No 343 of Living Life Series 1
Right or wrong is not for us to judge. What is right may yet be wrong in other way. What is wrong may too be right if seen from another way.
Right or wrong is not for us to judge. What is right may yet be wrong in other way. What is wrong may too be right if seen from another way.
Do not be self righteous. The far may be near and the near may be far. This did saints like Lord Bo Tien say.
Better to agree to disagree and at times even to disagree to agree.
What is your say, my dear friends? A friend may not be friend at times and a foe may yet be friend. This is life my dear friends.
Be mindful of yin and yang in life be it by day or by night, and come what may.
A coin has two sides and we too as well. Both sides belong to the one but how many can see from two sides, let alone from all sides. How many can see the whole that is made up of yin and yang as the sages of old would want us to know.
Do not be self righteous but be mindful and be as correct as we can. Judge not lest ye be judged. Learn from life situations not only our own but others as well. This too the lord saint Lord Bo Tien did say. In short, life is the living gospel.
By being not self righteous and by learning directly from life, we can and we surely will be more correct. There is need to stress that we steer clear of being self righteous and judgemental. That way we will not fail ourselves or others. We are less likely to hurt ourselves or others.
Do not for once think that a Mr Ken should not be at the helm of a spiritual organisation. He may appear to not fit the bill of a religious leader (pastor, priest or clergy) and he seems focus on worldly concerns confined to social support services and personal worldly agenda rather than spiritual focus.
Who the lord saint of that organisation would like to allow to be in the hot seat is the prerogative of the saint. A saint can even facilitate a criminal or say, the most unlikely person to be in the hot seat if the saint chooses to train such a person and let him learn even by making what other men would consider as glaring unpardonable mistakes that taint his integrity and standing. This Lord Bo Tien says can apply to all religious organisations.
This adds deeper meaning to what the lord saint reminds that we learn from the mistakes and lives of others including our own. This does not mean others should be idle and let things be. Who knows that a lord saint of that one organisation may well have in place an elder leader (senior pastor, priest or clergy) from pioneer years to check on and to moderate any excess and to ensure continuity link of sorts.
This elder too may also be chosen to be be trained by the saint. That elder too has his good and not so good points and can even be like an unpolished diamond that appears disgusting and yet is precious and effective, though wrong in some ways.
At times the pioneers may be off the mark and the current leaders may be closer to the mark but there must still be the respect, like the respect given to our forefathers however off the mark they may be. Even if there be need to undo what the forefathers did, there must be acceptance of the contributions and the roles of the forefathers.
At times the pioneers may be off the mark and the current leaders may be closer to the mark but there must still be the respect, like the respect given to our forefathers however off the mark they may be. Even if there be need to undo what the forefathers did, there must be acceptance of the contributions and the roles of the forefathers.
It must be reiterated that it is definitely not right for younger new leaders to be not respectful of the elder as this may break the cohesiveness in the organisation. The precept for respect of elders would be breached and precepts are there for a purpose.
Thus there may then appear to be repetitive replays of the ever present yin and yang issues in the world we are in. The trials that play out over time may lead to balance of yin and yang which if effective will bring peace and blessings to all involved and those around. Each leader may think what he does is right and pours scorn on those who differ.
But this is just manifestation of the folly of self-righteousness. No need for jeers or cheers but indeed they may constitute valuable lessons in life on the folly of self-righteousness.
The yin and yang saga may likely too be a replay of past lives issues not resolved and being replayed in current lives. Both the good and not so good are manifested for the individuals to develop further in the present lives. Hopefully the yin and yang replay will end up well with the issues being played out further and if all augur well, more peace and wisdom will be for all sides.
But if issues, task or mission end up worse, undone, unresolved or incomplete, then the issue, task or mission will return to haunt those involved in next lives. But if only one party can bite the bullet, take corrective actions and is able to resolve the issues even if in distaste, then that party not only does good for himself but for other parties as well --- of course this would be better still if other parties learn and gain in wisdom as well.
This perspective on issues continued from past lives may be beyond rational thinking to doubters but provides insight on why must issues be like that. Don't you agree on plausibility? It also provides insight on how not to muddle up our lives beyond this life.
The secrets of Heaven cannot be told but inner truth netizen would like to share with the few fortunate enough to read this post the insight to the secrets. Be mindful not to be self-righteous and think others are wrong. They may be wrong in a way but not wrong in other ways. Never jump to conclusions.
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