Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Three-day International Retreat, Los Angeles, USA,
December 16-18, 1998 (Originally in English) Videotape No. 639

Q: Please, I would like to know why the practice of the Light and Sound is the best way to get enlightened?

M: Because it's the best. No explanation is needed.

Q: You can't explain a little more about it?

M: The more I explain, the more it sounds like garbage to me. Actually, how can you explain the sun? It just is. Because it's ourselves; the Light and the Sound are our essence. You go back to yourself. What else can make you feel better than if you are yourself? What else can make the fish feel better than if he is in the water? Why does he feel better in the water? Because he is a fish. Ask me to explain: I don't know.

If you feel good, you know this already. If you don't feel good, go find something else and then run back. It's only the best; that's all I know. And if you look for references, we can see them in the Bible, like Saint John hearing the trumpet, and God coming with the voice of thunder. "In the beginning was the Word; from the Word comes our being." That's the Sound. So if we are in our element, it must be the best; that's what it is. In the Buddhist sutras, it says the same thing. In the Koran, it always mentions Light and Sound; that this is the essence of our being. And now you know that scientifically speaking we are Light and Sound; we are energy. So what else can make us feel the best, if not ourselves? Going back into our element and realizing ourselves - that's the best, and that's all there is.

Q: So it's seeing our own light and hearing our own sound?

M: It's not seeing your own light; you are the Light. It's not hearing your own sound; you are the Sound. You are the vibration that creates the whole universe. You are that. You are the Commander in Chief of this cosmos. The more you realize that you are that, the more power you have, and the freer you become. Instead of realizing that you are this flesh, you are this fingernail, you are this and that, you realize, "No, no, no, I am the Creator. I am the Light; I am the Sound; I am that absolute thing."

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Selected Questions and Answers

* Mindfulness

* You Are Masters Yourselves

* The Light and Sound Are Our Essence

* The Power of Crystal and Spiritual Practice

* Create a Positive Halo of Energy