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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, October 3, 2017

From behind the curtain for human face to mission

No 1497 of Living Life Series 1 


The big day of Bo Tien 武天 falls on the thirteenth day of the ninth lunar month and this is about one month after the annual Mooncake Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival* on the fifteenth day of the eight lunar month. 

 Mooncake is the face of the festival but many not sure the purpose of the mooncake. Likewise religions are the manifestations of the doctrine of basic or inner truth God wants all to know. Many see not the purpose of many religions and sects. They see only the differences but not the common tread behind all religions.

 The big day of Bo Tien 武天 commemorates the sending down by God the saint Bo Tien 武天 in 1969 to show the world that there must be many religions and sects, many temples and places of worship to reach out to the many so that more can be saved. 

 Bo Tien 武天 has not provided us any knowledge of who he was and is. He only gave insight pointers and emphasis on the common tread behind religions and sects

 This is so that no one can idolize him but the mission by Heaven needs to have a divine face to it. This takes the form of his image - to give a face to the mission that all religious and beliefs are one - one in the basic or common need for goodness and inner peace regardless of race, culture and faith. 

 But without a face to the mission, humanity may not be able to focus on this message. 

At the the Earthly level, there too needs to be a face or faces to this mission, not to champion any religion or sect but to show that all are one in need for inner peace by balancing the yin and yang - the diversity we have come to have since infinite time. 

There is need to present the finite focus in otherwise the infinite. Thus there too must be human faces and they take the role of religious leaders. 
Inner Truth netizen who initiated the Living Life Series was previously nameless and anonymous but this cannot be for long. 

 Inner Truth netizen will be not just one but will grow to be at least a few. He was behind the curtain of anonymity but when he accepted the appointment by above to be one of the religious leaders for the world wide web mission only in Oct 2016 during the big day of Bo Tien, there needs to be a marked difference - a change to strategy or mode of approach to mission to create better impact. This means he can no longer hide behind the curtain of anonymity. 

 There is need to be open and not be shameful of doing so for benefit of the many - for the mission. If there is any, then hiding behind curtain of ignominy is admission of inadequacy or weakness. But if he has not been tainted and done any wrong to be ignonimous, there is no need to hide behind the curtain. 

 There is however the need to be humble and to show that like the many, he too is not perfect and has two sides - the yin and yang, the good and not so good which need to be balanced to bring out more peace in him if he is to bring peace to the many. No need to wait to be a saint before he or anyone can do so. 

 Even God and saints are not perfect in the eyes of the many but they still do what they can for the good and welfare of the many but many more will still be in the wilderness and far from having any inner peace

 The risk of coming out from behind the curtain is that others may idolise him when they are not even supposed to idolise God or any deity. He has to serve and not be served. There will be more like him for the world wide web, and that will be and should be ... 

 There are already significant others who have done good for the mission to promote as many to be better than what they are in their respective religion, sect, temple or culture. 

 They are firm, humble and meek but in the roughness and harsh reality of life, they may even be derided by detractors and smeared with dirt and tarnished but they try to be steady, calm and at peace and equanimous (not affected by storms and calm seas, the ups and downs, the upheavals and the sinking feelings not once but on many occasions). 

 But yes they are no saints but aren't everyone are, otherwise they and we will not be human. 

 Judge not lest ye be judged. Learn from life not only of others but ourselves and be better at what we or they will be. This is exhorted by Bo Tien 武天. We can find perfection in imperfections


*Mid-Autumn Festival is an inherited custom of moon sacrificial ceremonies. The ancient Chinese observed that the movement of the moon had a close relationship with changes of the seasons and agricultural production. Hence, to express their thanks to the moon and celebrate the harvest..."
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