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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.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

You are not wrong if you find a temple or church is not for you

Learning Point No 128







You are not wrong if you find that you don't seem to think the way many in your temple or church think. The point to realise is that any institution is based on popularity and that hinges on popular or mass support.

If the majority are not deep into spirituality as would invariably be so, but the majority scratches on the surface of spiritual grasp and understanding of the doctrine, that institution will likely upset you. You would wonder how on earth that institution could be a place of worship and that the focus is not religion but far from the religious focus of the prophet or saint.

That temple or church is less God-centric but more man-centric, pandering to the potentiation and exacerbation of sensual and worldly needs rather than awakening of spiritual insight or the third eye for divine awakening.

Only a few are like you in a temple or church and because you are the rare few who could discern more of the doctrine, you are very different from the rest and feel ostracised and separate from them.

If insects are attracted to the flower as what Lord Bo Tien said, and if these insects are unpleasant, would you still want to go to the flower but instead you would keep your distance from time to time even if not most of the time.  

Truly God-centric people may often be not be congregated in temples or churches of people and that is not surprising when it is the majority who decides who amongst them should lead. They would choose those whom they could identify with and who are more like them.

Only a handful could understand the truth what Buddha refer to as doctrine or Dharma. He was reluctant to teach the Dharma at first but Lord Sakra, the king of one of the heavens persuaded him to do so as there will still be that few who could have much better grasp.

Likewise, the majority who congregate to a temple or constitute a temple or church would not be able to see the light in depth and often loose focus. They often go like fellow insects to a flower and they will scare off the real admirers of the flower.

But it is because of the plight of ignorance of the majority that religions exist and as such temples and churches will always orbit to pander to the interests and social needs of the majority so that more will come to God and his saints.

Hopefully there will be a few or  a good number who would be more substantive in grasp and be more God-centric rather than man-centric. God facilitates diverse and numerous religions and sects for the majority, hoping to attract more to divinity even if initially they are attracted like insects to the flower.

Some perhaps a good number will understand and grasp. They will come not just primarily to partake in the nectar of societal gains but ultimately in the peace and purity of divine greatness of God and saints.

They will come more for fellowship of like minded men rather than the fellowship of God and saints. But God and saints do not mind for at least they are there and they will have the chance to make good to be with God and saints.

You are not wrong if you find a temple or church is not for you but you are not exactly right in helicopter perspective either. Think and meditate on this duality if you can time and time again.







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