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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.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

The best things in life are free

Learning Point No 415




The best things in life have to do with love and not hatred. Love cannot be made to order. Love cannot have a price. Love is priceless and yet it is free. 

Lord Bo Tien like all saints of all religions advocate love without borders for all beings and in this respect, love must begin with self. Love for others can only happen if there is love for self. 

Why we may ask? The concept of loving kindness is profound and is in the 1975 message of the lord saint. 
(Do left click to read 1975 message. The most profound message was in 1975)

When there is love for life especially one's own, there is contentment with whatever life one has. 

With contentment, one treasures and cherish life so that there is health of both mind and spirit. 

Both health and contentment favor self confidence and the person is his own best friend. 

All three cannot be purchased with money though money may play some part. 

In essence, they are free. They are the three loves - health, contentment and self confidence which all must have. 

All three help the individual to have the best of all which is the liberation of the soul through spiritual. This is the ultimate love of life. 

While money may play some part, we cannot attach any price to the foursome. We cannot buy them but we can cultivate them. 

The foursome are indeed the four best things in life. They are (1) health, (2) contentment (3) self-confidence and (4) spiritual liberation. 

They are wholesome. They are the best blessings in life.  

Buddha Gautama says, 

Health is the highest gain, 
Contentment is the greatest wealth, 
Self confidence is the best friend 
Enlightenment is the real bliss. 

They make us free from the hang-ups in life and they are free as well. The best things in life are free as they cannot be purchased though money can help in some way. 

We cannot put a price tag to any of them but in this modern world, we still need money to get things moving. But money cannot buy anyone of them. 

Can we buy friends? At best, they are social escorts of sorts. 

Can we buy health? No but we can cultivate health and money helps but is not an item of health. 

Can we buy contentment? It is how we feel and the inner attitude that count towards contentment. 

Can we buy enlightenment and a place in heaven among God and the saints? We cannot or can we?. 

No monks, pastors or priests will be able to sell you a place in heaven. If they say they can do so, there must be a problem and the problem is not with us, not with God and saints, not with the church or temple and not with the religion or sect. The problem is with them. 



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