The Return Of Spring - I
The Return of Spring I, II, and III were recorded during Mr. Tám ́s visit to Hai Không meditation center in Oroville, California, around Christmas time. We often listen to these tapes during a three-day retreat at each new year.
Dear friends,
Today is a happy day. Our practitioners all over five continents are gathering together in their own locations to celebrate the New Year. We will remain silent without talking, meditate and listen to the spiritual tapes during these three days of retreat. Despite my absence, my voice still comes to you with all my affection. As a spiritual adept, I have already devoted many years to practice. I have shared with you in many ways, from every corner of the sky. We have been delving into the path of liberation and into the way of counteracting intransigence and blind passions. The purpose is to become free from sorrows and deviations. We have possibility collecting these impurities from a whole year of worldly activities.
Human passions are volatile. There are people who become unstable because of their betrayal. They destroy themselves by harming others. If today they repent, they will notice how precious forgiveness and love, serenity and lucidity are. With such awareness, today we are willing to remain quiet. We turn within to listen to our breath, pulsating with the universe. We contemplate our misdeeds and seek repentance.
So far, we have adopted the method. And the path toward liberation is very clear. Even though we haven’t yet practiced enough, some of us have already experienced some enlightenment. Some people think that they have already reached the goal and have assumed the attitude of “master” on earth. They begin to modify the method by adding something else to it as well as to delete some other parts. They don’t really know what this method is about.
It ́s really a method of energy purification. It helps us eliminate all the darkness inside, so we can return to the state of lightness. We have always known that lightness is a part of heaven. Heaviness is a part of the earth. So what is rivalry? It ́s part of heaviness. What is weariness? It ́s heaviness. Only forgiveness and love are lightness. This is redemptive compassion. We know that everything is the property of God. No one can own anything for long, even power and position. So what ́s the good of reminiscing over our past? What ́s power and position? We cannot progress with these sentiments in mind.
Today is the end of the year. We must come to the awareness of releasing everything from the past. We should not plan anything for the future either. Our nervous system has been in constant agitation, and there is no use to disturb it anymore. We should know how to enjoy this present moment of serenity. We are brothers and sisters, gathering here in love and forgiveness. We sit here quietly and turn within for introspection, to see our errors and reform ourselves. We orient our mind to the world above and prepare ourselves for the coming year. The new year will provide even more agitation because of increasing trials and pressures. On the spiritual path of returning to our origin, everyone of us must meet many adversities. We must practice resignation. With the help of the method, we increase our endurance along the path toward evolution. One by one we will gradually become more patient, so our aureole will be increasingly bright and elevated. Worries and sorrows have to decrease giving way to honesty and sympathy. The harmonious fellowship will then blossom in our heart.
Vô Vi practitioners in every corner of the world are all voluntarily engaging in practice. No one can require them to do anything without their consent. By their free will they delve into meditation and regeneration. Then, they get together to form a Vô Vi Friendship Association. What is it for? It is to assist each person ́s progress. We learn from our fellow practitioners ́ progress. We improve ourselves by following good examples. We clean our mirror that reflects good images from our friends, so we can progress on the spiritual path. We advance with confidence. We advance to see our real potential, to discover our real identity.
After many struggles either in material or spiritual life, we still don’t know who we are. We have apparently lived with our ordinary names, but in depth we haven’t yet known our true identity. We haven’t been able to see our real face. Today, the Vô Vi Association has provided us many spiritual documents. We should make use of them to dissect our inner treasures. As I used to say, the diamond within you is indestructible. So you must dig in. Do search for it instead of relying on anybody else. Even the Immortals or the Buddha cannot do it for you. You ́ll certainly get help when reaching their levels. For instance, when you first landed in Australia, France, or the USA with empty hands, there was always someone who came to help you. It is the same for the soul being a spiritual adept. Many evolved beings are waiting for your coming, so they can give you assistance.
