Many of today's emerging religious groups are occultist in character, teaching mystic faith rather than aiming for transcendence of life and death. But this approach seems to leave its followers, who end up believing whatever they want to believe, still unable to confront the phenomenon of existence.
現在滿街大師，許多新興宗教追求靈異，即使不講超生脫死，這種靈異也是可以驗證的，但似乎信者寧可相信他要信的，而不能「如實」地看待這些現象，這時禪的訓練就可發揮「破」的作用。