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 is the
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.