Then yesterday, a woman told me she saw a bright white Light radiating from me, completely pure and transparent. Oh my! I told the guy next to me, “Wow, it’s amazing that she can still see any Light at all. I thought my whole body was already covered with karmic burdens, completely blocking all the Light, yet she could still see it, that’s something, isn’t it?” Everyone laughed together. Just like those guys lying in the pile of garbage – they’re used to it. Garbage is garbage, but a person is still a person. It doesn’t make any difference; you can’t turn into trash. Even though they’re lying in the garbage, they’re still human, not garbage. So even though I’m full of karmic burdens, I’m still a Buddha. […]
Wherever I go, it’s the same. When I’m there, I stay; when it’s time to go, I go. I don’t remember anymore. It’s because inside, we’ve already found the True World, the world that doesn’t change or fluctuate like this one, so we feel peaceful, content, and joyful within ourselves. […]
Alright, now let’s get back to this guy. He worked for hire, doing all sorts of odd jobs, and he could even support ten more people. Then when the government started drafting people for military service, this guy ran around everywhere without any fear. Because he was hunchbacked, disabled, so the government couldn’t conscript him. […] When the government distributed aid or rations to the poor or the sick and disabled, he would receive three portions of rice and ten portions of firewood. So it means he received a lot like that. Didn’t have to do anything, didn’t go to military service, yet still received everything. Such a good life. What does it mean here? It means that sometimes God, or what we call the Creator, or Heaven and Earth, gives us things that seem unfortunate or look like misfortunes, but in fact they are blessings, they are grace for us, you see?
