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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, June 26, 2015

"As on Earth, so also in Heaven"

No 902 of Living Life Series 1

Asian culture is such that there is great respect for God who has a host of heavenly saints with him. 

Unlike the Western concept of God, he is not the creator of all in the universe. That is the difference but this does not make him less respectable in any way. 

In Chinese culture, he is the ruler of the universe of heaven, earth and hell. He came down from the supra-universes to rule the universe we know. 

There are three supra-universes each with its supreme Pure One. God was sent by the First Pure One to oversee the universe we know - specifically to do what he can to mitigate the imperfections which are there. He is not responsible for the imperfections as he is not the creator of all. 

Chinese refer to him as the Jade Emperor 玉帝. He receives advice from and work with the sages of religions like the Buddha and Jesus. 

This system of rule or governance of the universe mimics what is on Earth where governance is by rulers. There is the common saying in Chinese culture of "As on Earth, so also in Heaven"

 There is diversity in heaven like on Earth. Just like on Earth, there is oneness despite diversity. Unlike in heaven this oneness is not as ideal as it should be. 
That is why the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 descended in 1969 in Singapore to awaken humanity to the oneness in diversity of religions. This is so that the world we know will be more like what is in heaven. This is his mission on behalf of heaven. 

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