What Is This Website?

The Spiritual Serenity website began as a forum founded by our teacher, Jingzhulin, in the early 2000s. It was created to offer a place where people struggling with spiritual or cultivation-related difficulties could talk and support each other.

From the early days on Bada TV's "Ghostly Encounters" forum and the Ruyong forum, to later migrations supported by community members to Leo's discussion board and LeoBBS, and eventually to Discuz managed by members of the current association, the site has gone through many transitions. The hosting server was also moved from mainland China back to Taiwan.

Today, traditional forums have gradually been replaced by social media. Because of that, we shifted to a static website format and host it on GitHub, so these records can be preserved for as long as possible.

This English section is curated by researchers in information and electrical engineering. It presents one viewpoint at the intersection of Eastern philosophy and systems thinking, shared for readers who prefer an analytical but open-ended approach.

Is This a Scam Website?

No. We are not a group that gathers people like a cult, asks for worship, or requests donations.

We are simply people who once faced spiritual distress, or who are interested in Buddhism, Taoist thought, and spiritual growth, and chose to learn through open exchange. Most members discovered this site online, got to know Jingzhulin, and found ways to resolve their spiritual struggles. Many online connections also became real-life friendships.

The posts and conversations from the forum became a record of what people lived through. We decided to preserve them because they may still help future readers.

Who Is Jingzhulin?

Jingzhulin is our teacher, a woodworking craftsman based in Taipei, Taiwan. He approaches things rationally, and relies on observation, verification, and induction in daily life. He explains life's difficult questions in a way that often feels similar to computer science: clear logic, practical testing, and conclusions that can be lived out.

From our many years of interaction, we see him as someone with deep cultivation experience. In terms that modern society is less willing to discuss openly, some would also describe him as a highly capable medium.

Even so, he lives as an ordinary person. Whether spiritual entities asked him to perform mediumship, or TV programs wanted to turn him into a public figure, he chose a simple life as a practical craftsperson. He consistently advises people not to fall into superstition, but to first examine problems through medical and scientific perspectives.

In current life, he keeps a low profile, works in interior renovation, meets people naturally, and helps when possible. There is no hierarchy and no idol worship here. Just people helping people. Sometimes we joke with each other, and when someone falls, we give a light kick as a reminder: learn the lesson, stand up again, and keep growing together.

Who Are These Friends?

They come from many walks of life. When they first joined, some were high school students, university staff, elementary school English teachers, people from rough street backgrounds, or Taiwanese professionals working in mainland China.

Over time, those same people changed with life: some became system engineers or university lecturers, some fulfilled their goals and became pharmacists, some built families and raised children, and some have already passed away.

Many joined because they were trying to deal with spiritual distress, including issues often described as hauntings or persistent spiritual interference. In the end, people found their own paths and returned to ordinary life in society.

Most readers here have experienced similar struggles. These issues often cross body, mind, and spirit, and the spiritual part is still beyond what modern science fully explains.

When physical or mental illness overlaps with spiritual distress, the suffering can feel overwhelming. People search everywhere for answers, fear being deceived, hit dead ends, and worry things will get worse. Unless someone has gone through it, that process is hard to fully understand.

Still, we walked through those stages together, shared experiences, helped one another, and left written records along the way. Years later, when we look back at our former selves, it can feel both painful and strangely funny.

Are These Articles Real?

In modern society, it is already difficult to get people to read and process information, let alone trust it and act on it. Two key questions always matter: Is it true? Is it credible?

Authenticity: These articles are copied from archived forum content.

Today there is no shortage of misinformation, fake news, and now, in the AI era, fabricated articles as well. When we published this site, major technology companies were also collecting large-scale training data, and all public web content could become training material.

Some pages here may look imperfect in formatting, but if the archived forum is still available, you can verify that these records came from real people and span more than twenty years of lived history.

Credibility: These writings were discussed and written collectively by community members.

Spiritual studies are areas modern science still cannot fully detail. For example, we can understand one-, two-, and three-dimensional space, but beyond three dimensions, understanding becomes difficult.

To put it another way, modern AI relies on deep learning, where data from three, four, or higher dimensions may be represented in multidimensional forms, then classified or predicted by different neural-network algorithms.

That is one scientific analogy. We can understand material existence, yet struggle to intuitively grasp higher-dimensional space. Hard to understand does not mean impossible; it means we need more abstract and mathematical language. Likewise, if we want to think about the existence of the soul, we may need room for metaphor and imagination.

For this reason, our teacher often says he does not dismiss others' spiritual experiences or interpretations lightly. What we discuss often extends beyond the current boundaries of modern science, and each person's experience, affinity, and wisdom differ. Because of that, diverse perspectives are not a weakness but a richness. Within that diversity, you can still find shared fundamentals, and form your own understanding of spiritual studies.