No 1113 of Living Life Series 1
If religion explains everything, then there is no need for science. If science explains everything, is there the need for religion? But the reality is that both exist side by side. Both have been with us in past, in the present and will be with us in the future.
Even if we believe ardently in a religion and discount science, science will still have a part to play in our lives. The same applies to those who do not believe in religion. The man who says he has no religion will still live his life based on his own simple beliefs of life that are not part of science. Well, this is how man is.
Man creates issues by answering issues. Man solves one problem but ends up realizing, there are more problems down the road. Man lives in a world of flux of change, and of opposing interacting yin and yang. This means there is no finality. There will be changes.
If man goes on like the world he is in, then there too will be no finality. Religion tries to answer this and to give finality. But the finality is a fragile one as it depends on faith and belief at all cost- even at the expense of reality thrown on the face.
This will create no peace. But peace is what we need. We must begin with peace in whatever we do. We must have peace and end up in more peace.
We must be atop the world of change and no finality. How do we do so?
Running away is not the answer. We will still be in this world. But riding the waves of change and no finality too means we will be swept around.
The sages of old in ancient China refers to the art of staying still, keeping the mind still even as life goes on and the mind keeps going.
Still the mind. This is not being mindless. In fact, it is being more aware and mindful. Only then, can we still the mind and be at peace while life goes on and on.
The changes in life are referred to as the yin and yang - the passive and active. Be in the world of change. But be atop and balance them. Keep the peace that way.
To start off, we must have some peace. Usually we rely on religion. We rely on others to guide us and back us as we learn to do so.
They give us the initial peace to kick start our quest for more of the inner peace. They can be our parents, our friends, our benefactors and the leaders of the land. More than that, they can be God and heavenly saints whom we are introduced to by culture or by religions.
The image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 especially the whitish marble image is picture of pure peace and steadfastness. The feet of the lord is depicted as being atop and balancing the elements of yin and yang - the ups and downs, the opposing realities and forces of life.
Inner peace should be our focus. Inner peace must grow and loom large. It should dominate and overshadow the changes of yin and yang and sideline them as no longer significant. Mind you, this does not mean there are no changes and no world but that they no longer disturb our peace.
We take them in our stride, live with them and move on. We have finality in a world where finality is not part of. This is the way of God and saints we grow to be more like God and saints.
Do cultivate and have the finality of life in world with no finality. Do so in a relaxed way so as to keep the peace and have more of the peace which gives finality.
The ultimate finality is sainthood but the finality of the moment and the next is momentous enough. Remember to be acutely aware of the need for peace moment by moment but in relaxed fashion always. Guidance and fellowship with like minded is often needed. Often we may need a mentor.
Even if we believe ardently in a religion and discount science, science will still have a part to play in our lives. The same applies to those who do not believe in religion. The man who says he has no religion will still live his life based on his own simple beliefs of life that are not part of science. Well, this is how man is.
Man creates issues by answering issues. Man solves one problem but ends up realizing, there are more problems down the road. Man lives in a world of flux of change, and of opposing interacting yin and yang. This means there is no finality. There will be changes.
If man goes on like the world he is in, then there too will be no finality. Religion tries to answer this and to give finality. But the finality is a fragile one as it depends on faith and belief at all cost- even at the expense of reality thrown on the face.
This will create no peace. But peace is what we need. We must begin with peace in whatever we do. We must have peace and end up in more peace.
We must be atop the world of change and no finality. How do we do so?
Running away is not the answer. We will still be in this world. But riding the waves of change and no finality too means we will be swept around.
The sages of old in ancient China refers to the art of staying still, keeping the mind still even as life goes on and the mind keeps going.
Still the mind. This is not being mindless. In fact, it is being more aware and mindful. Only then, can we still the mind and be at peace while life goes on and on.
The changes in life are referred to as the yin and yang - the passive and active. Be in the world of change. But be atop and balance them. Keep the peace that way.
To start off, we must have some peace. Usually we rely on religion. We rely on others to guide us and back us as we learn to do so.
They give us the initial peace to kick start our quest for more of the inner peace. They can be our parents, our friends, our benefactors and the leaders of the land. More than that, they can be God and heavenly saints whom we are introduced to by culture or by religions.
Inner peace should be our focus. Inner peace must grow and loom large. It should dominate and overshadow the changes of yin and yang and sideline them as no longer significant. Mind you, this does not mean there are no changes and no world but that they no longer disturb our peace.
We take them in our stride, live with them and move on. We have finality in a world where finality is not part of. This is the way of God and saints we grow to be more like God and saints.
Do cultivate and have the finality of life in world with no finality. Do so in a relaxed way so as to keep the peace and have more of the peace which gives finality.
The ultimate finality is sainthood but the finality of the moment and the next is momentous enough. Remember to be acutely aware of the need for peace moment by moment but in relaxed fashion always. Guidance and fellowship with like minded is often needed. Often we may need a mentor.
