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!.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Why go for sainthood and not just heaven?

No 1200 of Living Life Series 1

To be in heaven is to be reborn there but as long as there is no enlightenment or sainthood, it is no big deal. It is but a transit just like any rebirth.

Only when one is enlightened will there be no rebirth as transit. The enlightened one has no more rebirth or at least is having his last rebirth. If no more rebirth, he ends up everywhere and some would even say nowhere specifically.

That is why we must strive for sainthood. Those who cultivate purity of spirit ends up with sainthood. They may even be in heaven but many cannot see them.

The ultimate of sainthood results in individual being nowhere and yet everywhere. The saints are near to all and yet far if they are everywhere and yet nowhere.

This is one elaboration of the near and far sermon by the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨.

That is exactly why God is pure energy or vibration. As saints cultivate purity and there are various sages of purity or enlightenment, those who can still manifest as form or formless example as light are like manifestations of ultimate divine purity.

It is thus easy for many to equate this as God. Saints like Jesus then are like sons of God. If we cultivate even a bit of the purity, we are a bit like God and saints. We too are like sons of God

Many in religion forget that the ultimate salvation is to be pure in spirit like God and saints and the final purity is to be not anywhere but everywhere.

To go to a heaven is easy. Just believe and have good thoughts. Just do good and have merits. Just get merit top-up by others, God and saints.

But to be saints, we need to be pure and not even be attached to even doing good and the good like God and saints. If we can grasp this simple logic or reality, we would work for sainthood though along the way life as man or as a being in a heaven is a welcome respite or springboard for sainthood.

In the life of man lies the best opportunities for sainthood cultivation. Many in the heavens may need to recycle themselves to be man over and over again. The best combination of the ups and downs, the yin and the yang is in the human realm. By balancing and being stop the two, we achieve inner peace progressively to be ultimately be saints.

Why go for sainthood and not just heaven? What is right is one thing? What is popular is another? For many heaven will do? For some, well it is more than that. Well, this is to be expected, perhaps even a bone of contention.

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.