同樣，如果我們能運用內邊上帝的恩典，就會感到非常自由，那時我們甚至不用祈求上帝加持，加持力也時時都和我們同在。這就是我想介紹給各位認識的「自由」。這種「自由」不為世人所知，除非我們認識上帝，認識內邊的自由、喜悅和恩典。各位很幸運能住在芬蘭這麼自由的國家，大家可以聚在一起，談論天國更偉大的自由，而且當我們在世時，就可以得到這種自由。

這種自由是是我們夢寐以求的最大財富、最大功德、最大寶藏。有時我內在感到如此充盈，卻無法用語言表達給人知道。當我回顧自己以前的日子，再看看現在的生活，發現有了360度的轉變。我以前被自己、被各種風俗習慣、成見、傳統思想和生活方式綁住，受到很大的束縛和限制。雖然身在民主自由的國家，但我的內心卻不曾真正感受到自由。後來，當我第一次瞥見上帝，第一次嘗到開悟的滋味時，我心想：「這就是了！我自由了！」我感覺好自由，不過那只是一部分自由而已。後來我繼續認識這種自由，它不斷地擴大，直到我再也無法描述真正的自由是什麼，我只知道我自由了。

當我看到一些兄弟姊妹還處在我以前那種階段時，感到很遺憾。因為這種自由是人人都可以得到的，不過並非人人都已經擁有。即使是那些已經開悟的人，也要花點時間才能獲得完全的自由。這種自由不是外在的自由，不是那種外在行為的自由，像是到處跑跑跳跳、在街上大喊大叫，或宣揚自己內在的自由；這種自由就像一種無限擴展的感覺，那種你想當什麼、想做什麼都可以隨心所欲的感覺，然而，你仍處於至善之中，處在上帝的愛力和完美之中，沒有人會因為我們得到這種自由而受到傷害、殺害或壓迫。

我們每天辛苦工作，只為了獲取維持生計和生存的自由，以便擁有足夠的食物和必需品來維持肉體的生命。既然我們已經享有了各種物質上的舒適，那麼現在就該為自己靈性的自由而努力。在這個新的季節，我想各位也該嘗試一些新的事物。我來這裡是為了提供大家一個新的方法，一種嶄新的自由，這種自由保證不會讓你們後悔，不管你們有多少錢也買不到。我們每個人都貢獻一己之力，所以我也要把我最好的東西貢獻給各位。

各位不用花錢、也不用費力就可以拿到這份寶藏，因為它就在每個人內邊，只要拿出來用就可以了。這份寶藏甚至比我今早喝的水還要便宜。就算你們不用付水費，但還是得繳稅，以便用來鋪設水管、建蓋水塔等等。但是飲用生命之水、上帝的甘露水，我們連一毛錢也不用付，唯一要花費的，就只有像睡覺或休息喝咖啡那樣的時間而已。

我們已經花太多時間追求一些毫無意義的事物，有時事後才感到後悔。然而一旦我們知道如何找到上帝--我待會兒會教你們，知道如何找到內邊的自由和快樂，就可以利用這些原本浪費掉的空閒時間，往內發掘內在寶貴的天國。我們不必特別花時間或費力氣，只需知道如何找到上帝就行了。我們難免會有一些空 閒時間不知道該如何打發，有時會感到很無聊，像是坐火車、搭公車、搭飛機或是在公園裡閒坐、無所事事的時候，就可以善用這些空檔，享受內邊的自由，然後把它應用出來。

芬蘭人幾乎什麼都不缺，甚至還擁有兩家世上最先進、最知名的通訊廠商。由此可見，貴國的物質生活已經相當舒適，在物質的方面，我無法為各位提供進一步的效勞。不過我可以提供大家比世俗財富和成就更偉大的東西，那就是你們已經遺忘的天國。方法很簡單，就像你現在用眼睛看這些花朵一樣（師父意指講經台上的花）。正因為很簡單，所以我有信心絕大部分的在座來賓都會想學，因為內在天國是我們所能擁有的最偉大的事物。

