Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Santimen, Pingtung, Formosa
December 24, 1992. (Originally in Chinese)

At Christmas time, we make use of this opportunity to thank God, Jesus Christ and all the saints for bestowing upon us so many superior teachings, which make the people on Earth become better and better. At the same time, we also pray to the Supreme Power to bless the people on Earth, let there be world peace, and let everyone become very benevolent and virtuous. Finally, we will reduce all the dynamite to firecrackers, so that on festive occasions we can set off fireworks and firecrackers to warm up the atmosphere, and carry everyone to heaven.

Regarding all the things in the world, there is originally no good or bad; it only depends on how we use them. Take dynamite, for example; it can be used to make fireworks or firecrackers for children to play with, and for us to enjoy. If the world is in peace, we can set off firecrackers every day that sound very much like bombs, but which bring us tremendous fun and joy. But if we put the dynamite in bombs, though they sound more or less the same, they are extremely terrible! They are too much for our body and mind to stand, and also endanger our lives.

Spiritual practitioners and non-spiritual practitioners use the same material, same mind, same body and intelligence, but spiritual practitioners bring us happiness, bring peace to the world and stability to the family. However, the same mind can also be used to destroy the world, devastate the planet, or terrorize the whole of humankind. That is why there is nothing truly good or bad in the universe. It is bad when we use it wrongly, and it is good when we use it in the right way.