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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, November 27, 2015

Who are we kidding ?

No 1110 of Living Life Series 1

We are no longer kids when we grow into adults. But why is religion still at times telling us what to do and what to believe, even telling us not to ask 'why' and 'what'? Isn't this interesting? 

Thus, not infrequently others whom we look up to will tell us this. Well, we don't have to know this or that as yet. When the time comes, we will be told. So, it seems that we are treated like kids and worse still as somehow incompetent and incapable of thinking. 

 Even kids in modern days are encouraged to question and to find out. Telling kids not to go further is like telling them just to follow and not to ask the reason why. Are we being unfair to the kids and lording over them? 

 To be inquisitive and to even have doubts is good. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 assures us that those who question what we believe should be accepted as family. It shows that they are thinking and can think for themselves. 
One day, they will find out more and understand more, perhaps even more than us. Then, it is our turn to learn from them and if we don't understand, don't we want to be have leeway to question them? 

 The Buddha says that his teachings must not be accepted as gospel truth but be questioned and tested like gold was tested by fire in the old days. 

 God and saints will be unhappy if we just believe out of respect for them, worse still out of fear of reprisal by them for not believing. 

 God and saints are loving and all embracing. They are above ego. They don't get hurt. They are not men, let alone ignorant men. To insist that we just believe and not question why is to belittle their divinity.

 So do not let others kid us by telling us just to believe and not question. Even the young Jesus in his life time was questioning the teachers at synagogues and not happy with just listening and believing what were in the text and what were said by elders. 
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