No 21 of Living Life Series 1
Have we been able to make life work for us? Or, are we working for life? What is the difference? The difference lies in the approach.
In one, we are just pushing on and life is our master. We dread life.
In the other, we want to be on top and to see the joy and blessings. There is no time to waste away in other matters. We do what we can and move on.
We enable life and create more life in our life. We make life blossom for us and not let the downs cast shadow of gloom. We stay in the sunshine of the rising sun of life. That is the way to go.
We enable our spirit in life and not disable ourselves in doom and gloom. We stay in sunshine of life and of the heavenly saints like Lord Bo Tien. We welcome the heavenly saints to shine up our life so that big issues become small issues and small issues be no issues. We grow, glow and blossom in divine sunshine. We go along with their guidance.
When sun rises, men must rise and shine. When sun sets, men must rest. (Some though do rest by day and work by night.) Men must be at peace come day or night. This is the way to live life. Thus did Lord Bo Tien remind us.
Be at peace with day and night. There will be blessings unique to either day or night. The wise one is at peace come sunrise or sunset.
The seated image of Lord Bo Tien reminds us to balance sunrise and sunset by being at peace in life. Sunrise and sunset are depicted by the two elements under His feet. His left hand in salutation bids us to go for the inner peace in life. His right hand holds on to the sceptre of truth and divinity. We too must hold on to the divine truth and guidance through our respective religions.
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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!.
