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, March 10, 2014

The right way to be rich

No 514 of Living Life Series 1

Pity be to men who are rich and yet poor in spirit for they will be the bane of society. Rejoice in men who are poor but rich in spirit for they are the living torches to lead others out of gloom and doom. They are the saints of men. Are you one of them?

Many temples big (mega temples) and in the limelight attract men who are rich or want to be rich but alas they are rich but poor in spirit. They bring woe to those they lead.

They sell the end that money can buy men places in heaven. Money end up buying the leaders of the temple places on Earth even if not in Heaven.

This is the wrong way for a temple and its men at its helm to be rich. What then is the right way?

Be richer in spirit than in flesh. What matters is what is in the heart or spirit and not what one does in flesh or what goes through the gut. This is the guiding principle of saints like Ji Gong.

Ji Gong

Even Lord Bo Tien in 1975 said that he came down not to display his heavenly or divine majesty but to save souls through Tao - the cultivation of love - love is the only way for men and a temple to be rich. But richness must be more in spirit than in flesh. This is the only way for a man or a temple to save souls and be rich.

Lord Bo Tien

If we find men saying that God loves the rich and powerful who give in abundance to the temple or church, then have some thought on their way of promoting religion. This is not in keeping with the norms,

God and saints love all even those who promote the prosperity gospel. This includes those who are wayward and promoting places beside God if they enrich God. The more one enriches God, the richer will one be.

There is always the right way to be spiritually right and rich and it may or may not have anything to do with being rich in the flesh. But things are no longer as they are.

People want to be even that more richer in flesh even if they are already rich. They think God and his temple can make this happen. Indeed, this may be so or is it not so? God knows.

Well, the world has changed allot. What was wrong ages ago may be right today and what was right in the past may be wrong and frowned at today. Is this the sign of the times? Is this improvement or sheer decadence?

A temple where there is surely more
richness in spirit than in the flesh.
Namo Bo Tien Posat

The sages of old will no longer be sages if they are here today in the flesh. The next human saint, guru, buddha or messiah may well have to be that much a multimillionaire and be even more as he gained his following. How ironical can this be?

Religion and men need money but God don't. No one will deny this reality but yet prosperity gospel is the in-thing and is catching on. God has no objection to that. How is that going to affect us in the long term? God knows.

Men are still groping and getting to know more of God like the blind men trying to know the elephant. This is despite the sober reality that religions and saints have been around to guide men for a very long time.

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.