No 293 of Living Life Series 1
The emissary of the Lord Saint descended through the late Snr Bro Philip on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month of 1976.
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| Lord Bo Tien |
"The Lord Saint is heartened to note that those present are inclusive of both adherents and non-believers. What is most noteworthy is that all, be they the adherents, non-believers or otherwise, are capable of performing good and bad deeds. The good that were done could even be considered synonymous with and of similar dimensions as the Saint' s respect for and service to Heaven and God Almighty."
"The Saint reiterates that a temple or spiritual organisation be solid like the concrete pillar. The pillar is made up of many elements. Members of the organisation are like the elements of the pillar. If they have the oneness of heart and commitment and if they are equipped with the Doctrine of Truth, they should not fear where the pillar be moved or where it is sited. It is important that they should remain solid as a concrete pillar and must not be fragmented. A spiritual organisation could exist anywhere and even in the open without a building if members are united, equipped and fortified by the Doctrine."
"The Lord Saint is of view that a temple or spiritual organisation is like mother earth (soil). As the soil or temple is worked on with hoe and spade, the faithful members would toil and perspire. But as they continue to persevere to dig deeper and more extensively, water (of truth) would eventually be reached. By then, they would be tired and thirsty. Their reward would be the water (of truth) to quench their (spiritual) thirst ."
"The Lord Saint reminds that His presence is not to initiate a new religion. Rather, His aim is to further spiritual insight in all beings and men (regardless of religious affiliation). He wishes to extend to all beings and men the values of divine and universal love (loving kindness). He calls for all to develop this divine love as part of their nature and integrate it into their being . This is because a spiritually inspired organisation or person has to be spiritually orientated based on the approach of the enlightened ones (oeg the Buddhas and pure ones). Many have misconstrued practices and veered from that of the spiritual way of enlightened and pure ones. His mission is to put things right and to enable better spiritual understanding, insight and practice (in whatever religion, sect, school of practices and spiritual station they may be). His intention is simply and primarily targeted for all to understand better about life and religion."
"His lordship is aware that in a spiritual organisation or group, there will be those embarked on and involved in certain spiritual practices. These practices may harbour on and harness the invisible and supernatural existing alongside the human world. There are bound to be misperceptions and issues arising from the practices. Nevertheless, they do open up avenues to facilitate understanding of heaven and earth. This should foster insight and add better clarity to enable understanding of life, its truth and nature more completely."
"The Lord Saint shares and reiterates that not all who though blessed enough to listen to doctrine would necessarily benefit and turn good. There is no certainty and predictability of outcome. There is invariably individual choice, effort and decision. Men are not perfect, do have free will to choose, do have weak moments and can make mistakes. They may fall and falter despite the best divine intention, repeated efforts and intervention. But His grace is heartened that there will still be those who can understand and who will turn good. They will be rewarded. Heaven will persist time and again to reach out to those who may falter. They will not be left behind and be left on the side line. This is the eternal and infinite love and compassion by divine Heaven for all beings."
(Explanatory notes by inner truth netizen: Thus there are not just one religion but many religions and many sects in any one religion. For every sect, there are many schools. This is so that Heaven can reach out to and meet the diverse needs of all the beings in all corners of the universe of planes and dimensions of life. No two individuals are alike. One size fits all solution will never ever work. Even a few sizes will not be adequate to meet needs. Heaven knows. Men usually may not know. Heaven or Divinity never give up even if men and beings do so once too often. Man is man and saint is saint. The way of man is not that of God and saints. Never see the man in God and saints, and the God and saints in man. Thank God and Heaven. Man is not God or saint, and God and saints are not men ....... though many may become saints in time to come and be no longer men. Cheers and rejoice in the love of Divinity)
Message re-phrased and re-scoped in English for relevancy for all. The above transcript a revised version in English hopes to amplify more effectively the message delivered in Hokkien in 1976 through the late Senior Bro Philip and is done with encouragement of fellow old time brethren.
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