As a spiritual adept, why are you still greedy? Why are you still dependent on the Divinities and keep praying constantly? How many books have all of you read? And yet, there is only one word that is essential to you – that is resignation. There is no use to read many books and not put it into real practice.
How fortunate we are today to have such a good method for self-practice and self-regeneration. We can develop ourselves and progress on our own. We are aware of the sacred moment. We understand and commune with it. We close our eyes, while our ears listen. So our spiritual heart awakens to live eternally in pureness and lightness. This is the lifestyle of openness and eternal progress. It ́s indestructible if human beings live in good balance and in a lucid state.
Even though I am away from you, I feel very close to you. I always commune with you in spiritual depth. My voice often touches you to let you see that we are one. You live with me, and we are eternal travelers together. Hand in hand, we overcome many tribulations on earth. I am always there in moments of suspense. Together, we confront the trials and overcome the difficulties. So why don’t we continue to develop and strengthen our courage to contribute our share to others with real potential and practice. Everything that I declare to you here comes from my own experience and practice. With my own effort and progress, I have lived through it. I have shed tears and suffered. I have tasted all the bitterness. And now, I present my experiences to you, so you can see that the road is unavoidable.
You have to experience that crucial time of pain. Do repent and correct yourself! Only at that moment, you will not use any more pretense from outside, any more religious regimentation to oppress yourself. You should regenerate yourself instead, in order to be free from the karma of the heart. When being free form karma, you ́ll instantly become Buddha. Why can ́t you understand that? Now, you just use religious principles to oppress yourself. You are sinking into oblivion without awareness. Anger and passions are sweeping you up. Now, if you are aware of it, then you should work for it. You should practice for achievement. You are not as eloquent as Buddha, but your words are true. The words must start from your true self. That is Buddha hood. The words you borrow from outside are falsehood.
You will achieve the goal with real training. The offerings to heaven must come from your own effort, your honesty, and your sublimation of mind. The emanation of pure thoughts will converge into a myriad of beautiful colors. Those nuances of colors are undefined and spotless just like the lotus flower.
A long year has passed, a long year with many lessons not completed. We have made many promises but many of them are unfulfilled. It is tempting to hear about “self-devotion, sacrifice and wisdom” but how far have we gone? To start, we must do our own spiritual revolution. That is to resolutely engage in practice. We must follow the correct path, and not make any excuse for ourselves. Otherwise, we will be belated and age doesn’t wait for us. When coming closer to the infirmity of years, we will not be able to cope with the situation due to weaknesses. If we care about ourselves now, then we must agree to learn and advance. We must finish our lessons in due time, and resolve the matter properly. Then we will be able to enjoy the happy blessings from the whole universe.
We didn’t realize how many blessings we have received during the past year. It is because we lack the serenity. God has sent us His blessings abundantly. Many enlightened Immortals have been assisting us all of the time. They wait to see our progress. They wish for our achievement of the glorious happiness. See that the sun and the moon will shine down on us evenly if we stand out in the open air. But if hiding in the shadow, how can their radiation reach us? I have often said that every person is unique. No one can create a human being. The opportunity of owing this body is for learning lessons. It ́s for practicing resignation among life ́s trials.
Today, you agree to come to this place and join in carrying the torch of serenity and lucidity. You agree to remain silent and listen to my spiritual guidance that results from pure practice. You are me, and we are following the spiritual path together. We are unfastening our karmic bonds and we will continue to do so. Let ́s seek our true identity and real potential. We must determine the location of our spiritual conscience. Our omniscient power is really the power of forgiveness and love. If we know how to forgive and love, then what joy we will have! We face each other by our consciousness. Even while we close our eyes, we can clearly envision our past and future. We can recognize that our friends also come from one common structure granted by God whose purpose is to send us down here to learn.
