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!.

Friday, June 17, 2016

The three step approach to be ready for God

No 1231 of Living Life Series 1

Man wants to be spiritual and to be with God and saints. But though man may not be ready, God and saints will accept them. They will reap love and blessings but this would have been more ideal if they are better poised.

How can man be primed to be closer to God and saints? How to be ideally primed?

First, they must learn to be happy with whatever happiness they can see and have in life. Count their blessings and be cheered.

They must not wallow in their miseries and not envy endlessly for what their neighbors have which they do not have. They must know how to be happy with what they have.

It is already a blessing to be man - a higher birth than birth in lower realms. Those in hell and in animal world will find it heavenly to be man. Treasure therefore life as man.

Secondly they must learn how to be man and not behave like they are no man. Man must be humane and be like man - not animals.

Even some animals can be better than man in virtues. Man being endowed must be able to rise to be what man is meant to be. Man must have moral conduct. Precepts of religions set the out of boundary markers. Men must know the basis of the precepts. Precepts make them more man.

Thirdly man must learn and cultivate virtues and goodness that make them more than man. Man must be pure and divine. Man can create heaven on Earth.

To do so, man must radiate love and good vibrations that make others feel there is the God and saints in them and through them.

As this takes time and man may backslide, more elaborate precepts will steer men on the path.

But where possible, man must cultivate moment to moment mindfulness of what arises in his mind and what subsides in his mind.

Awareness of the moment must be harnessed to still and rid the mind of impure thoughts of wants, false views , greed and ill-will.

To give up on life is a false view. To indulge and have more and more as though the end is to have more and more is the other extreme we should not have. Have the balance and still the mind.

The above three step approach the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says is behind the teachings of all religions. Then we are more of God and saints than most men.

Every man must be happy, be man and ultimately be more than man. If we are not happy even as man, then how can we be man enough? If we are not man enough, how can we be more than man? How can we be ready for God and saints and the teachings of God and saints?

We must go beyond the "ask and be given" and go to the level of "cultivate and do" to have more of the inner peace of God and saints in us and through us - for the good of not only ourselves but for all.

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.