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 5, 2017

Be in the world and not out of this world

No 1442 of Living Life Series 1

Many just cannot accept the real world. They go to where they can live in the world they prefer and where they are the very ones who matter. They are not the ones who matter in the real world but can be the focus of the world they create.

They cannot fit into the world and they expect the world to fit to them.

Religion is where they can create the artificial world to fit to them.

Another group finds their job world is better able to fit to them and meet their need for recognition. They have no place or world beside their job world.

Their life orbits in this world. There is no day or night for them, no sunset and sunrise as whether sunset or sunrise they are in the job world and just want to stay in the job world.

They have no time for the world at large. There is no difference between sunrise and sunset, weekend or weekdays.

We must be in the world at large and not just limit our world to just religion or work.

We serve the land. We serve God. We cannot have God without the land. We cannot serve the land and be oblivious to God and the higher calling.

We must be wholesome and not partial or lopsided. We give to the land what is due to the land and to God what is due to God.

We cannot just live as though we are already in the afterlife when we are still in this life.

We cannot live life as though there is no afterlife and no God. Then we have no reason to be good and life is cheap and like animals, kill or be killed, harm or be harmed.

But the correct approach is to be in this world and to have God with us in this world. We wait not for afterlife for Shangrila. We can have bliss even while in flesh. We can have the best of both worlds.

What give us spiritual happiness too if applied to worldly life give us worldly happiness.

Inner peace makes us succeed in spiritual oneness with God and makes us ride the ups and downs in life.

We do not want everything. We are not given to greed as this gives us no peace.

We do not give up everything and run away from the world as wherever we go, it is still the world and we still have needs. This troubles us and there is no peace.

We just have inner peace and reap more inner peace come rain or shine in life.

In religion, we go for God and the peace that is of God. We go for God and not men in religion. We do not go for men in religion for then we will be sickened by the games men play in the name of God and we will be far from peace and God.

The above sums up what is told to us by all religions. This Bo Tien 武天 wants us to know so that we will be better in our religion and in life. Be in the world and not out of this world.

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.