07B-2000 21012000

Date: 21 Jan 2000.

Location: Xian Sheng’s house at 202 Taman Melawati.

Table of Contents

(A) Change for Teamwork [11:49 – 15:32]
  1. What is important is whether we have changed ourselves after listening to Xian Sheng for more than 20 years. If we have not changed, the Spiritual Movement cannot progress.
  2. We have to change ourselves such as our temper and cooperate to work together in any of our endeavours. If we do not change, we cannot cooperate to work together. We can only cooperate if we change ourselves.
  3. Teamwork is the most important aspect when it comes to the Spiritual Movement or Baixian companies. Everyone must put their 100% effort to work together as a team. Otherwise, we cannot progress.
  4. We need to hasten our efforts to preach and find more people to pray to the CREATOR. Xian Sheng stressed that the government would recognise our Spiritual Movement if the number of followers increased considerably. If our progress is stunted, the government would not recognise us.
  5. Xian Sheng said he would personally approach Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi for an audience if we can achieve 10,000 followers. It would be best if everyone takes the time and effort to preach so that we can achieve 20,000 followers.
  6. We should preach incessantly like the Christians. Do not talk about spiritual healing or meditation but purely on preaching.
  7. We must hasten our preaching efforts to get 10,000 or 20,000 followers so that Xian Sheng can get the government to recognise us.
  8. Recently, an official from the government asked Xian Sheng how many followers he has. Xian Sheng replied the figure was around 3,000 followers. The official shook his head and sighed. The official could help us to register Baitiangong Universal Spiritual Movement as an association if he wanted to, but our numbers are too low. Xian Sheng asked the followers whether they understand the implication.
  9. Xian Sheng asked the followers to look into the matter of how to get the movement registered.
(B) Preaching is a personal responsibility [18:35 – 19:27]
  1. Xian Sheng said we should treat it as our personal responsibility to talk and preach Baitiangong wherever we go. We do not need to fear people mocking us.
  2. It does not matter if the people we preached to do not join us. When they see how we conduct our obsequies in the future, they would say that our way is the right way. When they see a large group of followers in the future, they would know that Baitiangong is still striving. And perhaps if their friends who are also Baitiangong followers were to talk to them about Baitiangong in the future, they would finally join us.
  3. However, all of the above is contingent on our efforts to preemptively talk and exposed them to Baitiangong in advance. Therefore, we have to accept it as our personal responsibility to talk and preach Baitiangong to everyone we meet.
(C) Take the good from other religions [22:19 – 2307]
  1. In certain situations, we need to find a method to assist in our explanation.
  2. Xian Sheng’s sermons include stories, parables and verses related to praying to GOD from both the Christian Bible and the Quran. This is important [as the Bible and Quran provide information to help us better understanding Baitiangong]
  3. We must take the good from any religious sources to assist us in our understanding of the guidelines on praying to the CREATOR.
(D) GOD never ask us to pray to GOD [24:44 – 29:25]

With reference to the Quran Surat Al-‘Aĥzāb 33:40, “Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of ALLAH and last of the prophets. And ever is ALLAH, of all things, Knowing.”

