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!.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

The complementary twin divine paths

No 155 of Living Life Series 1

All beings need to cultivate themselves through rebirths to be united with Divinity in higher dimensions. Lord Bo Tien is an example of saints or messengers of God to help us.

To achieve this, the ideal way is to have purity and to lead a simple life. When we attain some degree of purity and simple life, blessings come our way in form of material blessings. We can take them as gift of Heaven but once we indulge in them, we cling and become ego-orientated, become attached and less able to be pure and simple.Many thus fail to have headway with this ideal path of purity. What then is the solution? Let us elucidate the two paths the ideal and the pragmatic way and why there is need to combine both paths.

There are two ways / paths of elevating ourselves in life and to be reborn in higher dimensions. One way is to perform God’s works, i.e. good deeds etc and blessings will come our way in this life and the next. Another way is to be pure and simple - the purity path.

The problem and complexity arise thus.

It is easier to be pure and simple with less ego or self when we are poor and have little than when we are rich and have more. Simplicity and pureness will bring us closer to God and to have blessings. Meditation helps us to enhance the pureness. Blessings come in seen and unseen ways, in worldly and non-worldly ways. Worldly blessings must be regarded as gifts of God for us to be thankful to Him. If this is our attitude, we naturally adopt humility, we do not indulge, and we can remain pure and simple. If we indulge and waste away our worldly blessings , we deplete away our blessings.

For those who could not develop spiritually fast and adequate enough, despair not for the interim solution is to do God’s works and be blessed both in this life and the next. We will continue to have blessings so long as we do God’s works, but human weakness is such as we tend to be complacent and indulge and waste away the blessings that come our way. Blessings or merits come through divine spiritual energy of God and saints that pervade us via holy spirit. Those who are heavy with God’s work (but not as good in cultivation of divine pureness) still stand to gain a better next life in higher dimensions where they stand better chance to cultivate divine purity further.

Dependence on direct route of cultivating ultimate purity is difficult as we have many opportunities to be attached. Doing God’s work is the better complementary and augmenting way to free us from incessant rebirths in lower dimensions and insure us for chance of higher dimensions in future rebirths. The two ways should be considered as twin paths, are complementary and should be employed together albeit with emphasis on good works or divine work.

What then is divine work? It must benefit others such as loving thoughts or impartial liking for all beings, actions of compassion for fellow beings, joy and rapture for good done by others, and detachment from yin yang contingencies of life. We must go about life unruffled by ups and downs, gain and loss, praise and blame, sickness and health and yet be part of and be in harmony with this yin and yang of life.

The image of Lord Bo Tien embodies the balance in pursuing the twin divine paths, purity path and good works. The two feet steps on and moderates the two paths or elements to sainthood and oneness with Divinity. This moderation is dynamic and often for many involves initial emphasis on good works .

This article is a recast of No 40 - The twining of spiritual paths in life

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.