The Supreme Master Ching Hai
The Way to Smooth Out Fixed Karma
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Special Seminar in Thailand,
November 27, Golden Year 3 (2006)
(Originally in Chinese)
(DVD & MP4-774)
Q: Master, You said that fixed karma cannot be changed, but You also said fixed karma is not really fixed. It is just that we did not practice enough. In the Hungary retreat, You said that we should persist in diligent meditation so that our fixed karma can be smoothed out later.
SM: That’s right.
Q(m): I want to know if we do not like this fixed karma that we have chosen, apart from practicing diligently, is there any other way to reduce the effect of this fixed karma to a minimum?
SM: Serve others. Contribute selflessly.
Q(m): Master, You also talked about the “points.” Are these “points” helpful in dealing with fixed karma?
SM: Of course, the fixed karma will be lessened and become more comfortable. For instance, this bracelet is this big only and there is no way I can make it bigger. My hand is this big, and there is no way I can make it smaller. Sometimes, I just cannot put it through. However, if I apply some oil, it can go through. Our fixed karma is just like the hand and the bracelet. If we practice diligently, it is like applying some oil or cream to help it go through smoothly. We don’t change anything, except adding a little oil to smooth it out.
Making New Habits
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Videoconference with Supreme Master Television Staff,
Los Angeles, California, USA
November 26, Golden Year 5 (2008)
(Originally in English)
(DVD & MP4-857)
SMTV(f): I still feel stuck in some areas. I have a lot of weaknesses – vanity, stubbornness, and sometimes I’m not honest with myself. I want to be more pure, not so square, and genuine. Could You help me, Master?
SM: What can I do for you? At least you’re still there, and you are trying, so it’s okay. Keep trying, alright?
SMTV(f): Yes, Master.
SM: Sometimes we’re born with it, sometimes it’s the karma, sometimes it’s in the DNA, sometimes in the mind, the background and the associated people and habit and tradition, family, everything.
SMTV(f): Yes, Master.
SM: So despite all that, you do your best and you do what is requested, the best you can. And that’s all we can do. And then slowly everything will get better and better.
SMTV(f): Thank You, Master.
SM: You look better already now.
SMTV(f): I feel better, yes.
SM: Yes, then it’s good. You look better than before, so your face changed also, look better. When we are better inside, we, we look better outside also.
SMTV(f): Thank You for Your protection, Master.
SM: You’re welcome.
SMTV(f): Thank You.
SM: Protect yourself with your virtues. Whatever you don’t like, you cut it. If you know you’re stubborn, next time you feel you’re being stubborn or argumentative with somebody, when you know it’s not correct, you just say, “Okay, forget that, I will do it.” That’s it, okay? (Okay.)
SM: And stop it right on the spot. The more you do that, the more it becomes habit, then you’ll become just like a new you. Whatever you don’t like of yourself, you cut it. And after cutting many times, your mind will understand that you are the boss now, and he’s not going to tell you what to do, all the negative things he wants you to do, argue and all that stuff, or don’t do the job. He will know that you are the boss, and he will not try to play hell anymore. After many times, it becomes a different habit.
Stubbornness is also a habit, and if we allow it
to continue, then it becomes a very bad habit. But after we change, and then we walk the opposite direction and then the new habit is born and then it will overcome the old habit, and then it will be okay.
Encourage More People to Think Positive
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Videoconference with Hamburg Center, Germany,
July 18, Golden Year 5 (2008),
(Originally in English)
(DVD & MP4-799)
Q: According to my understanding, it is very important what we think because sooner or later that will manifest. Is this true, Master? Could You please tell us more about it?
SM: Yes, it is true, but we have to have enough of this power. For example, if your ship is big and strong enough in a not very strong sea storm, then your ship can weather the problem and sail to the shore safely. But if your ship is small and a rickety and the storm is very, very strong, even if you are the best sailor, the best captain of the sea with many years’ experience, still, it is very difficult and it could be impossible as well. That’s why we need a lot of people to help us. That’s why we need more brothers and sisters to join our family. That’s why we need more people to be like minded. We need people to be compassionate, and loving and kind to all their brothers and sisters as well as co-inhabitant animals. Otherwise, I just sit here alone and wave my magic wand and everything will be done, and no need to say to anybody else. We have to think positive, but the world has to make it with us. Positive thinking always helps, but how far it helps? It depends on how many people think positive and how many people think with this positive, adding to the positive storehouse. Now, you continue to think positive, okay? One more person is always better than less. And then we’re spreading all this positive energy and we engage other people to also think positive and do positive with us, then it will be working. It starts with us.
