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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