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2009年4月30日 上午9點44分49秒A Tidbit of Wisdom on Life and Religion
(remarkable lines from the book 'Esau' by Philip Kerr)
"This is a most holy man,"he explained. "He is the Swami Chandare,a Dasnami Sannyasin of the great Lord Shiva.He has taken most strict vow of nothingness to put his mind to physical and spiritual disciplines."
"So what is it about the yeti that you hope to learn?", the swami asked.
"We hope that by learning about the yeti,we may learn more about ourselves," said Swift.
"He who has understanding is careful and ever pure, reaches the end of the journey from which he never returns.But it is natural to search as you do.From where do we come?By what power do we live?Where do we find rest?Beyond senses are their objects and beyond these is the mind and beyond that is pure reason.To know the answers to these questions however is not always source of much comfort and satisfaction,for beyond reason is the spirit in Man."
"Science shifts man away from the center of the universe.Is it not so?Shifts him so far away that he feels small and insignificant.There is truth,yes?But not a very satisfactory one.Strive for the highest and be in the light,but the path is as narrow as the edge of a razor and difficult to tread.We are all fascinated by physical ties of ancestry.Is it not so?In the West,people try to find that which was lost through their family trees.But why is so much forgotten?Why is it so difficult?Why are there so few of us who can follow our lines of descent?Perhaps it was not meant to be.Perhaps it is better after all to live in ignorance of such things."
"But what is the truth about yeti?How did he come to be here?Why - "
"Who knows the truth?,"he giggled in a way that reminded her of a newsreel."Who can tell how and when this world and ourselves came into being?But what is certain is that the gods are later than the beginning.So who knows where any of us comes from?Only the God in the highest heaven perhaps.Or perhaps not."
"And don't be so hard in religion,"he said. "Life itself is a temple and a religion.God's purpose in life is like a great carpet. Seen from one side of a loom it makes no sense.It has no shape,no logic.Just hundreds of strands of wool hanging loosely here and there.But seen from the other side everything can be understood.The pattern becomes clear.There are no loose bits of wool.Just order."
2009年4月4日 下午2點23分56秒food for the soul...
Sometimes our plan does not unfold the way we though it would be..but God is always in control to use it for our good...
"A man's heart plans his way..
But the Lord directs his steps..."
( Proverbs 16:9 )