We close our eyes to meditate and to experience a feeling of ecstasy on the path of returning to the origin. We must move forward with courage and confidence. We go in silence and not with agitation and rivalry. We free ourselves during those moments of meditative contemplation. We experience the rapture of lightness and proceed to the Void of Void. We must free ourselves from everything to reach the state of Void. Within state of nonexistence, there is existence. This is the eternal bliss, the inheritance of order and light.
Now, look at your body! Isn ́t it also a symbol of order? Without order, you cannot guide your body to come here and join our annual spiritual meeting at a local place. Your body is like a dwelling place, a kingdom that shelters your soul. It is also like a country with hierarchical structures and institutions. Whatever the macrocosm has, the microcosm has the same. So few of you can see it. Now, with the help of the method, you can experience it. The more you practice, the more you will enlarge your knowledge. You close your eyes, but your vision widens more and more. It ́s due to the exercise of the Concentration of Spiritual Energy. You haven’t been able to see the light yet, but your vision broadens. With your eyes closed, you see at large, then in the future your vision will brighten even more. You experience many changes from one circumstance to another and from one knowledge to another. This is the evolution of the path toward spiritual perfection.
How happy and fortunate to live together in peace among brothers and sisters. You don’t need to pray for peace. The fact of living together in harmony will bring peace forward. Human beings are the most important entities on this planet, and if we ignore this fact, then we will certainly deviate. What ́s the good of praying and praying, if your heart is not in harmony. How can peace prevail in this manner? Today, you come here to practice harmony, and exert peace with the tools of forgiveness and love. We share benevolent energy with our brothers and sisters and elevate ourselves spiritually. We are bound to each other by the pure orderly air of the cosmos. We live together in peace. We are in the process of learning serenity. The more serene we are, the more we can resolve all matters despite their importance. We will turn complex matters into simple matters, and then simple matters into void. To achieve that result, you must practice. For instance, what ́s the good of struggling and competing? What will you get after all? Nothing. So it ́s best to free yourself for lightness. And what will you get in that state of lightness? You will gain everlasting brightness which is real happiness. In this state, you can get everything you wish. Science is now giving you the means to learn the Tao and the conditions to live together in peace. With the help of a cassette player, my voice can reach you anytime and keep you company forever. We are brothers and sisters who assume the same road to evolution. Among material belongings, what is more precious than your body? Your body is so miraculous. Then, you have the freedom of choice for spiritual development.
We have experimented with life and practiced during the past year. It is as though we were playing in a casino and lost everything. Some gambled and lost their spiritual minds, some wore out their bodies. Today with the help of this method, you may recover something. You start to know your consciousness. You begin to talk about Tao, to recognize the value of love, and your real potential and position. This is the position of human beings who are living in the whole universe and not in a confined place. When you realize that you are an entity of this universe, then what will you do? You will try to accomplish greater things like your self-liberation. You must emancipate yourself first before being able to influence others.
On earth, we own a most delicate body. No one can create this body. So where do we come from? We come from what structure? Of course, we come from the supra-nature through a most refined process. God created us on earth with all the capabilities. We talk, reason, struggle, develop, sublimate, and then stabilize ourselves. On earth, no one can produce a human being in this manner.
Therefore, today we need to remain serene, to release all worries collected from past years to be back with God. There are millions of people on earth who do not have a method for energy purification. Now, since we have that opportunity, we are also in charge of exerting forgiveness and love. So many people on earth haven’t known their right position. Now, we are fortunate to know it. Our presence on earth is to bring forth love and wisdom and make them available to all mankind.
Therefore, we must suffer losses. Coming to this place, you have to spend money and time. You remain silent and serene. What is it for? It is for sacrifice and for being spiritual instead of material. You take a long trip to come over here, and you are eager to see your fellow practitioners, and you are happy. You are really happy to receive this blessing from God. Why can this place receive the grace from God and not other places? Because we have here many brothers and sisters who have corrected and improved themselves. We keep silent. We remain self-effacing and invoke the Buddha mantra in order to receive the precious lightness. After this experience of lightness, we are more aware that misfortunes are the fruits of misdeeds. Thus, we have enough power to bring forth our own happiness.
