THE JOY OF PERFECT HEALTH: HELPING OTHERS

The motto of this book is a wonderful phrase from one of the public lectures of Master Ching Hai: “We doubt everything and everybody except our own ignorance “.

Have it in mind, when trying to give advice to other people. They may not want it. Always ask if they need help.

Help only people who ask you for it or explicitly agree that you help them.

Even then, watch carefully // they listen to what you say. If they do not listen, it means that they are not yet ready to listen. Or perhaps you are not yet ready to give them advice.

Instead of trying to explain everything in a few sentences, give them this book, and suggest that you could perhaps answer some of their questions after they have read it. You will save a lot of time as well as avoid exhausting discussions and arguments.

If, after reading this book, people still miss the point, there is nothing you can do to help them. They should help themselves first. Their “bowl” is full. Any new information is just causing an overflow.

Note, that it may take years or even decades for some people to understand advice. Some people have to experience themselves consequences of all their mistakes before they understand. It is their best lesson.

Please notice, that in view of what we learned reading this book, “curing” other people does not really help them.

If they do not understand that all their diseases are caused by their own actions and ignorance, they will develop other diseases later on anyway.

It is clear, that it is much better to explain to them how they can heal themselves and never get sick again. The only difficulty in this approach is that they may not want to understand our advice.