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!.

Monday, June 6, 2016

The bewilderment of life - go along with it or wake up to it and do something about it

No 1217 of Living Life Series 1

Will the cock crow if there is no sunrise? Will man die if he lives? Will man live if he does not die? Will there be sunset if there is sunrise? Will there be sunrise if there is no sunset? Will there be gain if there is no loss? Will we ever know what is gain or loss, if there is neither?

This is not the only bewilderment. There are others. Will there be good if there is no bad? Isn't bad good so that we can have good? Life is bewildering isn't it?

While polarities exist, we may find such questions queer and even silly. Do we need to ask such questions? Do we stay oblivious?

More obvious examples are as follows. If there is no parents, how can there be children? If there are no children, how can there be parents? Always the case of egg and chicken.

Do we live for such opposites. Why must the world be full of such opposites? If there is storm, there must be calm seas. if there are calms seas, then we must expect storms.

If there is no pain, how can there be freedom from pain. If there is freedom from pain surely there will be pain to come. Who and how then to be with life without such polarities, such ups and downs and what have you? Well, well life is bewildering isn't it?

Wouldn't we cease to exist if there are no twinning of opposites? Isn't this why some sages in old China say everything is nothing and nothing is everything? But isn't this bewildering?

Let us say that an example of such bewilderment is this oddity that we need to once again opine about. If there is no good, then there is no bad? What is good is relative to presence of bad? If there is no male, there is no female. The list goes on.

What about even this absurdity? Can we have God without Satan? Shouldn't we thank Satan otherwise without him we will not know God and the goodness of God. Who then is the real God?

Men tend to be caught in a fix in every aspect of life. But men are supposed to have brains, to have wisdom and to be master of his own life - at least blessed to be able to master life. How to do so? Is this far fetched?

Man can only do so if he is atop life and not life be on top of him. Man must be like God and stay atop life under heaven just like God. Man must have peace by being atop life and its twin bewilderments.

Man must be in control and the only control is to be on top and above the bewilderments. Have the peace come what may - the ebbs and flows.

Religions to be popular and attract the masses have to embrace the bewilderments of life for the masses seem to flow along life in its bewildering form. Men see life that way. Men want religion to provide the ups never mind if the ups give way to downs. Then they expect popular religions to give them the ups again - only to have downs and the cycle goes on

But true religiosity has to do with recognising these bewilderments and have the peace not affected by the bewildering cycles of ups and downs - the to's and fro's. The way to do so is to stay on top of life come rain or shine - come what may.

This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 reminds us is the inner peace that all religions refer to. Only a few can be on the path to inner peace. But these few is worth the effort of religions never mind if many in religions are in religions but far presently from inner peace.

The day will come when they wake up and make it to at least some inner peace. That will be the day. This is what the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants us to know with regards to religions.

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.