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!.

Sunday, January 4, 2015

We need to go beyond resurrection

No 788 of Living Life Series 1

Ji Gong (济公) is in the picture again by popular demand. What has going beyond resurrection to do with Lord Ji (济公)?

The pastors and priests of religions somehow have the same old basic story to tell us and it is that we have not learnt enough from life.

As long as we have not learnt enough and see more of the light of God and saints, we will dig our own graves. We will die but we don't really die as we will live again to learn what we have yet to learn.

Some instead of learning may end up unlearning what they have learnt in previous lives. But never mind, Divinity always have the heart for all beings.

Yes, we will dig our own graves but we will be resurrected to live more lives so as to learn. We will be resurrected countless times till we learn enough and don't have to be born again when we are enlightened and no longer dig our own graves. Doesn't this ring a bell?

In a sense, we never die as we live again and again. We wander from life to life seemingly in endless fashion due to failure to learn. We may even be reborn in less ideal or rather unfortunate circumstances because in past lives, we did not learn and even had unlearnt what we actually had learnt in earlier lives.

Resurrection is good but unlike Buddha and sages like Jesus, we stand to be resurrected time and time again till we can go the mile and be like the sages never to die and be born again but to live without need for resurrection.

We need to go beyond resurrection. To do so we must perfect the way to more inner peace and eliminate the unrest in our spirit. It is the unrest in spirit that not only makes life miserable but also creates fantasy thinking by building sand castle in the air.

The latter causes more unrest, and beings then dig their own graves. This goes on and on unless and until they have learnt enough and no longer have restlessness and only have inner peace.

Only by having no restlessness, by not having false views and fantasy, only then will we truly die no more. Then we are beyond resurrection. We can do this, couldn't we?

But it takes time. We need to go for the peace of the moment. When many moments of inner peace add up, we have more of the inner peace.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Reach out for the inner peace of the moment and fantasize not when we be Buddha.

The central message of the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) is for all to go for inner peace here and now. For this, we should not fantasize on life after death or when we will be a saint or Buddha. For this, we can do so through any religion or sect or through no religion.

We go for the inner peace moment by moment and live in the real world here and now. We do not build sand castle in the air and live in fantasy. Never mind when or if we be Buddha or Jesus though one day many life times later we may well be.

But that is fantasy for now. What matters is that we be ourselves, accept ourselves for what we are and can be and move on in life at peace for the moment and for more of such moments.

Ji Gong (济公) was himself when he was a living man in old China. He did not even behave or act like the typical Chan monastery 'Zen' monk and was expelled for his eccentricity - not following the rules, eating meat and drinking.

But he was at peace being himself and an endless know-how of peace and blessings to others. He was true to self and lived up to his axiom that "what matters is what is in the heart and what goes through the heart and not what one does or what goes through the gut."

He never even try to be like the rest, let alone be like the Buddha. He was himself and better himself in the way he was committed to. He mastered inner peace and proved himself a living Buddha but not a replica of any Buddha. He is a Buddha in his own right. He is Lord Ji (济公) - Ji Gong, no less a Living Buddha.

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.