LIVING LIFE SERIES 1

A BO TIEN (武天) MISSION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED ON 28TH SEPT 2010 BY INNER TRUTH NETIZEN 2. THE MISSION IS TO SHOW THE WAY TO HOPE, INNER PEACE AND ULTIMATELY SALVATION FOR ALL BEINGS. THE PURPOSE IS TO SAVE SOULS. IT IS WAY BEYOND NORMAL GOOD WORK LIKE CHARITY AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES. NO ONE SHALL BE SAVED BY GOOD WORKS ALONE BUT BY MORE THAN GOOD WORK. THERE IS NEED TO BE IMBUED WITH THE BASIC DOCTRINE COMMON TO AND BEHIND ALL RELIGIONS AND SECTS. LIVE IN DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IN LIFE IS PARAMOUNT.

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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨). The doctrine is in His image. The image is the doctrine. He who sees, understands and effects the doctrine sees and knows Him. He who does not see, know and effect the doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or His image is beside him. The far may be near and the near may be far. Let the doctrine and the saint be part of our life. The lord saint in your life can be any heavenly saint of any religion, sect or school. The doctrine of truth is behind all and this is the Inner Truth that leads all (regardless of their religious affiliation or even if none) to inner peace and heaven on earth here and now and not just in the after life. The ideal worship and devotion is to know and effect the doctrine of God and the saints. The best gospel is the gospel of life. We learn from our life and the lives of others. The true temple is the world we live in. The sky is the roof of the temple and religions and sects are the pillars of the temple. All under Heaven are in the temple. Needless to say that all the saints we know are in this temple. Ji Gong Posat too is no exception. The whole wide world and web is the temple and must be regarded as a sacred place --- a temple for living and learning. It is more important that everyone that counts plays a role in this universal temple if due focus is to be given to the Mission of Heaven. Men must not be distracted by the agenda of men and end up serving the mission of man. That would be a far cry from the Mission of Heaven. We worship God and saints, not man however good that man may be. There should be no hero worshiping or idolizing of man whether he is a charismatic pastor, priest, monk, medium or lay leader. We don't even idol worship the image of any saint but reflect on what the image stands for. - the doctrine in the image. Omitofo 阿弥陀佛!.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Live the good life

No 3 of Living Life Series 1

Live the good life.This is not based on what you want to have and what you have not.

Often what we want to have can be far fetched or long time off to be unrealistic even to day dream about as they are still some where at the horison.

What we don't want to have often we already have and cannot be erased from the past and the now.

We must balance the two and be mindful that what we already have and are worthwhile to have, we must take cognisance. We should treasure and value them as blessings.

We must find the balance in approach to life between the two --- what we want in the distant future and what we don't want, are unpleasant but already have or had.

We live in the good of whatever worthwhile that we have and can have. This is depicted by the image of the lord saint with feet astride the elements, suppressing on one side, the unpleasant we cannot help having either in the past or currently and on the other side, the wishful thinking - the desires and craving that put us in anguish and pain of sorts.

Live life but live in the goodness of life and this means making good of life with what we can have and are likely to have. This is the way to live the good life.

We should neither wallow in misery and self-pity of unpleasantness that has happened nor should we be in the cloud 9, day dreaming of glorious life many many years ahead.

Live the good life.The image of lord saint tells us how. His left hand in salutation bids us to stay the ground, be unwavering and not be side tracked by the two extremes. We should stay the course and live the good life by valuing whatever we have.

We make life work for us and not just work for life or be swept left and right by life.

His left hand pose also bids us to have a sense of direction and purpose and not to be lost and aimless in life. Live the good life here and now and with sense of purpose and direction in ambience of peace and ease. We must hold on to the spiritual ends (goals) that we must have. The same modus operandi for spiritual ends can help us to meet our mundane ends as well.

Thus we must be like the image of the lord saint holding on to the septre of spiritual values for both spiritual and worldly life. For both, we must be balanced and go for heaven here and now. We must neither live in and dwell on the hell or heaven of the past nor the hell or heaven in the future. That way, we have inner peace and good life is how to have this peace.

Our spiritual values and purpose must take precedence and thus we hold the septre of spirituality in our right hand. The left hand in salutation reminds us to stay put and stay the course. The modus operandi for success in spiritual will yield blessings in worldly life of flesh and blood as well

Learn thus to live the good life. The image of Lord Bo Tien tells us how to do so, regardless of whatever religious affiliation we may have or even if none.

Lest you forget

Do not make the mistake of idolizing any man who tells you about the Word. He is in the same boat as you even if religion refers to him as a religious leader. Mere mention of a religious leader is as good as encouraging idolising of that man. Why must there be hierarchy in religion? Hierarchy is conventional but may end up as liability rather than a necessity or asset. There should be no caste or hierarchy system in religion. No one is to be considered above another in religion. A religious leader or follower is a servant to serve you and not a leader to be idolised. Do not put him on the pedestal and make a monster out of him.

MAY ALL BE WELL AND HAPPY

May all be well and happy. May they have peace. May our departed friends and kins be well, happy and have divine peace. The main writer wishes the best for all for those near and far. Our kins may be far when they had passed on to better lives but they are near though far. He remembers and wishes his parents Mr Siow Soo Koh and Mdm Tay Hung Siang, his uncles and aunties like Mr Tay Koon Huay, his cousins like Mr Tay Chong Sim and his friends like Mr Philip Png well and have abundance of life. May they be rich in spirit for without such ancestors, there will be no posterity - no us and no you and me. They have blessed us and we must blessed them in return forever and ever.