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Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Improvement, Growth in Spiritual Practice
Sometimes you might feel you haven't made any
growth in your spiritual practice and that it seems like
a waste of time. Do you know why?
Spiritual growth in
spiritual practice includes our speech, body and mind. For
example, you've developed your mind very well in your spiritual
practice and cleansed it of evil ideas and impure thoughts.
Every day you only think about the living Master, the noble
teachings and the practicing assembly. You only think about
Quan Yin
spiritual practice, et cetera.
In this case, your mind has become very advanced
and "civilized"; but your "body" may still lag behind in development
and is not in line with your advanced "mind". At that time, you may
feel that your spiritual growth has come to a standstill. In
some other cases, you may have a pure body and mind, but your speech
hasn't been cleansed of its karma yet. There is another case, in
which you have kept silence for some time, not speaking as much as
you normally do. However, your body hasn't been cleansed of its
karma, so you can't make any spiritual growth.
This is like when parents are walking with their
child. The parents are walking very fast, but the child, distracted
by flowers, stones and streams along the road, forgets to move
along. The parents have to stop and wait for him until he catches
up. It's the same with your speech, body and mind. If any of them
lag behind, the other two cannot move along. All three have to be
balanced and coordinated for your spiritual growth in your
spiritual practice.
You may feel that you have grow spiritually
a lot at the three or seven-day retreats, but that is not because
the Master gave a lot of blessings to those who attended the
retreats and withheld the blessings from those who didn't. It's
because during these retreats, your speech, body and mind were at
their purest. First, your body didn't move a lot, waste energy, or
work too much, so you didn't feel very tired. Second, you didn't
talk, scold, or criticize other people. Third, you didn't divert
your thoughts elsewhere. You just listened to my lectures and
meditated. There was no time left for you to think about other
things. Consequently, your speech, body and mind were almost all
purified. In this pure and harmonious state, they were open to all
the blessings from God or from the Master, so you improved a
lot. In this situation, your mind is concentrated, your body is not
restless, and your speech is purified, so you can make spiritual
growth very quickly.
It's not that the Master don't give you
blessings when you are talking. But why can't you receive the
blessings when you are talking too much? It's because you would
become agitated and lose the blessings. For example, I want to give
you something, but you can't stop moving even for a second. Then you
cannot receive whatever I want to give you. For another example,
when you pass the tollgate, sometimes you may miss the receipt from
the toll collector after you pay the toll, but a toll collector
never misses the money from you. This is because the toll collector
is in a stable position; but you, the driver, are in a moving state.
It's the same with your spiritual growth
practice. If your speech, body and mind are balanced, you will
receive all the blessings. If you keep wandering, even the greatest
power is useless to you. It's like when you're bathing your child.
If he runs around, you can't put the water on him. Instead, you may
get yourself all wet. Similarly, if you can't take my blessings,
they will come back to me entirely.
The Quan Yin Method that we are practicing can
cure all diseases. However, our speech, body and mind have to
developed at the same time. Any one of them that lags behind will
delay our spiritual growth.
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As the background and stage of spiritual
growth levels over past lives differ for each of us, it seems
that there is great spiritual growth rate for some people who
have only just started on their path of spiritual practice.
Sometimes we think that we have not made any progress, but in fact,
as long as we are not falling behind, we are making spiritual
growth. We cannot use our inner experiences of Light and Sound
alone to determine whether we have made any progress or not. We have
made spiritual growth progress once we've started
spiritual practice if we find our lives run more smoothly, we
are freer from obsessions with worldly, mundane matters, more
relaxed physically and spiritually, our wisdom and love for
others is enhanced, and we have a deeper sense of security and
contentment about life and our fortune.
Lastly, we should check that we meditate for
two and a half hours daily as instructed at initiation, and that we
keep the Precepts clearly with our bodies, speech and minds. Also,
it could be that by not meditating in the correct way, we do not
make spiritual growth.
How much spiritual growth progress we
make depends on whether we have a pure heart. Having a heart that is
pure and kind, being able to accept the Master's instructions
completely, and having steadfast faith in the Master are the most
important keys to making great spiritual growth.
Be careful about what you eat so that you do not contaminate
yourself, and make the cells and the brain confused. This will
consequently hinder your spiritual progress of your
spiritual growth. It's not that God cares about what we eat, but
if we poison our systems with intoxicating things or impure foods
such as meat or animal products, then the cells of the body and the
brain will also become contaminated and confused. And thus we will
not be able to think clearly or sit calmly to find the source of
happiness and wisdom. (be
a vegetarian)
Master Says
| ... Hey! What happening
now?" Perhaps he missed his nonsensical, "big universal"
letters. "How is your spiritual progress?".
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Whenever the situation needs our love to show it, we have to show
our love and we have to show some actions, speech and thoughts
always in loving kindness. That's the best for our spiritual
growth and best for our fellow beings.
Before we came
here we came with the high ideal, with the best intention, with
the good heart and a mighty determination to help and to improve
ourselves spiritually, even also by helping people in this world.
