No man is able to say that only he is right and others are wrong. Even saints don't do that.
All can be right in their own ways and must stand by one another. Together they can present and offer various aspects of the same issue.
Though they differ and may even be at odds, they cannot be on their own but must stand together even in diversity and deference of views.
This applies also to God and the running of a temple or church of God.
It would be odd that if one man be him an elder or pastor dominates and insists that his way is the only way and that will surely be the day when men are blind and see only the man as God.
But if man can accept that his way is just his way and it works for him but he is still prepared to learn and work along with others who know less or who care less, then that man is great.
Though he is not an island and for that matter no man is an island, he is like a candle who emits light to shine on life not only his own life but also the lives of others.
By going along with others, he is also able to let others light up his life and learn from their ways and views, how these can throw more light on his own. Then he will be better off and he will have learnt more and have more perspectives that otherwise he will never know.
Even if others ways cannot add more to his, he can learn how his own way or view can be better positioned and help others, not to change their views but to better position their views to be more relevant.
Even if others ways cannot add more to his, he can learn how his own way or view can be better positioned and help others, not to change their views but to better position their views to be more relevant.
It is best that no man acts as though he is an island. He must have confidence in himself and in what he should know and do but he needs to be with other men who hold differing views. Even their wrongs can teach him to be more right and more confident in his understanding of life.
This applies not only to man but to any temple or religion.
Religion must be confident of its own mission and doctrine but other religions can add more insight and depth to its mission and doctrine. This is one aspect of the truth behind life and religion the lord saint Lord Bo Tien wants us to grasp.
No man or religion is an island even if that man or religion may well be more right. By going along with other men and religions, that man or religion becomes more enlightened and more right. But of course, others can be right as well in their own aspects and they can teach a wise man or a good religion to be even better.
No man or religion is an island and can stand alone. Even the uneducated man can teach the educated a thing or two. So no man should think he can be an island.
No religion can claim it is the only religion for the world. Man or religion does not matter. There is need to know more of one's own view by knowing and understanding others' views. Respecting and learning from others' religions can add color and strength to one's own religion.
No man or religion is an island however right and good that man or religion may be.
Even in the secular world, this is true. How great a nation is, it cannot be on its own. It must work with others and benefit others before it can benefit from them.
It must not say they are wrong in their political policies and try to make them drop their political ways. The great nation must not impose its own political values on them.
Great nation would never make this mistake. It is alright to share but not to impose. The so-called lesser political ways of the lesser nations may well be good for these nations and the great nation can learn from them not to change its seemingly more mature political ways but to enhance its own.
Even a great nation like a great man is not an island unto itself. No one is an island.
Even an employer can learn and benefit from his employees before he can be of benefit to them. No man be that man the employer or employee is an island unto himself. No man is an island. Even an island cannot exist in seclusion, however self sufficient it may be
Lord Bo Tien adds that man can learn from one another's strength and weaknesses. This will in no way mean that one man must impose his way on others or let others impose theirs on him.
Every man can improve and add value to his own way or view by interacting and learning from the views or ways of others. This applies to both secular and spiritual life. No man is an island.
No man or religion is an island however right and good that man or religion may be.
Even in the secular world, this is true. How great a nation is, it cannot be on its own. It must work with others and benefit others before it can benefit from them.
It must not say they are wrong in their political policies and try to make them drop their political ways. The great nation must not impose its own political values on them.
Great nation would never make this mistake. It is alright to share but not to impose. The so-called lesser political ways of the lesser nations may well be good for these nations and the great nation can learn from them not to change its seemingly more mature political ways but to enhance its own.
Even a great nation like a great man is not an island unto itself. No one is an island.
Even an employer can learn and benefit from his employees before he can be of benefit to them. No man be that man the employer or employee is an island unto himself. No man is an island. Even an island cannot exist in seclusion, however self sufficient it may be
Lord Bo Tien adds that man can learn from one another's strength and weaknesses. This will in no way mean that one man must impose his way on others or let others impose theirs on him.
Every man can improve and add value to his own way or view by interacting and learning from the views or ways of others. This applies to both secular and spiritual life. No man is an island.
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