、失去一片土地或甚至一個國家,根本不需在意。為什麼我們需要國界?我們哪裡需要國家?如果沒有埃及,你可以到德國去住。如果人們取消兩國間的國界,使你成為另一種公民,那有何不可!以我來說,我是悠樂人,英國籍,現在人在德國,誰在乎呢?你們甚至來自英國、芬蘭、波蘭、希臘、克羅埃西亞(Croatia)、法國、匈牙利、愛爾蘭、俄羅斯、西班牙、羅馬尼亞、奧地利、瑞典、瑞士、愛沙尼亞、斯洛伐克、斯洛維尼亞、捷克、非洲、烏克蘭,全部歡迎!還有保加利亞、義大利、甚至以色列(恭喜,你們的國家變得越來越好。我們在這一個星期,慶祝以色列和巴勒斯坦之間締結和平,並以糕餅、舞蹈助興,進一步擁護和平,使和平更加近在眼前,使情況越來越好,就像幫忙推一把一樣。)還有哪裡?斯里蘭卡、哥倫比亞、比利時、當然還有德國、印度、亞美尼亞、澳洲、紐西蘭、伊朗,哇!太好了!這是一個國際盛會、一個大型聯合國,而且我們快樂地聚在一起。(大眾鼓掌)


這可作為全世界遵循的典範。因此,你們來到這裡有多重意義:第一,當然是為了來看我,看看你們可愛的公主,這點我了解(大眾鼓掌)。第二,你們想要一起打坐,這非常重要。第三,…來吃吃喝喝!(大眾笑)但最重要的是,你們樹立了典範。我讓你們來,這樣我們才能在世界的一個地區實現和平,因為我們心靈相通,這點我已經告訴過你們了,如果我們在這裡和平,到哪裡都會和平(大眾鼓掌)。這是一個可供全世界遵循的迷你典範,是世人該有的風範,他們應該效法我們和平共處的榜樣。在這裡,沒有人在意我們是來自伊朗或捷克,我們吃相同的食物,如果空間足夠的話,我們就坐在同樣的地板上。在這裡你們也會搶位置、搶加持物,不過是以一種溫馨平和的方式,即使只是坐在小小的角落,我們卻好快樂,我們需要的就這麼多,只是一個小小的地方罷了,但我們好快樂!所以無論我們一起在這裡做什麼都會影響世界,無論你們在家裡、在每週的共修做什麼,也都會影響世界,並帶來改變。有些人學得慢,有些人學得快,最好學快一點!時間不多了,但現在他們算是學得很快了。




隨時準備好,迅速積極行動

我認為現在世人越來越覺醒了,知道必須採取行動,不能再找藉口說自己不知道,人們知道得很清楚。因為影響到鄰居的事也會影響我們。想像一下,如果洪水來襲,那些住在低窪地區的人根本沒有時間建造諾亞方舟,根據報告他們無法預知,而且洪水會很快吞噬他們,這種推論也很合邏輯,除非有奇蹟發生。想像這些人無處可去,最後都逃到都市較高的地方,那裡沒有洪水也沒有災難,不然他們要去哪裡呢?那時他們已失去一切,由於災民太多,我們甚至無力救援或幫助他們,他們無家可歸,失去一切而且一無所有,這樣將會造成社會混亂,他們可能會到城市搶劫,甚至引發比現在更嚴重的戰爭。


所以任何影響到他們的事也會影響到每個人,不能說:「好,我是總統,不關我的事。」或是:「我是州長、政府高官,不關我的事。」或是:「我住在地勢高的地方,沒有靠海,所以不關我的事。」事實上這和每個人都息息相關。因為如果成千上萬的災民同時湧入,他們饑腸轆轆、緊張失措、失去理智、徬徨迷茫,就會什麼事都敢做,變成像是所謂的 僵屍兵,這是你們所遇過最糟的人,那時他們無法明辨事理,莫大的悲痛使他們失去理智,沒有任何武器能制止這樣的戰爭,所以情況將會很可怕。


我們應該做好準備,無論是誰掌權當政,都必須運用力量來改變人們的生活方式,我們必須趕快淨化我們的星球。


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Master Says


It's Time to Clean Up



Our Earth 
in Peace


Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, December 31, 2006, 
Duisburg, Dusseldorf, Germany (Originally in English)


So, the time is right that everyone should push for peace now, at any price, because without peace we cannot build anything up. There are more pressing matters now than killing, my God! There's global warming; there's ice melting. And it's not just the warming: after it has warmed it might get cold. And that's even worse. If it's warm, you can jump into the water, but if it's too cold I don't know if you have enough things to keep you warm when it's freezing all the time. Because of the changes in the atmosphere, it might get worse and become freezing even, after the warming period. Sometimes the pollution damages the ozone layer and then maybe all the heat escapes. Then after a while we won't have any heat, because then maybe too much pollution covers the sun and with too many changes then everything will get so bad and it might be freezing. That's even worse also.



