Originally Posted by xexon

Its a broad term. I did quite a loop through the usual routes that people take when this kind of belief system catches their attention. I eventually settled into an esoteric path called Radhasoami.

I read a book called The Path of the Masters, written by a follower of this tradition. It was literally like a bolt from the blue hit me. And this is after digesting several libraries worth of books over the years in an attempt to find the answers to life. After this book, all the reading stopped. Suddenly.

Radhasoami is a yogic tradition which utilizes a science like approach to the divine. It has no deities. It can be called a science, as you are given specific instructions on how to obtain specific results. Faith is only required in the beginning, with the aim of opening your own inner vision so that reality can be perceived directly. Outside of mental filters shaped by beliefs.

When you can see, faith is no longer needed.

This is something few religions will ever teach you.

I belong to no religion. I don't even follow the Radhasoami path anymore, but I call myself a yogi in the same way one would call themselves a Christian or a Hindu.

It's the manner in which I deliver my own message. Because I speak from personal revelation, I can adapt to any religion to discuss the aspects we all share.

All religions are built upon people who had divine experiences based upon a few very simple spiritual truths. These simple truths belong to no religion.

My purpose here will be to aqquaint you with how your own mind works in indentifying what is real and what is illusion. I think you'll find the ride interesting.

You'll notice my signature. What I truely destroy is long held beliefs. Like a garden, you need to uproot the whole thing once and a while to restore healthy and productive growth. This is also represented by my avatar of a dancing Shiva. The old ways are trampled beneath his feet.

Religion... I compare to weeds in the garden of humanity. They are old vines which produce little worthwhile fruit. Spiritual junkfood, which fills but does not offer much nourishment.

The spiritually hungry have little choice but to eat what is at hand. It's not their fault.

What I do is to teach people to see with their hearts instead of their eyes, because in doing so, you will have no further need of faith or religion or any of the traps that come with that.

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