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!.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Good life not dependent on what we have

No 1444 of Living Life Series 1

We want to have a good life. This does not depend on money alone.

If it is money, then those who earn more are all happy all the time. But they are not. They may spend more than they can earn. They even spend money they have not yet earned via credit cards.

Good life does not depend on money. It does not depend on friends.

It is good to have friends. We cannot depend on them to be happy before we can be happy and have good life. If it is so, we have to make them happy and have the good life before we can have ours.

Good life does not depend on family. When young, we do depend on family. When older, family depends on us to have good life.

But the best is that we have the good life with what we have and within what we can have and yet have more for rainy days.

We can have good life even if life is not good to us. We make life work for us by not depending on just money, friends and family.

We cannot work for life but make life work for us if we can be happy with less and yet have more. Less of money, friends and family can be more advantageous than having more of money, friends and family.

We must have more of inner peace and we will have better life than if we have no inner peace and have more of money, friends and family however supportive these may be.

Nothing is enough. Nothing can help us if we are not rich in inner peace. How rich we are, be it money, friends and family will not be good enough to give us the good life if we are poor in inner peace.

The humble but rich in spirit will be exalted and the exalted but poor in spirit will be humbled. This is not by God or the ruler of the land but by none other than ourselves.

The determinant is having or not having enough of the spirit of inner peace. This inner peace enriches the the spirit and if we are rich in spirit, life will always work for us even if we have less of money, friends and family.

Many go for spiritual retreats away from money, friends and family to cultivate the more of the spirit which money, friends and kin cannot give them. There is no need to do that - to go for retreats.

If we are with the world of money, people and kin, and if we are strong enough to depend on our own through richness of the spirit, this will be better than running away from money, people and family.

The real world we are in is fertile ground to test our ability to cultivate a rich spirit of inner peace. No need to run away for retreats, only to come back to the world and face the world and find it is still difficult to have inner peace. Why waste time and the fertile ground for us to grow the inner peace?

Good in a way if we are not born with silver spoons. If born with silver spoons, we will not be in a fertile ground to grow the inner peace. But we will wonder, why we are restless and not at peace though we have plenty and we should be happy.

We seem to want more and more and life becomes depressing. Enough then is never enough. That is why. What is missing is the spirit of inner peace.

Bo Tien 武天 says that inner peace is important in whatever we do. Inner peace is taught in all religions and is in life - any religion and life will do. This is the truth - the common inner truth behind life and religions.

Inner peace is for this life and for the afterlife. Wait not for the afterlife. We will be dead to life even before we can have the afterlife. If we are dead to inner peace in this life, we will not have inner peace in afterlife.

Then where do we stand and what life we will have in afterlife? How are we to have the good life in the afterlife when we not have inner peace in this life of the here and now?

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.