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!.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

More ideal for inner peace than even heaven

No 1073 of Living Life Series 1

The experiences of life that can lead to the ultimate solution of the problems of life lies with the human realm where there is both joy and sorrow and not in hell or in heavens where there is either dominant joy or dominant sorrow.

While man can be master of his own destiny in worldly sense, he is also often the slave of life. He goes for worldly success only to find that that success can exact more pain if it eventually goes away and indeed it will. Man must be mindful of that and make use of his worldly success as the means to the end. What is this end?

Without meeting the needs of the flesh, he may end up in pain. But going for more and excess of the needs of the flesh is in itself his undoing as well.

He may suffer in pursuit and create more desires than his worldly success can meet. There will be no contentment when there is bottomless pit of wants. Moreover, the higher he climbs in social ladder, the more painful will be his fall.

Eventually even a king will have to come down and be not even a commoner when the end comes knocking on his majesty's door. But this does not mean that we give up with worldly life and do nothing - be a vagrant. That will be suicidal and create more problems.

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that the problems of men are many and plentiful. Men create more issues by solving issues if they do not have insight and inner peace.

Men must know the true nature of life, contemplate on this and be ready for all eventualities - have the best for now but not suffer in wants in the process and at the same time be at peace to accept that what he has will not be forever. He must move on and not give up. But at any moment, there must be that inner peace.

The human realm presents the experiences which enables the inner peace. It is even better than that in heavens where joy is dominant and very lacking in hell where sorrow and pain dominates. To attain the highest inner peace, many in heaven may have to come down to Earth as men. That is what Gautama did.

Jesus too came down as man and he succeeded what he could not do if he did not. He had both glory of God and pain on the cross. Through him, many gain inner peace come what may.

The human realm is more ideal than even heaven for inner peace. Treasure the life as a human. Be man enough to have more inner peace. Many in heaven look down on humans to see how they can help men and at the same time learn from the lives of men in their endeavor for more inner peace.

If they do not do so, they simply bask in their shinning life up there till the they lose their shine and they will have to leave heaven anyway. If they undertake to bless and help life of beings like humans, they increase their shine and are able to have more inner peace.

But it may be better if they be men if they want and are ready for more inner peace. As men they can help others and at same time cultivate more peace.

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.