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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord (武天) Bo Tien. 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 affliliation 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. 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.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Do not be caught in religious paradox

Learning Point No 81





The very man who wants power, recognition and fame in society may be so frustrated with life that he seeks solace in a temple. The strange thing however is that he may still end up unknowingly or otherwise looking for the same in a temple. When problems happen, he wonders why. This is the religious paradox and it will happen again and again. It is the very reason why Lord Bo Tien says that the flower should not be blamed if insects go to it for nectar, and if a man coming to a temple end up having the same that he wants to avoid and for which he seeks solace from the temple saint. What is needed is for insight and clarity of what went wrong and why the man could not have ease and peace in life. Otherwise,  the problem will recur even in any social milieu, be it spiritual or otherwise. The nectar will only last for a while and what is more important is to go for the peace and beauty of life that the flower portrays. One must go for divine peace and beauty of life that a temple represents, not the nectar of worldly gains that are necessary but ever transient and may even be elusive.  Know what are good-to-have and what are must-have. You can still have both but go for the must-have first and then the good-to-have. Divine peace you must have and worldly gains are only good to have



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