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.

.

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!.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Lead the spiritually rich life and be blessed in all ways

No 144 of Living Life Series 1

Spiritual focus is to live life and not to leave life
It is good that we lead our life with spiritual principles and let our spiritual development take precedence. This does not mean that we do not have any non-spiritual life. We do not leave life but live life by enabling life with spiritual orientation.

The context of worldly success in spiritual life.
The very principles for spiritual life not only uplift us spiritually but are applicable to and effective for non-spiritual life. Just by being spiritually motivated, we reap two gains - spiritual and worldly. But the very purpose for the cultivation of these principles is for spiritual development. The worldly successes are just secondary or perhaps even incidental. This spiritual focus does not equate to leaving the worldly life. We live our life correctly in divine way and do not leave life.

How we may falter and have problems and crisis?
A situation may arise when complacency sets in. The individual may be carried away by his worldly prowress due to his spiritual blessings.. He then focus on the worldly. He has less focus and time for personal spiritual cultivation. He back slides and becomes weaker spiritually without even being aware. He is then not as good in effecting the principles and as a result, his worldly life becomes complex, messy and problematic. He has less time for himself. He has no peaceful and easy life. There is lack of insightfulness and he gets carried way by the worldly contingencies, the yin and yang. He got entangled in the cobweb of worldly life. He is controlled by life and not in control - not at peace.

The solution is to be mindful and insightful.
Brethren, when your life no longer gets on smoothly and appears to be more materialistically focused than spiritual, do take a backseat and reflect. Return to spiritual focus and soon your job and social matters seem to be less complex. You will no longer solve problems by creating more problems. You will have worldly gains and success with less effort. Problems seem to resolve easily. Your problems somehow are less and are easily solved. Big issues become small issues and small issues become no issue. You are easily at pease. You feel more blessed. Your correct practice of right values will harness blessings in three ways. You bless yourselves. Heaven bless you and your fellow men bless you. You exude inner peace and love for life. You attract the love and blessings of gods (saints) and men.

Be mindful to stay spiritually orientated. This means we live life. We neither leave life nor overindulge in worldly life and status. We love life and find life meaningful, peaceful and easy.

Extract from Inner Truth Practice Perspectives

.

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.