Know the Word and know God

Learning Point No 325

The greatest service to God is to know the Word and live in the Word so that we will be able to nurture God in us. This Word was there even before the beginning and many fail to realise that. This the sages of old in China did say. 'Tao' is the Word.

The greatest disservice to God is not to know the Word and to idolise God. Had not God said that He should not be idolised in any way? 

We are given a brain to think and to see the logic or rationale in every aspect of life. This was referred to as Tao (Way) or Tou-li (Logical Thinking).  

Those who teach not the Word but instead in its place the Worship of God are not in tune with God. God is not there for us to idolise. Will idolising God have any lasting benefit if men know not the Word and do not live in and by the Word?  

Who is closer to God? Is he the man who lives in the Word or the man who idolises God and yet knows not the Word? 

For the man who knows not the Word knows not God even if he claims to worship God. The best gift we can give to God is to live in The Word and nurture the Godliness in us. 

God will bless those who live in the Word. Why? Haven't we heard that the Word is God?  

For such men who live in the Word will be at peace with life. There is no fear of life, come what may for they are at peace with the ups and downs, the yang and yin, the dualities of life. 

There is no fear of life for sure, let alone fear of God, simple because God is in them. They have the Word in them and the Word is God. 

Know the Word and know God. The Word is God.

Saints do not think like men

Learning Point No 324

The very people whom many think are not right for a temple may well be the very ones who are running the temple. This seems not right more so that the members or congregation have chosen them to be the leaders both spiritual and administrative. 

This is not uncommon not only in temples but also some churches and not infrequently, this is more so when those patronizing hail from the lofty, the well-off and the highly educated. 

In the past when the pioneers ran temples with few being well-off, educated and somebodies, temples were only empty shells or houses of worship for devotees to go to once in a while. You would not see much of a daily or weekly crowd and those were the days. 

But even if the characters of the leaders leave much to be expected, so what? Will more suitable people come to the fore and will the members prefer them to be at the helm? 

The answer often is that this may be wishful thinking. There will always be insects coming to a flower for nectar and please do not blame the flower? Without insects coming to the flower, we may not be more aware that insects more than others are the ones who will be there when the flower blooms. 

There is learning when men who lead a temple are not as they should be but are like insects to a flower. The lord saint Lord Bo Tien said that it is good that they take an interest in a temple and they may be more wayward if they are not attracted to a temple. 

At least, they have the chance to make good spiritually and socially. At least even if they do not make good and reform their ways, others could learn from their undoing and weaknesses. 

The lord saint Lord Bo Tien did say that we learn from the strengths and weaknesses of fellow men, more so men at a temple. Then men can be wiser and better off from the learning. 

Thus the saint of a temple will more than welcome such men. They are near though far. This too did Lord Bo Tien say. 

But we may still opine that they would undermine the mission of that temple. Think again if this is right. Wouldn't a heavenly saint relish the chance to rehabilitate and change someone from bad to good. 

But what if they do not? Would it be right for the saint to be heavy handed. There again, this may only serve to send them out and be lost to their wrongful ways. At least, if they remain, there is the hope they will learn and make good one day. 

The way of a heavenly saint certainly may not be the way of the common man. We cannot apply our human standards and that would certainly discredit the wisdom of a saint. 

Saints are not men (at least no longer ordinary men) and do not think like men. If they do, then they are not saints but men, perhaps the creation of men and not real? 

Does it mean that the more baddies running a temple or church, the more likely that God and his saints are there? Think again and be wiser. Perhaps, just keep an open mind.  

Do keep your relationship with Divinity a simple and direct one between you and God and saints. Do not let other men and their unbecoming ways get in the way. 

Spirituality is between God and man and not between God and other men before a man can be with God. The holy communion is between God with every man. 

No other men should get in the way and be the go-between, not even the pastor or leader. However good that pastor may be, he is still a man and not infallible - not above men.  

Do always value and treasure the sacred personal and unique relationship between God and Man - between Heaven and Man. 

