I read Michael Newton’s books years ago. I love them- so eye opening! My grandfather passed in 2009 and I decided to re-read “Journey of Souls” to follow his journey leaving here. I decided a couple years ago that I want to do some channeled writing, but have yet to do it. Thank you for this podcast. ❤ Going to look into Dr McKay’s books.
Letting go of love is very difficult for us, human beings, because the dimension we are in is soaked and permeated with this substance, called "qing" (or emotion, sentiment). Gods outside of the Three Realms don't have it. "Student: How should we understand the difference between love and attachment? Master: They’re two different concepts. Love can breed attachments, it can cause attachments during cultivation, but among everyday people and in society, it’s still something essential. Without love, human beings would be even more likely to do bad things, and their demon-nature would be even stronger. So humans can’t live without love or emotion. That’s because emotion is a human thing-it’s a necessary element of the living environment provided to human beings, but it’s not for gods. As cultivators, you have to rise above it, and cultivate away the attachments that result from love and emotion. That’s the relationship among these things. If you want to be able to love without getting attached, that’s impossible. But in your process of cultivation, you can’t possibly take everything lightly, let go of everything, and not be so attached right away. So in your current phase, whatever state you’re in, you can just be in that state. Don’t force yourself: “Deep inside I do love, I do love my family members, but I’ll force myself to stop loving them.” That would be wrong, because your realm hasn’t risen and you’re only trying to do it forcibly. If you do that, it will actually cause people to misunderstand Dafa, and damage the image of Dafa. As love is diminished in your cultivation, it will be replaced by the compassion (cibei) that emerges. You know, I’m sitting here and-using your words-loving and caring for every one of you. Actually, it’s a type of compassion (applause), but it’s totally different from the kind of personal feelings of yours. I’m sure you can differentiate the love among yourselves and that which I have. (Applause)" (Teachings at the Conference in the Eastern U.S. Hongzhi Li March 27-28, 1999 ~ New York)
"Student: Are notions mixed in with emotion (qing)? Master: Your concept isn’t correct. Any living being, as long as it exists in the environment of the Three Realms, is permeated with emotion. This permeation is different from a person being submerged in water, where only his skin makes contact with the water. Everything in the cells of his entire body, as long as they’re at the level of molecules, is permeated with emotion. Student: Which comes first among everyday people: emotion or notions? Master: As soon as you are born you’re amidst emotion. Even before you were born you were amidst emotion. When you were in your mother’s womb you were already amidst emotion, only you didn’t know it. But you knew that mommy was dear. Notions are acquired postnatally. They’re formed gradually as a person ages. A four- or five-year-old child doesn’t have any notions. He hasn’t formed any notions yet." (Teachings at the Conference of Changchun Assistants Hongzhi Li July 26, 1998 ~ Changchun, China, from Falun Dafa teachings)
Beautiful.
So so special this sharjng. So grateful.
I read Michael Newton’s books years ago. I love them- so eye opening! My grandfather passed in 2009 and I decided to re-read “Journey of Souls” to follow his journey leaving here. I decided a couple years ago that I want to do some channeled writing, but have yet to do it. Thank you for this podcast. ❤ Going to look into Dr McKay’s books.
Letting go of love is very difficult for us, human beings, because the dimension we are in is soaked and permeated with this substance, called "qing" (or emotion, sentiment).
Gods outside of the Three Realms don't have it.
"Student: How should we understand the difference between love and attachment?
Master: They’re two different concepts. Love can breed attachments, it can cause attachments during cultivation, but among everyday people and in society, it’s still something essential. Without love, human beings would be even more likely to do bad things, and their demon-nature would be even stronger. So humans can’t live without love or emotion. That’s because emotion is a human thing-it’s a necessary element of the living environment provided to human beings, but it’s not for gods. As cultivators, you have to rise above it, and cultivate away the attachments that result from love and emotion. That’s the relationship among these things. If you want to be able to love without getting attached, that’s impossible. But in your process of cultivation, you can’t possibly take everything lightly, let go of everything, and not be so attached right away. So in your current phase, whatever state you’re in, you can just be in that state.
Don’t force yourself: “Deep inside I do love, I do love my family members, but I’ll force myself to stop loving them.” That would be wrong, because your realm hasn’t risen and you’re only trying to do it forcibly. If you do that, it will actually cause people to misunderstand Dafa, and damage the image of Dafa. As love is diminished in your cultivation, it will be replaced by the compassion (cibei) that emerges. You know, I’m sitting here and-using your words-loving and caring for every one of you. Actually, it’s a type of compassion (applause), but it’s totally different from the kind of personal feelings of yours. I’m sure you can differentiate the love among yourselves and that which I have. (Applause)"
(Teachings at the Conference in the Eastern U.S.
Hongzhi Li
March 27-28, 1999 ~ New York)
"Student: Are notions mixed in with emotion (qing)?
Master: Your concept isn’t correct. Any living being, as long as it exists in the environment of the Three Realms, is permeated with emotion. This permeation is different from a person being submerged in water, where only his skin makes contact with the water. Everything in the cells of his entire body, as long as they’re at the level of molecules, is permeated with emotion.
Student: Which comes first among everyday people: emotion or notions?
Master: As soon as you are born you’re amidst emotion. Even before you were born you were amidst emotion. When you were in your mother’s womb you were already amidst emotion, only you didn’t know it. But you knew that mommy was dear. Notions are acquired postnatally. They’re formed gradually as a person ages. A four- or five-year-old child doesn’t have any notions. He hasn’t formed any notions yet."
(Teachings at the Conference of Changchun Assistants
Hongzhi Li
July 26, 1998 ~ Changchun, China, from Falun Dafa teachings)