What is meditation is not but what is not is...

No 1463 of Living Life Series 1

Meditation is about having inner peace. There are two types. 

One is to relax and free the mind from thoughts. But if thoughts and bodily sensations intrude, do not wish the thoughts or bodily sensations to to go away but focus on them and they will go off. Recognise that they are just thoughts or sensations and that they are not pleasant and give no peace. then they will go away and easier for us to return to no thought and more inner peace. Some focus on awareness of breathing in and out slowly and effortlessly. 

The other type of meditation is on love. We must love ourselves before we can love others and reflect on the peace we have if there is love. If fear and hatred cross our mind, we will be restless and have no love and definitely no peace. This is insight meditation. 

Jesus teaches love and not illwill which gives no peace. Love promotes peace and if we cultivate the habit of both concentration and insight during meditation, this becomes our way of life throughout the day.

We don't just meditate during prayers or quiet times but we try to do so in every moment of life. Be focussed and loving not just for others but also for self throughout the day. 

We must have inner peace not just during prayers or meditation sessions but throughout the day. That is why they say we must have God in us not just at prayer times or at church but throughout the day and week after week.

Basically, it is the same between meditation of different religions. There is always the wait and still the mind. Think of the important thoughts such as love or the holy teachings that come calmly and ignore the background noises but do not push away the noises. Know what is important and what are just noises in our monkey brain.

That is why Bo Tien 武 天 wants us to see. He let us see the same common basic teachings in all religions even in meditation

It is men who make religions different and seem to be in conflict. Even within one religion, people have different views and approaches. This is the making of men and not of God or saints. 

Meditation is in all religions. What is meditation is not but what is not is meditation. This is seen in all religions and cultures.

No two think alike but can still have fellowship

No 1462 of Living Life Series 1

Long is the day when we are unhappy and not at peace. Short is the day when we are happy and at peace. 

But when we rush through the day as though there is no time and turn night into day with no time to sleep and rest, we are not at peace and will be unhappy. We end up stuck with thoughts and bodily discomfort and we live as though we have no blessings and good things in life.

We ask God why he has forsaken us when we are the ones who have forsaken ourselves. We are the cause of our own sorry state. 

But the odd part is that we do not blame ourselves but blame others and even God. 

If we blame Satan, we live in fear of being possessed by Satan. So we do not think about Satan but others in church may think we are and make us live in fear. 

Anyway, we are the cause of our own woes due to being not at peace and will obviously be unhappy. This has nothing to do with Satan and God. 

In life, we always see others having problems and we accept that this is life. But we do not think we will have problems and when problems affect us, we ask why we must have problems. We ask, 'Why me?' We never ask why others must have problems.

Problem is in life and the way is to handle problem if we can but make do and move on if we cannot. We do have more good things happening in life than the not good. 

In life, we often chose what to believe but when told what we are supposed to believe but may hold some truth, we just shut off for fear of going against the thinking of peers. We shrink into our world of belief systems. We just stay put in our narrow world of make belief. That is how we keep ourselves sane and in tune with our peers. But we are not in tune with the rest of the world.

That is convergent thinking which is useful but yet not so. We need to diverge and open up our mind. But risk is that we can get lost with open mind or what is divergent thinking. Staying put means we stop thinking. Convergent thinking is bad in that sense but may be better than being lost in divergent thinking. There must be balance.

Thus we have to accept the different opinions of people even of those who are in our own social circle and whom we think should think the same way. No two can think alike. No two can have the same mix of convergent and divergent thinking. 

A lesson to learn is for us to share the same activities with others. We do not need to have the same thinking before we can enjoy the same activities. But this is easier said than done. 

We must thank Bo Tien 武 天 for telling us this. This happens in and applies to any family, society, religion, sect, temple or culture. No two can think alike but can still have fellowship.

Wait not for no problems before we can be happy

No 1461 of Living Life Series 1

Friends, more so casual friends do not like to talk of their own individual problems. They just want to be happy and when interacting with us, they dwell on happy issues. 

They want to be away from their own problems, let alone hear or dwell on our hot button issues. Hearing our problems will only remind them of the problems bugging them. They want to get away from the problems of life, not just those of their own lives but also those in our lives.

