Saturday, March 23, 2024

Difference between Religion and Spirituality

Once a wise man was asked to explain the difference between religion and spirituality. His response was profound:

▪ Religion is not just one, there are many.
▪ Spirituality is one.

▪ Religion is for those who sleep.
▪ Spirituality is for those who are awake.

▪ Religion is for those who need someone to tell them what to do and who want guidance.
▪ Spirituality is for those who pay attention to their inner voice.

▪ Religion has dogmatic rules.
▪ Spirituality calls us to discuss everything, question everything.

▪ Religion threatens and scares.
▪ Spirituality gives inner peace.

▪ Religion talks about sin and guilt.
▪ Spirituality says "learn from your mistake".

▪ Religion suppresses everything that is wrong.
▪ Spirituality overcomes everything, it brings you closer to the truth!

▪ Religion is about God; It is not God.
▪ Spirituality is everything and therefore it is in God.

▪ Religion is inventing.
▪Spirituality is finding.

▪ Religion doesn't tolerate any questions.
▪Spirituality will question everything.

▪ Religion is humanity. This is an organization whose rules are made by men.
▪ Spirituality is divine, without human rules.

▪ Religion is the cause of division.
▪Spirituality unites.

▪ Religion seeks you to believe.
▪ The spirituality you have to seek it to believe.

▪ Religion follows the concepts of the holy book.
▪ Spirituality looks for a holiday in all books.

▪ Religion feeds fear.
▪ Spirituality feeds trust and faith.

▪ Religion lives in thoughts.
▪ Spirituality lives in inner consciousness.

▪ Religion is dealing with the performance of rituals.
▪ Spirituality is related to the inner self.

▪ Religion feeds the ego.
▪ Spirituality forces you to go beyond.

▪ Religion makes us disconnect from the world to follow God.
▪ Spirituality makes us live in God, without giving up our existing life.

▪ Religion is a cult.
▪ Spirituality is an inner meditation.

▪ Religion fills us with dreams of glory in paradise.
▪ Spirituality makes us live in earthly glory and paradise.

▪ Religion lives in the past and in the future.
▪ Spirituality is living in the present.

▪ Religion creates monasteries in our memory.
▪ Spirituality frees our consciousness.

▪ Religion makes us believe in eternal life.
▪ Spirituality makes us aware of eternal life.

▪ Religion promises life after death.
▪ Spirituality means finding God inside us in our present life before we die

- We are not human beings who are going through a mental experience.
-We are spiritual beings going through the human experience.

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