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!.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Going beyond mere good

No 899 of Living Life Series 1

It is good to do good but doing good and avoiding evil is not good enough. There is need to go beyond. Some say we must be saved by grace.

Well, whose grace? It is the grace of God and saints. Doing good is always good but it is even more good to do good with a noble and wise mind and not out of personal or selfish interests.

It is not that good to do good to please oneself to get fame and credit. It is also not so good to do good to please God and saints. We need to purify the mind.

We need to have no clinging to greed, wanting more and more of worldly pleasures. This includes pride in self and acclaim out of doing good. Such attributes limit the goodness of good acts.

Doing good for others at expense of own basic life needs is denial and not having some goodness for self. This is not good. We must have goodwill and love for life - our own and that of others.

For goodness sake, even if we cannot be good, at least we must not do bad or evil. Bad is rooted in ill-will or hatred. It is also rooted in preference for our own good at expense of others - sort of ill-will as well.

The twin ills of the mind is clinging and ill-will. They are rooted in turn to false views.

False views or ignorance not only bring on clinging and ill-will, it also deludes us. For instance, believe in no life after death is one false view. There is a whole range of false views. The other extreme is the false view of believing in eternity after death - be it eternal heaven or hell after this present life.

This can be compounded or made worse by thinking we just belief in God and saints and we will be saved. No God or saints can help us unless we help ourselves, unless we embark on purifying the mind from wrong views which bring about clinging and ill-will.

Doing good, avoiding evil and purifying the mind is the common sense approach to life and to spirituality. It is advocated by all saints and all religions. This is the backbone of all religious traditions and thoughts. This is the inner truth common to all religions - the common basis. Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 descended in 1969 to awaken all to the common inner truth of religions.

Do not forget this basic doctrine or Word. Many say that the Word is God and God is the Word. Thus followers of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 too are told by the good lord that the Doctrine is in the image and the image is the Doctrine.

We need to live in doctrine. We need to go beyond mere good. The way to do so is to purify the mind which is to live in the Word or Doctrine.

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.