All are like that and are often up to the neck with problems. So they delight in giggling and laughing away on casual matters and put at back burners the sore parts of life. They lack inner peace. 

Sunset brings tiredness after a whole day's life. We must rest to have the inner peace to reap more out of life with sunrise.

As is the truth in life and this was stressed by Bo Tien 武 天, the problems of man are many and plentiful, with one following closely at the heels of another. 

We cannot wait for no problems before we can be happy and at peace. We must be at peace with problems and the problems will not seem overbearing. So-called big problems will be small problems even if they cannot be no problems. 

Problems are here to stay. They come like rain pouring down at us. Problems loom large and hinder our life if we are not at peace. We must be more positive when facing problems or rain. Without rain, how can we appreciate the rainbow. Why not dance in the rain?

The beauty of life lies in being at peace with life. With inner peace come what may, we feel the presence of God. The problems become no longer roadblocks or barriers of life - no longer mountains to climb only to face droughts and searing heat of the sun of life. The problems become like pebbles for us to step on and move forward in life for better pastures.

Time is the best gift we have in life. See not and be not blinded by problems. Do not make mountains out of mole hills. Go for peace and we will be at ease with otherwise problematic friends and life.

While time is precious, we do not live as though there is no more time left. We must not rushed into overdoing and end up drained mentally and physically. This will give us no peace and without peace, we end up with problems and more problems.

Who don't have problems in life? All have. What matters is whether we accept life as it is and move on. We do what we can and continue to harness blessings and be at peace.

Health is the most important in life. But there is no perfect body and health as we move on in life. Are we to make ourselves depressed and down and out just because of this imperfect body. 

We can only do the best and go on to many other blessings in life. We often get obsessed with a problem or two and have no time for the rest of life. We end up neglecting life and worst of all with lack of peace, we create more problems and add on with the woes of life. We neglect the good things in life which can bring on the wows of life.

Be focussed on life and not get stuck to the problems at hand. Life is more than what we don't have and what we have. We can have that much more life and pep for life if only we have inner peace come what may.

If we meet or talk with friends, and both we and friends talk of own problems and nothing else everytime we talk or meet, then we and friends will no longer enjoy one another's company though initially we and friends feel good at ventilating. Who wants to see and feel the problems of others when everyone has own problems as well.

Best philosophy is to keep the mind happy. We don't know whether success in life gives happiness or not but a happy mind can always lead to success.

Wait not for no problems before we can be happy. Members of any temple of Bo Tien 武 天 should likewise wait not for no problems before they can do the mission of Bo Tien 武 天 to let all know how to be happy even if there are problems. 

There are those at a temple with his name who just wait till kingdom come before they think it is time for the doctrine mission. They take pride in helping to provide the physical needs of a finite few near them when they are supposed to not only help physically the infinite many but the souls of the many out there and everywhere. 

We are not to only help those who are with us in every belief and action, who are in our same church or temple but we are to help and save those who are not with us and who are not in the same religion, church or temple. That is the true essence of God - the ultimate and true good or mission.

Look forward to sunrise with every sunset

No 1460 of Living Life Series 1

Worry not what others say. We do not have to agree or even say we don't agree. Just thank them for their views and we can still do what we want to do. 

That way we keep the peace in family, society or at work and we will have more inner peace. 

They make noise. We do not add on to the noise. No need to bring the roof down. That is how we should handle life. 

Otherwise, we will not have own life and will end up living other's life which is impossible. We don't want to upset others or ourselves.

It is not whether we get knocked down but it is whether we get up again.

We must always be like the sun rising in the morning with every sunset. Bo Tien 武 天 dwells on sunrise and sunset as inevitables in life. If we live only in sunset mode, then life is gloomy.

Isn't this common sense? Truth is just common sense and is simple. It is in any religion. 

But when we try to explain it, it becomes no longer simple and can be confusing at times, more so when the person trying to do so is too young and tries to show he knows better.

Cell group members especially of very young people are likely to misinterpret and mislead. They call what is black as white. Experienced preachers do not do that and make sermons short and sweet and deal with everyday life. 

