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 22, 2016

God sanctions the worldly appeal of religion

No 1237 of Living Life Series 1

Are we ready for religion? Is religion ready for us?

We may be born into religion but we may not be ready for religion when we are not even ready for life. We have not learnt to be happy. We need to take notice of worldly blessings and cultivate more to sustain us for life in this world.

To do so, we need to be happy and motivated to be man enough for life. Otherwise, religion we go for may not be the religion that should be.

But religion is ever ready for us even if we are not ready or go to religion for exactly what religion is not meant to be. If we are not happy and not even be human enough as a man or woman, we bring our hang-ups of life into religion.

Religion becomes the battle field for us to play out the woeful issues we have as man. But religion is prepared to go along. God is prepared to go along and even gives his nod for us to be more worldly orientated and less God orientated.

He provides what we want out of worldly life. He wants us to be ready and comfortable with the world and with life as man even before we be can be God ready.

Be happy and be world ready before God ready. Be happy come what may. Then learn to be more complete as a man and woman. Be whole and then are we ideally God ready.

But God and most religions cannot wait for that. They welcome men who are not able to be happy come what may, let alone be complete as man.

So God offers dreams and dreams may not be real but they make men happy not strictly for spiritual life but definitely more for worldly life. The types of dreams differ from religion to religion so as to appeal to more people and their different cultures and society.

That is why there is diversity and variety. There appears to be contradictions but there is the oneness of God behind all religions. Religions want men to be happy, then be more complete as man and finally be more complete in God and saints.

This is the message of the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨. There is oneness in diversity. Diversity has its purpose. Diversity leads to oneness with and in God and saints.

God sanctions the worldly appeal of religion. God goes along with the dreams of men. For religion to be popular, religion has to centre on the dreams of men.

For many, life as man is a dream from birth to death. For many they wake up from the dream of man only when they are no longer man. For some, they wake up from the dream even while still man. Many would rather continue the dream here and in the hereafter in the never never land. Surely this is good they say. Yes it is.

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.