The More We Waste, The Heavier Our Karma Is!

By The Supreme Master Ching Hai

• It is very important for parents to take good care of their children. They also have to be serious in learning and getting enlightenment, to fully comprehend the teachings and morals. Only after enlightenment can we help our children by guiding them to a correct and better direction.
• God gives us children to remind us to be good teachers, because there is a child waiting for you, waiting for your help, for your guidance. God entrusts you with a child, a fresh soul in your hands, for you to take care of him, to polish him, and to create a prototype out of him. Therefore, do not complain if you have children. They are your lessons in being a teacher.
• Actions, speeches and thoughts are different forms of the same element. Therefore, our thoughts are equivalent to our actions. This is why we must watch carefully our actions, speech and thoughts.
• God only arranges situations that will benefit us. Sometimes, we blame God for doing something wrong, but the fact is it's we who are ignorant of the truth. We do not know the correctness of God. We see only the outside and not the inside. (Originally in Au Lac Language)
• We're too busy, developing ourselves in scientific aspects, in literature fields, in mechanical success and we do not try to develop the all, complete power.
  (Originally in English)
• We must act according to what God wants, and in order to know what God wants, we have to be prepared; prepared in our speech, in our body and mind, to listen to what God says and not to what we say. (Originally in English)
• Thinking that other people will get the benefit, we forget about our fear. This is the best way to nurture courage.
• If we still think of protecting our reputation, our demeanor, so that people would think that we are benign, then our ego is still very big, not totally free from its preconceptions.
• Any secret formula that can help us, we should learn it, accept it, and keep it.
• If everyone could be meticulous and frugal in their work, the whole country and the entire universe would benefit, not only ourselves. Therefore, we should not waste too much even if we are wealthy, because materials are to be shared with the entire universe.
• The more we waste, the heavier our karma is, because it is hard work for people to plant or produce everything from their sweat and tears. If we consume lavishly exceeding our blessed reward, we have to bear the remaining karma due to their hard work and pains. We have to compensate.
• And 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. (Originally in English)
• We are an open book to the whole universe, so be careful. So whenever we think something bad, better cut it out right away. Otherwise very embarrassing.
  (Originally in English)