Learning Point No 343
The one who is closer to the lord saint needs not be one who is in a mission related temple of the lord.
In fact, it is more likely that someone in a Bo Tien mission related temple may still be far from the lord saint compared to someone not in such a temple or who does not even know the lord saint.
The far may be the near and the near may be far. The lord saint said
The adherent of a religion needs not be near to the prophet or saint of that religion but someone who is not may well be.
The son of the father needs not be close to the father than a man who is not the son. This may appear odd but in many instances, it is the case though not invariably so.
Oddities may well be the norm. Sometimes, it may be better to know the prophet or saint of a religion by knowing those who are not adherents but who still live by the Word of the prophet or saint.
They know the Word but do not or may not know the saint. But by knowing the Word, they are closer to the saint. Thus even if they know not the saint, they do know the saint as they know the Word.
Perhaps it is true that we can know more by not knowing. Those who know more may in fact know little but generally those who know more do know more but this needs not be the case.
This applies not only to doctrine and saints, but also to all aspects of life. Does it mean that the right though right can be wrong at times and the wrong though wrong may still be right at times?
Can we know more by not knowing? This should not be the case but if we look deeper, this can be the case and yet is not.
Have a second thought or a rethink and go for the 360 degree appraisal. Only then can there be more insight and fresh perspectives. Thus the wise never say "no" and never say "yes" but he says "yes" at times and "no" at other times.
Proponents of a religious belief may both be right and wrong. It all depends on the people, times and circumstances. Nothing is cast in stone. Don't be rigid and be a stick in the mud. Don't be a pain the the neck.
This does not mean you cannot hold to a view but you must know when and how to apply the view, to hold on to it and when to let go, vary or differ. This is so that you will ever be a renewed blessing to yourself or other men and be ever more blessed by God and saints.
This not mean you are fence sitter or have no backbone, but that you look at life in 360 degrees. You are no hypocrite but a realist with 360 degree insight.
Sometimes to know your own religion or saint, others not in your religion and who do not pray to your saint may well know better than you and you can learn from them. You can get fresh angles or know more angles and views.
Others may know you better than you know yourself. This is true and yet not so. Do think again. Nothing is cast in stone. That too is true and yet not so.
Try telling a man of faith that nothing is cast in stone and you will be viewed as odd, a sinner who better repent, someone who challenges dogmas and who has befriended the devil, someone who should be feared and who need to be saved.
Well there is more to all these than meet the eyes. The very reason why religion has succeeded may well be the same reason why it has failed.
Remember that nothing is cast in stone and yet in the uncertainty, there surely will still be certainty. This is perhaps just the manifestation of duality the sages of old in the East refer to as yin and yang, the soft and hard attributes of life.
Because nothing is cast in stone, in any religion, there will be many sects and in any sect, there will be many schools. There will be many independent denominations and stand alone temples or churches.
This is why Lord Bo Tien said that religions and sects become sort of archaeological departments for seekers of truth to dig out the inner truth that the forefathers talk about - the basic truth that are buried by time and by layers of added on beliefs, thinking and traditions of men over the centuries.
That is why a true seeker of God can only know God more by going away from religions and sects after going into religions and sects.
This does not mean you cannot hold to a view but you must know when and how to apply the view, to hold on to it and when to let go, vary or differ. This is so that you will ever be a renewed blessing to yourself or other men and be ever more blessed by God and saints.
This not mean you are fence sitter or have no backbone, but that you look at life in 360 degrees. You are no hypocrite but a realist with 360 degree insight.
Sometimes to know your own religion or saint, others not in your religion and who do not pray to your saint may well know better than you and you can learn from them. You can get fresh angles or know more angles and views.
Others may know you better than you know yourself. This is true and yet not so. Do think again. Nothing is cast in stone. That too is true and yet not so.
Try telling a man of faith that nothing is cast in stone and you will be viewed as odd, a sinner who better repent, someone who challenges dogmas and who has befriended the devil, someone who should be feared and who need to be saved.
Well there is more to all these than meet the eyes. The very reason why religion has succeeded may well be the same reason why it has failed.
Remember that nothing is cast in stone and yet in the uncertainty, there surely will still be certainty. This is perhaps just the manifestation of duality the sages of old in the East refer to as yin and yang, the soft and hard attributes of life.
Because nothing is cast in stone, in any religion, there will be many sects and in any sect, there will be many schools. There will be many independent denominations and stand alone temples or churches.
This is why Lord Bo Tien said that religions and sects become sort of archaeological departments for seekers of truth to dig out the inner truth that the forefathers talk about - the basic truth that are buried by time and by layers of added on beliefs, thinking and traditions of men over the centuries.
That is why a true seeker of God can only know God more by going away from religions and sects after going into religions and sects.
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