How can we find true happiness in ourselves without connecting to a God. What about true self, that would mean that there is a false self, suffering is something which comes to everybody. Its why the world has problems believing in God. How would a taoist connect to the spirit. How can a taoist enjoy happiness, what makes one different from a successful atheist or agnostic?
While I'm not a Taoist, maybe I can help a bit with translating concepts:
True Self: to a Christian, maybe the Still Small Voice.
False Self: what we want others, and ourselves, to believe about us.
Suffering: Taoists tend to think in terms of the way of responding to suffering, of the dynamic, the personal, rather than a static abstract "problem of suffering".
Taoists have their own ways of connecting to the spirit. Plenty of rituals and practices, from what I've seen.
Your last question, I have no answer for. But a Taoist might ask in return, whether the existence of Taoists diminishes your own happiness?
