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!.

Friday, October 17, 2014

At peace with moment dead and moment born

No 699 of Living Life Series 1

Here to live and here to die. Is there the need to know the reason why?

Is there the need to know when we can never know what comes next at every twist and turn.

To live is to die and that is for sure. But to die is to live and this too we are told. Must we then die to live and live to die.

It is not about living and dying but then, we are very much into living and dying. More importantly is the question of whether we are at peace with life and death.

Do we think we will surely die? Do we think we will never die? Is the way to go is to be resurrected when resurrection means that we live only to come to some end.

That end some say is not death but to live. Then isn't dying the way men will live again? Call this resurrection to make it sound good and great.

Each moment of life is due to moment dead and life goes on and on like that. Ask not why life is like that but know why there is the up and down and up and down again with no seeming end.

This is what they call the yin and yang in life. We must not be in the grip of yin and yang but be with yin and yang, yet at peace with yin and yang, be it on earth and in heaven.

Even in heaven, there is moment dead and moment born and so yin and yang there is in heaven as on earth. What matters is whether we are at peace with moment to moment and with life and death. This is the way of the saints, be it in heaven, on earth and even in hell. Even there are are saints in hell and sainthood is possible even in hell.

Why care about the long and short of the story of life. Go for peace this moment and more moments of peace there will be. Many drops of water make a mighty ocean. Many moments of peace add up to make a saint out of a man, woman as well. Do be at peace with moment dead and moment born.

Be like Ji Gong (济公) ever at peace because he goes for peace that comes from the heart and not what others expect him to do. It is what goes through the heart and not what one does and what goes through the gut. Peace must ever be there with moment dead and moment born, regardless of the views and gossips of men.

What he has is the peace and that is why he is a saint. A saint is never dead to life for he is ever alive to the peace in life come what may, be it yin and yang or life and death, and be it moment dead and moment born; here, there or in heaven or on earth.

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.