In this world, there is always the longing for more, more, more. I recall that someone asked, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”
Our battle is not with flesh and blood “but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12)
Many are in attempt to find an alternative route to God via manmade rules and regulations, false religion, false spirituality, or their own self-effort. Many will take the “broad” road. (Luke 13:23-24)
The full armor of God “truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, the Word of God, and prayer" are the tools God has given us for spiritual battle, through which we can be spiritually victorious, overcoming Satan's attacks and temptations.
Believing in the “universe” gives people the comfort of believing in God without the responsibility of following the commandments
Self deception leaves holes esotericism never fills