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, October 31, 2017

Truth is simple but difficult to perceive and effect

No 1528 of Living Life Series 1

Who says that we should hold God and saints as almighty and as creator of all that be, have been and ever to be?

If saints descended to be men, they became leaders not as the well-off but as beggars, homeless and at best as the friends of the peasants and the under trodden. They came to wear rags and robes of ascetics and would never be adorned in rich garments of nobility.

It is never the wish of God or any saint to impress and win over people by showing off their high status but to show that what they have of the world is little or none but what they have of the spirit is all important.

They are poor in worldly endowment but yet rich in spirit. They are filled with abundant purity and peace and they do not need the trappings of power, worldly might and strong fists to cow even the well off into submission.

Ji Gong 济公 in cemetery rags with patch work

But men who adore them and understand not what they stood for may portray them with an inflated ego to be awed and feared. Many place them as worldly greats equal or even better than the rulers of the land and they become threats to the rulers of the land.

How can they be able to bring the message to people of the need to be humble, simple at heart and to have inner peace of spirit when the very thought of them creates fear and sheer subordination.

Then people just stop thinking and logic is taboo with respect to God and saints. Bo Tien 武天 as messenger of God said that he descended since 1969 not to show his divine majesty but to let people know what God and saints like him in all religions stand for.

There is need to be humble and peaceful and to have a good heart to be like God and saints. This message is the truth.

Truth is that simple but many are blinded by the ways of the ego to be unable to see this. If we want to be touched by God and saints, all we need is to be simple and peaceful at heart - not tremble and fear by the mere mention of God and saints. We do not need to idolize and go crazy God and saints.

We do not even also idolise the teachings of God and saints. Idolatry or hero worshipping God, saints and their teachings is out.

Screaming and fawning over human idols to extent we are prepared to do the unthinkable is bad enough. God and saints do not need fan clubs.

Doing so to God and saints make us far from God and saints though we may think we are near to God and saints.

We go for inner peace and purity of the heart so that we be beside God and saints and be one whole with God and saints.

The underlying common truth or doctrine behind all religions is to effect purity and inner peace of spirit come what may. This truth is so that simple but yet difficult to perceive.

Many distracted by the call of the world and the ego fail to be able to perceive this, let cultivate and effect this in life. Many even go to a temple or religion to do what they should not do in a temple or religion. Some even come to blows, quarrel and sue one another.

Bo Tien 武天 in colored armour is not what he is
but the rich color depicts the richness
of cultures and races in the world .
But all need to know the basic truth of inner peace.
All need to balance the twin devils of yin and yang
depicted as devils he steps on
All have to depend on the common doctrine -
the sceptre held in his right hand.
Left hand in salutation bids us
to move on and be unwavering and unshaken
come what may even if there be storms

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.