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, August 12, 2016

Religion should not be advertised.

No 1288 of Living Life Series 1

It has become a new trend of late in 2016 that a religious website must advertise in order that it reaches a wider audience. This from the worldly viewpoint may seem logical. But the doctrine of God and saints should have nothing to do with money. It is beyond dollars and cents.

To demand money to allow a religion to reach out to more people is to hold God and saint to ransom. To foot the bill for doctrine to reach out to more just don't sound right. It may enable Satan or the Devil to have the upper hand if money talks.

Commercialisation has intruded into the realm of religion. Is this right? Should religion advertise and pay for the advertisement to reach a wider audience? Should the mission of God or a heavenly saint be advertised?

The good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 certainly don't want and do not need men to pay to spread his Word. The Word is God and saint. To pay for the Word to reach out to more on the world wide web runs counter to what God and saints stand for.

Truth and divine peace should not orbit around money. But this is a money world. So what do we expect? Religion ends up making money and paying money to reach out to the many.

Religion sells its religious wares in the open market. Since religion does so, people will want religion to pay for its spread through advertisements.

The Devil will welcome this and make capital out of this and undermine the spread of the Word of God and saints. To relate God and saints with money is to cheapen and demean God and saints. The Devil will be grinning from ear to ear.

So will the men who want money and have no qualms at exacting money from religion. Why have some men stoop so low and even better than the Devil in making mockery of religion and God.

Men are more at this than the Devil. So who is more devil - Satan or unscrupulous men? Who is more horny with more horns - the greedy men or the Devil? Such men may end up locking horns with one another and with the Devil. They can be better than the Devil in what the Devil is best at. Who then is the real Devil?

Money will always be the issue. Money talks. Logic takes a back seat. Religion will then go into advertisement and be more adversarial. Money is used to buy and win support.

But like it or not, advertising religion is here to stay and will catch on. Anyway, religion will not stay upstream where there is clear water but will be swept down stream where the water is polluted.

The message of the need to go to the upper source and stay there for clear water is emphasised by the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 and this holds true for people of all 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.