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, April 14, 2017

Do not end up far though near to God

No 1386 of Living Life Series 1

We don't wait for the afterlife? The end-all can be here and now. Why wait for afterlife. Religion is just the means to the end and not the end in itself. The end is still life. Life is here and now. Don't die to life and wait for afterlife to have life.

Bliss is within our reach here and now and in this moment and life. Why wait to tug on the coattails of someone when we can have coats of our own? Why be so helpless and need to depend totally on someone else?

That is not what God, saints or prophets want us to be? They have nothing to gain and more troubles in their hands. They will be upset and will try to change us if they can. But can they do so when many men are like that?

What they want is for us to grow up and be as self-reliant as we can. That would add to their bliss. They will be pleased if they see us doing well. They want to see us to be like them, if not totally but at least a little. To do so, we have to do so now and not wait and wait - till when?

Only demons enjoy and want us to be reliant totally on them and to surrender our souls. Surely God, saints and prophets are no demons.

But some men just enjoy and relish to see other men be at the feet of God, saints and prophets. They even spread terror in minds and inflict bodily harm to those who do not surrender their bodies and souls to what they believe. They act as though others beliefs and ways (even in the same one religion) don't matter. They want to monopolise. They do not believe in plurality and diversity.

These men are pitiful. They act as though they stand in for God and saints when they are far from right. They know not what they do, and even if they do, they choose to be demons to other men and make God, saints and prophets appear so unkind to those not of their kin and kind. Fortunately, such men are finite and relatively few but they are the vocal ones and can be loud.

We have to learn from the folly of such weakness in such men - more so those who even insist they are of God and for God and saints. They are so near and yet so far from divine. They are in the minority and we have to be thankful for that.

No wonder Bo Tien 武天 says we can learn from the strengths and weakness of other men. We can learn from their mistakes and even from such men as they do have the good in them.

No man is all bad. There is still the good in them. Do not regard them as all bad. If we do so, then we are no better. We are then demonic in our own way and will be far though near to God and saints.

They have good intention but they are short in being right. Perhaps, they think a world of themselves. Their self-righteousness have got into their heads. Feel sorry for them and pray for them.

Both the wrong and those who judge them to be wrong can end up demonic - can end up far though wanting to be near to divinity. Do not end up far though near to God.

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.