No 1025 of Living Life Series 1
Synopsis. Bad in man due to demon. Man pushes blame to demon. His ego does not allow him to accept blame. Good in man praise God. Man cannot claim credit lest he inflates ego and be bad. Not that God need credit for the good man does, but that man must tame ego to be at peace. That is the basic teaching common to all religions and reflected in the image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 - to be at peace by being atop ego and its elements - the good and the bad
Taming the beast in man refers to suppressing the bad in man. Man does not want to be blamed and so the blame falls on the demon. Thus we say that there is the demon in man and the fault lies in the demon and not the man.
By just pushing the blame, man has the excuse that he is not the culprit or demon. Is he then absolved from blame? Can someone be the reason for his mistakes? Did someone commit the mistakes for him?
By just pushing the blame, man has the excuse that he is not the culprit or demon. Is he then absolved from blame? Can someone be the reason for his mistakes? Did someone commit the mistakes for him?
It is just like the young toddler falls and cries. The toddler looks up to the mother. The mother tells him matter of fact manner that the floor is to be blamed. She says and beats the floor saying, "Naughty floor" and adds thus, "you will not fall again." When something goes wrong, blame others and all will be well. Is this the case?
When something goes right in a man, others thank God the lord however trivial this may be. The man has done good and credit is due to him. But others would rather give credit to God and saints. How puny and odd can this be?
Won't it be better to give credit where credit is due and to seek God's blessings and guidance so that more good can come out of the man? Some even go further to rejoice in his good and transfer merits to God and saints.
Credit the man not God for the good in the man. At best, after the man is credited for his good, he may want to look up to God for the impetus to do more good.
Won't it be better to give credit where credit is due and to seek God's blessings and guidance so that more good can come out of the man? Some even go further to rejoice in his good and transfer merits to God and saints.
Credit the man not God for the good in the man. At best, after the man is credited for his good, he may want to look up to God for the impetus to do more good.
Taming the beast and glorifying God in man will ever be what men do. They want to push blame when wrong. They want not to swell in head when right. This diabolical or outrageous approach has to do with the ego in man.
The ego is the beast and the ego can make man think he is as good as God when he is good. Thus because of the latter, some do think it is better to credit God for the good that man do.
Isn't this over doing things - overstretching logic far too much? Isn't this being somewhat absurd and doing more than the normal for glorifying God for the good God didn't do but the man did? God do not need such attention bordering on flattery at times.
What better ways can there be? Go for facts and logic man ! This is the basic truth we must have.
Tame the ego, the fear and guilt and keep the peace. This is the way to be sane and not ruffle the peace - not bring out the beast in us.
All these do add up to what is the Word in the image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 - a picture of peace with the ups and downs of life under his feet. We too must be like that if we can but a little at a time will do. Better a little more peace by the moment and by the day then to flop miserably when we go for more.
All need to be divine and at peace come what may. It is a matter of taming and not glorifying the ego in man.
All religions have this as the goal but introduce this in more appealing and subtle ways to reach out to the crowd. Just telling them point blank in the face to be this or that will not work.
There must be ingenious ways for sure. So there will ever be new ways and don't write them off from the word 'go', they say. Don't grumble and tumble if there is one religion or one sect too many. This is the wisdom of God and saints.
Thus dear friends, killing the beast does not mean killing someone possessed by demon or killing the demon. Killing the beast is to kill the ego in man. Try not to use the word kill but to use the word tame. Taming the ego sounds more right.
Glorifying God and saint is not that God and saint are in need of praise for they have no ego and no pride. They are beyond need for glory. It means that we don't blow up our ego and that is it. A spade is just a spade and nothing more. In that sense, where is the need to bring God and demon literally into the picture? These reflect the two egocentric aspects of the man - the good and the bad.
Well that just wrap things up. All need to be divine and at peace come what may. We need too to be harmless to life of any sorts and form. It is a matter of taming and not glorifying the ego in man. No need to call this taming the beast and glorifying God for that may send wrong signals and bring forth the ego and worst of man.
Let us stone or rather tame the devil of the ego in us and not be stoned wild and blur by the ego. Let us see things as they are - no more and no less. Let us not blow things up and end up absurd. That is it and so must this be.
That would be according glory to God in the highest and on Earth adding to the peace among men ... though of course we may say that God is beyond need for glory. Men may need glory but not God and saints. Amen to man.
In summary, the fallacy is for man to blame the bad in him to demons. His ego cannot accept that he can err. Man pushes blame to demon.
When he does good, he is told to praise and give credit to God. Man cannot claim credit lest he inflates ego and be bad.
This is not that God need credit for the good man does, but that man must tame ego to be at peace. That is the basic teaching common to all religions and reflected in the image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 - to be at peace by being atop ego and the elements - the good and the bad which can grow the ego.
There is need to suppress the ego. It is a matter of taming and not glorifying the ego in man.
Ego too creates sharp demarcation between religions and these can be cause for concern. Problems of religions and between religions are due to the ego in men. For more of this, do view:-
The ego is the beast and the ego can make man think he is as good as God when he is good. Thus because of the latter, some do think it is better to credit God for the good that man do.
Isn't this over doing things - overstretching logic far too much? Isn't this being somewhat absurd and doing more than the normal for glorifying God for the good God didn't do but the man did? God do not need such attention bordering on flattery at times.
What better ways can there be? Go for facts and logic man ! This is the basic truth we must have.
Tame the ego, the fear and guilt and keep the peace. This is the way to be sane and not ruffle the peace - not bring out the beast in us.
All these do add up to what is the Word in the image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 - a picture of peace with the ups and downs of life under his feet. We too must be like that if we can but a little at a time will do. Better a little more peace by the moment and by the day then to flop miserably when we go for more.
All religions have this as the goal but introduce this in more appealing and subtle ways to reach out to the crowd. Just telling them point blank in the face to be this or that will not work.
There must be ingenious ways for sure. So there will ever be new ways and don't write them off from the word 'go', they say. Don't grumble and tumble if there is one religion or one sect too many. This is the wisdom of God and saints.
Thus dear friends, killing the beast does not mean killing someone possessed by demon or killing the demon. Killing the beast is to kill the ego in man. Try not to use the word kill but to use the word tame. Taming the ego sounds more right.
Glorifying God and saint is not that God and saint are in need of praise for they have no ego and no pride. They are beyond need for glory. It means that we don't blow up our ego and that is it. A spade is just a spade and nothing more. In that sense, where is the need to bring God and demon literally into the picture? These reflect the two egocentric aspects of the man - the good and the bad.
Well that just wrap things up. All need to be divine and at peace come what may. We need too to be harmless to life of any sorts and form. It is a matter of taming and not glorifying the ego in man. No need to call this taming the beast and glorifying God for that may send wrong signals and bring forth the ego and worst of man.
Let us stone or rather tame the devil of the ego in us and not be stoned wild and blur by the ego. Let us see things as they are - no more and no less. Let us not blow things up and end up absurd. That is it and so must this be.
That would be according glory to God in the highest and on Earth adding to the peace among men ... though of course we may say that God is beyond need for glory. Men may need glory but not God and saints. Amen to man.
When he does good, he is told to praise and give credit to God. Man cannot claim credit lest he inflates ego and be bad.
This is not that God need credit for the good man does, but that man must tame ego to be at peace. That is the basic teaching common to all religions and reflected in the image of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 - to be at peace by being atop ego and the elements - the good and the bad which can grow the ego.
There is need to suppress the ego. It is a matter of taming and not glorifying the ego in man.
Ego too creates sharp demarcation between religions and these can be cause for concern. Problems of religions and between religions are due to the ego in men. For more of this, do view:-
