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!.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Be with the Lord and saints

No 73 of Living Life Series 1 (old article wirtten more than two decades ago)

Religion as well as religious life is about the relationship of man with Divinity. It never and ever should be centered on the relationship of man with man for Divinity. It is how man can be closer to God and be god-like in attributes. We need to learn from the nature of life. This can be seen in true perspectives in one’s own self and in others. Religion is good as far as the ends are concerned but can be vehicle of bad if man rather than God takes centre-stage not just in the ends but in the means to the ends.

Brethren, Lord Bo Tien has stated clearly that He is here not to start new ends but to explain already spelt out ends common to all religions. This must be done by making sure the means are correct.

If the ends have to do with oneness of Divinity, then the means too must not deal with the sometimes disruptive and godless fancies of men but with the unifying oneness and Godly nature of Divinity. It is for this reason that the temple of Heaven as explained by Lord Bo Tien had to undergo through three phases.

The first phase depends on what ancestral common folk peddle as means to reach Divinity. Thus there was trancing and it was only for phase of thirteen years before it was phased out.

The next phase of thirteen years depended on the leadership of man concurrent with the direct leadership and guidance of Divinity. The founder trancer was with the temple and so was the core human cohort surrounding the trancer. There was good leadership with strong social work (e.g. charities) but no matter how good such human guidance and leadership is, it was finite, human and far from perfect, ideal or divine.

In the third phase, human leadership of the old, that is, by man for man took a back stage out of natural flow of necessity. The core founder leadership faded into history but some would remain if they could provide the backdrop for the new phase. Divine guidance and leadership takes centre-stage. The disciples and devotees of the Lord acts individually and in their own complementary ways they attempt to be in tune with God and Saints. There appears to be a void when guidance by man for man ebbs away and the void is slowly pervaded by the guidance and leadership of God and lords. This will strengthen with time and the devotee with sincere heart will have direct connection with divinity and not indirect through non-divinity. Divinity is ready for the Mission to be led by the Lord and His host of warriors or angels. The reins to pilot the Mission of Heaven came to be solely in the hands of Divinity. The agenda will be preserved to ensure no human agenda comes to the fore to contaminate the pure and divine agenda of the Lord. The third phase will ensure that the far will be near to the lord, and some of the near may not be near due to their human ways.

Thus within the history of the three phases, all can learn and the lord saint Lord Bo Tien had said. "You can learn from your individual strengths and weaknesses as well as learn from the strengths and follies of those around you.” The history of all religions bears witness to the wisdom of this advice. We must know who the modern-day 'Pharisees' are and who are the 'Gentiles', that is who are near and who are far. “The far may be near and the near may be far” Thus said the Lord. To be with the Lord, seek Him for His divine guidance through prayers and self - contemplation in your daily life. “Seek with sincere heart the Lord Saints and the Lord Saints will know and come to you”. Thus did Lord Bo Tien remind all. The only pre-requisite is sincerity of wanting help and not how right or wrong, how good and not so good men are. All men can and must be with the Lord and Saints. Let all men be with the Lord and Saints.

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.