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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.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Can we be more like God and saints ?

Learning Point No 380


It is the way of many men to look at the bright side of life. This is good but at times can be a flat denial of reality of life and a manifestation of grasp of the opposite side of the coin of life when in reality, one is actually dead unhappy with life. 

Life is suffering and a pain but there will be sages who in wanting to give hope say that it is only through pain that we can know God and that is the only way for our spiritual body born of the spirit to be beautiful and whole when the physical body is not. 

This gives strength and fortitude to bear with the pain of mind and body to the end. This is similar but not exactly the same as equanimity as both may result in peace of mind but of course of different degree and quality. 

But this is rooted in faith and clinging to belief that God will resurrect us in spirit even if we are tormented by the ails of the body. However, we are still trapped by the body but takes solid solace in our new hope in the spirit that is reborn in God. We become numb to pain and hold on to the joy and peace of hope of our new spirit in God. 

The other of equanimity enables the person who cultivates it to accept that there is pain and pain is there. But he reckons that life must go on and is not all pain. Despite the pain, there is also gain and we must know that. 

But be there pain or gain, what matters is that we are at peace for the gain will not last and may give way to more pain. The pain that we have may be there for long and if so, are we going to be worse off from the pain? 

Why don't we steel ourselves and be atop of life, be unwavering and calm amid the storms, for surely we must not let pain rob away our life and zest for life. 

We must have the peace that is not affected by pain and gain but is independent of pain and gain. This is the inner peace that sages of old refer to as good and make us more like God and saints and less like men. Can we be more like God and saints ?

This is the basic message or inner truth that is present in all religions and sects. Lord Bo Tien wants us to know that. Best of all, we can reap the blessings of this inner truth in whatever religion or sect we are in. 

We do not have to denounce our faith and embrace a new religion or sect. Isn't this wonderful and more wholesome? We can become more like God and saints. That certainly is good. 

 Can we be more like God and saints ?





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