不過學這個方法可能會對各位目前所習慣的生活方式造成一些不便，我也很同情你們這一點。以科學的觀點來看，人類原本是素食的，因為我們的腸子比老虎之類的肉食動物還要長。但因為我們已經被教導葷食方式，養成吃肉的習慣了，現在要回復原來的生活方式也許有點難。因此我們也提供所謂的「方便法」，讓你們試著習慣吃素。同時我們也會教你們如何烹煮素菜，提供一些素食食譜，這樣多少會幫助你們回復原本高雅的生活方式。各位認為我們要將葷食生活改為素食生活，事實上我們只是回歸到那個被遺忘的正確生活方式。你們可以勇敢地決定從今天就開始吃素，也可以先嘗試吃素看看。

一旦我們和上帝的力量溝通，信靠這個力量，各方面都會受到無微不至的照顧。這就是為什麼我們一旦和上帝溝通，就會有勇氣、有力量去處理生活中的種種障礙和難題。真正和上帝溝通之後，我們就會無所畏懼，什麼事都能做，而且永遠受到庇護，甚至不用擔心沒飯吃、沒交通工具可搭，不用擔心生活中會遭遇任何問題。我們要有勇氣依循內在良知來行事，你們當然也可以選擇慢慢來，不過身為人類，我們可以決定加快腳步。此外，既然我們想和上帝溝通，想和上帝同一體，想變成和上帝一樣，成為一位在世的上帝，我們就應該表現出上帝的品質，也就是「愛」，而且這份愛要遍及眾生萬物。

天堂有很多等級，就像我們的社會存在著不同的階層一樣。假如我們想去最高等的天堂，了悟最深奧的宇宙奧祕，就應該將負擔減至最低的程度。那些我們吃下去的東西，諸如酒、毒品、肉類等都是負擔，在我們提昇到天國的旅程中，這些東西會造成很大的障礙。並非上帝在乎我們吃什麼，或在乎這個肉體攝取了什麼，而是我們的身、心、靈都必須淨化，如此才能超凡入聖，才值得上帝子女這樣的尊榮。

上帝愛我們，不管我們有多少罪惡、犯下多少大錯，上帝永遠愛我們。在祂眼中，我們永遠都是祂的子女。但是為了對得起我們自己和我們的良心，我們應該力行高雅愛心的生活方式，才不會有罪惡感，才能和上帝同一體。因為我們本來就是上帝，也終究會再度與愛海、與上帝合而為一。我們是上帝在這個物質世界的化現，所以沒有人會論斷我們的好壞，除了我們自己、我們的智慧、我們的良知和公義感，在我們離開世界時會自己審判自己。所以我們必須擺脫這些不必要的負擔，才能認識自己的本來面目，認識這個來自上帝，非常偉大又充滿愛力、充滿光亮和無限加持的純淨本質。

自古以來，明師的智慧教導我們許多事情，像是教導我們要相親相愛、為人要誠實、全心全意愛上帝。但是如果不認識上帝的話，我們要怎麼愛祂？我會教你們如何認識上帝，這樣你們就能愛祂，每天體會祂的愛和恩典。每一種宗教都在談論上帝，到處都有人談論祂，而現在該是我們實際去認識上帝的時候了。認識上帝不但可以提昇我們自己，也會提昇整個世界，加持世界的氣氛，減少戰爭，讓整個地球變得更和平、更有愛心，我們周遭每個人的生活也會更富足。因為我們會變成上帝的工具，傳遞來自天堂的愛和加持，讓這些愛和加持從我們身上散發出去。

所以認識上帝不單是為了擁有上帝的力量，也是為了給這個世界更多愛、更多加持，為我們所愛的人和地球帶來更多的快樂，甚至擴展至整個宇宙。因為在我們內邊都有一種無形的聯繫，把大家連成一體，就如同在每個物體中，原子和原子之間會彼此鍵結，然後形成一個物體的道理一樣。我們就像是宇宙的原子，經由我們的組成，宇宙才得以具體成形，只是我們的肉眼看不見這種連結。一旦我們再度點燃內邊的光和力量時，那麼全宇宙就都會連帶受益。

