No 1390 of Living Life Series 1
Change is inevitable. The old guards of a temple will never be able to bring in the younger people, let alone keep their interests. This is a reality.
One reason is that they know deeper of what a temple should be and what is the purpose of a temple. The temple is a means and not the end.
When they reached this level, they will be out of tune with the new and the young. The doctrine they dwelt on will be at a higher level that will be meaningless and makes no impact on the young. The young will not come in.
The old guards will be doing and thinking at channel which will be too way up in the clouds. Thus the young under them will become restless and want to take over from the old guards.
They will think and do at exactly at the level which is the very level or reason why Bo Tien 武 天 wants all to break through and see the inner truth or doctrine basic to and common to all religions.
The young think the old guards understanding is out and not in keeping with worldly society. They would rather do what many have been doing. Like what Bo Tien 武 天 says, "They would rather flow along downstream instead of going upstream against the current. This is easy, so natural and needs little effort.
This will defeat the purpose of Bo Tien's 武 天 descent in 1969. Bo Tien 武 天 says that his mission is not to do more of the same as in many temples but to be different and to stand out.
A temple must awaken people to the inner truth or real doctrine of what is good and how to be pure. It is not to be more of the same that is going on.
Then people will see the leaves and twigs and not the trunk, let alone the roots that anchor the tree. If a tree is cut, so long as the roots and base is there, the tree will be alive and grow again.
But it is the leaves, the twigs and the visible tree above the ground that appeals - not the base and roots.
If the roots are deep and in touch with subterranean water, the tree will grow again and flourish and bear fruits. Bo Tien 武 天 stresses on this.
Old guards who know more are like that. They grow roots and want to reach subterranean water of the common or inner truth behind religions.
The young are like the tree above the ground and they care not if they are not rooted in subterranean water. When drought comes, the temple will wane and collapse, if we leave it to the young.
But on the other hand, if we depend on the old guards alone, the temple or tree above the ground is not important. Then the crowd will not come in. This too is not good. Temple or religion will not reach out to the crowd.
We need the young to make a fuss of the tree above the ground, the worldly concrete temple before the crowd will come in. They dine, party and have fun around the tree and this attracts the crowd - more so the young and worldly. But they cause damage to the base and roots.
We need both the old guards and the young new to take care of the tree - the temple. We need both yin and yang in counter balance and both to work closely in embrace like in the Bagua.
The Bagua doctrine was referred to by Bo Tien 武 天 .
Like in the Bagua, the old guards must also work with the young who will be the new subcontractors to till the land and bring in others to fuss over the tree but with the old guards teaching and reminding them on how to grow the roots of the temple to reach the subterranean water.
This was explained by Bo Tien 武 天 and applies to any temple, church or religion. This is the Bagua emphasis for a temple or religion.
Alas and regrettably so, in many temples and even in a temple of Bo Tien 武 天, this is difficult to achieve. Why? The young will always in the majority and have the final say.
The mission to bring out the common space (the inner truth) behind religions cannot depend on the vehicle of a temple but depends on Heaven alone with perhaps one or two men through the world wide web.
One reason is that they know deeper of what a temple should be and what is the purpose of a temple. The temple is a means and not the end.
When they reached this level, they will be out of tune with the new and the young. The doctrine they dwelt on will be at a higher level that will be meaningless and makes no impact on the young. The young will not come in.
The old guards will be doing and thinking at channel which will be too way up in the clouds. Thus the young under them will become restless and want to take over from the old guards.
They will think and do at exactly at the level which is the very level or reason why Bo Tien 武 天 wants all to break through and see the inner truth or doctrine basic to and common to all religions.
A temple must awaken people to the inner truth or real doctrine of what is good and how to be pure. It is not to be more of the same that is going on.
Then people will see the leaves and twigs and not the trunk, let alone the roots that anchor the tree. If a tree is cut, so long as the roots and base is there, the tree will be alive and grow again.
But it is the leaves, the twigs and the visible tree above the ground that appeals - not the base and roots.
If the roots are deep and in touch with subterranean water, the tree will grow again and flourish and bear fruits. Bo Tien 武 天 stresses on this.
Old guards who know more are like that. They grow roots and want to reach subterranean water of the common or inner truth behind religions.
The young are like the tree above the ground and they care not if they are not rooted in subterranean water. When drought comes, the temple will wane and collapse, if we leave it to the young.
But on the other hand, if we depend on the old guards alone, the temple or tree above the ground is not important. Then the crowd will not come in. This too is not good. Temple or religion will not reach out to the crowd.
We need the young to make a fuss of the tree above the ground, the worldly concrete temple before the crowd will come in. They dine, party and have fun around the tree and this attracts the crowd - more so the young and worldly. But they cause damage to the base and roots.
We need both the old guards and the young new to take care of the tree - the temple. We need both yin and yang in counter balance and both to work closely in embrace like in the Bagua.
The Bagua doctrine was referred to by Bo Tien 武 天 .
Like in the Bagua, the old guards must also work with the young who will be the new subcontractors to till the land and bring in others to fuss over the tree but with the old guards teaching and reminding them on how to grow the roots of the temple to reach the subterranean water.
This was explained by Bo Tien 武 天 and applies to any temple, church or religion. This is the Bagua emphasis for a temple or religion.
Alas and regrettably so, in many temples and even in a temple of Bo Tien 武 天, this is difficult to achieve. Why? The young will always in the majority and have the final say.
The mission to bring out the common space (the inner truth) behind religions cannot depend on the vehicle of a temple but depends on Heaven alone with perhaps one or two men through the world wide web.
