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Q: I’m a new initiate here this week, and I’m lacking a little understanding on one thing regarding group meditation. Since our meditation is something between us individually and God, what really is the value or benefit of group meditation? M:
It’s because the same energy is helping each other. Sometimes
it even helps physically. For example, if you sit alone at home,
you tend to laze around, wander or lie down whenever your body
dictates. But in group meditation, since everyone is sitting,
you feel uncomfortable lying down. So it helps in that way. And
sometimes you lack the effort to meditate. But in a group, you
feel more supported. Just like in playing football or anything
else: It’s your own business to be a good football player. You
have to train yourself and make your own effort. But in a group,
you train better. It’s the same with everything. We need to have
a supporting environment to do anything successfully; that’s all.
Otherwise, we are God already! What need is there to meditate
to find God? But this is the way we play around, so we just do
it. From
“The Benefits of Group Meditation”
Q: Master, I want to know about the importance of group meditation. Because some people don’t want to go to the Center for group meditation. They say it is not important, and they meditate in their house. M:
It is very important. It’s better for you if you can go to group
meditation. We say that all the time. When you sit together with
other people, you are more strengthened. It’s more fun to sit
with a lot of people, number one. Number two, the collective power
will help you. For example, that’s how the bank works, economically
and practically speaking. Everyone pools his money in one bank,
and they get rich. One penny, one dollar, two dollars, one hundred,
two hundred, one thousand — everyone pools his money and
the bank becomes powerful. But everyone who participates in the
bank benefits also. If one person keeps the money for himself,
he doesn’t get the interest. But if many people pool the money
in a bank together, the bank benefits a lot. And the people benefit
too; they get the interest. So practicing spiritually is just
like doing business in this world. It’s very logical. One person
probably cannot lift this chair or lift the stage, but many persons
together can lift it. It’s very simple. From
“The Importance of Group Meditation”
When ten
persons meditate together, they receive ten portions of merit,
which, added to their own portion, will make eleven portions.
Therefore, when we go to group meditation, the merit we derive
far exceeds that of practicing alone at home for days, months,
or perhaps years. It depends on the number of people attending
group meditation. Therefore, the larger the number of attendants
and the longer we attend group meditation, the greater will be
our spiritual change. From
“The Benefits of Group Meditation”
Q: I have a full-time job and I am also a church minister. And I do funerals and hospital visits. (Master: You have to do your duties, yes.) And so I can’t go at the time they have set for group meditation. I know how important it is to congregate; I know it’s good for me. I wanted to ask you about it because I’m concerned about my responsibility toward the group. But I also have a responsibility to my church. M:
Just try your best to meditate. Whenever you have time, go to
group meditation. It doesn’t have to be every week. If you cannot
make it, maybe go once in a while, like once a month — whenever
you can. Sometimes the time is also not convenient for people.
For example, if you can meditate Saturday but the other people
work on Saturday, or the kids happen to be off school on Saturday,
or your parents always visit on Saturday, that kind of thing.
Of course, whatever benefits you, try to profit from it. But if
you cannot, it’s no sin. It’s no problem for anyone, just yourself.
But you made the effort to come here, so that means you are trying
your best. And God knows that, and it’s all right. It’s just that
you enjoy maybe a little less progress than others probably enjoy.
That’s all; you go more slowly. From
“The Importance of Group Meditation”
When
we meditate, or we remember God, our thoughts are holy, pure and
unconditional, so we don’t create anything bad; only holy
vibrations and powerful blessings. So when these powerful blessings
and thought power are generated around us and within our environment,
then it’s raised up. Then other people, who are holy and
practicing, also generate the same thought, same blessing and
the same power. Like attracts like, and when these attract each
other they become a very powerful force which defeats all the
evil, negative influence in this world. That’s how the world
will become purified and improved day by day. That’s how
we help the world without having to do charity work and without
having to go out and preach.
From
“Purify The World With A Holy Meditative Vibration”
If we want to walk all the way to the spiritual mansion of the Most High, if you have a companion supporting in spirit, it is very, very incredible, the energy that each of us radiates. It is incredible when it’s put together. For example water, if it’s only one cup, it is not much. If it fills the cup, it’s all right for the cup. But when many cups are put together, many hundreds or thousands of cups are put together, it becomes a swimming pool. Then more, it’ll become a lake, and then it’ll become a river, and become an ocean. That’s why
group meditation is extremely, extremely important to you. You
probably have learned that by your own experience. You feel clean,
energized when you go out. Is that no so? (A:
Yes.) It is because you share energy. You say, “Well, one
cup is okay. Two cups, all right.” But one cup you can not
clean with. If you put together it becomes a lake; all of you
can swim in it and it will still be there. You know what I mean?
Maybe just put one cup on your body, not only your body is not
cleansed but the water is gone. So, it is a privilege for us to
go to group meditation. It’s really, really a great benefit to
mankind as well, because if the lake is there, not only you are
benefited but many other people in the society who didn’t put
the water in the lake can also get benefit. From
“Group Meditation Benefits All Mankind”
Q: Dear Master, do You think that there will ever be a day when we could all just go back home and not have to deal with these earthly issues and matters? M: Oh! definitely, we’ll go home. Q: I mean all of us! M:
All of us! No one will be left behind. No second coming for you.
(Master and everyone laugh). Unless you want it so badly beause
a beautiful woman is left behind or something like that. Because
this time is a very bad period for our world and so the Master’s
power decides that we suffer enough. So, if we just make a little
effort, just a little sincerity and the Master will embrace us
and disregard everything. Because you can’t. (Master sighs)
To be honest, you can’t meditate in this world. (Master
and everyone laugh) You really can’t. So whatever we can
meditate, or whatever the outcome, truly comes from the grace
of the Master, I mean the Master power, I don’t mean this
person. So anyhow, during the night, the Master will take us to
different levels where it’s safer and better. In the day,
we are too busy. Our mind is running against it, the spiritual
power, so we have to do it quickly this time. If you keep to the
precepts and meditate and do group meditation you’ll see
yourself improve so fast that you could not imagine. When you
look back at yourself it’s like somebody else behind there,
yes! Really, and they’ll tell you that... the people who
experience that. I don’t tell this because I know it from
books, but it’s from experience myself and the living examples
of your brothers and sisters. It’s nice to see your family
members (fellow initiates) once a week, no? It’s good, but
not many people can keep up, but it is very beneficial to them,
and if you could not go to group meditation or if you don’t
want to, for any reason, please meditate at home. And there’s
no must for anything, it’s just that it’s beneficial
to you. Whatever I tell you is good for you only. No forbidden
items! You keep it, it’s good for you. Or if you don’t
keep it, well, you’ll experience some setbacks or some obstructions
and then you know why. From
News 50, Selected Questions And Answers
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