Most religions affect us either mentally or emotionally.
Most do not affect us consciously or spiritually.
Therefore they cannot reveal the truth to us.
One religion tries to mentally and logically convince us we will be saved if we only believe. An appeal to our logic and reasoning.
Another tries to convince us thru rousing our emotions that we have finally been touched by God. They whip us into an emotional frenzy. This same technique is used by athletic coaches to prepare teams for sports.
Neither are able to reach the depths of our consciousness to awaken us.
To awaken consciously our ego must be shattered in some form.
We must encounter both vulnerability and our fear of ourselves.
This also often means encountering our fear of God.
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