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!.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

In pursuit of immortal inner peace

No 759 of Living Life Series 1

Time catches up with men but yet men take life lightly. They prefer to chase after the delights of the mortal world but such delights are pain in the neck for they do not last and serve only to ignite men's wants rather than satiate. That is the problem. Yet, men go for more of the same to fill the vacuum even when they age and have not much time left of life.

Life is only a means to the end. The end is not mortality but it is immortality even if not stated upfront. Nothing in this world is immortal, safe for the inner peace if we can have it. But even whatever precious peace men can lay hands on often don't last and is mortal as well.

Hopefully this mortal peace is the harbinger of the immortal inner peace of the heavenly saints. While men want this, they must be well aware they are every inch mortal and must live as mortals to survive as mortals, so as to have adequate comforts and trappings of mortals to enable them to cultivate immortal inner peace.

Adequate means they have some but not too much, otherwise they have no time and resources to devote to cultivate Tao for immortal inner peace.

At the other extreme, there must be no running from life for doing so, mortality will quickly take its toll and they will suffer mortally. This will leave little or no life left for cultivating inner peace of the immortals.

To be able to go for immortal inner peace, men must not make the two mortal mistakes.

One is to deny life and ignore that we are still every inch mortal. That will snuff out more of life and how then can there be room for immortality. Surely, there will be no peace, not even mortal peace, let alone immortal peace.

The other mortal mistake is to go for more of the mortal joys for the horizon recedes away as we go for it.

These are the two mortal mistakes mortal men must avoid if they seek peace of the immortals while every inch still mortal.

There must be that dynamic balance of mortal and immortal pursuits. Too much of one will negate the other. This balance is Tao and involves being atop and balancing yin and yang as depicted in the seated image of Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) with his feet on the elements.

Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨)

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.