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!.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The need to be loud and emotive in religion

No 642 of Living Life Series 1

Is there a need to love God and Heavenly Saints? Do they need our love or is it the other way round? While there is need to have some bond with divinity, is it necessary to be emotive when we love God?

In all religions, the basic truth is that we need to know what God wants in us. It is not the desire to glorify him in the way many men want to make big their egos. God (玉皇上帝) is beyond ego and being emotive towards him is the last thing he expects of us.

But yet many coax us to jump, dance and shout our love for God and worse still to let the world know that it is their God that matters and not the God others have in their eyes. God is one and the same to all but some simply don't see it that way.

It is one thing to love God but it is another thing to be carried away by the love for God. Many are sadly carried away to extent of bigotry. They openly and verbally ridicule those others who do not join their ranks with threats of damnation to Hell. This makes a devil out of God. Is God that hungry and thirsty for acclaim if he is God?

The ridicule complex is worth going into. When it is present in the followers of a religious group, it is inevitable that the pioneer man from which their religion originated was himself the victim of ridicule.

But if that was so, then why the need to ridicule others and to hurl unpleasantry at them - effectively ridiculing them the way their pioneer was subjected to. Isn't this sort of doing unto others what they don't want others to do unto their leader and pioneer?

Well, in a way they have the right to do so because they are grateful and love the pioneer sage. Well, this love is good but must be channeled to more fruitful gains.

The love should make them want to know how to make it in life so that God will be pleased with them and truly say that they are indeed his good sons. Good sons are those whom others respect for how they carry themselves and how they serve society. It is definitely not how they insist that others who don't join them are not with them.

Good men of God are those who can make God proud of them. They must be calm, peaceful, accepting of the differing ways of men and able to join others and blend with the crowd. They must not be loud, jarring and standout because of their often emotive approach to God.

They must show that they are more substantive so that others will feel attracted to them and want to know what made them the way they are. They may be more silent but the silence certainly speaks out better.

Well, if by now readers are not convinced, then the writer of this blog is too loud and jarring, more so if he writes on and on. There is no need to peddle spirituality, for people will go to it and not it goes to the people.

If they are ready, they will go for it. If not, it should not be imposed on others. That will be unwelcome, isn't it?

Emotive approach in religion is not the way. Religion is not about sales. There should be no sales talk, no loudness and pageantry for others to buy God. That would be belittling God.

Instead go about life the way God teaches us in our respective religions and be good role models for others to want to know why we are like that - so peaceful and worthy of company. That is the way, isn't it?

There is the basic truth that is common to men in all societies. The good lord Lord Bo Tien refers to this as the inner truth behind life and religions.

Lord Bo Tien
武天菩萨

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.