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!.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

What's up after Christmas?

No 462 of Living Life Series 1

Christmas is in the season of Winter in the north and gives warmth and hope to men in the otherwise harsh winter. Jesus was born in the manger on Christmas Day and the world over celebrates the mass of Christ. Christ is the anointed one to give hope and bring Spring to men.

The pair of auspicious cranes dancing above are sights in China which herald the coming of Spring and Chinese New Year is the second day of Spring in China.

So if we are asked, what's up after Christmas, it will be that Spring is coming and flowers are blooming and there is joy in the air. This is as though Heaven is opening up. The dancing cranes are bringing on the cheer and life of Spring.

The sky is opening up and with Spring, every step is a joy and fresh air is nostalgic and there is spring in every step. This is the Chinese New Year and it stretches over 15 days.

There is a fresh start. The past is history whether good or bad. The present is a present and the future is yet to be. We start life with clean slate of blessings.

It is time of New Year resolutions. It is time to start anew and refresh life like a fresh breath of air that we can have in Spring. Let there be peace and hope and let us pray to the heavenly saints to open the way.

For those in the mission of Lord Bo Tien the messenger of Heaven, this is the time to renew the zest in the mission. Just look at his image. He said that the doctrine is in the image and the image is the doctrine.

Lord Bo Tien

The doctrine is that there is hope in life. This hope is present as basic doctrine in all religions and sects. It is how to know God and goodness of Heaven by understanding the nature of life and the teachings of all saints. More importantly, it is to fathom the basics common to all religions.

There will always be the ups and downs, the worldly issues, contingencies or vicissitudes of life like gain-loss, praise-blame and honor-dishonor. Lord Bo Tien did say that the issues of men are many and plentiful.

They constitute life and make life go round and round. All we need is to be atop them and not to run away, for there is no running away from life. Be at peace with life instead by being atop and balancing the ups and downs which the sages of old in China refer to as the yin and yang.

This balancing of the yin and yang is depicted by the feet of the lord saint Lord Bo Tien above the elements. That way we are winners and we bring spring into each step of life. We will then be able to have Spring in every season and not wait for Chinese New Year.

But one problem with men is that they like to complicate life and add their own views and stories. They create dogmas and traditions as well as new beliefs. They changed religions and sects and introduce changes over time of centuries.

So the lord saint said that there is need to go to the basics and the upper source for clear water. Lord Bo Tien is not here to start new religion or sect but to let us see things as they are - the nature of life or rather to put it in another way to see the inner truth and beauty behind and common to all religions and sects.

There is need to renew the zest in life, the grasp of the basic or inner truth doctrine or way to be pure and at peace with life, God and men, in fact to be at peace with all beings. We cannot change them but we can change ourselves and be at peace come what may.

This renewal is cyclical and timely for all to make resolution of renewal after Christmas by going along with the renewal of mother nature in Spring. Chinese New Year marks the new Spring in the year and in life. The Chinese say that even the house gods or saints return to God in Heaven at end of a year and return in the new year.

This does add meaning and fullness to the greeting Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We celebrate completion of a year on Christmas Day . We thank one another with presents for making it for the year.

Presents around the tree

We then welcome the new year more so when Spring comes. We have to renew our joy in life by going for the inner truth way of Lord Bo Tien and in process be better in whatever religion or sect we may be in or even if none.

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.