The Inexplicable and the Uncontrollable
In daily living, try not
to explain why certain things happen,
or do not happen—especially according to your
own wish. Instead, obey and trust your Creator. Without that trust
and obedience, there is no good communication, and hence no enlightenment.
After all, you are not in control of your own fate and
destiny in this world. Striving to control the uncontrollable is human futility
that ends in stress and unhappiness. Humans strive to control anything and
everything because they want to create an identity from the attachments
created.
If the Creator has no
identity, why should you strive to
create one for yourself?
An identity is no more
than an ego-self that separates and distinguishes you from others—which is
essentially pride.
With pride, you see more of yourself and less of others.
With humility, instead
of pride, you may see things quite differently: more of the Creator, and less
of yourself.
Live your everyday life
not just for yourself, but also for others as well. Live a life of love and
compassion to become a better and happier individual, being more connected with
others. In any life situation, if you have to choose between “being nice” or
“being right”, always choose “being nice.”
Look at the following
from Lau Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, made up of
81 chapters on human wisdom:
“If His ways could be
explained or understood,
the Creator would no
longer be infinite.
If He had a name or an
identity,
the Creator would no
longer be eternal.
Being infinite and
eternal,
the Creator is the origin of
all things.
Once given a name and an
identity,
mankind is only the
source of all things.
Ever humble, we see the
mysteries of all things created.
Ever proud, we see only
the manifestations of all things created.
Only the mysteries, and
not the manifestations,
show us the Way to true
wisdom.”
(Lao
Tzu, Tao
Te Ching, chapter 1)
Stephen Lau
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