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!.

Friday, July 17, 2015

Shallow if no love for all religions. Also no saint loves only his following

No 939 of Living Life Series 1

When we love someone especially a close one like our mother, do we run down others' mothers just to show she is the best mummy we have? This is a big joke as it implies we have many mothers.

Well, jokes aside and on a serious note, if we need to run down others' mothers to show the colors of our mother, it would reflect how shallow we are in valuing our mother. If our appreciation of our mother is solid, there is no need to run down the other mothers of the world. This is just basic common sense.

But in religion, some when they have pride over their religion run down the religions of others. This is as though the only way to show how good their religion can be is to run down others' religions.

The more matured way would be to share the love and beauty of their religion and at the same time point out that others' religions too are as good and to try to find out why followers of other religions are so passionate over their religions. This would make us value our own religions as well as be appreciative of the roles of other religions.

When we love our mother, we not only do not run down the mothers of others but we also want to believe that the mothers of others too are good. This shows maturity and most importantly, this shows our love for our own mother such that we want to believe that the mothers of others too must be as good at least in their respective ways.

Thus when we love our religion, we not only do not run down other religions but we also want to believe that the religions of others must be good and splendid. We will want to find out why. This is the mature way.

If you love your own, you must love those of others too, be it for religion, mother or what have you. Unless your love for yours is so shallow, then you may need to run down those of others. True love means you do not run down those of others. This is maturity and wisdom. True love for one's religion must entail love for all religions.

If only all in religions can follow the many who are wise and matured, this world will be one in religions. The oneness of religions is what the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants all to be mindful of and to value.

Love for one's religion is shallow and risky if no love for all religions. Likewise if men think that a sage loves and bless only those who worship and idolize him, then something somewhere is just not right.

The problem lies with men. Men have maligned the sage and belittle the sage. Men must not end up doing disservice to God and saints (sages). Any sage or saint goes all the way to love and bless men unconditionally regardless if they are followers or not.

Shallow is love for one's religion if no love for all religions. There is also no saint who loves only his followers. In fact the far may be near and the near far. Those in other religions and those not in the following of the saint may well do what is right and be nearer to the saint than those in the following and religion who are far from doing what is expected by the saint.

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 did say for good reason that the far may be near and the near far. He is the messenger of the oneness of men and the oneness of religions and saints.

How can one admire one branch

and not other branches?

How can one believe in one branch

and not the other branches?

Shallow if love only one branch

Any man will go for all branches.

Shallow is he who loves only one

be it a branch of a tree

or only one religion

but many are shallow

and led by the nose

but is this the case?

Surely not as many are not spiritual

though they may seem religious

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.