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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 21, 2015

Fear factor in life and religion both good and bad

No 942 of Living Life Series 1



There is the fear factor in life and this is a reality. Fear drives people on to overcome the odds but too much fear can paralyze. Fear that life is incomplete and that problems will come our way drives superstition and taboos. 

This form the basis for religion. Religion alleviates fear but somehow as religion is man-made, religion creates fear of its own - the fear of being excluded from Heaven and damned to Hell. 

Religion in popular form is so simple. It is either Heaven or Hell and no shades in between. This seems more effective and able to send the message across that we must be good, avoid evil and purify the mind. 

Having created fear, some are at a lost how to be good enough. They never seem to be good enough and will always be wrong somewhat. They feel dead lost. 

Then men of religion comes in to reassure that that they don't need to be saint and only need be man. They must love God and saint. But alas, love is so awesome that there comes alongside fear of not making good. 

Man of religion comes in to mitigate this. Men proclaim that faith must be there and saint will ensure that the wrong will not weigh men down. God and saints will shoulder the wrong of men and that way men will be good and at least feel good. This seems too good to be true. But it is both true and not so. 
It is true in the sense that followers need only try their best. Whatever wrong they still have may not make them saints but will be offset by the merits of saints so that they will have the promised paradise in Heaven. This is the common basic teaching of religions that the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants us to know. 
But thereon, the story goes further. They need to learn and improve. Some saints are even more direct to tell that the paradise is a resting place and men must return and be resurrected as men to cultivate more of the way they learnt at paradise. 

But let's not be too long winded. Let us go the way step by step. For most, paradise is good enough. Why worry about subsequent stages when we have yet to navigate the first stage? 

But for some, there is no substance and meaning if they stay put, as for all intents and purposes, they might have been sent down to practice and cultivate what they learnt in paradise and to go on to the subsequent stages - again one step at a time. 

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