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!.

Saturday, February 14, 2015

大家过给太平年Wishing Everyone A Peaceful Year

No 814 of Living Life Series 1

大家过给太平年 Wishing Everyone A Peaceful Year. This is the time of the year to be happy and at peace for no other reason than that it is the Chinese New Year. A good start paves the way for a good year. Let the peace of Spring reigns throughout the year.

May the year be peaceful and be free from issues. With blessings of God and saints, issues will be no more issues and big issues will be small issues even if these cannot be no issues. This did the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) say to his congregation.

The celebration of the Lunar New Year is the celebration of life. Religion celebrates the joy and hope in life. The spirit of joy and hope in life is captured by the joyous spirit of the Lunar New Year.

For once a year, people put aside issues and all reaffirm that they are friends. There is the spirit of giving with red packets changing hands.

People of all religions celebrate the joy of the new year with love. It is through love that there is peace.

Chinese New Year red packets transcend differences of religions and sects. There is oneness of celebration regardless of religion on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

A unique red packet
proclaiming the love of Christ
on Lunar New Year

Jesus loves us. So do all heavenly saints. But the important thing is whether we love ourselves and treasure their blessings and whether we value ourselves.

The bottom line is whether we are at peace with life and make ourselves really more worthy of the love and blessings all heavenly saints shower on us. If not, then we will expect more out of life and out of the saints even when we already have more than before. We must not abuse the goodwill of Heaven.

We should focus on ourselves - the inner world in us. Are we at peace with ourselves. We need to count our blessings and to reap more blessings but if we are at peace with ourselves, do we need more and are we worse off by not having more?

We must have inner peace that all religions and their saints want us to achieve. This is what the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) refer to when he descended for the first time in 1969. Even the Dalai Lama a living saint has the same to tell us regardless of our religion, race or culture.

The spirit of the Lunar New Year will be with us not just on the days of the celebration of the new year but the whole year round. We must mindfully want to be at peace, more specifically inner peace and wish others have the inner peace as well. By having peace, we can celebrate life not only on Lunar New Year but on everyday of the year and year in and year out.

That the sages of old in China refer to as Tao 道 - the balance of polarities of life - the yin and the yang. Tao is the Way for ultimate inner peace - the enlightenment that makes one a Buddha.

Tao or Way

This is way beyond the very highly acclaimed ecstatic states that the great Chan or Zen masters achieve through meditative approach to life. Attachment to any stage including the penultimate to enlightenment can hinder one from reaching the ultimate but then, the Zen masters and wannabes are already far advance in inner peace. Many of us can only have a little bit of the peace they have but this is already good enough.

It is better to have moment to moment peace in life. Many moments of peace do add up like many drops of water to make a mighty ocean of peace in time to come. Please note that this is to add on for more peace and to move up in peace move by move and step by step - 步步高升

Wishing success in moving up in life
步步高升

Yes, we can then have that step wise progression in peace within us. But what is important is to have that moment of peace here and now. Then we are on the path of Tao 道.

May everyone have peace and the first step is to wish everyone a peaceful year - 大家过给太平年. May all have a great peaceful year. May the prancing of the lions and bursting of fire crackers bring more cheer and peace for sure. Let there be a peaceful year.

May all your wishes come true and may you prosper

May we be a picture of peace like Ji Gong (济公) who is ever care free, peaceful and happy the whole year round and who lives up to the principle that what matters is what goes through the heart and not what one does or what goes through the gut.

Ji Gong (济公) wishes everyone
a happy and peaceful new year

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.