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

Four Pillar Doctrine and Divine Grace in our life

No 74 of Living Life Series 1

Religions are the pillars in the house or temple of God with the sky and heaven as roof.

Men and beings are housed in the temple and its compound.

Lord Bo Tien is not here to start a new religion or sect but to explain the oneness and same inner truth behind all religions.

He will rejuvenate religious thought and fervour in all regardless of religious affiliation.

This is so that all can learn how to have inner peace in life, that is, heaven here and now and not in the distant future.

We can have this heavenly inner peace NOW by balancing and being on top of yin and yang but not denial or avoiding of yin and yang contingencies e.g. gain loss, honour dishonour, praise blame etc.

We do not wait for heaven in next life. We live the heaven here and now. We yearn not for the horizon or paradise.

The pillars of the mission are the religions all over the world in the four directions --hence term Four Pillar Doctrine is alternative term for Inner Truth Doctrine.

More religions enable a wider coverage, a wider net to be cast in all the cardinal directions to meet varying needs and to save more souls.

There is oneness of Heaven and GOD behind and across all religions but there is yet to be oneness of men.

Man is not perfect and need divine hand and grace so that we will be rewarded for whatever good we have and are capable of further doing. By divine grace, we will not meet more of the ill-fate based on whatever not good we do surely have in some way or other committed. This may otherwise foreclose the good fate of any good we have done.

The good fate from the good we do will with the grace of God and saints overshadow and ensure that the ill-fate will not take effect due to the many not-good we have done. The ill fate will not see the light of day. So we should do more good and seek the grace of God and saints so that we need not meet more of the ill fate from the not-so-good we have done.

Thank GOD that God and saints are not like men, don't you agree? If they are like men, we would have to pay first for the not good we have done. There will be less chance for the good to take fruit in our life, simply because the not-good we have done is not one or two but more. Cheers for all men. Praise be to God and all saints. We are indeed fortunate that they are not men and men are not God and saints.

No wonder some say we are saved by divine grace and not by good works alone. We would have our share of the not good to plague us had it not been for divine grace that favors our good. Thank God that man is not God and God is not man. Man is man and God is God. The ways of man are not the ways of God and saints above. This is comforting, don't you agree?

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.