So, do you have any questions? Do you have any questions? How are you? Oh, last night? Did you have enough sleep? A little? Me, only a little, only a little. No, a little bit more, more than a little? (I have a question. When we meditate, should we think about nothing at all?) What? (For meditation, should we think about nothing at all?) Don’t think about anything at all. Nothing. You must not think. You must not imagine. You must do nothing at all, except repeat the Five [Holy] Names. (It’s difficult to remember. It’s hard to remember because we’re…) Difficult, huh? (To remember.) right. It’s true. Because you’re not used to doing it. That’s why you must try to do it. If you’ve already been perfect at meditation, you wouldn’t need me then? It’s true. It will come. It’s like in the beginning we speak French, like me. It doesn’t work. But after a while, if I stay here longer, I will speak, I will speak French better.
Although I have already learned French and then almost five, twenty years? Five years? (No.) (Twenty years.) Twenty years before, I spoke French. But since it’s been a long time, lack of practice. That’s why it doesn’t go too far. If there is no… Ah, there is a translator here. Ah, I am free. Ah good! (I am not a translator for French) No, no. (Ah, yes, yes.) (I am not a translator, no.) No? You can’t speak French? (Yes, I speak a little, but I am not a traductrice.) A little? You live here and you speak a little French only! It makes me laugh. Ah, it makes me laugh. Ah, you make me laugh. You want to translate? All the people who live in Belgium? (I’m afraid it won’t be well translated.) What about the others? You two, or three, and those in the front, can you speak French? (No.) (We speak Dutch.) (I can speak French. But my English is not good.) I’m not speaking English. OK. It’s alright.
So, you ask the questions? If it’s OK in French, it’s OK. If it’s not, I speak English. It’s just for you that it’s not OK. It’s a matter of habit. The same thing with the diets. Yes, but it’s not impossible. (Because our whole life, we’ve been used to it since we were young. Since we were young, we’ve been used to eating differently.) Yes, yes, yes. (And the next day, we change everything…) It’s true. (So it’s…) It’s true. (It’s all those feelings like that.) It’s true, but everything is an illusion. If you want to do it this way, you do it this way. We are the great man. There is nothing impossible that we can’t do. Because we have a magnificent spirit.
(I have a question. A few years ago, I saw a being of light, but this being of light that I saw, it gave me very strong emotions. And all the emotions that, when I pronounced the Names of God, because I saw how I am in light…) Yes. (I felt that I was…) But happy, right? (All the feelings…) Oh, all the feelings… (Sadness, happiness…) Mixed. (…fear, but all in the…) Mixed, all mixed. (All mixed with very strong feelings.) Ah! But… (And since then, I am a little afraid when it comes…) Afraid? Oh, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. (I don’t know.) You are still alive, nothing has happened. (No, but every time, for me… it’s too…) Too strong. (That’s right.) Yes, yes. But it’s again a matter of habit, no problem. Because we have a lot of emotional problems inside us, (Yes.) internally, almost no time and no chance to express them. (Yes, to express them.) And now you are enlightened. That’s how you say it? Enlightened. (I don’t know. It’s yesterday…) Yesterday, the day before, you got enlightened, and all the emotions are free. You are calm, you are… There’s no worry. That’s why they are free, and everything is liberated, and then you have no more… pressure. (Pressure, yes. But I was afraid especially because I didn’t know if it was a good light being or not, what I had seen.) No, no, no. It’s not that we believe. We have seen it. (That’s right.) Precisely. (Yes, I’ve seen it, yes. But it happened a few years ago, already. But that very strong impression stayed with me.) It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s OK, it’s OK. Don’t worry. Enlightenment always helps us, it is always good for us, no problem.
Are there still people who have want to ask questions? Here. I tried to speak French. (If You want, I can speak English.) Yes, yes, please. Yes, speak English. (He has translated before, but…) No, he’s English-American. (OK. So I have already practiced some meditation a little, and I was a little… not afraid, but preoccupied because You told us that we must not to do anything else, other meditations. When we….) “Other”… Oh, don’t mix them. (Yes.) It’s better for you. It’s better if you don’t mix all the methods together, because it causes confusion. (Yes.) And then, you don’t have much time for everything. It puts pressure on your happiness, on your time. If you hurry too much, you won’t get anything.
(But it’s a little difficult because I am following the teaching from one master, he’s a master for me.) Yeah. (A Buddhist practice for instance, to give, to dedicate after…) Well, that’s OK, that’s OK. (It’s OK?) No problem. (Oh, yes. And for instance too, if I recite a mantra, it’s OK too, or it’s better not?) The practice of the Five [Holy] Names includes all the mantras. All the mantras came from the Second World. You see? (Yes.) That’s why most of the mantras begin with “Om mani padme hum.” (Yes.) Therefore, we don’t need to repeat that anymore, not that I forbid you. (Ah, yes?) It’s included already.
(Ah, yes, and some practice for Vajrasattva?) Oh, no need. (“OM…” all this?) No, no, no. (No?) I’ve done all that. (No?) I’ve done it also, no need. (No?) Yeah. (Ah, yes.) I have practiced the methods you mentioned. I know there is no need to go on. It’s not… how say “forbidden?” (It’s not forbidden.) It’s not forbidden, but it’s not necessary. Besides, you’ve already gone higher… (Really?) And these are little convenient methods, don’t get attached to them. (Ah, yes.) That’s how it is. If you have attachments you can’t let them go now, you can continue, but it causes confusion and wastes a lot of time. (Thank You very much.) You are welcome.
(The last question. Milarepa, it’s written that Milarepa applies that method, but somebody told me some meditation, some practice from Milarepa.) Yeah. (So Milarepa did various methods or what?) Yes. Did you see Milarepa in the picture I gave to you? (Yes, yes.) You know it. (Yes?) You know what it means. (Yes.) Yes, yes, yes. And when you read now, after sometime of practice, you read what Milarepa wrote in the 1000 songs, you’ll know what He meant. He talked about the Quan Yin Method, (OK.) about the (inner Heavenly) Light and the (inner Heavenly) Sound. I know this because I have inner seeing. (OK. Thank You.) But in Milarepa’s time, the Master tested Him four years before giving Him [initiation]. Now I don’t test you, nothing, I give you after four minutes. So that’s a different time, different Master. She asks… It’s the same thing, almost the same as the first question. So, are you satisfied? Are you satisfied? (Yes, yes, yes. Thank You.) Yes, you are welcome.
Are there any others questions? Yes, in the back. (The problem with Your Five [Holy] Names, Your Five Stages,) The [Holy] Names, yes… (it’s very difficult to remember [Them]. I’ve completely forgotten.) Oh. (This morning, I wanted to do it. But that’s the problem.) Yes, yes. Later, we will teach you. (Yes, but let’s say, the question is the following: How did these Five [Holy] Names come to You? Is this a terminology to help us concentrate? To prevent our mind from thinking about other things, that these [Holy] Names were composed of? Is there an origin to these Five [Holy] Names?) It’s all that. They are all that and even better, because if you repeat these [Holy] Names, you eliminate the negative energy at the same time. (Yes.) Yes, yes. Because in our environment, there is always, almost always negative energy. And then, it helps to focus, because… But, the [Holy] Names alone, it’s not important. (It is not important?) It’s not important, because the initiation, the Master – how to say “the Power”? (The Power.) – the Master Power charges the [Holy] Names. That’s why when you repeat [the Holy Names], it works. As the king, if he says: “Kill this one!,” everyone listens to the king. But if I say it, nobody pays attention. You know what I mean? The powers are different. (Yes, yes, the powers are different.) The power.
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