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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, September 29, 2015

The easy and difficult parts of spirituality

No 1041 of Living Life Series 1




What has become of men who want the easy way out. They want to get rewarded without effort and if at all, the only effort is to believe or to pay for it. 

This too has crept into the realm of religion. Just believe and pay for it and God will be with them. This has become sort of the sales gimmick more to prosper the sales agents than the recipients. 

But there will be many who go for that. Anyone will go for that. God says that we ask and it shall be given. On top of that he offers us not one religion or sect for us to have the choice to do so. 
What God offers through his saints in religion is the easy part. We can go to heaven and can even be in heavenly bliss here and now. 

But the difficult part is to work to improve our lot in spirit and to be more like God and saints. For this belief will not do. Money too cannot help at all. This is the aspect of the God knowledge the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩 wants us to realize.

The same principle applies to the secular world. The easy part is to believe in a political party and vote them in, more so in a party with track records. But the difficult part is for the people to improve themselves and work hard with the government. The good lord reminds that what works in spiritual works for the secular world as well. 

Men go for the easy part and the difficult part can often wait. That is often the problem. Who don't want to have free lunch? But is there really the free lunch?