Differences Between
The Religious Ones
And The Seeker Of Truth

By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze


Introduction
         Jesus said, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all other thins shall be added unto you.” Today, people are not even seeking the kingdom because they do not know the way and their religious leaders are spiritually blind. Otherwise, how come that the world has studied all sciences, but failed to study the most important science, which is spiritual science, that can lead people into the kingdom of heaven. Whoever relies on all these world religions is only busy deceiving himself, for religions are man-made. Religions are different from the Truth, because religions are man’s misinterpretations of the realities of life.
         For you to enter heaven, you must return to the ancient paths of selflessness, self-knowledge called God-realization, quiet times, meditation, devotion, monotheism, humility, simplicity and naturalness. Regard the irrelevancies - penances, suffering, rosary, etc - as what they are: the figments of imagination, the fabrications of falsehood and deceptions of the enemy.
         Again, Jesus said that you shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free. The unfortunate thing is that people are not even seeking for the Truth. They make themselves ordinary members of their various churches and each boasts that his church is the best. That is the path of the foolish ones. And religious leaders worsen the situation by encouraging spiritual indolence (laziness). Today, churches are teeming with human populations. Yet, little or none is qualified to enter the kingdom. That is why all the end time messages and warning from heaven are hammering on the fact that majority of the dead end up in hell fire. And the religious leaders are not even moved or worried because they are spiritually dead, indeed.
         And I say to the world, until all religions and churches introduce spiritual science, many dedicated lives shall remain wasted years. Truly, most of the religious leaders, including their supreme heads, are spiritually blind. They are busy deceiving themselves and misleading ignorant masses into the hell fire. People are not seeking for the Truth. Majority do not even know that they should seek for the Truth, as confirmed by God, when He said,

13 And you will seek Me and find Me,
when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-14

Who Is The Religious One?
         The religious one is the person who is seeking for God inside the churches, temples and mosques. He follows the man-made doctrines of his religious leaders. He is spiritually blind, because he ignores the true path of life that leads a person into the presence of God. He binds himself to his religion and limits his faith to it. This is foolishness and intoxication.

Who Is A Seeker Of Truth?
         The seeker of Truth is the person who knows that there is God and is ready and willing to find Him wherever He is. He is not limited to any religion and is ready to learn the Truth from whoever that knows it, whether that person belongs to his religion or not, and whether the person is his senior or junior. He has intense desire for spiritual knowledge and wisdom, for none can worship God out of foolishness called ignorance. He makes sincere and honest efforts in his everyday life to grow spiritually. He strives to improve the quantity and quality of his spiritual science and practice. Such a person satisfies the condition Jesus gave for finding God:

Jesus answered and said unto him, "If a man loves me,
he will keep my words: and my Father will love him,
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
John 14:23

The above quotation is not as simple as it sounds. And many are hearing or saying what Jesus said but are not doing it, because humanity neglected Spiritual Science.

Comparison Of The Characteristics Of The Religious Members And Spiritual Devotees
         Below are facts which show you that many religous leaders and their members are only busy deceiving temselves and as well misleading others:
  1. The Religious One: limits himself to his religion. This is foolishness and it is the first stumbling block in the worship of God.
    The Seeker of Truth: is open-minded, ready to seek and find the Truth wherever is.

  2. The Religious One: is proud of his religion. That is why many people are each claiming their religion to be the best.
    The Seeker of Truth: sees all religions as what they are, man-made doctrines, which are often misleading, diverse and contradictory.

  3. The Religious One: seeks for God where God is not, for God does not dwell in houses built with human hands.
    The Seeker of Truth: seeks for God inside himself by quiet times, devotion and meditation.

  4. The Religious One: delights in his religious leaders, without knowing that the religious leaders are spiritually blind and misleading.
    The Seeker of Truth: delights himself in the true saints of God, who actually know the Truth. Such saints are spiritually awake, enlightened and experienced.

  5. The Religious One: debates a lot or like to argue, and refuses to accept corrections.
    The Seeker of Truth: is obedient and humble, and therefore ready to welcome new teachings.

  6. The Religious One: takes pride in public esteem and commendations, delights themselves with public acclamations of their religious pieties.
    The Seeker of Truth: lives a quiet and saintly lifestyle, accepts divine confirmations, and does not accept praises from men.