  1. Therein lies the problem, “Who can tell GOD that he is the last one [prophet]?” No one can.
  2. Xian Sheng stressed once again, “Actually, it is not GOD that asks humans to pray to GOD.” Baitiangong followers must make an effort to understand this statement.
  3. If GOD were to ask humans to pray to GOD, that would make GOD very naive.
  4. According to Xian Sheng, the reality is that GOD does not require humans to pray to HIM at all. The creator of everything and all and more than that does not require us to pray to HIM.
  5. Based on what Xian Sheng had just said, Sis Wan challenged the veracity of the authors that proclaimed Jesus and Prophet Muhammad as Messengers of GOD as GOD likely did not send them to Earth.
  6. Xian Sheng countered stating that the issue is both Jesus and Prophet Muhammad themselves claimed to be Messengers of GOD.1
  7. Xian Sheng wanted the followers to elicit a better understanding of the context by asking themselves the following question, “Does the CREATOR that created this infinitely huge universe, need humans to pray to HIM? What will GOD get?”
  8. The answer is No! It is Xian Sheng that told us to pray to the CREATOR.
  9. Xian Sheng added that he told us to pray to the CREATOR to give HIM trouble.2
  10. The first request we make to the CREATOR is to bless all the saints in Heaven with a better place. The second request we make to the CREATOR is to forgive and lessen the sins of all our ancestors and if deserving, to give them a good place in Heaven. These two requests are enough to give the CREATOR trouble.
  11. We cannot say for certain that the CREATOR will grant our requests just because we pray to the CREATOR. Xian Sheng will have the final say and not us.3 We can only continue to request during our prayers [until the day we die.]
  12. On the subject of death, Xian Sheng said that he will leave us one day [Return to the Plane of Nothing]. We would have to be very careful of our actions. We must not divert from the path Xian Sheng laid for us and follow the wrong path. Do not fool around as GOD is not something we fooled around with.
  13. Once again, Xian Sheng referred to the parable of the man who lived and pray for 500 years. See 05A-2000 G1-G8. Upon his death, the man demanded GOD for a better place in Heaven because he felt he deserved it after praying for 500 years. He would be lucky to be granted a place at the edge of Heaven for his brazen demand. How can man be so bold to make demands from the CREATOR?
  14. Xian Sheng referred to Baixian’s staff and said that they do not know how lucky they really are. Worst still, some Baixian’s staff dared to interfere and complain about Xian Sheng.4
(E) The Book of Job [30:17 – 32:52]

Xian Sheng is referring to the challenge by Satan to GOD test Job’s righteousness to GOD from the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

  1. Xian Sheng recalled his talk about Job who suffered the losses of all his children, 7 sons and 3 daughters (Job 1:18-19).
  2. Satan inflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. (Job 2:7) The sores itched and oozed so badly that Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. (Job 2:8)
  3. This is a story about the challenge between GOD and Satan where GOD allowed Satan to do his worst on Job as long as he spared Job’s life (Job 2:6). Regardless of his immense sufferings, Job persisted to pray to GOD.
  4. Xian Sheng said that Satan challenging GOD is just a blatant lie. Satan is not comparable to GOD at all. Satan is not even comparable to Xian Sheng5which makes Satan nothing when compared to GOD.
  5. Despite Satan having completely and utterly destroyed Job’s life by taking the life of his children and plunging him into poverty, Job persisted to pray to GOD. Because of Job’s perseverance, GOD restored Job’s health, granted him twice as much property as before, and 10 new children to replace those he lost. (Job 42:12-13). This was because Job truly pray to the CREATOR.
  6. In complete contrast to the story of Job where Job persisted to pray to the CREATOR despite losing everything dear to him, Xian Sheng heard of followers wailing about their hardship in life even though they pray to the CREATOR.
  7. Xian Sheng asked what has praying to the CREATOR anything to do with their hardship in life. Their hardship in life is part of their examination in life as true life only begins after our death.
  8. Yet they wailed about the hardship they have to endure when compared to other families. Do they think that praying to the CREATOR gave them an entitlement to a prosperous life?
  9. Xian Sheng asked if they ever heard him saying that an important aspect of praying to the CREATOR is to be happy.

Note: The Old Testament does not state explicitly that Job’s wife died or Job married a new wife. Job’s wife disappeared after Job 2:9 after she told Job to curse GOD and die. Then Job was blessed with seven sons and three beautiful daughters without any mention of his wife in Job 42:13.

 

