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, February 21, 2011

The Grand Canyon of Life

No 245 of Living Life Series 1 (Photographs courtesy of SBP 21st Feb 2011)

Heaven on earth or earth in Heaven, the two are the same in essence. What matters most is to see the better side of life, be it our individual life or the world at large. There is magnificence if we have the correct perspective and the Grand Canyon is a piece of nature par excellence and beyond the creative ability and imagination of man. Only nature can do it and we have always marvelled at nature and its wondrous manifestations that reveal to us the Godliness in life around us if we care to see the wonders of God despite the polar contingencies of yin and yang in existence within the fabric of life and mother nature. Mother nature is the flip side of Divinity in our human world. God is within the world and the world is within God. The beauty that we know of nature like the Grand Canyon is but a minuscule part of the beauty of God and is therefore far from ideal with yin and yang attributes. But it is enough to evoke awe and stir up the imagination of man in God and the heavens.

When we become absorbed in the wonders of nature's creation, we cannot stop thinking of the wonders of God and His saints that even the religions we know today are unable to portray their magnificence par excellence. This serves to motivate us to want to be at peace with life and to be with God and to have the Godliness within us. This is the truth of God which is the Inner Truth for which heavenly messengers like Lord Bo Tien and any prophet or other saints would like us to know.

"To all heavenly saints I greatly adore

I believe in your existence

and thy glory is in the thought of man
I seek for thy protection and guidance

so as to live better for the time to come"

The doctrine is in nature and nature is the doctrine

The doctrine is in the image and the image is the doctrine
The doctrine is God and God is the doctrine.

There is divinity in yin yang reality

Heaven is real for the wise

Like the Grand Canyon of life

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.