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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, August 26, 2016

When discontent in men of religion goes awry

No 1301 of Living Life Series 1

People turn to religion in hard times. This is inevitable. They want more blessings. Often this is for the very blessings that elude them outside religion. 

They do get blessings through religion. But there seems to be a limit. Why? Men seem to find after sometime that there is more than what they can have. They have initial joy but this joy gets less and less. They want more. They call this divine discontent. 

But if this discontent makes them question everything and even question God and saints, then there will be problems. They may turn against the state and question the state. 

To offset this risk, God and saints of all religions do stress that we obey the laws of the land in as much as we obey the laws of God and saints. This is brought up by the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨. 
Divine discontent is never meant to turn men against God and / or the state. It is not meant for one to push for their individual good and forsake the good of the many. It is meant to turn men away from thinking only of themselves, how to have more and more for themselves. 

God will bless the individual. This will grow the faith and devotion. But if the individual wants more and more, then such discontent cannot be divine. It will bring out the devil of the self in him - greed. 

Divine discontent has nothing to do with greed and individual good at expense of the good of the wider society. In the secular world, they call individual good civil rights. Civil rights carried too far can go awry and contribute to partisan thinking and divides in society. This is not good - be it in religion or outside religion.   

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