No 1547 of Living Life Series 1
Bo Tien 武天 wants us to know. Doubts are good because doubts usually mean those with doubts do not understand. They may appear to disagree.
Sometimes even those who think they know cannot even clarify and they feel threatened. That is a big issue when it is supposed to be no issue.
They feel threatened because they are at a lost and if they are negative towards doubters, they feel challenged and will keep the doors shut for those who do not think the way they do.
But if they take things positively, they will regard these as good opportunities to know better.
That way they improve in their grasp of life and doctrine of life and can be of help to others and themselves. They will be better than what they are.
Bo Tien 武天 had stressed on the benefits that can arise from doubts and differences even though these may affect the social harmony and coherence.
These may cause storms in society of people in a temple. But storms do not last forever and calm will return. People will be more of one heart once they know life and truth better. Bo Tien 武天 said this, didn't he?
Doubts may threaten the ego of those who think they know and to defend their ego, they find fault with those who disagreed with them and raised their doubts and concerns. They rationalise when they insist that what they belief is enough and any more questions mean that the persons who pose the questions are not doubters nut out to create endless problems and to challenge them.
Doubts even if genuine may threaten those who think they know. The flaw is in those who are questioned more than in those who raise questions and concerns.
Well, that is life and that is what all will face in life, not just in religion. The root of the problem is because men who are imperfect think they are perfect. Even God never says he is perfect. Imperfection is the only perfection or constant in life.
This can be humbling to many who think they know more than others. But this should spur them to help others who know even less and push them further to know more than what they already know.
They should not feel threatened or challenged at all by those who have doubts or who think they are lacking in certain niches of knowledge.
Men who are knowledgeable can always learn from those who know who know much less or who know nothing. But they must first be humble enough to learn more, otherwise if they are conceited, they will be humbled instead.
Sometimes even those who think they know cannot even clarify and they feel threatened. That is a big issue when it is supposed to be no issue.
They feel threatened because they are at a lost and if they are negative towards doubters, they feel challenged and will keep the doors shut for those who do not think the way they do.
But if they take things positively, they will regard these as good opportunities to know better.
That way they improve in their grasp of life and doctrine of life and can be of help to others and themselves. They will be better than what they are.
Bo Tien 武天 had stressed on the benefits that can arise from doubts and differences even though these may affect the social harmony and coherence.
These may cause storms in society of people in a temple. But storms do not last forever and calm will return. People will be more of one heart once they know life and truth better. Bo Tien 武天 said this, didn't he?
Doubts may threaten the ego of those who think they know and to defend their ego, they find fault with those who disagreed with them and raised their doubts and concerns. They rationalise when they insist that what they belief is enough and any more questions mean that the persons who pose the questions are not doubters nut out to create endless problems and to challenge them.
Doubts even if genuine may threaten those who think they know. The flaw is in those who are questioned more than in those who raise questions and concerns.
Well, that is life and that is what all will face in life, not just in religion. The root of the problem is because men who are imperfect think they are perfect. Even God never says he is perfect. Imperfection is the only perfection or constant in life.
This can be humbling to many who think they know more than others. But this should spur them to help others who know even less and push them further to know more than what they already know.
They should not feel threatened or challenged at all by those who have doubts or who think they are lacking in certain niches of knowledge.
Men who are knowledgeable can always learn from those who know who know much less or who know nothing. But they must first be humble enough to learn more, otherwise if they are conceited, they will be humbled instead.
