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!.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Religion in the image of man and not the sage ?

No 933 of Living Life Series 1

It is not a bad thing for religions to take turns to be in the lead. Every era will have one or two new lead religions. The lead religion will innovate and evolve and be propelled by the world powers of the era.

The face of a lead religion will go in tandem with the cultural dominance of the world power. This will allow the lead religion to influence other religions and be influenced in turn by other religions so as to imbibe best practices and be even better at leading. The lead religion will imbibe practices that were otherwise less known in the past.

Like world powers which come and go, lead religions too will rise and ebb away from lead role in tandem with the world powers. History will bear witness to the cyclical rotation of religions to be the lead religion.

The lead religion will take on the social culture and values of the world power of the era. This though should not make religion less attractive. In fact, it is more attractive. The selling or persuasive power is there. People like to align themselves with the power of the day.

This attracts crowds never seen before. This attracts men who otherwise would not care to even think of religion. This is an asset to bring more into religion and to learn to be closer in ways to God and saints.

We must however understand that the assertive dominance of a lead religion may not be in line with the original spirit of the founder saint. Often the founder sage or saint was submissive and subservient to the authority of the land during his time.

Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨is of the view that the sage would encourage followers to give to God and saints what is due to God and saints and to Man what is due to Man. Comply with laws of God and the land

But when the religion that arose from the sage's teachings becomes championed by the powers that be in a new era, and it becomes the lead religion, it takes on not a submissive passive role but instead a dominating assertive and authoritative role that is not in keeping with the original style.

God and saints end up to be feared more so by non-believers when previously people fear the rulers of the land and seek solace in God and saints.

A religion changes when it ends up as the lead religion. It takes on the dominating nature of the powers that be. It manifests the egotistic human nature of the power that be.

That is why we must not accept blindly what others do in the name of religion. We must go to the essence or fundamentals.

Often this has to do with humility, passivity and tolerance and love for those who differ and are not in tune. These are attributes of purity of spirit. We must go for the inner truth behind religions, more so the lead religion. This is the advice of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨.

By all means, go for any religion we fancy and be part of the lead religion but be mindful of the original focus of the founder sage or saint. The powers that be may project a very different image of the founder sage or saint that is in keeping with what they are and very different from what the sage or saint was.

All founder sages are meek, honest and docile. They are pure and lovable. They are not to be feared and will not create fear and will steer clear of fomenting submission and persecution. They have no ego, ill-will and bad feelings for even those who denounce them or persecute them. How would they want their names to be the excuse to coerce others into fear and submission?

For example, in a Buddhist school, children will be told to pray to the Buddha for forgiveness if they don't do well in school work. They end up fearing the Buddha when the Buddha is about love and not fear. All sages are about love and not fear.

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.