Spiritual cultivation and spiritual practice are often referred to as spiritual practice. Visiting temples and seeking spiritual guidance is commonly considered spiritual practice. It involves directly communicating with spirits and deities in the spiritual realm. Perhaps in a temple or other place, you happen to come into contact with them, receive their spiritual energy, and after connecting and interacting, you achieve spiritual clarity. Generally, we only complete half of our spiritual practice! Reaching the final stage is not easy. After connecting with spirits, you might receive chants or different languages. You might even unintentionally connect and speak spiritual language or spontaneously generate energy.

     This is the first step in spiritual contact. The next step is to create further interaction, a flow of mutual transformation. Don't just stay there, merely experiencing a fleeting feeling; that doesn't achieve the goal. The important thing is to use this to inspire, to awaken our spiritual nature and reach our free and unfettered heart. You need to contemplate and reflect: Why do spiritual friends enter when there's "no desire or will"? Where do they come from? Why? I haven't practiced anything, so how could this "powerful" feeling suddenly arise?

     那個時候，你不用太高興，你要去想，然後要去修，修到這是屬於你的東西，假使是一直靠靈界朋友，那是祂給我們東西，祂給我們東西不是不好，只是你要去互動，修成我們自己的東西，去跟他互動互化，然後共同把它修好，要成為我們的「物件」東西，去知道去清楚，這叫靈修。最後你要悟出對的真理，去了解本身的未來，可能你講出來的道理是真理，已達到出於本性的東西。

     When we speak of truth, it sometimes differs from general social norms. How should we interpret this? We should observe whether your physical health improves or your mind becomes clearer after contact with spiritual friends. This will reveal the answer. If you say that after communicating with spiritual friends, your health deteriorates and your mind becomes unclear, then that's not good. You need to think about this carefully!

     靈界朋友給我們東西，可以不要嗎？當然可以。因為我們人嘛、有人命，我們也是靈，只是我們不清楚，多了這個體，再加上後天的智識和常識，多了解這東西後使你的靈難清淨，多了七情六慾這些東西，如佛家說貪嗔癡。但我們人，一定要有貪，「無貪無像人」，人一定要有貪才會進步，才有希望，但是貪要有一個程度啦，如貪到你的身體不好，把他搞壞，那貪就沒有價值了。因為你一個貪念造成希望，形成原動力去進步，是沒錯的。所以，靈修，簡單講說是這樣。     

     Next, let's talk about spiritual cultivation. This part might be a bit complicated because it's about cultivating your own spirit, not about worshipping Guan Gong, Mazu, or your master. Spiritual cultivation is about cultivating our own spirit—our true self, the inner golden body, the true sense of right and wrong within us. It's about cultivating our own inner self, not about cultivating for the sake of Buddha. Generally, we know that spiritual cultivation is about cultivating your own being, not about cultivating as a deity. We learn their methods and spirit, not about cultivating their physical attributes. Learning their methods ultimately cultivates your own spirituality. Perhaps your spirit is like theirs, born from the realm of Buddha, or even from the celestial realm.

     因為我們還沒修到那裡，還不清楚，等到你修到時，你才能知道，原來自己靈性這麼高，那時你才知道修靈要修到怎樣程度。可能你來的境界是仙界，修到後來你比他高一級，修到如來界去，這等於說是你做人成功，境界提升，這是做人最偉大的功效。

     Spiritual cultivation begins with understanding the fundamental principles of being human, progressing gradually, step by step. Methods vary; some cultivate virtue through acts of kindness, mutual assistance, and love, helping others to achieve a sense of freedom and ultimately, enlightenment. Once this enlightenment is achieved, one gains clarity about oneself, allowing one's own spiritual power to flourish. Ultimately, this spiritual power manifests in one's awareness and understanding, enabling one to quickly decide how to handle matters, big or small. Assistant Yuan, for example, exemplifies this well-cultivated spirituality, demonstrating the ability to soothe both large and small situations and to control and quickly make decisions in challenging circumstances. This cultivation extends to daily conduct.

     這修行就是要修到日常行為，不然你說，修靈修到那麼好，要做什麼呢，是不是有形無形都看得到呢？那不見得，但是你修到某一個程度的話，你的人心可能會感受到怎麼樣時，你無形中你能去把它化掉，使人心情可以輕鬆會快活，這個所謂修靈部分，就是這樣。

     To put it simply, it's not that easy to fix. Spiritual practice might be faster; a spirit friend might come and suddenly understand everything, but that understanding is only temporary and limited to a certain degree. Spiritual practice might be slower, but you gradually understand as you practice, and eventually you might understand everything. We say that you will become enlightened, which is why we say that spiritual communication and psychic abilities are different.

     通靈外面靈界朋友給我們通，我們就知道，像在辦事，做乩身，他來通時什麼都知道，他走掉就什麼都不曉得了，這是通靈。而靈通，是你本身的能量到達那裡，你要通哪一個神靈，你去跟他通，從你內心出來去感受，這叫靈通。靈通是要經過你修練修為好，才有辦法去展現你的功力，像我們修練圓福功一樣，你練到高層次，可能你身上有濁氣，不好的氣場，你擺一擺就好了，身體就健康啦！這是要靠自己練功，同樣的道理。

圓滿福氣!