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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!.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Inner truth lessons from Yogi Bear the movie

No 231 of Living Life Series 1






Movie review at Yahoo Singapore extracted on 31st Dec 2010

"Everyone's favorite pic-a-nic basket-stealing bear comes to the big screen in "Yogi Bear". Jellystone Park has been losing business, so greedy Mayor Brown (Andy Daly) decides to shut it down and sell the land. That means families will no longer be able to experience the natural beauty of the outdoors and, even worse, Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (Justin Timberlake) will be tossed out of the only home they've ever known. Faced with his biggest challenge ever, Yogi must prove that he really is "smarter than the average bear" as he and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) to find a way to save Jellystone Park from closing forever."

Yogi bear the movie is the subject of this blog. It is about how a dimwit but positive and lovable bear can out do the warden to save the park reserve.

Often in life we don't have to be correct but need to be positive and pleasant. Even a clown of sorts can get what he wants and be of service if he is positive and set in what he wants.

The substance can be not ideal or not more correct but so long as the motivation or form of spirituality is there, that person may have more mileage in life and spirituality than the more ideal or correct priest or clergy of a profound religion.

That is why there are many religions and sects and why some sects do better than others though they are comparatively simple and do not adhere to more fundamental, profound in depth and elaborate spiritual teachings. This reflects the divine wisdom of God and His saints in providing range of choices to reach out to all. The ones or sects that reach out to many may not be the most elaborate fundamental and complete.

This is the inner truth message of God  which Lord Bo Tien wants to remind us. Sometimes, it is better to be less correct but to be able to arrive at some point. This is better than to be more correct but unable to arrive at any point. This is food for thought.

Do go to the movie and learn how to be Yogi the bear who often says he is "smarter than the average bear". But try not to be a dimwit or bungle king though but of course, it may not be that bad to be dimwit or bungler at times if one can be positive, committed and pleasant. We cannot be sure if readers could buy this suggestion though.

But inner truth lessons  are out there even in the movie Yogi Bear. Ha ha and ho ho.... No need to agree or disagree.... just take the expressed views with a pinch of salt and reflect on the reality of life. There is no right or wrong. Often, there is value in every view and angle of approach. Thus all religions and sects have their usefulness and values to God and humanity. They represent the whole wide spectrum of views in God - in Divinity. Cheers. In religion, as always and to be expected, everyone is right in his or her own way.  We can even belong to the same church or temple but yet have different style, way or emphasis. We should thank God for that. There is richness and oneness in plurality and diversity.





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