So, before you commit yourself to any religion, you should develop the mental ability to discern what is religious emotion and what is the spiritual truth. They will have no chance to touch the real spiritual life. People like this have no hope of reaching the spiritual realm. And in their ignorance they fool others too. Many people are fooled by their own ignorance or that of others. It is the manifestation of the impure, heavy, bloody energy of undeveloped human beings before having completed their spiritual evolution. This has not the slightest connection with spiritual reality. Religious mobs have carried out the mischief caused by the hot-blooded in the forceful image of a spiritual sovereign. This gave birth to all kinds of religious prejudice and persecution. Often in history religious emotion has been exalted as truth itself.

РІР‚СљPeople mistake religious emotionalism and hypnosis for spiritual reality. In contrast, individuals seeking genuine spiritual evolution understand these systems for what they are: illusions and traps. The primary method or principle for personal cultivation is to keep peace within oneself and maintain normalcy in oneРІР‚в„ўs environment thus you can dwell with the spiritual energy and the spiritual energy dwells within you.РІР‚Сњ ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching NiР”В¬omparing the teachings of ordinary religions to true personal spiritual cultivation, Master Ni notes that undeveloped human beings follow and devote themselves to belief systems, deities and spiritual figureheads. There is one way to eliminate all wonder, bewilderment and confusion and that is to have inner peace. The highest goal of life is to combine oneself with the spiritual energy of the universe. РІР‚СљThe first spiritual goal of Taoism is the restoration and realization of oneРІР‚в„ўs own well-balanced being, and then oneРІР‚в„ўs spiritual evolution. What then, is spiritual reality? And what does it look like in a world governed by fear, distracted by materialism, and kept in conflict by egotism? ItРІР‚в„ўs really quite straightforward, says Master Ni, who refers to it as the РІР‚Сљ plain, simple truth of your life,РІР‚в„ў which is best understood as the profoundly important concept of inner peace. This is the faith of todayРІР‚в„ўs world, and most of their achievements are not the true answer.РІР‚Сњ ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni These places continue as superficial social conventions and can only supply their devotees with shallow activities, psychological games of shadow playing, and hypnosis, all of which have absolutely nothing to do with spiritual reality. The spirit of the worldРІР‚в„ўs religions died long ago and left most temples and churches merely empty shells. Even where the teachings of the past sages have been established they have been spoiled by the insensitive trend of the times. РІР‚СљSpirit can hardly be found in noisy, crowded churches and temples. In a reading from the book 8,000 Years of Wisdom, Taoist Master Hua-Ching Nitalks about the state of religions today: Religions are failing to provide the help one needs to spiritually thrive in this insane world. Far too often, though, modern religions are mired in greed, scandal, pedophilia and outright terrorism. When in the past ordinary religions might have served to offer a pathway toward spiritual awakening based upon the experiences of their ancient sages, today, the best they seem to offer is communal support. With no clear path toward spiritual evolution, so many of us floundering and losing ourselves to addiction, despair and self-destruction. РІР‚СљThe modern world needs true spiritual guidance and development.РІР‚Сњ ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching NiР”Р„ spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed, egotism, terror and fear. A TAOIST MASTER EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND INDIVIDUAL SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION

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