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, December 31, 2014

Love life with it's imperfections.

No 785 of Living Life Series 1

It is often difficult for people to handle the calamities of life, more so people of faith and religions. They often resort to the coping mechanism that this is the will of God and God will prevail. We should trust God and have faith in him. This is good but may still not explain the imperfections in life.

But at least, it enables people to be at peace and move on. At least, there is no guilt in men who have to face calamities.

People should not wallow in guilt and end up depressed with self blame and poor self esteem. They do not have to be downed and drowned by guilt of being wrong and sinful and thinking that God has punished them. The earlier they come to terms with calamities and be on top of the situation, the better it is for them.

Guilt and sin complex is the very thing any life loving person should not have. Get over it. Self torment will not be of any good. It is silly for a person to slap himself.

The good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) stresses on need to love life and loving life means accepting the problems and imperfections of life. Do not be weighed down by guilt. There is no sin as the lord says whatever we do will not wrong or harm God and saints but only harm and affect ourselves and others. Men reap what they sow.

If men could not understand why life is so unfair to them and lament over it's imperfections, they should regard the setbacks and imperfections as but learning points. All can learn from the lessons of life, our lives and the lives of others. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) tells us.

If people can learn from setbacks in positive way and not wallow in misery with plenty of self-blame, they will be better off. They will not be lacking in love for life and for God and saints. Love means to love life even in face of imperfections and problems.

Love means to be comfortable with the downs of life so as to be more ready to harness the ups in life. Ironically, this means we need to accept imperfections and even be aware that the opportunities that imperfections and calamities do afford vast opportunities for us to learn and be stronger from the learning. We should love such opportunities to make ourselves stronger and be winners instead of losers.

Thus feeling of guilt is out. Self blame is out. Learn and make do. If problems are too overwhelming, at least leave things to God and saints. God and saints know best and do have faith in them.

But better still of course is to be strong and come out on top. Let imperfections be the resources for us to learn and come out stronger and be on top of life. This they refer to as managing the ups and downs, the yin and yang of life and be wiser and more peaceful from the learning.

But if we cannot do this, at least hold on to the faith that God will not fail us even if it appears life has failed us. The last thing is to blame God when God and saints did not and never even blame us for our imperfections. They do know we are imperfect and still learning and have long way to go.

If there is imperfection or wrong in us, we are the ones who wrong ourselves but we will never wrong God and saints, for God and saints are above being affected by imperfect men and beings. It must be stressed that we wronged themselves and one another instead.

God and saints have no anger and ill-will but we have if we are yet to perfect the peace of Tao or Way. They will not punish us and we do not hurt them in any sinful way. Sin means to harm God and saints. God and saints are above harm.

God and saints are of love, always and ever more. We too must be of love so that we are like God and saints. Then God and saints are in us and we in them.

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.