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!.

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Mortal obsession with immortality

No 837 of Living life Series 1

Everyone who is a mortal has to die but yet all live as though others can die and they won't. If only all are mindful that they will die and are not in denial, they will treasure life more and not ask for more. They will not be fussy with life, waste time and and create more problems for themselves and for others. They will be more peaceful and try to be at peace with life and with death.

Surely, those in the mission of the good lord Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨) know that. If they realize that it is too trifle to disagree and to squabble, no reason enough to do so but more reason to agree to disagree, there would be more of "live and let live".

There certainly will be more than ample space and capacity to accommodate people of differing stands. All have their way to fulfill the need to do some good though goodness for others is not their only intention.

Ironically, there is the need to renounce the subconscious denial of mortality in their equally subconscious dream to be immortals and to embrace immortality even when they are still very much mortal.

Let us be mindful of mortality if we want to be immortals one day. Well, even Gautama Buddha says that immortals up there are not immortals though they do have long life.

Let us thus not be so obsessed with immortality but just be at peace with life and its mortal nature. This is the way saints handle life up there and down here.

Mortal preoccupation with immortality is sure way to exacerbate the problems of mortality. People hold on to ideal of eternal life. This obsession merely promotes and exacerbates mortal woes. To approach even an inch closer to immortality, there must be the peace for the here and now with no strive or clinging to anything - immortality included.

Then and only then will there be heaven here and now but of course, any heaven that we have (even the heaven up there) is far from eternity as life span in heaven though long is still finite. Eternity cannot be there when there is the caused, created and conditioned. It has to be Nirvana 涅槃 - enlightenment.

Nirvana 涅槃is beyond time, space and the senses. It is even beyond the mind sense which is the sixth sense beyond the five senses. It is beyond the caused, conditioned and created. It is that which is not caused, conditioned and created. It is beyond jhanas 禅 or mental ecstasies of the mind sense door that gurus experience and talk about.

Mind you, Nirvana涅槃is beyond the heavens up there or down here. Heavens are created, caused and conditioned. Nirvana 涅槃 is not and is neither a place nor a state of mind. It is not a place for a place will be created caused and conditioned. It is not a state of mind as it is beyond the mind sense door. It is not nothingness. It is substantial beyond the five senses and the mind sense organ.

Mortal obsession with immortality merely leads to more mortality issues. We must not chase after immortality through the five senses and through the mind sense. We must know there is Nirvana and cultivate the peace of the moment by eliminating hindrances or Nirvarana.

The five hindrances are:

Sensory desire

Ill-will

Sloth-torpor

Restlessness-worry : the inability to calm the mind.

Doubt : lack of conviction.

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.