Idolising God or saint attract the worst to religion

No 1459 of Living Life Series 1

While we want to be with the crowd, we must not flow blindly with the crowd on what they think and do. We cannot let others do the thinking for us. 

We have to think for ourselves and do what is right without trying to right the wrong in others when they are so fixed in their own way. 

We must not upset or upstage them. We do not want them to upstage and upset us. 

We want to be right and be at peace with ourselves and learn to be at peace with others even if they are wrong and think they are right. 

If we can do so, that is good and we are like God, Saint or Prophet who is at peace with many who are wrong but still make use of his name. 

If we are not ready for this, then we can choose to be with those who are not so wrong and who can accept us to think and be different from them. Most of us are in this situation.

Do not try to be with the sharks when we are not ready. Better to be with the other fishes who allow us to be different from them and would not threaten or devour us. 

God or any saint can stand tall among the misinformed and deluded. We are not anywhere near their level of inner peace. We can however be with those who can accept us for being different and do not insist we do and think what they think and do. 

We don't need to be the richest persons and the most powerful to be of help to others. God too need not be awesome and powerful before we want him to help us. 

What would God think of us if we go to him because we think he is the greatest? He would have a poor impression of us, wouldn't he? 

We can get help from all saints and even men even if they are not the richest, greatest and the creators of all that were and will be. 

We must not turn down help from sincere sources just because the helpers are not the greatest and the richest. If we do that and go for help from the greatest or the seemingly greatest, that will reflect badly on us. 

We effectively look down on many who would otherwise be assets to us. We will end up isolated and lonely and be in a world of our own and not with the big wide world at large. 

What would God think of us? Surely he will have not good impression of us and will be disappointed with us.

Many are those who go to religion like insects to a flower for nectar. That is why we may find such people in religion and they often upset us rather than please us and we will end up with no peace. 

We are of no value to them and are liabilities instead of assets. They say we are welcome but effectively they do not welcome us if we cannot add value to their lives. There is a lot of pretension and false front.

The above again is motivated by the inner peace message of Bo Tien 武 天 that is in life and in all religions. But insects and ants do come to a flower for nectar, so said Bo Tien 武 天. 

Idolising God or saint attract the worst to religion. Many will only go to God if they think he is creator and most powerful. 

That is idolatry. Men has great fantasies of their idols be they humans or otherwise and think the world of them and think they are everything that is and they their idols can do all. They spin untruths to truth and distort the truth about God and saints. 

Tolerance is not forgiveness. Tolerance brings peace

No 1458 of Living Life Series 1

Without some semblance of peace, we cannot be with noisy others far from peace. They are everywhere. How can we handle life at work, family or society?

Well, we must cultivate peace if we want not to be as noisy and as lost as many others out there who are just sucked into the way of the devils in men and far from God and peace though they may praise God. Yes, they hail God but do the opposite of what God wants them to do. They may give no peace to others.

We must be like God to tolerate them. This has nothing to do with forgiveness. To forgive means that in the first place they must know that they are wrong. They think they are right. So what is right is for us to tolerate them and the issue of forgiveness does not arise. 

God tolerates the Devil who never admits he the Devil is wrong. God tolerates the Devil. How much more will God tolerate them who gives no peace to others in the very name of God. We too should be the same like God.

Tolerate them and be with them but do not join them to be nasty and noisy. We want to be able to learn to be at peace with those who are not at peace. We want to influence them by example. That is the wish of God. That is what God hopes we can do. 

This is the inner peace message of Bo Tien 武 天. The message is in all religions. This is common sense and simple but many cannot perceive the simplicity of this truth. 

Peace with the noise around. Add not to the noise

No 1457 of Living Life Series 1

Never hurry to speak and do allow others to speak more than we can speak. Otherwise, others will avoid us and may have misgivings of us. 

They think we are odd and seem to want to dominate and set the agenda in any social interaction. 

Worst is when we speak what we want to speak and cut off the interaction straight away when we cannot do this. We often do so when we fear that others will say what we don't want to hear. This will put others off and they end up avoiding us and then we feel upset and not at peace. Both we and the others will be upset and will drift apart, avoid interaction and end up isolated and unhappy. 

