How to approach Tao cultivation?
Everyone has different foundation in Tao
cultivation, and therefore the approach to Tao cultivation is also different.
Generally speaking, one of the easiest and most convenient approaches is to go
the Tao prayer hall as often as possible.
Since the Heavenly Tao is protected by
Divine beings, there are therefore inconceivable forces in the prayer hall.
This is the reason why when Tao kins go to the prayer hall often, they are like
being attracted by a magnet, and do not want to leave the prayer hall. From
here, these Tao kins gradually will develop their faith and embark on the path
of Tao cultivation.
So why is it that the prayer hall has such huge attraction forces?
This is because the prayer hall is like a pure land, which enables Tao kins, who
go to the prayer hall, to naturally feel blissful, pleasant, satisfied, happy,
and have unbelievable feeling that words cannot express, and etc. But once they
leave the prayer hall, they feel like they have fallen back into the mortal
world.
Furthermore, the good behavior shown by
the Tao kins in the prayer hall in terms of politeness, modesty, and kindness,
will usually impress upon people a feeling of incomparable freshness, and at the
same time, inspire them to want to learn. This is the reason why going to the
prayer hall is the most appropriate beginning step in Tao cultivation.
When Tao kins go to the prayer hall often,
they will naturally be interested in Tao, in propagating Tao, bringing people to
receive the Tao, and volunteering for Tao services. In this natural setting,
they are able to confirm their faith in Tao as well as put into actions
everything that relates to the Tao environment.
As for those who have yet to be interested in the Tao environment, there is no
need to push them too hard. So long as they come back to the prayer hall on the
first and fifteenth of the lunar month, they will naturally feel that their
life is beginning to change. For them, there is no need to insist that they
should adopt a certain approach in Tao cultivation. More importantly is to start
from activity that they can do and are happy to do.
If we meet those new Tao kins who are stubbornly not willing to come to the
prayer hall, we can try to teach them to use the Three Treasures to cultivate
and control their body and mind. In addition, we should tell them more about
real-life cases of using the Three Treasures, including real stories, to
strengthen
their confidence in the Tao (try to avoid talking about the theory of Tao which
are difficult to understand). So long as they are willing to use the Three
Treasures, with more time, they would be able to connect with Divine beings.
When that happens, even without prompting, they
would naturally be willing to go to the prayer hall.