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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, July 15, 2014

Religions like fire and water must work as one

No 596 of Living Life Series 1






Fire and Water are necessary for life but yet one or the other or both can be harmful to life. They are quoted as examples of yin and yang by sages of old in China and reiterated by Lord Bo Tien.


Men must be able to balance the two, the yin and yang to have optimal life that is uneventful and peaceful. The point for this balance is no fixed point but a shifting and dynamic one. In Winter, we need more of fire and warmth but in Summer, we need less.

Looks like men need to have opposites to live life and that must be present in all aspects of society. This is a reality.

We even need religions and sects that are different in presentation and stress with some more simple and others more complex. They may be different like fire and water or if we like sunlight and rain. But without all and depending on only one, life cannot go on. 

We need religions that differ in presentation and focus so as to meet the needs of the diversity of people in society. But if one religion is overzealous and want to sell and dominate, there will be conflicts. This is refereed to as imbalance of yin and yang. 

This is not good at all and is never the wish or desire of the founder. The founders of religions are humble, meek and with the people and they never lord or bear down on people. Every founder had no wish even for a religion in his name but he only wanted men to be more close to goodness of God or Divinity. 

But society which propels and give life to religions have culture that dominates and takes over religion. Religion becomes dominating and over pushy if the society that promotes it is like that. Religion then can be the reason for wars and terrorism. 

If the society is lax and tends to be inclusive, a new religion introduced to it will in no time lose its distinctiveness and would become integrated with other religions as part of popular religion. This is seen in Asian societies with ethnic Chinese as good example. 

Let not religions divide men but let men see the richness in diversity and realise that they meet different needs, can be complementary even synergistic and together that more wholesome. Religions like fire and water must work as one - like the yin yang sphere below.