Have you ever considered the true danger of seeing the future? It seems like an ultimate superpower, yet for the mind unprepared, it is a catastrophic trap. The person who sees the flowing scripts of the past and the future without wisdom doesn’t gain insight—they fall into profound mental confusion. The biggest casualty? The present moment is completely lost.
But what if the greatest spiritual power lies not in predicting tomorrow, but in mastering today?
The Master’s Path: Beyond Prediction
In the realm of true wisdom, the ability to see the future is less important than the capacity to live in the present. The profound truth is that only a handful of people truly live mindfully, regardless of whether they possess prophetic powers.
From the Buddha, the supreme head of all knowledge, down to the monks and ordinary individuals who have attained the path of enlightenment, their strength lies in understanding the deepest roots of existence. When one reaches that profound level of understanding, the scripts of the past and the future do, indeed, begin to be seen through those heightened senses.
However, a truly enlightened person possesses the detachment to withstand that power. They observe the script with indifference and detachment, and critically, they remain silent.
The Unbreakable Script of the Law of Nature
Why the silence? Because even the Buddha, with his vast power, understood that he cannot stop the flowing script of the law of nature (Karma/Causality).
The Buddha’s mission was not to act as a mere fortune-teller or a prophet of doom. His divine purpose was misunderstood by many:
- Did he save the dying? No. The Buddha did not come to save people from the temporary fate of death.
- What was his mission? He came to help individuals slow down the long and painful journey of Samsara (the cycle of suffering and rebirth). Through the power of infinite compassion, he only offered them a path toward Nirvana or a place of great happiness.
He understood the inevitability of the universal flow. Just as his great disciple, the Arahant Mugalana, could not reverse certain physical needs, no one can change this fundamental cosmic script.
The Ultimate Wisdom: Living Happily in the Present
The Buddha saw the future eons ago, but he did not preach it prophetically. Instead, he used his foresight to preach the path in a positive, causative way, ensuring the future survival of the Dharma.
There are still people today who possess the vision to see the future, and they are working. But, like the Buddha, they are silent. They remain silent without burdening future generations with knowledge they cannot change.
The profound teaching here is for us: to “live happily in the present.”
This planet, bound by natural law, is ultimately a wasteland of consequence. The enlightened know precisely what they can and cannot do within that script—and their duty is to act from the highest wisdom.
The real predictors, the true magicians, are silent because they know: a person with ordinary attachment (vices) can never truly see or understand his own fate.
The future becomes a better world automatically when you move forward with a deep understanding of the current moment. Because there is nothing on this earth as powerful, and as peace-giving, as being content with the present moment. This is the script you can always control.