Almighty God says, In times past, people trained themselves to be with God and live amid the spirit at every moment, which, compared to the practice of today, is but simple spiritual training. Such practice comes before people’s entry onto the right track of life, and is the shallowest and simplest of all methods of practice. It is the practice of the earliest stages of people’s belief in God. If people always live by this practice, they will have too many feelings, and will be incapable of entering into experiences that are profound and true. They will merely be able to train their spirits, keeping their hearts capable of normally drawing close to God, and always finding tremendous joy in being with God. They’ll be limited to a little world of togetherness with God, unable to grasp what is at the deepest depths. People who only live within these boundaries are incapable of making any great progress.
Almighty God says, Before, there was a lot of deviation in the way people experienced, and it could even be absurd. Because they simply didn’t understand the standards of God’s requirements, there were many areas in which people’s experience went awry. God’s requirement of man is for them to be able to live out a normal humanity. The ways of modern man with regard to food and clothing, for example. They can wear a suit and a tie and they can learn some about modern art, and in their spare time they can have a somewhat literary and entertaining life. They can take some memorable photos and they can read and gain some knowledge, and have a relatively good living environment. This is the life that befits a normal humanity, and yet people see it as something detested by God. Their practice is just them following a few rules, and this leads them to live a life that is as dull as ditchwater, with no meaning whatsoever. In actual fact, God has never required man to do that. People wish to curtail their own dispositions, praying unceasingly in their spirits to be closer to God, their minds constantly occupied with mulling over godly things, their eyes constantly looking about, observing this matter and that matter, greatly fearing that their connection to God will somehow be severed.