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!.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Know God from Man in a temple

No 476 of Living Life Series 1

In a temple or church dedicated to the name of God or a saint, let not men forget that they go there to be near to God and saints and not to be near men but far from God.

A temple not like any other temples

Those who proclaim and trumpet that they are there for God and saints would be a disservice to men and God if they end up going near men instead of God and saints. The near in a temple may be far and the far near. This Lord Bo Tien did say.

To know God and saints, we must know what God and saints stand for. If we know not the doctrine of Heaven, then we know not God and saints for the Word is God.

Lord Bo Tien

Lord Bo Tien says that we can only have correct image of him and his mission if we know the doctrine that he stands for. The doctrine is in his image and the image is the doctrine. If we know not doctrine, in a house of God such as the temple of the lord saint, we will end up seeing men instead of the lord saint when we enter the temple. The image of the lord becomes the backdrop.

This is more so when a temple like a flower attracts ants and insects coming to it for nectar. They claim the place as their own. There will always be men who are like the ants and insects coming to the flower. This parable did the lord saint Lord Bo Tien reiterate.

In due course, such men of the temple end up speaking out for the temple and if we ourselves know not the doctrine, then we will see only the men in front of the image and not the doctrine in the image. We will end up worshiping men instead of God and saints.

What is the doctrine of the lord saint? There is God and Heaven. There are the saints or prophets and there are the religions and the sects. They are set up by the saints who decided what best for men to believe and how to hold them together through dogmas, so that they can move more as one whole and be like sands cemented together like a concrete pillar as said by Lord Bo Tien.

Dogmas differ from religion to religion and they need not be in the realm of reality. They are ultimately the prerogatives of the saints. The dogmas serve as the cementing material for sand particles in a concrete pillar. More dogmas evolved over time.

Men are separated from God by the yin and yang which embroil them in cyclical cause and effect which many know as karma. Karma is the cause of rebirth. Rebirth is in the will of God because it is inherent in the system of nature as we know it.

Nature or life has to do with polarities which like fire and water are antagonistic yet complementary and synergistic in dynamic fashion like a revolving globe.

We refer to them as yin and yang. The system was set up by God and has life of its own. It is behind life.

Men must learn to know yin and yang and learn how to be atop and balance the polarities of yin and yang. Men are of course weak and need help of saints through religions and sects in the four cardinal directions.

Men come to temples to know God and the system that is of God. Temples and churches are many but there is one true or universal temple.

Lord Bo Tien says that the whole universe or world is the true temple. Heaven is the roof. Religions and sects in the four cardinal directions are the pillars. All beings and men are in this universal temple.

The doctrinal points described above in a way do constitute the overall common doctrine or Word behind religions. They must be viewed as such.

In a temple, we come to know God from Man and if we do not know the Word that is God, we will end up knowing Man in place of God for we will see Man in God and not the Word that is God and is in God. God and saints are one if we know the Word. So also are religions and sects. They are different but yet one if we know the Word.

It is thus important to know God from Man, more so in a temple. But mind you, the world we are in is one big temple or church.

Omitofo

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.