No 1138 of Living Life Series 1
There is always the small but definite risk of a non-religious organisation hijacking religion to serve its agenda of exerting dominance over societies beyond its shores so as to champion its brand of very liberal civil rights.
In so doing, nations which are not ready for liberal civil rights will lose its stability as their people become more vocal and demanding but yet the nations are not mature enough to be constructive.
It is at times unavoidable that religion may be used that way and this is never the intention of the founding fathers of any religion.
There is the pollution of religion when this occurs. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 pointed to us that the downstream of a religion is never pure but polluted.
For clear water, people must go upstream to the upper source. Societies will invariably alter religion to fit not so religious agenda. The mission of the good lord is to put this right and this is for all religions.
Religions can be better than what they have become with the passing of time. The mission is to make sure that religions be better than what they have become and not to start a new religion or sect.
Religions should bring out the inner or basic truth that kicked start the religions. There is need to bring religions back to the upper source for purity of teachings and directions.
We must be ever mindful and vigilant though this can be uphill and against the downstream current.
But alas let us admit that without being in the downstreams of religions to begin with, how could men go to the upper source?
Popular religions have to be what they are even if in downstream form. Mission to motivate individuals who are ready to go to upper source purity will have to be effected to bring about clarity of the teachings in religions.
In so doing, nations which are not ready for liberal civil rights will lose its stability as their people become more vocal and demanding but yet the nations are not mature enough to be constructive.
It is at times unavoidable that religion may be used that way and this is never the intention of the founding fathers of any religion.
There is the pollution of religion when this occurs. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 pointed to us that the downstream of a religion is never pure but polluted.
For clear water, people must go upstream to the upper source. Societies will invariably alter religion to fit not so religious agenda. The mission of the good lord is to put this right and this is for all religions.
Religions can be better than what they have become with the passing of time. The mission is to make sure that religions be better than what they have become and not to start a new religion or sect.
Religions should bring out the inner or basic truth that kicked start the religions. There is need to bring religions back to the upper source for purity of teachings and directions.
We must be ever mindful and vigilant though this can be uphill and against the downstream current.
But alas let us admit that without being in the downstreams of religions to begin with, how could men go to the upper source?
Popular religions have to be what they are even if in downstream form. Mission to motivate individuals who are ready to go to upper source purity will have to be effected to bring about clarity of the teachings in religions.