Society is like that and when this happens in religion, we have religious intolerance. When this happens in life outside religion, there will be no good relationships and what is in place is only uneasy pretence. 

But this is the way of life, a form of animal nature with every party trying to be like the alpha dog in the pack. 

We just have to be with people and let others be what they want to be. We cannot be with in this world without people. We need to accept them for what they are and yet not expect them accept us for what we are. 

We have to live life with others, be it at work or anywhere. Otherwise, we will not be alive to the world dominated by those who want to dominate. Do not try to dominate the others for this will ostracise us from society more so when we are in minority. 

Just learn to be at peace with the majority for this world is full of them and they outnumber us or are more vocal and loud. Without them, there will be no world and no life the way we know it is. 

Many are like empty vessels and hollow on the inside. We may be more substantial but still hollow but not as hollow. Of course, empty vessels make the most noise. They are loud and jarring. We who are more solid and less hollow will not be so loud and jarring. If we are as hollow, we will end up adding to the din and not have silence and peace in us. 

But running away from the din, running away from the world too gives no peace for we will never be alone but will end up with more noise and din. 

Just stay put and be quiet and at peace in heart amid the noise. In fact, if we can have inner peace within despite the lack of peace around us, we would have arrived. 

Do not be with the world of noise and din and learn how best to be at peace inside. They who give no peace and add to the din enable us to learn how to have inner peace when there is no peace around. 

God too is surrounded by people who are noisy and not at peace. Mind you, he is God. We too must be a bit like God. Be at more peace even if others around give no peace. 

We need to be shining examples or beacons for others to have a bit more peace like God. God is substantial but silent. Make no noise and be silent with the noise. Be silent and blend in with others and we will be accepted. Make more noise and we will add to the noise. Then we will bring the roof down on us. 

God do not mind noisy people but remains with them in silence. God is more accepted by people though they do not accept and are at peace like God. 

We can take inspiration from God and blend silently with society. We learn more that way on how to be silent and at peace even amidst the restlessness and noise of many. That is how we can learn and be better not only for ourselves but in time for others as well. 

If God does not expect the storms of the majority to subside before he is with men, we too must be like God  and be with the noise and the noisy men. That is life. We can learn to have peace if there is no peace around. 

But add not to the noise or we will never have peace. We don't want to be noisy and blow our heads away, do we? There will be no peace.

Worry not what others say we should do. We do not have to agree or even say we disagree. Just thank others for their views and we can still do what we want to do. That way we keep the peace in family, society or at work and we will have more inner peace. They make noise. We do not add to the noise. No need to bring the roof down. 

Otherwise, we will not have our own life and will end up trying to live others' life which is impossible. We don't want to upset others or ourselves.

This is the pragmatic approach of what is the inner peace message which Bo Tien 武 天 says is behind all religions and for all people. The message is applicable to life beyond religions. The inner truth message is common sense and a universal message. Truth after all is simple but often difficult to perceive

Not good enough to be in Heaven

No 1456 of Living Life Series 1

Most of us still have to depend on God to help us as we are far from having enough inner peace to handle the ups and downs of life in our own. 

But the long term solution is still to have more inner peace. 

The lazy way out is of course to depend on God forever and ever. Then there is no learning and God knows that. 

That is why however hard we pray for some issues, our prayers don't seem to be answered. In fact, no answer is the answer and this should be the wake up call to cultivate what God wants us to have which is inner peace, the peace that he stands for and that is God.

We have to learn from life. That is the wish of God. If we do our best to do so, God will make it easier for us in life. But not to the point we do nothing and just depend on him. Then there will be many more no answers from God.

We may know better than many in society but this does not mean we avoid those who know less if we cannot convince them. 

But we must remember that if we cannot handle them and be with them, how can we be up there in Heaven and have to handle them for God. We are not good enough for that heavenly role as yet. 

Many in society are not blessings to us but in a way they provide us with the lessons to learn to be better than what we are. Aren't this indirect blessings of sorts if we can learn and be better? 

The danger is that we may be floored by them and end up worse off. That is the purpose why we are here with them. 