我們源自於上帝，和上帝有著相同的本質。雖然上帝無形無相，但祂也可以顯現成各種形象，好比祂可以化成肉體的樣子，化成在座的每一位；也可以示現成非物質的形象，當我們打坐想念上帝時，就會在內邊看到這種化身。這種非物質的化身，會教導我們許多想知道的事，會幫我們解決今生和來世的各種問題。我們甚至可以見到耶穌、佛陀等這些過去的明師，和祂們面對面交談，接受祂們睿智的教誨，直到我們也達到祂們的等級。

也許各位會感到疑惑：既然我們是上帝，為什麼會變成這個身體？這麼無助、這麼累贅、不自在，又深受限制！以我的體會，當我打坐時，上帝讓我明瞭這是怎麼一回事，這很難用人類的語言解釋，不過我儘量解說給各位知道。譬如說，你們知道如何將牛奶製成奶油和乳酪嗎？牛奶雖然是液體，不過它可以攪拌濃縮成奶油，也可以固化成乳酪。同樣，我們的本質是光，是非常微細的振動力，這個光創造了整個宇宙的所有分子。透過攪拌的過程，我們便濃縮成這個物質的身體。

不過上帝也讓我知道，我們內邊還留有一個光點從未被攪拌成物質的分子，那就是我們內邊救命的力量，就是住在這個上帝殿堂裡的「聖靈」。我們人類處在造化攪拌過程的底層，所以才會有點粗糙、有些笨重。還有其他更微細的振動力飄在我們上層，如果我們將自己的振動力提昇到他們的水平，就可以接近他們。

我們內邊的小光點一直都在那兒，祂從未被污染，也從未轉化成物質能量。我們隨時可以進入這個小光點，然後回到我們的源頭。只要回溯這個過程，就可以回到生命的原始狀態，也就是光、微細的能量。這個光、這個微細的能量，或是微細的振動力，就是聖經裡提到的「音」（Word），而光和音就是上帝，就是我們的本質。所以和這個最初的微細能量、這個最初的光和音接觸，就是和上帝接觸。 

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Our Greatest Possession is
the Freedom of
Knowing God

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Helsinki, Finland,
May 30, 1999 (Originally in English) Videotape #663

The country is so fresh, the air so clean, and everything feels so pleasant to the heart. Even the water from the tap you can drink, it’s so clean. I drank it this morning; I hope it’s OK!

I asked the people if I can drink some of the water directly. They said, “Yes, yes.” I was so happy, and I drank it right away. For me, the water in the land that you can drink directly from the tap is a great blessing. Because it feels abundant; it feels like you can drink forever and you don’t have to worry. And nowadays, not every country’s water can you drink. Many country’s waters are very contaminated; you have to limit yourself to small bottles, and I feel very restricted. Everything we can use in abundance, we feel free and very, very happy.

Similarly, if we can make use of the blessing of God, which is inside us, then we will feel very, very free. Then, we don’t even have to pray for God’s blessing; it will always be there automatically. And that’s what I want to tell you about, which is the freedom, the freedom that is not known on this planet unless we know God, unless we know the freedom inside, the bliss and the blessing inside. It’s lucky that you live in a free country such as Finland. And then we can even sit together and talk about the greater freedom of Heaven, which we can attain right now while we are still working in this physical life.

This freedom is the greatest possession, the greatest merit, the greatest treasure we can ever wish to have. Sometimes I am just so bursting inside, and I don’t know how to explain this to people. As I look back at my life before and I look at my life now, there are 360 degrees of difference. I was so bound, so limited, so restricted - by myself, by all kinds of conventions, by all kinds of prejudice, by all kinds of traditional thinking and ways of life, that even though I lived in free, democratic countries, I never felt truly free. And then, when I first got a glimpse of God and first got a taste of enlightenment, I thought, “That’s it! I’m free!” I felt free. But that was just a fraction of freedom, until I kept continuing to recognize this freedom. And then it grew and grew until I cannot explain any more what true freedom is; I just know I am free.

