No 1031 of Living Life Series 1
In our worldly life we are ever so impatient. We want to score points. We want our way. We often care not what becomes of others even though we say we do care. What we want is to succeed. We want to do so this instant if we can. We know this cannot be.
So our bosses give us big names for our jobs to give sense of having arrived. But who do we kid? We feel let down and we feel cheated. What can we do? This is life.
Then comes some bright sparks in a pastor of a house of God. He bids us to join him. Just belief and the best in life is yours. Heaven is delivered this instant. What a relief this is? There is no need to wait. There is instant gratification. This is it.
Downgrade your house to upgrade the lord's. Be rich in goodness to God and you will be rich in goodness to self. That is the way the pastor wants in you.
Well, go along but you will not for long when it dawns upon you whether this is for real. Men may be smart but is not so when he becomes child-like to God and stops thinking.
To be child-like and humble is good but he has to be awake and not live in dreams. There is no instant gratification. Mere faith and belief in God will not be enough, but perhaps only the starting point.
Do remember this. What is good need not be good and what is bad need not be bad. Don't let others think for you. Think for yourself or you will end up led by the nose.
Have no rush in life or religion. Don't go for it by hook or by crook. It cannot be that way. We have to cultivate what we want a bit at a time, step by step and drop by drop. Little drops of water make a mighty ocean.
Balance between the odds between hopelessness and being too hopeful. Be down to earth. Relish what you have. Count your blessings and make do. Some progress is good enough.
Don't go for the sky overnight or the sky will drop down on you. When this happens in spiritual, you will realize that it is not God you are worshiping but the man who talks to you about God or your own ego you are worshiping.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨says we have whatever peace we can even before we arrive. That way comes if we can consciously balance between what we want and what we can have for now as depicted in his image with feet on elements.
This is the logic in life and in religion. We call this Tao 道 or Way. But don't be carried away to think you are immortal just because you embark on Tao 道. It is just common sense and call it plain logic if you like.
To think of it, religion is just common sense but if it is so why go to a temple? If religion is logic, is there the need to go to a temple? Well, there still will be the need but do it in balanced way. Don't avoid totally. No man is an island. We need fellowship. But don't over do as well. Don't go overboard. This is Tao 道.
To think of it, religion is just common sense but if it is so why go to a temple? If religion is logic, is there the need to go to a temple? Well, there still will be the need but do it in balanced way. Don't avoid totally. No man is an island. We need fellowship. But don't over do as well. Don't go overboard. This is Tao 道.