We can say they are gifts of God to make us learn many lessons in life. Such lessons we cannot possibly have in Heaven. So do be thankful to God that we are here on Earth with them.

We can never learn such lessons in Heaven. We may be more heavenly than many but not good to be in Heaven as yet. This is one good way of looking at life on Earth and in Heaven.

We are here to learn the lessons of life. Only the wiser of the lot can see better than many. We are not the odd chaps out. We are in fact the the lucky ones in the right path. 

Be happy that we are better. Do not pick out those many who know less and think we are the odd few. If we do and find fault with them, and mind you they are in big numbers, then we are no better. That would be pathetic.

No need to get worked up and plan beforehand how to be with them and get stressed out. Just take up the job, flow in into their ranks and make friends. 

Take it easy and float into it like we will have to do in any new job. No need to prepare with various plans and scenarios and get worked up. Be at peace and take life in our stride one day at a time,

Don't get excited. It is just like any job in our life and when we are new to anything or situation, it takes time to learn. 

No one is ready before hand. Just smile and do what we can. Don't say "no" and talk more than others. They too have their jobs and lives. Do not disrupt them. That will irk them. 

It is more important to hear them out and do not expect them to be free to listen to what we have to say. No small talk. Just let them talk more than us and that will somehow make them happy. 

That is what they expect though they say the opposite that we can talk what we want with them. Bottom line is that we should not talk more and unknowingly stop them from talking. They want to talk more and that is the reality. 

Practice habit of smiling. Be pleasant. Listen and not expect others to listen. Wearing a smile and putting on air of peace will be what we need in life be it at work, in religion or in any other spheres of life.

Never say others are wrong even if they are wrong. That is something we have to do and yet learn how not to be wrong like them without telling them they are wrong. 

Then we can survive and be with them and yet right and never as wrong. This is the social skill we have to pick up but we must have the inner peace. 

Smile and talk less. Let others do the talking. That is how to gel with them and the more they talk and we listen, the day will come when they will see the light and learn from us. 

Do not rush in to tell them they are wrong. That will bring no peace and tear up whatever peace we have. This is what we need to learn from life. 

We need inner peace and if we can have this even with the many with no or less peace than us, then we are more like God and saints. This is the way of all religions and this is what Bo Tien 武 天 says is in all religions and in life. 

Be one with those who disagree without agreeing

No 1455 of Living Life Series 1

Problem with man is that no two can agree though they may believe in the same issue.

All know that there is goodness but no one will agree on exactly what good is. This does not mean that if we do not believe in the same way as others, we are not good. 

How can we bad just because we do not see eye to eye with what some consider as good?

That we do not believe in God the way some do does not make us atheists. It is just that our belief in God is not the same. 

That is why it is important to go by what God stands for and not who is God, what he can do and how great he is. That would be idolatry - hero worshiping God. 

Many then project themselves and their likes and dislikes in God. God then appears very ungodly and very much like the man or men who idolise him. This is the folly of man. 

Would God want to do something about this folly of man? God would but how would God do so? 

Well, God can even tolerate Satan. God can have no issue tolerating men who see not what he God stands for and argue till kingdom come on whose God is better and the real God. 

Why are men like that? Why are we like that? We are not perfect and God knows this very well. It is in imperfection that we can learn and realise the need to have peace come what may. 

No benefit to damn others as wrong and we are right, or for that matter, others are right and we are wrong. That is not love. We need to accept others or ourselves for what we or they are and what we or they believe. 

Otherwise, there is no peace and all will end up far from God even if they think they are near and the chosen ones, the heroes of God. 

The near may be far and the far may be near, as mentioned by Bo Tien 武 天. 

Others may think we are far from God if we do not see God the way they do. They may consider us as atheists as they think our God is no God. 

But the truth is that so long as we live in what God stands for and this is to have inner peace come what may, surely we are near though others think we are far. 

Just give them our ears, be empathic, appear to agree with them and go along. This will bridge the chasms or big gaps and keep the peace. Then we can be able to live in this world. 

If we speak too soon, we will be alienated. What matters is that we can get along with them. Otherwise how are we to be with the world. 