And when I look at some of our brothers and sisters who are still in the stage that I was before, I feel sorry; because this freedom, every one of us can attain, but not every one of us has. Even for enlightened people, it will take a little while to get the complete freedom. This is not outside freedom, and it’s not outward actions like having to jump around or shout on the street or advocate for your own freedom inside. It’s just the limitless feeling of expansion, that you could be anything you want and do anything you want, yet you still remain in virtue, you still remain in God’s love and you still remain in perfection. And yet no one will ever be harmed, killed or suppressed in any way by our attaining our freedom.

We work so hard daily to attain the freedom of living, the freedom of survival, just so we can have enough food and enough necessities to take care of our physical life. So it’s about time, since we have everything already for this physical comfort, it’s about time we work for our spiritual freedom. It is the new season! I think we can begin to do something new, and I come to offer you a new way, a new-found freedom that you will never regret again and that you have never found before no matter how much money you have. Everyone offers what they have; so I offer you the best that I have.

This offering will never cost us anything; not even effort, because we have it inside us already. All we have to do is just to make use of it. It’s even cheaper than the water I drank this morning. Even if we don’t have to pay for the water, we still have to pay taxes in order to make the pipes and the water towers and everything. But to drink the water of life - this means the water of blessing from God - we don’t have to ever, ever pay one penny! And it takes as much time as things like sleeping or resting in a coffee break. We’ve spent a lot of time in some of these useless pursuits, which we sometimes regret later.

So now that we know how to find God, I am going to show you. Now that we know the way to find freedom, the way to find happiness inside, we will make use of this wasting time only, the free time only, to turn inward to the precious discovery of the Kingdom within ourselves. So it’s not time that we need or even effort that we need. All we have to do is know how to find God. All of us know that we sometimes don’t know what to do with our free time. Sometimes we are so bored - for example, during the time we sit on the train, the time we sit on the bus, the time we sit on the airplane, or the time we sometimes just sit in the park, doing nothing. All these times we can turn into conducive moments to enjoy the freedom within, and then manifest it also without.

The people of Finland have nearly everything already. You even have two of the best and most famous telecommunication systems. So actually, I cannot offer you any more material comfort than your country already offers itself. But I can offer you something greater than earthly possessions and success. I can offer you the Kingdom of God, which you have forgotten. And it’s so easy, just like you’re looking at the flowers now. (Master is referring to the flowers on the stage where She is speaking.) And because it is so easy, I am confident that almost all of you would want to have it, because it’s the greatest thing you can have.

Just one thing is a little bit impractical, for which I also share sympathy with you, is maybe the way of life that we are used to. We are, scientifically speaking, originally a vegetarian being, because we have a longer intestine than those who eat flesh - like the tiger, for example. But since we have been taught to be so used to it, eating flesh, it might be a little difficult to go back to the original way of life. And for that we also have a so-called convenient way, so you can try and get used to the vegetarian diet. We also will teach you to cook and offer sample cookbooks for you. Maybe that will help a little bit to facilitate your transition back to the original, noble way of life. We think that we change our way of life from flesh to vegetarian, but in fact we only return to what is right, to what we have forgotten. You can be courageous and decide to follow through from today, or you can say, “Okay, I’ll try it first.”

Once we have connected ourselves with the God power and we surrender to this power, everything will be taken care of to the minutest detail. That’s how we find the courage and the strength to deal with all kinds of obstacles and problems in this life, once we are connected with God. If we truly have connection with God, we have no fear; we can do anything, and we are always protected. So have no fear even that we won’t have food to eat, or we won’t have a means of transportation, or that any problem in life may arise. We must be courageous and follow whatever our heart tells us is right. You can try to go slowly also, but we are human and we can decide quickly. Besides, the reason is that, once we contact God and we want to become one with God and to be God-like, a walking God on this planet, then we should represent Hiers quality, which is love, and love includes all beings.

