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!.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Go for the happiness that you can cope

No 341 of Living Life Series 1

The mundane happiness we have is as good as it lasts and even then there is the catch that with it comes trade-offs. If we cannot accept the trade-offs, then go for the mundane joy that may be lesser but at least you can accept the set-backs that may come with it. This is the very nature of mundane life -- the worldly life.

We must be able to contend with the good and the not so good of worldly life. We need to moderate and consider what is within our ability to handle and cope. We must know what we are comfortable with in every aspect of life.

This means we have to balance both the active and passive aspects in our worldly life. The sages of old call this yin and yang and the balance of these will be best so that we are less troubled and can move on.

But if we practise the balance of yin and yang to higher levels we attain that inner peace of spirit and can purify our spirit to be so at peace with life despite the ups and downs as we are not affected by both but are atop both.

We then experience the inner joy of peace with life and able to be one with the sages amongst men as well as with God and saints.

Go for the happiness that you can cope and be on way to inner peace with God. Even if you want to lead the spiritual life, you cannot deny mundane joys and be a beggar and torture yourself. That would be running away from life and going for the most passive and ignoring the rest. That would be far from the balance needed both for worldly and spiritual life or to put it in another way for mundane and supra mundane.

Lord Bo Tien says that the principles that apply to spiritual life will be applicable to worldly life. Inevitably, there must be balance of yin and yang in whatever we do as depicted by his image and by the Ba Gua as well.

Lord Bo Tien in divine pose to depict the doctrine.
The balance of yin yang is as shown by feet on elements.
The left hand in salutation bids us to be resolute and the right hand bids us to hold on to the way as symbolised by the sceptre

Do note that for everyone even if he does not subscribe to any religious beliefs, he must go for the happiness that he can cope. But if he does this well, overtime he can reap more blessings of peace even more than the man of faith. Thus Lord Bo Tien says that the far may be near and the near may be far.

The Bagua is both for religious person and for the man without any religion. The Taiji with holistic roundness and balance of yin and yang as well as the eight categories of trigrams of yin and yang surmise the wisdom of the ancient sages of the East.

Bagua

Taiji

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.