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Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Cape Town, South Africa
November 28, 1999 (Originally in English)
 Teenagers,
when they grow up, begin to question their parents' authority and wisdom.
And I tell you, they're not always wrong. Most parents have children too
young themselves. They are not themselves wise enough to lead other unwise
human beings. But the system of our world is like that. So we grow up,
many of us being frustrated with our parents, because they want to have
the right and authority to tell us what to do. And then we sometimes question
that because they are not always right. This is true. But they are authority
figures. We cannot argue with them. Yet, we feel frustrated inside. Sometimes
younger people have more wisdom than older people, because all of us have
wisdom to begin with. It doesn't mean that if you are born later, you
have less wisdom. It's not always true. It is because we are born with
wisdom, you see!
But then, according
to worldly experience, the parents should be a little older in order to
understand how to raise their children. But in our society, if you have
children, you have to raise them, no matter how old you are, and most
people in this society even encourage people to marry early so that they
can raise children early while they are strong. They are strong, but they
might not be wise. The grandparents should raise the children. The wisdom
of the elders is always more reliable, but in this society, when you are
old, they throw you in the old age pensioners' home. Bye-bye! And then,
young children try to raise other young children, so both are young and
inexperienced. And the young parents often lose their tempers as well,
because they are frustrated with themselves. They haven't found all the
answers that they need. They are busy earning their living, supporting
the beginning of their lives, and they have to raise children at the same
time, so it is not a very favorable condition for either the kids or the
parents. The parents don't have time to learn further because they are
too busy raising kids and making money. And the elder who has all the
wisdom, strength, tolerance and calmness of those in their mellow years
is thrown out of society, his wisdom wasted. Well, the people of our world
have a lot to learn, a lot, a lot to learn.
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