Contact God, Seek God, Find God, Reach God
What is the first step one must take toward reaching God?
We must pray that if God exists, please guide me, please help me. And stick to your religion and pray to that religious head that you believe in to help you. If you're Christian, pray to God, pray to Jesus, Santa Maria. If you're Buddhist, pray to Buddha, to Bodhisattvas, Quan Yin Bodhisattva, Amitabha Buddha, etc., to help you. That's the first step.
The second step is, we must lead a virtuous life as prescribed in the Bible and in the Buddhist scriptures or in any other religious scriptures. I haven't seen any major religion which teaches people to do bad things. So follow your own religious ethic, as the second step.
The third step is, we must find someone, and very importantly, who has known God, who has realized God, to show us something, to share with us the wealth that he or she has got. Just like if we want to speak English, what is the first step? Prepare the money for it, so that the teacher will accept you and then go and find a teacher -- one who can speak English. If you find one who speaks Spanish, then no good. It's very easy.
Contact God
We Contact God by Ascended Masters, Avatar, Enlightened One, Savior, Messiah, Divine Mother, Messenger, Guru, Living Saint, and the like. Throughout the ages, mankind has been visited by those rare individuals whose sole purpose is the spiritual upliftment of humanity. Jesus Christ was one of these visitors, as were Shakyamuni Buddha and Mohammed. These three are well known to us, but there are many others whose names we do not know; some taught publicly, and where known by a few, and others remained anonymous. These individuals were called by different names, at different times, in different countries. They came to offer us what has been called: Enlightenment, Salvation, Realization, Liberation, or Awakening. The words used may be different, but in essence they all mean the same thing.
Visitors from the same Divine Source, with the same spiritual greatness, moral purity, and power to uplift humanity as the Holy Ones from the past are here with us today, yet few know of their presence. One of them isthe Supreme Master Ching Hai.
- We always talk and God has no chance to tell us. So the prayer is the talking, the demand; and meditation is the listening. Most people just keep praying all the time or always make noise or always talk, and God has no chance to tell them what to do. No wonder their prayers are unanswered. God has no opportunity.
- So the meditation is a must from a logical standpoint.Whether you are Buddhist, Christian, Muslim or whatever, I don't care. If you cannot make time to listen to God, then God can never be communicated with. Even if you talk to a friend - you telephone, you talk and then you must listen. Even if you ask me, you must first ask, and then now you must be quiet so I have a chance to tell you. How can we treat God even worse than a friend. We keep talking all the time, and give Hirm no chance. Meditation is the time of quiet listening. That's all there is, and God will come.
~The Supreme Master Ching Hai~
More readings about God
Chapter 7: G. Attributes of God. Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai Brisbane, Australia, March 20, 1993 (Originally in English). Q: Can you tell us about God, the Father? What does Hes look like? M: Hes is like you. He has two parts: a good ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/g1.htm
GOD. What is God? God is the benevolent power that exists in our hearts, in humankind, and in the universe. Both God and the devil exist in this world because humans simultaneously possess benevolent and malevolent qualities. In superior worlds ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/azgod.htmlGod's Love -- Another Form of Love
Chapter 7: G. God's Love -- Another Form of Love. Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai Sydney, Australia May 10, 1997 (Originally in English). Q: Most people say that God is omnipresent, God is everywhere, and God reaches from the highest heaven ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/g2.htm
Chapter 17: S. Seeking God. An interview with Supreme Master Ching Hai by Ms. Helen Stone, KLOE Radio Station at the Quan Yin Vegetarian Restaurant, Houston, TX, USA November 14, 1993 (Originally in English). ... You know we came from God, otherwise ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/s4.htm
God QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Q. Basically, who is God? And what is the biological structure of God? M. Who is God? You! You! We have two sides to our nature, one is physical, and one is super physical. I find no words for it, so I have to say it ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/azgodqa.html
Chapter 20: W. War and God. Spoken by the Supreme Master Ching Hai Singapore, March 8, 1993 (Originally in English). Q: Why can't God prevent wars? M: Why should Hes interfere with our game? Wars are caused by us human beings. As long as we ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/w1.htm
we ARE GOD. University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. April 17, 1993. Turn Inward And Listen To The Heavenly Teachings. ... That shows that in this land "love" rules above all things. Let's hope that other countries will learn from your example, to ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/lecturewearegod.html
God Takes Care Of Everything. Spoken by The Supreme Master Ching Hai Munich Center, Germany August 18, 1995 (Originally in English). ... Remembering God Is Our Duty. Every time we meditate, we thank God first, we pray for the less fortunate, and ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/god_takes_care_of_everything.htm
let GOD SERVE THROUGH US. United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on April 20, 1993. So ... And be it light or dark, just look into the centre of it. And repeat the name of God, of Buddhas, or whomever be the Saint that you have the most faith in. ...
www.sm21.net/gdc/lecturelet.html