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, August 12, 2015

Playing the games of life

No 988 of Living Life Series 1

Didn't the representatives of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 refer to life like a chest board game?

In fact, it is and life is full of games and part of overall and complex games more elaborate and grand than the computer games. Read on and find out more.

Why are we playing out different lives? Is life a computer game of sorts and the universe the basis of game for the game masters up there? Who are we playing games for? Are we sent here to achieve certain goals and if we succeed we go to the next stage that is the next life. We then enter the next level and the game masters up there decide the terrain we will be in?

All these sound interesting. Indeed, we appear to be here each with a different role in life; yet there is that overall regional terrain as well as the overall global terrain both of which will affect us as group and as individuals. Our forefathers call this fate. There is the common global fate like the weather and planetary influences. Then there is the local fate like the famines, floods and wars.

Who up there is playing God and saints? They do not run our lives but they have impact on our lives. They help us to succeed in life. But we still have a leeway and free will. Like it or not, we cannot have unlimited free wheeling in life. There seem to be a certain plan called fate set for us. From time to time, there is a change of that plan or fate.

But there can still be variation and that makes the game of life for the individual interesting. That creates many chances for mistakes. Mistakes sustain the game of life but then the game of life will be wrought with difficulties. Like what the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 say the problems and issues of men are many and plentiful.

When will we arrive and no longer play games of life? We will do so if we can balance and be atop the many ups and downs - the twists and turns which some refer to as yin and yang. That is the strategy that will let us arrive and end the game of all games in life.

Then we do not disappear but we exit and stop playing games in life and with life. The Buddha refer this Enlightenment. It is not non-existence but only that we stop playing the games of life.

Let us play the games of life and play it well. Win or lose is not as important as learning from it and playing it better. We can of course get the help of saints like Ji Gong 济公 in playing out the games of life.

Ji Gong 济公 playing the cricket game
is in fact meditating on life of yin and yang
and how not to be affected by yin and yang

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.