Selected Questions and Answers

The Purpose of Life on Earth

 

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Tel Aviv, Israel,
November 21, 1999 (Originally in English) DVD #671

Q: What is the meaning of life on Earth, in Your opinion?

M: That’s a very long, long, long question. But I’ll make it short. The meaning or the purpose of life on Earth, is to find God. You’d be surprised. I will explain.

Because we were with God all the time, throughout eternity, we enjoyed bliss and Heaven, we were always happy. We had everything. And we took it for granted, because there was nothing else to compare: no suffering to understand bliss, no sadness to appreciate pleasure, no hardship to understand the ever-ready blessing and all the comfort that God gives to us. So, God sent us here to re-learn again and to enjoy Heaven again, so that when we go back there, we enjoy. We understand both sides of nature. (Master gestures to indicate the directions of Heaven and Earth.) That’s what it is. So if we do not find God in our life to balance this or to return to Hirm, we will suffer a lot, because this is not our life; this is not our house. The physical dimension is just a temporary experience so that we return to Heaven, to enjoy God more and enjoy Heaven more.