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, July 15, 2015

Religions let men have more dreams

No 936 of Living Life Series 1

Sometimes, it is better to choose a religious culture which makes us happy in this life. Whether the teachings bear any truth to the reality that is not important.

No point knowing the complexities of reality and be awed but be floored. Better to believe in the simply fairy tale than to know the reality if that fairy tale gives hope and not drown us with the harshness of reality of life and death.

If a fairy tale can lift our spirit like the rainbow, never mind if we cannot reach the rainbow but can see it and marvel at it. The rainbow is real to the beholder from a distance but vanishes if he tries to approach it.

Religions that appeal to the masses must be like fairy tale and able to spin wonders and lift up the spirit of the masses. But a few level headed ones will not go for the rainbow though they will marvel at it. They know the rainbow is an illusion.

They would rather go for life and the peace of life. They guard the peace of the spirit and maintain it at all cost. They stay atop life and not be downed by life, come what may.

Such men see the truth of what they see and know the beauty of the rainbow. They go for solid substantial peace rather than the rich but insubstantial dreams, fairy tales and illusions.

Religions provide hope and dreams but dreams will be dreams but most will still hang on to dreams even till the last moment when they are at the door of death.

We do need religions but we need people to face the truth or reality that even God and saints cannot change. We will move from cradle to grave but we can have myriad countless moments of peace if we know how to be atop the ups and downs of life and be free and at peace.

Go for the peace of every moment of life and not go for the rainbow. But sometimes we need to have sight of the rainbow to mystify us and give us the zest to push on. This though the sages refer to as attachment.

But we must protest that we are far from the spirituality of the sages. We cannot give up attachment overnight. We still need to dream on but we cannot dream too much but must ever so often pinch ourselves to come out of dreams and live and move on.

Dreams help but we cannot just dream and not live. Dream not away life but ever so often, do wake up and live. Dreams are stress relieving.

Religions must provide dreams and relief to people of all times and ages. There is no other way to reach out to more men and elevate their spirits. We need to let men have dreams. Religions provide a wide variety of dreams and that is why religions are never the same outwardly. Religions provide a choice of dreams. You choose a religion that meet your dreams and aspirations in life.

Religions let men dream on but still there is need to go for the basic truth of the need to be good, not bad and to be pure and simple in spirit. This is the common truth behind all religions.

Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 the messenger of the common inner truth wants us to be aware of this. We can dream on but do not be lost in dreams and be carried away. We must not lose sight of the inner truth behind all religions.

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.