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, January 3, 2011

God gives us life and we need to value and learn from life

No 232 of Living Life Series 1

God gives us this one life here to be human. This is the greatest gift from God.

We need to treasure life and make life work for us. We need to live life and not dread life. We need to enable life and not disable life. All these mean we need to not only value life but also add value to life.

We need to know that our life is unique and special to us. No two persons' lives are the same and our individual life will always be the only one of its kind in the universe of beings.

Each of us is a special creation meant for a special purpose. God has a purpose for each one of us. We need to know what God wants out of us and fulfil divine purpose set out for us. The purpose differ from person to person. (There is no standardisation or one size fits all. Yet, there is uniformity in diversity in that we have a common end point or vision.)

Even the bad aspects we have in life are there for a reason and we need to know what learning value they have for us.

Every twist and turn in life are but pages from chapters in our life to allow us to learn from the gospel of life as it unfurls.

Our life is such that we live with others. We must not only learn from our own lives but also from the lives of others, both the good and the bad. We do not need to make the same mistakes but learn from the mistakes of others. We learn from the strength of others and try to cultivate such strengths.

We learn not to be others but to be ourselves. We learn not to envy and end up with misery. We do not need to wonder why we cannot be like John or Jane. All we need to be is to be ourselves, to accept ourselves and make life better or at least make good out of what we can have for now.

We need to know we had to be different and to value this difference that make us what we are, that make us not the same as others. We need to be 'us' and not 'them'. We can never be them. We need to treasure our own family and our own friends and not envy others for their family and friends.

God gives us life and we need to value and learn from life. We are all sons of God. No two sons can be the same. Each son is unique and special to the father. Every son has to go through trials and tribulations. The father cannot be holding our hands all the time. The good father facilitates and add value. He cannot dictate and live the life for the son.

Lament not the sufferings in life but move on and make good. Add not more woes to the sufferings but turn them into blessings and be a candle of God to shine the way to others.

All religions and sects teach us to cherish life. Lord Bo Tien is neither the first nor will he be the last to remind us to cherish life and to learn from the gospel of life.

If life is all good, there is nothing to learn and improve on. If life is all bad, there is no hope, no heaven and no God. Life is mixture of good and bad or what we refer to as yin and yang. We need to learn and to balance the yin and yang to be at peace come what may. Every yin will be followed by a yang and then more yin and yang.

The lessons of life are written in our life and in the image of Lord Bo Tien with both feet balancing the elements of yin and yang.

He bids us to be steady in doing so with his left hand in salutation and to hold on to the glory of God (as represented by the sceptre) with the right hand. Even in the last days of our life or in bad patches, do try to be peaceful when life seems to ebb away. Do pray to the saints in earnest. Big issues will be small issues and small issues will be no issue.

The main issue ultimately is how we can have the peace in us even if all round us be in turmoil. Even if we cannot have enough of the inner peace, at least the saints will do their part to make things somewhat more tolerable and acceptable. All these did all heavenly saints like Lord Bo Tien remind us from time to time. But we have to eventually cultivate more of the peace and be enlightened like the saints either in this life or in the future.

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.