We go to a temple or church for God and saints - not by any chance for other men. Do not see the God and saints in men and end up worshiping men instead of God and saints. Worship God, not man. 

This may well be a good point for many if not some temples and churches to keep in mind. By looking up to men, men may be disappointed in God and saints. 

Go for God and saints and not for men, otherwise we may end up questioning the wisdom of God and saints. Remember that saints do not think like men.

Life is about love and love begins with self

Learning Point No 323

Love is the light of life. Life must begin with love, continue with love and end with love. You must love yourself before you can love others. God's love for you will be of no avail if you do not love yourself. Without love, there will be no inner peace and no way you can be in tune with the love and peace of God and saints. Life is about love and love begins with self. Religions revolve around love and there never should be any religious divide with regards to love.

Here are some quotes:-

(1) "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself." Romans: 13.9 King James Version - Bible 

Dalai Lama

(2) "If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself, then you are not able of developing compassion for others." His Holiness The Dalai Lama 

(3) "The cultivation of spiritual light in life is like a candle flame. All beings must seek the profound truth behind life and nurture the divine light in them by cultivating loving kindness for life (not just primarily for their own life but for the life of others as well)." 

Lord Bo Tien

"Loving kindness is the source of divine hope and the very essence of God the Jade Emperor's will. It is the nature of the divine or holy spirit ('leng' in Hokkien)." 

"This divine love for life is expounded by all religions and by all prophets, sages, saints and even contemporary world leaders in some form or other." Lord Bo Tien 1975 Mission Day Message 

The Buddha

(4) "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection." The Buddha

Can we be selfish and yet wise?

Learning Point No 322
A quote for Vesak 

Do read the quote below and understand why many have misconstrued the non-ego doctrine of saints as that any man should not think of himself. (PS How could he then want to think of spiritual attainment - being with God, saving his own soul or being enlightened.)

That would be denial of self. How then can that man think of others, care for them when he does not want to care for himself. That would be making oneself the sacrificial goat for the benefit of others. 

You can say that that man is trying to deny his self that is, have selfless self - obviously contradictory and a foolish opinion of self. 

You may say this is being "foolishly selfish in aberrant way" by trying to think he don't matter, that his self or identity don't exist. 

Saints do discourage a man from thinking only of himself and caring only for himself at expense of others. This self-centered approach at expense of others being that much outright detrimental to both self and all would be considered "foolishly selfish". 

But saints want a man to think of himself in wise way, to take care of self and that way better able to take care of others better. 

The Dalai Lama has referred to this as the correct way to be. He aptly term this as "truly selfish",  that is, selfishness that is good and true for the benefit of one and all - both self and others.

Marble image of Lord Bo Tien
with feet balancing yin and yang

The avoidance of the two extremes of unwise selfishness requires balancing - the balancing of dualities - the yin and yang. This is referred to by Lord Bo Tien and is depicted in his image with feet atop and balancing yin and yang. 

Buddhists refer to this as the Middle Way

What is the take of His Holiness The Dalai Lama on selfishness and can men be selfish in wise way?  

Let us read what he had said and reflect mindfully holistically and wholesomely. 

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

“We can also approach the importance of compassion through intelligent reasoning. If I help another person, and show concerns for him or her, then I myself will benefit from that. However, if I harm others, eventually I will be in trouble. I often joke, half sincerely and half seriously, saying that if we wish to be truly selfish, we should be wisely selfish rather than foolishly selfish. Our intelligence can help to adjust our attitude in this respect. If we use it well, we can gain insight as to how we can fulfill our own self-interest by leading a compassionate way of life.” 

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama on Religion, Temple and Doctrine

Learning Point No 321
A quote for Vesak   

Do read what His Holiness has to say and you would wander the relevance of religions, temples and scriptures today if they are too complicated, academic and that much philosophically awesome and bewildering. 

Truth of God behind all religions is actually simple but appears profound and men can get awed and bewildered by religions. 

That is perhaps why there is a move towards basics or fundamentals - the praiseworthy fundamental re-awakening of many religions of the day. 