We are living in a loving ocean of serenity during these moments of peace. We refrain from impure thinking and preserve a ray of freshness in mind. That serves to make an offering to God with sincerity. We make an effort to not create impurities or agitation to harm our insight. Every year we will have three days of spiritual meeting like this. So we can purge ourselves in order to enjoy the dharma-shower of the universe. It gives way to spiritual evolution.
We sublimate our minds to harmonize with the universal frequency through our cranial psychic center. With our eyes closed, we are working. We work by contributing our pure energy to the brightness of the universe and its goodness. We take part in the development of mankind. We come to full awareness of the rights of life in the three different spheres. At that level, our serenity serves not only the terrestrial level, but the other two levels will benefit the same. We contribute the pure flux of energy to mankind and other living creatures. If the living beings do not live spiritually and commune with the world above, then this terrestrial atmosphere will become very oppressive. On the contrary, if human beings know the spiritual path, then they will see how transient things are on earth. Competition also serves to help human beings progress toward evolution.
During this moment of meditative contemplation, we feel really stable and delighted. The pressure is gone. Oppressive tests disappear. Only peace and broadmindedness prevail. We learn constantly in this state of serenity. On earth, people have misunderstood Buddha by his appearance. Sometimes, they think that Buddha is lazy because of his stillness. God on the altar is quiet and motionless. In reality, those Personalities are very active. They work wholeheartedly in the formation of this earth. Our spiritual minds develop so slowly compared to the rate of material matters. We should be ashamed of the quick rate at which matter progresses. How slow are our spiritual minds progressing! For instance, the cassette recorder can register every sound you want. And yet, your spiritual heart is even greater than that cassette. It has been in existence for so many billions of years. And we still cannot capture any sounds belonging to the pure and light sphere. We sometimes ignore our own actions. Why? It ́s due to the lack of serenity.
When following the path toward spiritual perfection, you need to practice. Do not get bored in the middle of the road. This is the time of trial to upgrade your level. So you must overcome boredom. You will retrogress if you don’t practice. Do not move forward one step then go backward three steps. Every week or every year, during your spiritual evaluation, you can see yourself slip backward if you don’t practice. However, it ́s still better to know about your loss than not to be aware of it. In this case, you can always improve yourself by the help of the method. You must decide to proceed and never go backward again under any circumstance. One year has passed, and another is waiting for you. Continue practicing until the time when you can live every day, hour, minute and second in sublimation of mind.
This peace of mind progresses incessantly like material matter. Who creates those magnificent lights? It ́s from the humans ́ minds and their labor. Those people are brilliant. They can make what they see. So the lights must come from the vision of humans ́ eyes, the same for cars and many more things around you.
Now, you are learning about the Esoteric Science of Buddhist Dharma which is also expanding into infinity. With closed eyes, you can understand many things. This science will help you simplify things, and bring forth many concise, fresh new ideas to mind. Many of you experience new waves of thought flowing in the form of a poem. Deep and benevolent thoughts have poured from your mind. They emanate the energy to the universal computer of the cosmos. If you are not serene, then you cannot recover the ideas. It shows that you understand profoundly the matter but cannot express it correctly. Sometimes during your meditation, you have many excellent ideas, but are incapable to recover them later again. Why? You haven ́t reached the proper level yet. So you need to practice further. This is the law. The law of regeneration requires you to sublimate yourself toward lightness. If you still orient yourself downward to sexuality, then how can you become bright? Without serenity, you cannot become bright in spiritual dharma. You only repeat sacred words but fail to incorporate those principles in your daily life. Real practice is lacking. You reason incorrectly, creating hot-temper for yourself. This is the cause of instability in your household. You create misunderstandings among people around you, hence making yourself feel guilty. Thus, your nervous system is under stress.
