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, November 22, 2010

Heaven is not the making of man

No 209 of Living Life Series 1

Heaven is not the making of man

But man can have heaven even on earth

1) In the Lord Bo Tien’s 1983 message, He reminds us to be mindful that human beings did not create heaven.

2) Whatever human beings come across in their worldly life is never perfect, be it happiness or beauty.

3) Even the flower, which is a wonder of nature, is beautiful as a whole but the internal parts are not. Like all things of nature, it is not permanent and will wither.

4) Whatever is from nature will be transient, and not perfect.

5) While this may mean that nature per se could not give us true fulfilment, we can still have fruitful life by understanding and practising the doctrines of Heaven as explained to us by the Lord Saint.

6) There is no heaven or eternal and lasting fulfilment in life based on ways of the world and nature.

7) But there is heaven or fulfilment, inner peace and calm if we live the life at peace with God and one with the ways of God. We must be one with the Divine Essence.

8) However, we remain part of nature, and will not be spared from the ways of nature.

9) Though what we call “I” is not one entity but made of many parts, which are ever changing, we still cling to this “I” and end up with ego complex. Like the flower, this “I” is beautiful but not one entity but several, and the parts are not beautiful.

10) The sooner we realise this the better. We must then continue to be ever so mindful.

11) We can have divine fulfilment in life (even when in worldly life, lasting fulfilment eludes us) if we are one with the Divine Essence.

12) But the problem is that we may continue to be swayed by the resurfacing of our ugly ego to wreck problems for our fellow beings and ourselves.

13) Only when we have no ugly ego, can we be one with the Divine Essence but the moment our ego slips back, we become distant from the Divine Essence.

14) All will be well if we have less of ego and more of oneness with God Almighty through the Holy Trinity of God, His saints**, and the Divine Essence.

15) A person who is able to be so will be

Likeable and charismatic as he exudes loving kindness

Praiseworthy and adored as he practises compassion

Welcome by all as he rejoices in others blessings

Able to exude calm and tranquillity, as he lives with yin and yang*of life but not affected by them.

16) Such a disciple of the temple experiences heaven on earth. He is pleasant in words, thoughts and actions, and all others are attracted to him as they experience aura of peace when with him. He is like a beacon of heaven for his fellow beings.

17) Though man lives on earth and in nature (with imperfection and impermanence), man can thus have heaven on earth though heaven is not the making of man.

18) Do be mindful that such a disciple does not run away from the conventional world and nature, but lives a heavenly life within the conventional world.

19) He is like the lotus, which lives and thrives in muddy water but flowers above the mud. He is devoid of ego, pure and one with God though he lives in this world with men and nature.

*One word on the yin and yang of life: they refer to the vicissitudes or contingencies of life, of honour and dishonour, gain /loss, happiness /sorrow, blame / praise, wealth / poverty, health /ill-health, emptiness /fullness, denial /over-indulgence, etc

** saints refer to buddhas, deities, divine heavenly beings

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.