Lord Bo Tien

The lord saint, Lord Bo Tien refers to this as the Inner Truth and His Mission is to help bring this back to the fore in religions and sects. He is not here to start any new sect or religion. 

What has His Holiness The Dalai Lama to say on religion, temple and doctrine ?

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple. The philosophy is kindness." 

Dalai Lama

The Bagua Solution

Learning Point No 320

Of what use is a temple in the name of a saint if the people in charge merely wants to monopolise it for their own ends and not serve the wider ends of the mission of Heaven. 

Will the lord saint step in to address the quandary? A saint would say that the flower cannot be blamed for insects coming to it for nectar. This did Lord Bo Tien say as well. 

You do not blame a saint if men who come have second thoughts on what that temple should be doing. Men will often reckon they know better and when they are divided in stand, what follows will not speak well for all, unless they can accommodate the differences and harmonize like yin and yang of the Bagua to work as one yet different. 

Bagua

This men must work towards. Men of differing persuasions in a temple must live together like the different religions under the same Heaven. 

A temple thus is a place for learning for men to gel like yin and yang, yet remaining distinctly different like yin and yang. This is the human phase a temple has from time to time to negotiate, a divine hurdle that men must overcome. 

The Taiji in Bagua

Heaven can only shed rain in pity if men somehow fail. Men need to learn till they are good at it one day.

The Bagua solution applies not only to a temple but to any group, people, family or society that may often be caught in the quandary of differing persuasions. 

All are one in God

Learning Point No 319

The lord saint Lord Bo Tien has said that those who know the doctrine will know him. Know not the doctrine and what is the use of his being in front of them. 

Those who know him will be far from him if they know not the doctrine. 

Those who are far but know the doctrine are near to him even if they know not the lord saint or the doctrine mission he is carrying out for God. 

There is no need to know him or be in a temple in his name. 

Thus those who understand the inner truth that the same God is behind all religions and sects are near to the lord saint even if they know him not. 

The reason is that they know that religions are one in God though religions may differ in perspectives of God.  

Men are brothers even if they profess different religions as long as they understand they are one in basic truth of God. 

Brothers in a family need not be in same religion but they are still family in more ways than one - first is in the one God behind the various religions and secondly in their having the same parents. 

All are brothers and they are sons of God though they can differ in religious affiliation  Sons of God and sons in the same one family need not be in the same religion. 

All men are sons of God and one in God though they may differ in sects and religions of men. Men of religions are one in God. 

If you understand this, you are near to the lord saint even if you have never heard of him before.

What matters is that you know the same truth of God behind the religions of men and not who is the lord saint and how he looks like. 

Whether you worship him or not matters not at all. Whether there are temples in his name and how they are faring are of no consequence. 

What matters is that you believe in the inner truth behind the religions of men that all are one in God. 

What matters is that the mission to make all realize the inner truth of God in all religions is indeed making headway.

Who is Lord Bo Tien? Do not need to be bothered by this. What is the inner truth or doctrine? This you need to know and know it well. It is simply that all are one in God. 

Though simple and plain as ABC, some may not accept as yet but never mind that they have doubt. The lord saint said that it is good to have doubt and a doubt exists because they have yet to understand. 

Once they clear their doubt and understand, they will know all are one in God after all. They will be more passionate in this inner truth behind all faiths. 

Then the doctrine mission of God with the lord saint as messenger is one step closer to ideal.

God bless.

The inner peace of God in us

Learning Point No 318

Life is like a bed of roses. It is beautiful but there will always be thorns. We must not be taken aback by the pricks of thorns. 

It is good that we have social support, family support, savings and a job. But that is not enough. 

We must know that for life to be a joy to live, we need to have peace come what may. 

Of course, if we do not manage life and make it less complicated, we will be overwhelmed. Worse still, if we simply give up and not make any effort, there will not even be a bed of roses in life but bleakness and emptiness which will be even worse, perhaps sort of hell on earth. The sky will fall down on us even though it is still up there. 

The one thing we forget is that we don't seem to have enough and we grumble and grumble. There does not seem to be any end to the things we can grumble about. That is the problem with us. 