Heaven has many levels, just like this society we have different classifications. If we want to go into the highest dimension of Heaven and know the deepest secrets of the universe, we should have the least burdens possible. And those things that we consume, such as alcohol, drug and flesh, these are burdens that are very detrimental to our ascending journey to Heaven. Not that God cares about what we eat or what we take into our physical body; it’s just that we must be purified physically, emotionally and spiritually in order to be unique beings and be glorified as the children of God.

God loves us, no matter how much we sin. No matter how many blunders we have committed, God always loves us, and in Hiers eyes we are always Hiers children. But for ourselves, for our conscience, we must walk the noble way of love, in order to feel free from any guilt feeling, in order to be one with Hirm; because originally, we are God, and eventually we will become one with the ocean of love that is God again. We are God manifested in this physical world. So there is no one to judge whether we are bad or we are good except ourselves, our own wisdom, our own conscience and our own fairness of knowledge that will judge ourselves at the time of our departure from this world. That’s why we must rid ourselves of all these unnecessary burdens, so that we can recognize the pureness essence of original Self, which is from God: which is great, which is all-love, all-light and all-blessing.

Therefore, the wisdom of the old Masters has taught us many things, for example, that we should love one another, we should be honest and we should love God with all our might. But how can we love God if we don’t know Hirm? I am going to show you God so that you can love Hirm, and you can know Hiers love and blessing every day. Every religion talks about God. There’s so much talk about God everywhere, it’s about time we know God! Knowing God not only elevates ourselves, it will elevate the world and bless the world’s atmosphere so that it will have less war and will have more peace, more love and more abundance for everyone around us. Because we will become the living pole of transmission of the love and blessings from Heaven, then this will emit from our being to the surroundings.

So knowing God is not simply because we want to have the God power, it’s because we want to love the world more, we want to bless the world more and cause more happiness to our loved ones and to our planet - even larger, to the whole universe! Because we’re all linked together with an invisible tie that we don’t even see, just like all the atoms are linked together in every material object in order to hold them in one piece. We are also like the atoms of the universe; we make the construction of the universe exist in a solid manner, but invisible to the naked eye. So if the Light, the power within us, is rekindled, then the whole universe will benefit.

We originally came from God, and God has the same essence as we have. Although the Most High has no form, Hes can also manifest in different forms, such as in this physical body or like us sitting here, or in another kind of metaphysical form, which we will see inside while we meditate on Hirm. And this metaphysical form will teach us so many things that we want to know; it will help us with all kinds of problems in this life and the next. We can even have access to Jesus, Buddha and all the Masters of the past. We can converse with them and let them teach us their wisdom until we reach their height.

All of us will wonder, how is it that if we say we are God, how can we become this physical body, which is so helpless and so cumbersome to carry around, so not-free, so limited? In my knowledge, in my meditation, God has shown me how it happened. It’s difficult to explain in the human language, but I shall try my best. For example, do you know how people make butter and cheese from milk? Milk is liquid, but it can be condensed and churned into butter or can be solidified into cheese. So we were originally the essence of Light, the essence of the very fine, subtle vibratory energy, which creates all these particles in the whole universe. By the process of churning, we have become condensed into this physical being.

But I have also been shown that there is always a particle that has never been churned into physical being, inside us. That is the lifesaver within ourselves; that is the so-called Holy Spirit that dwells within this temple of God. We are at the bottom of the churning process of the Creation; that’s why we are a little coarse, a little cumbersome and heavy. There are other finer vibratory energies, which are floating above us, and we could have access to them if we raise our energy up to their standard.

There is still and always has been this little spark within us, which has never been contaminated and has never been processed into physical energy. And that spark we can always have access to in order to return to where we have come from; to reverse the process, to go back to the original state of being, which is Light, which is the fine energy. And this Light, this fine energy, this fine so-called vibration, also called the Word in the Bible - this is God, this is our essence of being. So to get in touch with this original, fine energy, this original Light and original Word, is to get in touch with God..