No 1001 of Living Life Series 1
We must not only believe. We must also be good. We must not just be good but better at being good. This is not the end point.
To be good is not enough. We must be at peace by not longing for more good and yet try to be more good. If we are not at peace, then what type of good can this goodness be?
It is good not to be bad. It is even more good to be good and not just being not bad.
It is even better if we are good not because of ego and not because we want other men to praise us. It is good to be good not because of ego. It is better if we have no ego and yet is good.
It is good to be good because of religion. But it is different thing altogether if we insist our religion is the only one for all peoples.
That has to do with ego and the longing to be many notches up above others. Such good can end up not good. There is again the ego.
Ego is good to a point but beyond this, it can be no longer good and can be bad. Thus he who thinks he is good and proud of this and even wants others to believe as he believes may not be good enough.
He may be near to God and yet far. He who does not believe in God and has no objection to those who believe may be near though far.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 dwelt at length on the near and the far and the far and the near.