On top of that, religion may offer the olive branch for us to hang on. That seems good. But who is the one to offer that branch. Is it the men of religion or God and saints? Often, it is men and not God at the other end of the olive branch. 

Men are visibly present and seemingly easy to reach. But God and saints are not visibly so though omnipresent. 

But men certainly can help but ultimately the way out depends greatly on our own outlook in life, on our spiritual core resilience. Are we able to seize the peace once again, take stock and stand up even if we fall? 

We do need fellow men and we need their support as much as they need ours. But if we expect too much of this, things won't work out and men in society seem to fail us. At least we may often think this to be the case.

Above all, we need to take cognizance and have confidence that we can make it mainly on our own. Our confidence, of course, must be that inner peace from knowing that even saints walk the same road of ups and downs before they become saints. 

It will be however be foolhardy for us to distance from fellow men, more so the support of sorts we have, however limited, finite or inadequate this may be. But the bottom line is that we and not others must be able to want to make life work. 

We may turn to religion. But this too often means we turn to men in religion, rather than to God and saints. Isn't this sort of the crutch mentality for us to  reach God and his saints. Why not go direct and depend less on go-between. 

We must have God in us and be one with God and saints. No go-between please if we can. To do so, we must understand the nature of life. Why is life like that? Why are there the ups and downs? What is the design of God in the scheme of things in life? 

Life should at least be a bed of roses. Even if the roses fade away and even if the thorns are painful, so what? 

There must be more to life. Worldly success and family trappings constitute the bed of roses. But bed of roses will have thorns. 

Life may not even be that bed of roses at times and Lord Bo Tien says that we need to learn from the lessons and gospel of life, not only those of our own but others as well. 

We need to know that after storm, there will be calm and then storm again. This too the lord saint did remind.

He said that we are never alone. God and saints are there. But are they in us and that is the issue.

We must have the peace of God in us and not seek the peace outside us. We must cultivate the peace of the saints in us by balancing the ups and downs, the yin and yang in life, like depicted by the lord saints feet atop the elements.

Lord Bo Tien

Sure, our friends and pastors can help and lend us their shoulders to lean on. But they cannot live life for us. They can tell us about the awesomeness of God and saints. 

But we need to have the peace within and have the God and saint within. We need to be one with God and saints to be at peace to traverse the trials and tribulations of life. 

We are not here for nothing. We are here to learn and learn we must. Go for the peace of God and saints in us and be like the saints even if we can only be a little bit like them for now. 

The problem in life does not lie in religion or in other men or even in God and saints. It lies in our not having the inner peace in our spirit, in the world within us. 

Life is learning and we must learn how to have peace within and not expect more of the peace without. We cannot do much to the world outside us but we can certainly manage the world in us. 

Have the inner peace and we will have God in us and not God out there, somewhere. 

And the Doctrine is God

Learning Point No 317

God and Saints 

The Doctrine called it Truth or Word or God Knowledge has been mentioned by great saints. Here are some quotes and readers can draw their own opinions. 

(1) Buddha in Samyutta Nikaya: 

Yo Dhammaṃ passati so maṃ passati.
Yo maṃ passati so dhammaṃ passati”
“One who sees the Dhamma (Truth) sees me.
One who sees me sees the Dhamma.” 

(2) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Genesis 1:1 King James Version 

(3) Lord Bo Tien emissary said in 1975, "He who sees and knows the Doctrine, sees and knows me. He who does not see and know the Doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or his image is in front of him"

Vesak Day Feature 2013

Learning Point No 316

Many do not think insightfully why the Buddha said on day of enlightenment that there will be many who might not benefit from the doctrine he knew but he was persuaded by Lord Sakra to have second thoughts. 

Then towards his final days, he said that what he had taught "are like the leaves in his hand but what he had not taught are like the leaves of the forest." 

Lord Gautama Buddha

He was just stressing the point that men must know the basics and not be lost by the many leaves of the forest of spiritual or divine knowledge and issues. 