(F) Work Hard and don’t cheat [36:05 – 38:45]
  1. Xian Sheng asked whether the followers understand that he served as an example to them to work hard. Xian Sheng worked equally as hard when his starting pay was RM300 or when his pay was increased to RM1,000+. There is no difference [in the quality and hard work Xian Sheng dedicated to his job as a teacher.]
  2. However, all that changes after the Education Service Commission suspended Xian Sheng’s job with no pay [on 11 March 1983 after he was charged and fined RM150 in court for participating in an illegal assembly.] Xian Sheng decided that he will no longer play an active role in the education sector as previously.
    Xian Sheng was very active during his teaching career.
    – 1971 – 1975: Teacher-In-Charge, Prefect & Discipline, Sports Secretary, Secretary of Canteen & Teachers’ Committee and Head of Lottery Prizes in PIBG, S.R.K. Selayang Baru, Batu Caves, Selangor.
    – 1975 – 1979: Teacher-In-Charge, Prefect & Discipline, Career Guidance & Counsellor, Commerce & Book-Keeping (Principles of Accounts) in S.M.J.K. (ING) Kepong, Selangor.
    – Jun 1979 – Jul 1980: Lieutenant Federal Volunteer Force at PKBM Sek. Men. Kepong
  3. Xian Sheng was finally reinstated by the Education Service Commission [on 4 Aug 1985 ordering him to report for duty at S.M. Kepong.] Xian Sheng was already on a fixed pay of RM1,000+ but the Education Service Commission chose to demote his pay by one grade. Xian Sheng said the Education Service Commission are incompetent idiots for their incomprehensible action to downgrade the pay of a hardworking teacher who was already on the highest fixed pay. Xian Sheng does not mind that his pay was suspended, but the decision to downgrade his pay grade is the pinnacle of stupidity that can only happen in Malaysia.
  4. However, the suspension is a blessing in disguise as it prompted Xian Sheng to divert his full attention to building Baixian’s group of companies. Xian Sheng has a fighting spirit that will rise higher in the face of repression and oppression.
  5. Xian Sheng said he is not worried about being spit at, ridiculed or demeaned. These treatments are nothing to be worried about.
  6. What is important is that we do not cheat others to make our fortune. So there is nothing to worried about. We should be very worried if we cheated.
(G) You have not tried to understand the CREATOR until you understand, that you truly cannot understand the CREATOR [45:47 – 52:51]
  1. Bro Lim asked whether people who claimed to be GOD are committing a sin. Xian Sheng replied that they are committing a big sin if they claim to be GOD or GOD-incarnate. [GOD in capital letters refer to the CREATOR, while God or Gods refer to the Hindu deities.]
  2. However, we would have to go back to the terminology of God. They said they are God, but they do not say God means the CREATOR of the universe, all things therein and more than that.6
  3. Those who claim to be GOD would commit a big sin as no one can claim to be GOD.
  4. In India, people who claim to be God-reincarnate are worshipped by many devotees as they accept God can reincarnate back to human form.
  5. In the US, an Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement known as Rajneesh and later as Osho was worshipped as God-reincarnate. He traversed by moving from Rolls Royce to Rolls Royce parked side by side as he does not want his feet to touch the soil. Xian Sheng asked the followers whether they remembered the article from AsiaWeek that he once read to them. See Wikipedia Rajneesh. Bro Moon mentioned that Osho had passed away in January 1990. Xian Sheng said he knows the truth by now.7
  6. How can a mortal man claim to be GOD-incarnate on Earth as he will eventually die when the CREATOR cannot die. Before the universe exist, the CREATOR is already there. Long after the universe ceased to exist and Heaven is all that is left, the CREATOR will still be there.8 And even then in Heaven, we would never be able to see the CREATOR. This is because the CREATOR is beyond Nothing. How can any man claim to be GOD? There is no forgiveness for those who claim to be GOD.
  7. When we talk about the CREATOR, we also say “all and more than that”.9
  8. Xian Sheng felt that many followers in the Spiritual Movement do not understand the CREATOR. Xian Sheng asked the followers what is the determination phrase to know if someone understands the CREATOR. Bro Kian gave a reply that Xian Sheng sought, “You have not tried to understand the CREATOR until you understand, that you truly cannot understand the CREATOR.” The answer is within this phrase itself.
  9. Many followers do not understand the CREATOR because they have not tried to understand the CREATOR until they reached a point where they realised they are incapable of understanding the CREATOR any further. When a person reached an impasse in their understanding of the CREATOR, they would have a slight understanding of the CREATOR. “All and more than that” is the impasse that is beyond our understanding of the CREATOR.
  10. What we can understand of the CREATOR in relation to the creation is as follows:
    – Nothing, gases, life force energy, external life force energy, consciousness and matter.
    – Heaven, Hell and the infinite dimensions that include our physical universe.
(H) Acceptance of GOD? [54:04 – 55:37]
