CHAPTER III:   Appearance as A Layman

6. The Reason for Decreasing Human Lifespan in the Degenerate-Life Period

I heard the Lord say the following:

During His preaching of the Universe with human beings, Reverend Tịnh Vương, incarnating Lord Maitreya, revealed that in the period of creation, human longevity had been 8,000 years of life and decreased to 100 years nowadays. Human longevity was lowered because of their chaotic thoughts called “unreal thoughts” and their minds that are too separate from each other, becoming narrow-minded.

The Lord discovered that in the Gentle-Life Period, humans absorbed the “Original Quintessence” that adequately nourished their bodies. Today in the Inferior-Life Period, human beings have absorbed the “Original Quintessence” weaker and lesser than before, taking insufficiently into the body —It’s due to too many bad natures. Longevity thus gradually decreased.

CHAPTER III:   Appearance as A Layman

Humankind and scientists did not know that their longevity was reduced because of what they have created themselves. It was the misery, greed, temper, anger, and fear in the complicated life of the Inferior-Life Period that made longevity decrease. To gradually increase their longevity as before, humans must be relaxed in their bodies and minds in order to be able to receive enough of the “Original Quintessence.”

Religions teach that a generous and non-attached mind, noble thoughts, and liberated intelligence are ultimately essential to humankind. They only know that far, at most. As for Lord Maitreya, He taught that: In this period, the True Dharma has come to life and the Degenerate Dharma would soon fade away. He announced the “Original Quintessence” substance so that humankind would know it and should practice in such a way as to increase their longevity and enjoy it.  The absorption of the “Original Quintessence” is not hard for meditation practitioners, but it may be harmful to those who do not know the meditation Dharma well. If one is passionate in meditation and thus receives too much “Original Quintessence” while their Buddhist intelligence is insufficient, and their thoughts still crave becoming a Fairy or Buddha soon, they will be in danger.

It is hard for those who do not practice meditation to absorb the Original Quintessence substance, so they are not as healthy and flexible as those who practice meditation regularly. Those who meditated at a considerably high level and practiced in a certain time, acquiring the Samadhi True Contemplation, could then completely control and make use of the Original Quintessence. Meditation is very essential for both practitioners who either stay with their families or renounce their families to achieve the intuition of Dharma nature.

If a person is dull and often experiences failures in earthly life, with the right meditation they will become bright and intelligent, and can solve any problem accurately and precisely.

According to medical scientists, the human body is continuously changing: millions of cells decay, are excreted, and are then replaced by millions of newborn cells every day. The human body is completely changed into new cells within 7.5 years. Because of this internal change, human beings pass through the course of time from young and beautiful to old and ugly.

Many powerful and wealthy people do everything to help them live as long as the Heaven and the earth, but in vain. Westerners are just as worried and fearful as Easterners about death. But as soon as Western medicine discovers an efficacious drug, a new disease that is difficult to cure appears.

Finally, both the kings and leaders of the West have given way to death. Many Meditation Masters, especially in the East, made discoveries right in their bodies and could manage the Original Quintessence substance so that when they reached old age, it was up to them to leave their bodies or remain in the world. Some Meditation Masters were solemnly sitting giving advice to their true disciples, then announced their time remaining to all of them, and passed away miraculously. They were not fearful at all and even consoled their true disciples, letting them know where they would reincarnate later in life.