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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.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Demystifying religion

Learning Point 362


Religion tends to be shroud in mystery, strange vagueness and double talking. That however is the norm and to be expected. That is typical of many men and goes without saying. 

God is known and yet unknown. Allot of talk and substance but who has ever seen God? Some vouch they did. God knows. 

Plenty of descriptives of God but do we know beyond these? Small wonder that some or perhaps even many do not believe. But countless many still do. 

Yet they have different perspectives and views. Each think he is more right and knows better. All they can do at times is say others are wrong and these others will wrong God by being wrong. 

Then to stress the point, they inject the fear factor. Better repent or face consequences. If God is God, there is no need for that. He is loving and perfect.

Why don't he show himself? But are men ready and fit to see the saints let alone God? Many in the various levels of Heaven have yet to see God and the pure ones like the Buddhas. 

So what we and they can do is just believe but believe is not enough. We must go for the Word for the Word is God. What is the Word? It is the gospel. But what is the Gospel? It is life and the nature of life, the lessons that we learn from life. The Gospel is written into the life of men.

Till we have learnt life well and purify and enhance our spirit, we cannot feel God, let alone see Him and His pure ones, the heavenly saints. 

We are separated from divinity of God and saints by our defilements or pollution of our very being through the years and the multiple rebirths  We do not defile divine God and saints but rather we defile ourselves such that we are not able to see and know the doctrine or Word in its simplicity and purity, let alone feel God and saints. 

Seeing God and saints is thus out of question for now and perhaps in afterlife as well. Yet if a man promises you that, you would believe but what is worse is that you will think that that same man is representing and speaking for God and saints.  

That may be good for a start but can be delusional if carried too far. Then we will end up with cult culture and this will further separate men from God and his saints. 
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