  1. To a question from Sis Wan regarding the purpose of all souls – humans and intelligent extraterrestrial beings – since the beginning of creation is to pray to the CREATOR, Xian Sheng said that we cannot say that. He stressed many times to us that the CREATOR does not want humans to pray to HIM.
  2. What is important is for people to receive and accept the existence of the CREATOR.
  3. Until today, people have not even come to accept the existence of the CREATOR. They think GOD is:
    – an idol chiselled from stone, carved from wood or moulded from clay.
    – the sun [Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, Roman religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, and among the Druids of England, the Aztecs of Mexico, the Incas of Peru, and many Native Americans. From Infoplease]
    – the moon [in the oldest literature of Egypt, Babylonia, India, and China. From Infoplease]
    – the stars [ astrotheology, Astronism, etc.]
    – Jesus is GOD to the Christians
    – a human on Earth that is GOD-reincarnate.
  4. Xian Sheng recalled sending followers to witness people lined up and crawling to kiss a framed photo of Sai Baba’s feet. Xian Sheng expressed his disappointment in people’s idiotic behaviour as it is only a photo.
  1. Xian Sheng himself came to Earth of his own free will because he wanted to save our souls by teachings us how to pray to the CREATOR. He was not sent by the CREATOR to tell humans to pray to the CREATOR. Jesus wanted to guide the Israelites back to the path of the Torah as laid down by Moses while Prophet Muhammad wanted the Arab tribes to stop praying to idols and pray to the CREATOR instead. They have chosen to declare themselves as Messengers of GOD to achieve their stated purpose.
  2. Xian Sheng's intention was never to get us to give GOD trouble and it is unlikely GOD could be troubled by insignificant humans. Xian Sheng wanted to emphasise that GOD gets nothing from humans praying to HIM but only the trouble to grant their prayers.
  3. Xian Sheng has the authority to grant our request and it is his prerogative to grant them depending on our actions on Earth.
  4. Xian Sheng is a Disciple of GOD and one of the most beloved of Disciples. Xian Sheng wields great powers and authority over all of GOD's creation. Xian Sheng can obliterate the Earth with a mere thought and vanquish the Devil if he chooses to. The entirety of all human souls lies in the hands of Xian Sheng and he can send anyone to Heaven or Hell if he so desires. However, Xian Sheng respects the Divine Law of Nature and the freedom of humans as ordained by the CREATOR and does not abuse his power for personal reasons. However, many followers seemed oblivious to this and treat Xian Sheng casually as a mere mortal.
  5. Xian Sheng mentioned in earlier sermons that the Devil's power is comparable to Xian Sheng's power, but the Devil is not the equal of Xian Sheng. GOD gave the Devil the power to corrupt man as part of man's examination in life. The Devil is part of GOD's creation and follows its predetermined consciousness to test humans. However, the Devil is unaware of its function. The Devil is not Xian Sheng's equal as Xian Sheng can vanquish the Devil if he so desires.
  6. Hinduism believes in reincarnation and even Gods are reincarnated once their karmic merits run out. There are said to be 330 million Gods in Hinduism but the main Gods are known as The Trimurti (the Hindu Trinity) which consists of Brahma the Creator of the cosmic universe, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer. Brahma is hardly worshipped in modern Hinduism.
  7. When a person pass away from this life and enters the Spiritual Realm, they will know the reality of the existence of the soul, Heaven and Hell and the CREATOR. They will know the truth of everything that they eluded or eluded from them in life. They will realise that life on Earth is just an examination, that all their actions have consequences, and their mind will now judge their own soul. Judgement is automatic and does not require GOD to be present to judge them.
  8. Xian Sheng explained that the CREATOR created Nothing and within Nothing, created Heaven and Hell and all the physical dimensions in which our universe is only one of the infinite universes. The CREATOR created by thought. Similarly, the CREATOR can destroy all of creation by thought too. The end of everything is not how man has visualised it. The universe will not end in a Big Crunch or a Big Freeze or a Big Rip that takes billions of years to conclude. Everything in all the dimensions will instantly stop and cease to exist, Hell will cease to exist and all the souls within vanished, and all that is left is Heaven and all the saints within.
  9. Scientist uses the term observable universe as the universe is so vast that they are only able to observe parts of the universe using astronomy observatories and space telescopes like the latest James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists are aware of certain mysteries that they can observe but not explain like Black Holes, Dark Matter, Dark energy and etc. However, there are many more mysteries not only in space and beyond, but closer to home on planet Earth itself that scientists are unable to explain. There are still innumerable mysteries, phenomena and discoveries that humans are yet to be aware of and will probably never know. That is what Xian Sheng meant by "all and more than that".