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!.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Your choice of God or Man

No 326 of Living Life Series 1

Go by the way of God and saints, and we will have to cater to the interests of all men even those who see not eye to eye with us. God is benevolent and so must we be likewise if we want to have God and saints in us and we in God and saints.

Go by the way of men, and we will end up attending to our own sectoral interests and alienating others who see not eye to eye with us. Men is not like God and saints and the devil in men will rear its ugly head. Men then will go an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Go for God's mission and all will have place in the sun of God and saints. Even the far will be near for easy is it please God and saints for there is no bargain with God and saints

Go for Man's mission and only a handful have that chance to be in the sun of not God but of man. Even the near to Man will be far for sure for it is not easy to please man for Man will bargain and exact a pound of flesh for every pound plundered

Go by the way of God and saints and even those in Hell will not be damned for they too can mend and be whole as well.

Go by the way of men and even those who could be in Heaven may be damned for the shortcomings and be in Hell even on earth and ever so unwholesome, ever so fettered and in chains.

Go for God today and you will lap in God's benevolence even if you wrong God ever so often. God is ever forgiving and ever giving.

Go for mens' whims and fancies and you may be at their mercy if you do them the slightest wrong or merely because you do not see eye to eye with them and have really done no wrong other than not pleasing them

Who would you choose? Who is easier to please? Go for God and saints but not for men if you can and if you are wise my dear friends.

As for men there are the better ones though not perfect. Associate with the wise in men. This the Lord Gautama said in the Blessing Sutra (Mangala Sutra)

Let not men sit in judgment of men if you have the way but let God judge men. If God be the judge, more peace and leeway you can have.

In an assembly of men for God and saints, let the leaders be servants to all men and not the men be servants to the leaders. Lord Jesus be praised for His call for servant leaders in a spiritual assembly of men. This is why the second of seven precepts of God introduced by Lord Bo Tien for his followers is to believe in what saints preaches. (Refer to The Precepts and Revisit of Messages by lord saint before 1974)

What is your choice? God or Man. If you choose God, you have all of these three - free will, God's love even when you do wrong and you still have men. But if you choose Man, God is still there waiting for you the poor souls of a man enslaved by fellow men

Take refuge in God and saints. Be a free spirit and soar in life. Choose the leadership of God and saints and be like the dove to fly free.

Take refuge in Man and you will often be in the clutches and chains of Man.

Why? Dear friends, there is the yin and yang in men. Be with GOD and learn to be atop and to balance the whims and fancies of Man and be at peace as you are with God and saints even amongst men.

Let the image of Lord Bo Tien show you how with his feet atop the elements of yin and yang of men.

Or be like the divine pearl of the pakua encompassing the fish-like symbols of yin and yang to make life wholesome, round and complete, perhaps not only for the individual but for catering to the diverse needs of society in a temple or church.

A temple or church must cater to the needs of all sectors and its management committee must be representative of the yin and the yang as well. They must serve the congregation and welcome all not only those who see eye to eye with them but also those who somehow do not. (Refer to Revisit of 1984 message of Lord Bo Tien)

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.