Question: Dear Master, I have another question. Am I making progress or am I lagging behind with my current spiritual practice? About 5 to 6 years ago, I was able to leave my physical body and travel with my astral body and/or my soul twice. However, since that time, I never experience it again. So, am I lagging behind or am I making progress?

Answer by Master Vi-Kien

It means that the Higher Beings want to encourage you in your spiritual practice. Now, you say that you are unable to leave your body and travel by soul or by your astral body. When you want something, you will never be able to obtain it! When you see neither progression nor regression, this is the way of Buddha. This is the Buddha-heart.  If one still demands progress and one is afraid of lagging behind, one does not follow the teachings of Buddha. To follow Buddha, one fears neither progression nor regression. One is completely detached and one’s aim is to return to serenity.