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, August 22, 2011

The lord saint is like the vast ocean - 2011 perspective

No 289 of Living Life Series 1

Many years after 1984, a representative of Lord Bo Tien reflected. "The excuses and issues of humans are common and plentiful even amongst those in spiritual fold. This is to be expected of human imperfection. The lord saint is like vast ocean. No amount of human yin yang mud can make an impact on the the ocean. This is true too of the Mission He rolls out for Heaven."

The lord had fortold that one day some may doubt on His existence. This is due to human imperfections and doubts.

This was mentioned in the first thirteen years of His mission on earth - the mission to spread the inner truth that unites and underlies all religions and sects.

Doubts are no SINS as they do not hurt divinity. In reality, divinity, God and saints are not hurt or angry with the wrongs of men as they are pure and divine. Men only wrong themselves or others.

Doubts can be healthy and spur many to know more but doubts may at times sink many and pollute those who are weak in spirit and understanding with the mud of greed, ill-directed ego, ill-will, ignorance and derision.

That is why time and time again He reminds us that prophets and saints embody the truth of divinity, the truth that there is peace through the mastery of the balance of the yin and yang of life, the dualistic contingencies and phenomena of say fame and ill-fame, gain and loss, birth and death, rising and ebbing, to and fro, and all that are cyclical like the storm and the calm, floods and droughts.

This is depicted by the image of the lord saint with feet balancing the polarities and having peace and steady state amidst the cyclical phenomena of life as depicted by his seated posture and left hand in salutation to bid us to be steady and steadfast in pursuit of divine peace.

His right hand holds on to the sceptre - the mission of the Inner Truth which provides the wisdom and impetus to cultivate the divine peace. This divine peace is the inner peace that comes from the core of our spirit when it is purified.

He is seated on the dragon chair that depicts the Holy Spirit. He is figuratively speaking at one leg of the dragon, if the Holy Spirit is the divine dragon or 'leng' (Chinese Hokkien word) of God or Divinity.

The other saints provide the rest of the Holy Spirit with God being the head of the Holy Spirit dragon - that is, heading the Holy Spirit of love and benevolence for all beings giving each a promise of eventual enlightenment at each being's own time and target. Every being embarks on his own life and way through not one life but through more than one life time.

The Holy Spirit is God and any saint like Lord Bo Tien is the 'son' of God. Thus we have the Divine Holy Trinity of God, the Holy Spirit and the Saints

Lord Bo Tien's divine love thus forms part of the Holy Spirit that permeates to all corners and land like the vast ocean. This the lord doth say.

The ocean of purity of divine love will cleanse and overcome all the ignorance and erstwhile ways --- the thoughts, spoken words and deeds of not just all human beings, but all the beings in all planes or dimensions.

The lord often told us that those who are near to Him may well be the ones who try to undo His divine work. That will not be an issue for His love and tolerance is vast like the great ocean and He will right the wrong and bring all to His fold.

Then there will be doubts no more and they will be near to truth, God and saints. The ocean can reach out to all lands and continents be they far or near. "The far can be near and the near can be far." Lord Bo Tien said.

There is no chosen or preferred ones. All are near and dear to Him even though the issues and concerns of men are many and plentiful. Fear not and do go to Him in your moments of need for He is like the vast ocean to us.

His benevolence like all heavenly saints is vast like the ocean and this applies to even the wrong doers. Open yourself to Him and harbor no fear or guilt for your shortcomings but do learn and move on. Like the vast ocean, He will back you up and provide you with ocean of love, blessings and merits. Lord Bo Tien does not claim to be the only one who can do so but in fact He taught us to pray to all heavenly saints.

"To all heavenly saints, I greatly adore. I believe in your existence and thy glory is in the thought of men. I seek for thy protection and guidance so as to live better for the time to come."

Posat Ji Gong is one of such saints and stands out for His benevolence for wrong doers.

Ksitigarbha Buddha reaches down to Hell to enlighten and save souls. People are not condemned to hell one earth or hell in Hell but they are there to learn and to upgrade.

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.