NATURAL LIFE

Once, I visited a gentleman at his house. There, his four young children (two girls and two boys) were playing. I noticed they kept complaining to their father about each other—“He hit me,” “She took my toy,” “He pushed me,” “She said this to me,” and so on. Despite these complaints, they kept playing together. Their relationship remained unaffected.

Why did their mutual love endure despite the complaints? The answer is the blood relationship. They were all brothers and sisters, bonded by blood. This blood tie overshadowed their complaints. Despite their differences, it kept them united.

This is a symbol of nature, illustrating how people should live in this world. People should live in a way that even when disagreements and complaints happen among them, their relationships do not break, and they continue to live together in harmony and love.

In this world, it’s inevitable that people living together will have complaints against each other. A life without complaints isn’t possible here. The goal shouldn’t be to eliminate complaints from society but rather to stop them from turning into hatred.

In the case of siblings, what prevents complaints from turning into hatred is the blood relationship. For the general population, moral principles serve this restraining function. A blood relationship is a natural bond, and therefore, there is no reward or incentive attached to it. However, moral principles are adopted by a person through their own will. Such a person voluntarily commits themselves to a set of standards. Therefore, the individual who upholds this moral discipline is deserving of a great reward, both in this world and in the eternal life of the hereafter.