Extract from Lord Bo Tien's 1984 Anniversary Message
The descent of the lord saint that night is similar to the flower. The pure and beautiful
flower is the creation of nature. Ants and insects are attracted to the flower and all should not
blame the flower for attracting ants and insects. A heavenly saint is like the
flower and the least expected amongst men will be attracted to the saint like
ants and insects
to the flower. This is not the wrong doing of the flower but nature's way of survival
and existence. That the least expected should be at the helm or in the following
of a temple is not the folly of a heavenly saint and Heaven but Heaven's way to
reach out to all more so the more lost in society. But the folly of men should
not be regarded as Heaven's folly.
He then pointed out to
the Taoist Octagon
or Pakua, which showed
two fish-like symbols the yin and the yang. Both must exist and if there was
only one, then there will be no balance and peace. Man must seek the inner peace
through balance of yin and yang. A temple or organisation must find balance in
the yin and yang elements of people that constitute the temple. Only then will
there be peace and harmony. This adds further significance to
the advice given in the preceding paragraph on the flower and the ants. Without
ants in men there would be no need for a temple and its mission. A temple or
spiritual organisation needs to attract both yin and yang and this is as the
case with all nature.
There is always the need for yin yang balance in any situation, in life, in society and in a temple. The balance point varies from individual to individual and from society to society and varies from timie to time for the same one individual, society or temple. This is to be expected and is common sense, nothing abstract, acdademic or philosophical.
1984 message is the last of the anniversary messages of Lord Bo Tien in the first cycle (13 years) of His Mission. That the lord saint Lord Bo Tien concluded the last part of this 1984 anniversary message by addressing the topic of yin and yang is a poignant reminder and a wake-up call of the importance of yin yang equation in life, in society and in a temple.
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