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!.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Let happiness be the means and not the end of life - the choice and not the outcome of life

No 1144 of Living Life Series 1

Do we or do we not be happy? All want to be happy but many say they will be happy only if they have and not when they have not.

But isn't it a blessing and awesome if we can be happy even if we have not. Let not happiness be the end but the means to the end. The end is to be alive. Life is the end and happiness is the means.

How do we be happy to begin with? We simply want to be happy. To help many, having the guidance of God through a heavenly saint enables us to be happy. We can do so through any religion. Any religion will do.

Happiness helps us to realise the many little blessings in life we take for granted. If not, we will always be far from happy even if many things in life we do have and can have.

We must be happy to begin with. Then though far from many of the good-to-have in life, we are near to happiness. We should be happy even if we are short of the must-have in life. At least we are alive and we are humans. This is good cause to be happy. Saints like Buddha said that. Precious is birth as man.

Many who have the good-to-have are not happy though they are near to what should more than give happiness. They are a miserable lot. They bring the problem upon themselves.

Misery or unhappiness is man-made. Hell or heaven is a state of the mind.

Many are not happy to begin with. They have many wants - one after another. They find life wanting and with the many added wants, how could they be happy. The near may be far and the far near. Thus said the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨.

Many in religion are not happy in their religion unless they can see that there are no other religions. They can only be happy when everyone is in their religion. This will never happen. Then they are in the unenviable state of perpetual wanting and never happy. This is inevitable.

Religion is only the means and not the end. Let there be many means. For Godsake or rather for goodness sake, let there be many religions and sects. This will definitely be better than having only one religion for the world.

When and where can we find men to be of one mind and of one kind? Do not be impossible and unrealistic. Let us be down to earth and be happy with what we have and the status quo. This does not mean we cannot improve our lot. We can but just be happy to begin with.

Don't procrastinate. Don't wait to be happy. Be happy now. Then it is far easier to be happy tomorrow and the day after. Just be happy. Don't wait. No excuse whatsoever to put away happiness.

Be happy not only for ourselves but for others as well. Be happy for others even with different religions or race from us. How can we be happy if we are not happy for others, if we care not to acknowledge others' happiness? All can be happy in their own ways. May all be well and happy.

Even if life is never perfect and people are not perfect, this is no reason for not being happy. We must be happy at all cost. Imperfection is no reason for us not to be happy.

Life is short. Life cannot wait for us to be happy. Be happy here and now from this moment. We can easily find things to be happy about as much as those things that can make us unhappy.

It is obvious. It is wiser to choose happiness. Happiness is a choice and not the outcome. Let happiness be the choice and not the outcome - not the end result.

If we want and want, when will we stop wanting. If we cannot stop wanting, our life will be wanting. Happiness recedes into the horizon. If we choose to be happy, happiness opens the way for us to be happy with anything that comes our way. There will always be light moments even in hard times.

The happy person will always have things to be happy about. He is a happy person after all.

This is just common sense but how many have this? Many are simply carried away by wanting. Life will obviously be wanting. All they need is to go back to logic and let common sense prevail. The sages of old in China call this Tao 道 .

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.