But when we came here, most of us forgot and we prefer to sleep,
eat, and go around playing. We prefer to take care of our own interests
and sometimes forget what's our purpose before we came here, why
we came here. It is also good that we forget, it's good. And then
we do not feel very sorry for ourselves because we'd like to go
back there; it's better in heaven than here.
But if we do
spiritual meditation,
then unconsciously our soul will remember. Then we don't have to
feel too much suffering because we live in this very confined, very
unhappy surrounding. And then we feel more settled down, not attached
to the world but settle down in the world. And then we know that
we have to finish our mission. And then whether we realize or not,
inside we will, the soul will understand that we have to accomplish
our mission on Earth and then we will go back home very soon.
Spiritual quotes on
Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Improvement, Growth in Spiritual Practice
To grow faster in spiritual practice,
we must forget ourselves; be the lowliest person and do the
dirtiest, the most unwanted work.
We pursue spiritual practice because we want to use it to make our
daily life more comfortable. Our spiritual growth within
should be used on the outside, so we can see the result. We will
also feel very comfortable, very useful and have great spiritual
growth.
If you have to talk then talk about God, something beneficial,
something that vibrates positively in the air and contributes to the
harmony of the world as well as to your spiritual growth
and those of your neighbors.
Retreats are very important! Why do our fellow initiates make such
quick spiritual growth ? It is because we hold retreats
frequently to make up for what we can not achieve in our daily time
schedule.
For spiritual practitioners, the best way to make spiritual
growth is to analyze ourselves daily. Introspect and warn
ourselves each day; check whether we have any faults, or have done
anything illogical. If we have done something wrong, make sure we
don't do it again. Find out why it is wrong to handle things this
way. Always be cautious and on the alert!
A few obstacles are good for us. They gives us the incentive to
strive; our willpower will thus grow stronger and our determination
to seek the Truth will also become firmer. If we want to have faster
spiritual growth, we must forget ourselves, be a humble
person, and do all the filthiest work that others do not want to do.
You are making spiritual growth on the path of spiritual
practice when you have developed a loving heart, not when you
can meditate a lot everyday not at all! We should have more
affections and forgiveness towards others, and not to mind the level
of experience.
Look at the way you behave towards others and then you know where
you are. Look at how much you complain every day then you know where
you stand. Look how much effort you put into your meditation
and then you would know whether you grow spiritually or not.
We have to study again and again. Make firm start again. Today I
failed. I didn't meditate very well. Tomorrow, next day, I'll make
more effort. Always try to strive for better will, so that we can
grow in spirit.
Some linked readings on
Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Improvement, Growth in Spiritual Practice
Aphorisms
| ... That's the best for our
spiritual growth and best for our fellow beings.
(Originally in English). We are an open book to the whole
universe, so be careful. ... |
News Magazine #42
| The greater the challenge, the
greater our spiritual understanding and growth.
... That's the best for our spiritual growth
and best for our fellow beings. ... |
A Spiritual Method Of Magnanimous Love
... It is because I hope
my disciples would be better than I, more powerful,
progress in spiritual growth practice faster
and better than I in every way. ...
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Awarded for Meticulous Love
| ... practice, there is
much for me to do, and I sincerely pray that Master's almighty
power will bless me with further progress in spiritual
growth and family ... |
Spiritual growth daily
| ... Everyday Spiritual
Growth. By sister initiate Tang Zu-ying, Taipei,
Formosa. ... Thus, his financial problems hindered his
spiritual growth. ... |
attain spiritual growth
| ... If we truly adhere to
and practice our omnipotent Master's teachings, and constantly
rely on Her great power, we will attain spiritual
growth at a rapid pace. ... |
Grow Spiritually
| ... All during the
Exhibition, Master's booth attracted numerous visitors yearning
for spiritual growth. Exhibitors from other booths |
Spiritual growth practice
| ... Their spiritual
growth is truly worth rejoicing over! ... The role
of a guru or master is to help a person progress through
spiritual growth. ... |
Love and Wisdom
| ... It's also one of the
ways for Her to teach sentient beings. Every time I admire
them, I get a different understanding and spiritual
growth. ... |
spiritual power
| Spiritual Power -- What
is? ... What is Spiritual Power. Humans have
human power, and spiritual practitioners have
spiritual power. ... Religion and spirituality.
... |
tools for spiritual growth. ...
| ... Nor should we make
comparisons between ourselves and others, because we have
chosen our own talents and weaknesses as tools for
spiritual growth. ... |
Meditation Practice
| ... It guides you in
every direction that you want to go, and gives you all kinds
of instructions that you need for your growth, inside
and outside. ... |
spiritual ladder
| ... It is a big part of
spiritual growth, a building block to the next step on
the spiritual ladder toward total enlightenment, something we
must work on instead ... |
Media Reports
| ... Under Her guidance
one can grow spiritually and become enlightened.
She has neither expectations nor any attachment in doing Her
work. ... |
While On The Path
| ... Simple. And above
all, you grow spiritually. Aggression,
attachment, lying, lack of compassion and many other things
are bad habits we have accumulated. ... |
grew stronger and together
| ... by watching Her
enlightening videotaped lectures, grew stronger on the
spiritual path and ... retreat at the Paris Center,
which allowed us to grow closer together ...
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