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!.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

May all be well and happy

No 1341 of Living Life Series 1

Let blessings come exploding

and roaring into life

May all progress with every step forward in life

Let all keep this in mind not just for new year but in every day of life.

Life must fly with many colors like the Buddhist Flag.

May all be well and happy

in whatever life and religion they may be - be better in whatever religion they may be in. Better to apply what you learn from the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 to be better in the religion you are in. Be not just a good Christian or Buddhist but a better one at that.

Bo Tien 武天

Do give and more you will receive. This is the way of God and saints. A red packet or two can often give the boost.

Bless others in our life. Be a blessing to others and we will be more blessed. God and saints are blessings to all even those whom many think are not deserving. Be like God. Do not curse, swear and damn, worse still in the name of God and saints. That is obviously unbecoming.

The teachings of any religion will ever be blessings to those of other religions. Religions are blessings to one another. This should be the case. This is what the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 wants to emphasize lest we forget.

This is His Mission. His Mission is not a mission of a religion or any religion but the mission of Heaven. He starts no new sect or religion, favors none but shows that even in chinese culture and outdated archaic traditions, there is truth, goodness and blessings all the same. Blessings are for all and not for chosen few and this includes even those in hell on earth or hell down there or above.

May all be blessed and prosper. Isn't this what some refer to as the prosperity gospel but presented in the more noble, worthy and wholesome perspective.

Be happy and feel prosperous and well. If we can do that every day, every day is a Happy and Prosperous New Year. That is for sure. It is not what we have in the bank but what we have at heart. Be rich at heart. Then blessings will shower down on us.

We will also bring cheer to others and be blessings to others even if we have little of the world - not impressive and in rags like Ji Gong of ancient China but ever effusing with love and cheer - always of help to others.

Ji Gong

or for that matter Jesus of lowly humble birth but "is of God and is God" in his own ways. He is awesome and like God but depicted always in plain robes of commoner and belittled and mocked with crown of thorns. Jesus even had to bear the indignity of being treated like criminal when he was crucified as one.

Even Buddha was an ascetic or beggar when he became the Buddha. He too was garbed in rags or robes of beggar. He is of princely royalty at birth but at a young age chose to be a vagrant of sorts.

All are blessings to others and have rich heart though beggarly and humble in appearance. What matters is the heart and this goes without saying.

One aspect is in common. They are all excellent models of sheer humility, peace and happiness. They always want that all be well and happy. May all be well and happy.

This includes those who do not like them. You can say that they love those who consider them as foes. We tend to be selective but not them. Even Buddha welcome murderers and converted them from bad to good. One by name of Angulimala even entered monkhood and became a saint.

With such love, they will even love those in hell and help them to be in heaven someday and somehow. There is no eternal damnation nor even a temporary one. Those in hell are victims of their own doing - not the work of God and saints. They sent themselves to hell. God and saints did not. God and saints would rather they be good and not be in hell.

Without distinction or bias, may all be well and happy wherever they may be. This is the way of God and saints. This should be how we should conduct ourselves.

Avoid saying, "May we be well and happy." but always try to make it the habit and cultivate the sincerity and second nature to say, "May all be well and happy."

If religions are of God and saints, then love and goodness will be for all and not a select group. If religions are of men, then love and goodness will only be reserved for the select group and kind but not for all. You will have to join them to be included.

Man has to be more God and less man. Thank goodness, humanity tries to be like that. Yes, may all be well and happy. This is and has to be.

How on Earth or anywhere else can man say that if others don't believe or have done wrong, let them be in hell and be damned? With such hellish mind-set, poor chaps, they themselves are already near to hell.

This is a common fallacy of man regardless of religion, race or culture. We must correct and help them. But first, we must set good examples and correct ourselves if we too have erred. May all be well and happy. All must be like God and saints.

The coming together as one during Chinese New Year Reunion dinner on the eve of the new year embodies the spirit of the call - "May all be well and happy."

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.