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, January 14, 2015

Right believing

No 794 of Living Life Series 1

What we believe is important. If we believe wrong, we will end up with wrong thoughts. This leads to bad emotions and feelings. This in turn leads to wrong actions and behaviors.

Many are struggling to control their behaviors and life because they don't have control over their emotions and feelings. Well, they have no control of emotions because they they have lost control of their thoughts. They are far from peace. They are like that because they believe wrong.

What we believe is powerful. If we can change what we believe, we can change our life!

Put simply, if we believe wrong, we will struggle with wrong thoughts and a restless mind that makes us far from being at peace.

This is the teaching of all sages, all saints in all religions.

Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) assures us that we can find the same basic or inner truth, the same goodness in all religions. If we can accept that and believe in that, then we will want to know more of the teachings of the sages. We will want to learn from them and understand more of what we already believe through the sage or saint of the religion or culture we are in.

Right believing means that we respect all the sages of all religions. This is essential for all to have. This is the starter message by the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨).

By so doing, we will not have guilt in believing the teachings of other sages just because they are not mentioned by our own sage or somewhat different from what we already know from the sage of our culture or religion.

Right belief means we must not have false views. According to Buddha, there are two false views of life. One is to believe that there is no life after death and that life ceases upon death. The other false view is that upon death, there is either eternal hell or heaven.

The an-nihilism or materialistic approach has limitations. There is more self centered approach. We may then think we should live up to the nines and we struggle with ourselves and others to do so. We are not at peace.

The eternal centered approach (as opposed to cyclical rebirths) has its limitations. We cannot be right all the time. We will end up thinking that we will go to hell. Then when others tell us that doing good is not good enough and we must believe in a sage to be saved and to be in eternal heaven, we will just go for this. We will throw logic and reasoning aside and may at times do the unthinkable. We live in fear of not being in the good books of the sage. We have fragile peace and in reality not at peace.

Guilt and fear are bad emotions though they might initially be wake-up calls. But being overwhelmed by guilt and fear will paralyze us and we will not be at peace with God and saints. This will be contrary to divine purpose.

Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) through 1975 message advises against guilt and fear and that we do not sin because we do not wrong God. Rather, in whatever we do even if not right, we wrong ourselves not God and saints who are perfect and above being wronged by men. After all, God and saints are loving even to those who are far from right.

While it is good to have right believing, what matters is that there is peace of the moment. Many moments of peace do add up. Do not daydream about having eternity of peace for now. Why argue till kingdom comes? This alone is right believing, isn't it?

As some may say, "We do not fix problems in life. We fix our thinking. Then problems fix themselves." Isn't this an eye opener? We don't even need to be religious or to be in a religion to know that, do we?

Buddha started of as man, a prince with a religion of sorts, then without religion and ended up starting a religion when he became enlightened as the Buddha. He just went for right believing. If he could, we too can. We are as human as he was.

Dua Di Ya Pek 大二爷伯
flanking Justice Bao

Many do not go for a religion but just have belief in deities like the duo hell guard deities Dua Di Ya Pek 大二爷伯. That has done wonders for them in life. That alone is enough for them for now to enable them to move on in life.

They know too well that the two hell guard deities will not fail them and will grant them blessings where blessings are due. What matters is their belief in the duo and the rest will follow suit in due course.

If the duo deities can meet their present needs and problems, that will suffice and ensure that they will sail on in life. To their followers, religion is not the issue but life is and trust too as well.

They have trust and right belief in the two deities who are mere guard deities but who have the hearts of Buddha and God. Right belief matters isn't it? To their followers, they are the world for them - not religion or what have you.

Religion matters not. What we believe in a sage or deity matters. What we learn from our own religion and from other religions matter as well. Do not turn a blind eye to the good teachings of sages of other religions.

What has the Dalai Lama to say on right believing and the individual? Right believing means that one becomes a better person in whatever culture, race or religion we already are.

The spiritual principles we learn make us not better Buddhists just because we learn of such principles from Buddhism but they make us better in whatever religion, culture or race we are in.

Our belief must transcend religions even for religious life. That is right believing. The truly spiritual man learns from life and from all religions. He is way above and beyond religions of men. He is at peace with God and saints

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.