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!.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

S.A.D.

No 790 of Living Life Series 1

S.A.D. or Seasonal Affective Disorder may affect men during a season especially December January period when people are confined to shorter days and longer nights and often have to contend with harsh winter.

There is also the rush to keep up to Christmas and New Year traditions and the cumulative stress that results as well as the void that follows. All these may come to bear on people to cause depression.

They are the poor souls. They are not serious with religion but religion must be serious with them. They cannot be rushed but religion must rush in to help them. Religion may however be the cause of their predicament but also their solution. How ironical it can be?

There is yet another S.A.D. we need to know and know well. Religion too may contribute to it but it is also the solution. In both, light plays a part - in the former, physical light therapy and in the other light of a different sort - spiritual light.

Societal Antisocial Demeanor also S.A.D. affects those who are far from religious but are attracted to a temple because of the void they get from life in society, more so when they are not coping with the times and Joneses in society for the season. They are attracted to a temple like ants and insects to the flower.

What they cannot get out there in society, they can get in a temple. When society out there would not entertain them, the elders in a temple will do so. There after, having set foot in a temple and when they have got what they want, they showed their true colors and even evicted the elders who welcome them.

They are like insects who have got the nectar from the flower. But when there is no more nectar and no more worldly gains they can derive from a temple, they are left high and dry when there is ebb and emptiness in the season that follows. This parable of the ants and the flower was dealt with by the good Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨).

These people with Societal Antisocial Demeanor thronged to a temple and clamored for its control during the hive of activity in the active season but when they got what they wanted and were able to sideline the very people who welcomed them, they would be left high on the pedestal of authority but yet feel empty.

They were unable to have any sense of fulfillment, not even worldly ones and even had problems with the elders. They thought that the problem lies in others who were not in tune with them and they ended up evicting them but having done so, they were still somehow far from fulfillment. They needed help but ridiculously that should be no problem as they were already in a house of God and saints

Their problem is understandable. In the very first place, they were lacking in religious zest but came to the temple only for the social and worldly gains - the nectar. They did get themselves near to God and saints but ended up far because they do not have the true spirituality at heart.

That was never their primary intention though they would claim otherwise so that they could enter and be able to take control and have nectar - the worldly gains. Being in a temple, they might be near to God and saints but yet far. But it is such people who need to be near to God and saints.

This is again another parable by the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) - The Far and the Near. The far may be near and the near far.

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.