What is Tao?

Many people ask, what is Tao? It is not clear enough? Tao is integral truth. It is not a projection of a prejudice; it is not a partial truth that needs insistence; it is not a viewpoint or a philosophy. It is the universal integral truth, the truth of all lives, the truth that exists prior to any thought or statement. You may not be familiar with the terminology, but it does not matter. A name for the truth, a language for the reality, a picture of a person, a title of the spirit, helps some, but it is not real. It is just as you make it, but the program is really your limitation. Names, titles, special vocabularies, pictures, or images may help some people’s lives, but they are still not spiritual reality. They are what people make of them. All such established religious programs are ultimately limitations. Once you break away from these poor psychological skills you are attached to, the openness and broadness lets you become spiritually all-reachable, all approachable. If you are all-reachable or all-approachable spiritually, you embrace the entire spiritual world and the entire spiritual world embraces you. There is no separation.

Integral truth is not a uniting of all religions; it is doing away with all religions. Use your mind to directly reach the universal mind. Use your spirit to directly reach the universal spirit. Surely in human life, religion is a matter of different customs ion different societies. Achieved ones never disagree with customs and also never agree with any custom. They live, they are happy, and they may enjoy the customs, but their spiritual development is never limited or confined by them. An integral person is a directly achieved person of integral truth. This person embraces integral truth without conflicting with or becoming prejudiced by the customs of the society in which he or she was raised.

Subscribing to most religions is like getting on a bus that promises to take the undeveloped souls to a different camp. But it turns out to be a concentration camp. You need to choose a spot to get off; otherwise the end of the ride is where you end your life. It is better to choose spiritual education which makes you wise and able to manage your life.

Learn the universal spiritual education of Tao, which helps you attain spiritual independence. Spiritually, you are self-responsible. Spiritually, you do not need another ruler or authority to set you in good order or to straighten out your life. This you can do yourself by learning from the universal spiritual education of Tao.