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!.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

We see not truth even with eyes open

No 1087 of Living Life Series 1

Know and embrace your culture and you will know God and saints better. Know and embrace God and saints and certainly you will know your culture ever the more. Culture and religion are one yet not one.

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that image of a saint is best presented by the doctrine. The image is the doctrine. The doctrine is the image though doctrine and saint are distinct but yet one and same.

Doctrine too is in culture and culture is doctrine. There is the same inner truth or doctrine in life, be it in culture, religion, saint, God or image of a saint.

Embrace one to know the other. If you know truth in life, you realize it is in everything in life. Truth is life and life is truth.

Even if one is black and another yellow, brown or white, everything else below the surface is similar and same. If you know one, you will know the rest but yet they are different and distinct.

If you know yourself, at least your true nature which is the nature of life, that is, the universe in you, you will know the essence of the universe around you and in you.

Things and people may differ but yet the same in basis. Let us remember to embrace one to know the other.

Embrace a religion, and if you truly know it, you will know all religions. You will learn more about your religion ironically through other religions.

You will know more of yourself through knowing others because the true nature of life is same in one and in all. We see the mirror of self in others as well as why others are different yet same in many ways

Only when you are starting out and immature will you think that you are not the same as others. Indeed you are different but with mindfulness and maturing in wisdom and insight, you will realize you are same as all others as far as the true nature of life is concerned.

Life is truth and truth is indeed life. Truth is there everywhere and staring us in the face or rather we stare at truth all the time, but often we do not see even with eyes open.

We are carried away by our dreams and never seem to wake up to reality and truth. Even if we do wake up from time to time, we tend to sleep away and go into our dreams till some life events jolt us up. But when life must go on, we go into the world of dreams again.

This is all because we do not go into living in truth and have the inner peace come what may. Some refer to this as enlightenment and some as holy spirit.

Life is about pairs and polarities, about flux and change. We are sucked into this vortex and the only way is not to perpetuate and add to this yin and yang by having the peace come what may.

In the process, we need others help. We need God and saints but in the long run, we must walk and live life and not let others live life for us. This will never be sustainable.

Do not say that you believe in a saint and all will be taken care off. You think you do not need to do anything else. That is daydreaming.

But we want that to happen, don't we? We want everything if possible for nothing. We do not want to lift a finger, save to believe in God and saint. Faith is all we need and nothing else.

Then we are in perpetual dreams and never wake up. We will never have true peace - inner peace of God and saints which even they the divine often need to constantly perfect on.

Disasters and life events are wake-up calls. But to many, they just cling on to their dreams even in disasters and life events. Isn't this pathetic? But this is what they could do.

God and saints help them for they know not what they do. But at least they have faith and faith however blind will go the mile in the end. But why waste time and go round in circles and be lost in dreams?

Well, there is the flip side. Isn't celebrations of Chinese New Year and Christmas about dreams? People do celebrate dreams. In daily life, we do dream at night during sleep but is there the need to dream on during the day when not sleeping?

Perhaps, we want to be awake with eyes shut though open. We do, don't we? Well, if so, we have to face the music. It is our choice but some would have second thoughts...

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.