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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, October 28, 2012

Living in doctrine better than mere worship

Learning Point 249






The impact of the doctrine is more important than the impact of the personality of the saint or prophet.
 
That is why the lord saint Lord Bo Tien said that those who know the doctrine knows Him and those who do not will not know Him even if they are in His temple and His presence via His image is there 365 days a year.  His name Lord Bo Tien too is a honorific to signify executor  or martial 'Bo' of Heaven 'Tien'
 
Who is the lord saint  and what He looks like is secondary to the doctrine He said we must know that is common and undelies all religions and sects. He is not here to start a new sect or a new religion. Thus His not revealing who He is other than the doctrine He wants us to know is consistent and in keeping with this stand.
 
In the beginning there is God and God wants all beings to be saved and to be with God. But beings are separated from God and need to cultivate their being so that they be that pure and that peaceful before they can be with God and saints. Beings need to go by stages and take one step at a time. So there must be various religions and sects to provide the diversity of steps and paths to reach out to beings from all walks of life and realms.
 
This basic doctrine of the truth of God and of why beings are separated from God is what we can term as the inner truth doctrine though not all will concur.
 
Being impressed and awed by the divine magnificence and miracles of a saint will not help a being to cultivate pureness and peacefulness of soul to be saved and to be with God but understanding why we are what we are and what we must do to be with GOD and saints matters.
 
We must understand why there are religions and why there are sects. We must understand why in religious organisations, men may mistake men as  fronts of God and saints and why men in spiritual leadership may in their zeal act on behalf of God and saints, thus leading their flocks astray.
 
Men may thus worship men instead of God and saints. Worship of saints and God too is not to be encouraged if blind adoration can defeat the goal of salvation of soul. Blind adoration may cause attachment and hinder the cultivation of the mind to be pure and calm and to see things as they truly are.

Doctrine  and living in doctrine is far more important than worship of a saint or of God. Know the doctrine, live in the doctrine and you will be near to God and saints though far from the saints religions and sects talk about.

"The far may be near and the near may be far." This  Lord Bo Tien reiterated.

Those who merely worship  God and saints but pay little heed to the doctrine of God and saints may think they are near but indeed they may be far if they do not live in doctrine and are misled by other men or are misleading other men in the name of God and saints.

Men must be embodiment of the doctrine that God and saints depict. Man must learn not to end up seeing himself in God and saints and worshipping his own ego instead. God and saints are not men and men are not yet God and saints.

Salvation is not just going places like the various realms and heavens but to be enlightened and to imbue life with Godliness and doctrine, to attain sainthood and be seated with God and his host of saints.


Related post in series 1, Why is worship not the end all?






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