No 960 of Living Life Series 1
Ji Gong (济公) knows only a little by contemplating on crickets and why life is just like the crickets playing out in all aspects of life resulting in more strive and no peace. He ends up knowing more with just a little. He ends up having peace by knowing how to have peace amid the storms and conflicts of life.
Know a little and don't be floored by the lot. Know more and be lost and need to know even more. Often this seems to be the case in religion.
Know a little and don't be floored by the lot. Know more and be lost and need to know even more. Often this seems to be the case in religion.
Why then religion must teach that much more and has allot to tell?
Well, it has to dangle many carrots to capture the attention of the many so that at least a carrot or two will attract you to the house of God.
But then after being attracted, you may be lost and bewildered by the many more attractions in that religion. These may end up as distractions or diversions. You may end up lost in the leaves of the forest when the leaves in your hand if you know them well may help you to go the mile.
Go for the basic or inner truth that any religion will have and common to all religion. This is the message of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 when he descended in 1969.
The basic is just common sense. No need even for religion to know that. Be good. Be simple in mind. Be one in mind not with mind all over the place. Be pure and go for this - the must-have. The rest are not must-have. If you are too distracted, you will not see this simple logic and focus in life.