  7. The Religious One: is not ready to use their common sense. He believes whatever their religious leaders tell him, even when such teachings are false, deceptive and against the commandments of God.
    The Seeker of Truth: makes use of his power of independent thinking, and therefore is able to reason freely and properly.

  8. The Religious One: misses the track by seeking for God outside himself, and by following the five senses (eyes, ears, mouth, nose and skin). This is against the teaching of Jesus that people must worship God in spirit and in Truth. In spirit means that people must turn inwards in their heart to seek and find God.
    The Seeker of Truth: focuses on God by living a quiet life, by turning inwards in his heart. Thereby, he reduces his dependence on the five senses.

  9. The Religious One: aims to grow materialistically. Observe how the churches are competing amongst themselves for money, wealth, buildings and projects.
    The Seeker of Truth: aims to grow in spirit and attain God-realization.

  10. The Religious One: follows popular trends and fashions, even when such are misleading.
    The Seeker of Truth: follows the dictates of the Holy Spirit, which inspires him from day to day.

  11. The Religious One: works toward enhancing the mind, body and intellect. Observe how many kit themselves up in gorgeous attire and make-ups when they go for worship, whereas all that is required is a simple but decent garments. He is quick to tell you that man has body, spirit and soul.
    The Seeker of Truth: works toward dissolution of the mind, body and intellect. He knows that he must overcome (still or override) the body, mind and intellect in order to find and utilize his spirit self.

  12. The Religious One: develops personality defects such as pride, anger, attachment, etc. Most of those who claim to be religious are easily offended, quick to get angry or readily become aggressive. Observe that harshness has become very common in the conversations of people. He lives a noisy and boisterous lifestyle. Observe how most of the prayers and worship are noisy.
    The Seeker of Truth: develops divine qualities like love, peace, joy, introversion, spiritual emotion towards God, etc. He maintains silence often, and does not like boisterous occasions. He speaks in a low, gentle and soft voice.

  13. The Religious One: feels that he is the doer and boasts of his achievements.
    The Seeker of Truth: knows that God is the doer and therefore gives God the glory for his everyday accomplishments.

  14. The Religious One: wants to gain the world and thereby entangles himself in reincarnation. Today, people claim to love God but they are everyday busy pursuing world things, the very things their Master said they should avoid.
    The Seeker of Truth: seeks to liberate himself from the cycle of birth, decay disease and death. Worldly honours and riches are not his priority.

  15. The Religious One: judges everything according to his religion.
    The Seeker of Truth: observes everything as a neutral person, from a true and spiritual perspective.

  16. The Religious One: sets his mind on his religious ceremonies. Today, people claim to be worship God but are not ready to follow the end time messages and warnings from God.
    The Seeker of Truth: focuses on remembering God and doing what He has said, through Spiritual Science and Practice.

  17. The Religious One: hates those who do not belong to his religion and always tries to exclude them or take advantage of them. This is the reason why there are so many religious crisis and terrorism in the world.
    The Seeker of Truth: feels love for everything created by God. Jesus accommodated everybody in His teachings: the Israelites, the Gentiles, the Samaritans, the Greek, etc.

  18. The Religious One: is standing still without knowing it. It is unfortunate that today, children of God are floating about on the surface of water. They neither dive deep to see the treasures inside the ocean nor ascend to the sky to enter the gate of heaven. They have become stagnant and complacent, without knowing it.
    The Seeker of Truth: grows spiritually and manifests the qualities of God. He grows from glory to glory. Yesterday, a disciple. Today, a saint; and tomorrow, a manifest God.

  19. The Religious One: lacks spiritual encounters and even disbelieve them.
    The Seeker of Truth: has series of spiritual encounters and heavenly visits.

  20. The Religious One: uses human logic and reasoning.
    The Seeker of Truth: is spirit-filled, which Holy Sprit teaches and shows him the Truth.

  21. The Religious One: depends on the five senses to see and understand life.
    The Seeker of Truth: depends on the spirit for true knowledge, understanding and wisdom. He knows that the five senses are indeed blind and misleading.

  22. The Religious One: gets his facts by listening to others and by reading scriptures, which he often misinterprets.
    The Seeker of Truth: gets his facts by spiritual inquiry through visions, dreams, trances, and real-life spiritual experience.

  23. The Religious One: has his spiritual growth slowed down.
    The Seeker of Truth: makes his spiritual growth fast and encouraging.