Let them accept us and this does not mean we follow them blindly. We need to win them over. Make them feel we are one with them and when time is ripe and they take us as part of them, we right the wrong but never ever say they are wrong for that will spell the end of oneness with them. 

We need to be in the world with them and the only way is to keep the peace. Never say outright they are wrong. We need to just listen to them. Without them, we cannot live in this world and work with the world. 

Without them, we cannot learn how to be at peace and make life work for us. 

We can change ourselves to have peace and live in this world. We cannot change others before we can be at peace and make life work. That will not happen. 

We change ourselves to be at peace so that we can have life with those not at peace. One day, when others are ready, we can share with them on how to have peace and make life work. 

Be one with those who disagree without agreeing. Life is as simple as that. Religion is life and life is religion. Religion thus is as simple as being one with those who disagree without agreeing and losing individuality. 

Then religion will bring all under one roof with the world as the one common temple for all religions. This Bo Tien 武 天 refers to as the universal temple with religions as the pillars and God and saints as the roof.

Smile more and be right with life and religion

No 1454 of Living Life Series 1



A smile is a gift we can afford to give to others who come into our life. Some come into our life as blessings. Others come into our life as lessons. 

Learn from those who come into our life. There is some purpose why they come our way. 

Do not judge. If we judge people, we have no time to appreciate how they can benefit us and how even if they cannot be blessings to us, we can learn from their mistakes. 

If we judge people, we end up not smiling but will end up frowning instead. Then we cannot expect them to smile at us and even if they can be blessings to us, we will turn them off. They will end up frowning at us and give us the long faces. We will end up disliking them even more. 

We must learn from those who come into our life. They can be either blessings or lessons. 

Bo Tien 武 天 says that we must learn from life and from our own life or from the others who come into our life. 

Life is the holy text but life can be misinterpreted and bring woes to us. The holy text of religion or life too can cut both ways - good and bad. The problem lies in us and not life or the holy text of religion. 

A good habit is to bring on the smiles and reap the good in life or religion - not the ugly side of life or religion. Do set life or religion on the right course. 

Bring on the smiles and be right with life or religion. Smile more and be right with life and religion. Let us smile and have goodwill and not frown and fan ill-will. 

A smile may make the difference and go a long way. A frown can set us back and bring no peace. Frowns only make problems worse and add to existing problems. 

Let there be day and night in life

No 1453 of Living Life Series 1

Man is made of mind and body. If the body is willing but the mind is not because it is tired and not at peace, we cannot go out and do the usual routines like exercise. 

We have to make do with less or if better still, take a complete break and rest the mind. There must be balance of mind and body. 

That is why God they say create day and night. Bo Tien 武 天 reiterates the reality of life. We must rest by night and work by day in order to have peace and make life click. Take this more as a figure of speech. This is common sense and we do not even need religion to tell us this. This is in life.

Be at peace. God blesses the one who knows how to go for peace come what may. Remember not to do the absurd. Giving up life brings no peace. Doing too much and being greedy will floor us and give no peace. These two we must not have.

Peace be with us. Cultivate peace in the moment and in whatever we do, we must have peace. God and saints will be with us even that much more. 

But do not idolise ourselves and think the world of self - that the world is here to serve us and is made for us. All forms of mental idolatry is not good. Hero worship none and also not want others to hero worship us. That is not congenial to peace. Even idolising God can make many lose their cool and do the unthinkable. 

We don't want to go overboard and end up losing our mind. Rest and have the peace, not be carried away. Idolise no man or God and lose our day and night. 

We don't want to lose our head, our cool and our rationality. Time to rest, time to work and time to have quiet time with God. There must be day and night. That is the way.

No one is spared from problems and illness

No 1452 of Living Life Series 1

We are never born equal. That is the reality. Even God cannot do anything about this and God has no intention to make us be born equal. 

The blessings and problems are never the same for any two. If others do not have our problems and illness, this does not mean they are free from problems and illness. 

May be they are not aware till a bit too late. But as the saying goes, better late than never. Well, some will deny and the illness or problem will end up as big problem, and be the mother of all problems. 

