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Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, International Three-day Retreat, Los Angeles, USA,
December 17, 1998 (Originally in English) Videotape No. 641
Q: I'm a new initiate here this week, and I'm lacking a little understanding on one thing regarding group meditation. Since our meditation is something between us individually and God, what really is the value or benefit of group meditation?
M: It's because the same energy is helping each other. Sometimes it even helps physically. For example, if you sit alone at home, you tend to laze around, wander or lie down whenever your body dictates. But in group meditation, since everyone is sitting, you feel uncomfortable lying down. So it helps in that way. And sometimes you lack the effort to meditate. But in a group, you feel more supported. Just like in playing football or anything else: It's your own business to be a good football player. You have to train yourself and make your own effort. But in a group, you train better. It's the same with everything. We need to have a supporting environment to do anything successfully; that's all. Otherwise, we are God already! What need is there to meditate to find God? But this is the way we play around, so we just do it.