This very simplicity strikes a chord in the heart of inner truth netizen 2 as similar to what Lord Bo Tien said that there are many religions and sects which do present vast perspectives and countless leaves of the forest of spiritual knowledge to attract the attention of as many men and beings in every corner of the world as well as those in various dimensions of existence. 

But having attracted them, some or even many may fail to take cognizance of the basic values that the Buddha said are like the leaves in his hand. These are the values that will lead to enlightenment and to divine peace of saints and pure ones. 

Men, being men somehow or other may like to be awed by academic abundance of religious literature and to champion what they think is better in their own thinking or in their specific religious or sectarian preference. 

Religions and sects are doing awesome good work to bring men to divinity.  But not infrequently in their zest, they may end up doing what the founders and Buddha Gautama won't do, which is to deal and talk about the countless leaves in the forest of religious perspectives and knowledge. Men may thus be derailed and lost in the forest of knowledge. 

They deny the simplicity of truth values and overindulge and swarm themselves with the leaves of the forest rather than the handful leaves of truth handed out by the saints and prophets. They end up finding no time to live life because they are sidetracked to the forest of knowledge. 

They thus mortify and deny their life. They live less of life. Instead they indulge in the buffet of forest of leaves and never seem to complete reading and learning, let alone grasp, practice and cultivate. They forget that what matters is to practice the basics and that alone will do.

Truth dear friends is profound but still simple. We need to stick to basics and simplicity. That is all that we need. This is why our Lord Bo Tien has  spearheaded the mission to let men realise and grasp the basic truth common to and behind all religions and sects. This he refers to as the Inner Truth. 

Amitabha and Kuanyin go even to more simple level than Gautama, so much so some find it too simple to accept. Call on their names and just see through life and be at peace with issues without running away from them. 

If you can see through life,  you will be buddha or at least be with them in the Pure Abodes which were specially created for beings to accommodate them to cultivate sainthood. It is as simple as that. Just believe and see through life. That's all. 

Ji Gong even say what matters is commitment and this must come from the heart. It is not what one does, follow or eat, not even the need for devotion and rituals. Have heart and be simple and wise. 

Ji Gong

He even burnt the Buddha image to keep his followers warm in winter. This raised objections though. But this is simplicity and compassion from the heart.

The Lord Jesus

Jesus goes to the limit of simplicity and and says that we will be saved by Grace and not by being self-righteous. 

But, of course, be it in name of Amitabha, Kuanyin or Ji Gong, men in their passion and indulgence may get carried away and may still make that which is simple look complex, awesome and terrifically complicated. 

Goddess Kuanyin

Some, though infrequent, even heck care and make no effort and lift no finger, for they are awed, very much overwhelmed and lost by religious academia. They may infrequently though not that common end up making mockery of matters and do exactly what the saints and founders won't want them to do. 

Saints themselves before sainthood did make the same mistakes as these men. by their being lost in propensity for complex and elaborate scriptures, in fact volumes of them. But they gave them up preferring simplicity and the heart to attain enlightenment. They make it to sainthood. 

They started and gathered around them religious following. Over time, religions evolved but not the exactly the same as in the pioneering days. Yes they have progressed and adapted. But religions may end up as archaeological departments where the basic or inner truth is buried and perhaps fossilized.

There is need to go for the fundamentals. There is need to go upstream for clear water in any religion or sect. Lord Bo Tien is not here to start a new sect or religion but simply hope we could do that - to get to the clear water - the inner truth behind. 

Lord Bo Tien

Go for basics - the inner truth common as starting point for all. Be simple and have heart. That will do. 

But we accept this is not the view of the many. That will always be. May all still make it one day and be well and happy. 

