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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, December 22, 2012

The divine nectar is not just for the goody two shoes

Learning Point No 268





Let us refer to a paragraph from the year 1984 anniversary day message of Lord Bo Tien. "He says that His descent tonight is like representing that of a flower because of its purity and as it is created by nature. A beautiful flower is created by nature and ants will break on the flower for its nicer nectar for food and not because of the wrong doing of the flower. This is nature's way of survival and existence." Historical version of 1984 birthday eve message of Lord Bo Tien...
  
Lord Bo Tien like any heavenly saint will not blame men from coming to his temple for nectar for personal gains as this is to be expected of all men and comes naturally to all men. 
 
This is nature's way of survival and existence, of which all men are part of. This enables a heavenly saint to have such men around him, men who otherwise have no affinity or liking for doctrine, let alone want to learn, know and practise the doctrine (tou-li). 
 
If after having worldly gains as result of divine nectar, the doctrine still makes no impact on them, the saint should not be blamed for this. On the contrary, we should realise the benevolence of the saint for giving blessings without strings attached but out of goodwill for all beings.
 
The divine nectar dear readers is not for the goody two shoes but for all. Therefore do not be taken aback if there are wolves in sheeps clothings  in a temple or church.
 
They can even take on roles of leaders and be pastors or monks. Though, they have done wrong, the good that they have done would never be possible if they have not been the pastor or monks.
 
But of course, God and saints would have wished they fared better. God and saints do not seem to pass judgement on them. These men have done wrong but so have they done right in other ways.
 
Judge not lest ye be judged. Didn't the lord Jesus Christ said that. The fallacy of men often is to be myopic and to see things from the high moral ground and to say that all good men however good are corrupt and bring them to their knees.
 
If this is carried too far and if men are blinded by their egos and adopt the high moral ground, lo and behold they see not the dust in their eyes but only the dust in others eyes. Isn't this a well known biblical quote attributed to Lord Jesus.
 
The men in the street of ethnic Chinese cultural background would say that if we point one finger at others, at least three fingers will point back at ourselves. The divine nectar is not just for the goody two shoes.
 
In fact, the goody two shoes do not exist. All are not perfect and have erred in some way and all have fallen short of the glory of God and saints.
 
If divinity are like those who adopt the high moral ground and pass judgement on the weakness of otherwise good men, all will not be worthy of Heaven and all will be destined for Hell.
 
 
 
 
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