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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!.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Heaven is not only for man but has for every kind a deity and a kingdom of their own

No 81 of Living Life Series 1


 

The kingdom of Heaven is not made solely for man. Man is not the only beings to be part of the divine plan for love, inner peace and to be freed from the clutches of yin and yang elements, and of life and death.

All beings need to have love for life especially for their own lives before they can love others. All have feelings and emotion. Even animals like cats and dogs have personalities and at times, they can interact with us in a way that show us they can think, feel and act. The trotting of a dog beside the human master, the endearing gaze of love, the wagging of tail, the antics are very human and humane. How can it be that they do not have spirit or life force and no life after death?

In fact, Heaven has for each and every kind a deity and a kingdom of their own in heaven. Of course, the way for men to heaven and rebirth cannot be the same for beings other than men. Each kind is similar and yet very different. Other beings like animals will have their fate and destiny determined in the special ways of their own unique world. They too have fate and no two are alike in the life they have and can have even if they are clones.

The next time you look at an animal or contemplate on any other being, do have some thought of oneness with them. They are fellow members of universal family of beings. You may then feel some sense of kinship with them but yet know they are very different from us. They are thus far and yet near to us.

There is uniformity amidst diversity. In our earthly perspective, we talk of ecological balance and that this must not be upset by any species eg man. Otherwise, there will be threat to the existence of species with danger of extinction for species.

In the wider perspective in other realms beyond our earthly realm, diverse kinds of beings flourish because there is some system of co -existence that will ensure all beings will have own system for fate, rebirth, spiritual upgrading and eventually to have place or kingdom in the heavens. The paths of all kinds do meet and do intertwine with cross-overs along the way.

Man is not the only baby of divinity but yet man is special in small but yet significant ways. These are not the norm for all men but the exception and the rarity.

Heavenly beings must be reborn as man if they will to be fully enlightened beings. Why? In human existence are to be found the various pre-requisite experiences of all levels of existence, of heavens and of hells that are necessary for full enlightenment of beings.

We must also take note that all the handful of founding prophets of world religions were men to begin with. Some may say that this has to be the case as religions were initiated by men for men even though motivated and decreed by Heaven.

Do be mindful that rare is birth as man. Do value our birth as man. Waste no time as man's life span is short compared to those in other realms. Do cultivate the blessings of being man while still man*. The opportunity to be man may not be there again for a very, very long time to come. Moreover, rebriths in between births as man involve extremely long life spans. Man has precious short time as man to make good as man's life span is comparatively very very short. Opportunity to be man may only come once "in a blue moon."


Thus we should understand this. Heaven is not only for man but has for each and every kind a deity and a kingdom of their own. Yet man is special in a way.......Treasure life as man. (PS* The writer refers to both man and woman as man.)



 
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