Part Twelve: The Orientation of the Law of Event(s) upon Event

两极哲理

I was once asked whether I intended to develop LEE into a religion. To answer this question, we must first know the origin, function, effects and the objective conditions of this law.

In my opinion, this law is a philosophy which comes from daily life and also finds application in daily life. To be more specific, different from any religion, LEE is an unique philosophy that can be used by everyone in the human society, and, as a matter of fact, it has been applied by many of us, though some have subconsciously put it into practice when they created starting events such as helping the poor and the weak. What I have done is merely putting it systematically in the form of a book for the reference of future generations. In terms of application, it is like a treasured private copy of a rare book on unique martial arts, which can easily drive one crazy if not assisted by orthodox martial arts. LEE, likewise, needs to be supported by the admonishments, creeds and rituals of religions. They assist and complement each other.

For the time being, the immense number of religions is like the innumerable stars in the sky. Such being the case, it is insignificant or even meaningless for LEE to develop into another religion, which seems to be no more than adding another little star to the entire galaxy. Hence the orientation of this law remains that it will develop into a complete, comprehensive and constructive philosophy for the well-being of mankind. It cannot, and will never become a religion. You may agree that the trends in the development of religions, to a great extent, rest upon the means of communication. In the olden days, owing to the under development of technology, the most effective means for the propagation of religion have been speech and written language. Such a way of propagation has restricted religions within certain geographical regions, each controls its own respective territory. With the development of modern technology, particularly that of communications, the world is becoming smaller and different religions thus have the opportunity to interact with one another. In the course of interactions, harmony and strife intermingle. For instance, in Singapore in 1950s - 60s, Taoism and Buddhism were frequently at discord with Christianity. Fortunately, the interactions, positive and negative, have promoted the mutual understanding among religions. Sri Ramakrishna (1836 - 1886) reached a conclusion as early as 150 years ago that "religions all lead to the same goal". Sri Ramakrishna steadfastly sought after various beliefs all his life, such as Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. He is believed by his followers to have reached a very high level in his search for religious beliefs. Presently the most successful disseminators of this message - religions all lead to the same goal, are the Qinghai Supreme Master and her followers. It is said she has reached a very high level of success, having followers all over the world. Here, a word of praise for her organisation, which often provides relief to disaster areas.

From a religious point of view, it is a great leap forward for religions to march from the stage of over-weening to the belief that all religions lead to the same goal. What other changes will religions undergo? If everyone with lofty moral virtues achieves the same goal of religions, then LEE will prove to you as a highly practical philosophy.

Everything has its own "background" (a term used in laboratories). For instance, however favorable the conditions under which cells are cultivated, a small number of cells will still die within a short period of time. The number of dead cells is referred to as "background" in laboratory terms. To apply the term to unemployment, the background is respectively about 4% and 0.5% in the U.S. and Singapore. Through thousands of years of propagation, there remains the background of 15 - 25% of the world’s population has no religious beliefs. To what goal will this background move? If it is striving towards the same goal of religions, then, LEE may direct these atheists to do good deeds, and eventually enable them to achieve the same goal as set by religions.

In short, LEE will never become a religion. Its goal has been, and remains to provide people with a correct philosophy of life, and to contribute to the civilization and well-being of mankind. It seeks ultimate aim for a complementary relationship with different religions.