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!.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Routine cycles in nature and the Pakua

No 199 of Living Life Series 1

Even in nature, there is the nitrogen cycle and the water cycle. Our solar systems are based on cycles of sorts. Such cycles too are nature's routines. They also have to do with change. They deal with how to have equilibrium and dynamic stability in the midst of change but change is still inevitable. Too much is not good and no change means we are out of this world. There must invariably be that dynamic balance for equilibrium and stability. Even the most stable element in the chemical periodic table is affected by change. Burning planets like the sun undergo change but yet have equilibrium and stability or constancy as they change. Without equilibrium, there is no element of stability. Without this stability, there is no semblance of entity and there will be obvious decline and disintegration. But then, change, instability and eventual down or decay are realities despite nature's attempt to have many "ups' amongst the 'downs' along the way. The physical universe as we know it will sort of decay and become energy. Energy will evolve to be matter. The two processes follow one another in tandem like the yin and yang symbols in the Chinese Taoist octagon - the 'Pakua'. This however is an over simplification for there is such entities as dark matter, anti matter and the other universes beyond our known universe. Decline in one universe means creation in another. This is again like the yin and yang symbols of the pakua. Amidst the cyclical change there is tendency to stability, constancy and underlying peace through dynamic equilibrium. There will always be cycles and changes. There is attempt to have stability and peace amidst change, amidst the ups and downs what Taoist refer to as the yin and yang. Inner truth netizen refers to this as the inner peace. This inner peace is effectvely the end of all means but inner peace is not a point but a range. The tendency to gravitate to dynamic stability and peace is true in the universes out there and the universe within our self.

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.