No 381 of Living Life Series 1
God seems to be silent when men in church or temple argue till kingdom come on what is right and what is not. God seems to stand one side and keep His silence when one religion or sect makes unkind remarks of another.
This silence fans the guts of men to speak out what they believe and just because God keeps His silence, they think they are right. But the irony is that many of contradictory views think they are speaking for God and others must therefore have erred if they fail to see eye to eye with them.
Men tend to take matters into their own hands instead of leaving to God. They cannot see from different angles and perspectives. They are bigotted and even portray God as wrathful, jealous and ego-centric. These are negative attributes we see in men and not in God and saints.
Men tend to take matters into their own hands instead of leaving to God. They cannot see from different angles and perspectives. They are bigotted and even portray God as wrathful, jealous and ego-centric. These are negative attributes we see in men and not in God and saints.
This is perhaps one reason why Jesus said that self-righteousness is the downfall of many a man.
When the saint or prophet is around, many still do not value what the saint or prophet said. When the saint has said his fill and there is no more need for him to be around, the Word of the saint is there but many do not see or hear the Word.
They have eyes but do not see. They have ears but don't seem to hear. They think that they know the saint but actually knew not.
This happens to any temple, church or religion and even in a temple of Lord Bo Tien. Saint like Lord Bo Tien knows that and it is best that men must learn and if they don't want to learn, even if the Word is there, even if the image of the lord saint is there, even if God is there, men will be blind to God and saints though they claim and profess to know God and saints.
But what they know is their inflated ego and self-righteousness. They hold on to these as their God and saint. They end up worshipping ego and Man instead of God and saints.
That is why founders of religions or sects are there in the beginning, but having seeded the Word, they leave men alone. But if men are wayward and value not the Word, they will feel the silence and the void. The sound of silence can be deafening and they will be lost.
But if they surround themselves with the Word (the doctrine), the silence is the beautiful peace that comes from knowing the Word, instead of the silence that is deafening to those not knowing the Word.
The sound of silence can be deafening to the ignorant but it is the peace that comes from knowing the Word for those who are wise. The wise may be alone and away from the crowd in a temple of church but he is not lonely but has a fulfilling life as he is in the universal temple with the sky or Heaven as the roof and religions as the pillars.
But the crowd at a concrete temple or church will feel the void or meaninglessness even with the crowd as they are worshipping God and saints in vane. Without the Word, they will feel the void and silence which is deafening. They are lost with the many others while the wise one though seemingly alone is secure with the Word of God and saint.
Go for the Word of God and not the word by man in the name of God when the name of God is being used in vain, like a puppet to satisfy the whims and fancies of the egos of men.
