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, July 5, 2015

For spiritual growth, do be man but not more man

No 921 of Living Life Series 1

If man is expected to be honest simple and good, and to work towards a pure life, then religion must set the example. Religion indeed has done so but along the way as time passes by, man in honoring religion adds to the basics and fundamentals to make it more awesome. But religion becomes complex and no longer simple. A temple must only be set up to bring out the simplicity and the basics of religion.

But man will always be more man. Man will make things no longer simple. Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 commented that the issues of men are many and plentiful. Chapters and chapters of history are added and the lessons of history of men related to religion beef up the texts. The experiences and the Word of men of religion are added not just the Word of God and the founder saint. This would dilute the basic Word. This would complicate matters and create issues.

Religion is meant to be simple and primarily between the man and God or saint but along the way it has come to include the complex and multifaceted history of relationships between man and other men. This seems unavoidable and not a bad thing if this does not impose a barrier between man and God or saint.

Man gets clouded, diverted and carried away. Man ends up flowing along downstream with other men. That is the easy way and convenient. But to get clear water of spirituality man must go upstream even if others go downstream. This did the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 advise.

Waste not time going along downstream. Know what is needed and go it alone even if this means going upstream against the down stream current. Do not follow the crowd and turn a blind eye to what is necessary.

Do not go for more of the trappings of men and be enslaved and tied down. After some time, we don't need more of the trappings of men. We need more time and peace to attend to the matters of the spirit. We need to be more spiritual and not more man.

But for that we still need to be man but not more man. Religion must not make man no longer man. Religion must not make man more like other men but more like God and saints.

Well, to sum up, man needs to be less man and at least a wee bit more like God and saint. Man needs to be less attached and clinging but be more free and liberated to have the free spirit of saints.

Man must find the temple to be a sanctuary to be less man and more saint. But what if men of society flock to the temple and make it a temple of men than a temple of God and saint? Well then, many may end up more man instead.

The man we must be has to be less man and wee bit of a saint or even more. Thus Ji Gong 济公 had to leave the temple to be more of a saint. Indeed he is a saint and all know him as saint - a living Buddha.

Don't go to a house of God and end up more man. That defeats the purpose of going there. What are you there for?

Be in the open world like Ji Gong 济公. Be in the open temple with the sky as the roof rather than in the temples of men. The world is the true temple. Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 did say.

God and saints feel for all. No distinction is made with regards to religions of men. God and saints have no religions. Men have religions. Mahatma Gandhi stood out in stressing that God has no religion. Men have religions.

All are one in God and saints. Religions should not divide men. But religions do serve to reach out to more men. Without religions by men for men, the outreach will not be as wide. If men are less men and not more man but be more saint-like, men will easily be one in God and saints.

Religions will only be vehicles to reach out to more of men the world over. There after, the individual relationship between a man and God and saints should take over - not the relationship between a man and other men. This is the way for spiritual growth.

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.