Median Doctrine

Today post will be a little unique as I am focusing on Chinese Literature work. The works I am discussing here is of ultimate importance to the development of Chinese's Culture and Ethics. These works can be termed as the foundation of the Chinese Culture.

Verse 1. What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction.

The above verse is quoted from The Median Doctrine (one of the Four Books of the Chinese) and one can clearly see that this alludes to the Path of God. The first part articulates that the Bestowals of Heaven is referred to as Nature. Well, what verse in the Torah also referring to the same matter? This is none other than the first verse in the Torah, in the book of Genesis.

Genesis 1.1 In the Beginning, Created Eloqim, the Heaven and the Earth.

In a world with a Creator, Nature is 'Bestowals' from Heaven. God Creates whatever it is available now by Words and the so-called Law of Nature is basically HaShem's Hand in Work. There is no inertia to Creation and as long as God Wills it, this world exists. If HaShem Stops to Sustain this world in a just a split second, all will go into none existence. This is what the Median Doctrine termed Nature, as Nature is a continual Bestowals by HaShem.

The second part relates to 'The Path of duty'. What is the Part of Duty? It says here in the text that a lifestyle lives in accordance to Nature is termed 'The Path of duty'. What does this mean? This roughly parallels what HaShem Desires Most out of us, living in accordance to His Ways. As Nature is just a continual Blessings from above, living in accordance to the Will of God is very important. This is referred to the Duty of each man to HaShem, to Nature that He Has Created. When HaShem Created Adam and Chava, what HaShem Have in Mind? HaShem wants them to perform their duty right and Adam is portrayed as a farmer in Genesis, with the Garden of Eden flowed with all the goodness of an ideal farmland. However, things went wrong, when Adam partook of the Forbidden Fruit, all of it goes haywire and Adam, beforehand a more spiritual than a physical being, falls becoming mortal. This is not living in accordance to Nature and this is against 'The Path of duty'. This can be seen in many instances that mankind fell and fell, all because they failed to realise their responsibility to the 'Natural Law', when things suppose to be.

Then what is the third part? For us Gentiles, this is the Seven Laws and for the Jews, it is their Torah. However, regulation of the path is only possible through the Torah. There are no other authentic sources that can teach us our own Covenant other than the Jews. Instruction or Law is the one that regulates us to conform to the Path of duty, which is then live in accordance to Nature, a continual bestowal by none other than HaShem.

Again, I might be wrong so do comment if I have done something terribly wrong. Ok?

Shalom.