Start Now to Implement Life-sustaining Solutions for the Planet


I watched on one of the British channels before, there was a very scary documentary. They said that along with the global warming, the sun is also getting cooler somehow. So warming and cold: it's too warm in some parts, and then some parts will be too cold. Or after the warm will be cold, and if it's too warm then the ice will melt and then we'll have floods. And if after that there's no ice left to balance the things anyway, either the planet will become very heated or it could be very cold, because of too much cover or the ozone layer being broken.


So, many things can happen, and they could happen soon. Several decades are not long. So right now it's time that all the people of every country should get together and think of the solutions quick, like biofuel or something with sustainable energy like solar power or wind power. You can install it in your home if you can afford it. Or, you can put money together and install one home at a time, OK! For instance, two of you could pitch money together and install it in your home. Draw a lotto to see who's house gets installed first, so it's fair. And then next time, pitch money together and install it in her home. When I lived in the, in the cave in the mountains I lived only with solar energy. I charge my phone with solar energy. I watched TV with solar energy. My fridge ran on solar energy. It's a little complicated but you can learn. To save lives, we must learn. To save the planet, it's worth it. It's complicated but it's not un-doable, you know. It's simple enough to do it. You have to capture the solar energy into some batteries, and then you connect with those batteries to use it to run your household. At least you can save energy, and you save money in long run anyway. You can even sell it back to the government. In Spain it's like that.


There's wind power also; it might be difficult, but you can install a small wind mill. (D: A turbine, or wind mill.) A wind mill, the old fashioned way, it also does work. The turbine takes a longer time and a lot of money and maybe it's not so 'in' yet, so you can't get it so easily. But you can do that. Do what you can, OK? And go together in one car to work or go shop together, in one car. It saves money and saves energy. And if you can, buy a hybrid car,. They're not that expensive. I got one; maybe it costs you in the beginning, but later it saves you a lot. It saves your life, too, and saves the life of everybody else! But you can check on the Internet to see which car is cheaper and more convenient for you. And soon in the future we will run it on biodiesel and biofuels like corn fuel, sugar cane or garbage. We can recycle garbage. And maybe we don't even have to do that if they push the wave energy program! A long time ago in Norway they began that program, to use ocean waves as energy. That would be limitless. You can use it forever, just like the sun.


Energy is free everywhere actually. You can even harness power from thunder and so on. And that would be limitless, limitless! There would be no cost for anybody. It should be free for everyone, the basic things in life, like water and electricity - should be free actually, yeah! And it soon will be free. All this money that's put into war, my God we could build a paradise on Earth! It's about time everyone should know about this. So if you know of any of government important persons, you can remind them by writing or doing something. Do something in your power. Or, if you know how and where, just write. Write to the government. Remind them; help them; support them. Support their idea of environmental protection.


If we don't act now, we won't have any Earth left to even fight over with each other: no land to possess, no land to put the guns on or to install the cannons. It's about time; my God, it's the 21st Century already and we so called civilized humans are still fighting. I cannot believe it! Sometimes when I sit down, I don't know how it's possible. It's not possible that we live in an era in which humans kill humans. How can we do that? How do you train such a beautiful, pure, handsome, strong, heroic young man to go into battle and just shoot someone like that? There was no quarrelling and no cause before, except the 'big one' somewhere behind telling him to go and do it: "That guy is an enemy; you go and shoot him for me." That's it.


War Is Never a Solution


This is wasting human resource also. These soldiers are the most brilliant generation of our time! They're there to pass down better DNA for the new generation. They're not to go there; they're not born to die. I don't care if it's to die a hero or die a what; it's the same. It's a waste of resource! Do you know how much money it costs to grow a man like that? At least a million dollars until he grows into maturity. Growing men is not like growing trees: it's not cheap. And he has so much love from the family, so much friendship from companions, so much teaching from the teacher and the school - so much affection going on around him. He's not just 'nobody' - he is somebody. He has family; he might even be married and have children already. But he is forced to go out there and shoot someone he doesn't even have any enmity with. Isn't that ridiculous? This is crazy, and we live in it!


My God, what kind of the world is this? It's about time they stop all this - just stop it! We cannot tolerate this. It's incredible that humans can kill humans! Even animals don't do that. They might kill one for some reason, but they don't go out and kill a whole mass like that. For the sake of whatever, I don't care. I don't care who is right, who is wrong; it's all wrong.


