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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 good dragon has descended

No 158 of Living Life Series 1



Consider the example of a very long dragon (the Holy Spirit) of God descending from heaven with a pearl (truth or doctrine) to the deep forest (the lost souls or beings lost in darkness of forest of ignorance due to ego) of the world. The dragon is here to pass the pearl to the world. But the wild trees (people) around the dragon tend to prick or jab at (step on) the dragon body without realising that the body belongs to the dragon. Some have seen the head but those who only see part of the body are not aware of the presence of the dragon, let alone welcome it. They even step on it and cause it discomfort. The dragon body has many legs (saints or messengers of God), and Lord Bo Tien is one of the legs to support the dragon body. 

God wants to save souls. He sends down the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descended with the host of saints or messengers of God to the souls who are lost in the forest of worldly life tainted by ego drives of selfishness, ill will and wrong views. They step on the body of the dragon without realising who they are stepping on.

The Holy Spirit is supported by the saints, one of whom is Lord Bo Tien. The pearl is the inner truth behind all religions or sects. Those who are ignorant will step on or degrade the faiths of others as they fail to see that the various religions and sects are actually portions of the long body of the dragon. The body of the dragon depicts the various religions and sects. The saints of these sects or religions are depicted by the many legs of the dragon.


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