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!.

Friday, March 27, 2015

The spiritual common space for humanity

No 842 of Living Life Series 1

There is need for common space among men and the bigger the common space the better. This will enable the feeling of oneness among men and not show out the glaring differences. Let there be more room to enlarge the common space.

In a family, the common space is obvious and even if members of a family do not see eye to eye with one another, they live as a family and there is still camaraderie. But take away the same roof and when members of family especially extended family stay in separate homes, the common space diminishes and family oneness is not as strong as before.

People of religions must live in the same neighborhood and community and by so doing, they have to be sensitive to one another with regards to beliefs, needs and ways. They must not insist that they are right and others wrong. That would be bigotry. Bigotry foments ill-will and discord. There must be common space to give a sense of oneness and fraternity despite belonging to different religions.

All that is the needed for people to be closer to God and saints is for them to grow the divine or saintly nature in them though through different religions. There are many ways to start off with for people to grow the inner peace or godly nature in them. There is one Divinity but many religions and ways to approach towards divinity and to better suit the varied taste for people in society.

Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 refers to this as the inner truth common to and behind religions. It yields inner peace but the starting points and paths can be very different but the end point and path will be the same.

The sky or roof is the same for all. Heaven is the roof of the universal temple. Religions are the pillars of the temple. The universal temple is the common space for people of all religions and sects. The pillars are just reference points for people to look out for. But once in the universal temple, they are in the same temple of God and saints.

Temples and houses of God are gateways to the common space of the universal temple.

This is a temple but not the universal temple

The universal temple is like the same home for members of a family living under the same roof.

The family that lives under the same roof, sleeps under the same roof, eats and lives under that same roof and prays under the same roof is a better knitted family than if members stay apart under different roofs.

The mission of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 is to promote the oneness of people of religions though the reality of the universal temple as the universal common space for people of all religious persuasions.

He is not your God or saint but the messenger
for you to be better at knowing God and saint
through your respective religion or sect.
This is so that you would be better at what you already are.
No need whatsoever to switch religion or sect
or even to belong to any specifically...

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.