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

Living life

No 75 of Living Life Series 1

Do you feel that you have no life, not living the life you expect to have and always in a race of sorts --- always in tight corners and in double bind. Are you living life? Are you having no life though very much alive? Do you feel at times you are dead to life and not living your life?

We must live life and not end up having no life. Live life and not just be alive but not having any life.

Do not live with regrets but value life and be thankful with whatever blessings that come your way.

Live life and not dread life. Be reborn to be alive in your life and be at peace with life.

Many may think that to live life, we must have all that we want and care not for others. This obviously is not right.

How then do we live life and make a living? It must not go beyond the need to have a life in life. It must not rob others from having a life in their life.

At one extreme, we must not deny our own needs. We must not sacrifice for others at our own detriment. Service before self is therefore not aptly put as it can imply harming oneself to benefit others. You may say one should not have policy of 'beggar thy self.' to help others.

But at the other extreme, we must not over indulge to extent that we deny others their life development. We must not deny others from having a life in their life. We should not create misfortune for others so that we can climb the social ladder and have more fortune and position. It is bad taste and ungodly to make fortune out of others misfortune. Ideally for instance, doctors should answer their calling and not answer the fiscal calling.

We should not enrich ourselves at others' expense and make others poorer. Worse would be to 'beggar thy neighbour'. One should not 'rob' others to enrich oneself, however legitimate this may be. That would be to demonise oneself and make mince meat out of others. We must live and let live. Always try to have win-win situation.

This bad taste of making fortune out of misfortune of others or creating misfortune in others is the habit of demons or asuras of hell and some beings at a corner of a lower heaven. They cherish in instilling pain, fear, subservience, intimidation and terror either overt or covert.

This bad taste has creeped into all aspects of our human life in this increasingly materialistic age of the present kalpa or era. There will be no let-up.

This is partly because many who were in the hellish planes have completed their terms in hells. By virtue of some past good deeds or karma they have in their births before their life in hell, they have the good fortune to be humans in present birth.

After serving their due terms in hell, they leave hell to be reborn as humans Their past good deeds in past lives prior to their sorjourn as hell beings take fruit in form of rebirth as humans. This is good for them.

But they continue to have habits of their past life as demons in hell. They were previously hell demons or asuras weilding power to inflict misery on others.

Unless in their human lives, they are fortunate to cultivate new good habits by associating with wise ones and have wake-up call, they will go down the road of demonic tendencies once again. They will dig and forment more misery for others and eventually for themselves as well either in this life or in the next life.

The saints of the various faiths feel sorry for them and have always tried to reach out to them but they may think they are in paradise. They continue in their folly in making fortune out of others misfortune or in creating misfortune or hell for others.

Many even take up positions in faiths and sects for they too must be given the opportunities to make good. Many have done well........but not all .....

In summing up, let us be reminded that there is that need for balance in living life --- the fine and dyanmic balance between self welfare and welfare for others as portrayed by the image of Lord Bo Tien with feet astride the two elements yin and yang. Wisdom is necessary in the judgement call for this balance.

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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.