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!.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

New Year Joy is central to spiritual life

No 464 of Living Life Series 1

There will always be that air of joy and peace that goes with it on the start of every new year. The spirit of the new year is the spirit of spiritual life. Spiritual life injects joy and peace in many even in those who are less fortunate.

Fire crackers drive away the silence of the darkness of life and brings on the light and boom of more of the good in life loud and clear. We must always have a happy new year.

Let every man light up the fire cracker of life so as to bring cheer and laughter all round. Let men smile from ear to ear and God and saints will agree ever the more that men need to be happy from the beginning of the year. There is no other cause for cheer safe for that it is a new year. No special reason for that extra joy safe that it is indeed a new year.

Joy in the world begins with God and saints above and infect men with cheer. But men are ever on the bend. The issues of men are many and plentiful. This saints like Lord Bo Tien say.

Lord Bo Tien reminded that
we go to upper source for clear water

The joy at birth like the clear water of the upper source of a river soon gets polluted and sullied by the mud of men who create more problems by solving problems, they say.

Who are they? Do you want to know. Well they are God and saints above who ever wish men to have joy from the word "Go". But men are men and they get entwined by the ups and downs - the yin and yang.

The wake up call comes on new year day with fireworks and crackers set ablaze to brighten up the darkness men create in life. New year joy is central to life for all men and on that day of the new year, problems are set aside and optimism reigns. New year joy is like yang energy of Heaven to complement and balance the yin.

Every religion and sect will surely demarcate New Year Day for all to cheer. Joy to the world and joy to you and me. Spiritual life begins each year on New Year Day and for Chinese it spans from new moon to full moon for good 15 days.

Joy must grow like the moon from new moon to full moon. Joy would be round and complete that way.

New Year joy is central to spiritual life and it makes the world go round, come what may. This is regardless of religion or sect men are in. Men of all races all over the world without exception treasure new year joy in their own respective ways.

But O dear what can the matter be if men all over the world fail to keep the cheer of new year through out the year. Surely this is no fault of God and saints but the failings of men to master Tao and balance yin and yang for lasting peace and joy.

New Year joy is here to stay if God and saints have their way but men are the ones to be wet blankets and make God and saints so imperfect when the problem lies with men for not making it in Tao.

Tao is simple in principle but yet profound and difficult to perceive. Men surrounded and overwhelmed by the trivialities of life made humongous by men themselves succumb like dominoes falling from even a mere nudge. It seems to be difficult to effect because of the often restless and roaming minds of men.

Lord Bo Tien in his seated pose image bids us with left hand in salutation to be steady and keep the course so as to have more of joy and peace.

We must have faith in Heaven for wanting us to have peace from the start of the new year and for that matter every new year. This is as depicted by his right hand holding on to the scepter of the mission to save the souls of men and let them have peace and joy.

His feet atop the elements depict balancing of yin and yang - the ups and downs men are in and which are created ever the more by men themselves.

Well, the imperfections and ungodly ways of men make God and saints look pathetically incapable of keeping the joy of new year throughout the year. This is despite their message that new year joy we have is ever central to life, not just mundane life but also spiritual life.

Omitofo. Heaven will still bless men even if men fail Heaven and not that Heaven had failed men. This is a truth we must always know. Omitofo once again.

Omitofo ever willing to heed the call of men
from all directions and all angles

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.