No 1239 of Living Life Series 1
The historical Buddha on day of enlightenment was reluctant to make known his understanding of the truth of life. He had his good reason for this.
Truth is a bitter pill and not at all exciting. In fact, many are not motivated at all by truth. All they want is that they be given paradise and happiness right from the start.
They see worldly happiness as spiritual happiness. They don't accept that they have to work for spiritual happiness.
They prefer to live in dreams that they will be happy from the onset of belief in God and all will be well by his grace, not by the efforts of men, not by good works and not by human wisdom which to them falls far short of divine wisdom.
They don't think that divine wisdom is within their reach. They prefer the world of make-belief and this they hold as the reality. They are happy that way.
Is there the need to rock the boat and upset them with the truth? They are not ready. They don't want to be upset. Life is already upsetting enough.
What they need is immediate and instant relief and not realisation of more upsets to surmount. They don't want to know that there is more than meet the eye.
With such people, God and saints understand. God and saints will go along with the dreams of men who are not ready as yet to wake up from dreams.
It is better to let them be happy and hang on to dreams than be distraught. Even those who claim they have woken up will still fall back on dreams and they need God and saints to go along with their dreams.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that men have dreams of life but if they do not wake up from dreams, they are still near to God though far from true spirituality. The near can be far.
It is better for many to live on in their dreams than to wake up. They are not stoic enough, not resilient enough and not resourceful enough. Truth is not for the faint hearted.
God and saints even create the temporary haven in heaven for them. There they can be more settled and be prepared to face truth - to wake up from their dreams. To them, while still on Earth this is the heaven they know.
Isn't this to do with the Bodhisattva approach? The answer is not as simple as it seems. Do more research into this.
Religion must work for the majority and not for the few who know more or choose to have nothing to do with religion. Isn't that what religion is for? Indeed, religion is for all - especially the majority.
God and saints must look after all not just the few who know better and can be on their own. Even this few can be weak and need to fall back on dreams.
Life is about dreams even if dreams may not be true. Even our life here is a dream which will end when death comes knocking at the door.
While in life even if it is a dream, do make do and have the best out of the dream of life. Otherwise, we will refuse to dream and yet not wake up.
What we wake up to may still be a dream but hopefully even if still a dream, this will be a better dream - a heavenly one. Don't be a busybody and leave others to their dreams.
But sometimes there is need to let others know they are dreaming on in life. The issue is can we and should we and when to do so. Moreover, we too may be dreamers as well.
Even if we know better, we just had to fall back on dreams. The road to ultimate truth is long and arduous. We want the easy way with instant relief never mind if this is a tall order. Who is really ready? It is far better to live in dreams.
Should one dreamer tell another to have a different dream? That is another issue and a problem as well. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 commented that the problems of men are many and plentiful.
Even in religion and with regards to God, men have problems. Man himself is the problem. Even in heaven above, man brings along problems.
Men have different dreams and they do not agree as to which is the correct dream. Oddly, they can even fight over dreams. Isn't that ridiculous? To them, it is not as they don't think they are dreaming. They think others are dreaming and not them.
The historical Buddha on day of enlightenment was reluctant to make known his understanding of the truth of life. He had his good reason for this.
Truth is a bitter pill and not at all exciting. In fact, many are not motivated at all by truth. All they want is that they be given paradise and happiness right from the start.
They see worldly happiness as spiritual happiness. They don't accept that they have to work for spiritual happiness.
They prefer to live in dreams that they will be happy from the onset of belief in God and all will be well by his grace, not by the efforts of men, not by good works and not by human wisdom which to them falls far short of divine wisdom.
They don't think that divine wisdom is within their reach. They prefer the world of make-belief and this they hold as the reality. They are happy that way.
Is there the need to rock the boat and upset them with the truth? They are not ready. They don't want to be upset. Life is already upsetting enough.
What they need is immediate and instant relief and not realisation of more upsets to surmount. They don't want to know that there is more than meet the eye.
With such people, God and saints understand. God and saints will go along with the dreams of men who are not ready as yet to wake up from dreams.
It is better to let them be happy and hang on to dreams than be distraught. Even those who claim they have woken up will still fall back on dreams and they need God and saints to go along with their dreams.
The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that men have dreams of life but if they do not wake up from dreams, they are still near to God though far from true spirituality. The near can be far.
It is better for many to live on in their dreams than to wake up. They are not stoic enough, not resilient enough and not resourceful enough. Truth is not for the faint hearted.
God and saints even create the temporary haven in heaven for them. There they can be more settled and be prepared to face truth - to wake up from their dreams. To them, while still on Earth this is the heaven they know.
Isn't this to do with the Bodhisattva approach? The answer is not as simple as it seems. Do more research into this.
Religion must work for the majority and not for the few who know more or choose to have nothing to do with religion. Isn't that what religion is for? Indeed, religion is for all - especially the majority.
God and saints must look after all not just the few who know better and can be on their own. Even this few can be weak and need to fall back on dreams.
Life is about dreams even if dreams may not be true. Even our life here is a dream which will end when death comes knocking at the door.
While in life even if it is a dream, do make do and have the best out of the dream of life. Otherwise, we will refuse to dream and yet not wake up.
What we wake up to may still be a dream but hopefully even if still a dream, this will be a better dream - a heavenly one. Don't be a busybody and leave others to their dreams.
But sometimes there is need to let others know they are dreaming on in life. The issue is can we and should we and when to do so. Moreover, we too may be dreamers as well.
Even if we know better, we just had to fall back on dreams. The road to ultimate truth is long and arduous. We want the easy way with instant relief never mind if this is a tall order. Who is really ready? It is far better to live in dreams.
Should one dreamer tell another to have a different dream? That is another issue and a problem as well. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 commented that the problems of men are many and plentiful.
Even in religion and with regards to God, men have problems. Man himself is the problem. Even in heaven above, man brings along problems.
Men have different dreams and they do not agree as to which is the correct dream. Oddly, they can even fight over dreams. Isn't that ridiculous? To them, it is not as they don't think they are dreaming. They think others are dreaming and not them.
