第五篇｜眾生如何成為神聖

Chapter 5 — How Beings Become the Sacred

 

職務的承擔

The Assumption of Function

 

If the sacred is a function,

then a question arises:

 

How do beings assume these roles?

 

In human civilization,

different concepts

are often used

to describe this process.

 

For example:

 

cultivation,

merit,

mission,

or destiny.

 

Cultivation

refers to the adjustment

and development of oneself.

 

Merit

refers to contributions

to the order.

 

When an entity

gradually develops both capability

and responsibility,

 

it may assume

a greater role.

 

In embodied life

within the world of civilization,

 

this assumption

is often described

as mission or destiny.

 

In other words,

 

certain beings,

within the course of life,

take on specific responsibilities

 

and accumulate merit

through their actions.

 

However,

one point must be understood:

 

Merit is only one condition;

it is not equivalent to the sacred.

 

Within the structure of the universe,

the primary subject of beings

is not the physical body,

but the spirit.

 

The body is only a vehicle

through which the spirit operates

within the civilizational world.

 

Therefore,

beings are not fundamentally

defined by the body.

 

Some beings

live within civilization

through physical form;

 

while others,

when possessing capability

and responsibility,

 

assume functions

within the universe.

 

When a being

takes on the responsibility

of maintaining order,

 

it is referred to as sacred.

 

Thus, it can be said:

 

The sacred is not another race.

The sacred is beings

who assume functions

within the universe.

 

萬物同在 各循其序

All things coexist, each following its own order

 

程彥勛｜台灣

Cheng Yanxun | Taiwan