No 944 of Living Life Series 1
The issues of men are many and plentiful. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says. There are reasons for this but the main reason is lack of understanding.
But we cannot expect complete understanding among men. That will only come when men are fully enlightened and have complete insight.
We cannot have only one spiritual institution for all men and to wait till all have complete insight will defeat the purpose, for then will there be the need for religious or spiritual intuition like a house of God and saints? There will be no need.
For now, we need as many different types of houses of God and saints when men are starting off and far from perfect insight.
With the same issue like belief in God and saints common to all, men have issues with one another. They will never see eye to eye and will nitpick. Well, this is unavoidable and a necessity though far from ideal.
But this is what we can have if men is to meet the goal of God and saints to reach out to the myriads across the world and the universe.
So let there be not one church or temple but many, never mind if there are differences and varied styles, be they right or not so right. So let there be not one religion but many sects and schools of the same religion. If this is not enough, let there be not one religion but many religions motivated by men with different understanding of God and saints.
We cannot wait for the ideal point to have man-made religious institution, be it religion, sect or school. The reality is that men will always have issues and bones of contention. We will always need many religious institutions within and across religions.
Men all clamor that they think the truth is the way they perceive, just like the story of the blind men and elephant. They even squabble over this and this may create dis-ease. That is men isn't it?
Why must men quarrel over God and saints? Often this is over the same God and at times even the same saint. Perhaps, it is better to stay different and live and let live.
When calmness prevail, sense of reality will arise that men can never agree even over the same God or saint and let it be this way. One day, when men outgrow and be more spiritually matured, they will realize that differences should not be a liability but can be assets.
Is there the need to squabble over God and saints? We do not tell our kin and our neighbors how to live life as we do and to manage their families as we do. So in the case of religion, God and saint, this should be no different. This applies to religious matters as well.
To each his own and let this be so. Why interfere with personal space? Why try to impose uniformity and try to make all think the same way? Even for the same house of God, few in that house will think alike and there will still be differences. Spiritual diversity is here to stay.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 said from onset that there is however still that oneness amid the differences of religions and sects. The diversity is there and necessary. It is the only way to reach out to save more souls.
We cannot wait till men have perfect and unanimous insight or understanding. That will be a long long time away. We have to contend with the different understanding of men for now and meet their needs.
We have to move on to further the oneness amid the diversity of religions and sects. The world is not made up of one nation or religion but of many nations and religions, yet there is oneness of nations and religions in that there is only one world.
There is oneness in diversity. We must embrace diversity. Diversity adds color to this world. Spiritual diversity is here to stay.
But we cannot expect complete understanding among men. That will only come when men are fully enlightened and have complete insight.
We cannot have only one spiritual institution for all men and to wait till all have complete insight will defeat the purpose, for then will there be the need for religious or spiritual intuition like a house of God and saints? There will be no need.
For now, we need as many different types of houses of God and saints when men are starting off and far from perfect insight.
With the same issue like belief in God and saints common to all, men have issues with one another. They will never see eye to eye and will nitpick. Well, this is unavoidable and a necessity though far from ideal.
But this is what we can have if men is to meet the goal of God and saints to reach out to the myriads across the world and the universe.
So let there be not one church or temple but many, never mind if there are differences and varied styles, be they right or not so right. So let there be not one religion but many sects and schools of the same religion. If this is not enough, let there be not one religion but many religions motivated by men with different understanding of God and saints.
We cannot wait for the ideal point to have man-made religious institution, be it religion, sect or school. The reality is that men will always have issues and bones of contention. We will always need many religious institutions within and across religions.
Men all clamor that they think the truth is the way they perceive, just like the story of the blind men and elephant. They even squabble over this and this may create dis-ease. That is men isn't it?
Why must men quarrel over God and saints? Often this is over the same God and at times even the same saint. Perhaps, it is better to stay different and live and let live.
When calmness prevail, sense of reality will arise that men can never agree even over the same God or saint and let it be this way. One day, when men outgrow and be more spiritually matured, they will realize that differences should not be a liability but can be assets.
Is there the need to squabble over God and saints? We do not tell our kin and our neighbors how to live life as we do and to manage their families as we do. So in the case of religion, God and saint, this should be no different. This applies to religious matters as well.
To each his own and let this be so. Why interfere with personal space? Why try to impose uniformity and try to make all think the same way? Even for the same house of God, few in that house will think alike and there will still be differences. Spiritual diversity is here to stay.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 said from onset that there is however still that oneness amid the differences of religions and sects. The diversity is there and necessary. It is the only way to reach out to save more souls.
We have to move on to further the oneness amid the diversity of religions and sects. The world is not made up of one nation or religion but of many nations and religions, yet there is oneness of nations and religions in that there is only one world.
There is oneness in diversity. We must embrace diversity. Diversity adds color to this world. Spiritual diversity is here to stay.
