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, January 22, 2015

Meeting both the lower and higher callings in life

No 801 of Living Life Series 1

Enough is never enough in the worldly life of men. The more we have, the more we need to have and we suffer from not having more or from trying to have what we already have. Material needs and the needs of the flesh seem to be self perpetuating, and this may even catch on in a house of God.

The house of God then becomes the perpetrator of ungodly needs in the name of God and the saints of God. Then those in the house of God though near may be far as aptly put by none other than the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨).

A house of God where many do know
better what need to be done

But in spiritual life, what is really required is simplicity of life. We still need worldly requirements and this varies from person to person and varies with the life station a person is in. We are still in the flesh and of the world.

Surely we need to meet the requirements of being of the world and of the flesh, but we must optimize this so that we are able to find time and resources for cultivating the peace of the spirit and not go for more of the worldly life where enough is never enough - so it seems.

If we find that we don't seem to arrive in life though we achieved what we wanted and that the horizon seems to recede away, we do have a problem with ourselves. Why is this so and why is enough never enough?

We need to re-examine life and our outlook in life so that our enough is really enough and life will ever be pleasant even if by material standards we don't compare to the Jones next door.

We must know how to be content and to contend with what we really need so that we have more time and resources to spare for the higher real calling in life - the call for the being to be one in peace and harmony with God and saints.

Then we can arrive at point where enough is more than what is enough and we can do with less. That would be the ideal and it is up to us to will to have this now and not wait till tomorrow for there will always be more tomorrows.

But for those who have not settled with the worldly needs, they should not forgo worldly needs and neglect the worldly life. That would be running away from responsibilities and from life. How can such a person be ready for the higher calling when he cannot meet the mundane calling - the lower calling?

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.