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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.

Friday, August 9, 2013

God in the world of men

Learning Point No 375




God is for all men and all beings. He cares and loves even those who do not believe in Him. . 

God is never the monopoly of any sector, group or religion. There is no chosen people and no one is denied from getting to know God. 

There is no exclusion of anyone, not even those in Hell. There is no precondition from knowing and getting close to God and his saints. 

Such preconditions only exist in the minds of men. Even the answers to who is God, how he came to be God and what he is like differ from person to person. What he can do and what he can not are contentious. 

Men can argue till kingdom come and no one is wiser to the truth. 

Whether in the first place, there is God or whether the world or universe can exist in the absence of God should not stop man from cultivating goodness akin to Godliness. 

Whether God is the creator or the created or both creator and created will never ever be known by men but this should not deter men from spiritual pursuits. 

Cultures of men tell us myths of the origin of God and the universe that are often too simplistic and unbelievable though they were consistent with the times of old. 

To stop God belief from ridicule, men capitalise on fear and say that it is blasphemous not to belief the stories and myths on origins of God and universe. 

Religions created and institutionalized by men erect dogmas to state the stories as realities not to be doubted. 

Modern culture would weave the evolution into the God belief and this is to be expected of men but in years to come, this may then be outdated and be subjected to ridicule as well.

Whether men need to have God concept in their spiritual pursuits is not the concern of God but may be the concerns of men. 

It is the heart that counts and not what one professes to believe and do. 

This is just like what Ji Gong said that what matters is what goes through the heart and not what one does or what goes through the gut. 

The one who believes in God may not be as Godly as the one who is not. He who knows how to be Godly is closer to God than one who is not Godly but believes in God. 

The one who is Godly has the God in him even if he believes not in God. He may even be closer to God than you think. 

To be Godly means to be pure, to love life more so own life as well as that of others, to appreciate the chance to be man and to value life, neither to waste or deny life nor indulge in excess but to be at peace and in cool control of the peace of the spirit or soul come what may. 

The sages of old refer to this as to be atop of the yin and yang. This is not just found in Taoism but is inherently present and written into all cultures, sects and religions. 

Lord Bo Tien refer to this as the basic or inner truth common to and behind all religions.




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