No 1025 of Living Life Series 1
There is always the need to sit back and reflect every now and then on life and decide what to do next. Are we doing too much, not enough or are we on the right track?
To do that we must pause and unwind to see our life as though we are observers. That is what meditation is for.
We quieten the mind and instead of involving the world, we turn to moments of silence and absorption with God and saints. Some refer to this as prayer but many in prayers do enter the mental realm of meditation.
To be more prepped for this, men voluntarily and consciously undergo bodily abstinence of worldly excesses. They stay away from society and either be alone or with cell or care group. They avoid certain foods They can also silence the gap - not talking and gossiping.
With the commitment to purify the body comes the next and more important mental cultivation of purity. Many refer to this as meditation - the calming and silencing of the mind.
Not only do we need to do this on short stints weekly, we should go into retreat or spiritual camps every year or season. The location can be a temple or church. It can be going away outstation or overseas to another town or island and having a camp or retreat at a hotel.
At a temple of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 there is the annual 49 Day Purity Observance preceding Mission Day on the 13th day of the ninth lunar month. This will tune us to the purity of God and saints like the good lord.
In fact, we can stretch our imagination a bit and say that the fifteen days of the lunar new year celebration is an annual observance especially of Chinese to focus on happiness, blessings and love. Relatives and even friends gather from even afar and meet and greet one another.
Christmas and Ramadan too are similar though different. The focus is on joy, peace and blessings. There is oneness of intent for purity of goodness in life in and across all cultures. This is the reminder that the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants to send to all when he descended in 1969.
Let us all in any society or in any part of world or in any religion or culture have annual or seasonal observance. We can refer to this as retreat, camp, celebration but the focus is on one or more of these - joy, peace, blessings, purity and fellowship. Go for observance of joy, peace and blessings.
To do that we must pause and unwind to see our life as though we are observers. That is what meditation is for.
We quieten the mind and instead of involving the world, we turn to moments of silence and absorption with God and saints. Some refer to this as prayer but many in prayers do enter the mental realm of meditation.
To be more prepped for this, men voluntarily and consciously undergo bodily abstinence of worldly excesses. They stay away from society and either be alone or with cell or care group. They avoid certain foods They can also silence the gap - not talking and gossiping.
With the commitment to purify the body comes the next and more important mental cultivation of purity. Many refer to this as meditation - the calming and silencing of the mind.
At a temple of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 there is the annual 49 Day Purity Observance preceding Mission Day on the 13th day of the ninth lunar month. This will tune us to the purity of God and saints like the good lord.
