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, June 29, 2016

Do not hurt or be hurt. Peace there must be.

No 1244 of Living Life Series 1

Why do we feel hurt when someone says something we don't fancy? He makes us feel bad and we feel the need not to do what he says or the need not to agree. In a way, we end up doing what he expect or want out of us. That is why there is hurt and the way we handle the situation hurt him as well

Yes, we cannot stop him from doing what he did. But this does not mean we cannot disagree with him. First we must will not to be hurt. Then there is the issue of how to react without hurting him back? How to let him know we hold to what we believe and he can hold to his?

How to live and let live so that all parties are not hurt but yet ready to speak their mind and opinion. One way is to be what we are and he be what he is. Is there the need to hurt one another?

Even if his intention is to hurt us and is centered on upmanship, let us not play into his game and not to play the same game - to be hurt by him and to hurt him back.

Let there be peace in us. Surely this peace cannot be so fragile as to be affected by what he says or do. Worse still is to retaliate.

Do not retaliate. Do not succumb and agree due to fear. We get more hurt that way. Do not feel the need to hurt him back either.

Do not be hurt. Do not hurt back. Show that you do not agree but be nice about this. Smile and let him know you are not offended and you do not go along. He must know this. Show him there are alternatives that don't hurt all parties. Be nice about this.

If this do not pacify him, just be friendly and show this by talking on other issues like how good he was in other areas and how you appreciate him in these areas.

In short, we have the peace in us even if he is hurtful. If we have the peace in us, we want to pacify the ill-will or hurtful nature or ego in him by bringing out the good will in him.

Showing how you appreciate his good side is a sure winner. Of course before we can do this, we must be mindful of what he do and we do.

Learn from the good and the bad in him and turn this to advantage. The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says we can learn from others. Life is the living gospel and can tell us how to be better in life - not to be upset and not to be carried away.

We can do so if we know the nature of life. The ails of life have to do with the ego. Let us not be hurt by other's ego and let not our ego hurt other's.

Be aware if ego is at work. Know the ego - our own and that of others. Subdue the ego and the noises it make in our mind.

Replace them with silence which to the wise is inner peace but to the ego-driven is hell. They rather go from ego to bigger ego. They create the super-ego in God and in the name of ego upset others who do not go along with them or to submit to them. They gain courage through misusing God.

God is not noisy and he is silent. But in silence there is pervasive peace - unconfined, omnipresent and ever effective to the extent of omnipresence.

We too must be silent and at peace. Then we can absorb the noises of the ego made by others. Our silence with inner peace do make the noises of non consequence and do not add more noises that jar and mar our peace.

If ever, the peace lessens the noise by not adding to the noise. We do not irritate the other party to make more noise. God is silent and peaceful amid the noises of the world. So can we.

Then we will not be hurt and do not find need to hurt. More peace there will be. Peace there must be. We start off by silencing the noises in us for more peace in us. We contribute less noises to the world and do not add to the noises that abound.

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.