從愛心出發

問：我把研究占星術當作消遣。我覺得占星術多少可以分析人的潛能和缺點，不僅限於物質層面，靈性層面也如是。起先我把占星術當作嗜好，但我現在身為一位修行人，不知道是否該把自己看到的告訴別人，也沒把握這對別人是不是真的有幫助；也許只會帶來反效果，而且又給自己添業障。
答：嗯，有時我們會給別人不好的影響。比方說有好事要來臨時，你告訴人家：「哇！你轉運了。天啊！你會中一百萬美金！」對方聽了可能立刻心臟病發作而死。或者壞事要臨頭時，你說：「嗯！你的女朋友會甩掉你，跑去交別的男朋友喔！」那有什麼用？也許藉由他們修行的力量，原本可望重修舊好，有可能改變定命，或者至少讓它延後發生，但因為你那樣說，他們便如此認定，結果決定放棄，落得悲傷的下場。

所以告訴別人未來的事有什麼用？能照顧好今天就夠了。至於過去的事，我們更不用操心。即使你告訴人家：「喔！你前世是個屠夫，所以現在才長得像豬一樣！」（大眾笑）那又算什麼新鮮事呢？他仍然看起來像隻豬，性情也不會因為你說他前世是屠夫而有所改變，所以有什麼新鮮的？

問：可是師父，如果我能分析別人的潛力呢？譬如說靈修方面。
答：你是說替外面的人分析？

問：是的。
答：你想做就做，我不禁止什麼。

問：因為有許多人關心他們的業障。尤其最近我注意到，許多人不僅關心世俗的事，像婚姻或人際關係，也關心未來的修行狀況。
答：如果他們想知道就讓他們知道吧！不過我不知道準不準確。

問：我想是準確的。
答：但事情往往瞬息萬變，一向是這樣！即使連天氣都可能因為一些人或團體的意識，或因為某個人的神通而改變。所以預言會發生的事，未必真的會發生，就算真的會發生，那又怎樣？大家依然我行我素。很多人跑去算命，然後有的高興、有的難過。

所以我認為生活自然就好。通常修觀音法門的人對於即將要發生的事都有直覺，然後做出最正確的判斷。即使當時並不知道怎麼回事，但事後你會發覺︰「噢！我當時那樣做是對的。」

問：對，的確是這樣。
答：有時就算占星術真的很準，如果你把你的想法及做法和占星術相互印證，那樣也不錯。你會覺得自己做對了，不必依賴占星術也一樣可以隨時做對的事。

所以依靠直覺就夠了，這樣你就不用事先算命，事後再印證就好。我們不需要占星術，自己也會做對的事。

問：您是說，就某些方面來說，占星術多少有些幫助？
答：不，不是這個意思，我們根本不需要算命。我們是修行人，不用太擔心過去或未來，我們只是待在這裡等著往生，過一天算一天，順便吃很多糖果和餅乾，因為我們不執著於「不吃」（大眾笑）。我們喜歡做什麼好玩的事，也可以去做。

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Following Your Intuition is Better than Following Predictions

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Florida, USA,
February 15, 1999 (Originally in English) Videotape #635b

So what is the point of telling people their future? It’s good enough to take care of today! And the past we don’t even care to think about. Even if you tell someone, "Before, in your last life, you were a butcher. That’s why you look like a pig right now." (Laughter) So what’s new? He still looks like a pig, and his temper won’t change just because you told him that he was a butcher in his last life. So, what’s new in the universe?

Q:But Master, what if I can analyze people’s potential, say, in a spiritual way?
M:Do you mean outside people?

Q:Yes.
M:Do what you like; nothing is forbidden, OK?

Q:It’s just that many people are concerned about their karma. Especially recently I notice that many people are not just concerned about worldly things like marriage or relationships but also about their future in terms of spiritual practice.
M:If they want it, you can let them know, but I don’t know if it will be accurate or not.

Q: I think it is.
M:But things can always change, always! Even the weather can change according to some person’s consciousness or the group consciousness or someone’s magical touch. So it doesn’t matter if we predict that something will happen; it might not happen. Or it might happen, but so what? People still do what they do. A lot of people go to fortune tellers and become sad or happy accordingly.

So I think you should just live naturally. Most of the time if you practice the Quan Yin Method you have an intuition about what is going to happen and you just do the most correct thing. Even if you do not know it at the time, later you discover, "Oh! I did that and it was right."

Q:Yes. That’s true.
M:And so sometimes even though the astrology is really correct, if you’ve already matched your thinking and doing with the astrology, it’s also good. You can feel that it is correct. You don’t have to read the astrology; you just do the correct thing all the time.

So your intuition is enough. That way, you don’t read beforehand; you read afterwards to confirm. We do not need astrology. We can do the right thing ourselves.

Q:Do you mean that in some sense astrology can be helpful?
M:No, it’s not. There is no need for it! We are practitioners; we don’t worry much about tomorrow or yesterday. We’re just hanging in there waiting to die; we’re just hanging on. Meanwhile, we eat a lot of candy and cake because we’re not attached to not eating. (Laughter) And we can do what we like for fun.