Have a Happy Vesak 

The Buddhist Flag on Vesak Day
The basic truth behind all religions
is also in the flag

The six vertical bands of the flag represent the six colors of the aura which Buddhists believe emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment:

Blue (Nīla): Loving kindness, peace and universal compassion
Yellow (Pīta): The Middle Path – avoiding extremes, emptiness
Red (Lohita): The blessings of practice – achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity
White (Odāta): The purity of Dharma – leading to liberation, outside of time or space
Orange (Manjesta): The Buddha's teachings – wisdom

The sixth vertical band, on the fly, is made up of a combination of rectangular bands of the five other colours, and represents a compound of the other five colours in the aura's spectrum. This compound colour is referred to asPabbhassara ('essence of light').Source Wikipedia

God is not like man but man can be like God

Learning Point No 315

Ji Gong was a man but he was like God.
Remember though  that God is not like man
but man can be like God
Ji Gong is one such person

More will be revealed to men if men just open their eyes and look around them. What is life telling them? Every experience in life seems to serve a purpose. 

What have we gained or lost? Why would we have certain outcomes? Did we do right or wrong? Isn't life a gospel? Isn't this one way God talks to us? Are there such thing as event language? 

Lord Bo Tien did say that except for the first cycle of 13 years or so from 1969, there will be no need for him to go through a human intermediary to reach out to us and all men. He can guide us through our life. He, like God and saints, can speak to us through life, through event language.

But we must not be deaf to divine calling and be blind to event language. Many have eyes but do not see. Many have ears but do not hear. We have five senses and the mind sense is the sixth sense. We need to develop all six and be mindful and aware of what we experience in our moment to moment life. 

The mind sense overrides the five senses. It is that makes us realise that when there is life, there will be death. Why must we be riled? 

Let us be calm in the journey of life and let all life experiences with the ups and downs, the yin and yang be no issues but be tests of our capability to be at peace, come what may. 

Every bad experience is a learning for being calm and not riled or worse off by the experience. For the wise is one who is a victor of life, never a failure even in disaster or death. 

He is not carried away by the ups, for all ups will give way to downs. If there is gain, there must be loss. This is life after all.

Lord Bo Tien, like all saints, reminds that if there is storm, there will soon be calm. If there is calm, be mindful that there will be storm. 

Lord Bo Tien

The lord saint said that the issues of life are many and plentiful. Issues however big will be less of an issue even if they cannot be no issue if we can open our hearts for God and saints to be in us to shelter and guide us. 

We must have the fortitude and platitude to be calm and at peace. We must have a bit  more of God or saint in us. We can do so if we can cultivate the bodhi or enlightenment light is us. 

Ji Gong 

If saints like Ji Gong have their way, all beings like men have no cause for concern. Just walk life like a saint and walk with saints in the journey of life. You will never be alone. God and saints will not forsake you. Even in the darkest moment, be it even death, there is light at the end of the dark tunnel. 

Omitofo  ever  and ever more.  God and saints be with you. But you must count on yourselves as well if you want to be counted as among those who walk with the saints. 

God and saints help those who help themselves. But even if you don't help yourselves, they are not blind to your plight. 

God and saints

If, somehow or other, you have the slightest flick of affinity with God and saints, they will seek you out and you do not even need to believe or to know them.  

Even good men don't leave you alone, if you are in dire straits just because you don't know them or are not besotted with them. 

God and saints are even better than such good men. Why would they leave you to suffer just because you do not know or believe in them? 

God and saints are not like men but men can be like God and saints by being mindful and by having a bit of God and saints in them, by cultivating the peace at heart - the divine peace that is and ever will be. 

Sheltered thus by God and saints, the candle flame of life will not flicker but ever more grow and glow. This the lord messenger of God, Lord Bo Tien did say. 

God is not dead to our life

Learning Point no 314

 

God and saints are like the great ocean
that reaches out to every land and every a man
Saying derived from Lord Bo Tien

God is never dead to our life, our feelings and prayers. More often than not, it is us who are dead to his presence. He and his saints are everywhere in nature and in us. There is the God or Buddha nature in us. 

If we do not tend to it, we do not grow the presence of God in us. This is akin to what some refer to as the Buddha nature. 

If we are in tune, we will feel the peace in our hearts ever more so often even if there are ups and downs in life, the yin and the yang. The downs will not bite as much. The ups will be joy to us but we will not be let down when they pass on.