For example, even now, I read in the media or saw on television that the number of deaths of American soldiers is exceeding the number of victims from 9-11. And that's not counting the other people: the women and the children, the victims of war, the innocent bystanders. So war is never a solution. The more war, the more death; the more death, the more enemies; the more enemies, the more war, and so on. It's a vicious circle, and there is no end to it. So we just have to stop. We just have to shake hands and forgive each other and then let's go on with our lives, because there are so many pressing matters now. With all the money that's spent on war, can you imagine? Africa would become like Europe if they used all that money on Africa, on one continent alone. And with all the money that's still going into the war, we could build space ships. We could have more time, more energy and recruit more talent. Instead of all these young men dying, they would become living bodies of the future, building houses for the needy.


 


Let There Be Soldiers of Peace


If all the soldiers changed their jobs, we'd have soldiers of peace: buildings soldiers who bring medicine to the sick and build homes for the homeless. They are able-bodied, intelligent, strong and handsome. They are beautiful beings; it is a waste that that they go there and just die like that. Just one bullet like this. (Master gestures to show the small size of a bullet) Can you imagine? It can go anywhere from anywhere and kill one handsome, beautiful, aspiring, pure, energetic, young human being - just like that. Can you imagine? And it costs millions of dollars even, to raise him, and so much love from the family and friends so that he grows up like that. We cannot teach him hatred when he grows out of love. You cannot change that into hatred; this is not right.


You should continue to nurture the love that he has in him, the trust that he has with his family and friends, and with the nation that he's born into. You cannot change that love into hatred and tell a young man who has been loved all his life until now, to come out and turn into a hateful person - and then use a gun to kill another person who has also grown out from the love of a mother and father somewhere, and who has somehow has been nourished and nurtured all this time like a beautiful flower in the garden with all love and care, attention and hope for the future. And then - boom, just like that - with one bullet, finished. Such a beautiful dream is gone, collapsed.


How many more generations until we can cultivate many young beautiful men like that? They are at their prime, and they are so inspired by heroism. We cannot use that to turn it into hatred for any reason at all, because it is wrong; it's wrong. You who have children, you know that! You nurture your children up, not to just to die like that. Can you imagine all these mothers, all the fathers and all the loved ones, all his friends, even his neighbors - it's terrible! It's time we have to stop all this nonsense. Anyone with intelligence cannot tolerate this, cannot continue to support this kind of world, can we? (Audience: No) One doesn't have to be a Quan Yin practitioner or a Zen monk to understand this. It's just common for a human being to have this knowledge, this understanding that humans are born to live.







God's Gift of Life Is for Love, Not War



There's nothing worth dying for. Nothing! God doesn't give birth to you so that you have to die for something. Except to find God, there is nothing really worth dying for. People should be given hope, inspiration to live, not to die. Remember in one of my poems, I said that I don't ever want to grow up to be a hero, to keep the war and die? It's not my job, is it? It's nobody's job. You're not born to grow up just to keep a war and then die for it. Isn't that ridiculous? We should never have a war anyway; we're so backward. If it hadn't been for you, the Quan Yin practitioners who grace this Earth, who bless the atmosphere with love and universal energy, this Earth would soon be 'kaput' (meaning "ended") already. So, we're just holding it and waiting for humankind to wake up more and do something. If not, it has to go. We can leave it sooner or later anyway; we don't care. But it's such a negative way.


Suppose the Earth became kaput now, we could go up to a higher level. We are already there and we already have our 'security card,' but the people out there, if they die like that, they will be living in shock in such a state of stupor, for a long, long time - thousands of years - before they wake up. And then their atmosphere will manifest in another kind of world again, and they'll war with each other again, because they haven't finished their thinking process. They haven't gotten to the understanding about peace and "Love thy neighbor." They haven't done that. So if they wake up again from their stupor after thousands of years, they'll do the same thing again.


 


Peace Costs Far Less than War


I therefore really hope that this is the time they understand this very simple concept. Even a child understands peace at all costs. But peace doesn't cost anything: that is the thing. Only war costs something. War costs human resource, war costs emotional upheaval, war costs tremendous financial resource and every other resource of humankind. All this equipment they build for war could be used to build houses, to build railways for the tram, to build underground train stations or build bridges for the poor countries.


And all this money - billions of dollars - something like $7 million per day or week in Iraq, for example, and how many weeks or years have already gone by? Do you understand how much that is? You don't because it's too much. It's too much for us to even want to think about. It's just too ridiculous when people are hungry or starving and don't even have the basic things like clean water to drink. And we spend tons of money and tons of human resources, tons of world metal resources or any resource just to build a killing weapon. This is beyond imagination! No wonder our world is lagging behind, compared to all others in the galaxy.


