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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, July 31, 2015

Life is God and always with us

No 957 of Living Life Series 1

In anything we do in life, we do it not only for self but for others as well. This others can be family members, colleagues at work or in society. Some refer to this as the need to work in tandem with fellow men.

Initially, for most, it is because of the need to meet the needs of self. We cannot do this without meeting the needs of relevant others. This in itself is a lesson in life. This has to do fellowship.

We need to meet the needs of others if we want to meet our needs. No one can meet his own needs without meeting the needs of relevant others. 

If we want to love ourselves, we must learn to love others and the better we are at this the better this will be. Love should not be centered on the individual but on more than one. Even love for close one must involve concerns and welfare of the family of the close one. 

There is thus many lessons in life we can pick up. Life is the living gospel and tells us how to love ourselves and why if we don't also love others, we won't be able to love ourselves effectively. 

The converse is also true that if we just don't love ourselves, we cannot effectively love others for the self sacrifice and negligence would mean we cannot go far in loving others. Wisdom must take center stage. 

That life is the living gospel is behind the teachings of all religions. This was stressed by the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨. Life is the best teacher on how to be better as person, as family and as society. Life is God and is always there with us. The lessons of life promote worldly as well as spiritual growth. 

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