修行才是究竟的濟世之道

清海無上師以英文講於美國紐約 1999.08.04
（影帶編號#664）

問：我想知道除了打坐以外，是否還有其他方法可以讓世界更好？畢竟我們是住在這裡，大家都很關心這個地球。

答：很好！你的關懷令人感動，聯合國人員也應該像你一樣才是，我不知道他們是否都這樣關心，但是你能關心是很好的！

問題是我們能怎麼辦？我已經儘量在做了，但我年紀大了（大眾笑），聲音也變小了，沒有多少人聽得進去。沒關係，我們一步一步來。也許你可以多辦幾場演講活動，提昇人類的意識等級，做多少算多少。這樣暫時會有效，不過一陣子之後，大家的熱誠、注意力以及對災難的恐懼又會慢慢減退，到時又要從頭開始，所以我們老是要一直重複。

最重要的是各國的領導人應該一起參與，他們應該要支持修行。可惜世界上多數的學校和政府只注重追求權力、物質的享受與資源分配，但即使連這些他們也做不好！有的國家太窮，有的國家太富有；有的國家擁有的太少，有的國家擁有的太多。即使是物質的東西，也分配不好。

大家如果更注重靈修的話，物質方面也會有幫助。如此一來，每個人內邊會更清楚，做事更自然，根本不用我們教他們怎麼做。但是大多數政治系統只強調執法及物質需求，或是只重視數據，這些多半都是物質層面的東西。像我們這種小團體，像你我或是其他個人想要盡一份心力的時候，會感覺好像很渺小。如果各國政府能了解靈修的利益，我們就可以做得更好，這才是真正的治國之道，政府應該也要重視靈修才對。

問：也就是說，當他們在處理世界的問題時，靈性方面也應該一併考慮。

答：沒錯，因為多半問題的根源都出在靈性方面。那些政府人員其實是很努力也很盡力，但是他們光只把水澆到葉子而已，這樣是有點用，不過往根部澆水才是最重要、最有效率的方法。所以請你們回去告訴所有總統說：「喂！起來做些有用的事，去打坐吧！」

自古以來，我們都是卡在這裡，但起碼有像你、我這樣的人在努力，做真正的貢獻，否則情況會更糟糕。如果我們沒有精進修行讓自己成長茁壯，這個世界不會有這麼多福報，也許地球幾年前就消失了，也許戰爭會不斷擴大，演變成世界大戰，這些都有可能。

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Spiritual Practice is the Ultimate Way
to Care for the Planet

Q: I'm just wondering if there is something more we can do apart from meditation to make the world a better place. After all, we do live here and we all care for the planet.

M: That’s right. I’m very touched that you care. The United Nations members should care like that. I don't know if all of them care, but it's nice that you do.

So what can we do? I’ve been doing my best, but I’m getting old (laughter) and my voice is feeble; not too many people hear it. It's OK; we just do one thing at a time. Maybe you can give more lectures and raise the consciousness of people on this planet. Well, you can only do so much. It helps for a while, but then people’s enthusiasm, attention and fear of disaster die down and things start all over again and we have to do it again and again.

The thing is that the leaders of many nations should join in. They should also support spiritual practice, but most of the schools and governmental systems on this planet are all about control, material comfort and distribution. And they're not even doing a good job at that! Many countries are too poor and many countries are too rich; many countries have too little while many countries have too much and so on. So, even the material things are not being distributed well.

But it could be helped if people were more spiritual. Then everyone would be aware from within and would do things more naturally so we wouldn't even have to tell anyone what to do. But most political systems only emphasize law enforcement, material needs or the mathematics of things, and these are mostly about the physical aspects. So when our small group or others such as me or you or any of us individually make an effort, we just feel like a minority on this planet. But if the governments of all the nations knew the benefits of spiritual power, we would all do much better. That’s normally what governing means; so this should also be emphasized.

Q :When they’re looking at the problems of the world, the spiritual part should be integrated.

M: Yes, because the spiritual part is the root of most of the problems. The governments are trying hard. They’re doing their best, but they’re watering the plants on the leaves. That helps a little, but watering at the root is the most important and most efficient way of doing things. So you can go around and tell all the presidents, "Hey, get up! Do something: Meditate!"

Since ancient times, we have been stuck with this. But at least individuals like you and me and some others are making an effort; we are doing something. And it is helping; otherwise it could have been worse. If we hadn't been going strong with our spiritual practice our world would have had less blessing. Maybe our planet would have already disappeared a few years ago. Or the war could have kept going on a grander scale and become a world war. It can happen.

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