> > I am not an enlightened being. My Teacher is.
JM, how do you tell, especially if you are not enlightened yourself? > > Besides, enlightened being has no self. The entire focus, or heart, is > > filled with the suffering of others. JM, that's well and good, but of what use is that in reducing the suffering of others? On the other hand, Bill Gates may not feel so deeply but does much good with his philantrophic work. --ED > --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming wrote: > > > > Since this question was not directly answered, let me give it a try. > > > > About five or six years ago, I was in a restaurant order live fish. > > (Chinese are barbaric. I know. I know.) As always, the waiter brought > > one in a basket to obtain my approval. So I nodded. As he turned > > around toward the kitchen, an acute severe headache occurred within me > > for about 5-7 minutes. Hmm, then I remembered that another senior > > practitioner told me that's exactly what happened to her. And I > > recalled many similar incidents told by other dedicated practitioners > > in our school. > > > > Gradually this incident was forgotten. About three months later, I > > ordered a live fish again, and this headache appeared again. I > > therefore no longer order anything live any more. > > > > I am not an enlightened being. My Teacher is. His ability to detect > > and ferry karma is far greater than what I am able to experience or deliver. > > > > Therefore, I have witnessed that anyone with enough purity in the > > "being" will for sure be hit with karma, especially those were initiated. > > > > Besides, enlightened being has no self. The entire focus, or heart, is > > filled with the suffering of others. > > > > This is my witness. > > JMJM > > Head Teacher > > Order of Chan
