(Continuing from episode 2)
Q. What is the difference between cherishing money above one’s life and having greedy for money?
A. Having greed for money is that you want to have lots of money. Cherishing money is knowing its precious value when money was given to you.
To cherish money, one should understand that money is the blood and sweat of the people which is the form of energy all humanity in history has created for.
To cherish money, one should understand that money is the blood and sweat of the people which is the form of energy all humanity in history has created for. It is valuable to the extent that it can manage the entire world, so one should be thankful for the wealth that has been given to them. This is how intensively one should understand to cherish money over one’s life.
If you say that you cherish money above your life, Grand Nature will test you if you really does right away. So do not dare to say this thoughtlessly.
If you say that you cherish money above your life, Grand Nature will test you if you really does right away. So do not dare to say this thoughtlessly. If you behave modestly, there is nothing to be tested about. Since you keep your attitude of learning although you know about it, Grand Nature does not try to test you.
For greed you have, you will be tested.
When someone says he is going to pray for 100 days, it means he is expecting something to happen while he does 100 days of prayer. For greed he has, he will be tested. Also, if you say that you will study for 3 years no matter what, it means you are expecting something to happen during that period. Then you will be tested for you had greed for it.
You should realize your mistake in this and decide to study without setting a certain period and keep learning whatever that is given to you. Since you have no greed for it and accept whatever Grand Nature gives you delightfully, there is nothing for you to be tested.
You will be protected and supported by Grand Nature if you appreciate your learning environment given to you and focus on fulfilling yourself.
Realizing the fact that we have learned the right path of living, we should not set a certain period to practice it but accept whatever circumstances given to us and fulfill ourselves. When your quality of energy is fulfilled, Grand Nature will empower you to make good use of you. You will be protected and supported by Grand Nature if you appreciate your learning environment given to you and focus on fulfilling yourself.
Q. I thought tests are given to anyone at any time. So I had fear about my tests. Like you said, if we focus on learning within our given circumstances, will we really be free of receiving test?
A. That is your idea of it now, but if you just decide to live like that, then so does your life would be. Then you will be tested whether you have really determined to live like that. (laugh)
If you just decide to live without greed, then so does your life would be. Then you will be tested whether you have really determined to live like that.
You can see the difference here between the enlightened one and ordinary people. Enlightenment doesn’t just come to you. I’ve also done many mistakes. I tried for 100 days and then for 3 years. After 3 years of study, I came to a realization and stopped counting my days and years of studying. What needs to count the days of your study?
How can one know about Grand Nature when one has greed for it? Never it can happen.
You become appreciative of Grand Nature for the learning opportunity you have. That is how you become part of Grand Nature itself. You become one with it and then your study begins to go in-depth from there. How can one know about Grand Nature when one has greed for it? Never it can happen.
I came to enlightenment fairly quickly though. My learning began since my childhood from delivering and selling newspapers and selling gum. As an orphan, I had to overcome all the difficulties since I was little, however, I kept on living accepting such living conditions. I went into the study for my self-discipline and endured it really hard for 100 days, and then for another 3 years.
Nothing could make me falter in any conditions Grand Nature gave me in my 40s.
All my experiences and studies up until my 30s had all added up and piled to a certain amount and I came to enlightenment. So when I turned to my 40s, I didn’t falter. Nothing could make me falter in any conditions Grand Nature gave me.
Turning 50s is Ji-Cheon-Myong (knowing of the order of the universe). I followed the instruction Heaven gave me precisely.
So, when you turn to your 40s, you shouldn’t falter. That is the age of bool-hok (the age of not falter). And turning 50s is Ji-Cheon-Myong (knowing of the order of the universe). I followed the instruction Heaven gave me precisely.
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