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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, September 9, 2012

Life is about learning and unlearning

Learning Point No 169







Are we here to learn and unlearn?
 
We learn from new experiences and events in life.
 
We learn from the strengths and weaknesses in life, not only our own but others as well. This did Lord Bo Tien remind us and is good advice for all whether we believe in his existence or otherwise.
 
We learn to unlearn from our bad habits so that we can be better off in virtues. We have to if we want to move on.
 
We learn to know God and saints better and learn  to unlearn the limited concept of God and saints as we progress along our path towards oneness with God and saints.
 
Life is a continuous process of learning and unlearning. Our understanding of God and life undergoes constant learning and unlearning.
 
We diverge to know more and converge to understand better and not be lost in the sea of knowledge and experiences. Then we unlearn so that we can diverge to learn a bit more but soon have to converge to learn or know better the new bit more that we came to know.
 
Life is about learning and unlearning. While we need to stick to dogmas along the way, we need to give them up along the way and accept new dogmas or assumptions. This goes on and on.
 
That is why there are many religions and many sects and many schools in any sect as well as many groups and viewpoints within any religious organisation or temple.
 
In religion, it would not be right to say that what we do now is right and what we do differently in the past was wrong. What was right was right at that point but not so right or inadequate now as we progress in life and in spiritual development.
 
Likewise never say we are right and others wrong or not-so-right. Do not be self righteous. Man shall not be saved by self-righteousness  alone but by accepting there is more of God and the universe of life than man could fathom at any point in time. It would be foolish to be self-righteous.
 
We cannot insist we are right but we must go on to learn and unlearn. That is life.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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