Why is this so? The reason is that we have the peace that comes from cultivating the Way or Tao in life. Tao makes us more in tune with the pervasive divine energy of God and saints. It allows us not only to be in tune but to be with God and saints in our life here and now. 

God is not dead to our feelings but we are and that may often be the problem why we feel he has left us in the cold. In fact, more often than not, it is us who have forsaken God and saints. 

If you do not believe, God is not there but if you do, he is everywhere. Saints too are no different. 

Lord Bo Tien

Lord Bo Tien further adds that those who know and practise the doctrine, know and feel his presence. Those who do not, know not and feel not, even if he or his image is beside them. Do ponder on this. 

The Doctrine is God. John 1:1 says, ". . . the Word was God." This is from the Holy Bible of Christ the Lord Jesus. 

The Lord Jesus

So long as the Word or Doctrine is in our hearts, God and saints are with us. Ji Gong says that "what matters is the heart and not what goes through the guts" or what one does, or for that matter what others think of us. Ji Gong shows the way of the heart

Ji Gong 

God and the many heavenly kingdoms

Learning Point No 313

The following are sayings the late P. Philip saw in a mirror in one of his divine sessions.

The late P.Philip in trance for the lord saint

"Only the wise seek the fulfillment of ancient wisdom. Yet the profound truth is so simple but difficult to perceive. 

Many a pride cover those who achieve the light of enlightenment. But the wise are those who never fear of being misunderstood. Endurance is one's innocent glory in the next world. 

The kingdom of Heaven is not solely built for man but nature has for each and every kind the deity and a kingdom of their own."

Many religions and sects reach out to men to bring men to God. This was what the sages of old wanted for men. 

But in endeavor to project and to win over fellow men, over the years and centuries that lapsed, there developed the numerous and divergent ways of elaborating and packaging the profound truth. This take the form of many new sects and schools of a religion. 

The truth of God and saints is simple and plain in the old days but it may not attract attention of men unless it is presented in vast plethora  of scriptures to capture attention. This men succeeded but having achieved this, men are lost in the leaves of the forest created and fail to see the lone tree of God in the midst of the forest. 

Thus many are lost though awed by the many scriptures added over the centuries and they fail to grasp the simple truth that the forefathers wanted us to know. 

Only the handful wise who distanced themselves from the crowd knows but could do little to help for the crowd are so awed that they fail to realize the truth of ancient wisdom is actually simple but difficult to perceive. 

Among those few who could see the light, many in that few still have pride that they know better to the extent that they may through their ego or pride chide the others for being way out of line or feel it is of no use to educate them. They are not wise enough though. 

The truly wise are not afraid or fearful of being misunderstood. They will reach out and speak out even if they do face prospect of being ridiculed and outnumbered. 

What matters is that they endure and persist. They may go down in history as being wrong in eyes of the many. But being wise, they fear not of being misunderstood. What matters is that they have tried and at least some will see the light. They will not threaten but are threatened due to their insistence and indomitable spirit.

Elder Ling is one such man
obstinate and insistent
not likable to many
but proven right in the past
Anoited Mission Head
by Lord Bo Tien

They went against the current of human fallacy and often are even scorned. God bless them for their endurance and perseverance  Their innocence and glory will put them in good standing in the next world be it heaven or otherwise. 

This in nutshell sumarise the mission of Heaven undertaken by Lord Bo Tien - to let men know the profound yet simple truth of one God and one same way behind all religions and sects. 

Lord Bo Tien

But lest we forget, the kingdom of Heaven is not built for men or for that matter one race or type of men. That others do not believe in what some men believe does not mean these others will be denied entry to Heaven. Men too are not the only beings under Heaven. 

There will be other saints or deities of God to look after all kinds of men and all beings. Nature has for each and every kind a saint or deity and a kingdom in Heaven of their own. There are many heavens or kingdoms within the overall Heaven. 

For example  those who believe in Amitabha and saints like Kuanyin or Ji Gong will go to the Pure Abodes or Pure Land. 

Who says you cannot go to Heaven if you do not believe what others believe in? 

 Kuanyin

Ji Gong