No 1008 of Living Life Series 1
While it is easy to say that all religions teach the same truth - the truth of goodness, how to be good can be presented in different ways and at different levels. That is why we have religions not just one but many.
Yet, men instead of going for macro or helicopter approach, somehow go for micro approach and some will say they are right and others wrong.
The more popular religions owe their popularity to being able to push out the simpler level of the interpretation of the belief in goodness. The simplest level is to believe in God and saints and what they tell you which is to be good.
No need to dwell on the higher levels of how to do so. This is the helicopter approach.
At this level, some will somehow say that their way and view is the only good, not the rest. That has gone on for centuries and will be no different in centuries to come.
The simplistic approach is the way to reach out and yet this is also the fertile ground for seeds of disagreement. People may say that theirs is the only way to be good. That is to be respected though many too will not buy their thinking.
Moreover, if we look deep and understand religion at the higher levels which are more profound and more philosophical, the similarity of doctrine of religions become clearer. It would be easier for example to understand that The Word is God (or saint) and God (or saint) is the Word. This is akin to what Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that His image is the Word and the Word is the image.
But only a few can go the mile. Many are just starting off and what they need is to believe in the goodness of the religion they profess and that this goodness is good. This is good and serves its purpose. This is how to reach out to many. There must be ever the more religions and sects to reach out to the many.
This is the message of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 when he descended in 1969 and is the very purpose of his mission which is the Mission of Heaven.
This is good and yet not good enough. Popular forms of religion attracts people to the downstream of a river and people flow along downstream with others. But for clear water of spirituality, we must go against the current and go upstream to the source for clear water. This is explained to us by the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨.
Yet, men instead of going for macro or helicopter approach, somehow go for micro approach and some will say they are right and others wrong.
The more popular religions owe their popularity to being able to push out the simpler level of the interpretation of the belief in goodness. The simplest level is to believe in God and saints and what they tell you which is to be good.
No need to dwell on the higher levels of how to do so. This is the helicopter approach.
At this level, some will somehow say that their way and view is the only good, not the rest. That has gone on for centuries and will be no different in centuries to come.
The simplistic approach is the way to reach out and yet this is also the fertile ground for seeds of disagreement. People may say that theirs is the only way to be good. That is to be respected though many too will not buy their thinking.
Moreover, if we look deep and understand religion at the higher levels which are more profound and more philosophical, the similarity of doctrine of religions become clearer. It would be easier for example to understand that The Word is God (or saint) and God (or saint) is the Word. This is akin to what Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that His image is the Word and the Word is the image.
This is the message of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 when he descended in 1969 and is the very purpose of his mission which is the Mission of Heaven.
