No 1093 of Living Life Series 1
Make religion shine out the good side of life if you want religion to catch on with society.
Life is no bed of roses. Even a bed of roses has thorns. Religion can paint a rosy picture but somehow the fundamental or original teachings of the founder saint will come forth and intrude on the rosy picture humanity wants religion to paint.
This is a sure reminder that there are polarities in life and that add to the uncertainty in life. The plight others face will affect us eventually in one way or another.
But men of religion know this but cannot speak forth this nature of life which affected even notables like Jesus and Buddha. This will piss off men rather than bring men to religion.
But men who wrote the scriptures no matter how they try to give a rosy picture could not deny that the prophets or saints too have their share of problems in life. They do die or end up crucified.
Yet followers cannot accept that they too will have pain and the end. They stress not on the pain and end but the living on beyond the pain and end. They sugarcoat the pain and end of life but the danger is that men may get carried away.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that regardless of religion we are in, there is no escaping from the yin and yang - the ups and downs in life.
Where there is calm, there will be storms. When there is storm, this will be followed by calm seas. What matters is not to be over jubilant with calm seas and be flustered by storms. There is need to cultivate mindfulness to have inner peace come what may.
This should be for every moment in life. Have no guilt if we seem to be unable to make it most of the time. Just try and as we know little drops of water make a mighty ocean. Turn to God and saints for support if needed but avoid the crutch mentality.
Surely we can have this inner peace of the saints or at least some semblance of this in any religion of the world. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says is common to and behind all religions. This is achievable in any religion. This has to do with the inner truth behind all religions and cultures.
But the problem is that many like to think they can depend totally on God and saints. They end up with crutch mentality.
They need to sing and dance away the blues in life - in a way not much different from the rain dance the ancestors of men did when there is drought. Dancing lifts up the spirit. So we must know why people shout, sing and jump in a house of God and saints. This can be a subject for contemplative meditation.
Life is no bed of roses. Even a bed of roses has thorns. Religion can paint a rosy picture but somehow the fundamental or original teachings of the founder saint will come forth and intrude on the rosy picture humanity wants religion to paint.
This is a sure reminder that there are polarities in life and that add to the uncertainty in life. The plight others face will affect us eventually in one way or another.
But men of religion know this but cannot speak forth this nature of life which affected even notables like Jesus and Buddha. This will piss off men rather than bring men to religion.
But men who wrote the scriptures no matter how they try to give a rosy picture could not deny that the prophets or saints too have their share of problems in life. They do die or end up crucified.
Yet followers cannot accept that they too will have pain and the end. They stress not on the pain and end but the living on beyond the pain and end. They sugarcoat the pain and end of life but the danger is that men may get carried away.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that regardless of religion we are in, there is no escaping from the yin and yang - the ups and downs in life.
Where there is calm, there will be storms. When there is storm, this will be followed by calm seas. What matters is not to be over jubilant with calm seas and be flustered by storms. There is need to cultivate mindfulness to have inner peace come what may.
This should be for every moment in life. Have no guilt if we seem to be unable to make it most of the time. Just try and as we know little drops of water make a mighty ocean. Turn to God and saints for support if needed but avoid the crutch mentality.
Surely we can have this inner peace of the saints or at least some semblance of this in any religion of the world. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says is common to and behind all religions. This is achievable in any religion. This has to do with the inner truth behind all religions and cultures.
But the problem is that many like to think they can depend totally on God and saints. They end up with crutch mentality.
They need to sing and dance away the blues in life - in a way not much different from the rain dance the ancestors of men did when there is drought. Dancing lifts up the spirit. So we must know why people shout, sing and jump in a house of God and saints. This can be a subject for contemplative meditation.
