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!.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Who to blame and why blame?

No 1167 of Living Life Series 1

Who to blame if children grow up and want to be on their own whether they get married or remain single? They leave parents lost and lonely in old age.

In the first place why do men go for less children say one or two per family. Also why do they go independent from their parents and don't go for extended family households?

Unlike monks who need to be celibate or monks who can have family but opt for less children to be more monks and more time for spiritual, the majority who are not monks want easy time to indulge in material life.

Often there is very little and perhaps nothing to do with spiritual. They are either singles or have hardly any children. They suffer less by sacrificing less and that able to indulge more by being singles or have small families for now when still young.

They do not consider marriage as a means of doing good by giving more chances for those waiting to be born as humans to be humans. Many are waiting to be born as humans.

But fate will catch up with them. When old, the one or two children they have could hardly support themselves let alone upkeep the parents. The children may be burden to the old parents if they have difficulties and cannot fend for themselves.

That is problem of having too few children. Then their woe extends beyond this life. When they passed on and cannot be in heaven, they have to compete with many to have chance to be humans once more.

Who to blame then? Do we blame the children for being unfilial? Do we blame the parents? Well, it seems that all can be blamed. Will blaming help in any way?

Perhaps the parents are to be blamed for not acceding to the ancestral culture of having more children and staying in big extended family households. Nations can go downhill because of this. Isn't this decadence of sorts?

Religion can make matters worse. Religion of men may try to convince us that as a religious community, we are all children of God. We are all family. Religion more so the evangelical ones want people to be away from culture and families to be with the house of God.

Religion even provides material indulgences in the house of God. There are cell groups and many spend most of their free time in house of God and cell groups.

What religion should stress on is the family and the spiritualization of the family so that through the family life, people can cultivate spirituality. But alas this is unlikely in people of most religions.

Why is this so? Well to be blunt, we can say this pointblank. Men run religions. Religions do not run men - the lives of men.

Thus with men running religions, do we expect men to be spiritual and less worldly? Do we expect men to be more God-worthy? Men end up more worldly instead. Who to blame? Why blame?

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that one can be spiritual and be enlightened even without being a monk or priest. We do not need to be monks or nuns to be spiritual.

We do not even need to be in religion because instead of renunciation of worldly when in religion, we end up indulging in the worldly. That is sad. Who to blame and why blame?

Renunciation is not physical or social. It is not denial of life. It is not indulgence or excesses. Both are not renunciation.

It is to embrace life correctly. It is to be with life and learn from life - neither running or indulging but moderating, avoiding extremes and being atop life.

We can be enlightened by being what we are. There is no need to give up being who we are, our family, our parents and what we are born into.

There is need to learn from life and be wiser and better from the learning. We must be better at what we are - better at being family men if we are family men. We can do so through any religion or even without one.

This is the message of Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨. No need to regret. No need to blame. Just know how to learn from life and be better at life - neither being monks or nuns nor hanker after more haves in worldly life.

Who to blame and why blame? Men even hanker for more haves in worldly life even in religion. This is simply that pathetic. Who to blame? Why blame?

The man who is in religion may be near to God but yet far from God than the man who is not in a religion. The near is far and the far near. Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants us to reflect on this - to meditate on this.

Think clearly and know the truth of life - the nature of life. This is what we need to do to be better at what we are - regardless of who we are and the religion we are in and even if none we have.

This is the logic or Tao 道 in life and is behind all religions. Then there is no issue of who to blame and why blame. There will be more peace in life come what may.

There is no need in the first place to blame anyone even ourselves. Blaming is ill-will and dislike for others or self. How to be at peace and be spiritual with blame mentality? Love life and not hate. No blame please.

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.