[Life Tree TV] Spiritual Truth-Seekers and Religious Believers

Spiritual Truth-Seekers and Religious Believers

‘Spiritual Truth-Seekers’ are those who believe
that life is a divine journey of a spirit-soul.
On the other hand, religious believers are those
who believe, follow, and practice the teachings of the personalized God.
 
‘Spiritual Truth-Seekers’ refer to the people who believe that
all things in nature are sacred in themselves
because the sacred spirit-souls indwell those creatures.
Religious people believe that divinity comes from a personalized God
and have personalized gods in the center of their beliefs.
 
‘Spiritual Truth-Seekers’ believe in the invisible world and understand
that the divinity that they within themselves is no different from the nature of God.
 
Religious people also believe in the invisible world,
but they wish to be sheltered in the bosoms of the saints
they worship by relying on the teachings of their saints,
rather than believing in the divinity within themselves.
 
The Spiritual Truth-Seekers, believers of the invisible world, believe that
all creatures are connected through the invisible world
and that there is no difference between their divinity and that of God.
 
Religious people also believe in the invisible world
but they put the gods or saints they worship at the center of the invisible world.
They tend to believe that their gods are more divine than they are.
 
‘Spiritual Truth-Seekers’ do not believe only what is visible
or stick to formality or procedures;
they are inclined to be liberal, rather than paying attention to etiquette or rules.
On the other hand, religious people, although not believing
only what they can see, try to abide by the rules mandated
in their religious scriptures and they place high values on courtesy and formality.
 
Spiritual Truth-Seekers believe that spiritual enlightenment occurs
through the ways of inspiration, intuition, or perception,
rather than prayers and spiritual practices.
 
However, religious people believe that prayers and spiritual practices
are prerequisites for achieving enlightenment and meeting God.
 
‘Spiritual Truth-Seeker’s believe in the invisible world.
They believe that their sacred spirits dwelling within themselves
must be awakened first in order to meet God and the truth.
They believe that they should have their consciousness awakened first
so as to realize the divine nature of themselves.
 
From the perspective of Spiritual Truth-Seekers, God and each of them
are not separated, but instead, each of them is a part of God
and hence God is the sum of all things.
In order to meet God and encounter the truth, they believe that
they need to communicate or interact with nature,
which is wearing the garment of God,
and also need to communicate and converse with their Selves,
which are wearing the garment of God as well.
 
Religious people believe that in order to meet God and the truth,
they must gain the heart of God, glorify God, and refrain from acting
in a way that angers God. 
They think they should please God, make God their models,
and do nothing that has been forbidden by God.
 
Religious people believe that they must win the mind of the Heaven
in order to meet God and the truth.
They think they should perform prays and ascetic disciplines,
as well as spiritual practices, to get the heart of the Heaven
and serve the Heaven well.

They believe that they should not commit sins
and that they should meditate, recite sutras, and chant mantras
to stay clear-minded while doing virtues to other people.
 
Religious people believe in the invisible world.
For religious people, God is the being who grants grace and blessings to them,
the subject of their love and worship, and the being they should emulate.
For them, God is a perfect, immaculate, and omnipotent being
who has no negative attribute. 
God is the master of all things and the king of all human beings.
 
Religious people believe in the invisible world.
From the perspective of religious people, God is the being
who may get angry about them and judge their sins
and is the only being who will save them.
Also, God is a very grateful being who blesses them,
listens to their prayers, and protects their families.
 
‘Spiritual Truth-Seekers’ believe in the invisible world.
For Spiritual Truth-Seekers, God is their fathers, mothers, friends, lovers,
or anyone around them.
For them, God is a bridge or ladder connecting the visible and the invisible world.
For them, there is nothing that is not God.
In their beliefs, nature is the flag of God
and all life forms are connected to each other
by the breath of God.
 
Are you a Religious Believer, or a Spiritual Truth-seeker?
I wish you all the best.
 

Jan.10th, 2019
Udeka wrote.
 
translated by Mool.