By Simon Kim (more on Simon Kim at the bottom of the page)
You’ve been told by many that
You need a guru, spiritual teacher, God-figure, or ascended master
To experience so-called enlightenment.
You’ve also been told that
You need to sit down
To meditate, focus, contemplate, or chant
For years and years
Because you were born as a sinner, ignorant, and a mere mortal.
You’ve followed the instructions carefully,
Hoping that someday, somehow,
Through a grace from above
You will be saved, awakened, and enlightened
So that you can say a good-bye to your endless fears, anxieties, and frustrations.
Some of you may have experienced momentary stillness, peace,
Some of you may have had earth-shattering spiritual experiences.
But quickly, you have found yourself
Being mired back into your daily routines
Filled with frustrations, unfulfilled desires, and doubts.
Has it ever occurred to you that
Most instructions, books, or sermons regarding spiritual advancement are backward, antiquated, and filled with contradictions?
Because they were telling you to deny and judge yourself
Relative to moral/ethical/spiritual standards that nobody can adhere to.
This is an impossible game to win.
The good news is that
There’s a way to get out of that old, rotten, and dysfunctional belief systems.
Now is a perfect time to discard old belief systems
That emphasize how small and insignificant you are.
That is a corrupt, deceitful, and malignant operating software (OS)
Manufactured by the ruling elites
To preserve their own power and material possessions.
So, do you really want to get out of “The Matrix” programmed to make you feel helpless?
Do you want to taste what’s alike to rise above all age-old, repressive belief systems?
It truly depends on you.

Simon Kim is a spiritual teacher, poet, artist, writer, philanthropist, and CEO of a law firm in South Korea. Once an art student turned into a Buddhist monk in his earlier days, he has published over 20 books on spirituality. He leads a spiritual group called Fiola, writes blog articles on spirituality almost daily, and travels worldwide for his legal work, with full of passion and enthusiasm but with detachment.


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