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, July 28, 2014

Ji Gong and His Ministry of Love

No 610 of Living Life Series 1

Just the other day a friend of the writer revealed how Ji Gong has been benefiting his family. His grown up child though intelligent had problem making it in life in further education and at work due to health limitation. Ji Gong told him that there was no reason why the child could not and asked for time to investigate.

Weeks passed and months later, he told my friend with his classic smile and said, "Leave your child alone and worry not for your child." Taken aback but yet having faith in him as my friend had Ji Gong in his heart, he did as told.

Months later the child was coping with life though in the way the child deemed fit. All was well but like Ji Gong, the child had to take a different path in life from others. What matters is that the child was happy and making progress in life albeit on a path unique for that child.

The lesson to know is that Ji Gong always have a simple way out, nothing fanciful and magical and this is due to his insight and empathy. His miracles have won the hearts of the faithful not through magical or saintly prowess but through sheer insight and simplicity.

He never insists at any moment for those seeking his blessings to believe him, to worship him before he would even think of helping. He helped willingly and was even humble to tell my friend that he needed time to understand what was going on as the problem of man might be complex but yet the solution is often simple.

Of course he never said that the solution lies in simplicity but merely said that problems big and small will be no problems if Heaven opens the way. There is the need for him to come down to human level and to simple down to earth level for him to know what went wrong.

When he knew, he just said with confidence and a characteristic smile as though dismissing the problem. He said, "Leave your child alone and ..." Indeed he was right and all is well for my friend and his child.

That child is even happily attending church and Ji Gong has no issue with that and is even supportive. Ji Gong is above religions and sects. He is the friend of all and indeed a friend in need. He is a heavenly saint though and every inch a saint for sure. He is a friend and that matters more than his being a saint or buddha. Omitofo

Ji Gong roams the world of beings and comes upon men who need his blessings. Blessings big and small he gives to make the difference in the lives of men. This is his way of reaching out to the world and his ministry is of love regardless of who we are.

So long as we have the heart to know him and to seek him out, he will be there for us. This they say has to do with affinity and affinity brings us ever closer to saints like him.

They say he is a buddha no less and they also say he is with the gods. But whatever he is the fact is that he is a saint and serves men of all religions so long as there is the need. He often call upon men to pray to God the Jade Emperor or Amitabha Buddha so that men can have blessings of Heaven and the Buddha Land. He wants no credit for his ministry of love for beings and men and defer credit to God and Omitofo (Amitabha)

Issues big and small are no issues if men call upon his name and have him in his heart. This is like what he often says that what matters is the heart and not anything else - not what goes through the gut, not what we do or sometimes not even what we think so long as we have the heart to be better at being good, never mind if we are not yet good or far from good. He has no issues with men who are not good and in the wrong so long as he could bless them and make them be a bit more good.

Let there be the call for Ji Gong by men and he will be with them so long as they have the heart to have affinity with him regardless of where the men and beings who call out to him may be. He is a messiah or savior who answers to the calls and woes of all beings and men.

Let us all have Ji Gong in our hearts and at home. Let us not only receive but give love to one and all. Let us be part of his ministry of love and join him in outreach to all beings and men. Omitofo always and ever more. Praise God the Jade Emperor.

Ji Gong in arahat pose at the home of the writer

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.