With the help of this method, you can regenerate and elevate yourself to higher levels of supra-civilization. Continue to hold on to the technique of how to release your karma. If you practice, you will advance, and you will certainly achieve the goal. You do not need to rely on anyone. Only your Divine Superior knows about your fulfillment. You will return to your true nature when you can eliminate your bad habits and wicked ways. When you appreciate truth and straightforwardness, then there will be hope for advancement. If you keep hiding the truth and do not want to bring to the light your evil doing, then you can never progress.
So we know that it would be unwise to stay in darkness. We must proceed to the sphere of lightness. By the time we leave this planet, every one of us must go with empty hands. At that time, we don’t even care about clothes. Our limbs become numb and motionless...So you see...If you understand this, then you must fully grasp the importance of preparing yourself for departure. You came here with nothing, then when leaving this place, you will also do it with courage and determination. However, there is existence within this nonexistence. There is lucidity within this nothingness. There is positiveness in this nothingness. All belong to the esoteric science. If you do not retain this nothingness, then you can hardly achieve anything. For instance, if you are not patient and calm enough, how can you correctly repair your broken car? Only with composure of mind can you fix it. If your family faces problems, then you need to stay calm to resolve this matter. You just guide the members of your family according to their level of awareness. They will remember your advice at the moment of the dilemma.
So far I have shared with you many circumstances in life. I am in touch with you in times of suspense and of dilemmas. I observe you every night to see how far you go and how your blindness impedes your way. May I call for forgiveness and love. Do mend your ways to overcome affliction and sorrow. These misfortunes will hit your mind first before touching any other member of your family. Thus, you must be alert. If woes and deviations come to attack you, you must chase them out right away. I show you that the location of your real heart is the cranial psychic center on top of your head. From there comes lucidity in times of meditation. From there comes the condensed principle of the universe. This brightness will help you improve your thoughts and attitude. From there, you will know your real identity.
Today, how happy we are to be together! We love each other. Sometimes we have differences of opinion, but then we miss the person with whom we disagree when he is absent. When we don’t come to see our fellow practitioners, we genuinely miss them. Now we ́re so happy to meet them again. We hope to be together again every week or every month. What makes you think about your fellow practitioners like this? It ́s the affinity coming from pure energy. By thought, you emit the pure energy to the universe. In return, the universe shines its pure energy to you causing an alliance that urges you to go visiting your fellow practitioners. This is how you feel about the fraternal love among fellow practitioners. Sometimes, you miss them more than your relatives. Why is it? It ́s because we are all brothers and sisters under God, our Father. Now, we orient ourselves to return to the Origin, and we are like one. This feeling is even deeper than the feeling you have toward your brothers and sisters in your own family.
Be aware that you have reincarnated on earth many times. You have already accomplished many things before having this opportunity to join this spiritual reunion. In ordinary life, when coming to see your friends, you greet them happily. Our greetings here are to remain silent, so we can come into communication with the pure divine energy which is so light. We leave worries behind. We live now in peace during these moments of meditative contemplation. We share the joy that permeates every cell of our body. We offer to The Heavenly God and Buddha the glorious lotus in hope to progress bit by bit. The spiritual joy is very much different from the ordinary joy. The happiness in Tao is lightness and fulfillment. The joy comes from our awakening. This is the awareness of our misdeeds. What a joy to know and improve ourselves. This is the evolution toward eternal existence.
Today is the first day of spiritual retreat in this place. We remain silent to commune with our innermost core. We will continue to preserve faith and strength to contribute to the current evolution cycle. We stay together three days to offer our prayer for peace. How much pure thoughts can we collectively contribute? You can do without seeing me in person. You can elevate your mind up to the place where I am working now. That is the central source of universal energy. Every one of you has come from this place. Now, you must return to that point to complete your mission. Only at this point, can we understand each other better. May we join our strength together for the return to our original native homeland.
I thank you all sincerely for your attention.
Oroville, December 31, 1988