Q & A

The following are my attempt to answer questions raised by readers of this web site:

Q: What is the Trinity or Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? I see the number Three everywhere. Are they actually in me or all around me or a part of me?

A: One is the Source. Three are the manifestation of the One.

Trinity:
    1- Father or God or Universal Soul
    2- Son: every human beings, including Jesus or Gautama
    3- Holy Spirit: link between Father and Son, our guide helping us distinguish the right from the wrong

All Three are within us. These are the Three levels of our Soul. Our purpose in Life is for the Son to become One with the Holy Spirit and the Father. Both Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha have reached this level of Unity. When Jesus Christ has entered this state, He is no longer a mortal man. He can rise from the dead if he choose to.

A: We come to this world to experience, to learn and to grow. We grow spiritually by learning and correcting from our own mistakes. As we are becoming more and more aware of our True Nature which is God, our Internal Light will shine more brilliantly and we will be more and more "of service" to the world. As our Internal Light get brighter, it pushes away the darkness around us and benefits first those who are closest to us: family members, friends, co-workers, then when we come closer to the level of consciousness of Jesus or Buddha, we will be more "of service" to a wider circle.

Everything that happens in this Universe has a purpose and follows the Law of Nature. Life and Death are consistent with the Law of Nature. We are born to this physical world, then one day, we will die. This cycle is real. Change is real. Even the solar system including our planet earth will one day disappear. Other universes will be created. And that is normal, natural, real.

"Nothingness" or Vô-Vi is the source of all Energy. When this Energy manifests itself, it becomes Consciousness. We are "aware" because this Energy is flowing through our mind and body.

Nothingness is something that we cannot see with our eye, we cannot hear with our ear, we cannot smell with our nose, we cannot touch with our sense, we cannot conceive with our mind. But this 'Nothingness" is really "Everything". It is the source of all Energy in the Universe. This state exists beyond Time and Space. It resides in the "Now".

Our five senses can perceive the physical universe, so we know that we exist and we say that the physical universe is real. Then there must be someone who creates us, some principles which govern our existence and our evolution, and we call Him God. We are not just an object of the Creation, but also intimate part of the Creator, that's why we are also God. He is within everyone of us.

There are other unseen universes, other undetected forces behind this act of Creation, because they vibrate at a frequency that our organs cannot perceive, our machines cannot measure. We call this state "Nothingness" because it is beyond our perception, beyond our comprehension. Since this state is the origin of everything, it could also be called "Everythingness".

Why does God go though all the trouble to create the universe, then earth, then human beings? Not because He wants us to come to this world to enjoy ourselves by using up all natural resources and destroying our planet. This is destruction of life, not creation of life. We are Here because we can be part of His Plan, we can assist Him in expanding Life and creating other Universes.

God is not an all powerful person in the sky who can intervene in the worldly affairs. He is the Universal Law, the Ultimate Principle which governs everything in the Universe.

Man can cooperate with the Law of Nature to help create more Life, or he can destroy planet Earth through war and greed and unwise use of natural resources.

God talks to us all the time. He may not use human voice as we expect, but He always talks to us. It is just that we may not be listening to Him. He may be talking to us through the happy face of a child, the song of a bird in our garden, the words of our love ones... Many times we are not listening to Him because we have put layers after layers of our ego between us and Him. Using our brain to try to find Him or validate Him will nerver work.

The Big Bang theory just attempts to explain the expanding Physical Universe that astronomists can see visually or with scientific instruments. There are many other Universes that man cannot see or hear, including the invisible Universe where we all return after we die. "Nothingness" or Vô-Vi links all Universes into One. It is our goal to reunite with this Original Energy. We are separated from this Pure Life Force when we become greedy and polluted by the slower and impure energies which exist on Earth.

We all come from this Original Energy. Our Father makes us in His image and send us to the physical world with all its impurities and challenges so that we can learn and perfect ourselves. Once pure, we are automatically reunited with this Original Energy. Then we can help God create other Universes and expand Life.

Jesus and Gautama have reached this level. They have overcome all the worldly temptations and become enlightened. They are reunited with God the Father. By being so, they can perform miracle if they choose to. In general, they don't need to do so. Miracles are just the working of some natural laws that we don't understand.

For the rest of us, we have to come back again and again to the physical world (reincarnation) to learn our lessons. If we follow Jesus steps, we can all be a Buddha or a Saint. Then we don't have to come back to Earth.

If we live in a country, we have to obey the laws of this country, whether they are perfect or not. If we violate the country laws, we could end up in prison. There are also other laws: law of nature, law of physics, law of economics. If we violate those laws, we will suffer the consequences. If we put our hands on the fire, we will get burn. Our society also depends on moral laws or laws of conduct. Observance of those laws help maintain harmony in the society.

Many religions as well as political parties are based on doctrines and theories formulated in such a way to attract followers and members. Some use promise of rewards and threat of punishment to control the mass. If you follow their rules, then you go to heaven after you die, or you gain political power while you are alive. If you break the rules, then you go to hell.

Each individual has to discern what is True from what is not, and is free to choose his course of actions. The Purer our Energy, the better we can see the Truth. Seeing the Truth liberates us from confusion and enslavement. Otherwise we have to come back to Earth again and again to learn our lessons. And this is reincarnation. We all create our consequences. This is just the logical relationship between cause and effect.

Do not confuse the egoist Self who desire wealth, power, celebrity for himself at the expense of others, who seek to satisfy his needs first without considering the harms that he may have inflicted on others, who view himself as the greatest person in the world and every one else as inferiors, who live a life of separation and conflict instead of harmony and unity.

Do not confuse this egoist Self with the real Person that we all are. We all have God Within ourselves. He is always there, whether we remember Him or not, whether we recognize Him or not. He is the Utmost level of our Soul. When we recognize Him, we become One with Him, then We are God. Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha have reached this level of awareness and taught us that we need to remember that We are also God.

If we don't recognize Him and don't remember our Divine nature, then we are this egoist Self, living in a grandiose idea about himself, fighting each others for worldly possession and for worldly power.

"Am I perfect or imperfect?" depends on "Who I Am". And Who am I depends on "Where do I Stand". Do I Stand as One with God, as One with my fellow human beings, as One with my brothers and sisters in Love, or do I stand as the grandiose separate Self who only knows his own worldly desires?

Do not to confuse "Con Người" with "Cái Người".

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Last modified: March 29, 2005