Beyond Beliefs and Illusions
We see beliefs, like those of a religion, as an important element in what we call formal spirituality. We have found that beliefs appear to be necessary when direct experience is missing. The Path of No Way suggests that Essential Inquiry, as an immediate encounter, provides a deeper under-standing of the spiritual process, particularly as it surges through us in unique ways. Illusions, like beliefs, are created in the head through thought.
Direct experience however, is based in the viscera. When thoughts about what is spiritual are shifted back to a belly focus, illusions, even religious ones, aren‘t supported by energy flow. Hence they collapse like a balloon whose air has been released.
Imagine you have a fantasy about how good your evening meal will taste. You dream about it the whole day. When you get home and taste the food, you‘re often disappointed. In the same way, direct experience allows us to see and feel the facts of our lives. They are often not pleasantly ”flavored.“ Nevertheless, they give us a grounded connection to what is – instead of what was or will be. Only from this stable basis can we look at ourselves psychologically and spiritually.