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.
from a post by The 17th Letter on Telegram on October 20, 2024
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