But mind you, be happy. Our Earth is getting better of course, number one. Number two, our Earth is still better than many other planets. There are worse planets. There are planets whose people are evil, just pure evil. And they will harass you day and night. Some of the warlords have been born there; I don't know how much longer; I don't want to see. It's terrible. Even if they repent, they don't even have time to pray. Can you understand that? That's why they have to stay there forever, because they don't have time for anything. They're just running and running, running and hiding, running and hiding, all day long, with no time. It's such mental torment that hell even sounds better. So at least we're born on this planet, where it's half-and-half, and we're pushed to go nearer to God. But even then I don't know if I could ever get used to the kind of people who go out and kill each other like that. I mean, if you want to be a soldier, you have to have instilled in you the hatred; otherwise how can you kill? Just killing at random like that, killing as ordered. There's no turning back. If you turn back, then you are killed too, by your own people for betraying your country.


 


Use Earthly Resources to Build and Help Others


We should use all this money and intelligence and time and resource to train people to love and to build. This makes more sense, yes? We should use it for a peaceful purpose. The soldiers are so strong and healthy and in the prime of their life, and they also very idealistic. When we are young, we are very idealistic; we are heroes. We want to do good for the world. So this good and pure energy and enthusiasm has to be used for a peaceful purpose, for building the world and for helping the needy. That is the kind of heroism that the young people love to spend their energy on; they will love it. Suppose any government tells the soldiers, "Look here: no more war, you go out and build houses," they'd be very, very happy. They would be relieved. They would feel that this is really what they want. I bet you that's what would happen. Any soldier - you ask them - they would want to do that.


We can retrain them. There's still time. Because they are young, they can learn fast. What I mean is that their youthful inspiration and heroism and idealism should not be misused. It's a waste. The young people are the best. You tell them what to do, and they will do it. They are so eager to serve, they're eager to learn, they're eager to do something good because they're full of energy. If they are used for war, it is a pity. It's a misuse of their purity and their idealism. So it's better to use the soldiers for peaceful purposes. We can keep the army. Keep it and use it to build things up. In the Philippines, they are trying to do that. That is a very good idea, and I hope they will. Maybe the Filipino soldiers should do that first, and everyone else will follow. We have to start somewhere.


Our world would have been a paradise a long time ago if we did not have so much war going on, which is wasting a lot of the energy, finances and resources of the Earth. There's no need to believe me; you know it yourself. This is terrible; so now I hope that all signs of peace are coming our way. It is coming, and I hope more will come. The true peace really must come, because that's the only way to survive on this planet, my God. We must use our time now, to change the course of history; otherwise we'll all die together. The good and the bad, the powerful nations and the weak nations, will all be gone.


Being gone is no problem; the problem is that not all of the people on the planet are ready to integrate into paradise. After they're gone they'll still stay in shock or in misery. And that state of mind will keep them for a long time in a hellish existence, worse than this planet's. They'll be warring with each other in that kind of existence and then wake up and become human again, warring with each other again. Have you heard of those stories that in some of the big major battlefields, sometimes those who have psychic power can see that the soldiers in their astral forms are walking around and trying to fight each other still? Or, looking for the fighting or thinking that the war is still going on, because if you're not enlightened now, you won't ever be. Not after you die; you just suffer more, because you can see more. With a body you can shield yourself from some of the emotional distress, and recover or don't see the suffering. But without the body you'll see more; you'll see the naked misery in hell and you will suffer more and more. And this is terrible.


 


Making a Model for the World  >>


So the question is not whether I care that the planet is still alive or not, it's just for the people who live in it. They have to know this concept; they have to awaken to this peaceful solution, to the real human purpose, to build up the peaceful atmosphere, to find God or to remember God at least, and to be at peace with each other, just like God wants us to be, like one time paradise. Otherwise if they die like this, they will suffer more than what they do now. You understand me? That is the reason why they have to stop the war and begin to build peace now. Otherwise if they die, it would be terrible: more terrible than being alive, more terrible than the war in Iraq, more terrible than 9-11, more terrible than any terrorism can ever cause you to feel.


So that's the reason we practice hard, we really pray for peace in our way, and we're pushing for it inside our hearts. And then peace has to come; people have to stop. Just stop like that! Just shake hands, with no conditions. There shouldn't be any condition for peace at all because both sides will gain. Maybe you lose one piece of land but who cares? If Noah and the flood ever co

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