When a strong ill wind blows, even the best of men holding on to a tree cannot hold for long and will be blown away. This did the good lord Lord Bo Tien said.
How come and why is this ill-wind so strong that good men need to take cover and the best of men cannot handle? This can of course befuddle many an on-looker.
In any temple of some standing, more so if it succeeds to win acclaim of society, there will be some men not at all religious or far from religious who want to come to take the credit and the limelight. They are the opportunists and are like insects that come to a flower for nectar. Blame not the flower for insects coming to it.
But strange enough, the strongest and biggest of men in that temple often cannot handle the insects of men who can buzz and create mayhem just by hovering around him and worst still enter his ear. Joke aside, this is not to demean neither the elephant of men nor the insects of men.
What the insects of men desire to do is not to harm others but they are set to take control and do their liking. They will not have any qualms and scruples even to get others out of their way if these others get into their way. All they want is nectar and for how long is the issue and when will they tire out and the ill wind abates so that others could return?
Such men are the ones whom any lord saint would be pleased to have in the wings of the temple of the saint, not that they are that good and knowledgeable but that they often know precious little and that is exactly why they are wanted in a temple of a lord saint and by none other than the lord saint.
They are in a way prized catches to be trained if the saint wants to train them. It is a challenge to change them and save their souls. They stand out as what leaders of men should not be and many should learn from the weak points of such men. The good lord said.
They are in a way prized catches to be trained if the saint wants to train them. It is a challenge to change them and save their souls. They stand out as what leaders of men should not be and many should learn from the weak points of such men. The good lord said.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien did stress that if a lord saint wants to, who can stop the saint from even making a leader out of the worse of men or rather the lesser good of men? Who can in their right mind stop a saint from training even a criminal?
Indeed few of the worse are criminals. But more often than not, they are usually not criminals and that is the problem. How can good men say there is no place for such men when the good lord of the temple believe in the contrary.
Indeed few of the worse are criminals. But more often than not, they are usually not criminals and that is the problem. How can good men say there is no place for such men when the good lord of the temple believe in the contrary.
Good men are themselves never that good enough, otherwise they would no longer be men but saints. They would not be long in this world or will be out of this world.
They are in the temple because they too need to learn and be trained by the saint. Isn't this clear to all? But sometimes it is better to save our breath and let them learn a thing or two from the goodwill and grace of the saint of that temple.
But will they learn? When will they learn when like others, men have long way to go and are groping around like the blind men with the elephant. Even a dog can learn, so why can't men, more so good men.
Will they learn? Leave this to the lord. The lord willing, they will. In fact, some of the best of pastors are erring men and the good among men will never learn or find this hard to stomach, let alone learn that.
It is often more difficult for the goody two shoes to learn and accept that those they regard as insects of men are often better able to make it up the ladder than them. Will they never learn? Ask the lord....
Remember the adage, never say never and that the exalted will be humbled. Didn't the Lord Jesus said so in the Bible? How come or rather how is it that many cannot accept this reality of why others not as good can run the show in life more so at the temple of a saint?
The problem may well lie with the attitude and stance men adopt because of their ego - their know better complex. Well men are men after all. The lord saint Lord Bo Tien said that the problems and issues of men are many and plentiful.
Men in any temple too are not spared of problems. Problems are universal to life so long as a man is not at peace with himself and with life through Way or Tao found in all religions.
Men of a temple often practise much less of the little they know of the Way. They more often than not know little, hardly practise what the little they know and shoot off their mouths too readily and too soon. Will they learn to be wiser and be at peace? Will they learn to hold their tongues and wag their tails instead - for more peace?
Well most men like problems and are bored if they have less.... They should focus on self-cultivation and the road of self cultivation is never a short one. Men yearn to arrive even before they arrive. That itself does make peace that more unsustainable or even elusive. Many are not steadfast and persistent enough to stay on the road of Tao.
Do not yearn to arrive but just relish in the moment. A moment of peace is good enough. More moments will add up and that alone is progress. Do keep it up. This is what men have to learn.
Will they learn? Human life is already a short one compared to life in heaven and yet men want to arrive fast in Tao. Men may have to learn not just in life as man but continue to learn and cultivate in the after life, be it in Heaven or elsewhere.
Those elders in a temple who have done enough and did their part well should in their old age concentrate on practice of Tao to enhance and to augment it and take themselves to the next higher stage. This did representatives of the lord saint Lord Bo Tien remind the two main elders in his temple, even before one of them passed away.
Omitofo
It is often more difficult for the goody two shoes to learn and accept that those they regard as insects of men are often better able to make it up the ladder than them. Will they never learn? Ask the lord....
Remember the adage, never say never and that the exalted will be humbled. Didn't the Lord Jesus said so in the Bible? How come or rather how is it that many cannot accept this reality of why others not as good can run the show in life more so at the temple of a saint?
The problem may well lie with the attitude and stance men adopt because of their ego - their know better complex. Well men are men after all. The lord saint Lord Bo Tien said that the problems and issues of men are many and plentiful.
Men in any temple too are not spared of problems. Problems are universal to life so long as a man is not at peace with himself and with life through Way or Tao found in all religions.
Men of a temple often practise much less of the little they know of the Way. They more often than not know little, hardly practise what the little they know and shoot off their mouths too readily and too soon. Will they learn to be wiser and be at peace? Will they learn to hold their tongues and wag their tails instead - for more peace?
Well most men like problems and are bored if they have less.... They should focus on self-cultivation and the road of self cultivation is never a short one. Men yearn to arrive even before they arrive. That itself does make peace that more unsustainable or even elusive. Many are not steadfast and persistent enough to stay on the road of Tao.
Do not yearn to arrive but just relish in the moment. A moment of peace is good enough. More moments will add up and that alone is progress. Do keep it up. This is what men have to learn.
Will they learn? Human life is already a short one compared to life in heaven and yet men want to arrive fast in Tao. Men may have to learn not just in life as man but continue to learn and cultivate in the after life, be it in Heaven or elsewhere.
Those elders in a temple who have done enough and did their part well should in their old age concentrate on practice of Tao to enhance and to augment it and take themselves to the next higher stage. This did representatives of the lord saint Lord Bo Tien remind the two main elders in his temple, even before one of them passed away.
Omitofo
