difference between spirituality & religion

There once was a wise man who 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 human and 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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