Those who have diabetes are often like that. They ignore their diabetic tendency, believe that God will take care of them and the problem will end up as the mother of all problems. But better late than never. Seek treatment and not just seek God. 

What is of the world and flesh, we must go to the doctors of the world for help. What is of God and has to do with God, we go to God for help. 

Face what is real for us and make do. Do not live in a dream that God takes care of everything and we depend not on men but on God. This is not what God expects of us. 

Go to God what the world cannot provide and to the world what the world can provide. But of course, we sometimes ask God to open the way for us to seek the correct help from the world. 

Yes, face what is real and be real. But be at peace so that we can be collected and think clearly before we can make life better and rewarding. 

Do remember what works for others may not work for us, simply because, we are we and others are others. Envy not, be at peace and count our blessings. Treasure our own life and not treasure and long for others' life if we want to be at peace and be happy.

We go to church or temple to be at peace with God and not to please and suck up to others with hope that they will please us in return. 

Often, how can they give us peace when they only want us to hear out what problems they have and how we can add value to solve their problems. 

That is why it is said that we go to church not to idolise anyone, not even God, lest we end up idolizing men who speak on God and for God. We go for peace God wants us to have so that we can be a bit of God. That peace is what the holy texts refer to as God in us - the holy spirit which is to do with inner peace.

This is what Bo Tien 武 天 set out to do and will continue to wake us up to the need to be real and at peace with life. For this, it matters not what religion we are in or if we are not interested at all with Bo Tien 武 天. What matters is we know the need for peace and work for this. 

No one is spared from problems and illness. It is an illusion to think that God will ensure we have none. God provides the way to handle and face life. Idolise no God or man, lest we be carried away and see not what God wants us to know. The Word is God. The Word is the way to handle and face life - to have inner peace.

What is at issue with many of us?

No 1451 of Living Life Series 1

Don't worry. Be happy. Worries do not solve problems but just make us not at peace. 

Then ever the more we need rest but rest do not come easy when we are worried and have problems. We will need more rest and without rest, we cannot think calmly and clearly. 

What works for others may not work for us. So do not do the way others do. What we need to do is to do the doable for us. The doable for others may not work for us. 

As to the problems and issues in life, everyone is in the same situation and have their share of problems. With civilisation and progress, these should be less. But globalisation has made the world smaller. It solved many many issues but also create more as well. 

That is why jobs become less and machines and internet take over. But with less jobs, there is not enough cash floating around for people to buy their services and products. Many are losing jobs and they are not alone. They just have to make do with less and be at peace. Then less money is more and they can even have savings to tide over rainy days. 

There is time for sunshine and there is time for sunset. The sunset era for the world has arrived and here to stay. We must be the sunlight to brighten up the sunset that besets not only us but all. We must be at peace and create the light that brightens up the darkness of life. 

But all depends on inner peace. Inner peace begins with us and in the family we have. We cannot wait for others and the world to give us peace. Then peace will be hard to come by. 

We cannot depend even on a church or temple for many who go there are too seeking for inner peace but may end up creating problems that give them no peace. Then how can we be at peace and how can they give us peace.

We simply just have the peace in us come what may and we will brighten up the night sky even before the sunrise. For those not at peace, even with sunrise, the world is still dark and gloomy. 

So be our own sunrise by just having inner peace. Do not depend on others even those in a temple or church. Do what we can and this is the way to more peace and happiness. 

Inner peace is what we need and is in all cultures and religions. But instead men idolise God instead of what God stands for. They even idolise men. This is the reason many get no peace. The more they try to please, the more they fail to please and have no peace

This is universal to all regardless of religion. Bo Tien 武 天 wants us to know regardless of our religion, culture or society. This is what we should go for. We should not idolise him and forget about what he stands for. 

What he stands for is in all religions and what saints of all religions stand for. There is no need to say one is better than the other. What they dwell on is ultimately for men to have inner peace come what may. 

If they are fixated on what God or saint, they see not doctrine but only the person. Worse is when they see themselves in God and saints and project God and saint as more human than divine. 

They justify anger and ill-will and attribute God or saint with human weakness of wrath, anger, intolerance and jealousy and yet say God or saint is loving and divine.